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Latest
General
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Upcoming Events
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We are pleased to
announce a number of upcoming events in the school including Parents
Evening, fundraising events and celebrations of achievements for our
5th and 6th forms.
Please see/download
the full list of events by
clicking here. |
Red Kite Ramble
Charity Walk For Penn, Sunday 24th June '12
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We are looking for volunteers to help
raise funds for the school by being sponsored for a nice,
relaxed stroll through the countryside in (hopefully) nice
weather.
This years Red Kite Ramble takes place on
Sunday 24th June. This year, all ramblers have to individually
register at
http://redkiteramble.eventbrite.com
It starts and finishes at the Clare Foundation
centre in Saunderton and there are 3 different courses covering 5,
10 or 18 miles. The 18 mile ramble starts at 8:00am with the 5 and
10 mile rambles starting a little later at 10:00am.
Further details can be obtained by clicking here.
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PEPA Day, Saturday
July
7th 2012
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PEPA Day will take place on Saturday
7th July.
There will be loads of activities and events, food and
drinks, competitions, raffles and prizes.
We hope that pupils past and present will come and meet up
with friends old and new.
The event is organised by the Friends Of Penn School and
if you have any items that you would like to donate as
prizes, or the white elephant stall etc please contact Jenny
at the school office on 01494 814255
All funds raised will be used in projects to help the
students. |
Thanks For The Amazing Support
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We would like to
thank John Lewis (High Wycombe branch) and Buckinghamshire New
University for their recent and on-going help and donations.
As well as providing
items for prizes, especially for the Card competition last year, and
lots of Art material for the ASD department, John Lewis and will
soon put a link on their website to show our students work.
Bucks New University
have also been very by cutting wood that is used by students in the
Design & Technology and Art studies. We thank both organisations
most sincerely. |
MAD Bag Thanks
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Post 16 would like
to thank all the students, families and staff who have supported
this Charity campaign to date. We visit the Wycombe Homeless
Connection’s offices most weeks to drop off your generous donations
and the staff and guests there are most grateful. Post 16
students will continue to pass on any donations we receive in the
coming weeks and months. If you would like further information about
our chosen charity please go to
http://www.wyhoc.org.uk/
Many thanks |
Christmas Card Competition
School Production - Robina Hood
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Many thanks to all the visitors who came to
watch Robina Hood. The students gave two excellent performances and
absolutely enjoyed themselves and
we would like to thank everyone involved in performing and helping
put the production on.
Many thanks for the donations of raffle prizes
and in the collection bucket by visitors. To the lucky raffle
winners - congratulations. To everyone else - better luck next time.
A DVD of the performances will be available
early next year. |
2012 Horticulture Calendars For Sale
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Many thanks for all the Morrisons 'Lets Grow'
tokens - we have used them to get seeds and storage. With the
profits from the apple juice, all of which have been sold so thank
you all for buying, we have purchased some blackberry and
gooseberry bushes to make fruit smoothies from next Summer.
We have some professionally produced and
printed glossy 2012 calendars for sale. The full colour, A3 sheets
include action shots from each month last year of many of the
students in their horticulture studies as they have worked hard
preparing, growing and tending the flowers, fruits and vegetables.
The calendars are on sale for £6.50 each. To
order, please contact
philippa.worley@pennschool.co.uk
or complete and return the order form already sent home with
students. |
Care & Residential Awarded Outstanding Grade By Ofsted
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On October 4th to October 6th 2011 we had an Ofsted inspection of our boarding and care provision. We achieved an
outstanding grade across the board.
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Overall Effectiveness |
Outstanding |
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Outcomes for residential pupils
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Outstanding |
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Quality of residential provision and care |
Outstanding |
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Residential Pupils' Safety
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Outstanding |
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Leadership and Management of residential provision |
Outstanding |
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This is a fantastic achievement and follows on
from the outstanding grade awarded to the Post 16 department this
time last
year. Congratulations to all the students and staff involved.
A copy of the full report can be seen by
clicking
here (or from our Downloads page) or alternatively from the
Ofsted website directly by clicking
here.
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Penn Apple Juice - Sold Out
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Since returning to school last September the students
worked very hard in the school
orchard.
Between them they picked about 600 Kilos of
apples which were then taken to a pressing facility to be pressed
and bottled.
We have now sold out for this year, so thank
you to those who bought some - we hope you enjoyed it.
We keep our fingers crossed for a bumper crop
next year. |
Penn's Got Talent
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Congratulations to all those
who took part in Penn's Got Talent on Thursday 21st July.
There were over 20 acts of
singing, dancing, comedy, juggling and even football skills. The students were
excellent.
A DVD of the show is for
sale during the School play in December or via the order forms
already sent home with students. |
Post 16 Celebration Day, 19th July 2011
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Penn held our first Post 16
Prize Giving and Celebration on Thursday 19th July to celebrate all
the achievements of our Post 16 students.
We had a very special guest
to present the certificates and awards.
A PDF file with more details
and pictures from the day can be viewed/downloaded by clicking
here. |
Penn Students In The
Press 2011
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Each month the First News national newspaper,
a publication for and about students aged 7-14, prints a piece
written by a Penn student about themselves, their
special needs and how it affects their lives and how they manage them.
For the
Christmas edition the
author is Lucy. Read her story here.
You can read
all the previous stories.
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Sports Day, Thursday 14th July 2011
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The weather was great and
the students even greater. All the students took part and
competed in a variety of sporting events. There were some excellent
performances - 2012 watch out!
Congratulations to the relay
teams who beat the staff team. |
Exam Results 2011
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We have received the
results for our Years 10 & 11 who took their Welsh Board
(WJEC) qualifications in ICT, Maths, English, Humanities and DT.
Over 95% of all the results showed students being awarded
distinctions. We are very proud of
them and they deserve all their success
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DJ
Drops Into School
Click
here to read the story of the celebrity DJ who paid the
school a flying visit.
Summer Cake
Competition 2011
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Many of our students took part in our
Summer Cake contest.
Their brief was to make and decorate a cake by
themselves that showed 'Summer'.
The external Judge had a very difficult task to
choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each of the age groups (Key Stage
3, Key Stage 4 and Post 16).
Many commendations were awarded for some
fantastic and colourful decorations.
The winners were Sam, Rory and Joe.
Congratulations to them and everyone who took
part.
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Welsh Board (WJEC) Art
GCSE Moderator Visit 2011
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The moderator came to look at the Art GCSE
work, presentations and portfolios created by the 5 students who
took the qualification; Nimrita, Paige, Jonathan P, Matthew N
and Imogen.
The moderator was thrilled with the students’
visually exciting display of art work which demonstrated
progressive art and thinking through its energy and volume.
The work was of a very high standard providing evidence that
students were taught by an experienced and skilful teacher,
Mrs Helen Brett.
The use of new media, ICT and photography met all
assessment criteria and is an excellent example of up to
date teaching in the 21st century.
Jonathan’s permission will sought by the examining
board to display his PowerPoint presentation on their web
site as an example of excellent use of ICT in Art and
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Further examples
of what the moderator saw are shown below.
OCR Nationals ICT
level 2
GCSE 2011
We have just received the fabulous news
that Nimrita, Jonathan P and Paige have been awarded passes and
merits for their Level 2 (A* to C) GCSE ICT work. They had to
use and demonstrate how ICT is used in real life within all
aspects of organisations by creating a company and using ICT to
to apply real world scenarios and tasks. This included having to
write, design and record a radio advertisement.
Congratulations to all three students on
their fine effort and excellent grades.
Albert Hall Refrieze Project 2011
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The Royal Albert Hall
(RAH) is 140 years old this year. To commemorate this students from
Penn and other schools have submitted artwork to an RAH project to
create contemporary versions of the Victorian mosaic frieze that
circles the exterior of the building. Our students' work can be
viewed on the Refrieze website by clicking on the pages below.
Page 3 of Penn Students Work
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