ST.IVES

SUMMER TERM SCHOOLMAGAZINE -2019

WOMEN IN ENGINEERING

GREENPOWER TEAM RACE TO SUCCESS WITH ‘RIPTIDE’ FROM THE HEAD

elcome to the Summer Term edition of St Ives School’s magazine. With only a few weeks of term left W(as this magazine goes to print), we have said a fond ‘farewell’ to our Year 11 students, design challenges and to drive forward their formalised by our annual leavers Dinner Dance. ambitions is a huge credit to the team.

Held in the beautiful local setting of Tregenna Our be Inspired programme, goes from strength Castle, on a breezy summer evening, our students to strength with an ever-growing range of stepped out in style to celebrate the end of their time opportunities for students. Thanks to local support at St Ives School and the start of the next phase of from the St Ives Pilot Gig Club, we have been able to their education. A selection of photos are included get students out on the water and we are already in this magazine and we look forward to welcoming planning further opportunities for our students back to school in August to receive their Autumn term programme. GCSE results. I hope this edition of our magazine provides The breadth and range of talent of our young people a taste of our vibrant school community. Of course, continues to astonish us: included in this magazine none of this would be possible without the are a sample of students’ outstanding achievements dedication and support of our wonderful staff team in sport, engineering, creative and performing arts, whose enthusiasm and commitment is at the heart film and media, and outdoor adventure. of our students’ success. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank both our Governors, and the For the first time, a school team have completed the team at and Penwith Academy Trust for their Ten Tors Challenge, battling hideous weather support ‘behind the scenes’, and of course, our conditions and taking the arduous route “in their wonderful parents and families. On behalf of the stride”. Our young engineers have rapidly risen staff team at St Ives School I would like to wish all through the ranks with our Greenpower car (Riptide) our readers a very happy and sunny summer break, from 30th position 2 years ago, to achieve 2nd place and look forward to our return in the Autumn Term. in the Kit Car category in the finals at Predannick track. Their absolute determination to overcome JAN WOODHOUSE - HEADTEACHER

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YEAR 8 GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP TO THE ENERGY RECOVERY CENTRE

ack in the Spring Term, all Year 8 students had the opportunity to visit the Cornwall Energy Recovery BCentre at St Dennis. This was part of their sustainability topic, with students exploring the different ways in which electricity is produced.

The centre burns our black bin waste that would normally go to landfill to produce electricity. The centre can handle 240,000 tonnes of waste each year and enough electricity to power 21,000 homes.

Whilst at the centre, the students undertook a number of activities including a teamwork challenge looking at the 4 R’s - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover, a look at how waste is dealt with in Cornwall and a tour of the control room.

They followed this by looking at the waste from their lunches and how little of it can be recycled or composted. The day finished with them making pledges about how they can help to improve their environment.

The students had a fantastic day and took away some important messages about how we need to improve the ways in which we all deal with our waste in Cornwall.

ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 3 WOMEN IN ENGINEERING omen in Engineering is an international A very positive aspect on the day, was meeting the movement aimed at highlighting the wide range of companies involved: Whiskerstay, amazing career opportunities available the University of Exeter Cornwall, Watson Marlow, Wto girls in a dynamic and fast moving industry. the Roseland Observatory, Ward Williams Associates, the Institution of Civil Engineers, Kier Twelve of our year eight students represented Living, the British Army, Allen & Heath, Cornwall St Ives at the Women in Engineering day, an event College, Falmouth Marine School, held at . The girls all excelled School of Mines, Truro and Penwith College, 3D in a range of activities, including: welding with Kernow CIC, Software Cornwall, Pendennis chocolate, constructing wind turbines and testing Shipyard Ltd, Corserv Ltd, SERCO, Cornwall model boats in the school swimming pool. Council, North Coast Consulting and West Pharmaceutical Services. The girls particularly enjoyed virtual welding, creating fibre glass boat hulls out of fibre glass At the end of an exhausting but highly rewarding and participating in a number of challenges that day, the students realised that Cornwall has a made them evaluate the interactions between dynamic and expanding engineering sector, material properties, structures, and the offering exciting and rewarding local career environmental considerations. opportunities.

4 | ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE The students also appreciated that they already possess the skills to excel in these areas.

“The day was great fun. I made new friends and the activities helped us develop our team work and problem solving skills. I learnt so much about different types of engineering. It gave me ideas about potential jobs when I am older.” Ella

“I was most intrigued by the interior design workshop where they used software to design amazing plans.” Bronnen

“Before this trip, I had not considered a career in engineering. Today I have learnt about different pathways into engineering and the type of skills that are required. I think that I would really enjoy a job in engineering”. Isabella TEN TORS 2019 CHALLENGE

At 7am on Saturday 11th May, six St Ives students, lined up alongside 2,400 14-19 year olds to start the 59th Ten Tors Challenge

he St Ives students had training all year in themselves through a series of manned challenging conditions ranging from driving checkpoints around North Dartmoor National Park. rain to strong winds and hail. T Conditions for the challenge couldn’t have been The team of Year 10 students had been entered better with two days of sunshine and light into the 35 mile challenge and had to navigate winds forecast.

6 | ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE Unfortunately on Saturday afternoon, whilst packs. Although tired and having admitted that it walking towards their penultimate checkpoint of was the hardest challenge they had ever faced, the day, Chloe twisted her ankle and decided to they were delighted to have completed it. withdraw from the challenge. She was cared for by the Army medical team at the checkpoint and Mr Crawford, Team Manager “I’m delighted with returned to base camp later that evening. the whole team, just getting to the start line of this event takes months of training and The five remaining team members wild camped preparation. The team worked very well together near the White Barrow checkpoint, where they had and probably covered nearer to 42 miles over to cook their own dinner and purify water for the the two days. following day before bedding down for the night. I would like to take the opportunity to thank them By 07.00 Sunday morning it was clear that the and their parents for the support as well as all team were moving well and fully rested. They the staff who gave up their free time to support completed their challenge in high spirits around us in training, at the event and back in school.” 13.00 on the Sunday. We are already planning our training for the 2020 Parents and family members were there to challenge and will be launching the event to our welcome them and relieve them of their heavy Year 9s in an assembly in the next few weeks. “I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE GREEN SCREEN STUDIO WHICH IS USED IN THE BA HONS FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION.” DANIEL

“IT WAS A FANTASTIC DAY, WE EVEN SCREEN PRINTED OUR OWN BAGS AND WERE GIVEN FISH EYE LENS TO TAKE MORE PICTURES WITH.” KATY

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ARTS & HUMANITIES

TRIP ongratulations to the Year 9 students who represented St Ives School at the Arts and Humanities Cevent held at Plymouth University.

Students participated in a range of activities showcasing the courses on offer at the University.

This included; green screen filming, typeface design and ipad controlled robotics. They performed admirably in a design challenge, and printed their own canvas bags.

The Camper Obscura was a real highlight. This is a converted camper van fitted with a camera that enables students inside to observe a 360 degree view of the surrounding area.

The final session highlighted the wide range of careers that degree courses in History, criminology, English and the Arts opened doors for. The students found this highly motivating for their GCSE studies.

“IT WAS FUN DESIGNING OUR OWN TYPEFACE IN GRAPHICS AND SEEING LIFE AND THE COURSES AVAILABLE AT THE UNIVERSITY”. EVIE

ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 9 VISIT

POLDARK SNEAK PREVIEW

t Ives School’s Year 10 and 11 Film series (we’ve all been sworn Studies students attended a special to secrecy!) and then had the BBC ‘Poldark’ event at Falmouth opportunity to meet one of the new University. cast members - Cornish actress Sofia Oxenham. SStudents were given an insight into how the television industry works during an The visit was an inspiring insight engaging Q and A session with a producer, into the world of film production actress and location manager of ‘Poldark’. and provided a taster of the wide range of careers available in this Students were treated to a private global industry. screening of the first episode of the new

10 | ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE D DAY LANDINGS

ART AT TATE s part of our commitment to the Arts, St Ives School is lucky to hold their annual AArt & Design Exhibition at Tate St Ives from 10th July – 16th July.

On display will be a range of stunning pieces that our Year 11 students have created as part of their GCSE coursework.

Tate St Ives have given us this wonderful opportunity to celebrate the amazing talents of this year’s GCSE students. The work exhibited has been created by students studying Fine Art, Textiles, Photography and Graphics.

They have worked with enthusiasm and perseverance throughout the two years; ad and Scarlett, St Ives School’s Head Boy and we are immensely proud of their progress and their Girl, supported Sebastian and the St Ives willingness to experiment and take risks. Ncommunity at the ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the D Day Landings. The moving The work is particularly varied, incorporating service was held at the St Ives Cenotaph on a wide range of media and techniques. We hope Thursday 6th June. Sebastian is commended you have the chance to visit our art exhibition and for his moving musical rendition, played with look forward to seeing you there. confidence and maturity.

ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 11 e have been able to Woffer our students a fantastic range of wonderful and new opportunities this summer term for our Be Inspired Programme.

Students have enjoyed being outside in the sunshine participating in Summer Sports, Outdoor Adventure Activities, Lawn Bowls, Golf, and a variety of excellent Water Sports.

All of this has enriched our students in many ways, and they are already looking forward to the Autumn term! urfing for Be Inspired has been fantastic this year. On SThursday afternoon, 19 students have been heading down to Surfing St Ives Surf School on Porthmeor beach for some expert coaching from the excellent instructors at the surf School (some of whom are even ex students!).

The sessions have been great for those who have never surfed before all the way up to pupils who are looking to really push on with their surfing. High tide sessions have also been great with shore dump bodyboarding being a real highlight.

It’s great to see our students out in the local community making links with our local Surf school. We’re looking forward to next year already!

A huge thank you to Harris and the St.Ives Surf School!

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uring the Summer Term Be Inspired, twelve students Dhave been introduced to the sport of Cornish Pilot Gig Rowing through St Ives Pilot Gig Club. For all twelve students this is their first time row- ing in a pilot gig, despite many of them having experiences in a range of other water sports.

The origins of the Cornish Pilot Gig stretch back hundreds of years. Gigs were originally built at the end of the 18th Century in Cornwall, to take the pilot out to the sailing ships.

The crews in these boats would race out to the ships and whichever gig reached the anchored ship first Gig Rowing received the money for the job. In 2019, Pilot Gigs are not used for this now, but are instead part of one of the fastest growing sports in the UK, with its World Championships held on the every May.

This year the World Championships saw 165 crews competing, with crews now coming from as far away as London, the Netherlands and even Bermuda to compete.

The twelve students, under the fantastic coaching of the clubs coxes, have made excellent progress over the course of five sessions, so much so that recently they went out as a full student crew!

The students (from Year 7, 8 and 9) are all very much enjoying it, and the club hopes that some of them may continue to learn the sport during the summer, potentially forming a junior crew.

ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 13 Prom 2019

ear 11 students stepped out in style on Thursday 27th June at the leaver’s YDinner Dance, held at Tregenna Castle Hotel.

The fabulous backdrop of the spectacular scenery, combined with fair weather and the high spirits of students and staff led to a magical evening.

Congratulations to all our leavers on their achievements as members of St Ives School and our very best wishes for your future success.

14 | ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE HEADING ST. IVESSCHOOL MAGAZINE | 15 CONGRATULATIONS TO JAMIE, LOCRYN, MILES, MADDIE, MORIEN Greenpower Race AND LEO WHO ACHIEVED THEIR AMBITION AND DROVE ST IVES SCHOOL’S GREENPOWER CAR, ‘RIPTIDE’, OVER 30 MILES IN CASTLE COMBE 90 MINUTES.

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reenpower racing is a recognised In Race 2, at 89 minutes and 50 seconds the tension category of motor-sport and to race was high, until the results were confirmed as 31.5 around the 1.85 mile Castle Combe miles covered, at an average speed of 20mph, Gtrack is a privilege, as well as a placing them 8th out of 31 cars in their category. challenge. It is especially daunting after having watched the noisy and, at times, The team’s next challenge is to clock up the aggressive adult car racing the previous required distance in the next race at Predannack, day on the same track! for the team to be invited to the International Final at the Rockingham Raceway. In Race 1, the team travelled 29.6 miles at an average speed of 19.9mph, coming 11th Good Luck to all the members of St Ives School’s out of 31 cars in their category. Greenpower Team.

ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 17 n their second tournament of the year, the Under 15 boys tennis team took part in the County Singles Championships. With Alex Iout injured after his Ten Tors exploits, Matt stepped in as number 4. UNDER 15 The St Ives team played superb tennis all BOYS’ TENNIS day beating Richard Lander, and Tretherras en-route to the final COUNTY with .

CHAMPIONS Jack and Matt both played fantastic defensive tennis to out-rally their opponents while Will and Adrian continued to attack and maintain their unbeaten record. After four close matches the St Ives team came out as comfortable winners and were awarded the aptly named St Ives Cup and the title of County Champions.

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ELITE ATHLETE MASTERCLASS

t Ives School hosted a very special elite athlete. This was followed up with an visitor on Thursday 27th June: David Hill, intensive fitness training session as an example of double Paralympian. David’s visit was the work required. Sin his capacity as a Youth Sport Trust Athlete Me-ntor, and he spent the morning working Our thanks go to David and the Youth Sports Trust for with different groups to inspire and motivate giving our students such a fantastic opportunity. others to pursue their own goals. Images courtesy of Times and Echo David shared his sports journey as an Olympic swimmer and triathlete in an inspirational assembly with Year 7, underlining the message to never give up, which compliments the schools own SIGMA values.

During period 2, David led a group of year 9 and 10 female students through a range of teamwork exercises to develop positive working relationships. It was great to see the students laughing so hard and enjoying taking on a challenge together.

Finally, the Year 7 and 8 Sports HPA students took part in a Q and A session with David to find out what it really takes to become an

ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 19 he PE Department have had a great improvement to their facilities this term with a complete re-furbishment and Tre-fit of both fitness studios.

With over £7000 of funding from the sugar tax, the rooms have been re-decorated and updated SUGAR TAX with a range of new fitness equipment. FUNDING INVESTED The fitness studios now boast two squat racks, a lifting platform, spinning bikes, new kettle bells, IN FITNESS plyo-box and battle rope.

Students have responded really well to the improved equipment during both their health related fitness lessons, fitness clubs and High Performance Academy fitness training sessions, and it has been great to see such high levels of engagement in improving personal fitness.

Images courtesy of Times and Echo

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GOLF TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS uge congratulations to the team of Jack, Ethan and Sam who won the Cornwall Schools Golf Team Championships held at ‘The Point’ H At Polzeath Golf Club in early June.

They have now qualified for the English Schools National Team Championships to be held at Woodhall Spa Golf Club, Lincolnshire on 10th July.

hank you to all the members of our community who voted for St Ives School PE Department in the Tesco community Tgrant scheme.

Your blue tokens ensured that we were successful in winning first place and have been awarded £4000 worth of funding. This TEAM WIN PLACE IN FINALS will be spent entirely on updating sports kit he St Ives School Year 7 girls cricket team are and equipment for our students. having a superb season. Following a This has included new 9-a-side goal posts, successful qualification to the county finals two new table tennis tables, new netball Tthe girls took on the top eight teams in Cornwall. dresses and athletics team vests, three new rugby tackle bags and a range of other The girls won all their pool matches including equipment including bibs, balls and victories against Wadebridge, Newquay and Truro training aids. before making it to the final against Mounts Bay.

We want our students to use the very best The final was a closely fought contest with Mounts kit and equipment to enable the very best Bay taking the title by 10 runs. However, the St Ives performance levels and support the highest girls have now won a place at the regional finals levels of engagement in physical activity. Your and will be travelling to Bristol on the 10th July to generosity has helped us to achieve this goal. face the best in the South West!

ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 21 ifty talented St Ives Jamie and Daisy brilliantly ST IVES SCHOOL students took to the portrayed the principle roles of HIGH SCHOOL stage to perform ‘High Troy and Gabriella - a teenage FSchool Musical Jr’ to two sell- couple trying to find their place MUSICAL out shows. in the ‘Status Quo’ of high school society. As Ryan and Sharpay JUNIOR Rehearsals for the show started (the arch rivals), Niamh and in earnest in January. Since then Hugh gave an outstanding the entire cast have worked performance, full of glamour Thursday 13th tirelessly every week, ensuring and fun! and Friday 14th June 2019 that the audiences were treated to a host of memorable From the ‘Wildcat Cheerleaders’ characters, energetic dance to the ‘Skater Dudes’ and numbers and harmonious ‘Brainiacs’, the ensemble cast renditions of favourites such as wowed the audience with their ‘We’re all in this together’ and enthusiasm, charisma and all- ‘Breaking Free’. round professional performance. 22 | ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE DRAMA & MUSIC

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