Conscription! Year 6 are heading to the front!
Sports Section
Staff 8 – 6 Students
As is Penpol tradition, the departing Year 6 children had the opportunity to have the last word and take home The Pollard Cup. Unfortunately no one told the teachers. The final score finishing at 8-6 in favour of the more experienced side meant the Pollard cup will remain
Nic Stanlake
25th July 2024
Penpol Panthers
That’s a wrap on the 2023-24 Cross Country season… What an exciting and incredibly successful first season for the Penpol Panthers running club! The club has grown in numbers and enthusiasm since September, with runners enjoying weekly club sessions – come rain or shine! Throughout the year, pupils
Michael Pearson
27th March 2024
Staff 4 – 3 Students
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
Nic Stanlake
26th July 2018
Wimbledon Fever at Penpol
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
Nic Stanlake
19th July 2018
Lizard Claim KS2 Sports Day Title
After a hotly contested series of events it was the yellow ribbon on lizard that was dropped across the handles of the House Trophy award the the highest scoring team on sports day. The day kicked off with Year 3 and 4 trying their hands at a mixture
Nic Stanlake
19th July 2018
Silver at the School Games 2018
Friday the 29th June brought about the Cornwall School games, this is an event which is part of a nationwide celebration of sport with over 44,000 children participating. Penpol were one of the many schools partaking in the event which was split across two sites; Falmouth University and
Nic Stanlake
12th July 2018
Mini Marathon 2018
On behalf of the PFA we’d like to extend a massive thank you to all of the parents, carers and friends of Penpol School for their help raising a MASSIVE £1061 at this years Mini Marathon. This is our best ever result at the marathon and you can
Penpol School
28th June 2018
Penpol Represented at National SLS Finals
Last weekend Zara from Class 11 and Tess from Class 8 travelled to Cardiff to compete at the National Surf Lifesaving Competition. Both are members of Hayle Surf lifesaving club who they represented in the Welsh Capital. I loved the experience and enjoyed swimming in a 50 metre
Nic Stanlake
3rd May 2018
Penpol Do Cornwall Proud At South West Finals
The extraordinary season for the Penpol School football team continued this weekend as they represented the county at the ESFA Danone South West Primary Schools Finals. Representing Cornwall, they played against fellow county champions from Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Dorset. The standard of football was very very high and
Nic Stanlake
25th April 2018
Around the World in 80 Grooves
Classes 1 and 2 have danced themselves around the world with some amazing dances from India, Mexico, Russia, Hawaii, England and Ireland. The dance show started with a song to welcome parents in different languages then started with Class1’s graceful Bollywood dance. I liked the Bollywood dance best.
Amanda Aspden
29th March 2018
Year 5 Girls Swim Team Heading To School Games
After a super successful swimming gala Zara, Emma, Miranda and Freya have qualified for the Cornwall School Games in June, our first competitors for more than 3 years! They tasted both individual and team success at the gala where they won 2 individual silvers and 1 bronze and
Nic Stanlake
27th March 2018
Huge Medal Haul For Our Super Swimmers
Over the last couple of weeks our swim teams have been competing in the Penwith Swimming Gala’s at both Year 3 & 4 and Year 5 & 6. As always, it was a pleasure to travel with these children to represent the school alongside 18 others from the
Nic Stanlake
26th March 2018
Penpol Become ‘Supermovers’
The BBC have recently launched a new scheme called ‘Supermovers’ which aims to increase the physical activity levels of children in schools with the help of children TV stars and Premier League football mascots. This is done through a series of videos based heavily around areas of the
Nic Stanlake
8th February 2018
Class 6 are Dancing for Fitness
Dancing through the Decades As part of their P.E lessons, the Children from Class 6 have been enjoying dancing through the decades to keep fit. The children have been using their muscles to twist, grapevine and shake through the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. I could really
Linda Ruffell
25th December 2017