Staff 8 – 6 Students
News from Year 5:
Penpol’s Got Talent 2024
As is tradition in the last week of term, our talented students from right across Penpol School put on a spectacular show for the whole school to enjoy today. The incredible students taking part in Penpol’s Got Talent showcased their singing, dancing, gymnastics, tap dancing, yoyo skills and
Christina Sukstiene
22nd July 2024
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
Penpol Celebrates European Day of Languages 2021
This week, the whole school celebrated European Day of Languages. With a wealth of languages being spoken along the corridors of our school, from Polish to French, Lithuanian to Portuguese, it was especially important to give all languages the recognition they duly deserve. Students and staff were invited
Jack Emery
5th October 2021
Year 5 wowed by Spaceport Satellite exhibition
On Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th of September, Year 5 were fortunate to be offered a visit to Newquay Airport where Spaceport Cornwall currently have an exhibition taking place – ‘Story of a Satellite’. With VR headsets allowing us to explore unknown planets, being able to
Mark Pollard
15th September 2021
Y5 Compete at the Regional Finals of the FIRST LEGO League 2021
Over the past few months, something very exciting has been happening in the Mac Suite at Penpol School. Whether it be on a Wednesday afternoon or over lunchtime, two teams of dedicated and committed of year 5 pupils have been hard at work practicing for the FIRST LEGO
Jacob Woolcock
25th June 2021
Class 12 Surf Day
On Thursday 17th of June 2021, Class 12 went surfing at the Global Boarders surf school based near Hayle, Cornwall. Class 12 went for the whole day and surfed from ~10:30 to ~14:30 with a small break for lunch at ~13:00. Before they got in the water, the
Colin Jones
24th June 2021
Kids Invent Stuff visit Penpol School
Last week Penpol had a very exciting visit from Ruth and Shawn – otherwise known as Kids Invent Stuff – to talk about all things engineering, inventing and creating! The day started with the whole school having the opportunity to enjoy an assembly with Ruth and Shawn, where
Jacob Woolcock
14th June 2021
Designing Mars Rovers in Year 5
Last term, as part of our Space topic, the children were inspired by the landing of Perseverance on Mars and so created their own versions of a Mars rover, complete with a motor so that it could move forward and, most impressively a lever system to enable it
Mark Pollard
28th April 2021
Penpol Pupils earn their Be Internet Legends Trophies
Children in Key Stage 2 have recently taken home their very own Internet Legend trophy to celebrate their ongoing learning into online safety and how to become responsible online citizens. It’s safe to say that these trophies have generated quite a buzz amongst our pupils and I’m sure
Jacob Woolcock
20th April 2021
Outdoor Learning in full flow at Penpol
We are learning outdoors more than ever at Penpol and this is having such a positive impact upon the way we learn. Have a look at what we’ve been up to below. Please do keep an eye on the forecast each day so that your child is ready
Chris Chislett
22nd September 2020
Sports Day 2020
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
Nic Stanlake
20th July 2020
Music Without the Marquee 2020
Here at Penpol School we are delighted to be able to bring a slice of Music in the Marquee to you virtually. Yes, we know it’ll never be the same as being in the marquee together as we celebrate the end of another school year, but we sincerely
Jacob Woolcock
17th July 2020
Writing Code that is “Out Of This World”
This week the children in Year 5 have been taking part in an international event which is quite simply “out of this world”!. Astro Pi is a fantastic event run by Code Club and the European Space Agency whereby school children can write a computer program to be
Jacob Woolcock
16th July 2020
KS2 Learning Celebration (3rd July 2020)
Each week while school is closed I’ll be bringing you a Friday afternoon assembly showcasing some of the diverse and exciting learning that’s being shared by Key Stage 2 on Showbie. As well as the assembly itself, this page also has a gallery where you can see the
Jacob Woolcock
3rd July 2020