Year 5 Residential at the Mount Batten Center
News from Year 1:
Penpol Celebrates Languages Day 2023!
On Wednesday 4th October, Penpol School celebrated European Day of Languages for its 6th time. We are so fortunate to have so many languages being spoken as either a first or second language by our students. For this reason, European Day of Languages is a prime opportunity to
Jack Emery
15th October 2023
Fantastic Fireworks in Year 1
This week Year 1 have been learning all about fireworks by writing poetry and creating digital art. The children started on Tuesday by getting used to drawing on the iPads with the Logitech Crayons. They used Keynote to draw some colourful, bright fireworks using lots of small mark
Jacob Woolcock
4th November 2022
Penpol Languages Survey- We Value Your Feedback
With the final term at Penpol School almost upon us, it’s the perfect time to reflect and evaluate on the year so far. All students here at Penpol have one hour a week of French, as well as the opportunity of attending after school language club on Thursdays.
Jack Emery
26th March 2018
Fantastic Fun at Newquay Zoo
On Friday 9th March, Class 4 had a fantastic time at Newquay Zoo. The children have been learning about animals in their science lessons at school and discovering which animals have backbones and which do not. We went to the zoo to learn more about vertebrates and invertebrates,
Penpol School
20th March 2018
A Brilliant Book Day
Class 4 had so much fun on Friday. It was Penpol Book Day! The school missed World Book Day due to the snowy weather but we made up for it in style. Everybody dressed up as their favourite book character and Class 4 were dressed to impress. Check
Penpol School
20th March 2018
Announcing Music in the Marquee 2018
The last three years have seen sell out performances at our annual Music In The Marquee concerts from Bradley Johnson, Little Chix and last years Yellow. I’m delighted to say that this summer we will be hosting our fourth concert in the Marquee, featuring a somewhat familiar face…
Jacob Woolcock
27th February 2018
Class 3 Have Fun Making Milo
Class 3 have recently started getting to grips with our Lego WeDo 2.0 robotics sets and this week took their skills to a whole new level by building and coding Milo, the explorer robot. To build this cute little robot the children had to follow a series of
Jacob Woolcock
23rd January 2018
Class 4 light up Christmas with French and German songs
This half-term, Class 4 have been learning about how Christmas is celebrated around the world. For their concert in St Elwyn’s church, Class 4 learnt a French song with Mr Emery about the animals in the stable. The students were able to name each of the animals from
Jack Emery
20th December 2017
Advent Boxes for Hayle Food Bank
Over the last month each class has been preparing an advent box for Christmas. However, these advent boxes are difference compared to those most children have at home because instead of taking a chocolate or treat out like traditional advent calendar, the children have been bringing food into
Nic Stanlake
19th December 2017
Wake Up Shake Up – Fireball!
KS1 Children have really enjoyed this terms “Wake Up and Shake Up” routine. All children from Reception and Years 1 and 2 have been rocking out their dance moves to the sound of ‘Fireball’. Children can be seen jumping, clapping, and grape vining across the playground and by
Jacob Woolcock
14th December 2017
School Council Set To Work
As we enter the second half term of the academic year, the school council have been elected and met for the first time. During this first meeting the children discussed the expectations of a school councillor as well as assigning themselves roles. Some slight changes to the structure this
Nic Stanlake
24th November 2017
Ada tumbles into 2nd place for her Gymnastic club
Ada was selected to take part in the Amigo’s Tumbling Competition for her Gymnastic club, Phoenix in Camborne. Her gymnastic club Phoenix competed against the Zero Gravity gymnastics squad who travelled down from Saltash to compete. Ada completed three solo tumble track runs and came an amazing 2nd
Penpol School
15th November 2017
Jacques a dit…on va dehors!
This week, students have been enjoying the dry weather by learning French outside. Classes 3, 4, 7 and 8 were involved in a series of activities and competitions which tested their understanding of instructions and knowledge of body parts in French, which is the current topic they are
Jack Emery
10th November 2017