Headteacher
Chris Coyle-Chislett
Email the Office
secretary@penpol.cornwall.sch.uk
Telephone Number
01736 753472
Our Address
2 St George’s Road, Hayle,
Cornwall, TR27 4AH
Penpol School 
“The pizza looked different because there were circles and splotches of mozzarella on there. On my slice there was a lot of tomato! I liked it, but it was definitely something a bit new” – Scarlett
“We went to the Apple Store and learnt how to use Freeform – but we already knew how to do that because of our Innovation Project! Luckily the main part of of our workshop was learning how to use Procreate to draw some pictures of American Landmarks” – Ezra
“The guy running the workshop was really fun and helped us a lot with our pictures – he was called Terrance” – Henry
Today we’ve started packing everything we need to go to America, which included something we’ve been putting off for weeks – breaking apart all of our attachments so they can fit in our suitcases!
Even though it’s something we have to do I can honestly I don’t like this at all – it just doesn’t feel right! I hope we can rebuild them all at the other end…
Matteo
We’ve had a fun afternoon creating robots using Spike Prime LEGO which had to do fun challenges like a race and performing on stage at Robot’s Got Talent!
I’m surprised that so many people came – I wonder if that’s to do with the promise of prizes? Or perhaps they came to support us by having their own once-in-a-lifetime robot experience with their families? Either way we’re really grateful they came to support us at the Brick Bash and that they’re having lots of fun!
We also wanted to say a huge thank you to Andy from Cognition Learning who kindly gave up his time to help us prepare for the competition and to run this amazing event. Thanks Andy!
By Molly
Ezra, Henry and Matteo were live on air this morning with presenter Emma Gill. Despite being understandably a little nervous beforehand they spoke about the project, hard work and exciting adventure to America with confidence and passion – listen for yourself here!
Today we held a non-uniform day at Penpol as well as a cake sale at break time. Everyone was so generous and we were even helped by Xanthe and Lily in Year 5 who sold bracelets to help us raise some money to get to America.
This week Molly, Isla and Scarlett had the chance to talk to the news desk at Heart Radio to share their Innovation Project idea and talk about what it means to be going to America. This morning their interview was broadcast as the top news item each hour!
Listen here: [AUDIO LINK]
We are a group of nine Year 6 students from Cornwall, UK who are taking part in the FIRST LEGO League for the second and final time with Penpol School. As Year 6’s we’ll soon be leaving Penpol and going our separate ways to Secondary School.
For two years we’ve been working hard during our lunchtimes to build and code a LEGO Robot as well as creating an innovative jellyfish detecting wristband that lets you know if the jellyfish nearby are safe to swim with or not. We were thrilled to learn that all our hard work has paid off and that we’ve received a special invitation to represent Great Britain in an International Competition in Massachusetts, USA!
This website will tell you all about our journey so far, as well as sharing some way that you can help support us as we travel across the Atlantic to share our project in America
