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Humphry Davy School
10 Oct 2025
We had such a great time at the weekend welcoming everyone to our Super Saturday! It was so much fun and we really enjoyed showing you more of what life is like at HDS.
Remember the deadline for secondary school applications is Friday 31st October. Be sure to secure your child's place at HDS today!
Humphry Davy School
10 Oct 2025
We have been working hard putting together our Applied Arts Alumni Exhibition at Richmond Chapel Studio and it’s looking amazing!
Come and join us this evening (Friday 10th October) from 5pm - 7pm to celebrate the Fine art, Photography, 3D Design and Textiles work of our very talented 2024/2025 Year 11 GCSE students. See you there!
Humphry Davy School
9 Oct 2025
We loved welcoming you all!
Humphry Davy School
8 Oct 2025
On Friday 26th September, a group of Year 8 students attended The North Cornwall Book Festival, at St. Endellion near Port Isaac.
Three fantastic authors/poets entertained and inspired students with talks and workshops. These included Liz Hyder, Jo Cotterill and the Matt Windle who, as well as being a poet, is also a boxer!
The workshops were varied; from students imagining they had to leave their home for reasons such as war, to joint creative story writing and embracing rhyming words. Students also received a voucher that they exchanged for a free book in the book shop.
It was an inspiring day and several of our students were brave enough to share their stories and read them aloud to the group. Well done for being so confident, imaginative, engaged and articulate!
Students had this to say about the day.
"I loved the book festival and getting to know the authors and how they got to where they are today."
"I really liked the author Jo Cotterill, because her activity was very fun and she was nice. The activity was writing a short story but it had to start with the phase 'We're Leaving'."
Humphry Davy School
7 Oct 2025
Year 10 GCSE Drama students welcomed two practitioners from The Minack Theatre Education Team this week.
Our students worked with Millie and Becca, who are practicing theatre directors both in Cornwall and Nationwide, for a 2 hour Brechtian Theatre Workshop.
This was an excellent experience, full of fun filled games and activities, as well as students devising and creating theatre work, finishing with some amazing mini Brecht Pieces at the end of the session!
We can't wait to work with The Minack again in the future, and have been left truly inspired to carry on this work in lessons!
Humphry Davy School
6 Oct 2025
As part of their physical Geography fieldwork KS4 students have spent time out of school to investigate whether ‘the benefits of Penzance’s coastal defences outweigh the costs?’. Students completed wave counts, environmental quality surveys and field sketches; collecting evidence on whether the sea defences are needed. They also used anemometers to measure wind speed and staff demonstrated how to measure longshore drift to see if sediment was moving down the coastline. All of the data collected will be analysed and presented in class where students will then conclude whether the sea defences were worth the hefty price tag.
Humphry Davy School
6 Oct 2025
Our students have loved being part of this!
Humphry Davy School
3 Oct 2025
This week, ten students were given the opportunity to visit Castilly Henge to watch an excavation taking place. Students were taught about the significance of the site and how archaeologists believed that Castilly Henge may have been used to store weapons during the English Civil War. Students were able to see and hold artefacts from the site including hammers and arrow heads and were even able to take part in the sifting process. The students were a credit to our school and had a lovely day.
Humphry Davy School
1 Oct 2025
We are looking forward to welcoming pupils to our Super Saturday this week on 4th October. If you haven’t already signed up, you can sign up via our website here.
https://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/2338/announcements/announcement/770/announcement/?home=1
Humphry Davy School
30 Sep 2025
Fourteen of our creative film and performing arts students attended the Blue Juice Festival Sessions held at the Ritz, Penzance, on Saturday morning, 27th September.
They were invited by Carl Prechezer, director of the cult Brit surf film Blue Juice, as part of the film’s 30th anniversary celebrations in Penzance. Many industry professionals, cast members, and crew attended, several of whom hail from Cornwall.
The sessions included inspirational presentations and discussions introduced and led by Carl, alongside film and creative industry experts: Gideon Bright (Founder of Dryrobe), Carn Burton (Location Manager), Tori Peri (Head of Film Production, Film4), Emma Turner (Head of Film, Animation and Future Skills, ScreenSkills), Ed Rutherford (Director of Photography), and Dom Weeks (Film Office Manager, Screen Cornwall) — who also happens to be a Humphry Davy alumnus!
Our students were delighted to meet the speakers in person, ask questions about working in the creative industries, and share and discuss their own projects and ideas.
Blue Juice also raised funds for Plastic Free Penzance, the RNLI, and Surfers Against Sewage. This community event was made possible by Sustainable PZ, Film4, Screen Cornwall, and Skills UK.
We are looking forward to working again with Carl Prechezer, Dom Weeks, and Rachel Yates (Sustainable Penzance) in school, in the near future!
Humphry Davy School
29 Sep 2025
Our allotment has been awarded the Level 2 RHS gardening award! We are so proud of how our allotment continues to thrive and are looking forward to watching it progress further over the year. Well done to all our green fingered students.
Humphry Davy School
29 Sep 2025
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Humphry Davy School
29 Sep 2025
Twenty five of our best singers visited Truro to take part in an incredible day of workshops from members of The Sixteen Choir. They explored a range of repertoire, from a beautiful medieval piece by Hildegard of Binge to some modern folk, learning five songs in total! We ended the day by joining The Sixteen at Truro Cathedral to not only sing through some of the songs we had learned but also to have them perform to us! It was an incredible experience to sing in a Cathedral and, for some students, it was their first time being in the Cathedral itself. When asked what piece of advice they would give to the young singers, they replied, “be open to new experiences, listen to lots of styles of music and most importantly, keep singing!".
Humphry Davy School
26 Sep 2025
SUP club had an amazing session down in Penzance harbour after school this week. With the stunning September sun shining down on them, they couldn’t wait to get on (or in!) the water. What a fantastic way to round off a Wednesday.
Humphry Davy School
26 Sep 2025
It was an honour for our musicians to open up the music stage at Penzance Food Festival on Friday 19th.
Performances included the Jazz Band; Music Scholars and the KS4 Pop/Rock Band. A particularly fun performance was the AC/DC classic 'Thunder Struck' played on toy instruments. The audience loved it! So much fun.
Thank you Penzance food festival for having us!
Humphry Davy School
24 Sep 2025
Thank you to everyone who attended our Open Evening last night. We had a great time meeting you all and showing you around our school!
We look forward to welcoming you again at our Super Saturday on the 4th October. If you haven’t already signed up, you can sign up via our website here.
https://www.humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk/2338/announcements/announcement/770/announcement/?home=1
Humphry Davy School
22 Sep 2025
Don't forget!
We look forward to welcoming you to our Open Evening tomorrow night, from 5:30pm.
Come and find out for yourself why HDS is such a great place to learn!
Humphry Davy School
12 Sep 2025
Be sure to join us for our Open Evening on Tuesday 23rd September, from 5:30pm, and find out for yourself why HDS is such a great place to learn!
Humphry Davy School
5 Sep 2025
Join us for our Open Evening on Tuesday 23rd September and find out for yourself why HDS is such a great place to learn!
Humphry Davy School
4 Sep 2025
Happy first day back everyone and a big welcome to our new Year 7’s! We’ve had a great day and are looking forward to the year ahead of us.
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