Shropshire Bookfest Awards
Year 5 and 6 were delighted to attend this year’s Shropshire BookFest Big Book Award Ceremony at Theatre Severn on Tuesday. Having been involved in the long listing process before Christmas, and then studying the six shortlisted titles during the Spring Term, it was a fitting end to another wonderful year of BookFest. The overall […]
Packwood Celebrates World Book Day
This year our theme for World Book Day was ‘Get Comfy and Read’. This featured pyjamas, ‘oodies’, and other comfy home clothes, as well as children dressed up in their favourite book character costumes. The morning was full of exciting and diverse book related activities for all to enjoy. The Acorns children were ready to […]
Year 7 Celebration of Learning
Year 7 parents and special guests were both enlightened and entertained by the variety of Year 7 lessons during our second Celebration of Learning event this year. In Drama, they had fun creating a TV style advert advertising a ‘useless’ object. Parents and children performed together on the theatre stage. In Music, the children worked […]
Architecture Workshops
Guided by Martin from Architecture Workshops, Reception through to Year 7 worked collaboratively to bring to life dowels and rubber bands, creating magnificent structures, skyscrapers, a Greek temple, Viking longships and The Taj Mahal (to name a few). The Architecture Workshop has inspired Packwood pupils to embrace their creativity whilst using very simple materials and […]
Celebration of Learning
Year 8 parents and special guests were both informed and enthralled by the variety of Year 8 lessons during Packwood’s first Celebration of Learning event this year. There was a wonderful mix of academic and practical subjects including, Maths, Science, PE, Geography and Art. There may have been some initial trepidation about the Year 8 […]
Year 6 TPR Trip
Year 6 recently visited a Synagogue in Birmingham, on Singers Hill, as part of their TPR topic on Judaism. Mr Rowe welcomed the group into the Children’s Synagogue first – a room with colourful stained-glass windows, but relatively plain compared to the next part of the building. The pupils were amazed to see the grand […]
Essay Competition Finalists
This Thursday, six Packwood pupils (from Years 5 and 6) attended an event at Shrewsbury School as finalists of the Sir Philip Sidney Essay Competition. With over 70 entries from various prep schools, to make it through to the final was a fantastic achievement. The competition involved writing 500 words on the topic: “The rise […]
English Speaking Board Examinations
Year 2 and Year 4 have been working hard this half term to prepare for their English Speaking Board (ESB) exam. The children prepared a short 2-minute speech on ‘Something Special to Me’, entertaining the examiners with their stories about their pets, football shirts and trophies, model aeroplanes, skiing certificates and Lego masterpieces. They also […]
Official Launch of Packwood Science Centre
On Friday 1st December, we were thrilled to welcome Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut and UK Outreach Ambassador from Imperial College London, to officially open the new Science Centre at Packwood. With the generosity and dedication of the Packwood 125 Appeal alongside investment from Shrewsbury School, the three laboratories are now state of the […]
Packwood’s Scientist of the Term Project
Each term, in the Science department, pupils have the opportunity to produce a voluntary individual research project on a chosen scientist – ‘The Scientist of the Term’. This term the children throughout the Prep school were given the opportunity to research any aspect of Charles Darwin. The submissions were, without exception, outstanding pieces of work. […]
