Conscription! Year 6 are heading to the front!
News from Year 5:
Purging Pollution with our Scratch Games
Our Year 5’s have been learning all about conservation, pollution and looking after Planet Earth this term. As part of this exciting project they’ve been designing and coding their own pollution-busting games in Scratch. Starting with character development, each student used a fun drawing tool called Make 8-Bit
Jacob Woolcock
2nd July 2024
The Dragons and the Six Super Stars both come back from Culdrose with Trophies!
Last week our Year 6 and Year 5 Lego Teams (the Six Super Stars and the Dragons respectively) took part in the Cornwall finals of the FIRST Lego League. With thirty other teams taking part each day it was wonderful to see the event getting bigger and better
Jacob Woolcock
20th March 2024
KS2 Learning Celebration (24th March 2020)
Each week whilst school is closed I’ll be bringing you a Friday afternoon assembly showcasing some of the diverse and exciting learning that’s being shared by Key Stage 2 on Showbie. As well as the assembly itself, this page also has a gallery where you can see the
Jacob Woolcock
24th March 2020
Love Reading? Love our Book Fair!
The Book Fair arrived at Penpol School on Thursday 5th March (World Book Day) and will be here until Wednesday 12th March! You are able to use £1 World Book Day vouchers on books that are over £2.99 at the Book Fair. There are hundreds of books from
Rebecca Best
6th March 2020
Exciting Connections at Swift Code Club
Last term we started a brand new club at Penpol, App Design Club. In this club the children in Year 5 and Year 6 are invited to consider an idea or problem and how they might make an app to solve this. Following along with resources made by
Jacob Woolcock
28th February 2020
Year 5 Space Spectacul-‘AR’
This half term our year 5 pupils have been learning about Space and the Solar System. As part of this exciting topic, the children have been using their knowledge of our Solar System to create some video documentaries on the iPads. However, obviously getting video footage of the
Jacob Woolcock
11th February 2020
Year 5’s friendship with French school grows
Each half-term, students from Classes 11 and 12 have written a letter or email to a penpal in France. The aim of the French penpal exchange, which has been running successfully for over two years, was for our students at Penpol to better understand the similarities, as well
Jack Emery
10th February 2020
Celebrating our first Careers Fair
On Wednesday the 6th of November, Penpol held our first ever Careers event. 30 different businesses and employees gave up their time to explain just what makes their job sector special, with hands-on demonstrations, interactive activities and a stream of answers ready for the children’s questions. The event
Mark Pollard
21st November 2019
Penpol School Choir at Camborne Music Festival
On Thursday 14th November, some of our fantastic KS2 choir represented Penpol School excellently at the Camborne Music Festival. The Choir sang two pieces, Human – by Rag ‘N; Bone Man and When I Grow Up from the hit musical Matilda, written by Tim Minchin. The choir sang
Colin Jones
21st November 2019
Artistic Adjectives
Just before half term we finished an exciting and creative project which involved creating artwork on our iPads. We spent several lessons learning different techniques and building our drawing skills, which was put to good use in the final lesson where everyone created their own Artistic Adjective. The
Jacob Woolcock
1st November 2019
Season Opener For Our Netballers!
Tuesday brought about the opening round of fixtures for our netball team. The children travelled to Mounts Bay Academy where they participate in the Penwith Schools High-5 netball league. The team consisted of a mixture of year 5 and 6 children, many of whom were playing for the
Nic Stanlake
1st October 2019
Stone Age and Bronze Aged artefacts land in Class 11 & 12!
On Tuesday the 1st of October, class 11 and 12 were fortunate enough to get their hands on some artefacts which are literally thousands of years old! Made during the Stone Age and Iron Age, the children worked together to decipher what the items might have been used
Mark Pollard
1st October 2019
Organic and Mixed Media Art Experience for Year 5!
Year 5 were treated to a week of organic art and mixed media Art with Tracey, an artist from St Ives. With the amazon being a pivotal part of the Earth’s ecosystem, Year 5 are currently following artist John Dyer as he broadcasts live his travels across the
Jack Emery
12th September 2019
Music in the Marquee 2019 – The Movie!
This year we had our fifth Music in the Marquee concert here at Penpol School, this year featuring the amazing Leanne Kyte as The Ariana Grande Experience. As is fast becoming a tradition, we’ve made a very special short film of the evening to bring back all of
Jacob Woolcock
18th August 2019