“We got to see seals and birds and we learned how to spell ‘buoy’”. Thus Sophie, a pupil at Pencalenick School, after her day on the water at Mylor Sailing School this summer. Pencalenick is a Special Educational Needs (SEN) school for pupils who have an Education, Health and CareRead More »We got to see seals and birds and we learned how to spell ‘buoy’
This is the second year Fowey Gallants Sailing Club has partnered with RYST to offer sailing lessons to schools based in and around the Clay Country. Chief Instructor Jaz Spencer and her team welcomed primary schoolchildren from St Dennis, Fowey, Polruan, Roche and Bodmin Beacon, and secondary pupils from FoweyRead More »The unexpected benefits of learning to sail
It’s been a bumper year for Roseland schools sailing. Seven schools sent their children sailing with us at Roseland Paddle and Sail: Gerrans, Grampound, Probus, Bosvigo, Tregony, Gorran, Ladock, Veryan and Grampound with Creed. We asked teachers to evaluate the benefits and here’s what they told us. Theresa Oakley, who’sRead More »‘The calming effect of water’
In April RYST and Cornwall Community Foundation helped fund Aspire Scotland and Celtic Nations, a 33-day sea voyage with Morvargh Sailing Project for Team Aventurus, a group of 14-year-old students at Brannel School. On their return, Fowey Harbour Office gave Morvargh’s iconic Bowman 57 Helen Mary R a right royalRead More »Yet more proof – if proof be needed – of how sailing benefits children
The adventure of a lifetime has come a lot closer for the 10 14-year-olds at Brannel School hoping to embark on their 32-day, 1500-mile voyage to Scotland in the Aspire Scotland and Celtic Nations project in April. They’ve had good news in the shape of a grant from Cornwall CommunityRead More »Sailing to save our seas: huge thanks to Cornwall Community Foundation
The adventure of a lifetime beckons for 10 14-year-olds at Brannel School, who are hoping to embark on a 32-day, 1500-mile voyage to Scotland with Morvargh Sailing Project in April. The Aspire Scotland and Celtic Nations project will undertake research for Plymouth University’s International Marine Litter Research Unit, a leadingRead More »Sailing to save our seas
This summer, the Trust organised two Activity Days at Polkerris Beach, part-funded by Cornwall Community Foundation and by you, our generous donors. Cornwall Community Foundation helps people across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by awarding small grants to grassroots organisations who are working to overcome the challenges of disadvantage,Read More »This is why you support RYST
Despite the weather, children from Pencalenick School have been out on the water this summer, getting a taste of sailing and powerboating with Mylor Sailability. Pencalenick is a special needs school for pupils who have complex or multiple learning needs and disabilities. The Pencalenick Sailability programme is one of theRead More »“It was the best! It was so fun!”
The Schools Programme is funded mainly through the generosity of private individuals. But charities and businesses play an important part too. Meet the organisations supporting us in 2023. Thank you, RYA Foundation We’re very grateful to the RYA Foundation for their generous contribution to the Schools Programme this year. DavidRead More »THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOLS PROGRAMME SUPPORTERS
Children at Foxhole Academy have expressed their thanks to the Trust and to Polkerris Beach Watersports Centre in a series of delightful poems and drawings. Watersports instructors Poppy and Jaz come in for heaps of appreciation. As well as a host of budding young sailors, Foxhole Academy has a coupleRead More »POEMS AND PAINTINGS BY CHILDREN AT FOXHOLE