09/07/2024
Latest news from the Cornwall Culture Association shows more young people and schools are engaging in Cornish culture through writing, dance and music.
Gorsedh Kernow announces the winners of the
Young People Awards 2024
Gorsedh Kernow is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s awards.
The judges were delighted with the quality and variety of this year’s submissions, showing a sense of pride in Cornwall, its language, landscape, history, culture and people. It was very pleasing to receive an increased number of school submissions, from Connor Downs, Luxulyan, Madron Daniel, Menheniot, Mousehole, Penpol, Perran-ar-Worthal, St Mary’s Penzance, Trewirgie, Trythall and Troon, some of whom were entering for the very first time, as well as several good quality individual entries. Once again there were some wonderful entries from music ensembles led by Christine Judge of Cornwall Music Service Trust.
The winners are:
Yeth Kernewek/Cornish Language
over 7/KS2
Joint Winner individual – Anwen Knights for her booklet “What I like to do each month in Kernow” and Amelia Way for her Kanker Story
Highly commended - Lexi Pascoe for her Cornish phrase book
Whole Class winner - Sycamore class Luxulyan for their book of opposites
7 and under/KS1
Joint Whole Class Winners - Beech class Luxulyan for their counting book and Trewirgie Infants for
Winner Individual - Kenza Rose Jacob for her counting song in Cornish
Highly Commended - Harry Way for “My Cornish World“ and St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Penzance for the song “Ow Skyber yw Leskys”.
Dons Kernewek/Cornish Dance
Highly commended - Beech class Luxulyan for “Mr Martin’s Reel”
Ilow Kernewek/Cornish Music
over 11/KS3
Winner - Cornwall Youth Chamber Choir for Kana Kelyn
over 7/KS2
Winner - St Piran in Penwith for Gool Peran
Highly Commended - Perran ar Worthal for their song “Lost and Alone”; Troon for their song Mary Kelynack 9 miles a day and Madron for their harvest song
Commended - Connor Downs for their song about District Nurses; Luxulyan for “Cornwall my Home”; Mousehole for”Schooner Detective Theme”; St Mary’s School for “Cornwall my Home”and Trythall Class 2 for their Sea Shanty.
7 and under/KS1
Winner - Ash class Luxulyan for their daytime routine songs
Highly commended - Trewirgie infants for “A Song for our School” and Trythall class 1 for their song “Roaring Raging Sea”
Fylm ha Drama Kernewek/Cornish Film and Drama
Winner - Luxulyan Musical Theatre Club for “Going Places”
Studhyans Kernewek/Cornish Study
Whole School Winner - Penpol for their class work on Cornish Myths
Individual over 7/KS2
Winner – Scarlett Freckleton for her poem and artwork on Holywell
7 and under/KS1
Joint winners - Trewirgie for their A-Z of Redruth and Trewirgie Klub Kernewek for “Paloresow, a study of Choughs”
Commended - Kerra Tonkin and Martha Rendle for their Mousehole Myths.
Art ha desin ha diskwedhyans besyel Kernewek/Cornish Art and Design
Over 7/KS2
Winner - Lily-Jane Giles for her Kanker model
Whole School winner - Menheniot for their three arts projects.
Highly commended- Oak class Luxulyan for posters inspired by “Cornwall my Home”
Commended - Kaitlyn Elston and Jorgie Savidge for their posters on Cornish festivals
7 and under /KS1
Winner - Ash class Luxulyan for their Tales from Porth models
Highly commended - Lacey Pascoe for her booklet “Why I love Cornwall” and Trewirgie infants for their artwork on My Cornwall
Commended Trewirgie Y1&2 for their medals; Logan Bettison for artwork “Cornwall my Home”; Talia Keith for her poster on Dydh Trevithick and Bella Kneebone for her picture of an engine house
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