Year 11 History Students Immerse Themselves in WW1 Medicine Workshop Year 11 GCSE History students from Penrice and Poltair participated in an eye-opening and poignant joint-school workshop today which focused on WW1 medicine. Led by visitors David and Richard from Frontline Living History, the workshop explored the various injuries suffered in WW1 and the medical treatments used to help soldiers on the frontline. The purpose of the visit was to improve students’ understanding of past illnesses, injuries and medicines, building their knowledge as part of their History of Medicines GCSE unit. Over the course of two sessions, the duo talked through the various WW1 injuries including artillery wounds, bullet wounds, bayonet wounds, shrapnel wounds and, as the war progressed, injuries suffered by gas attacks and the defences against the different chemicals used. Students were given the opportunity to hold various artefacts and models throughout the workshop, including a few lucky volunteers who got to sound gas alarms and wear gas masks in a short re-enactment. Mr Wright Head of History at Penrice Academy “Today’s workshop is all about helping our GCSE History students add context and visualisation to their studies. Through interacting with real-life artefacts and replicas, students will really be able to understand what soldiers went through and they will be able to use this experience when answering their GCSE exam questions later in the year.” Surgeon’s toolkit – WW1 More Recent Penrice News… Performing Arts – Autumn Term 2022 Round-Up Read more Musicians Shine at Winter Concert 2022 Image gallery Hundreds Attend Joint-School Careers Fair Read more News at Penrice From getting inside lessons and on school trips to reading all about successes, events and blogs from throughout the Penrice community - find all the latest news here. Search this site: Recent Posts Penrice Gears Up for National Apprenticeship Week 2023 #NAW2023 Year 9 Experience Spooks and Scares at Bodmin Jail Year 11 History Students Immerse Themselves in WW1 Medicine Workshop Performing Arts – Autumn Term 2022 Round-up Musicians Shine at Winter Concert 2022 Hundreds Attend Joint-School Careers Fair Year 9 Scientists Enjoy One-Day Mining Workshop with Camborne School of Mines Character Days 2022 – Blog GCSE Results 2022 Two New Furry Arrivals on Penrice Farm Titan the Robot Inspires Budding Computer Science Students Penrice Becomes the First School in Cornwall to Join National Mandarin Excellence Programme Curriculum Enrichment Week 2022 – Blog Team Porthpean Win Sports Day 2022 Introducing our New Head Students CategoriesCategories Select Category Academy Academy Council Blog Academy Trust Art BBC School Report Bella the Dog Beyond Penrice Careers Character Charity Work CLASS Computer Science Curriculum Enrichment Week Dance Drama Duke of Edinburgh English Events Extra Curricular Former Students French Geography History ICT Languages Learning Support Mable Maths Media Music News Outdoor Education Performing Arts Physics Primary Workshops Principal’s Blog Safeguarding School Trips Science Senior Prefect Team Spanish Sport and PE Sports News Staff Star Students Subjects Technology The Core Transition Uncategorized University Year 10 Year 11 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year Groups