On Friday, the lovely people from Seasalt visited the ward at Treliske to paint a mural - doesn't it look amazing!?

A great end to term, visiting ‘Really Wild Planet’ for an animal encounter. Key learning points to support the curriculum and a great opportunity for our students. #ReallyWildPlanet

Neon WAVE at Tate St Ives today! @wavetrust.bsky.social

We were excited and honoured to be nominated and on the shortlist with Plymouth Marjon University for the Youth Sport Trust Inspiring Play Award 2026. www.linkedin.com/posts/wavema... Congratulations to all nominated schools and winners. It was fantastic to be a part of the YST event. #ThisisAP

Catch our Careers Lead Tessa and others talking about the impact of quality careers guidance on pupil lives in the film released today. We enjoyed being part of this Gatsby Benchmarks project. Read more on our website: www.wavemat.org/news-events/... www.gatsbybenchmarks.org.uk/leaders/ #ThisisAP

Congratulations to all of our student’s who have had their art work displayed in the ‘Annual Schools Exhibition’ at The Burton Art Gallery. 🎨🎨🎨

We are delighted to part of the TR7 & Imerys Mentorship Programme. Pupils are accessing 1:1 skateboarding lessons and free skate sessions. Feedback has been outstanding, pupils excited to return the following week with excellent development in skills and confidence 😀

Here are some examples of work our students produced at the St Ives School of Painting yesterday as part of 2026’s Culture Camp. . . . 😊

Here are some works at the St Ives School of Painting on our 2026 Primary Culture Camp. 😊

We would like to give a huge Nine Maidens’ welcome to Falmouth University who are working with our Primary students today. It is a hive of activity as everyone is creating a set design. . . 👍 🎭 😊 🧑‍🎓 🎭

The workshop is officially back open after a major refurbishment! 🛠️👏 Pupils are loving the new machinery, and we’re excited to see the fantastic projects coming out of Construction and Design Technology.

Plymouth Argyle are in again today & working with our Primary students. Tower building& team work today. . .

We are proud of the fantastic team effort that went into our Wave Trust wide inset yesterday despite the icy weather! See more about our day on our LinkedIn page: uk.linkedin.com/company/wave...

Rowan students have all made their own individual Christmas cakes in their food tech lesson. Don’t these look incredible!

Wave CEO Rob came to visit us yesterday for Christmas Jumper Day and our Christmas dinner, and as you can see, he really got into the festive spirit!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from us all at Wave Trust. Our academies will be back open to pupils on Wednesday 7 January.

Nine Maidens Gives. . . . Here is one of the Christmas hampers that was delivered to a local charity by our students today. A huge well done to everyone involved. We are a proud school in the @wavetrust.bsky.social family. . . 🤶 😊 🎅 👍 🎄 🧑‍🎓 😊

Wave Trust Autumn Newsletter is out! Giving an insight into the wonderful things we have gotten up to across Wave Trust this Autumn Term. Check it out by following this link to the news area of our website: www.wavemat.org/news-events/... #ThisisAP

Wow! A group of our pupils had their passing out parade from their 3 day course with the Phoenix Project. What an incredible achievement, they have been an absolute credit to Restormel. We are so proud of all of you and thank you to the brilliant staff at the Phoenix Project.

A fantastic week for our KS3 and 4 students at Skern Lodge, developing team skills, facing their fears, challenging themselves and showing great resilience.

It is feeling very festive at Glynn House this week. The pupils have been making Christingle oranges and Pomanders as well as decorating Christmas biscuits.

Many thanks to our premises team for all of their efforts in preparing the schoolhouse. New roof, walls, fixtures & fittings! 🙏

Here is the Annual GCHQ Christmas conundrum. . . Our super Maths dept stump us every year with this. It’s sort of a tradition here at Nine Maidens. . . 😁👨🏼‍🎓😊👍

We were delighted to welcome Paralympian, David Hill, to Restormel last week to support the official opening of our new outside space. David then ran an activity with pupils, ‘Capture the Flag’ on our new MUGA. There was tactic, healthy competition and skill on fine display for all.

Christmas cakes made by our students. . . 🎅 🎄 🎂 🤶

Super art work in year 11. 🖼️ 🧹 👩‍🎓 🏫 😊

All set up ready for the official opening of our outside space and MUGA, how exciting! Wonderful nibbles made by our wonderful pupils.

🎓 Torlands Academy at Plymouth University Our students recently visited Plymouth Uni for an inspiring look at future pathways & careers. Experiences like this support our medical provision by building confidence, motivation & aspirations. #TorlandsAcademy #FutureGoals #WaveMAT

As part of their Duke of Edinburgh award, Year 10 did some volunteering by cleaning up our local waterways. Using a hauling system, teamwork and a lot of effort we pulled out a huge amount of rubbish. These were collected by the council and taken straight to the recycling centre.

🎵 Cedar and Willow classes were treated to a wonderful afternoon of music with our fabulous Visiting Music Teacher, Kip, who led sessions on ‘storytelling and composition’ in each class. Here are Cedar class, composing and playing music based around their ‘Castles’ topic! 🎵

We enjoyed taking part in activities to raise awareness of Children in Need on Friday. Pupils took part in the ‘Challenge yourself to 25’ activities such as stacking 25 objects, some played Bear Pong, & some ran a cake stall to raise money. Well done all. Here are a few photos from our academies🧸

A wet but wonderful Forest School session today. We are so lucky to have use of our fantastic woods. Pupils built shelter from the rain, made a fire and enjoyed s’mores, explored the acres and were even met by some friendly horses on the way back to school.

A massive Nine Maidens thank you to Harry from Plymouth Argyle for working with our students today.

A huge Nine Maidens welcome to Cornwall Hospitality who are in school today cooking fresh sea bass with our students today. . . 🐟 🧑‍🍳 🥘 👍

Reflecting on a wonderful day yesterday. Here is a Year 10 group preparing to filet sea bass under the watchful eye of the inimitable Mark from Cornwall Hospitality. 🐟 🧑‍🍳

Our 15th annual poppy wreath being laid with the other 14. We started in 2011 & each student in the school makes a hand coloured poppy for inclusion on a wreath. We will remember them. . .

🥉We would like to extend our congratulations to George in Year 10, who did amazingly in his jujitsu competition this weekend. He was pushed up two age categories which meant he was against 16/17 year olds and still walked away with a bronze medal! Well done George and keep up the great work!🥉

Hannibal Gilbert(1934-2024) playing his violin at Nine Maidens c1944. Photo courtesy of his son Phil. . .

We hope our pupils and staff are enjoying a rest and autumnal activities this half term. Perhaps try pumpkin carving like these pupils at Wave North Cornwall APA? Primary pupils enjoyed cleaning & carving their pumpkins while being supported by secondary pupil leaders. Great Teamwork. #ThisisAP

Celebration cake for our school. There's the old school bell. It was rung on site today br Mr Nurhonen, headteachers in 2000.

Today's the day we celebrate 150 years of our school.

Some of our Year 11 Glynn House students went to HFC yesterday morning and were treated to a backstage tour to give them an insight of different career opportunities in the world of theatre and performance. Thank you to the Hall for Cornwall for the experience!

Year 11 Science practical today.

Some colourful results from testing foods for different nutrients at our Truro College Science practical sessions today with Emma M. Almost all the colours of the rainbow 🌈

Making wings for GCSE Art today....

We LOVE our library ❤️📚 We are so proud of the developments in this space. Pupils access our library with purpose, care and joy ☺️

Cedar Class have been developing their sketching skills through careful observation of a variety of plants, seeds and bulbs. Look at their wonderful art work! We are very proud of them all!

Our Primary pupils have been working with Devon County Council looking at reducing waste and recycling. They collect a days worth of rubbish from the site and completed an audit together! What great but smelly work!!

Follow this link to find out more about the 150th birthday celebrations taking place at our @ninemaidensapa.bsky.social on Friday 24 October 2025🎉 www.wavemat.org/news-events/...