13.02.2025 Year 11 Attend Poetry Live in Bristol It was a memorable visit to Poetry Live in Bristol on Wednesday 12th February. After an early start with the coach departing before sunrise, students reached Bristol in good time. They had an amazing day listening to famous poets discussing their work and reading their poems live on stage. Performing poets included Simon Armitage, John… Read more »
03.02.2025 Story Republic Visit Penrice A big thank you to Story Republic who visited Penrice on Friday to share with our students the colourful joy of storytelling. With a range of stories, poems and songs, Story Republic ignited Year 7 imaginations in assembly before surprising our Year 9 and 10 students in lessons with short classroom visits. There was also… Read more »
29.01.2025 Sponsored Read Raises Over £600 for Local Children’s Hospice Students from Penrice Academy were warmly greeted by staff and families at Children’s Hospice South West (CHSW) last week as they delivered a collection of brand new children’s books worth £640. The funds were raised before Christmas when students gathered in the Penrice Library for a meaningful sponsored 2-hour read to support the local hospice…. Read more »
14.06.2024 41 Students Have Their Work Published What if the Earth stopped spinning? What if teenagers were in power? What if time travel was possible? These are just some of the ideas explored by our amazing students in the latest Young Writers’ Competition called The Glitch! Forty-one of our pupils had their work published in a fantastic anthology of work that shows… 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 »
04.03.2024 Local Author Justyn Edwards Visits Penrice A massive thank you to Justyn Edwards, author of the Great Fox series, who visited Penrice on 1st March to inspire our Year 7 students. Mr Edwards began the day by speaking in assembly to all Year 7s, explaining how he became a published author only as recently as 2022 before wowing students with an… Read more »
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 »
23.11.2023 Local Children’s Author Visits Penrice Thank you to local children’s author Tina Barrott who visited Penrice on Monday to inspire a group of Penrice students. In an hour-long workshop, Tina talked students through both the creative writing and illustrating processes of producing children’s books, as well as her pathway to becoming a published author. Mrs Hague [pictured left], Reading Champion… Read more »
23.02.2023 Children’s Author Ben Davis Visits Penrice Academy Penrice Academy welcomed a special guest on Wednesday 22nd February when renowned children’s/teen’s author Ben Davis visited the school. Mr Davis spent the whole day at Penrice, hosting two assemblies and two creative writing workshops. The assemblies had the attending Year 7 and Year 8 students full of intrigue with the reading of extracts from… Read more »
12.11.2021 Author and Storyteller Katy Cawkwell visits Penrice Academy Devon-based author and storyteller Katy Cawkwell visited Penrice Academy on Friday 12 November in order to lead workshops with the Year 7 and Year 10 students. Katy’s workshops are fast gaining a reputation amongst the school community and English teacher Mr Newton was keen to share Katy’s infectious enthusiasm for storytelling with Penrice students. Mr… Read more »