Year 2 were buzzing with excitement on Tuesday, 6th January 2026, when they welcomed local beekeeper Tamsin Harris to school! Tamsin has been bee-keeping since 1998 and now cares for an incredible 109 hives in the local area – talk about a hive of activity! With a honeycomb
This week, Year 2 has been learning about a very special Christmas tradition – Christingle. As part of our lessons on Christian celebrations, we made our Christingle celebration a time to think about being thankful for what we have and hopeful for the future. We explored the meaning
Today, Year 2 had a very special design and technology session with their KS2 Learning Buddies. The children worked together to create amazing castles using cereal boxes, glue, scissors, masking
DT Meets 1666: When Our Creations Faced the Flames! The excitement was sky-high as the Year 1 children gathered to watch their carefully crafted Tudor houses go up in flames,
How Clean Are Our Hands? In September, our young Year 1 scientists carried out a very exciting (and slightly yucky!) experiment to find out how clean our hands really are.
The Light Detectives: Transparent, Translucent, or Opaque? This week, we explored transparent, translucent, and opaque materials by becoming Light Detectives! Our first mission was to go on a hunt around
Sandtastic Science in Year 1! Year 1 had a sandy, scientific adventure this week as the whole class set out to discover the perfect mixture for building sandcastles. Using just
Year 1 had a very special visitor—none other than the famous 17th-century diarist, Samuel Pepys! The day began with the children taking on the role of town criers, ringing bells
This week, our school and wider community came together to mark Remembrance Day, honouring those who served in wars past and present. In the days leading up to November 11th,
Last year, some staff and key stage two pupils here at Penpol School got together over a series of singing assemblies to write a song that sums up what
Class 4 had a spook-tacular day full of fun, learning, and imagination! Dressed in their own creepy costumes, the children were already channeling the mysterious and magical wonder of Spooky