Latest News

Latest News

• Netball Match: Penn Wood v Claycots

  Wed 09 Nov 2022 Mrs Downer

  This week Penn Wood had their first netball fixture of the year against Claycot School. Penn Wood started off strong by scoring the first goal, but that was closely followed by an equaliser from Claycot. Defence was strong throughout and we managed to sink another two balls into the net in the second quarter. By half time the score was 3-1 to Penn Wood. Claycot school soon scored another in it was a nail-biting 3-2 by the end of the third quarter. Both teams were hungry for the win, but Penn Wood were fierce and unstoppable, resulting in a 5-2 win!

   

  A super effort by all. We are looking forward to our next fixture against Montem Academy next week.

   

  Congratulations girls; a well-deserved win!

  

• Singing workshop

  Tue 08 Nov 2022

  On Tuesday 8th November, Olive class and Singing club attended a whole day singing workshop at St Mary's church, Slough where they learnt songs by Elton John and Oasis with other schools in Slough. The day was a great success and the children enjoyed singing with others and in harmony. 

  

• Remembrance Day 2022

  Mon 07 Nov 2022

  We were very fortunate that our site controller Mr West-Letford put on his uniform today and shared his experiences of being in the Army.  He explained that some of his colleagues are no longer with us and Remembrance Day for him is about remembering them.  Thank you for sharing this with us Mr West-Letford.

  

• Girls on Track 2022!

  Tue 01 Nov 2022 Mrs Downer

  Girls on Track UK is an initiative managed by Motorsport UK, whose main aim is to inspire, connect and showcase females in motorsport as well as in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects. Through active, engaging activity days for schools, they aim to excite and encourage girls into believing that there is a rightful place for females within the motorsports industry.

   

  This term, 10 of our Year 6 girls, who have worked extremely hard in PE this term, were invited to the Girls on Track UK event at TeamSport Reading on Tuesday 1st November.

   

  On the day, the girls were given the opportunity to take part in the following activities:

   

  · Drive go karts at Team Sport’s Indoor Karting Circuit

  · Experienced life in a racing pit lane by performing a pitstop challenge

  · Embarked in an engaging engineering-based activity building a lego go kart and coding it to performs range of functions

  · Worked with a motorsports presenter and carried out a piece to camera

  · Tested their reactions with some fun games, including a batak light game with young engineers from a competing F1 in Schools competition.

   

  The experience was absolutely overwhelming, and the girls were extremely humbled to have been invited to such a fantastic day full of educational fun. We hope that this will inspire them and more girls to continue their adventures with Motor Sport in the future.

   

  They definitely enjoyed life in the fast lane!

  

• Houses of Parliament Visit

  Fri 21 Oct 2022

  KS2 School Councillors had an amazing experience visiting The Houses of Parliament. We had the opportunity to tour the Houses of Parliament and see the House of Lords and House of Commons. We were lucky enough to watch a live debate happening too! We then had a law and debating workshop where we learnt all about how bills are debated and passed. We even got to debate our own bill! 

  

• Year 3 Stone Age Day

  Fri 21 Oct 2022

  Year 3 participated in Stone Age Day to help consolidate their learning this term. They had the opportunity to take part in a Stone Age workshop where they went back in time and experienced what life was like in pre- historic times by looking at different artefacts. They also created their own cave paintings and made their very own clay pot. Everybody dressed up and looked fantastic! 

  

• Year 5 and 6 Level 2 Bikeability Fun! #cycletoschoolweek

  Mon 03 Oct 2022 Mrs Downer

  At Penn Wood we like to go above an beyond! This week, in order to celebrate cycle to school week, we went that extra mile. Some of our Year 5 and 6 children took completed their level 2 cycle training this week. 

   

  The training develops skills for cycling on single-lane roads with simple junctions and moderate traffic and includes core functions for safe and responsible cycling. During the course, riders were required to;

   

  -Make frequent observations

  -Choose and maintain the the most suitable riding position

  -Communicate intentions to others and understand the priorities on the road, particularly at junctions.

   

  The instructor assessed each individual rider's independent cycling skills and accesses them against the UK National Standards for cycle training.

   

  The children were brilliantly brave and thoroughly enjoyed their experience, especially on the road cycles. I recently read a quote that inspired me, it read, "If you do something right the first time, it isn't hard enough!" Very true words. 

   

  Congratulations to all of the children who took part. You didn't give up and I was privileged to see your hard work and dedication pay off. Well done!

   

  Kind regards,

   

  Mrs Downer

   

   

  

• Action for Happiness - Optimistic October

  Mon 03 Oct 2022
  

• Year 5 trip to the beach

  Sun 17 Jul 2022

  Children in Year 5 enjoyed a trip to West Wittering beach on Wednesday 6^th July.

  It was a long trip down to the coast but the faces of the children as they saw the beach and the sea made the trip well worth it!

  Particular highlights of the day included paddling in the sea (some children even spotted some fish!)  and enjoying a lovely refreshing ice lolly. 

  It was perfect weather for a beach trip and Mrs Girle commented on the impeccable behaviour of the children throughout the day. Well done Year 5!

• Beale Park - Year 2

  Thu 14 Jul 2022

  Year 2 had an exciting time visiting Beale Park as part of their Science topic – living things and animals including humans. During the trip, the children had an opportunity to explore the park which they found fun and stimulating. They enjoyed seeing the wildlife really closely and the train ride which added more fun to their trip. In addition, the children loved exploring the park playground which they thoroughly enjoyed.