House Monoprint in Oak class
House Monoprint in Oak class In Oak class, the children have been sketching houses from observation. They then selected an interesting area of the house they had drawn, and created monoprints using printing ink and blocks.The learning objective was to develop their techniques, including their control and their use of materials, with creativity, experimentation and […]
Ascension
Ascension Every year to celebrate Ascension Day, the whole school invite their friends and families to walk up Durstone Hill for a service led by Reverend Sidwell – this year was no exception!Willow class acted out the story of when Jesus ascended into Heaven and everyone sang.The children blew bubbles and flew kites as it […]
King’s Coronation Party
King’s Coronation Party Yesterday, the whole school invited friends and families in for an afternoon of celebration to commemorate our King’s Coronation. Our wonderful PTA decorated the playground, arranged an ice-cream van and organised coronation bookmarks for each of the children to keep.The children were invited to create crowns with a winning design for both […]
Tag Rugby Tournament – Winners!
Tag Rugby Tournament – Winners! They did it!!Congratulations Pencombe for another win at the tag rugby tournament held at Bromyard Rugby Club, involving many other local schools.Miss Underhill and Mr Phillips took our Year 4, 5 and 6s, and the event was organised by our very own “Rugby Rob!”Every team played with great sportsmanship, determination […]
Our Easter Service
Our Easter Service This week, the whole school celebrated Easter by re-enacting parts of The Easter Story. Cherry class waved palms for the palm procession, Oak class acted out The Last Supper, Willow class reminded us of Jesus’ crucifixion and Birch class performed Jesus’ resurrection.As always, the children were fantastic, both at recreating the story […]
Micro:bits
Micro:bits We are very lucky to have purchased new Micro:bits for computing! The children in Oak class had great fun connecting them to their Chromebooks and then programming them.Watch out Bill Gates – Oak class know what they’re doing!!!!
SIAMS from long ago…
SIAMS from long ago… This week has been an extremely busy but extremely enjoyable week at Pencombe! We had our Statutory Inspection for Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) and it was a wonderful opportunity to showcase everything we do here, together, at Pencombe.The children were incredible, as always, and we could not have been more […]
World Book Day
World Book Day Today we celebrated World Book Day! It was a week later than the actual day, but we had such a busy week last week that we wanted our day to special – and it really was!We did things a little differently this year. Instead of dressing as our favourite character, our theme […]
The Moving Targets Project
The Moving Targets Project On Wednesday, the children in Oak and Willow class had the best time performing on the big stage at The Courtyard in Hereford as part of The Moving Targets Project alongside primary schools across Herefordshire.The purpose of the project is to develop children’s confidence, promote dance and be an opportunity to […]
Wednesday Worship
Wednesday Worship In our Wednesday Worship this week, we celebrated St David’s Day! It was also the first Wednesday of the half term so the children took part in our communion service and joined together to remember how Jesus sacrificed for us by dying on the cross. Communion is also called the Lord’s Supper because […]
