16.03.2023 Penrice Musicians Perform at Songfest 2023 We were delighted to participate in the annual Songfest festival earlier this month, taking a group of talented musicians to Launceston. Mr Brodey, Music Teacher, shares more…
08.02.2023 Penrice Prepares for Matilda Jr. School Production *** UPDATE: 9th March 2023 – WHILST ALL DATES WERE SOLD OUT, WE ARE OCCASIONALLY RECEIVING SOME TICKET CANCELLATIONS. PLEASE KEEP CHECKING PARENTPAY IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR LAST-MINUTE TICKETS *** Penrice Academy is thrilled to present our 2023 School Production of Matilda Jr, the award-winning musical based on the original Roald Dahl classic. This… Read more »
19.12.2022 Performing Arts – Autumn Term 2022 Round-up This term has been a very busy term for the Performing Arts department at Penrice Academy which culminated in our end of term Winter Concert last Tuesday. Mr Brodey shares a round-up in this Performing Arts blog which summarises the term gone by.
14.12.2022 Musicians Shine at Winter Concert 2022 Our talented musicians took to the stage on Tuesday night as they performed in Penrice Academy’s annual Winter Concert. The highly-anticipated event welcomed spectators into the school for the first time since Covid-19 and seat reservations were snapped up with all tickets sold out well in advance. There were a huge variety of performances including… 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 »
01.12.2021 VIDEO: Mary Poppins Set Design Team Need Your Help Penrice Academy’s Mary Poppins will be performing on the 22nd,23rd, and 24th of March. With assistance from Ms Morse, the set design team have been working on adapting the script in a real performance. The Media Team is going to be interviewing the Behind-the-Scenes teams throughout the year to show their involvement in the production,… Read more »
10.06.2021 VIDEO: Isaac (Year 10) Releases Song for G7 Summit Huge congratulations to Isaac in Year 10 who has had his song, ‘Kids Like Me’, selected by Cornwall Music Education Hub to be part of ‘7 Songs for G7’. The collection consists of seven unique, diverse songs, all home-grown, composed by Cornish composers from the age of 15 through to well-known Cornish songwriters and composers…. Read more »
14.03.2019 Invisible Worlds Concert On Thursday 4th April 2019, 12 schools from the St Austell area, including a number from the Peninsula Learning Trust, will be performing at the Invisible Worlds event at the Eden Project! Read more about Invisible Worlds here. Children from St. Mewan, Bishop Bronescombe, Charlestown, Mevagissey, Fowey, Luxulyan, Lostwithiel, Carclaze, Pondhu, Sandy Hill, Mount Charles… Read more »