14.10.2024 Year 8 Enjoy St Ives Art Trip Last week, our Year 8 students really channelled their inner artists as they travelled down to St Ives on an Arts field trip, visiting The Tate Gallery and the Barbara Hepworth Museum, all before partaking in an art workshop with the Salvation Army. Words by: Mrs Elliot Head of Art It was so wonderful to… 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 »
23.05.2024 Medical Mentoring Programme to Launch in September We are delighted to announce that we will be launching a Medical Mentoring Programme, starting in September 2024. Interested students attended an introductory talk in the Assembly Hall yesterday (22nd May 2024) to learn more about the offering. The programme will increase awareness of what it takes to study Medicine and Healthcare subjects through fun,… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
17.11.2022 Character Days 2022 – Blog The purpose of our #CharacterDays is to develop our students as well-rounded people, nurturing them to become kind, caring and empathetic young adults who are ready to make a positive impact on the world when they leave Penrice. Below is a timeline/blog providing you with updates across the two days (Thursday and Friday). Body Image… 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 »