Latest News

Hockey at the Heart!

Thu 07 Mar 2024 Mrs Downer

Penn Wood entered their very first hockey team into the SSSN Hockey tournament this year. Hockey is a fairly new sport to Penn Wood and we are proud to have been developed confidence in this area of the curriculum. A team of brave year 5 pupils held their own in the exciting tournament against many other schools from Slough and the surrounding areas. The players were super excited to be a part of the day and were awarded medals during an awesome but some-what chilly presentation at the end. Good job!

Full Court Connections!

Wed 06 Mar 2024 Mrs Downer

Full Court Connections!

Pete and the PE team have been working together to provide opportunities for our KS2 pupils to have a go at basketball skills and games throughout lunchtimes. There’s been a fantastic uptake on his new after school club running on Tuesday afternoons at Beechwood. It’s not too late to get involved. Please ask a member of the PE team for more information, if required. We would LOVE Penn Wood pupils to be engaging in more after school clubs in and out of school. If you would like to make us aware of anymore clubs that you might know of, or be involved with already, please get in touch with more info.

Time to Boogie with Creative Academy

Tue 20 Feb 2024 Mrs Downer

Creative Academy!

This term, many of our pupils have benefited from our support of the final year dance students from Creative Academy. CA is a unique partnership between Slough Borough Council and The University of West London. The aim of the Creative Academy is to offer practice based industry standard training, alongside rigorous academic study that reflects the cultural diversity within the dance industry. Some of our year 3 and 4 students will continue their journey with CA into the summer term.

Ali has been working very hard with our year 5 pupils to learn a set routine. Many children have been chosen to perform and represent Penn Wood in Slough and Berkshire’s very first Dance Festival happening next week. The after school dance club will also be putting on a ‘cheery’ performance! Here’s just a little sneak peak of rehearsals in full swing, but NO SPOILERS! ;)

Look out for volume 5 of Penn News photos of the amazing performance!

Year 3 Boogie time!

Tue 20 Feb 2024 Mrs Downer

Penn Wood have built a strong relationship with Creative Academy and we welcomed new final year dance students for the second year running. They carried out their superb dance lesson plans with year 3 this term. The children enjoyed exploring and creating routines using canons, unison, formation, mirroring and a selection of motifs to combine for an overall stunning class performance. Well done, year 3!

Not so Little Musketeers!

Mon 19 Feb 2024 Mrs Downer

Big Musketeers!

We couldn’t let year 1 have ALL the fun this year! This term year 5 and 6 have been brushing up on their fencing skills this term with Mr Deakes from Premier. Engarde!

PEnn News Vol.3

Fri 26 Jan 2024 Mrs Downer

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

PEnn News Spring Vol 3

Please enjoy reading the latest success and highlights of PE!

Thank you all for your support; we are truly grateful.

Many thanks,

The PE Team

SSSN Invictus Festival

Tue 16 Jan 2024 Mrs Downer

A group of year 3 children were selected to attend the Invictus festival, where they took part in a range of fun physical skills and fun filled activities!

A fabulous morning had by all!

Student Voice Representatives

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Penn Wood have voted for their new Student Voice Representatives! A huge congratulations to the children who have applied for the position, been short listed and given a speech to their classes. The children are very excited to represent the views of their classes.

ESFA Pokemon Football National Cup District Round

Wed 01 Nov 2023 Mrs Downer

Football Fever!

We were able to take a team of very talented footballers from year 5 and 6 to Bishopsgate School, to partake in a district round football league for the ESFA Pokemon National cup. The children faced some very tough competition, but their resilience and determination kept them striving for results. One of our players managed to score a fantastic goal in the final match and the whole tournament roared! Our spirits were high, but it wasn't quite enough to get us through to the finals.

A great day was had by all and Penn Wood are very proud of them. Well done!

Mrs Downer

Y5 Fire and Rescue Brigade visit

Tue 31 Oct 2023 Year 5 team

This afternoon Year 5 had a visit from the Slough Fire and Rescue service. Children looked inside the fire engine and asked questions about how things work and what equipment is used for. They also got an opportunity to use the water hose!

We had a talk about the different types of emergencies and what to do if there was a fire. We learnt how to keep ourselves safe and even got to use a thermal imaging camera!