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 
From robotic arms to artificial intelligence and the origins of Scratch to the most impressive optical illusions, the MIT Museum really had it all! The Jellies loved exploring all of the exhibits and exhibitions this afternoon and as you’ll see from their Video Diary they haven’t stopped talking about it!
“This afternoon we went around Boston with a tour guide who was dressed up a bit like a pirate (but I think we was meant to be one of the founding fathers!) and we explored lots of landmarks and buildings around the city. It was very interesting!” – Evangeline
“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]
