22.07.2024 Curriculum Enrichment Week 2024 – Blog We are delighted to bring you coverage of our CEW2024 activities as we end the academic year in style! Keep regularly checking this blog for updates over the next 5 days. Friday 26 July 2024 Final Words That’s all for our #CEW2024 coverage this year! So many lifelong memories to cherish!! Thank you to the… Read more »
28.06.2024 Green Team Supporting Make Space for BEES Project The Penrice Plus Green Team have been supporting the Make Space for BEES collaborative project in conjunction with the University of Plymouth and Pollenize. The initiative is funded by the AHRC Design Exchange Partnership (DEP) and tackles biodiversity loss by empowering young people to create pollinator havens in their schools. There are currently six schools… Read more »
14.05.2024 Author Clare Owen visits Penrice Academy Local author Clare Owen visited Penrice on Monday to speak to Year 8 students and lead a creative writing workshop. Clare is a former student of Oxford University where she studied an English degree before spending much of her career in the Creative Arts. Her name came to the fore in 2021 when her novel… Read more »
08.05.2024 Year 9 Boys Claim County Football Title There were scenes of celebration on Tuesday evening as Penrice Academy’s Year 9 Boys produced a memorable second-half turnaround to clinch the Football County Cup. Hosted at Sticker Football Club, the boys faced a showdown against a talented Redruth School team. The ability of the Redruth team was clear to see in the first half… Read more »
13.03.2024 Oliver JR – Penrice Academy Production 2024 Review There was a memorable spectacle at Penrice Academy last week as the curtain rose on their highly anticipated 2024 school production of Oliver JR. Full of classic, iconic songs like “Consider Yourself”, “Food Glorious Food”, and “Oom-Pah-Pah”, the audiences across three nights toe-tapped and clapped along throughout the shows. Performing to over 200 people… Read more »
07.03.2024 Students Awestruck on Imerys Careers Trip Over 100 Year 9 students donned high-vis jackets, safety goggles and hard hats on Wednesday as they headed on a memorable field trip to local Imerys facilities. Imerys is a multi-national company that specialises in the production and processing of industrial minerals. They employ 16,900 people worldwide and have major China Clay operations here on… Read more »
30.01.2024 Anticipation Rises for Oliver JR! There is just over one month to go until our talented actors and actresses take to the stage for Penrice Academy’s 2024 school production of Oliver JR. Full of classic songs like “Consider Yourself”, “Food Glorious Food”, and “Oom-Pah-Pah”, this is set to be a toe-tapping, engaging and truly memorable spectacle.
08.12.2023 Edie in Year 9 Wins National Young Writers’ Competition Edie was the first in her home to hear the post clatter through the letterbox and went to collect the scattered array of envelopes that lay on the floor. As she picked up and scanned through the letters, her eyebrows raised with curiosity as there was a standout, bright-teal envelope addressed to her. ‘I never… Read more »
04.12.2023 Penrice Grateful for Cost of Living Support A huge thank you to Morrisons and DISC Newquay for supporting Penrice families who may be struggling during the current cost of living crisis. Morrisons Newquay and Morrisons Bodmin have been supplying us with food parcels throughout this term. Morrisons customers who purchased pre-packed bags during their shops have made a huge difference to families… Read more »
17.11.2023 St. Austell Rotary Club Donate £500 to Penrice Academy’s Young Carer Provision St. Austell Rotary Club have generously donated £500 to help fund improvements to Penrice Academy’s Wellbeing Garden for Young Carers. A Young Carer is a child who cares for a friend or family member who, due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, cannot cope without their support. Penrice Academy has over… Read more »