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Humphry Davy School 22 Aug 2024 Congratulations to our amazing 2024 Year 11 students! We celebrated the magical moment of opening GCSE result envelopes and watching anxious expressions morph into smiles and joy and again this year! Over a third of all students achieved a top grade 7-9 (old grade A/A*) in at least one subject and over a quarter of all grades in Biology, Chemistry, Health and Social Care, Music, Physics, Spanish and Further Maths were at grade 7 or above (old grade A/A*)! There were some tremendous individual student achievements and special mention to Milly, Olive, Amelie, Martha, Tess and Helena who all achieved the equivalent of the old A*/A grades across the board in all their GCSEs! (That is 54 top grades between them!) Not wanting to be outdone by the girls, Jago, Jet, Cormack, Louis, Jack, Dylan and Frankie achieved the equivalent of 48 top grades. Just reward for hard work and positive attitudes! We are proud of these wonderful young adults and the superb role models they have become for our younger students and the wider Penzance community. Our sincere thanks to the dedicated and experienced team of staff here at HDS who make it all possible and to parents and carers who have every right to be proud of their children. Thank you for your support! We wish all our students ‘Good Luck!’ and continued success as they move on to the next stage of their education and careers. WELL DONE CLASS OF 2024!

Humphry Davy School 1 Aug 2024 Congratulations to ex-Humphry Davy student and SuperMum! Helen Glover who now has another Olympic medal to add to her collection! A brilliant performance by the Women's Four crew. We are so proud of you! You are such a wonderful inspiration to everyone in Penzance and we look forward to seeing you soon Well done!

Humphry Davy School 31 Jul 2024 Students, staff and friends of Humphry Davy School will be cheering on ex-Humphry Davy student Helen Glover as she competes in the Women's Fours Rowing at the Paris Olympics on Thursday morning. Aiming for her third Olympic Gold Medal, Helen is a wonderful inspiration to young people everywhere. A group of students took time out of their Activities Week to put together a good luck video. Good luck Helen and all of Team GB! #helenglover #helenglovergb #olympics2024 #humphrydavyschool #olympicrowing

Humphry Davy School 31 Jul 2024 The Penzance NHS Wellbeing Festival will take place at Humphry Davy School on Friday August 9th from 2pm until 7pm. This will be a great family friendly, fun afternoon of music, activities, and wellbeing that showcases all of the key community supporters and providers in the Penzance area. #lovepenzance

Humphry Davy School 26 Jul 2024 We are delighted to hear that HDS alumni, Helen Glover MBE, has been chosen as one of Team GB's Opening Ceremony flagbearers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. We wish her lots of luck for this evening, and we are looking forward to watching her compete at her fourth Olympics in Paris as part of the women’s four rowing team. Good Luck Helen!

Humphry Davy School 24 Jul 2024 Our latest Newsletter can now be viewed on our website. Have a great summer everyone. See you in September! https://humphrydavy.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/document/July-2024-final.pdf?t=1721828377?ts=1721828496

Humphry Davy School 19 Jul 2024 Recently, HDS obtained 10 new bikes through funding to teach and develop cycle confidence. Twelve students participated in a 12-week program to develop skills ensuring they can cycle confidently and safely on the roads. Six of these students recently completed the Level 1 & 2 Bikeability course, where they practiced various skills in the playground before applying them on local roads. They worked extremely hard to master these new skills, and all of them passed. Well done to everyone involved!

Humphry Davy School 18 Jul 2024 Monday 8th July was our annual Scholars Recital. This is an amazing evening of music performed by our most talented musicians in the school. The event marked an emotional farewell for some of our Year 11 music scholars, but also gave an opportunity for the younger upcoming musicians to shine. The night was curated expertly by our performance co-ordinator Mr Bosworth, with the rest of the faculty supporting and accompanying at various points during the evening. Any student wishing to become a music scholar must write a written application followed up by an audition in September. If successful they will then become committed to a year of fantastic opportunities and benefits working alongside our music department.

Humphry Davy School 17 Jul 2024 Year 11 celebrated in style at Tregenna Castle for their Leavers’ Ball this term. It was great seeing their wonderful outfits and fantastic vehicle choices as they arrived at the castle for a night of fun…the perfect way to celebrate the end of their exams! We look forward to seeing you all again for Results Day on 22nd August!

Humphry Davy School 17 Jul 2024 Congratulations to students Erin and Annie who have just represented England in the Dance World Cup in Prague! Their dance teams from Elite Acro Dance Associates, competed in the Junior Large Acro Team Section and placed 3rd! They also placed 4th in the Senior Large Acro Team Section with England placing 1st in the whole competition. What an incredible achievement for you both! We couldn’t be prouder of you! We look forward to closely watching your careers progress.

Humphry Davy School 16 Jul 2024 Twenty students from Year 9 and 10 were selected to take part in a Screen Acting Workshop this term with actor Nick Carpenter. Nick has worked in television and theatre, most recently on a new series for Channel 5! The students learnt about the journey from auditions through to production. They learnt about special effects and how these are created on stage as well as the difficulty of staying in character when filming 18-hour days. Nick then led them in an audition preparation workshop. The students gained a fantastic insight into a career in the film and television industry, and we are very grateful for this amazing opportunity.

Humphry Davy School 16 Jul 2024 The stage is set! Don't forget our amazing Summer Music Festival kicks off tonight at 6pm – tickets still available. There will be outstanding musical performances from our talented music students and staff, with festival refreshments in between! Please bring cash! We have timed it perfectly with the weather forecast as sunny! See you all tonight.

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Humphry Davy School 11 Jul 2024 We already know that learning a musical instrument will enrich your life in so many ways! The question is usually ‘how do I get started?’ HDS recently visited 9 primary schools to inspire the next generation of musicians and answer this exact question. 1. Speak to your parents and carers. Tell them what instrument excites you and that you want lessons. 2. Contact the Cornwall Music Service Trust and fill in a form expressing your interest. 3. Tell your primary school teacher/music lead teacher and they can also help. 4. Often the first thing people think about is buying an instrument. We advise against this initially. Arrange individual or group lessons first, then get specialist advice from your instrumental teacher. It might be best to hire. There may even be some instruments to loan for free! Just ask. If you'd like to hear more, why not come to our Summer Concert on our school field on the 16th July, 6pm. Enjoy the music then come and have a chat about starting lessons. To book your ticket contact enquiries@humphry-davy.cornwall.sch.uk today!

Humphry Davy School 10 Jul 2024 At 9am on the 5th July our Impact Choir set off for Birmingham for their Music for Youth Performance. The Music for Youth journey started way back in March when HDS Impact Choir stunned a youth music audience and was awarded a place at the National festival. This year, our choir sung a superbly chosen repertoire including, 'Times they are a Changin' Dylan and 'From Now On' Paul & Pasek. School choirs come in many shapes and sizes. What makes the HDS Impact choir so special is the quality and forensic attention to detail in every note, word and phrase of a performance. The result is a sound so rich, clear, and 'impactful' that one can't help but be moved. This is an opinion also shared by the expert panel of judges on the Friday. The panel recognised the empathy and teamwork from our young people as well as the excellent sound. "Empathy...singing in a choir allows you to listen and respond to each other in a room and your choir did this beautifully well...melodically fantastic...really strong interpretation of the style". Our Year 11 soloist Kaycee was also picked out by the panel, "Lovely soloist, beautiful voice...strong and strikingly confident." Students were impeccably behaved throughout the trip, a real credit to the school. Thank you to Mr Bosworth for organising the trip, our accompanist Abi, drivers Mr Davey and Mr Smith and lastly, a massive thank you to Miss Kleiman who has put in an incredible amount of work into the Impact choir.

Humphry Davy School 10 Jul 2024 Six members of staff have completed their Stand Up Paddle Board qualification. This means that from September students at Humphry Davy School will have free access to a paddle sport club (in months that weather permits) with high-quality tuition from our fully trained staff. We have a fantastic resource that is out water sports centre which includes wetsuits, buoyancy aids and much more. We are so excited to offer this to our students, we know they'll gain so much from this!

Humphry Davy School 9 Jul 2024 Thursday 20th June saw Year 9 students battling it out in our final Performance on the Plinth - Year 9 Battle of the Bands. Entrants first had to perform in front of their classes the previous week. Students showed excellent persistence and resilience practicing their songs and performing in front of their peers. Well done everyone.

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