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 »
04.02.2022 Year 9 & 10 Take On National UKMT Maths Challenge There have been faces of concentration in the computer room over the past two days as our Year 9 and Year 10 students have competed in the national UKMT Maths Challenge. The UKMT Maths Challenge is an annual event that Penrice is proud to take part in and acts as an enrichment opportunity for our… Read more »
12.12.2021 Year 9 Take On Energy Quest Workshop Year 9 have participated in an immersive Science workshop led by Tomorrows Engineers called Energy Quest over the past two days. This was a really exciting workshop giving Year 9 students the chance to find out all about sustainable energy and learn about associated engineering careers, whilst trying to solve the problem of how to… Read more »
01.11.2021 Race Across the World 2021-22 We return to school after the half-term break full of optimism and excitement as we launch our latest extra-curricular initiative: Race Across the World. Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 will embark on an educational journey through Europe, South America and Africa respectively. Miss Garrod is on hand to explain more…
29.06.2021 Pupils Take On Rainbow Run Challenge for Children’s Hospice South West Throughout last week, students across all year groups took part in the Children’s Hospice South West’s Rainbow Run challenge during their PE lessons. The event was a huge success and thoroughly enjoyed by all that embraced the challenge. There was a real community spirit and a sea of rainbow colours running around our 1-mile circular… Read more »
20.05.2021 Superb work in Year 9 Art Project Year 9 Art & Design students have been very busy this week designing and constructing their own clay sculpture, for their ‘Surface’ project. Their work was inspired by the artists Peter Randall-Page, Luciana Rondolini, Kate Malone and Yayoi Kusama, as well as incorporating ideas, skills and techniques they have learnt this year. Their clay sculptures… Read more »
27.04.2021 Penrice Launches Us Plus Student Team There was an exciting development in Penrice Academy’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing support infrastructure this week where 18 Year 9 students were trained to become the school’s first ever Us Plus student team. The aim of the programme is to create a team of young people able to support the emotional, mental health and wellbeing… Read more »
22.04.2021 Nadine Donates her Lockdown Locks Do you ever remember returning to school after a long holiday to find that your classmate looked different? New trims, radiant sun tans and fresh new uniform are just a handful of examples where classmates take a second glance before recognising a friend’s new look. Well that’s exactly what happened to Nadine in Year 9… Read more »
10.02.2020 Year 9 go to the Environment and Sustainability Day 2020 at University of Exeter 12 Year 9 students took part in the Environment Sustainability Day 2020 at the Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn on 5th February. The aim of the day was to introduce students to university life and STEM options with Geography as a key focus as part of their A Level and FE choices…. Read more »
04.10.2018 Star Student: Denzil, Year 9 Meet Denzil – Year 9’s Shooting Champion. Denzil has had a fantastic year. Following on from his selection by British Shooting to be put on their Talent Pathway earlier this year, he’s been winning multiple local competitions. He competed at the British Grand Prix at Uttoxeter, where he came first in his class, and overall… Read more »