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Noah’s County Swimming Success
20 October 2023A big well done to Year 9 student, Noah, who represented Cornwall in the National County Team Swimming Championships earlier…
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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…
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Ten Tors Training Begins!
18 October 2023Last weekend saw our Ten Tors students perform fantastically well in their first training session of the year on Dartmoor!…
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Students On Site After School
17 October 2023To help keep students safe, it is very important that if they are on site after school, they understand the…
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Sports Round-Up (11 September – 15 October)
16 October 2023Our sports teams have enjoyed a huge number of fixtures so far this term, travelling to and hosting schools across…
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Rowing Club Students Visit Stithians Lake
13 October 2023This term, we have 14 students signed up to our Rowing Club, run by our friends at Greenbank Falmouth Rowing…
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Cornish Pirates Training Sessions
12 October 2023We’ve been very lucky to have Cornish Pirates players leading after-school training sessions with our students this term, passing on…
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A Special Maritime Museum Visit!
11 October 2023This month saw our Year 7 students participate in a range of fantastic, sustainable future-themed activities at the National Maritime…
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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…
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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’.…
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Students Produce Eco-Friendly Video Game Designs
09 October 2023Check out these fantastic eco-friendly video game character designs by our Year 7 students (below)! In a recent homework assignment,…
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Cocoa Donations Prove Valuable for Gardening Club
06 October 2023This week saw our Gardening Club pupils place donated cocoa pod husks into their flower beds to improve the soil…
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Students Begin Shed Building Project with Local Company
05 October 2023Following donations from local property developing company, Fox Construction, three Penryn College students have taken on the challenge of building…
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Fantastic Roofing Project with RG Kellow Ltd
04 October 2023This year, several of our students will be working with local construction company RG Kellow Ltd, building two low-level training…
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2023/24 Wall of Fame Nominations
03 October 2023We are delighted to announce that nominations can now be submitted for our 2023/24 Wall of Fame! In 2014, the…
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Students Explore Careers in Cyber Security
02 October 2023Last week saw our Year 10 Computer Science pupils visit Cyber Horizons at Truro College for an exciting day of…
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Year 7’s Safety and Fun-Filled Beach Activities!
29 September 2023Our Year 7 students have enjoyed a fantastic week learning how to stay safe on beaches and competing in many…
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Bonjour La France!
28 September 2023This week, lots of our Year 8 and 9 students have been busy writing to their new pen pals at…
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Where Could a Language Take You?
27 September 2023To raise the awareness of the importance of language learning, members of our MFL department highlight individuals who have progressed…
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Piper Strikes Gold in Gymnastics Event
25 September 2023A big well done to Year 7 student, Piper, who earned a first-place finish in the Penryn Classic Bronze Gymnastics…