Sports Session in aid of Comic Relief

Last Friday, all prep school pupils enjoyed a fun sports session in aid of Comic Relief. Staff ran a series of fun and quirky sporting activities in afternoon Games, making full use of Packwood’s facilities. The sessions included: football rounders on the AWS, an old favourite; an obstacle course with hurdles and tackle bags on […]

Mountain Biking in West Wales

On Sunday 19th March, a group of Year 8 boarders made their way over to West Wales to tackle the Minotaur trail at Coed y Brenin mountain bike centre. Whilst many are confident when it comes to riding a bike, the skills and confidence required to ride such trails is very different to normal riding. […]

Steely Six set for Sheffield

Fencers from across the region, from northern-most Staffordshire to the Malvern Hills, headed to Packwood on Sunday as ‘Team Packwood’ hosted the West Midlands Epee Championships. Our pupil leaders and parents helped lay out ten metallic pistes, turning the sports hall into a fencing salle and Mr Dougan’s room into the Cafe d’Art for the […]

Collaboration and Creativity in PE

This term, the children are enjoying their Gymnastics lessons as part of the PE curriculum. Year 2 have been using the gymnastics apparatus to develop their upper body strength and balance. Year 5 have been using their knowledge of balances to create group balances, developing both collaboration and creativity in PE. Each PE lesson is […]