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Newsletter 11 01 2019 3rd March 2017 STANDING OUT THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY Cover: Chemistry at Penwith College 11th January 2019 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT On the road to success, the rule is always to look ahead. Welcome back to our first newsletter of the year. I think the New Year is rather like a blank book and the pen is in our hands. It is our chance to write a great story for ourselves by reflecting on the lessons we learnt last year and building on them to be happy and successful. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” -Albert Einstein It is also the time when our Year 11 students begin the final lap of their journey with us, as they finish their coursework and start preparing in earnest for their forthcoming GCSE examinations. The second (and last) set of mock examinations will begin next week and, once completed, everyone will have a good idea of what we all need to do to achieve the best results. As one of the most important times of the year for students, parents and staff, it is The key to success is in our hands our job to support you all as much as we can. There are a range of learning and support programmes available whatever your needs, some of which are featured in this newsletter. There will be more to follow over the next few weeks. The New Year has also given us some great news about two of our Mounts Bay Alumni; Horace Halling, who has been awarded a place at Oxford University and I had the pleasure of bumping into Molly Hocking when she visited this week to talk to our student media team about her experience on the TV talent show ‘The Voice’. We are very proud of them both and I know they will Good Luck Molly thrive on the challenges ahead on their roads to success. C.S. Lewis, the author of the classic children’s series ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ once said “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” 2019 marks the beginning of some exciting new plans for us all and my colleagues and I are looking forward to sharing them with you. On the road to success, the rule is always to look ahead. May you reach your destination and may your journey be wonderful. Happy New Year. Les Hall - Academy Principal LEAP NEWS Leading Edge Academies Partnership Sara Davey - CEO On behalf of the Trustees and myself I would like to wish everyone at Mounts Bay including parents, students and staff, a peaceful and prosperous 2019. The Trustees of Leading Edge are pleased to officially announce that on the 1st January 2019, Five Islands School finally became an Academy. The process was a great deal more complicated than anyone anticipated but my thanks go out to all the different bodies who were involved. This includes representatives from the Local Authority, the Diocese, the Duchy, the Interim Executive Board, the Department for Education and the staff of Five Islands. Five Islands Academy is formally joining the “Leading Edge Academies Partnership” to help the school move onto the next stage of its development and evolution. A significant reason for changing from LA control to a multi-academy trust has been to allow the sustained opportunity to work with a broader group of professionals from the mainland who share similarly high aspirations for the young people in their own schools. The transfer to the new multi-academy trust would not have happened without the hard work, collective good humour and resilience of all the people involved. It was a great team effort. This joint work and collaboration between the Leading Edge Academies has already enhanced educational opportunities for the young people and staff during 2018 and our new newsletter outlines some of the successes that were possible last year. Please take a moment to read the newsletter online on our website here: Click here to view the Newsletter for Winter 2018 I will be sharing the work of the new multi-academy trust with everyone in future in a monthly newsletter. In the January newsletter I will be focussing on some recent school improvement activities undertaken to help us move towards a world class educational offer. In summary, 2019 begins a new chapter for us all and there are exciting times ahead. We will be continuing our work under our four priorities; “Top Performing Academy”, “Transforming Teaching and Learning”, “Talent Development” and “Team MBA”. We will also be extending the range of opportunities to all students at Mounts Bay, with many more collaborative experiences on the horizon. Finally, I would like to say that I am very excited to have the opportunity to spend another year with the wonderful people of Penzance. I am honoured to have the privilege of being part of the team leading the journey to create world class education for the next generation of young people. Best wishes Sara Davey Chief Executive Officer Leading Edge Academies Partnership BE INSPIRED Brilliant Club Trip Twenty eight Year 10 students from Mounts Bay, Fowey River and Five Islands Academies visited Exeter University for the launch of the Scholars Programme. Students experienced a tour of the university campus and learnt useful study skills to support their learning. They attended their first tutorial and were set their first assignment. Supported by a PHD student from the University, they were asked to research the conflict in Kurdistan. "I liked having a lesson on debating." - Caitlin "I can use the skills I learnt to help me learn more in other areas." - Tara “"I enjoyed seeing lots of aspects of university life." - Katie Report by: Mrs Masters ” BE INSPIRED College Chemistry This week Year 11 students from the Chemistry separate science course were able to sample the facilities and carry out some practical work at Penwith College. The challenge was to prepare aspirin from the aromatic acid found in willow bark. The synthesis overlapped with some of the more challenging aspects of the GCSE course including properties of organic functional groups and esterification. Once aspirin crystals had formed they were purified through recrystallisation. Report by: Mr Hoyle FOLLOW MOLLY We were so pleased to see Molly Hocking appearing on last week’s edition of “The Voice UK” . Her performance was so entrancing that Olly Murs turned his chair for her after just six words! By the end of the song he had been joined by Jennifer Hudson and singing legend, Sir Tom Jones. Molly is no stranger to the spotlight, having featured in many outstanding events here at Mounts Bay as well as performing at venues around Cornwall and making it to boot camp on “the X Factor” in 2017. She will be taking part in the next round of the competition, ‘the battles’, so keep tuning in to ITV at 8pm on Saturdays to see how she gets on. Despite her busy schedule, Molly also managed to pop into our TV Studio this week to talk to Lilia about her journey so far and what she hopes to gain form the experience. You can see the interview on our website here: http://mountsbay.org/molly-sings-her-way-onto-team-olly You can also follow her on social media here: @molly.hocking.music @mollyhockingperformer @hocking_molly Inspiring IT This week’s Teach WoW was 'Inspiring IT'. At MBA we believe we need to prepare students for the future and what better way to do this than by using the fabulous IT facilities we have at our finger tips. In Year 8 REAL Project, students used their iPads to record a 1940s style radio programme for their WW2 improvisation. After researching the era and listening to a speech delivered by 12 year old Princess Elizabeth, they understood how hard it would have been for children their age or younger who left their family behind when evacuated to the countryside. In Graphic Design Year 9 student Amy has used photoshop and a wide range of iPad apps to develop a range of images based on her own photography, drawing and mixed media pieces inspired by artists Richard Hamilton and Paula Scher. See the ‘Designer of the Week’ pages to see her amazing work. In Year 8 Element students have been exploring creative writing through newspaper articles about The Great Depression. Many created their newspapers using their own drawings and handwriting but others got inventive with their iPads. Students found ways to format their articles using columns, embedding images and editing images so they looked ‘old’. BE CURIOUS Magnetic Charm Year 8 were making a steel pin magnetic to make a compass in Science this week. We started with a steel pin, a magnet, a petri dish and a small cork. We stroked the magnet only one way down the pin shaft. After this we placed the cork in the dish on water to float and the magnetised pin was placed on the cork. It spun around and pointed in one direction. We checked with a proper compass to see if it was going in the correct direction. - Marcus 7 Warm Charlie Jumps for Joy Charlie was jumping for joy on Monday, happy to be back at the Academy after the Christmas break. She’s obviously looking forward to lots of walks around the site during the coming term. Report by: Mrs Murray-Lambrou Gardening Gear Wanted We need gardening equipment for an exciting project here at MBA, involving the development of the poly tunnel area. If anyone has any unwanted garden equipment, anything from compost to pots… gloves… seeds… plants… tools… anything we would be happy to take it off your hands! Report by: Miss Wheeler BE CURIOUS Lego Oracy In Oracy this week students took part in a fun task based on Lego.
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