Latest News

Latest News

• We are looking forward to welcoming some of you back to school

  Fri 12 Jun 2020
  Our whole school team has been working hard to get the school ready to welcome some of you back to school.  Here are some of the areas that you will be using with your own resources set up ready for you.

  

• Thank You Stabilo

  Wed 29 Apr 2020
  Stabilo have very kindly donated some pens and pencils for us to add to the art packs we have created for some of our families.  Thank you Stabilo.  It means our children will be able to continue their writing at home and create other wonderful projects with your EASYorginal pen and EASYgraph pencil.

  

• School closure - remote learning

  Mon 30 Mar 2020

  Please visit the following area on our school website to access resources supporting learning from home:

  https://www.pennwood.slough.sch.uk/work-from-home/

• Year 3 - Kew Gardens

  Fri 28 Feb 2020
  Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Kew Gardens after the half term. The children explored exotic plants from around the world (including a banana tree!) and learnt more about the various types of orchids as part of the popular Orchid Festival. The children learnt more about pollination and it's importance in helping plants survive and grow to support their learning in science.

  

• Visit from former World and UK BMX Halfpipe Champion Mike Mullen

  Tue 04 Feb 2020

  On Monday 27th and Wednesday 29th January, we were very lucky to welcome Mike Mullen, a former World and UK BMX Halfpipe Champion, to our school. 

   

  In an assembly to the whole school, Mike explained how he needed resilience to overcome obstacles in his life; he suffered from asthma, he was painfully shy and his family struggled to afford to buy the equipment needed for his hobby. He also explained how courage and having a growth mindset helped him to master the dangerous tricks and movements he needed to execute on his BMX bike to become a champion. The pupils absolutely loved his demonstration of BMX tricks.  In the assembly, Mike skillfully jumped over teachers as well as managing to manoeuvre himself around the bike, while it was in motion.  Mrs Shears, our deputy head, bravely volunteered to learn and demonstrate a balancing trick on the bike. She showed great perseverance and courage in tackling and succeeding in this difficult challenge, much to the delight of the children and staff.

   

  Year 5 were lucky enough to participate in workshops on the school playground.  Non-riders were given the opportunity to learn to cycle. More experienced riders practised performing simple tricks on the bikes such as simple balances and executing small jumps. The children thoroughly enjoyed this experience. It has been lovely to hear the children talking so positively about Mike's visit. 

   

  

• Autumn Term Matches and Competition Round Up

  Wed 15 Jan 2020

  The school year began with the Year 3/4 football tournament. A mixture of boys and girls entered the competition and although they did not make it to the knockout stages, the children played well and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

   

  The Year 5/6 girls participated in their first friendly netball match at home against Priory. The girls played superbly beating their opponents. They loved the chance to play against another school.

   

  Later in October saw the Year 5/6 girls take on Willow in the football league. Not letting the weather dampen their mood, they won 3-1. Impressive foot work by the girls and a super penalty saved in the second half kept their spirits high, even in the rain.

   

  November saw lots of league matches take place for all the football teams from Year 3 to 6. The Year 3/4 boys and girls football teams both headed over to Western House for their first league game of the season. The boys put up a good battle but they just missed out on the win. The girls, playing on the pitch next to the boys, showed their brilliant team work and ended up winning the match. 

   

  The Year 5/6 boys football team started their campaign strong winning their first match. Although not as successful in the second match, the boys now know what they need to do to get some more wins in the Spring term.

   

  Our Year 6 girl's football team have an unbeaten record winning all the games they played in the Autumn term. They were also lucky enough to host a friendly match which gave them some motivation for the Spring term.

  Year 5 and 6  pupils participated in the Change for Life festival at Eden Girls' School. The children did a range of mini games on a rotation and tried to beat their scores on their second attempt. All the children thoroughly enjoyed the mini games. We have even been able to use some of the activities in lesson warm ups.

   

  Year 1/2 children were lucky to go to Eden Girls School to participate in a badminton festival. This allowed the children to try out different badminton skills in various mini games. The children loved learning new skills, and for most of them it was their first opportunity to take part in a sporting festival outside of school.

   

  A great first term! Well done everybody.

• YEAR 4 - CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE

  Wed 08 Jan 2020
  This year, the children have been learning how to play the violin. Some of the skills that have learned include using their fingers to pluck the strings (pizzicato) and using a bow (arco) to play a musical piece. They have learned how to hold the violin correctly, use a bow, play a tune in unison and change the pitch of their notes. In preparation for the concert, the children worked extremely hard to learn two songs on the violin which they performed brilliantly. The children also performed “In the Bleak Midwinter” and “We Wish you a Merry Christmas” which they sung beautifully! In their festive jumpers the children looked very smart and delivered a wonderful violin concert. We are extremely proud of them!

  

• YEAR 5 & 6 PRODUCTION

  Thu 19 Dec 2019

  Over 200 children took part in our combined Year 5 and Year 6 Production this year - 'Christmas around the world'.  The Year 6 children sang a selection of songs and each of the four Year 5 classes performed a short excerpt of a play or a dance. 

   

  Olive class were Cossack dancers from Russia and Baobab performed the traditional pantomime Cinderella. Gingko told the story of the Christmas Carol and Banyan took us to Mexico to share story of the Mexican Poinsettia.
   

  

• Safeguarding Update from Slough Borough Council

  Wed 18 Dec 2019

  We have been asked to update you with  the following message from Slough Borough Council.  

   

  We have had two separate incidents across Slough where children have been approached by a stranger after school.

   

  The incidents took place in separate schools (one primary school and the other at a secondary school)  which included a 9 year old girl on 2^nd December and a 11 year old girl on the 12^th December.

  Both incidents have been reported to the police.  We do not want to cause alarm and wish to reassure the public that these types of incidents are rare and it isn’t clear if the two incidents are related.

   

  We do ask that in the lead up to the Christmas break that children are asked to be vigilant as they leave school and where possible leave with friends or family just as a preventative measure.

• YEAR 2 - WINTER PRODUCTION

  Tue 17 Dec 2019
  Year 2 put on a wonderful production for the adaptation of 'a Gruffalo's Child'. All of the children put in a lot of effort in rehearsals and performed tremendously! The Year 2 teachers are very proud of them- we hope you all enjoyed it!