Over the past few weekends, some of our talented swimmers have been competing for their club teams at the County Finals—and it’s safe to say they did incredibly well, bringing home a host of medals! Congratulations to all involved, but a special mention must go to Florence, who
The wintry weather of January and February provides the perfect opportunity for indoor PE. Each year group, from Reception to Year 6, undertakes a gymnastics unit where they learn, develop, and refine their skills. In the first of our two spring terms, our Year 2 pupils take advantage
What an exciting first day it has been in year two for both children and teachers. All children have had a great first day back and from the smiles on their faces you could tell that they were all thrilled to be back at school playing and interacting with
[KGVID]https://www.penpolschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_0436-CONVERTED.mp4[/KGVID]Today, Class 9 took their Maths lesson outside and, it has to be said, they have embraced the outdoors despite the change of weather! The lesson today was a recap of what they have been learning about this term – Place value. The students showed great teamwork and
2020 brought around a slightly different kind of sports day. Over 100 of our pupils took part in first ever Rainbow games, both at home and in school. The day consisted of children competing in for their houses in a range of throwing, jumping and running activities alongside
Hi Year 1, We are missing you very much but know that your adults are doing a super job of looking after you and teaching you. We hope you’re enjoying the home-learning tasks as much as we are enjoying receiving the photo’s and videos?! Please do send any
1- Do 20 star jumps as quickly as possible! 2- To make it easier, do them in two sets of 10! 3- To make it harder: Try and do 20, every hour, of the school day! Give it a go and bring your photos for me to
Try walking around for 10 minutes a day whilst bouncing a ball on a racquet or on your hand. No ball? Use a ball of socks (preferably clean) To make it easier: let the ball bounce once in-between. To make it harder: Hop! Give it a go and
As the festive period begins and we all start eating chocolate for breakfast (myself included) why not have a go at an advent calendar of a different kind. My Active Advent is something you will be doing in class with your teachers but why not have a go
Tuesday brought about the opening round of fixtures for our netball team. The children travelled to Mounts Bay Academy where they participate in the Penwith Schools High-5 netball league. The team consisted of a mixture of year 5 and 6 children, many of whom were playing for the
Jake (Class 13) is a very talented young footballer who plays for his local club, Hayle. He has recently been working his way through the Plymouth Argyle player pathway. Starting here at home in West Cornwall before moving to Brannel in Mid Cornwall and latterly the Centre of
This weekend Ruby travelled to Bodmin to take part in a Cornwall County tennis competition. She was playing against 8 other really talented children but she managed to beat them all by winning the most points and won the competition! Her prize was to take home two very
The much anticipated staff vs students football match did not disappoint. After a cagey first half, the game finished with a total of 7 goals, 8 less than last years affair. The staff were expecting a difficult challenge this year following the children successes over the season and
Tennis fever has taken hold at Penpol School. Since Easter we have been running a KS2 tennis club which has been very well attended by children from year 4 to 6. The children have learnt to play a series of shots and have progressed to combining them to