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 
Every Monday after school this term, some of the Year 1 and 2 children have been learning how to sew with Miss Simpson.
They have learnt how to thread needles and tie knots. They have also looked at weaving and how to use different types of stitches. It’s not as easy as it sounds because it requires a lot of patience and concentration. However, the children have risen to the challenge and produced some very creative pieces.
To help them further develop their sewing skills, the children have even been given a piece of canvas, their own needle and some thread to practice at home.
The club has proved to be a great success and the children have really enjoyed the opportunity.
I have stopped watching TV and all the I do is my sewing now. – Elexa
The children are currently working towards making their own Christmas decorations. Keep a look out for their finished masterpieces.
In connection with our science topic on ‘Materials’, Class 5 was really lucky to have a visit from Jazmin’s aunty Caroline. Caroline is very creative and she makes absolutely marvellous wicker pieces, from baskets to lobster pots.
During her visit she brought in examples of her craft and even showed us how she makes them. We learnt so much about this ancient craft and are now weaving fish using a wicker frame and raffia. It’s not as easy as it looks, as the children are discovering, we’ll let you know how we get on and will post some photos of the finished product!
In connection with our history topic on the Titanic, Class 5 visited the Maritime Museum in Falmouth to participate in a “Wreck and Rescue” workshop and a model boat making session. We learnt all about Henry Trengrouse, a Helston man, who back in 1807 witnessed the ship wreck of the ‘Anson’ off Loe Bar. An engineer by trade, he was devastated by the loss of life due to a lack of life saving equipment and so went on to invent a rocket life saving apparatus and the early form of the Breeches buoy.
We all learnt a lot and had a brilliant day!
In connection with our Science and Geography topics this term, the children in Year 2 were given some suggestions on what they could do for optional homework. These ideas included:
Dinner for the family
Eloise decided to show off her very talented cooking skills by making a delicious pasta dish for her family.
“I really like cooking and everyone loved their dinner and ate it all up.” – Eloise
Eloise decided to share her amazing recipe and wrote down a detailed list of instructions.
Igloo’s are very cool!
Several pupils decided to have a go at making an igloo. The children were very creative and came up with very inventive ways of building their igloos.
Myles’s dad kindly helped him to make this amazing model, complete with fishing line and ice blocks.
“It took about half a week to make and I think its really good.” – Myles
Eloise made a smaller one out of clay and painted it, complete with a fierce polar bear! She said she really enjoyed making it.
“My sister helped me but clay is a bit messy and it got everywhere!” – Eloise
Thomas’s igloo was made out of cotton wool and papier-mâché. It took most of an evening to make and even has a little light in it which looks like a fire.
Stunning Christmas table decorations
Christmas is fast approaching and one of the options for homework was for the children to make a table decoration.
Jazmin, Myles and Samuel all made these amazing centre pieces which will proudly grace their tables on the big day!
“I only needed help with the glue gun, it’s good!” – Jazmin
“I needed help with the sand in the jar as it was a bit tricky, it’s definitely going on my table at Christmas!” – Myles
“I did it all by myself except for the glue gun bit.” – Samuel
On the 9th November Class 5 visited Tehidy woods to do some sketching and to collect autumn leaves as part of their curriculum artwork.
The children worked very hard and drew some stunning pictures of the trees around the woods.
They then collected various kinds of leaves with wonderful autumn colours.
Back at school, the children studied the leaves and then made some incredible detailed drawings.
The tree drawings they had done earlier were copied several times and then coloured in the style of William Morris wallpaper. The final result was very effective.
Class 5 really has some superb artists!
