Packwood Maths Day
Packwood’s first whole-school Maths Day (minus Y8 on their leavers’ trip) took place on 15th June. Based on the theme ‘Maths is everywhere, Maths is fun’, this involved the children working collaboratively within their Sixes, with a whole day dedicated to Maths. Children from Reception up to Year 4 enjoyed a blend of indoor and […]
Year 8 Visit to Sheffield University Research Labs
8P were fortunate enough to visit the Bateson Centre at the University of Sheffield recently. Throughout the day they toured the aquariums which house 30000 zebrafish and in doing so they learnt how the fish were managed. They had presentations from PhD students and Research Associates covering the use of zebrafish in the development of […]
Upcycled
This term, a small group of seniors have enjoyed exploring a variety of upcycling projects. Creating their own scrap books, designing posters using old magazines and newspapers, making pencil and paintbrush holders from old tin cans and glass jars, were some of the individual projects completed. We ended the term with a larger-scale group project […]
Debaters Soar to New Heights
The senior debating club delivered a highly enjoyable balloon debate last week, featuring a broad range of historical characters, including Nelson Mandela and Queen Elizabeth II. Thirteen debaters filled the initial – metaphorical – air balloon, several of whom were debating in public for the first time. The pupils found the opening round challenging and […]
Out of this World Project Gathers Pace
The ‘Out of this world’ project continues to gather pace. Preparations are well underway for a successful launch late in the Summer term. The children have recently been performing mock predictions on the flight of the payload using a specialist website. If we were to launch on March 10th, the balloon would be predicted to […]
Pupils Inspired by Careers Talk
Year 7 and 8 were treated to an inspiring careers talk last Saturday morning by Charlie Thurstan, Packwood parent and entrepreneur. As part of Packwood’s occasional program of visiting speakers, Mr Thurstan condensed five inspirational figures and their life stories to five minutes each. In addition to planting the seeds for career ideas, the pupils […]
World Book Day Celebrations
The English department planned a vast array of events for World Book Day this year, starting on Thursday 2nd March, running through to a celebration of books and dress-up day on Saturday 4th March. Years 3 and 4 were invited to join the children at local primary school, St John Baptist CE, and Years 5 […]
Year 7 Scientists Measure Speed of Sound
In Science, Year 7 have been investigating a number of different things, including whether the surface area of the wings of a paper helicopter affects the speed at which it falls. They made their helicopters from templates given to them and headed to the sports hall where each group dropped the helicopter from the balcony […]
Architecture Workshop Inspires Pupils
Following the great success of the Architecture Workshop last year in the Prep school, Acorns were the first to welcome Martin from the Architecture Workshop this year. All children from Reception through to Year 8 have taken part in a variety of tasks. The theme of each construction has ranged from ‘my first structure’ for […]
Pupils Selected for Essay Competition Final
Four Packwood pupils were selected for last week’s final of the annual Sir Philip Sidney Essay Competition. This year’s 500-word essay submissions were on the challenging title ‘Poetry contains truth’. Grace, Hay-Yee and Evie (Year 6) all impressed Deputy Head Academic Dr Richard Kowenicki with the maturity of their responses, whilst special mention must go […]
