Community Matters Newsletter - Feb 2025 - News

Humphry Davy School 14 Feb 2025 Our latest Newsletter is now available to view on our website. Happy half term everyone! See you on Monday 24th February! https://humphrydavy.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/document/February-2025.pdf?t=1739549266?ts=1739549394

Humphry Davy School 14 Feb 2025 A group of Year 7 girls attended workshops at Truro High School on Friday, led by Girls on Track UK, alongside industry experts from the British Touring Car Championships, Falmouth University, Enovation Consulting, and more. The day was designed to inspire the next generation of female engineers and motorsport professionals. The girls took part in a series of engaging activities, including testing their reaction times, simulating a Formula 1 pit stop environment, practising CPR, bandaging wounds, and building and coding their own LEGO Formula 1 cars. Inclusion Ambassadors Louise Goodman and Cristiana Pace were also present, leading sessions on presenting and sustainability. The girls ran their own mini media campaign and explored the importance of environmental sustainability in motorsport. The day was a huge success, and the students left feeling inspired and motivated to explore careers in motorsport.

Humphry Davy School 13 Feb 2025 HUGE congratulations to Jack on the completion of his 12 hour Drumathon yesterday! What an incredible day it was, so many highlights, so much support, an all round huge success! Jack even received a message of support and well wishes from the drummer from band The Kooks! The total money raised for Jacks selected charities is now over £3000 and rising! What an incredible act of kindness and wonderful achievement, we are so proud of you. Thank you to everyone who has donated. As well as being interviewed throughout the day yesterday for BBC Radio Cornwall, Jack has been invited to appear on TV today to talk about his story. He has been taking it all in his stride and we are blown away by his confidence in front of a microphone! Go smash it Jack! https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums1 https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums2

Humphry Davy School 12 Feb 2025 The final stretch for Jack now! Less than one hour to go. Another highlight from today was the moment that Jack’s drum teacher joined him on stage for a jam! https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums1 https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums2

Humphry Davy School 12 Feb 2025 The support for Jack today has been amazing! The student ensembles playing alongside Jack throughout the day have been absolutely brilliant. The backing from Jack's fellow students has certainly kept the energy going throughout the day. With cake sales running at break and lunchtime to raise more funds for Jack's chosen Cancer Support Charities we are so close to his target now! Just four more hours Jack! You've got this! https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums1 https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums2

Humphry Davy School 12 Feb 2025 Five hours in and he’s still going strong! We loved watching this jam sesh with Jack’s brother Liam accompanying him on our second drum kit. His total is slowly creeping up! https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums1 https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums2

Humphry Davy School 12 Feb 2025 Jack's Drumathon is well underway! Interviewed by BBC Radio Cornwall at 6:45am this morning, Jack spoke confidently about the task in front of him and we couldn't be prouder! He's absolutely smashing it so far! Keep going Jack! Still plenty of time to get those donations in! https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums1 https://www.justgiving.com/page/jacksdrums2

Humphry Davy School 11 Feb 2025 Last week, our Year 9 Bronze DofE participants undertook navigation training in preparation for the upcoming expeditions. Eager to get outdoors, participants faced some muddy stretches along footpaths and a biting northerly wind in conquering their first summit together as a team. Having demonstrated the appropriate navigation skills, teams can now look forward to attempting an independent journey on the practice expedition.

Humphry Davy School 11 Feb 2025 A wonderful exhibition is currently on show in the Penlee House Gallery & Museum featuring work from some of our students. Students from Years 7-10 joined the team at Penlee House for a series of after school workshops led by local artist Ben Cook. Ben’s work examines the landscape of West Penwith through the eyes of a surfer, with a focus on the environmental challenges it faces. Taking inspiration from the collection of vintage Great Western Railway and British Railways posters at Penlee House, our students were asked to re-imagine the images through the lens of climate change. They created their own contemporary versions of the posters, which, express how they feel about the future of our local landscape. Some fantastic outcomes and it is just lovely seeing them on display in the gallery! Be sure to take a visit and see them for yourselves.

Humphry Davy School 10 Feb 2025 Our under 13 boys’ hockey team, delivered a strong performance in their county tournament last week. Securing wins against three different schools they progressed to the semi-finals. They fought hard but just missed out on making it to the final. Well done boys you should be so proud, a great effort from a talented squad with a bright future!

Humphry Davy School 7 Feb 2025 The Music Scholars had an amazing time in London visiting the world-renowned Trinity Laban College of Music and Dance. They also visited the West End to watch Disney’s 'The Lion King' which was absolutely spectacular! Music, culture and taste of big city life, another great opportunity for the HDS Music Scholars!

Humphry Davy School 7 Feb 2025 Some outstanding skills exhibited this week by our KS4 Catering students who have been busy making a wide variety of dishes including homemade pastry, meringue, pasta, etc. Well done chefs! We are so proud of your hard work and determination. These dishes would sell in any local restaurant!

Humphry Davy School 7 Feb 2025 Our Year 8 football team recently played in the first round of the County Cup and took a 4-0 lead into half time! Marley scoring twice, Kaelan and Toby with a goal each. The opposing team struck back in the second half with two long-range efforts but another goal from Marley, completing his hattrick, ensured HDS’ progress into the next round. What an exciting game! Well done boys, we look forward to hearing how you get on in the next round.

Humphry Davy School 6 Feb 2025 An inspiring and cultural morning was had by our Year 10 Textiles students, who recently visited the Penzance Exchange Gallery for a private viewing of their Social Fabric exhibition. Social Fabric is an exhibition of textile-based art, presenting the work of contemporary female artists whose practices revalue old wisdoms and techniques using traditional textile skills with fresh perspectives. The students considered how the pieces were made, having recently learnt many of the techniques used by the artists during their textiles lessons. The scale of the work was impressive, and the content created many thought provoking discussions about the concept of the work.

Humphry Davy School 6 Feb 2025 Photos from Penlee House Gallery & Museum's post

Humphry Davy School 5 Feb 2025 Just one week left until Jack takes on his challenge of drumming for 12 hours!

Humphry Davy School 5 Feb 2025 On Monday our Year 7 boys WON the Penwith indoor cricket tournament! The boys performed unbelievably well, they worked together as a team and all played a part in the success. Our captain, Archie, bowled and batted superbly, retiring on 20 a couple of times. Thomas took some crucial wickets and scored some crucial runs. Will showed great understanding of the indoor game as well retiring at 20 runs. Ace was an ‘ace’ wicket keeper throughout and, not to be forgotten, Jamie and Corey who fielded brilliantly taking some fantastic catches. What a team! The final game could not have been closer with it going down to the last ball, forcing a super over, where yet again the winning runs were scored on the last ball! The boys will now represent HDS at Truro College going up against fellow schools from around the county. Well done boys and good luck!

Humphry Davy School 4 Feb 2025 Our annual Careers Fair was another HUGE success! We had visitors from so many career sectors, including accountancy, sustainable construction, mining, health, engineering, the fire service, hospitality, armed forces, law, fishing, agriculture, performing arts, marine industry, veterinary and so much more! In addition, 6th forms, colleges, universities and training providers were also in attendance to provide career guidance and inspiration. It was just great hearing all the enthusiastic conversations happening as you made your way around the stands. We would like to say another big thank you to everyone who attended. This fantastic event wouldn’t be possible without you.

Humphry Davy School 4 Feb 2025 Tomorrow at Cornwall College Camborne.

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