ACADEMY NEWS 14th OCTOBER 2016 E X P L O R E

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Principal’s Report

The Academy has been very busy this week with tours after our very successful Open Day for Year 6 students and their parents. Parents have reported that they have been very impressed with the interesting and very engaged learning they have seen in all subject areas, as well as the very good relationships between staff and students. These tours will be continuing for one more week until half term as the deadline for applications this year is 31st October.

The theme of this week’s assembly has been ‘Finding your Hero’. Mr Harvey completed a brilliant assembly showing heroes in all walks of life. Visitors to the Academy will know that my personal hero is Nelson Mandela who is an emblem of racial justice and equality for all. A number of student heroes came to see me last week asking if they could run a charity day for some important and worthy causes. It was agreed that we would run a joint charity day for next Friday 21st October for Sepsis Awareness and Penhaligon’s Friends. The students requested that the non school uniform day on Friday has a Halloween theme which I agreed to as long as the distinctly unpleasant craze for scary clown masks is not incorporated into the event. I would like to invite students to wear appropriate fancy dress costumes or a splash of orange next Friday in exchange for £1 for charity. I would like to invite any budding cake-makers to prepare for a grand Halloween cake sale on Friday.

Also this week we have opened two more of our new Science Laboratories. It has transformed the whole atmosphere in the Science block, giving it a university feel and the learning environments will hopefully inspire great scientists of the future. We are hoping to upgrade the final classroom in the next week to finish off the Science labs and also upgrade the Geography classrooms to a similar specification. A huge thank you to the builders and premises staff who have worked to a very tight deadline. See the pictures below for sneak preview.

Best wishes

Sara Davey - Academy Principal BE COMPETITIVE

MBA Victorious in Cornwall School Games Championship Race

Mounts Bay Academy has just been announced as this year’s winner of the Cornwall School Games ‘Championship Race’. This is the first year that the new points championship has run and it is named after Rugby International, and former MBA student, Jack Nowell. The new structure was introduced by organisers to recognise both depth and breadth of performance across all the finals events throughout the year. So, whether you came first or eighth, it all mattered as points were allocated and counted towards the new 'Championship Race' that charts the achievement of schools across each of the sport competitions. Results of the 'Points Race' were only finalised in late September after the Water Sports events had to be rolled over from the summer term due to poor weather conditions.

The Cornwall School Games was first piloted in 2011 when 1,000 students from 32 schools competed in a number of sporting events. The Cornwall School Games now sees over 20,000 Cornish Primary and Secondary students from 200 Cornish Schools competing each year in qualifiers from September to June to qualify for the Cornwall School Games Finals.

Andy Harvey, Chair of the Local Organising Committee and Vice Principal at Mounts Bay Academy said; "The School Games provides that important balance that all of us involved in sport strive for, the opportunity for huge numbers to take part in sport along with a platform for elite performers to compete against the best countywide. It also provided an opportunity for young adults to experience Sports Leadership with over 200 leaders helping to organise, umpire and marshall the performers to make events run smoothly".

Ian Veal, Head of PE at Mounts Bay Academy said: "It was a fantastic opportunity to host the games in 2016 to further promote sport in the area. To then win the Championship Race was hugely exciting, and rewarded our students and PE team for their dedication and sporting success!" Report by Mr N Eddy BE INSPIRED

Year 11 Open Day - Plymouth University

Thirty nine Year 11 students took advantage of an invitation to visit Plymouth University Year 11 Open Day. They learnt about the vast range of university courses on offer to them including lesser known courses such as Viking Studies and Surf Science, as well as the advantages of a degree such as earning £200,000 on average more than non-graduates. They experienced a campus tour including an insight into student accommodation and learnt the support available to SEN students including free lap-tops and access to a disability fund. The students had a choice of 20 subject sessions to get a flavour of the degree courses on offer. The Engineering workshop highlighted the growth in bio-engineering, nanotechnology and mechanical and marine engineering with strong demand for employment and some of the highest paid graduate salaries on offer.

"I learned in order to get into Uni I will have to work hard on my GCSEs and at College for my future. I most enjoyed touring the campus and looking at all the “different buildings to see what uni life is really like. I enjoyed the Geography workshop the most." Zoe Forster Year 11 ”

Report by Mrs Masters BE INSPIRED

Tassomai Update

Year 11 students have recently started using Tassomai, a Science learning quiz. Tassomai tests students knowledge and understanding of the GCSE Sciences through 10-15 minutes of daily quizzing and is an excellent way to prepare for science exams. Student weekly progress is recorded and the top 50 ranked in the table below. These students will be entered for draw to win a £15 iTunes voucher and the top 10 students will be entered for a further draw to win another £15 iTunes voucher.

14th October 2016

1 Hannah James 49.2 19 Jessica Farrell 9.0 37 Shannon Bridgeman 7.1 2 Niema Ahmed 14.2 20 Ellie Booker 9.0 38 Isaac Oliver 7.1 3 Alexandria Hughes 13.3 21 Chris Stevens 8.9 39 Kyra Allen 7.0 4 Will Trenoweth 13.2 22 Charley Clifford 8.8 40 Nicola Enston 7.0 5 Lamorna Tregenza Reid 13.1 23 Olivia Blake 8.5 41 Kyle Hunt 6.9 6 Imogen Wood 12.4 24 Daniel Nowell 8.1 42 Benjamin Wright 6.8 7 Alastair Jones 11.7 25 Renae Caddy 8.0 43 Siena Hoadley 6.8 8 Dylan Picot 11.4 26 Alexander Norona 7.9 44 Jade Moss 6.7 9 Rosie Saddington 11.2 27 Olivia Jenkin 7.7 45 Archie Gendall 6.7 10 Kiera Goddard 11.1 28 Shelly Cade 7.7 46 Joshua May 6.6 11 Jamima Blackbourn 10.6 29 Poppy Burford 7.4 47 Jordan Hosking 6.5 12 Molly Hocking 10.0 30 Kerry Semmens 7.4 48 Ross Bryant 6.5 13 Maia Fashokun 9.8 31 Emma Moss 7.4 49 Tom Seymour 14 Connor Addicoat 9.8 32 Morgan Harvey 7.4 50 Adam Jackson 6.3 15 Ella Tattersall 9.8 33 Dillon Freeman 7.4 16 Charlotte Hornby 9.5 34 Joshua Bainbridge 7.4 17 Harry Doyle 9.4 35 Amber Nethersole 7.3 18 Marcus Baber 9.3 36 Roanisa Lugg 7.2

th Top 50 users ranked by average progress made in the week up to 14 October 2016. All 50 will be entered for a weekly prize draw to win a £15 iTunes voucher. Top 10 will be entered for a second prize draw to win another £15 iTunes Voucher

Science Competition Have you had a chance to guess 'What's under the electron microscope?' yet?

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Science Experiment

Year 10 Triple Scientists have been tackling one of the new GCSE required practicals this week. They have been challenged to follow new practical procedures, whilst recording and analysing data.

- Miss Hall

During our Triple Science lesson on Thursday we carried out one of the new required practicals. We investigated how changing temperature affects the rate of decay. We used full fat milk and lipase for this practical.

We discovered that decay occurs more quickly at certain temperatures, for example 40ºC, than extreme high or low temperatures. We found this by heating a solution of milk, sodium carbonate and creosol red indicator, then we added lipase and recorded the time it took to turn from purple to yellow in colour.

- Dylan Tilley BE ADVENTUROUS

Duke of Edinburgh

SILVER:

We have had the largest ever intake onto the Silver programme this year. A total of 47 pupils have signed up for it. Many of those are new to the scheme and didn't do Bronze, so well done to them for putting themselves forward for it.

We are in the middle of the Expedition section for the Silvers at the moment. Last weekend was the practice expedition, which involved walking the coastal path between Lamorna, round to Lands End, Sennen and then across the moors and back to school. This coming weekend (0630 start on Friday morning!!!) is the assessed or Qualifying expedition. This will involve the teams walking from Perranuthnoe to Porthleven for their first night’s camp, then down to the Lizard for days 2 and 3. The weather is looking 'varied' so they will have the best of Cornish weather to deal with.

Congratulations to all so far. Once they have finished the expedition, they can concentrate on their Volunteering, Physical and Skill sections for the rest of the year.

BRONZE:

Another bumper year for Bronze enrolment, with a few final applications still trickling in. Participants should receive a welcome email from the Duke himself. They will then be able to commence their activities. It is all explained on the webpage, but we will be having a meeting after half term where everything will be explained, help sheets and logbooks given out and any problems, issues or questions can be answered. This meeting will be on Thursday 3rd November. You will get more details after half term. Report by Mr Fish BE ADVENTUROUS

Church Bell Ringing Opportunity

I expect all of you have at some time walked past a church tower and most of you will have been inside a church, and some may even have wondered where the door leads to that’s at the bottom of the tower……well now is your chance to find out!

Most churches have bells hung way up at the top of the tower and you have probably heard the bells ringing out, usually on a Sunday morning or perhaps on a happy occasion like a wedding.

In many churches the bells are still rung by hand, that means there is someone in the tower pulling on each rope to make it ‘clang’. One person per rope. How would you like to have a go at being one of those people?

Madron Church is where we will be holding our Academy Carol Concert in December and you could be part of a bell ringing team that rings the bells out before the concert starts. Madron tower has eight bells ranging in size from the ‘treble’ which is the lightest bell to the most heavy, the ‘tenor’. It certainly looks easier than it is to do and that’s why we need to start now so that we can be ready in time for the carol concert.

If you are interested in having a go then please speak to Miss Osborne, who will be organising this year’s carol concert, to find out more.

And, oh yes, did I mention that being able to ring a church bell properly can qualify as a ‘skill’ towards your Duke of Edinburgh Award? BE INSPIRED

Royal Air Force Visit in Compass

Corporal Pauline Daniels from the RAF Careers office spent time with MBA students during their lunch time to inform them of the exciting opportunities on offer with over 50 jobs in the RAF to choose from with a spectrum of entry grades from GCSE to degree. Most popular with our students was becoming a Pilot and students learnt they needed to achieve at least 5 GCSEs A*-C to include English and Maths along with at least 2 ‘A’ Levels.

Students can explore the range of roles on offer on their website and can also sample a practice test to help prepare them for the application process: https://www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment/how-to-apply/ast/

Cpl Daniels stressed the need for good communication skills to handle the 45 minute assessment interview so students please take advantage of opportunities to ask questions in class, take part in group discussions to express your ideas, listen well and use those vocal chords!

Report by Mrs Masters BE CREATIVE

Music News Year 7 Music

In Year 7 Music we have been focussing on rhythm and rhythmic notation. We have learnt the note names and lengths and have been practising and performing our own rhythms. We have performed some complex rhythms and had the opportunity to perform using a variety of percussion instruments. We had the opportunity to take part in a Taiko workshop in The Cube run by Luke to put our knowledge of rhythm into practice. Everyone really enjoyed it. “I really enjoyed the Taiko drumming and am going to join the club after school on Mondays.”

“Playing the big drums was fun and really loud!” “Boys Choir ”

Our boys choir has been rehearsing for 3 weeks now and numbers have steadily increased over that time. They are sounding great and everyone seems to be really enjoying themselves. After finishing their George Ezra song, Mr Hoadley is busy choosing another piece ready for next week. If anyone else is interested in joining the boys choir, please speak to Mrs Brown, Luke or Darren. Keep up the good work! Report by Mrs Brown BE CREATIVE

Falmouth University Trip Last Friday I took a group of music students to Falmouth University for the Cornwall Music Education Hub’s Post 16 Music Conference. The event featured talks and workshops from industry professionals from in and out of the county, designed to develop the skills and broaden the horizons of ‘A’ Level and BTEC students. Although we don’t have post 16 students at MBA, we thought it was a really good opportunity to stretch some of our leading musical lights in Years 11 and 10. Horace Halling, Nina Micciche, Marcus Baber and Jamie Gibney attended and took part in workshops ranging from composition and songwriting to performance skills and music tech masterclasses. All 4 students got stuck in and were absolutely comfortable working at the higher post-16 level, which bodes well for their lives after MBA! Qube Records

Next week sees our first Qube Records release of this school year, with the long awaited EP from OXTR hitting stores on Wednesday 19th October. OXTR, also known as Year 10’s Jamie Gibney, had a track, Around The World, featured on July’s “Time Flies” album, and now is back with his own release, The Amora EP. The EP features 3 tracks; a new version of Around The World with Renae and Arianna Caddy, a remix of Amber Symons’ song Bye Bye Baby and a new original track, Flow, which features vocals from Ebony Maddock.

To celebrate the release there will be a small listening preview party being held in a top secret location on Tuesday, and then the EP will be available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and all the usual places, from Wednesday. A huge well done to Jamie, it’s a brilliant piece of work and a great way to kick off this year’s releases!

In other Qube Records news, the label has signed its first artists from outside the walls of MBA, with punk heroes The Surgeons signing a deal to release their entire back catalogue online for the first time! With the reach and reputation of Qube Records continuing to expand, we’ll be signing more artists over the year, so keep an eye out for news! Punx Picnic Last weekend we hosted the first Punx Picnic Festival, in partnership with Pendragon Promotions. The event was a MASSIVE success, with 10 of the best bands from the scene taking to the MBA stage in front of an almost full audience of appreciative punk fans! Sound and light was handled brilliantly by former MBA students Callum Williams and Jamie Tredinnick, who are now running their own production company, CJ Productions. Everyone had a great time and we’ve received loads of feedback about how brilliant our venue is! Thanks to everyone who came, or helped out in any way. Now we’ve proved we have a venue and team that can deliver professional live music events, expect more shows to be announced in the not too distant future, including Punx Picnic 2017….! Report by Darren Roberts BE CREATIVE

Art Club

This Thursday at Art Club over 36 students attended! Room 37 was full of students from a range of year groups, working on diverse projects - both coursework, homework and independent tasks.

On each different table, ideas were shared, work was viewed and everyone spent time getting to know each other. The atmosphere was friendly and relaxed but productive. It was a pleasure to see so many motivated and engaged students who wanted to continue with their ideas outside of the classroom.

Come along next Thursday - everyone is welcome!

Report by Miss Green BE CHARITABLE

Halloween Charity Day

On Friday the 21st of October, there will be a non-uniform day to raise money for Sepsis Awareness and Penhaligon’s Friends. You can go all-out Halloween or wear your normal clothes with a splash of orange. Unfortunately, due to the recent news stories surrounding clown costumes, we have to say no to this style of fancy dress. All other Halloween ghouls are welcome. Please bring £1 in on the day if you come out of uniform!

Throughout the day there will be lots of activities such as teacher karaoke, and other exciting things for you to discover. If you have any ideas on other fund-raising events please contact with Miss Torrie ([email protected]) or Kate Matthew ([email protected]).

The charities we are supporting with this fund-raising have a big impact on both a personal, local and national level, and complement each other in the services they provide.

Every year in the UK there are 150,000 cases of Sepsis, resulting in a staggering 44,000 deaths – more than bowel, breast and prostate cancer combined.

The UK Sepsis Trust (UKST) was established as a charity in 2012 with the objective of saving 12,500 lives every year. The sepsis trust is committed to changing the way the NHS deals with Sepsis, to increasing public awareness and supporting those affected by Sepsis. Every penny you donate is valuable in helping them achieve their goals.

Penhaligon’s Friends are a Cornish charity supporting bereaved children, young people, parents and carers throughout the county. They offer children and young people the chance to meet others and share their experiences, as well as practical resources for children and parents.

If you would like further information on either of these charities, please get in touch with us. Thank you for your support. BE COMPETITIVE

Surfing Success

Last weekend was the final and biggest surf competition of the year, The British Nationals. Held at Perranporth beach, surfers from ages 10 to 50+ competed in their age groups against all the best surfers from Britain.

Most of the Mounts Bay Academy surf team travelled up to the event for the weekend and they had some amazing results. Finley Gray-Williams surfed really well in his U14s heat but didn't quite get the points to move on. Huck New did amazingly well to get through to the semi-finals and overall sixth in the under 14 boys. In the U12 boys Thomas Reeves got to the final and finished third overall. Asha Sykes came second in the U12 girls final and in the U14 girls Bonnie Whitlock came second. Woody New won his final to become the British U14 boys champion.

It was a great event; all the students were impeccably behaved, and can now enjoy the winter free surfing and training for next year.

Report by Luke New BE COMPETITIVE

National Cup Win

In the National Cup match on 30/09/2016, we drew 1-1 with Penryn College in a very close football game, but went through after an epic penalty shootout.

I honestly think everybody had a massive input in our win. But I think the Players of the Match were Mollie, Tommi-Leigh and Beau. Goal scorers were Liberty Terry, who scored during the match making it 1-1, and Asha, Tommi-Leigh and Liberty again, who scored in the penalties to crown MBA as winners and in to the hat for the next round draw in the ESFA U13s National Cup. But we definitely could not have won without our amazing coach Mr K Lawrence.

TEAM: Robyn Coatsworth Tommi-Leigh Lobb Keziah Roberts Izzy Graham Zelah Morgan Kelci Prowse, Neda Ladygaite Asha Sykes Chloe Shrosbree Jaime-leigh Holland Teigan Williams Beau Cowan-Dickie Kacey Maddern Mollie Maycock (GK) Liberty Terry

Report by Liberty Terry BE COMPETITIVE

Girls Rugby Festival

On Wednesday Miss Tripp took 23 girls to Rugby Club to take part in the Duchy Schools Girls Rugby Festival. Mounts Bay, and Pool were the only three schools in attendance but over 60 girls were there to enjoy the day.

The girls received three hours of training in the morning from RFU coaches, coaches from Camborne RFC and our very own Mr Westren.

After a cold morning and a lunch break the girls were split into teams and played some games.

For our Year 7 girls and some of our Year 8 girls this was their very first experience of competitive contact rugby. They coped brilliantly and all seemed to love the game and atmosphere.

The girls demonstrated a high level of teamwork and we saw some great potential. The RFU coaches were very complimentary about the Mounts Bay Team and a number of girls were approached about joining a club to play rugby outside school.

It was an excellent day and a brilliant start to the year for the Mounts Bay Girls Rugby Team and we look forward to the next challenge.

Year 7 player of the day - Chloe Summers Year 8 player of the day - Chantelle Haggis U15 player of the day - Chloe Graham

If you are interested in Girls Rugby and would like to join the school team, training takes place on Thursdays 3.30-4.15. If you want more information email Miss Tripp: [email protected] Report by Miss Tripp

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Year 7 Rugby

A Team On Wednesday 12th October the Year 7 A team played in a tough match against a well organised and determined School team. Mounts Bay dominated the game for a large amount of time and managed to score some well worked tries. However, the Truro School defence managed to absorb a number of attacks and eventually won a closely contested match 30-20.

Report by Mr Strong

B Team In a tough battle on a drizzly afternoon, Truro school ran out the victors by 20 - 15 in a hard fought contest against the Year 7 B team.Two wonderful tries from Sam and plenty of crunching tackles by everyone, couldn't overcome the speed of one or two Truro players. Hanul produced an especially memorable tackle when he felled one of the largest players on the Truro team.

Report by Aidan Helliwell BE COMPETITIVE

Year 8 Rugby

It was another spirited performance from the Year 8 Rugby team on Wednesday, in a hard fought 60-5 loss against Truro School. In a match with a scoreline that didn't always reflect the hard effort and determination put in, MBA found flashes of brilliance through their backline and Dylan Kissling in the first half. At the end of the first half Dylan made a fantastic break over 40 metres, beating 5-6 players, lifting heads and spirits just before the break.

The second half saw a much better team performance and MBA were able to get on the score sheet through some well worked forward play scoring a real team try. Charles Upchurch and Max Sudell carried the ball well into contact and made hard yards so Harvey Stone could move the ball in the backs. Better interplay and teamwork saw MBA only lose the second half 15-5, and the boys could leave the pitch with their heads up! Report by Mr Hopper BE COMPETITIVE

Year 9 Rugby

The Year 9 team paid the price for a slow start against a strong Truro School side. Their second half performance was certainly much improved and they have learnt valuable lessons going into their County Cup match against Penair School next Thursday. Report by Mr Veal

U16 Rugby

A patched up U16 side battled bravely against a formidable Truro School side losing heavily but certainly not disgraced. Their attitude and resilience was superb and hopefully with a full side available next week we will be confident going into the county cup match v R Lander next Tuesday. Report by Mr Veal BE COMPETITIVE

Primary Basketball

72 pupils within nine teams attended the Cornwall School Games qualifier for Primary Basketball at Mounts Bay Academy, an increase in participants for this sport compared to the last few years. The event began with a familiarisation of the rules and skills based session, before beginning a two pool round robin. The top two teams from each division went into the semi- finals, 3rd 4th place play-off and the top two teams qualifying for the CSG 2017 finals. Results: 1st Pendeen 3rd Marazion 2nd Alverton 4th St Mary’s RC

Cross Country

Mounts Bay Primary Cross Country was a hugely successful first event of the primary league. Over 300 pupils ran at the event which is the most who have attended in many years. Olympic inspiration maybe?

Pupils ranged from Year 3 up to Year 6, competing in various distances from 800m to 2,000m. The event consisted of 1,2 or 3 laps of the MBA fields and mountain bike trail. The atmosphere was an amazing buzz, especially when the runners were alongside the masses of spectators. It was a truly amazing event and a special thank you to the Mounts Bay students who marshalled the races. Report by Mr N Eddy Volleyball club

Thursday Lunchtimes from 1.15 – 2 (meet in the PE department)

All years and abilities welcome!

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