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 »
03.05.2023 Ten Tors 2023 Review Congratulations to our amazing Ten Tors challengers and Ten Tors staff who represented Penrice over the weekend on Dartmoor! Ms Penrose shares more in her review below.
18.04.2023 Speedo Mick Visits Penrice An enormous thank you to the inspirational Speedo Mick for visiting Penrice’s Year 9 students this afternoon, dropping into 12 classrooms to take students by surprise each time!! Speedo Mick features regularly in Mrs Razzell’s weekly Year 9 assemblies as a role model for how tiny steps in the right direction every day can help… Read more »
07.02.2023 Year 9’s Freya Reaches National Final of Springboard Future Chef Competition We are delighted to share the news that Freya in Year 9 recently won the southwest regional final of the Springboard Future Chef competition on Friday at Bridgwater and Taunton College in Somerset. With an outstanding high score of 41/50, Freya ‘smashed it’ and has now qualified for the national final in London in March…. Read more »
11.01.2023 Year 9 Experience Spooks and Scares at Bodmin Jail Year 9 experienced spooks, scares and time for reflection today as they visited Bodmin Jail Attraction on a hair-raising History field trip. The trip was all about exploring the history of capital punishment in the UK and Bodmin Jail has a fascinating past! Built in 1779, it served as a prison until 1923 and our… 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 »
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 »
15.07.2022 Curriculum Enrichment Week 2022 – Blog Final Updates Isles of Scilly – Final Two Days Report written by Mr Banfield: Friday brought us outstanding weather for the last group to go to Penninis Head to try coasteering, it was quite a sight to see our students taking the plunge (literally) and overcoming their fears to jump off the rocks. Whilst… 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 »