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2020/2021

Autumn Term
- First day of term
  3rd Sep 2020
- Half Term
  26th Oct 2020 - 30th Oct 2020
- Last day of term
  18th Dec 2020
- Winter holidays
  19th Dec 2020 - 3rd Jan 2021
- Further Information
  Staff Training Days:
  Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September
  Monday 2nd November
  Friday 18th December
Spring Term
- First day of term
  4th Jan 2021
- Half Term
  15th Feb 2021 - 19th Feb 2021
- Last day of term
  1st Apr 2021
- Easter/Spring holidays
  5th Apr 2021 - 16th Apr 2021
Summer Term
- First day of term
  19th Apr 2021
- Half Term
  31st May 2021 - 4th Jun 2021
- Last day of term
  23rd Jul 2021
- Summer holidays
  24th Jul 2021 - 6th Sep 2021
- Further Information
  Staff Training Days:
  Friday 23rd July

2021/2022

Autumn Term
- First day of term
  6th Sep 2021
- Half Term
  25th Oct 2021 - 29th Oct 2021
- Last day of term
  17th Dec 2021
- Winter holidays
  20th Dec 2021 - 3rd Jan 2022
- Further Information
  Staff Training Days:
  Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th September
  Monday 1st November
Spring Term
- First day of term
  4th Jan 2022
- Half Term
  21st Feb 2022 - 25th Feb 2022
- Last day of term
  8th Apr 2022
Summer Term
- First day of term
  25th Apr 2022
- Half Term
  30th May 2022 - 3rd Jun 2022
- Last day of term
  21st Jul 2022
- Summer holidays
  26th Jul 2022 - 5th Sep 2022
- Further Information
  Staff Training Days:
  Friday 22nd and Monday 25th July

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Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - July 27 Good luck for tomorrow @Helenglovergb - wishing you all the best from Humphry Davy School! https://t.co/zbAgynubej

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - June 24 Our summer music concert is off to a fantastic start! With the sun shining and the students in great spirits it is sure to be a brilliant evening for all! Welcome everyone! https://t.co/XioNBYy27f

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - June 10 Massive congratulations to HDS Alumni and Olympic Gold Medallist, @Helenglovergb, on making Team GB for this year’s Tokyo Olympics! You continue to be an inspiration to all our students and we look forward to seeing you compete once more. Exciting times ahead!

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - June 10 We would like to wish Mareme and Isaac the best of luck for their journalistic experience over the G7 summit! They are spending three days at Falmouth University media hub where they are hoping to interview some of the G7 attendees! Good luck! https://t.co/3gd0axY5kC

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - April 23 Happy Friday everyone! With the summer term now underway, what a glorious day for our first Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition since lockdown! Have a great day Year 10! We look forward to seeing the photos of your adventure! https://t.co/2NGbfcXnCx

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - April 21 Looking for the perfect low cost venue for your club/group/activity? Contact us now on 01736 363559 and we’ll be happy to discuss your requirements. Further information can be found on our website: https://t.co/e6I7JyizLW https://t.co/ZBBENDnEvj

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - April 12 Year 6 - Wow! What an amazing day! We hope you all had fun...we know we certainly did. Click the link below to see more photos...your video is on the way... https://t.co/tu6LREomsN https://t.co/AABUrqKVfY

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - April 12 Congratulations Helen! You continue to be such an inspiration to us all! #HDSAlumni https://t.co/vZ5TaQUBxE

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - April 12 Another exciting day at HDS! Today we welcome Year 6 students who will be joining us in September 2021! Lots of happy, smiling faces around the school. We're sure you'll have lots of fun! Lots of photos on the way...check out our website later today! https://t.co/tu6LREomsN

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - April 8 Another sunny day at HDS and Year 8 students have been in school for the first of two jam-packed days of activities! With plenty of exciting things to get involved in, there were certainly lots of smiling faces around the site! https://t.co/yPXOTY7WIb #makingmemories https://t.co/fgkIKWZnuv

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - April 7 With the sun now shining, our Easter Activities Programme is well under way! Year 7’s are currently having loads of fun - taking part in a wide range of activities across the whole site! https://t.co/XXS9qkcdkF #makingmemories https://t.co/mdaIIhmTvc

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - April 1 The latest version of our Community Matters Newsletter is now available on our website. Be sure to check it out to see what our students have been up to this term! Happy Easter everyone! https://t.co/z29beYvTTW https://t.co/5BMhPLNs4Z

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 23 Today is #NationalDayofReflection, marking one year since the first lockdown was announced. At 12pm today our community fell silent to reflect on the year. We could not be more proud of how well our incredible students and staff have coped during these unprecedented times.

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 19 Happy @rednoseday2021 everyone!Today we decided to ‘do something funny for money’ and GUNGE Mr Marshall! Smashing our £850 target, we raised a fantastic £1,062 for Comic Relief charities! It has certainly been a day to remember! #creatingmemories #ComicRelief #rednoseday2021 https://t.co/Vx2FJKQCUn

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 8 It’s #InternationalWomensDay and we’re celebrating all the brilliant women in our school community and around the world! We would also like to share this message from a truly inspirational woman, HDS Alumni @Helenglovergb, who recorded some words of encouragement for our students https://t.co/gi3kMinjmc

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 8 We've received this lovely thank you from @HDSPenzance after we donated 20 laptops to the school to help the children gain access to digital devices during lockdown. It's been a pleasure to support young people in this way #socialhousing #proud 👉https://t.co/b2Lenf1Xhf https://t.co/OmlkJUrZLy

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 7 Spring has officially sprung here at HDS. The daffodils and crocus are in full bloom in our memorial garden just in time for you all to return to us on Monday! We are looking forward to having you all back. https://t.co/LNniIKEfjs

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 5 Happy St Piran's Day everyone! Please enjoy our version of 'Cornwall My Home' - Gool Peran Lowen! https://t.co/UND7ZCoHMG

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 4 Just posted a photo https://t.co/mcZpPeB9EG

Humphry Davy School 27 Jul 2021 Good luck for tomorrow Helen Glover Team GB - wishing you all the best from Humphry Davy School! https://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/2331/news/post/913/good-luck-helen

Humphry Davy School 22 Jul 2021 Check out all the wonderful things our music department have to offer! If your child is interested in signing up for music lessons with any of our fantastic team get in touch now!

Humphry Davy School 9 Jul 2021 Our summer production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' was a wonderful success and we have had some lovely feedback from many audience members! A Shakespeare play performed ‘in the round’ is big change from our usual Christmas Panto but our students embraced the challenge and delighted in the opportunity to take part. Pupils from local primary schools were invited to be our first audience members and, whilst sitting on hay bales and blankets, watched our students perform their version of the bard's comedy with glee. It was lovely to see our students grow throughout the process of this play and the outcome was a truly wonderful show that was enjoyed by many. In such uncertain times we know that creating this play has been an enriching experience for them all. The dedication, time, effort and talents of our young people really shone through to enable us to bring the show to life, well done everyone involved. We cannot wait to see what you come up with next!

Humphry Davy School 9 Jul 2021 We have had a wonderful week welcoming Year 6 pupils for their HDS taster days this week. These days are always a great opportunity for the pupils to spend some time in their new school before they start in September. The pupils have taken part in a range of exciting activities including making dream catchers, experiencing our professional kitchens with some monster muffin baking, playing music and even building their own rockets in science! We’ve had so much fun spending time with them and can’t wait for them to join us again for Summer School before starting y7 in September! Welcome to the HDS family!

Humphry Davy School 8 Jul 2021 HDS remains committed to ensuring our students are equipped with vital lifesaving skills. Each year we provide training for our students. On Monday, our Year 7 cohort started training with the PE staff, it was fantastic to be able to resume our students’ CPR training programme! Well done Year 7 for enthusiastically getting involved!

Humphry Davy School 8 Jul 2021 At HDS we pride ourselves on our friendly and welcoming community and outstanding standard of care and support to ensure all children are safe, happy and successful from the moment they join us. We currently have a range of opportunities to join our ever growing team of staff. For more information about how to apply please visit our website. https://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/2343/staff-vacancies

Humphry Davy School 6 Jul 2021 The summer term brings longer days and warmer weather and with that, people have been crying out for a bit of live music, which Humphry Davy School students were more than happy to supply at this year’s Summer Festival. More than 70 students across ten different musical ensembles set up on the school field to deliver a much-needed dose of musical enrichment to a socially distanced audience of parents, staff and fellow students. The massive 50 square meter stage housed each of the school bands, from the ‘New Notes Jazz Band’ to ‘HDS Classical Guitar Ensemble’ and from the ‘Impact Choir’ through to our senior band ‘Band of Fiasco’. Each of our groups showcased all the hours and hard work that had gone on behind the scenes this term. The evening was an absolute delight, well done everyone involved!

Humphry Davy School 30 Jun 2021 Saturday was Mazey Day in Penzance! Although the usual town parades were unable to happen again this year, Golowan Festival Official Page put on a spectacular display in Morrab Gardens which we were excited to be involved in! We hope you managed to see the wonderful structures in person, but if you didn’t, check out the video below!

Humphry Davy School 25 Jun 2021 We are so excited for Mazey Day tomorrow! Whilst everyone will miss the 'normal' Mazey parades, it is great to see the celebrations happening again this year! Be sure to come along to Morrab Gardens to see our amazing structure, created by our talented students and staff! Here's how we made it! Golowan Festival Official Page

Humphry Davy School 24 Jun 2021 Our summer music concert is off to a fantastic start! With the sun shining and the students in great spirits it is sure to be a brilliant evening for all! Welcome everyone!

Humphry Davy School 24 Jun 2021 Having worked hard over the past weeks, our amazing students were blessed with some great ‘Midsummer’ weather for their outdoor performances of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’! The students excelled themselves and the audience had a great time! We look forward to their next production!

Humphry Davy School 18 Jun 2021 Roisin is a HDS Alumni and we couldn't be prouder to see how she is blossoming after leaving school! Nice work Roisin!

Humphry Davy School 15 Jun 2021 Tickets are now on sale via Parentmail for our long awaited production of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’! Being creative within Covid-19 guidelines has meant that our performance has been directed away from our traditional indoor stage and gave inspiration to use ‘in the round’ staging in an outdoor setting. Tickets will be sold with staggered arrival times. Ticket numbers are limited so purchase your ticket today on Parentmail to be sure you don’t miss out! We cannot wait!

Humphry Davy School 11 Jun 2021 On Thursday 27th May, just before half term, Year 11 students were treated to a final rewards trip down on the beach! Student Aoife told us, “It's been an emotional few day leaving HDS and this surfing trip was an amazing way to finish off our journey. It was fantastically fun to make some final memories with our peers and teachers; with some great nose dives and wipe-outs along the way!” We are so lucky to live where we do and we love making the most of what our beautiful county has to offer! We would like to wish all our Year 11’s the very best of luck with their future and look forward to seeing you all very soon.

Humphry Davy School 10 Jun 2021 We would like to wish Mareme and Isaac the best of luck for their journalistic experience over the G7 summit! After applying for the role both students were chosen from hundreds of applicants from across Cornwall and became two of the eleven local students chosen! They are spending three days at Falmouth University media hub where they are hoping to interview some of the G7 attendees! Good luck, and we look forward to hearing all about it!

Humphry Davy School 10 Jun 2021 Massive congratulations to HDS Alumni and Olympic Gold Medallist, Helen Glover, on making Team GB for this year’s Tokyo Olympics! You continue to be an inspiration to all our students and we look forward to seeing you compete once more. Exciting times ahead!

Humphry Davy School 28 May 2021 The latest version of our Community Matters Newsletter is now available on our website, head over now to see what our students have been getting up to! Have a lovely half term everyone! https://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/2332/newsletters

Humphry Davy School 28 May 2021 This term HDS students have been adventuring in our stunning Cornish landscape as part of their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Although the expeditions could not take place in their usual way due to national restrictions, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is a valuable (and life- changing) experience for many of our students, and we did not want them to miss out! Check out our video to see how much fun they had!

Humphry Davy School 27 May 2021 Student activists and ‘Plastic Free HDS’ supporters, Ida and Lily, talk with local MP and the UK Environment Minister, George Eustice, to challenge what he is doing to tackle climate change and his thoughts about the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill. Growing up in Cornwall both our students are extremely passionate about the beautiful environment we all call home. In their fifteen and sixteen years of living they have seen first-hand the devastating effects of climate change and have made it their mission to raise awareness around the issue. A short video has been created on some of the key points of their discussion with Mr Eustice, forming an interesting watch for all, be sure to check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxog_gN9aj0

Humphry Davy School 25 May 2021 We pride ourselves on creating 'a sense of belonging' at Humphry Davy and even as our Year 11 students embark upon the next steps in their educational journey, we are supporting them all of the way. A reminder here to check into Satchel:One every day in June to access a pick and mix menu of post 16 materials connected to careers and to aid preparation for college/apprenticeships etc and to access Mrs Richard's summary of college and apprenticeship opportunities. 'Come and See Open Events' have just been advertised for Year 11 students who may want to look around Truro, Penwith and Callywith Colleges prior to September 2021. Dates are: Penwith College - 24 June | Callywith College - 3 July | Truro College - 7 July

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Headteacher William Marshall

Humphry Davy School, Coombe Road, Penzance,
Cornwall, TR18 2TG

01736 363 559
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