30.11.2022 Musicians Gear Up for Winter Concert Our talented musicians have started rehearsals for the annual Penrice Winter Concert! The highly-anticipated event will welcome spectators into the school for the first time since Covid-19 and will take place on Tuesday 13 December at 6.00pm in the Main Hall. Doors will open at 5.30pm and refreshments will be available for donations. There will… Read more »
23.11.2022 Year 9 Scientists Enjoy One-Day Mining Workshop with Camborne School of Mines There was plenty of curiosity in Year 9 science yesterday as Camborne School of Mines visited to lead a one-day workshop on mining in Cornwall – past, present and future. Students first learnt about what makes the geology of Cornwall special, why it has so many mineral resources, and the demand for mining such resources… Read more »
10.10.2022 Titan the Robot Inspires Budding Computer Science Students Pupils at Penrice Academy in St. Austell welcomed a world-famous, 8-foot-tall visitor into school on Monday 10th October. Jaws dropped as Titan the Robot took to the stage with a mission to both entertain and to plant the seed of inspiration in each student’s brain, showcasing what is possible in Computer Science. The visit of… Read more »
15.09.2022 Penrice Becomes the First School in Cornwall to Join National Mandarin Excellence Programme Penrice Academy has this week announced that students in Year 7 will be offered the chance to study Mandarin Chinese on a flagship language programme. The St. Austell-based academy becomes the first and only school in Cornwall to join the Department for Education’s Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) – an intensive curriculum offering in which settings… Read more »
13.07.2022 Team Porthpean Win Sports Day 2022 A great effort by our pupils yesterday who gave it their all on Sports Day! Congratulations to Team Porthpean on romping to victory by a clear margin! There were an enormous range of activities on offer ranging from traditional track and field events to more obscure Sports Day activities such as Archery, BMX Riding, French… Read more »
16.05.2022 Boys’ Athletics Teams Clinch County Title News coming in from the PE Department where both of our Boys’ Athletics teams were victorious against 17 other Cornish schools as they lifted the County Cup last week! As a result of both teams winning, we will be taking them to compete against the other county champions from across the southwest at Millfield School… Read more »
07.04.2022 Year 11 Conquer the 24-Hour Charity Challenge 13:30 The last dance!!! – Congratulations to Year 11 on completing the #24HourChallenge!!!! 🥳 🥳 Dancing, cycling and rowing, non-stop for 24 hours! ✔️ Over £3,000 raised in total for Young Lives vs Cancer, Kidney Care UK and The Brain Tumour Charity, all of which have close personal ties with students/staff at Penrice ❤ … Read more »
25.03.2022 Curtain Rises on Penrice School Production of Mary Poppins What a fantastic week it has been here at Penrice! The Assembly Hall was filled to capacity on all three nights of Mary Poppins and every show was greeted with rapturous applause by each audience. This was the first school production since pre-Covid times (2019) and it was certainly worth the wait with classics including… Read more »
17.03.2022 SongFest 2022 – Pupils Take to the Stage at The Plymouth Pavilions A musically-talented group of 15 students performed live on stage at the Plymouth Pavilions yesterday as part of SongFest 2022. The event was organised by Cornwall Music Education Hub and saw schools come together from across Cornwall and Devon to sing in one giant ensemble. SongFest took place across 6 locations – Penzance, Falmouth, Wadebridge,… Read more »
04.03.2022 Year 10 Compete in UK Space Agency ‘SatelLife2022 Challenge’ Over 100 Year 10 students took part in the SatelLife2022 Challenge today as they searched for new, innovative ways in which satellites could improve life on Earth. Promoted as a nationwide search for young space entrepreneurs, the competition is open to ages 11 – 22 and has a prize fund of up to £50,000 available… Read more »