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2019/2020

Autumn Term
- First day of term
  4th Sep 2019
- Half Term
  21st Oct 2019 - 25th Oct 2019
- Last day of term
  20th Dec 2019
- Winter holidays
  21st Dec 2019 - 6th Jan 2020
- Further Information
  Staff Training Days:
  4th, 5th & 6th September
  28th October
  18th November
  3rd October - Year 6 Day & Open Evening
Spring Term
- First day of term
  6th Jan 2020
- Half Term
  17th Feb 2020 - 21st Feb 2020
- Last day of term
  27th Mar 2020
- Easter/Spring holidays
  30th Mar 2020 - 13th Apr 2020
Summer Term
- First day of term
  14th Apr 2020
- Half Term
  25th May 2020 - 29th May 2020
- Last day of term
  23rd Jul 2020
- Further Information
  Bank Holiday:
  8th May

2020/2021 - Inset days to be decided, please check back.

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
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 - 5th Sep 2022

School News

Joyful June 2020

Mazey Day 2020 ONLINE!

HDS 2.6 Lockdown Challenge

HDS Musical Lockdown Production

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Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - June 17 Students have been busy this week creating artwork inspired by artist @petemckee! Good effort everyone! https://t.co/FONqrC1N4S

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - June 15 Congratulations to students Ollie and Milly who are our #hotchocfri winners this week! Enjoy your prize!

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - June 2 Humphry Davy School- Free School Meal Provision (COLLECTION DATE: THURSDAY 4th JUNE– 10.00 am – 11.30 am) If your child usually receives free school meals we will be continuing to provide meal packs to cover the next two weeks.

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 22 Thank you to all our amazing staff and students for their incredible work over the last few weeks! It’s half term next week, but if you need to get in contact with us, please email enquiries@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk and we’ll make sure we get back to you! #staysafe

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 19 Staff at Humphry Davy School are sharpening their pencils with the Campaign for Learning’s ‘Learning at Work Week Daily Doodle Challenge’ There are a number of different activities which you can also get involved with here: https://t.co/3Cg20bTInp https://t.co/TbKDtIJ7eU

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 19 HDS Free School Meal Provision (COLLECTION DATE: 21st MAY– 10.00 am – 11.30 am). If your child usually receives free school meals we will be continuing to provide food to cover the next 2 weeks. If you are unable to collect contact school: enquiries@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk.

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 18 It is mental health awareness week-focussing on the power and potential of kindness. Take a photo or video of yourself carrying out or reflecting on an act of kindness and use the hashtags #HDSKindnessMatters, #KindnessMatters and #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek https://t.co/HX4RZlqVjS

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 15 Congratulations to the eight students (two per week) who have won our virtual #hotchocfri! All the students have displayed superb engagement with their online learning and excellent resilience. Your prizes are in the post!

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 14 We are here to support our school community. If you need to talk, please email talk@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 13 We are regularly updating our support pages on our website. Please check in to stay updated! https://t.co/VBqazvtRGp

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 13 Our students have been working hard at home with support from their fantastic families and our amazing staff! Here's a small selection of the work they have been doing! We will be posting more in our gallery regularly! https://t.co/P15wu6MqNZ

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 11 We know how important it is to look after your own wellbeing and that of your family at this time. The link below will direct you to a ‘HDS Student Wellbeing' document with some great links and advice, plus some other sources to support. https://t.co/k0AidtPmgh https://t.co/Aewfsjn17p

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 8 On VE Day 2020, Humphry Davy School honours the service and sacrifice of the wartime generation, and reflect on the devastating impact Covid-19 has had on so many lives across the world. https://t.co/BAvCYjwHh5

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 6 The Cornwall Science Community has kindly invited the Humphry Davy School community to a talk on the scientist Sir Humphry Davy this evening! The event is free and online. Follow this link and get involved! https://t.co/9qGVo4y3WB

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - May 6 Free School Meal Information - next collection date Thursday 7th May: 10.00am - 11.30am. Please visit our website for further information. https://t.co/bzajMex9Nn

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - April 7 HDS Free School Meal Provision (COLLECTION DATE: THURSDAY 9TH APRIL – 10am – 11.30 am) If your child usually receives free school meals we will be continuing to provide meal packs to cover the next two weeks. One parent will need to collect a care package that will last 10 days.

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 25 HDS - Free School Meal Provision (change of collection date to Friday 27th March) If your child usually receives free school meals we will be continuing to provide meal packs to cover the Easter period. Visit our website for more info https://t.co/MNwC7PhC5M

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 20 Humphry Davy School- Free School Meal provision. If your child usually receives free school meals we have committed to being a Hub to distribute meal packs for our students. Please visit our website for more details. https://t.co/MNwC7PhC5M

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 19 Just a reminder to the HDS community, please remember to check our website for the latest information on school closure updates. https://t.co/MNwC7PhC5M

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 17 For the latest updates on the current Coronavirus situation, as it relates to HDS, please continue to check our website. https://t.co/MNwC7PhC5M

Humphry Davy School 3 Jul 2020 After a morning cardio session, ET was ready for his well earned lunch today! #lunchingwithET #ETadventures

Humphry Davy School 1 Jul 2020 At HDS we place a genuine focus on students' wellbeing alongside their academic progress. All students follow our detailed Citizenship and Personal Development Curriculum which includes lessons on physical and emotional wellbeing, being safe, developing positive relationships and strong personal qualities, careers and being happy. During lockdown we have continued to support our students in these ways setting work and providing regular wellbeing tasks. In June we used the Action for Happiness 'Joyful June' calendar, encouraging students to complete daily actions to look for what's good, even in difficult times, embracing and spreading happiness. Our video shares some of the wonderful things our students got up to in June 2020. In July our students will complete the 'Jump Back July 2020' calendar with daily actions to help them be more resilient in challenging times.

Humphry Davy School 1 Jul 2020 We really hope you enjoyed celebrating our 'virtual Mazey Day' with us! We had a lot of fun, and we really can't wait until next year when, hopefully, we'll all be able to celebrate in traditional Golowan style. Our 'Mazey Day friend', ET, hasn't 'phoned home' just yet and has extended his stay with us at the school for another week. He's been exploring the school site and, whilst he brought a smile to the faces of everyone he met around the site, we're not sure that our school cat was all that pleased to see him! #ETstrikesagain

Humphry Davy School 27 Jun 2020 Today would have been Mazey Day in Penzance. A day full of celebration, music, dancing, and parades!...a day which Humphry Davy School very much looks forward to every year! This year’s festival theme is ‘Golowan Gets Connected’ in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first telegraph cable landing on the beach at Porthcurno. The theme certainly couldn’t have been more appropriate for this year and what an amazing job our brilliant students have done. In years gone by, our students would have been busy practising their musical performances, and putting the finishing touches to our Mazey Day Structures during lessons and after school…we haven’t let ‘lock down’ stop us! Our students and staff have been creating their own themed masterpieces at home. Withy structures, drawings, paintings and cakes were all crafted, photographed and filmed…and we have brought everything together to celebrate with our community #Golowanonline #theshowmustgoon #mazeydayonline Golowan Festival Official Page

Humphry Davy School 24 Jun 2020 This week, Humphry Davy School is joining the Penzance community online to celebrate the annual Golowan Festival. At a time when our students would traditionally have been performing music live at the Humphry Davy Statue on Mazey Day, our talented ‘Band of Fiasco’ decided not to let the current circumstances dampen their Golowan spirit! Along with our fantastic music department, the band practised the well-known song ‘Come Together’ by The Beatles and created their very own music video straight from their own homes! This year’s festival theme is ‘Golowan Gets Connected’ in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first telegraph cable landing on the beach at Porthcurno. The theme certainly couldn’t have been more appropriate for this year and what an amazing job our brilliant students have done. We're sure you'll agree that our future musician stars have created a polished piece which is truly a fantastic production, well done to all involved! Make sure to check out our website this weekend for more, exciting, Mazey Day fun! To keep up to date with Golowan Online events, visit Golowan Festival Official Page.

Humphry Davy School 22 Jun 2020 Congratulations Jami and Lola, this weeks #hotchocfri winners!

Humphry Davy School 17 Jun 2020 Students have been busy this week creating artwork inspired by artist @petemckee! Good effort everyone!

Humphry Davy School 17 Jun 2020 On 26th April (when the 40th London Marathon would have taken place), students and staff at HDS joined the country in doing the 2.6 Challenge! Dreaming up an activity based around the numbers 2.6 or 26, the HDS community set themselves a wide variety of challenges to suit their skills. There were no rules – apart from the Government guidelines on how to exercise safely during this time.

Humphry Davy School 15 Jun 2020 Congratulations to students Ollie and Milly who are our #hotchocfri winners this week! Enjoy your prize!

Humphry Davy School 10 Jun 2020 Important Parent Information: We have been informed of the safeguarding concerns below and want to draw your attention to them: There have been incidents locally of children being contacted by adults unknown to them via Snapchat and an online platform called Omegle. There has also been a concern raised about a hack on the game Roblox. It appears that players are invited to open a gift which is a camera. This then takes a photo which is shared with other users. Our advice will always be to have open and honest conversations with your child about what they are accessing on their mobile or other devices, and assert your parental control over usage and routines to ensure children are not vulnerable. If you have concerns regarding your child’s social media use, please do not hesitate to contact us for advice.

Humphry Davy School 2 Jun 2020 Humphry Davy School- Free School Meal Provision (COLLECTION DATE: THURSDAY 4th JUNE– 10.00 am – 11.30 am) If your child usually receives free school meals we will be continuing to provide meal packs to cover the next two weeks. One parent will need to collect a care package that will last 10 days. The distribution point will be located in the new Staff Car Park between 10am and 11.30am. If you are unable to collect your package, we would be grateful if you could nominate someone to collect it on your behalf. If this is not possible, please contact the school by emailing enquiries@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk.

Humphry Davy School 22 May 2020 Thank you to all our amazing staff and students for their incredible work over the last few weeks! It’s half term next week, but if you need to get in contact with us, please email enquiries@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk and we’ll make sure we get back to you! Have a good half term everyone!

Humphry Davy School 21 May 2020 Humphry Davy students and staff have been tuning up their musical instruments, warming up their vocal chords and finding their groove to come together to showcase their huge array of musical talents! Here is our musical collaboration of ‘Lean on Me’ all recorded remotely from home! At HDS, we are all here for each other! Remember, if you need to talk, please contact us on talk@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk

Humphry Davy School 20 May 2020 To all the budding authors out there! We would like to draw your attention to an opportunity where you can show off your creative writing skills and receive the rewards you so richly deserve! Cornwall Council is holding a writing competition: https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/together-for-families/news/real-heroes-read-books/real-heroes-read-books-competition/story-competition-for-secondary-school-students/ The closing date is 22nd May 2020 so get creating! This is similar to BBC Radio 2’s competition: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1 Stories submitted for this could be entered for the Cornish competition. We would love to read any stories that you come up with so please don’t forget to share them with your English teacher! Happy writing!

Humphry Davy School 19 May 2020 Staff at Humphry Davy School are sharpening their pencils and flexing up their felt tips with the Campaign for Learning’s ‘Learning at Work Week Daily Doodle Challenge’. 🎨 There are a number of different activities which you can also get involved with here: https://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/pages/news/category/learning-at-work-week Parents can also 'tune in at two' to join free webinars on practical ways to teach your children about money and strategies to help children learn! https://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/news/tune-in-at-two

Humphry Davy School 19 May 2020 Humphry Davy School- Free School Meal Provision (COLLECTION DATE: THURSDAY 21st MAY– 10.00 am – 11.30 am) If your child usually receives free school meals we will be continuing to provide meal packs to cover the next two weeks. One parent will need to collect a care package that will last 10 days. The distribution point will be located in the new Staff Car Park between 10am and 11.30am. If you are unable to collect your package, we would be grateful if you could nominate someone to collect it on your behalf. If this is not possible, please contact the school by emailing enquiries@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk.

Humphry Davy School 18 May 2020 This week is mental health awareness week-focussing on the power and potential of kindness. During the week, we would like you to carry out or reflect on an act of kindness. Take a photo or video (remember, be safe online and follow social media terms of use) and use the hashtags #HDSKindnessMatters, #KindnessMatters and #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. You can also share your ideas on how you think we could build a kinder society that would support our mental health using the same hashtags above. Visit our website to get involved: https://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/2331/news/post/603/mental-health-awareness-week-

Humphry Davy School 15 May 2020 Congratulations to the eight students (two per week) who have won our virtual #hotchocfri! All the students have displayed superb engagement with their online learning and excellent resilience. Your prizes are in the post!

Humphry Davy School 14 May 2020 We are here to support our school community. If you need to talk, please email talk@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk

Humphry Davy School 13 May 2020 We are regularly updating our support pages on our website. Please check in to stay updated! https://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/3129/coronavirus-support

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Headteacher William Marshall

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

01736 363 559
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