End of year 2014 July

Inside this issue:
END OF YEAR EDITION, JULY 2014
SPORTS DAY WINNERS 2014 - PENDENNIS!
Year 11
Leavers
Maths Challenge
Baroque Banquet
Science @
Tremough
2&3
4
5
Y9 Graduation 6
Claire Harvey Visit 7
Departing Staff 8
SPOTY14 9
Kian Pellow 10
Student Publicity
Team
11
Sports Day 12&13
Alumni 14
South Shore
Excellence
15
French Exchange 16
INSIDE -
More success for Kian
and ‘Rocket’.
Above are this years Sports Day winning house - Pendennis, with Cornish Pirates rugby players Jack
Andrew and Rob Elloway
After falling foul to the weather the previous Friday, Sports Day 2014 went down as
one of the best ever. It all happened on the day: from torrential rain showers during
the 800 metres, to dead heats, photo finishes and even the world’s biggest ever Macarena!
Students were greeted by professional rugby players during the afternoon in
the shape of Cornish Pirates, Jack Andrew and Rob Elloway. The lead for the title
changed hands dramatically throughout the course of the day, but in the end there
was only one winner as Matt Pereira and Izzy Berks of Pendennis lifted the trophy
aloft. For a full review by the Student Publicity Team, go to pages 8 & 9.
YEAR 11 LEAVERS DAY/PROM & MORE!
Year 11 have bid farewell! We look back at
their final day celebrations and the sun
bathed Prom. We round up the return leg of
the French Exchange Programme and report
on all the action from SPOTY14. We meet the
new Student Publicity Team as they take on
their first job, and we catch up with Jamal
Ford Robinson who has made a major
announcement concerning his future in our
latest alumni feature.

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YEAR 11 BOW OUT OF PENRYN COLLEGE
YEAR 11 LEAVERS
Penryn College’s ‘Class of 2014’
bowed out in style at Merchant’s
Manor in June for their end of year
prom.
The annual event saw the end of
five years at the college and more
recently, the end of their GCSE examinations.
They were rewarded
with glorious sunshine on the night
as over 170 pupils and staff arrived
for the occasion.
As usual, one of the most anticipated
parts of the evening was the
arrivals and the contrasting array
of transportation. Students arrived
in convertible Bentleys, Jaguars, an
old fashioned school bus, custom
pickup trucks, lorries, a tractor and
even a plumber’s van!
Hundreds waited for the arrival of
the students in the sun taking pictures,
to give the students a real
Hollywood red carpet welcome.
The boys looked as smart as ever
including some particularly colourful
and inventive suit choices, with
the girls all looking stunning in
their various gowns and dresses.
The year group gathered together
on the hotel’s lawn for photographs
and a quick chat, before
they headed inside to be served.
Some of the male guests managed
to get the England World Cup Football
match on their phones, but
spirits weren’t dampened by the
result, with everyone enjoying
each other’s company.
Following an excellent three course
meal served by the superb Merchants
Manor staff, the students
danced the night away with local dj
‘Kris Kool’. The students then said
their goodbyes and headed off for
the long summer, before picking
up their results at the end of August.
Organiser Ross Hancock, said “It’s
one of the dates on the calendar
everyone looks forward to. There is
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always a lot of organisation that
goes into nights such as these, but
the girls who have helped out have
been fantastic and it was a great
night. The hotel were fantastic as
usual and we were lucky to have
such superb weather.”
It was a busy week for the departing
Year 11s, as Monday saw the
traditional leavers’ day. Again the
weather was kind, as a pizza lunch
was enjoyed on the lawn at the
front of the school, amongst the
usual shirt signing and picture taking
formalities.
The day ended with a leavers’ assembly
including some light
hearted moments from over the
years, memorable pictures,
speeches and farewells from staff.
The year group said their brief
goodbyes before meeting up one
last time at the prom three days
later.
CLASS OF 2014

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In February twenty of Penryn College’s
most Gifted and Talented
mathematicians from years 10 and
11 entered the national Intermediate
Maths Challenge competition.
The UKMT Individual Maths Challenges
are lively, intriguing multiple
choice question papers, which
are designed to stimulate interest
in Maths in large numbers of pupils.
They attract over 600,000 entries
from over 4,000 schools and
colleges each year.
15 out of the 20 pupils (75%)
scored well enough to gain certificates
– nationally this figure is only
the top 40%. In addition 3 year 10
pupils scored highly enough to be
invited to participate in the very
selective next round, the ‘Pink Kangaroo’.
These were Josh Wilson,
Niamh Lister and Sam Hancock.
In April came the regional round of
the Team Maths Challenge. Four
talented year 8 and 9 students –
Calvin Barker and Cameron Wilson
from year 9 and Chelsi Mitchell
and Floyd Ratcliffe from year 8
represented the school at the
Cornwall final and performed admirably.
Following closely, came the national
Junior Maths Challenge for
year 7 and year 8. 120 students
were entered. For many of the
year 7s this was their first opportunity
to test themselves in this type
of very challenging competition.
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GIFTED AND TALENTED SHINE IN MATHS CHALLENGE
MATHS CHALLENGE
CERTIFICATE WINNERS
Year 10 – Gold certificates -
Josh Wilson (best in school), Niamh
Lister, Sam Hancock and Damien
Watson.
Year 11 – Gold certificates – Garth
Stone and Tom Holmes.
Year 10 – Silver certificates – Oscar
Fox, Reuben Saacks, Oliver Turner
and Rosie Tremayne.
Year 11 – Silver certificates – Sam
Franklin and Wayland Drury.
Year 10 – Bronze certificates –
Clara Husbands and Abigail Lilly.
Year 11 – Bronze certificate – Dan
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CERTIFICATE WINNERS
Year 8 – Gold certificates –
Floyd Ratcliffe (best in school) and
Hal Barwick.
Year 8 – Silver certificates –
Lauren Hart, Imogen Troje-Tuck,
Naomi Jones, Harry Hewitt, Cy
Prynn, Kian Laity, Chelsi Mitchell
and Amy Cocksedge.
Year 7 – Silver certificates –
Yashi Richens-Erturan, Thomas
Williams, Aaron Dobson, Sam
Hammersley, Charlie Fox, Amelia
Hatton and Caroline Condy.
Year 8 – Bronze certificates – Ethan
McFadzean, Arabella Osman, Sasha
Bailey, Lizzie Freeborn, Holly
Fox, Alex Piper, Paige Johns, Joseph
Carmichael, Jack Snowden
and Callum Thompson.
Year 7 – Bronze certificates – Lauren
Rowe, Molly Barlow, Indie
Cooper, Casey Allan, Alex Scrase-
Olver, Eleynie Haywood, Vera Kok,
Jacob Allies, Ellie McNair, Josh
Miller, Joanna Rule, Eloise Beattie,
Dean Clark, Gabriel Gentile and
Charlie Miller.
BAROQUE BANQUET FOR YEAR 8 STUDENTS
BAROQUE BANQUET
The annual ‘Baroque Banquet’
for year 8 students once again
showcased a term’s worth of
superb work in music, art and
drama.
Baroque is a period of artistic
style in time and the year 8 students
have been matching that
work in the last term. In art, students
produced traditional Baroque
pieces such as wallpaper
and mirror frames to decorate
Kernewek Hall.
There were some
tremendous dramatic
performances
from various
drama groups, inspired
by a specific
episode of Dr. Who
that featured the
Baroque theme.
The ‘banquet’ was
compered by year 8 students,
dressed in traditional costume.
Music students performed their
baroque inspired pieces in
groups and individually, as well
as showcasing some video and
audio recordings from earlier in
the term.

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YEAR 9 SCIENCE STUDENTS EXCEL AT UNIVERSITY
SCIENCE TRIP
For the second successive year,
year 9 scientists have run a
thermal image project in collaboration
with Dr Anderson of
Exeter University ESI.
This year the group expanded it
to take in two classes. The aim
of the project was to get the
pupils to work in teams and decide
on their own hypothesis
and then design an experiment
to test it, based around thermal
imaging technology.
The pupils planned and carried
out a preliminary experiment
over the spring term, and then a
group of postgraduate students
from the university came in for
a lesson and reviewed the work,
helping the pupils to improve on
their experimental design.
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The girls show off their ‘Best Scientific Poster’ certificate
Over the summer term they
completed their final experiments
and presented their work
in the form of a poster. Dr
Anderson then hosted us at the
ESI for a mock 'science conference',
a model of how real life
scientists share their finding in
an informal way using posters.
At the end of the session at the
ESI Dr Anderson gave the pupils
very positive feedback and presented
prizes for the most original
hypothesis, most scientific
approach, best verbal feedback
and best in show. It was a very
positive morning and all parties
are hoping to repeat the
scheme next year.
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YEAR 9 GRADUATION EVENING
GRADUATION EVENING
their caps and gowns, posing with
scrolls whilst having their photos
taken prior to the evening
getting started.
There was an electric atmosphere
in the sold out hall as
proceedings got under way.
Students were recognised for
their academic successes in the
subject and house awards at
first, before heads of houses
each selected two standout
performers.
Year 9 in the form of Chevonne
Johanning and Benno Marstaller.
The year 9 highlights video was
also the longest of any year group
in the school, highlighting the tremendous
amount of achievements
made by the students.
Attentions then turned to the
nights main awards, where pupils
would be awarded bronze, silver,
gold or platinum for their graduation
folders and overall year 9 performance.
Libbie Everall poses in cap and gown
at graduation
There are few bigger moments in
your school life than arriving and
leaving at Penryn College, but
graduating from year 9 to year 10,
is another.
The step up from key stage 3 to
key stage 4 and into GCSEs is a big
one. If this year group have anything
to say about it though ,
they’ll make it look as easy as they
do with everything else.
Guests were greeted at the entrance
and in reception of Penryn
College by music that would be
performed later on in the evening
as well as being served refreshments
prepared by the students
before they took their seats.
Students were given the full
graduation experience inside
Kernewek Hall, as they dressed in
The evening was broken up
with excellent performances,
first from the demolition dance
crew with three of the members
going on to perform again
later in the night. Two of the
girls—Mia Fulcher and Maisie
Perrin were also given the community
award as presented
by their out of
school dance teacher,
Sophie Rollasson.
Libbie Everall and Ollie
Jenkin performed a stunning
version of Adele’s
‘Make You Feel My Love’,
while Eve Miller provided
a lovely solo piano piece.
There was an excellent
clarinet solo from Meg
Timmins, and Issy Classey
and Hannah Barlow performed
their version of
’Hey! Ho!’ before the resumption
of the awards.
The previous week, had
seen the 2014 Penryn
College Sports Personality
of the Year awards,
which was the first time
that both male and female
winners came from
Students collected awards for all of
their hard work and those who got
the highest honour of platinum,
will be rewarded with a trip out of
school for the day.
Friends pose without the gap and gown in the
photo booth at the start of the night

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TEAM GB’S CLAIRE INSPIRES STUDENTS
A collaboration to improve PE and
sport in Cornwall came under the
national spotlight recently with the
visit to the county of Baroness Sue
Campbell, Chair of Youth Sport
Trust, Ali Oliver Managing Director
of Youth Sport Trust, Claire Harvey,
Assistant Director Youth Sport
Trust and Team GB Sitting Volleyball
Captain and Sam Lusardi a representative
from Department of
Education Curriculum Policy Division.
The event held at Penryn College
on 7th May attracted primary and
secondary Head Teachers, Heads
of PE, PE co-ordinators, Health
Representatives, Cornwall Sports
Partnership, students and parents.
The aim of the event was to support
the strong partnership approach
that is developing across
the county, to further engage with
key leaders and decision makers
and to underline the potential of
PE and school sport to contribute
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to wider agendas including: whole
school improvement, better health
and enhanced social/community
cohesion.
“Cornwall understands the enormous
potential of PE and school
sport and is making good progress
in its ambition to deliver an outstanding
system for its young people.
It is encouraging to see such a
strong local partnership pulling
together to make this happen.”
said Baroness Sue Campbell
The day featured work going on in
a range of Cornwall’s schools at
both primary and secondary. The
day featured keynote presentations
on the value of sport in
changing individual lives and impacting
on whole school improvement
and was reinforced by panel
discussions involving parents, students
and Head Teachers.
This was followed by a question
and answer session chaired by
Trevor Doughty, Cornwall County
Council Director of Children,
Schools and Families and included
key local partners from Public
Health and the Cornwall Sports
Partnership.
Marie Hunter, Head Teacher at
Penryn College and Chair of the
School PE and sport Strategic
Group said, “This was a unique opportunity
to bring together the key
people from across Cornwall who
can lead the delivery of great PE
and sport for our young people and
to ensure that everyone understands
the value of what we are
trying to achieve.”
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DEPARTING STAFF
Four of Penryn College’s most familiar
faces called time on their
illustrious careers at Penryn College
at the end of this school year.
Between them, Assistant Head
Teacher Ros Bastian, Head of Science
Lee Franklin, Head of Humanities
and Geography teacher,
Steve Clifford and Head of House
and English teacher Linda Muller
have all bid farewells to the school
after serving an incredible 116
years! All four members of staff
have been part of building the College
into the excellent school it is
today.
Ros Bastian joined the school in
1978 and has moved from the PE
Department to a senior management
position. She has always
been passionate about ensuring
that all young people have the opportunity
to develop their sporting
talents and well as really enjoying
their school experiences.
English Teacher Linda Muller
joined the College in 1982 and
leaves after 32 years. Linda was a
Head of Year for many years and
was instrumental in introducing,
with Ros Bastian, the House system.
She is a passionate English
teacher.
Geography teacher, Steve Clifford,
joined the College three years after
Linda and led Humanities at the
College as well as teaching Geography.
Steve has organised numerous
field trips in this country and
abroad.
Lee Franklin, current Head of Science,
started in 1995, and he too
has made a major contribution to
outdoor education at the College.
Lee is a keen kayaker and has
shared this love with many of his
students.
Head Teacher Marie Hunter paid
tribute to this very special group of
teachers who have served the
young people at Penryn College so
very well. She said “They have
made a real contribution to the
numerous young people they have
taught over the years and wished
them a happy and healthy retirement.”
One of those members of staff
leaving, Ross Bastian added “I feel
very proud and privileged to have
worked at Penryn College for 36
years and to serve the community
of Penryn. Sport has always
been my passion which has enabled
me to provide amazing opportunities
for the youngsters over
the years, I remember Dance Productions,
School Camps, sports
festivals and tournaments with
great fondness as they were really
fun times.”
“I can honestly say I feel very fortunate
to have thoroughly enjoyed
my career working at Penryn College
and after 40 years of working
as a teacher I look forward to the
next adventure in my life.” she
added.
Also departing the school, are:
English and Media teacher Paul
Johnson, History and RE teacher
Alice Maxted, former Head of
House and Maths teacher Sharon
Adams, SENCO Andrew Oates who
also taught History and RE, Science
teacher Cathy Alsop, Technology
and ICT teacher Ed Sibley, Lindsay
Martin of PE and Sarah Jackson of
Humanities.
Left to right: Lee Franklin, Ros Bastian, Linda Muller and Steve Clifford leave the College after a combined 116 years

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SPORTS PERSONALITY EVENING SHOWCASES COLLEGE SPORTS STARS
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Chevonne Johanning receives her award
for Female Sports Personality of the Year
Penryn College celebrated its fourth
annual Sports Personality of the Year
night in July, showcasing another
hugely successful year for the college’s
sports men and women. There
were awards for the best performance
in each year group, team of the
year and of course the Sports Personality
of the Year award for both male
and female.
Coaches were recognised for their
contributions during the course of
the year and there was a new award
in honour of retiring member of staff,
Ros Bastian, who has been at the
school for well over 30 years. The PE
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department staff put on their own
version of sporting quiz show “A
League of Their Own” aptly named “A
League of Penryn’s Own”. The two
teams of male and female staff answered
general knowledge questions,
while taking part in physical activities
such as rowing, ‘shooting hoops’, ‘the
plank’, and the bar hang challenge.
The male staff claimed the title for
the fourth year in a row, much to the
audience’s enjoyment.
In the awards, year 7 pupils Harly
Beale and Sam Hammersley celebrated
their first year at the college in
style winning their category, with
Bella Osman and Finn Robinson
scooping the honours in year 8. Year
9’s Issey Classey and Finn Cross were
rewarded for their excellent year respectively
and it was Lara Jones and
Sam Hancock who took the spoils in
year 10. Departing year 11 students
Emily Toy and Josh Sharp completed
the award winners for individual year
groups.
The team of the year award went to
the girls’ under 15 netball team, who
swept all before them once again.
The girls won their second successive
county championships dominating in
the process. Hope Hopwood was the
first recipient of the Ros Bastian
Achievement award for her outstanding
contribution to communityclubs.
The main event of the night
was closely fought in both the male
and female categories. Ruby
Breadon, Amy Walker, Clara Husbands,
Hope Lushington and Mollie
Martin all had stellar years, but it was
Chevonne Johanning who took the
gold.
Chevonne had an incredible year as
she was selected for the Cornwall
under 15 girls ‘football team following
her captaincy of the girls U14
county champion team and was also
selected for the hockey junior development
centre and junior academy
centre.
In the boys’ category it was Benno
Marstaller who beat off the stiff competition
of Jack Nancarrow, Matt
Pereira, Ethan McFadzean Griffiths,
Ben Mitchell and Floyd Ratcliffe.
Benno’s achievements are nothing
short of outstanding: he was selected
for the British World Optimist Sailing
Championships in Argentina. Benno
came 30 th out of 330 in the international
optimist sailing regatta in
Spain, before securing 15 th place out
of an astonishing 700 competitors in
the international optimist sailing regatta
at Lake Garda. He also finished
second in the British selections trials
for world and European competition.

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MAJOR HONOUR FOR KIAN AT THREE COUNTIES SHOW
Kian with boxer ‘Rocket’ after their success in the Three Counties Dog Show Championships in Malvern
Kian Pellow, 13, of Penryn College,
has won the “highest award that
can be given” following the Three
Counties Dog Handling Competition
in Malvern.
Kian, who regularly places highly at
the National Cruft’s event with his
boxer ‘Rocket’, had to compete
amongst tough competition on the
Saturday in order to qualify for the
Sunday event.
Kian and Rocket got off to the best
possible start on the Saturday,
coming in first place in class for
‘post-graduate bitch’ which qualified
him for the following day
against all the other unbeaten dogs
from various categories. The Sunday
of the competition saw Kian
and Rocket face stiff competition
from 130 other dogs and their
owners, all vying for the coveted
‘Kennel Club Reserve Challenge
Certificate’, the biggest honour in
dog handling.
Kian again came in first place, winning
his class with Rocket, who was
also named best bitch in show to
secure the honour.
“It’s the highest award that can be
given (the Kennel Club Reserve
Challenge Certificate), so I’m delighted,
it was quite a weekend!”
said Kian. “Crufts was brilliant earlier
in the year and we were keen
to do well on the Saturday, but to
win on both the Saturday and Sunday
having qualified was amazing”
he added.
Kian also regularly writes for the
internationally published “Boxer
Quarterly” which is distributed all
around Europe.
Kian will no doubt have plenty to
write about for the up and coming
July edition, as he continues to
make a well established name for
himself in the industry.

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STUDENT PUBLICITY
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INTRODUCING...THE STUDENT PUBLICITY TEAM
Hope Lushington KBS
School Charity Team
Ben Browning KWRM
School Charity Team
Ruby Breadon KWRM
Podcast Team
Jacob Doyland KSN1
Plasma Team
Jess George AKAG
School Charity Team
Chloe Trowt KTME
Podcast Team
Mollie Martin ARL
Co Chair/Pennant
Lara Jones KDR
Co Chair/Podcast Team
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Ben Mitchell KSN1
Podcast Team
Ollie Turner AKO
Twitter Team
Jack Nancarrow GJER
Twitter Team
Introducing your new Student Publicity Team! The newly formed team will be working closely with the Press
and Communications Team to put their stamp on many of the school’s major day to day means of communication.
The team is headed by Mollie Martin (who will be responsible for ’The Pennant’) and Lara Jones (who
will be joined in the podcast sub-team by Ben Mitchell, Ruby Breadon and Chloe Trowt) and divided into sub
teams. Ollie Turner and Jack Nancarrow will run the ‘Twitter Team’ and duo Oscar Fox and Jacob Doyland
will be in charge of the school plasma screens. Hope Lushington, Jess George and Ben Browning complete the
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SPORTS DAY WINNERS 2014 - PENDENNIS
SPORTS DAY
The annual Penryn College Sports
Day eventually took place following
a cancellation due to bad weather
the week before. It is one of the
most anticipated dates on the
school calendar, and as ever didn’t
disappoint as students and staff
enjoyed the day and the wonderful
warm atmosphere writes the
Student Publicity Team.
The opportunities for students on
Sports Day spread far and wide, as
pupils competed in all sports including:
rugby, football, cricket,
rounders, badminton, table tennis,
dance, skating, trampoline and
many more. Students competed in
their houses for the various morning
events in a bid to gain points to
go towards their final tally in a
quest for Sports Day glory.
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As the afternoon events took to the
field, the pupils passion was in
abundance. A sea of colour including
the houses traditional green,
blue, yellow and purple greeted
spectators, with students sporting
various body paints, flags and banners
all cheering on their houses.
Pupils danced to the music over the
PA system as their afternoon and
points tally updates were
compered by Mr. Johnson, which
also led a mass Macarena later on
in the afternoon!
When it came down to the serious
competition on the track, the standard
was high and the atmosphere
was tense with some very close
finishes. Cornish Pirates players
Jack Andrew and Rob Elloway were
in attendance to offer support and
pose for pictures with the winners
before presenting the cup to the
winners later on in the day.
Those competing would have to
run in races including the 800, 400,
200 and 100 metres before the
4x100 metre relay. There were
some outstanding performances,
with Chevonne Johanning, Izzy
Berks and Jack Nancarrow all winning
two or more races each. There
was also two photo finishes and
one dead heat for the first time in
many years.
The leading house changed hands
on several occasions as every point
counted going into the final races.
In the end though, it was Pendennis
who collected the Sports Day
cup to the delight of their noisy fan
base, capping a memorable day.
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ISABEL VISITS AUSCHWITZ & JAMAL COMES HOME
ALUMNI
Former Penryn College pupil Isabel
Rawet has recently participated in the
Holocaust Education Trust's Lessons
From Auschwitz project, designed to
help students make sense of the Holocaust
and the experience of those who
perished at the Auschwitz-Birkenau
death camps.
Isabel, a first year History student at
Truro College, and friend Molly Songer’s
trip to Poland brought them
closer to understanding the horrific
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events of the Holocaust and anti-
Semitism today.
The visit began with a flight to Krakow
and a visit to the Jewish Cemetery in
Oswiecim where the students explored
Jewish life before the war and the impact
of Nazi occupation. They then
toured the Auschwitz One camp and
museum. A bus then took them to the
site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death
camp and the harrowing ruins of the
gas chambers and crematoria.
At sunset a Rabbi recounted his family's
experience of the Holocaust, with
his grandmother's survival and subsequent
escape to Britain on false papers.
He then offered a Hebrew prayer
at the place where over a million individuals
were put to death. His message
was simple – "Hearing is not like seeing"
– and he begged the assembled
students not to forget those who died
and to challenge any form of discrimination
or prejudice they encountered.
Isabel, who hopes to read modern history
at Cambridge, said: "I had the
most moving experience of my life. In
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class we studied the holocaust theoretically;
this visit gave me an appreciation
of the individual tragedies behind
the incomprehensible figures."
Elsewhere, ex Penryn College pupil and
Cornwall rugby player Jamal Ford-
Robinson has announced he is ‘coming
home’ after being unveiled as a new
signing by the Cornish Pirates at a
press conference.
Jamal made his first appearances for
the Cornwall Senior XV this season,
impressing with a try at Twickenham in
the final and the Pirates have snapped
up his services. The highly-rated 20-
year-old has signed a two year deal at
the Pirates after head coach Ian Davies
made his move ahead of interest from
a number of other clubs, describing
the capture of Ford-Robinson as “really
exciting for the club”.
Jamal joins from Cambridge, where he
was named in the National Two South
dream team of the season and also
represented England counties in Georgia
this summer, following Cornwall
duties.
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EXCELLENCE AWARDS FOR PUPILS AT SOUTH SHORE
ACHIEVEMENTS
Several Penryn College students were
honoured at the recent annual Excellence
Awards Ceremony hosted by the
University of Exeter’s Tremough Campus.
Awards were given out to pupils in
years seven, nine, eleven and sixth
form. Categories included: Artistic Excellence,
Academic Excellence, Sporting
Excellence and Positive Contribution.
The evening was a celebration of the
academic, vocational, artistic, sporting
and community efforts of young people
from across the South Shore Education
Partnership. Pupils from all four
South Shore Partnership Schools: Penryn
College, Falmouth School, Mullion
School and Helston Community College.
were nominated to receive
awards.
In the evening’s first category, Penryn
students Lily Cockwell (year 7), Hannah
Barlow, Elke Diggle (both year 9)
Matthieu Bethermin and Bethan Mew
(both year 11) were all recognised for
their artistic excellence throughout the
year, ranging from portrait artwork,
acting performance and high level
portfolios. In the next category academic
excellence was recognised, with
Molly Barlow (year 7) Calvin Barker,
Hannah Barlow (both year 9) Katy Bek
and Rosie Miller (both year 11) the
recipients of the awards for academic
excellence across the board, coupled
Artistic Excellence
Lily Cockwell – Year 7
Hannah Barlow – Year 9
Elke Diggle – Year 9
Matthieu Bethermin – Year 11
Bethan Mew – Year 11
Academic Excellence
Molly Barlow – Year 7
Calvin Barker – Year 9
Hannah Barlow – Year 9
Katy Bek – Year 11
Rosie Miller – Year 11
Sporting Excellence
Liberty Hartley – Year 7
Chevonne Johanning – Year 9
Benno Marstaller – Year 9
Blythe Stedman – Year 11
Emily Toy – Year 11
Positive Contribution
Natasha Potts – Year 7
Harry Brumpton – Year 9
Bronwyn Casterton – Year 9
Ruth Barnicoat – Year 11
with a fantastic attitude to work.
Liberty Hartley (year 7), Chevonne
Johanning, Benno Marstaller (both
year 9), Blythe Stedman and Emily Toy
(both year 11) were all recognised for
their Sporting Excellence. The entire
cohort had gained regional recognition
through selections, with Benno also
being voted Young Sailor of the Year
for 2014.
Finally, there were awards for those
who had made a positive contribution
both inside and outside of school in
the last year. Natasha Potts (year 7),
Harry Brumpton, Bronwyn Casterton
(both year 9), Ruth Barnicoat and
James Bray (both year 11) were all
recognised for their excellent volunteer
work, organisational skills,
achievements and superb leadership
skills.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of External
Affairs at the University of Exeter’s
Penryn Campus, Professor Mark Goodwin
spoke highly of the event. “As a
university we are delighted to organise
this event as we believe that education
is a continuous journey all the way
from pre-school to college or university.”
said Goodwin. “We should all be
proud of our excellence, in whatever
field. By working in partnerships, the
schools and the University hope to
encourage young people to keep on
learning.” he added.

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French Exchange Visit—Page 16
FRENCH EXCHANGE STUDENTS EMBARK ON RETURN LEG
FRENCH EXCHANGE
On the 5 th of June, 28
excited year 9 students
left Penryn College to
travel to Toulouse in
France, where they were
welcomed by their exchange
partners, writes
Mrs Smeijkel.
In the last edition of ‘The
Pennant’, it was Penryn
College students playing
the role of the host, but
this time they would
have the favour returned.
The students spent a
whole week in Toulouse,
which is known as the
‘pink city’. During the
stay, year 9 students enjoyed
a town trail and a
visit to the historic
walled city of Carcassonne.
They also had a
tour of Toulouse’s rugby
stadium, which is a rare
privilege and the students
were told about
the educational opportunities
for the young
players of ‘Stade
Tolousain’.
An interesting morning
was also spent at the
Airbus plant, where pupils
were given an insight
of how the Airbus
A380 are built, and the
different European
countries, which contribute
to its production.
Time was also spent in
the hosting school, ‘Le
Collège Clémence
Isaure’, where Penryn
College students took
part in some of their
hosts lessons.
This year’s highlight
though, had to be the
three day weekend, during
which many more
fun activities where undertaken
in the families.
The students returned to
Penryn on the 12 th June,
tired but happy from the
experience and the
many friendships they
have made. It was a very
successful and memorable
trip, enjoyed by all!
NEXT EDITION…
We look back at the
GCSE results, THE
Isles of Scilly trips
and ahead to the
next school year.
Student enjoy the view at the Stade Ernest-Wallon Stadium, Toulouse.
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