Latest News

Latest News

• Celebrating Chinese New Year

  Fri 04 Feb 2022

  Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is the main Chinese festival of the year. As the Chinese use the lunar calendar for their festivals the date of Chinese New Year changes from year to year. In year 3, we have spent the Spring term learning all about Chinese New Year and the Shang Dynasty. We were lucky enough to have Chinese New Year fall during the term time and thought it would be a great way to bring together all of our learning.  

   

  To celebrate Chinese New Year, we took part in a variety of activities including: 

  1. Making tiger faces as we are in the year of the tiger.  We also found out what the year of the tiger means. 
  2. Making our own oracle bones out of clay and writing messages in Mandarin. 
  3. Creating red envelopes with special messages written in Mandarin. We even got to put a special gold coin inside!

  

• World Book Day 2022

  Thu 03 Feb 2022

  We had a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day.  All of the children made a corner bookmark that they can use at home to mark their page in their books - the children got very creative.

   

  The children dressed up as their favourite book character and brought their linked book to school.  They could also wear their own brightly coloured clothes if they chose to - this reflects the light and brightness that books bring to our lives.

   

  We love books and reading at Penn Wood!

  

• We've joined the journey

  Wed 26 Jan 2022

  We've joined the journey to celebrate the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games.  The children will go on a virtual climb up Mount Spirit and learn about the the sports of the winter games.

  To find out more, visit getset.co.uk/bound-beijing

  

• Stone Age Day

  Fri 07 Jan 2022

  Year 3 participated in 'Stone Age Day' and had so much fun! They had the opportunity to take part in a Stone Age workshop where they went back in time and experienced what life was like. They also created their own cave paintings and even made their very own clay pot. Everybody dressed up and looked fantastic!

  

• Everything Under the Sun

  Tue 04 Jan 2022

  Following on from Mrs Girle's assembly this morning, you are able to sign up for Molly Oldfield's Podcast - Everything Under the Sun.  You might also want to submit your own questions to ask to be answered.

  

• Action for Happiness - January 2022

  Tue 04 Jan 2022

  https://www.actionforhappiness.org/calendars 

  

• Action for Happiness - December 2021

  Wed 01 Dec 2021

  Do Good December 2021

  Daily actions to help you be kind and help others.

  

• Year 6 Church Trip

  Tue 30 Nov 2021

  Last week, Year 6 visited Slough Baptiste Church to take part in a Christmas Unwrapped morning. 

   

  This programme included the telling and dramatization of the Christmas Story, as well as an explanation of modern Christmas traditions. We had great fun learning and really enjoyed our mince pies when we returned back to school!

  

• Reception Walk to the Post Box

  Tue 30 Nov 2021 Miss Alford

  Over the past few weeks, Reception children have been working hard to write letters to Santa. We decorated our envelopes and learnt about what stamps are used for.
  
  Last week, each Reception class walked to the post box on Cumberland Avenue to post their letters. We all had a fantastic time! They did a great job at walking sensibly, crossing the road with care with their grown ups and their partners. Thank you so much to all of the parent helpers that came to support us. 

  

• Anti-bullying Week 2021

  Mon 22 Nov 2021

  Last week Penn Wood participated in Odd Socks Day to celebrate Anti-Bullying Week. We held a competition for classes to take the most creative photo they could of children in their odd socks. The winning entry for Key Stage 1 is Redwood Class who spelt out Penn Wood! The winning entry for Key Stage 2 is Olive Class who created a lovely circle with lots of odd socks! Redwood and Olive Class will receive Penn Wood wrist bands and 10 minutes of extra break. A big well done to all the classes for their inventive ideas!