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 […]

Out of this World

During a Monday evening club, aptly named ‘Out of this World!’, a group of Year 8 students are preparing for a very exciting event this Summer term. With the help of Mr Watt and Nick McCloud (a STEM ambassador), the group of students are planning on launching a payload into and beyond the stratosphere and […]

Inventor of the Term

For the past few terms, the Science department has set a voluntary Scientist of the term project for pupils to produce a project on if they wish. Last term, pupils had the option of producing something on Marie Curie, Ada Lovelace or indeed any female Scientist they chose. As it was in previous terms, the […]

Celebration of Learning Event

Last Friday, Year 8 parents took part in the first Celebration of Learning event for 2023. This follows on from the highly successful launch of the Celebration of Learning programme last year. These events have been fully embraced by staff, pupils and parents alike. The Year 8 pupils and parents moved around the school solving […]

Maths Made Fun

This week, Year 3 have enjoyed a spot of shopping with their friends! There are two growing stores in 3H and 3R, all created by the children. The children chose prices for the items, and created labels, recording correctly with the pound symbol and the decimal point. Using their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills, […]

Packwood Acorns Explore ‘Ice World’ Habitats

This term the Acorns are learning about ‘Ice Worlds’.  The focus for the first part of this term is all about identifying the many different species of penguins.  It won’t be long before they will be able to name at least a dozen penguins such as: Chinstrap, Adelie, Galapagos, Humboldt, Macaroni and Rockhopper to name […]

Year 3 Academic Update

Year 3 have made a fantastic start to the Spring Term. In English, they have been analysing the author’s use of language in the ‘Witch’s Song’, By Roald Dahl. Some children used thesauruses to find synonyms for ‘spooky verbs’, whilst others used dictionaries to find the definition of challenging verbs like quivered and huddled. This […]

Packwood Pupils Secure Scholarships to Senior Schools

A number of Packwood’s Year 8 pupils have been awarded scholarships to a variety of senior schools. The Headmaster was delighted to announce the following scholarships, based on their fantastic achievements in sport, music, drama and academics: Shrewsbury School: Clara C-J – Sir Michael Palin All Rounder Scholarship Callum D – Sir Michael Palin All […]