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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 Truro 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 2 | ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE BE INSPIRED YEAR 8 GEOGRAPHY FIELD TRIP TO THE CORNWALL 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, Camborne held at Truro High School. 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 8 | ST. IVES SCHOOL MAGAZINE PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY 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’.