Mental Health & Wellbeing
National School Sports Week!
21 June 2025Last week was the Youth Sport Trust’s National School Sports Week, and to celebrate, we held football and netball tournaments…
Mental Health Awareness Week
16 May 2025To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, our students have been learning about how being part of a safe, positive community…
Children’s Mental Health Week
06 February 2025It’s Children’s Mental Health Week, and this year’s theme is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself – encouraging young people to embrace…
Children’s Mental Health Week
05 February 2024It’s Children’s Mental Health Week, and our Mental Health Lead, Mr Gillo, is leading assemblies throughout the week, highlighting the…
Parent/Carer Support Group Webinars
26 January 2024The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families is once again running its invaluable parent/carer online support groups, beginning…
New Health & Wellbeing Messaging Service
22 January 2024A new messaging service has been launched in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to link young people and families…
School Nurse Appointments
18 January 2024On the first Wednesday of every month within the school term, two of our School Nurses will be in the…
Penryn Wellbeing App Added to iPads
16 November 2023We are pleased to announce that our Penryn Wellbeing app has been added to students’ iPads. Run by our Health…
Adult Support ‘SPACE’ Programme
19 October 2023Funded by Headstart Kernow, SPACE (Supporting Parents and Children Emotionally) is an educational programme aimed at adults to enable them…
World Mental Health Day: Kooth & Qwell
10 October 2023Kooth (for young people) and Qwell (for adults) are free, safe, anonymous websites which offer free private counselling and mental health/wellbeing support. As part of this week’s…
World Mental Health Day 2023
10 October 2023Tuesday 10 October is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s theme was ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.…
Mental Health Awareness Week
15 May 2023It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and this year’s theme is anxiety. During tutor time this week, we are letting students…
History Leaders Reveal ‘Tree of Hope’
24 February 2023Following last month’s Holocaust Memorial Day and the activities organised as a mark of respect, students’ messages of hope and…
Children’s Mental Health Week
10 February 2023As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, we’ve been running assemblies on this year’s theme of Let’s Connect this week…
Students Spread Festive Cheer at Care Home
11 December 2022This week saw members of our Gardening Club, along with staff, pay a very festive visit to residents of Crossroads…
Efforts of School and Local Community Celebrated as Wall of Fame Returns
22 September 2022The efforts and achievements of Penryn College’s staff and students, along with members of the local community, have been recognised…
BBC’s ‘Share Your Story’ Tour Visits Penryn College
14 March 2022Penryn College’s Year 7 and 8 students were treated to an inspiring, storytelling visit from three BBC employees last week, as…
Anna Freud Parent/Carer Online Support Groups
19 January 2022The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families is once again running its four-week parent/carer online support groups, beginning…
Fantastic Children’s Mental Health Week Activities
05 February 2021One of this week’s key areas of focus at Penryn College was Children’s Mental Health Week. ‘Express Yourself’ is the theme for…
Children’s Mental Health Week
29 January 2021From 1-7 February 2021, we are taking part in Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week, which will be the focus of next…