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Year 2 Hindu Priest Visit

Thu 21 Nov 2024

Year 2 were delighted to welcome Mr Naresh Saraswat, Priest of Slough Hindu Temple, to Penn Wood School. Mr Saraswat gave Year 2 an engaging talk to enhance their Religion and Worldviews curriculum topic of Hinduism, where they are currently learning about the story of Rama and Sita and why Hindus celebrate Diwali. Mr Saraswat was very impressed with the children's knowledge of Hinduism and how many questions they wanted to ask him at the end!

Workshop with the Grundon Team

Tue 19 Nov 2024 Emily Green

Children from Year 1 and Year 6 participated in a workshop from the team at Grundon. Children in Year 1 have been learning about transport so they enjoyed learning all about the safety features on the vehicle and how to be safe around trucks on the roads. They learnt about why recycling is important and had a go at choosing the right bin to put some items in, such as aluminium cans.

Year 6 linked their Geography learning around their impact on the environment and learnt lots of interesting facts. The children engaged in important discussions and enjoyed having a turn in the cab!

Grunsdon Recycling Visit

Tue 19 Nov 2024

On Tuesday 19th November, several people from Grunsdon came to visit Penn Wood. They gave an assembly about road safety and recycling and led some workshops with Year 6. Year 6 learnt about Grundson's efforts to offset their carbon footprint and got a tour of their electric vehicle. The volunteers were very knowledgeable and the children has a memorable experience.

Slough Music Service Recital

Tue 12 Nov 2024 Miss Evans

On 12th November, Violin club performed four pieces of music at a special recital concert celebrating the musical achievements of pupils receiving instrumental tuition from Slough Music Service. Alexandru Bogatu, as a violin student of Mr Bango, also performed a piece as a soloist. All pupils played beautifully together demonstrating wonderful skills such as bow control and use of the fingerboard. Well done to all the performers and to Mr Bango for his enthusiasm and talent at bringing out the best in our pupils!

Toscana Strings and Ballerina performance of The Nutcracker

Fri 08 Nov 2024 Miss Evans

On 8th November, Toscana strings performed excerpts of The Nutcracker ballet by Tchaikovsky to pupils from years 1 to 6. The story was acted out by a ballerina and pupils were encouraged to move and dance at key moments in the story, responding to the expressive changes in the music. A year 2 pupil exclaimed how much they loved it. The performance was well received by everyone.

Year 3 Trip to the Mosque

Mon 21 Oct 2024

Year 3 were delighted to visit the Mosque as part of our RW topic this term. They were able to explore the Mosque and understand how a Muslim follows the religion after discussions led by the members of the community. The children enjoyed learning how to write their names in Arabic, tasting healthy snacks and dress up in traditional wear.

Year 3 Stone Age Day

Wed 16 Oct 2024

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 were so excited to hold real ancient flint artefacts! They also created their own cave paintings and made their very own clay pot. Everybody dressed up and looked fantastic!

Y5 Anglo Saxon Day

Fri 04 Oct 2024 Year 5 team

Year 5 have been enjoying our Anglo Saxon Day, learning about Anglo Saxon weapons, clothes and food. We got a chance to handle weapons, examine artefacts and dress up.

Year 6 Production of 'Oliver'

Tue 23 Jul 2024

Year 6 put on a wonderful performance of Oliver for us all to enjoy. Here are some of the photos!

Y3 Whipsnade Zoo

Wed 10 Jul 2024

Year 3 had an amazing day out to Whipsnade Zoo! It was a sunny day and we had lots of fun! We saw lots of different animals including elephants, lions, bears, penguins, cheetahs and so many more. We were very lucky to see a young giraffe who was born a few days earlier. It was adorable! It was a fantastic day!

Well done Year 3 for being superstars and so well behaved!