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 »
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 »
02.07.2024 Miss England Visits Penrice to Promote CPR On Friday, we welcomed a celebrity visitor into Penrice as Miss England (Milla Magee) spoke to our Year 7s in an assembly, building upon the year group’s learning in Mini Medics. Based in Newquay, Milla was crowned Miss England in May and is the founder of a project called #GOFARWITHCPR. Upon hearing of her campaign,… 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 »
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 »
04.09.2023 New Friendships Made at Year 7 Summer Academy The 2023 Penrice Summer Academy finished on Thursday last week with a celebration of three fun-packed days! Our new Year 7 students enjoyed learning new survival skills, solved mysteries using CSI Science and found out how to save lives during volcanic eruptions. They also made hedgehog bread, enjoyed archery and programmed robots to sing and… Read more »
17.07.2023 Curriculum Enrichment Week 2023 – Blog Friday 21 July 2023 Living London Life Our Living London Life students are now resting up on their journey home after a non-stop week in the big city!! Safe travels home and enjoy your summer!!! Chef Week Our students on Chef Week had a great time at The Lost Gardens of Heligan earlier this week… Read more »
15.06.2023 Year 6 Families Enjoy Mandarin Taster Lesson A big thank you to all Year 6 families who attended a Mandarin Taster Lesson this week. The Taster Lessons were available across three afternoons, Monday to Wednesday. Each lesson included learning the 4 different Mandarin tones (level, rising, fall/rise, falling), learning how to count to 10, how to write numbers in Mandarin and, finally,… Read more »
25.05.2023 3,000 Trained – Penrice Celebrate Mini Medics Milestone The school community at Penrice Academy has felt a great sense of pride this week after reaching a total of 3,000 students trained in basic first aid. The programme, called Mini Medics, was started by the school in 2017 and is a first aid course designed for children without any confusing terminology, covering CPR, the… Read more »
24.05.2023 Students Achieve Best Results Ever in UKMT Junior Maths Challenge We are delighted to share the news that six students have qualified for the next round of the highly-competitive UK Maths Trust (UKMT) Junior Maths Challenge, making this year Penrice Academy’s best performance ever in the competition! Held across the UK, the UKMT Maths Challenge is a 60-minute, multiple-choice exam that encourages mathematical reasoning, precision… Read more »