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Clubs, Activities and Wider Enrichment

We have a huge range of extra-curricular clubs and activities, as well as an exciting variety of wider enrichment opportunities. To find out more, please see our video below.

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We value parents' continued support in working with us during the crucial 10 months of our Year 11 students' educational journey at HDS.

We offer a programme of after school revision sessions running from 3pm-4pm and a Year 11 tutor programme designed to support their revision and exam preparation.

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Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - October 4 What an AMAZING day we’ve had! It was so lovely welcoming Year 6 pupils to experience life @ HDS and it’s been brilliant to see you all again this evening with your families! If you were unable to join us, please do get in touch to arrange a tour or take our virtual tour today! https://t.co/mZayU6rh0t

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - October 4 A big warm welcome to all Year 6's who have joined us for our Open Day today. We know you will have an amazing time! Have fun and we look forward to seeing you and your families at 6pm for our Open Evening. https://t.co/scaXvY70jo

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - October 3 We look forward to welcoming you to our Open Evening tomorrow night from 6pm! Come along and experience all that HDS has to offer.

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 23 Pupils of @HDSPenzance created 4 short films all relating to issues that affect young people's mental wellbeing - Check out this one about Self Image 🤳 For all 4, visit https://t.co/7DBOBygQOJ @HeadStartKernow #MentalHealthAwareness #wellbeingwednesday https://t.co/Kf55dNaxLs

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 17 Next week the HDS community will be doing their part to raise funds for the people of Ukraine. We have lots of fundraising activities for everyone to get involved! We look forward to raising some much needed funds to show our support.

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 17 Really excited to share out latest Youth in Mind video by pupils at @HDSPenzance with a focus on 4 aspects of modern day life that can affect young peoples mental wellbeing. #Wellbeing #mentalhealth @HeadStartKernow @TFFCornwall @TNLComFund https://t.co/qEyzO2vWr3

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - March 17 It’s the simple things… 😊 thank you @HDSPenzance for a brilliant learning experience today! Oh, I have apron envy! https://t.co/1LclrPX7o0

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - December 17 HDS Christmas Concert 2021 We had a fantastic time at our annual Christmas Concert this year! A full playlist will follow next week, so stay tuned! Well done to all involved, and Happy Christmas everyone! https://t.co/DhqoMwLjYg via @YouTube

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - October 14 https://t.co/nbl12CNACc

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - September 28 As part of the careers package we offer to our Year 7 students at Humphry Davy School, today we held a Year 7 Careers Top Trump Tournament in the library. Great fun was had by all our students certainly are Careers Superstars! https://t.co/vl6VMn37yR

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - September 25 Today, we welcomed Year 6 pupils to HDS for some 'Super Saturday' fun! We've had a brilliant day and we hope you enjoyed it too! Click here to see more photos! https://t.co/loUtgyMwR4 We look forward to seeing you again at our Open Day and Evening on Thursday 7th October. https://t.co/y1M7Acyb4Z

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - July 30 SUMMER SCHOOL 2021! What an AMAZING week we’ve had at HDS! Year 7 2021 students, it was a delight spending time with you! We’ve had a brilliant week and, judging by the smiles on your faces, you did too! Visit our website to see the full photo gallery! https://t.co/XI1dB7qEWZ

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - July 29 What an amazing performance this morning from Alumna Helen Glover and GB team-mate, Polly Swann! Helen, you gave it your all, and your amazing life journey continues to inspire us! Wishing you a safe journey home and some well-deserved time with your family!

Humphry Davy School @hdspenzance - July 28 We were excited to see Alumna Helen Glover and her GB team-mate, Polly Swann, finish second in the semi-final of the women's pair earlier this morning in Tokyo. We are sending you the best of luck for tomorrow's final! We know you can do it! @TeamGB @Helenglovergb

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 24 Mar 2023 Our fantastic Music Scholars headed to Birmingham to visit the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where they enjoyed a performance from the Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra at the majestic Birmingham Symphony Hall. Students were given the opportunity to talk with recently graduated RBC alumni and were shown what university and working life as a musician is all about.

Humphry Davy School 24 Mar 2023 Our fantastic Music Scholars headed to Birmingham to visit the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where they enjoyed a performance from the Birmingham City Symphony Orchestra at the majestic Birmingham Symphony Hall. Students were given the opportunity to talk with recently graduated RBC alumni and were shown what university and working life as a musician is all about.

Humphry Davy School 22 Mar 2023 Invitation for Parent/Carer Governor Nominations. This is a fantastic opportunity to help shape the future direction of our school! For more information on the role or for a nomination form please visit our website.

Humphry Davy School 17 Mar 2023 Today we celebrated Red Nose Day here at HDS! Thank you to everyone who took part in raising money for this worthy cause.

Humphry Davy School 16 Mar 2023 Kickstarting our Science Week, Year 9 students were treated to a visit to Spaceport Cornwall. Arriving at the Integration Facility at the Aerohub Newquay, students were firstly taken to the decontamination room where they were shown how the satellite is integrated into the rocket. Following this, they were guided to the hanger where the rocket is housed. An informative talk from one of the staff gave students an insight into how the facility works, and the growing opportunities within this sector in Cornwall and beyond. What an inspiring day!

Humphry Davy School 16 Mar 2023 Tassomai - The Learning Programme, are resuming their live lessons from Wednesday 22nd March. The zoom based tuition sessions are free to attend for all students! What a great way for our year 10 and 11 students to revise!

Humphry Davy School 7 Mar 2023 On Friday our music students took part in the annual St Piran’s Day parade in Penzance. The students paraded down the streets of our lovely little town with black and white rosettes proudly pinned onto their school uniform. We had a great day celebrating this Cornish tradition with our local community. We hope you all had a fantastic St Piran’s Day on Sunday and celebrated in a truly Cornish way!

Humphry Davy School 3 Mar 2023 We celebrated World Book Day today at HDS. World Book Day is always a fun day in school and today was no exception. With ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’ activities in the library and the option to dress up as your favourite literary character we really did have a blast! It was brilliant seeing all the fantastic costumes making their way around the school site at lunchtime, here are some photos of just a few!

Humphry Davy School 3 Mar 2023 We have been very fortunate to have been able to work with the Cornwall-based charity, Our Only World, to design and install a new water refill station at HDS. Our Only World is a small, Cornwall-based charity on a mission to help restore the oceans with effective solutions that can be rolled out across the County and beyond. They have produced the UK’s first water refill station design that is made from old plastic fishing nets. These refill stations help eliminate the use of single use plastic water bottles that end up polluting our oceans. Located near to our playing fields and directly next to our tennis courts, our new dolphin shaped water refill station not only looks great, it enables both our students and our community users to conveniently refill their water bottles. Visit ouronlyworld.org.uk to learn more about their work.

Humphry Davy School 2 Mar 2023 Huge congratulations to our wonderful Mr Mitchell on his 70th birthday today. Mr Mitchell has worked with the school for over 50 years and keeps our grounds looking amazing! Happy Birthday!

Humphry Davy School 28 Feb 2023 We hosted another wonderful careers event at HDS last week. Year 8 students experienced a ‘Careers Networking’ event where they had the chance to meet 22 different employers from many different career sectors. There was representatives from Space, Hospitality, Tourism, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Optometry, Sport, Police, Fire Brigade, Finance, Business, Social Work, NHS, Physiotherapy, Management, Re-cycling Plastic/Save the Planet, Catering, Photography, Royal Navy , Merchant Navy, Careers in the Marine sector, Careers in Aviation, software development/design, digital, media and even someone who works in the Metaverse! The feedback from the students was brilliant, with students commenting: “I wish we had more time", "This has helped me so much to get an idea of the different jobs that I could do in the future", "Could we do this again so that we could visit the people we didn't get to talk to", "I understand why we do the different subjects at school now", "Wow loved it!". Thank you to everyone who attended, we know this has helped to broader our students horizons, raise aspirations and give reliable first-hand information about the routes into different careers.

Humphry Davy School 21 Feb 2023 We are looking to appoint a team of enthusiastic and reliable Exam Invigilators. This is an exciting ‘first step’ opportunity to experience school-based work. We have an active commitment to staff development, and there may be opportunities to provide cover in other support roles subject to the applicant’s suitability. Applicants will be positive, flexible and intuitive, with an interest in working with young people. For further information and application forms please visit the school website.

Humphry Davy School 10 Feb 2023 Our latest Community Matters Newsletter is now available to view on our website. Have a lovely half term break everyone! https://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/2332/newsletters

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Headteacher William Marshall

Humphry Davy School, Coombe Road, Penzance,
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