Roman Invasion in Year 4!
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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
Exploring 3D designs for this year’s Winter Ornaments
This half term we’re starting a big 3D printing project in Computing. Each class has been learning all about 3D design and how to create different models and designs using the 3D design software Tinkercad. Each class have gone through some quick-fire challenges with limited time and blocks
Jacob Woolcock
9th October 2018
Class 13 create their own E-Safety animation!
Over the last few weeks Class 13 have been building upon their knowledge learnt from their Online Safety lessons and have taken it upon themselves to share what they have learnt from the Be Internet Legends program with others. In order to accomplish this they have worked in
Penpol School
17th July 2018
Thomas is an official Internet Legend!
A few weeks ago Thomas came to see me with some fantastic drawings that he’d done after the Google Be Internet Legends assembly. He spent hours drawing and colouring his creations and put in so much effort that I thought it’d be nice to send a copy to
Jacob Woolcock
4th July 2018
Class 12 create their own E-Safety animation!
Over the last few weeks Class 12 have been building upon their knowledge learnt from their Online Safety lessons and have taken it upon themselves to share what they have learnt from the Be Internet Legends program with others. In order to accomplish this they have worked in
Jacob Woolcock
22nd June 2018
Internet Legends Assembly with Google
This afternoon we had a very special assembly from Jenny and Daniel who came to visit us from Google. They came down to Cornwall to visit a couple of schools and Penpol were one of the lucky ones chosen. The assembly itself was linked to our recent
Jacob Woolcock
22nd May 2018
From the Computer Screen to the Real World
Over the past few weeks Taran has been helping run Computing Club along with some friends on a Thursday lunchtime. Whilst there he’s been using his extra computing time to design and create a plastic storage unit for his tent on a program called Tinkercad. When I first
Jacob Woolcock
18th May 2018
Penpol School are sharing their ‘Internet Legends’ status!
Here at Penpol we’ve been working really hard to learn all about staying safe online and how to look after each other in the digital world. We’ve been one of the first schools to use the exciting and innovative Be Internet Legends program from Google and ParentZone, which
Jacob Woolcock
17th May 2018
Winners of the Penpol Times Easter Egg Hunt 2018
At the end of last term, a mysterious message appeared on the Penpol Times, along with a dozen hidden eggs! Nearly fifty children managed to hunt down all twelve eggs in order to unscramble the secret message contained within. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the secret message was actually ‘Happy Easter!’
Jacob Woolcock
19th April 2018
Class 9 are Internet Kind
For our forth and final trip to Interland the children at Penpol School have been learning about how important it is to be kind and considerate online. This week, whilst learning how to Be Internet Kind we’ve been discussing a wide variety of topics including how positivity always
Jacob Woolcock
18th April 2018
Year 6 Create an Animation for Mr Doyle
Today was a very special day at Penpol – a day where we got to celebrate Mr Doyle and his 19 years at school, as well as a chance to wish him well with the next chapter in his life. All of the children and staff got together
Jacob Woolcock
29th March 2018
Computing Speed Challenge: Musical Robots!
This week Class 8 had an unexpected Computing Speed Challenge with the Lego WeDo 2.0 robots. Their task was to design, build and then code a moving robot which makes noises using just the Lego bricks. No sound effects allowed! To make this even harder, the children only
Jacob Woolcock
27th March 2018
Class 7 are Internet Strong
This week we’ve been looking at how to be Internet Strong in our E-Safety lessons. The key idea here is that our passwords need to be as strong as possible to protect our accounts and keep our things safe. We’ve talked with each class about some top tips
Jacob Woolcock
23rd March 2018