3rd March 2017

Friday 3rd March 2017

THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY

STANDING OUT

Cover: Pancake Making on Shrove Tuesday

Best wishes

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Sara Davey - Academy Principal

Welcome once again to the Academy newsletter for this week. We are always looking at ways of making the Academy a better place to be and this week we have installed a new system to secure the Academy between 08:00 and 16:30. If you are a regular visitor you will have noticed that entry can now only be gained by using the intercom system and remote locking mechanism. Students can still enter the building using their normal entrances and we would ask all visitors to use the call system and wait to be admitted by reception staff.

It’s all about you...

It’s been a busy week for our Music Department this week with our students attending the Youth Music Festival at Truro College followed by Years 7 and 8 students taking part in a Cornish Singing event at Penwith College to celebrate St Piran’s Day. The week ended with our musicians and dancers taking part in the annual procession which gets better every year.

We’ve also been busy continuing our ongoing commitment to making sure that our classrooms are suitable for 21st Century learning. This week Mr Lees and Mr Jones completed the refit of one of our computer suites with new networking, desks, chairs and two amazing light boxes, which were designed and built by our own Mr Glenville.

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YOU ARE INVITED!

HOT CHOCOLATE FRIDAY WITH MRS DAVEY

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PLACE TO BE

SUCCESSFUL

Finally, it was brilliant to be able to invite more students to join us for Hot Chocolate Friday, our new regular celebration of student achievement. It’s a fantastic way to spend a Friday break time!

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Don’t forget to see Mr Jack to update your Da Vinci Awards

The place to feel safe

Ready for action outside St John’s Hall

Learning in the 21st Century

Look out for your Hot Chocolate Friday invitation in the post

BEINSPIRED

Both my Year 8 classes have been creating Macbeth collages this week in order to showcase their understanding of the play’s characters and themes. It has been great to hear students discussing which words and images to choose from a selection of magazines and newspapers and justifying their choices with reference to the play. The collages are looking really good, will brighten up the classroom and will be an excellent reference point for revision when it comes to their assessment in week nine.

Macbeth in Year 8

Report by Mrs MarsdenCollage by Florence Sibley and Eleanor Dash, Year 8

Road Safety Photoshoot

On Wednesday 1st March four Year 9 students visited Penzance Fire Station to collaborate with the Fire Service and Cornwall County Council on a local road safety campaign. Arianna Caddy, Kate Matthew,Rhys Brown and I had to travel to Long Rock Industrial Estate where we had to act out walking home from school while using our mobiles and chatting. The photographer asked us to walk along the path as we would normally do when walking home from school while he snapped away! It was very exciting! Other people took on different roles: a cyclist, an older pedestrian, a motorcyclist, two firemen with a hose as well as us students. The photographs looked very professional and I think they will help raise awareness of road safety and show that we are all as vulnerable as each other. It was a great opportunity and was a very interesting new experience.

Finally, we were also given a guided tour of the fire engines at the fire station and were even able to sit in one and find out about each of the firefighter’s roles depending on where they sit in the truck. Overall, it was a really great trip that we would happily all do again!

BECURIOUS

Report by Emily Rees

The Campaign picture: The 60m fire hose illustrates the distance travelled while a text is read by a driver. Other road users in the picture could be at risk.

The campaign highlights the dangers of using a moblie phone while driving. On average it takes 4.6 seconds to read a text and this equates to 60 metres of driving without watching the road.The Government has introduced harsher penalties for people caught driving while using mobile devices. This includes: drivers who have had their license for less than two years losing their licence, fines doubling to £200 and drivers incurring six penalty points on their licence.

BECURIOUS

Report by Mrs Masters

National Citizen Service

NCS representatives Iona Anderson and Anneleies Warburton delivered an assembly at Mounts Bay Academy on 28th February to invite Year 11 students on their summer programme. This is an amazing opportunity for students aged 15-17 to gain independent life skills, self-confidence, employment skills, and will cost no more than £50 for the whole experience. This is a valuable asset to your CV and adds value to future employment, college and university applications.

NCS is a part-residential experience focused around fun and discovery, with 30 hours committed to a local community project. Young people work in teams, building skills for work and life, taking on exciting challenges, making new friends, and contributing to their community. The programme runs outside term time, with young people taking part in the summer holidays. Government funding means you pay no more than £50 to take part. This covers food, transport, activities and accommodation during the programme. Bursaries are available for young people unable to meet the cost.

3rd July Depart for Adventure phase at Okehampton Manor House five days four nights all inclusive. Activities include Mountain Boarding, laser tag, ice skating/disco, paddle boarding, kayaking, coasteering, rock climbing, archery, rifle shooting and many more.

10th July Depart for Skills Phase at Falmouth University. Activities include building independence (cooking and budgeting for themselves), CV writing, Interview techniques, developing new skills through workshops and inspirational talks, and finding out more about the needs of their local community.

17th July Phases 3-4. Participants are back at home, but continue to work in their teams to give something back to their community by planning and delivering their own 30 hour social action project. Previous projects have ranged from: Voluntary work at Derriford Hospital, residential Homes, food banks, homeless shelters and many more.

How to Apply

You are able to apply for a place for your son or daughter via www.NCSYES.co.uk or via 0800 197 8010 or text 83767.

If parents are interested in attending a parents evening to find out more or have any questions please Email: lmasters@mountsbay.org

BEINSPIRED

Year 9 Child Development

This semester the Year 9 Child Development class are focusing on children's diet and health as well as gaining an understanding and appreciation for childcare provisions and the care of those children with additional needs.

During the course of the semester they will be focusing on the two essential questions dividing the topics firstly; "Can a good diet cure more than the doctor?” and "Can we world proof the child or child proof the world?". Students will begin to analyse the effects diet can have on health and the implications of parental and carers support.

To complete the semester the class will be attending the Little Harbour Children’s Hospice in St Austell. While visiting, students will have the opportunity to see and experience different types of care available for children with additional needs. Leading up to the visit the class will complete a project designing factual leaflets or booklets to be presented within the Hospice. Students will also develop fundraising opportunities to present money raised to the Hospice Manager in April.

Moving into the Summer Semester the students will be finalising their controlled assessments. These are individual Child Studies comprised of four observations and planned activities with a child of their choice aged from newborn to five years old. As a fresh pair of eyes to look over their studies, a local Early Years Nursery and Day Care Manager will be coming into the Academy to help deliver coursework workshops alongside Miss Walters.

Report by Miss Walters

Exploring St Piran’s DayAs it was St Piran’s Day today the Year 7 English group have learnt in class the story of St Piran and have looked at what makes Cornwall unique. We looked at myths and legends as well as the industries that were once abundant in Cornwall such as fishing, farming and, of course, mining. The students worked in small groups to create a short improvisation about the areas discussed in class.

Report by Miss Osborne

“In today’s lesson it was very good to see people’s views about how Cornwall is special and unique through the performances they created.” - Ben Anderson

“It was fascinating to learn about the culture and history of Cornwall through acting.’ - Adrian Murley

BEINSPIRED

Ben Thomas of 7 Green has been an absolute star reader during the month of February.

He has just finished reading David Walliams's ‘Billionaire Boy’ and also read ‘Gangsta Granny’ in February along with many non-fiction texts such as ‘Enemy Fire’, ‘Basketball Legends’, ‘Lewis Hamilton’ and ‘Extreme Sports’.

Ben has an impressive success rate of 87% overall on his Accelerated Reader quizzes, which is fantastic. His award for Accelerated Reader of the Month is a pair of cinema tickets to see a film of his choice.

Accelerated Reader of the Month

Report by Mrs Marsden

Well done to 7 Red who have wrestled The Accelerated Reader Cup from the grasp of 7 Blue, who did a sterling job of trying to retain it for a second month.

Twenty two students from 7 Red took at least one quiz in February, which is a fantastic team effort. A total of 35 books were enjoyed by these 22 students, culminating in a total of an amazing 1,841,267 words being read.

‘Read Me Like A Book’, by local author Liz Kessler was a popular read in 7 Red during February, as was ‘The Hunger Games’ trilogy and the ‘Divergent’ series. Amy Jackson read all four of Malorie Blackman's ‘Noughts and Crosses’ series in February, which were recommended to her by fellow classmate Faith Medley. Ziji Lee enjoyed three of Michael Scott's 'The Secrets of Nicholas Flamel' series: ‘The Magician’, ‘The Invaders’ and ‘The Sorceress’ while Hanul McCowan has just finished ‘Lies’, the third novel in Michael Grant's epic ‘Gone’ series.

I am thrilled to announce that during February alone, students from across all eight tutor groups successfully passed 313 Accelerated Reader quizzes on the books they had enjoyed reading. Well done to all of you who are reading regularly and getting involved. Who will take The Accelerated Reader Tutor Cup next month?

Accelerated Reader Cup

BEINSPIRED

Huge congratulations to our Maths Puzzle champions for the Winter Semester: Miss McKenzie, Faye-Louann Jacka, 7 Blue and Lewis Stephens, 7 Blue. They were the only people to get the correct solution to every puzzle for the whole of the Winter Semester; what an achievement. As a reward for their fantastic effort they each receive a £15 Amazon Voucher. Check out this week’s puzzle to be in with a chance of becoming the next puzzle champ!

Maths Puzzle Winners

Report by Mr T Williams

There were some excellent flipping skills evident on Shrove Tuesday, as students competed make the best pancake to win points for their house. Well done to all who entered!

Report by Mr Bromfield

Flipping Skills

1st Yellow2nd Green3rd Purple

4th Orange5th Red6th Blue

Results:

Futures

It’s National Careers Week 6th to 10th March and students aged 13 - 19 have the opportunity to complete an on-line treasure hunt and win a £10 Amazon voucher by researching clues on different careers.

Students can access the competition through the link on the Careerpilot website NCW 2017 treasure hunt:

http://www.careerpilot.org.uk/for-advisers/other-free-resources/national-careers-week-2017-treas/

The treasure hunt requires students to follow clues to find four tokens that are located on different pages on the website. As users navigate through the different parts of the Careerpilot site they will learn more about themselves and their future options. Once students have found the four tokens they will be encouraged to complete the student survey and stand a chance of winning a £10 Amazon voucher.

The treasure hunt will be available until Tuesday 14th March 2017

Focus on Apprenticeships

6th March - the local Apprenticeship Ambassador Network are organising an event at the Eden Project to promote apprenticeship opportunities to young people.

7th March - Truro and Penwith College are running a workshop for local businesses to offer advice on how they can benefit from hiring an apprentice.

9th March - Cornwall Council are hosting an Apprenticeship Open Day at New County Hall to promote their apprenticeship programme 2- 7pm. Current apprenticeships on offer include: ICT, Accountancy, Human Resources, Fire and Rescue, Revenues and Benefits and Children's Services. 11th March - Penwith College are offering an apprenticeship talk at 11am as part of their open day from 10am - 1pm.

Report by Mrs Masters

BEADVENTUROUS

Sailing Adventure

Iris Rainbow has been selected, from applicants from all over the country, to have a place aboard a sail training yacht that is to circumnavigate Great Britain. Iris got her first taste of yacht sailing last year when she sailed on the annual school sailing trip. She had a fantastic week then and was a very strong member of the crew. This put her in good stead for her selection on this new, amazing adventure.

The Morvagh Sailing Project runs a 60ft yacht out of Plymouth and is starting its 2017 season with the Aspire 360 project, a five week, 1700 mile journey. Iris and seven other young people will sail clockwise around Great Britain on this adventure of a lifetime. They will be visiting 16 ports around the country and will visit iconic maritime locations in three countries, including Dublin in Ireland.

This is no easy undertaking. Iris will be spending days and days on end at sea. She will have to help operate the ship in all weathers and at night - regardless of how tired, cold or seasick she may be feeling herself. However she will come back with more sailing experience than many skippers and yacht owners four times her age. She will have made new friends and have memories that few others will be able to relate to.

Iris will be writing a blog whilst she is away and this will be accessible through the school website. We are really looking forward to seeing her photos and hearing how she is getting on. Congratulations Iris and 'fair winds!'

BEADVENTUROUS

“I am really lucky and honoured to be picked for this life-changing voyage. I sailed last year for the first time with the Rona Sailing Trust and really enjoyed it, so when this opportunity popped up I jumped at it.

When I applied I had no expectation of actually getting through to the trip because so many other people had applied too. This trip will be a test of my endurance and teamwork and will hugely boost my self-confidence.

I can’t wait to see all the wildlife and some amazing landmarks like the white cliffs of Dover. We’re even going up the Thames a bit to visit the National Maritime Museum. It’ll be interesting to experience the variations in the weather as we sail around the coast of Britain. I’ve got to be prepared for virtually any conditions in April.” - Iris Rainbow

Report by Mr Fish

Mr Kent, Deputy Director of Maths at MBA and a crew member on the Penlee Lifeboat is one of the few people to have sailed a similar course around the coast of Great Britain.

“Sailing around the British coast is a great way to see the varied and spectacular country we live in. It is a very challenging, but highly rewarding experience.

I sailed around Britain in 2004 in a small racing yacht in the year before I trained as a teacher. It is an experience I will always remember.

I think Iris will have an amazing adventure, learn many new skills, make lifelong friends and make lasting memories.”

BECREATIVE

Photography

Matt Thatcher has been working to an authentic brief for National Geographic magazine exploring our local landscape for his GCSE photography. We think his commitment to getting the best light and technical knowledge have enabled him to produce an outstanding portfolio of images.

BECREATIVE

BECREATIVE

Year 7 students have been working with local artist Belinda Landini, alongside Pol Hodge and Joe Lewis from Golden Tree Productions, to learn Cornish as part of 'Treasure Quest', a project bringing Cornish language into schools in West Penwith.

Students created this series of paintings in response to the question 'Pandra' Vynn ta bos' which translates as 'What do you want to be?'

Festival Kernewek - Penzance Cornish Language Festival

BECREATIVE

In response to this theme, students produced a collection of paintings that are personal and reflective, capturing imagery that connected to them as individuals in their local environment. They then applied this to their hopes and aspirations- linking their past, present and future together.

The students worked in a professional way to create artworks that are now hung in the Exchange Gallery. They had just a day to work in a group to make a large-scale painting that they knew would be exhibited. It was a productive and creative process! Well done to all involved.

Report by Miss Green

BECREATIVE

Huck New, Konnah Sanson and Logan Benson were selected to join 15 other talented male dancers from Devon and Cornwall to produce a curtain raiser for Panta Rei. They have committed to workshops over half term, and at weekends to get the piece and their dance training ready in time. When the day arrived All Boys Dance trained as company and worked on the stage with Panta Rei and Rob Mennear to prepare for the show. ABD also performed some of their material in the Ship Yard to members of the public and got to watch and talk to the professional dancers in rehearsal. This professional 'day in the life of' experience really focused their skills and the performance was a huge success. Suzie West and Rob Mennear have received endless amounts of positive feedback from the audience and the professional dancers on the quality, professionalism and talent of the boys.

If you would like to see what Huck, Logan and Konnah achieved, the piece 'Hush' will be performed again on 1st May at The Minack for a Dance Platform 'Mergecology' .

Well done to the boys and we can't wait to work with more boys for the next project over Easter. If you're interested in joining the boys dance group at Mounts Bay email: swest@mountsbay.org.

Mounts Bay Boys Wow Audience and Panta Rei in Newlyn

For the last eight weeks, boys from MBA have been training and rehearsing hard with Suzie West and All Boys Dance director Rob Mennear to create a contemporary dance performance piece commissioned by Carn2Cove and Panta Rei Dance Theatre. This professional Norwegian Dance Company are currently touring 'Lullaby' and visited The Centre in Newlyn on Saturday 25th February.

Report by Suzie West

BEINSPIRED

The PiXL Maths App is a great revision app and website we are using with Year 11 during registration time each week.

It has proven results with students across the country and includes a combination of questions, videos and help sheets.

All students have the app on their iPad automatically. They can obtain their login details and more information from:

PiXL Maths App

Report by Mr Kent

Well done to:

BillyWillJordanGageJamimaAidanEllaMyaRomyJodie

TieganShelleyHannahMaisy-SkyArchieAlistairChaniceLouisCharleyAlastair

This week the top form using the PiXL Maths App was 11 Yellow who win themselves a box of Cadbury's Heroes.

https://mountsbay.fireflycloud.net/mathematics/revision/pixl-app

Each week the top students using the app will be awarded a prize. This is not a prize for the students who get the most questions correct; it is an engagement score, as we want students to be challenging themselves.

The top 20 students are listed below.

Keep up the great work Year 11.

maths

BEINSPIRED

World Book Day Kids’ Lit Quiz

Thursday 2nd March saw the 20th anniversary of World Book Day and we held our annual World Book Day Kids’ Lit Quiz in the Library.

It was great to see students from across the Year groups get together to form House Teams and discuss the questions with such enthusiasm. I asked 30 questions on topics such as Greek mythology, fantasy novels, fairy-tales and dystopian fiction and was impressed with the final scores.

BEENTERTAINED

The Yellow team: Isabella Brano, Jacca Smart-Knight, Asha Sykes, Henry Piper, Damien Lesser and Zack Chamberlain are all awarded 15 Vivos.

The Red team: Amy Jackson, Faith Medley. Eirlys Hill and Nicole Ciesielski are all awarded 10 Vivos.

The Orange team: Charlie Edwards, Wilbur Slade, James Midgely-Payne and Ethan Kruge are all awarded 5 Vivos.

Report by Mrs Marsden

Results:

Yellow 20Red 18Orange 17 Blue 16.5Green 16Purple 13

Well done to all.

Report by Mrs Marsden

BECOMPETITIVE

On 28th February 2017, nine students (Gage Ivey, Year 11, Frank Davies, Jenny Dash and Lucy Rendle,Year 10, Ellie Dash, Lily Hardy and Katie Trahair-Davies,Year 8 and Oscar Beckerleg and Thomas Rogers, Year 7) competed in a Regional indoor rowing competition that took place in Plymouth, at Marjon Sport Centre.

Competitors came from Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. The day started with an early start, leaving at 8:00am, and a two hour long journey to the Plymouth Sports University. Races took place throughout the day. Oscar and Thomas were the first from Mount Bay to race, and had to row for two minutes. Next was Gage who rowed for six minutes. Frank, Jenny and Lucy followed and they powered through five minutes. Last up were Ellie, Katie and Lily who raced for three minutes.

Indoor Rowing

Report by Ellie Dash

Ellie rowed really well and achieved a first place overall for Year 8 girls and was awarded a gold medal. Everybody else were in very close heats and the scores and races were really close. We left at about 4:00pm for the two hour long journey back.

The day was enjoyed by everyone and everyone said that they would like to do it again if given the chance. Frank said: "It was top notch, felt like I was dying at the end, but we all tried our best (especially Ellie, that absolute legend) and I'm proud of us."

Mounts Bay’s Theo Simpson has just signed a two year Pro Scholarship deal with Exeter City FC. Theo is one of nine players from the current U16 squad to be signed. The number of signings reflects the recent success of the squad who, under the guidance of Academy coach Chad Gribble, got to the final of the South West midweek floodlit cup, the final of the national Football League competition for their age group and went the whole of their league campaign undefeated. Chad said, “It’s not often that we offer as many as nine U16s a scholarship deal, but I feel that this is a really good group with plenty of strength in depth,” he said. “This is one of our most successful groups.”

Academy manager, Simon Hayward, congratulated the players on earning the deals saying it was recognition for the hard work they have put in over the years.

Kevin Lawrence said, “I first came across Theo when he trialled for the Mounts Bay Football Development Centre way back in the 2011/2012 season. I was the Year 6 (U11) coach and Theo stood out way back then. He had clear ability to beat players and found scoring goals easy. He would score all types of goals be it from distance or slotting it past the goal keeper with a nurtured finish.

“What has always made Theo stand out for me is his winning mentality, he is very strong psychologically and has always been very confident on the pitch. Theo would chase every ball, run hard and be unbreakable in the tackle...a clear winner. Being competitive is the base line ingredient any player needs to perform at the highest level within football and Theo has this in abundance.

“Theo is a Mounts Bay FDC graduate, a national champion with West Cornwall schoolboys and has now been given his dream of becoming a professional footballer. I wish Theo all the best, he has achieved everything within our county player pathway, it has been a pleasure watching him develop over the years. I hope he can break into the senior first team at Exeter or even bigger things!”

BECOMPETITIVE

Theo Signs Pro Scholarship at Exeter City FC

BECOMPETITIVE

Six MBA students were part of the U15 Cornwall County team that won against Coventry Schools at Topsham RFC in Devon at the weekend. Tyler Kearey, Thomas Ellery, Harris Eddy, Eli Williams, Toby Osborne and Ben Durrant (pictured along with other Pirates players in the team) all played really well, with Toby captaining the side and even scoring a try.

A few of the boys stayed on afterwards to watch the Exeter Chiefs play the Newcastle Falcons. They then were up early the next day to travel to Twickenham to watch the England Italy game!

The match itself was a bit one sided in favour of the Cornish team but all the boys played really well.

U15 County Rugby Players

Congratulations to former Mounts Bay student Tyler Gendall, 22, who made his Premiership rugby debut over half term for Harlequins in their victory over Bristol.

Harlequins signed the former Cornish Pirates prop in January this year on a deal that lasts until the end of the season. Tyler had played over 50 games for the Pirates since signing for them in July 2014, as a member of the Player Development Foundation.

He was a member of the Mounts Bay Academy Rugby team, the Cornwall squad from under 15s to under 20s and was a member of the South West England under 20s squad. He also played for Exeter Chiefs Academy and whilst at Truro College competed in Dubai and Japan.

Premiership Rugby Debut

The Year 7 girls played football against St Ives recently and won 3-1. Great effort was shown by all the girls in windy and cold conditions. Freya Prodger scored two goals and Tia Smart one.

Thanks to Pasha Wilson for officiating.

BECOMPETITIVE

Report by Mrs Crowle

Year 7 Football Win

Report by Miss Johnson

The Year 8 girls football team won 9-1 against St Ives School on Wednesday. All the girls played really well. Well done.

Thank to Josh for refereeing.

Year 8 Football Win

BEA WINNER

Maths Quiz

This Week’s Puzzle:

Which shape is the heaviest?

Could you write next week’s puzzle?If you would like to set the numeracy puzzle for a future week click here. You will win house points.

Win an iTunes voucher

Whoever submits the most correct answers over a semester will win an Amazon voucher – prizes are also awarded to the top scoring parent/carer/staff.

House Competition

Blue: 8 PointsGreen: 2 PointsRed: 1 Points

Orange: 1 PointsPurple: 0 PointsYellow: 0 Points

Click here to submit your answer

This Week’s House Points

Last week’s solution: There are 11 squares of three different sizes hidden in the shape:

Closing date for Entries: Thursday 12:00

BEA WINNER

To enter, simply write an original sentence correctly using the word premiership. Send in your sentence using the link below.

Competition

Congratulations to Samuel Treleven who wins 10 VIVO points.

Click Here to enter the competition

This week’s word is: Premiership

Definition:

1.The premiership of a leader of a government is the period of time during which they are the leader.

2. In England, the Premiership is the league in which the best football teams play.

Etymology: late 15th century: from Old French, ‘first’, from Latin primarius ‘principal’.

M o u n t s B a y A c ademy

S n o w S p o r t s T rip 2018

Pila, Italy 3rd - 11th Feb 2018 Ski or Snowboard

Open to current Year 7-10 For more information

See Ms Webb or Mr Jenkin