Newsletter 9-7 21

STANDING OUT

THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY

Cover: Football’s Come Home! U13 County Champions 2021!

PAVO CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA 9th July 2021 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

You Can Be Anything You Want To Be It is sometimes worth looking at ourselves to make sure that we are approaching life in the right way and therefore getting enjoyment out of everything we do. Many of you will know that I am a great believer in enjoyment, after all, if you enjoy your work it ceases to become arduous. I would like to think that whilst I have been in the teaching profession for many years, a significant amount of my time has been spent enjoyably, so you could say I am being paid to do the things I enjoy. That is why we stress so much emphasis on our students identifying their interests and talents, harnessing them in our learning and then using them to enrich our community here at Mounts Bay. It is amazing where your talents can take you. For example I am an artist and enjoy passing my talents and interests onto students. Because our students are ultimately in my care, I want them to be happy, fulfilled and successful in everything they do. I am committed to continuing our mission to enhancing our world class learning community by investing in world class facilities, believing that this will help us develop successful young people who have the confidence to contribute to the world in which they live. We will be undertaking a massive amount of work in the coming months and our campus will look a lot different when we return after the summer break. It does mean a little disruption around the site in the last few weeks of term but the benefits of starting the work early will be huge later on.

It was great to take part in our Key Stage 3 Graduation Evening last night, broadcast from our refurbished TV Studio. The rewards of completing a one year Fast Track GCSE were very apparent on our current Year 9 students. The quality of the work that they produced this year was amazing and the additional benefit of getting into the habit of producing work to the GCSE standard means that they will inevitably be more successful at the end of the two year courses of their choice.

It was also great to watch one of our alumni continuing his journey using the talent that we helped develop here at Mounts Bay. Luke Cowan-Dickie was impressive in the British and Irish Lions’ 54 - 7 win in South Africa this week, almost scoring a try on his debut.

Every one of our students has the opportunity to follow their dreams and develop their talents too. We will always seek to find the passions that stir our young people and inspire the belief that they are capable of exemplary levels of achievement in their chosen passion by working hard, and believing they can be successful.

Two football teams will be following their dreams as they contest the final of the Euros at Wembley this weekend, they both believe they can win, let’s hope we will be celebrating the success of our England team too!

Best wishes

Les Hall Academy Principal A WORD FROM MR ROYLE

Happy Friday to you all I have two congratulate Year 9 on their fantastic achievements in Key Stage Three culminating in the wonderful event last night. Brilliant work from Mr Yeates and his colleagues and great to meet Mrs Harvey and, of course, we all send our very best wishes to Miss Westren as she makes her final preps for impending motherhood!

Huge thanks to everyone for their work this week - it has been another busy week as the quadmester draws to a close.

Much appreciation should go to the Year 10 students who have shown strength and perseverance in terms of working online during their isolation period. We know how difficult this is, but we are aware that a small number of Year 10 students have not followed the isolation rules and this is most disappointing. We know that there is Covid in our area and there are cases in all five secondary schools in Penwith. Whatever we think about isolation and the definition of a ‘close contact’ we should all be following the advice to keep us all safe. However, it is the responsibility of the parents/carers to follow the guidance from the government, just as we have had to as a school, and it is a worry that this has not happened in some Year 10 families.

Next week is Adventure Learning Week and we look forward to learning in a huge variety of ways. Personally, I am teaching all week which is quite a change for me, and I am very excited. Though uniform rules are relaxed for the week, an 8:30 start is still very important, particularly if you are going off site somewhere - just imagine you are catching a train - an 8:30 start is an 8:30 start and if you are not there, you will miss out!

Enjoy your weekend and see you for Adventure Learning Week!

Nothing much on at the weekend is there?

Our partner school in Denmark have sent us a delightful email congratulating the English (and, by association, the Cornish) on their victory, despite the penalty which was maybe a bit of a gift. They will be cheering for us in the final on Sunday. I appreciate that I could well be generalising about a whole nation when I have only visited a handful of times and actually know fewer than 100 Danes, but what a wonderful, gracious and kind nation they are. Myself and the Year 9 Interact Group who visited Copenhagen and Helsingor about 18 months ago would urge you to visit if you ever get the chance.

Locker Key Amnesty Please could all students return their locker keys to their Form Tutor in an envelope clearly labelled with their name and form group before Tuesday 20th July. Mrs Eddy will then arrange £5 refunds (in cash) for students before the end of term.

There will be no lockers at MBA next year. This will free up space in both corridors and classrooms. BE ADVENTUROUS

Year 6 Induction Day

It was tremendous to welcome Year 6 students from local primary schools to MBA this week. The students had an opportunity to experience what life will be back when they join us in September. They took part in a whole range of exciting activities including PE, cookery, dance, music and French. MBA staff commented on how impressed they were with their effort and attitude. We are really looking forward to welcoming you all full time in September. BE ADVENTUROUS

Year 6 Induction Day BE CURIOUS

Grow Your Own

This week in the MBA garden we have finally managed to get out and working again after the annoying obstacle of COVID left me at home for almost three weeks and two separate isolations! With regards to the garden this was probably one of the worst times to be away, especially in the polytunnel, where the tomatoes, melons and cucumbers were flying away with new lush growth. Big thanks to Kirsty, Sarah, Juliette and the Year 10 student team who managed to keep on top of the watering and weeding while I was away.

The students have been really busy this week harvesting loads of lovely fruit and veg including carrots, broccoli, new potatoes, basil, beetroot, broad beans, peas, rhubarb and blackcurrants. Harvesting is an interesting thing as you can sometimes get so carried away with growing and weeding that you forget to harvest things when they are ready! Also some veg like broccoli all need harvesting within a week or so before they start to flower so you need to eat loads or share with friends.

Report by: Mr New BE CURIOUS

Grow Your Own

Our lettuce bed has now finished and all gone to flower so that has been cleared and we will be planting new seedlings this week that we sowed at the beginning of June. In the poly tunnel the climbing tomatoes, melons and cucumbers needed a lot of attention to get them back into a good shape. They have a main growing stem that we train up strings, but they also produce new shoots next to their leaves which need regularly removing so that the plants put all their energy into one stem and lots of fruit. Our students did a great job learning how to do this and train the climbers. They will be ready to harvest late July through until September.

Report by: Mr New BE INSPIRED

Is There Life on Mars?

This week Year 7 looked at how to investigate the rocks on Mars to see what elements they contain. They did this by conducting flame tests. The flame changes colour depending on which ions are present. Students were trying to answer the essential question ‘Can we colonise Mars?’

Report by: Miss Page BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE

Year 7 Creative Industries

It was so lovely to get my Year 7 Creative Industry class into the food room finally this quadmester. After the excitement of being in the room, they were introduced to the health and safety rules for the room and particularly when doing practical sessions. They then viewed a video on how to make the ultimate poached egg, which should have a runny yolk when opened up. Then it was their go! They really enjoyed this challenge, particularly tasting it at the end.

Report by: Miss Osborne BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE

Year 9 Fast Track Catering

At last Monday was the day of the eagerly anticipated Pop Up Restaurant. This was the event to showcase all the knowledge and skills learnt on the Fast Track course by having an authentic audience, yes, actual customers!

Reuben, as Restaurant Manager, invited 11 staff, and a governor from MBA to attend our Italian themed restaurant for a three course meal. It was a busy morning for all of the teams. Olivia and Jack, taking on the role as head chefs in each room, had to make sure their teams were organised for 11.45am, which is when the guests were arriving. The KPs helped to prepare, and Mr New kindly let us have some fresh basil, potatoes, carrots, and red currants from the school allotment. It was wonderful to use such fresh ingredients in the final dishes. Zero food miles either!

The front of house team worked hard on getting the restaurant set up, and seeing Flynn ironing the tablecloths was one of my highlights. The tables were set and the aroma from the kitchens was quite something. Mocktails were served on arrival and then the organised chaos began! It was quite an ask to get the orders in and food served within an hour.

The food went out looking of high quality and the service was exceptional. Everyone pulled together as a team, and this has been one of my highlights of the year. Thank you to all our customers who came and enjoyed the experience. I look forward to opening up our restaurant again some time in the future.

Report by: Miss Osborne BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE

Year 9 Fast Track Catering

Report by: Miss Osborne BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE

Year 8 Creative Industries

Both of my Year 8 Creative Industries classes had not yet been in the food room, so I thought it would be a great experience for them to jump straight in by having a go at a practical lesson. Am I mad? No!

Following a briefing about the health and safety, we got straight onto business. The students were soon measuring the ingredients out for their flapjack recipes. They loved folding and mixing it the ingredients together and adding a variety of flavours, including mixed fruit, chocolate and vanilla. I think they all enjoyed their first experience.

Report by: Miss Osborne BE COMPETITIVE

County Champions!

Congratulations to the MBA U13 boys’ football team who are now County Champions! They played Penryn College on Friday 2nd July. They were crowned County Champions winning 4-0. Goals came from Hayden W (1), Dan M (1), Deshane (2). Well done Year 8s - County Champions!

Squad: Ernie H Harry M (captain) Joby B Logan C Alfie W Hayden W Reggie R Gabe T Harry C Oli H Beau T Ross M Dan M Ronnie B Kaden H Deshane H

Report by: Mr Lawrence YEAR

This Week’s House Points Totals

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Miss Walters’ Message: Top Achievers:

Suzie A 28 Firstly, it is Adventure Learning Week next week! Yay! Adelaide T 19 Don't forget, the day you are walking (Monday OR Tuesday) please ensure you have sensible, correct Biba D 19 clothing. If sunny remember sun cream, hat and lots of Fay R-C 18 water. Please remember to bring packed lunch and a little bit of money for an ice cream. The day you are Mazey B 16 NOT walking (Monday OR Tuesday) wear your PE kit Saffy B 15 to school. The following three days of your chosen Freya L 14 activity is NON UNIFORM. Please be reminded of expectations of non uniform (no crop tops, excessive Lilianna O 14 jewellery or hoodies etc). Ewan F 14 14 Please be sensible and careful with your iPads. You are Isolde T responsible for them, so think carefully when placing your bag somewhere, when placing them on your desk etc. Any damages will result in you having to take responsibility for the cost.

Adventure Learning Week is a fantastic week. You will have lots of fun together with your friends so ENJOY IT as we move in to our final week or so of Year 7. I have to say, you have been amazing this year. You have shown so much resilience and independence.

A big well done to the girls football team for taking second place in the county. A fantastic achievement - well done! A special mention to Toby, Billy and Harry for their wonderful owl and bird boxes too.

Have a wonderful weekend, be safe and BE KIND.

PAVO CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA YEAR

This Week’s House Points Totals

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Miss Veall’s Message: Top Achievers:

Polly O 22 Myah L 22 Hello Year 8! Brianna W 19

Well done for a fantastic week, it was Lewis H 18 great to pop into your science lessons this Noah G 18 week and see you in action during a practical science lesson! Kyla T 18 Fred K 18 Please remember that next week is Adventure Learning Week. Please make Eve M 18 sure that you have checked your emails with regards to the information for next Kyra C 17 week, and that you have completed Oliver H 17 your consent forms and payments.

A massive well done to the Year 8 Boys Football team who were crowned County Champions last week after beating Penryn 4-0 in the final.

Have a lovely weekend ready for your first Adventure Learning Week!

PAVO CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA YEAR

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Year 9 Message: Top Achievers:

Orlando S S 18 Hi Year 9 and Happy weekend! Isabelle M 18 Poppy S 17 Just a quick message on behalf of Miss Westren who as you know is now off to have her baby! Thomas S 16 Exciting! Ivy K 15 Next week is Adventure Learning Week and Jessica S 15 you have a great week ahead of you. Your Alexandriana B 14 assembly today explained everything you need to know and what you need. Please contact Marcus E 14 your tutors should you have any other Nia G 13 questions. William C 13 Please be sure to make your choices for next Isla M 13 year with regards to PE and/or RE/Citizenship and I hope you are all happy with your options and looking forward to starting your GCSE timetables in September.

Miss Westren says hello and hopes you all had a great week.

Have a lovely weekend, be safe and be kind.

Miss Walters

PAVO CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA YEAR

This Week’s House Points Totals

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Mr Strong’s Message: Top Achievers:

Georgia J 8 Next week’s Work Experience provides you Morvah P 7 with a fantastic opportunity and will be a positive week as you move towards the end Edward W 6 of Year 10. Poppy G 6 Thomas T Remember: 5 • First impressions count Romilly P G 5 Use your initiative and be proactive • Isla G 5 • If you are unsure, ask questions Alexandra G 5 If you do not have a placement you will be in Jessica T-D 5 school next week. You will need to come to school in PE kit everyday, you will also need Jake T 5 to bring a set of old clothes that you do not Joshua M 5 mind getting dirty/paint on.

The final week of term will be as normal, but it is a short week and you’ll finish on Thursday 22nd July. You will need to be in full uniform and bring all equipment for lessons as normal.

Have a great week on Work Experience. We look forward to see you all back in school on Monday 19th July.

Enjoy your weekend.

PAVO CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA BE INSPIRED

“Auf Wiedersehen” to our German Guests

Hello MBA community, students and teachers!

I’m Annika, a 12 year-old member of Year 7 Pegasus. I come from a town called Bitburg which is in the very west of Germany, about 20 km from the Luxembourg border. I spent this school year at Mounts Bay Academy. You might ask yourselves why I did that? Together with mother, who is doing a sabbatical, and my sister Julia who is in Year 11, I live in St Ives. My mum is a teacher at a college in our hometown in Germany. A sabbatical means that my mum took 1 year off work. She had worked all her lessons ahead during two previous years and then was able to do a gap year. One day my mum asked us if we could imagine to live in Cornwall for a year and we agreed. We already knew Cornwall from former holidays because my mother loves the UK and especially Cornwall.

Now my time here has almost come to an end, so Miss Hewitt encouraged me to write down my thoughts about this great experience. Perhaps you would like to share…

I was really excited about our year before it even started! Last spring we came to St Ives to look at the house we were going to rent and - most important - we met Mr Hall who gave us a very warm welcome to MBA. He invited us to join Mounts Bay and encouraged us to embark on this adventure. My sister and I were very impressed by the academy, the premises and equipment. At the end of our tour of the academy with Mr Hall we were absolutely sure that we wanted to attend Mounts Bay or no school in Cornwall at all. So, pupils, you are very lucky to be here for another few years!

Report by: Miss Hewitt BE INSPIRED

“Auf Wiedersehen” to our German Guests

I had only had one year of English at my school in Germany before we came to England so I thought I wouldn’t understand much. I was also afraid that I wouldn’t find any friends. I didn’t know how life in St Ives and school life at Mounts Bay would be and if I was able to cope with all the challenges.

When I had my first day of school here I was so excited that I could barely sleep the night before. On my first day, the people in my class were all very kind and nice. My teacher, Miss Hewitt, knew that I was from Germany and she was really caring. There were many kids in my class who knew each other from primary school, so I felt a bit alone. But after the first day I had already had first conversations with some girls who were very open and welcoming towards me. We were all new to Mounts Bay so that made things easy in the end.

My school in Germany is very, very different from MBA. We don’t have these brilliant iPads, we mostly work traditionally using boring (;-)) books for every subject. During lockdown, though, our school introduced iPads to every student so I will receive one as well once I return to the next school year. But I will have to buy one whereas you can all use one for free! That is so great!

I think I often compare the organisation of MBA to Harry Potter’s “Hogwarts”, which made me smile very often. In Germany, we are not organised in “houses”, we just have classes called “7a,7b,7c...”, they don’t have imaginative names. And we don’t mix classes like in the MBA course system. In all our subjects at MBA there are some students from every house and I love this! In Germany we stay in our classroom with the same pupils for the whole day, apart from when we have science at a science laboratory. And the teachers commute to our classroom, we don’t go to the teachers’ classrooms for lessons.

Our school day starts at 7:55 a.m. and usually ends at 1 p.m. on two days of the week we stay until 3:30 p.m. One lesson lasts for 45 min, sometimes we have “double lessons” in science or main subjects. We usually have six different lessons on a regular school day. This can be very exhausting, depending on the subjects you have.

We don’t get achievement or behaviour points, the teacher takes a note in his records if we misbehave. I think the system at MBA is very encouraging and should be the same at my German school. If we do something well, the teacher will take a note and at the end of term he or she will give us a mark on each subject. A “1” is the best you can achieve, a “6” is the worst you can get. We have the following subjects at my German school: Main subjects are Mathematics, German and English. In addition there are the minor subjects: French, Latin, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Music, Arts, History, Geography, Social Studies and Physical Education.

There is another thing which is so much better at Mounts Bay: In my German school it is really annoying that we have to do tests in every subject regularly, like every week we do a smaller test in the main subjects like Maths, English and German. There are tests in the minor subjects as well on a regular basis. We have 4 official written tests of 45 mins in each subject during the school year, this keeps us really busy! I was so glad that the teachers don’t do that at MBA! Here learning is much more relaxed than at my German school and pupils can enjoy learning much more because there is less pressure on them.

Report by: Miss Hewitt BE INSPIRED

“Auf Wiedersehen” to our German Guests

We don’t have a school uniform at my school. The students wear the clothes they usually wear in private, there are some rules though. We are allowed to have dyed hair, wear jewellery (I.e. like a ring on every finger), if we want to. Pupils are allowed to wear coloured nails or piercings, if their parents allow them to. After we had arrived in St Ives last summer the most important challenge was to buy that school uniform. Until that day I would never have believed I would ever wear a combination of a blazer, a tie, blouse, a skirt and black shoes! I soon learned to be proud of my uniform. I even worked hard to gain my full colour tie.

As time went by here in England I suddenly realised that I had learned a lot of English. I felt like I could talk more and I could understand everybody easily. Even in the shops I can easily speak with everybody, that makes me very proud. I think that this is the most precious “souvenir” I will take home.

At the beginning of the school year I felt bit weird in my lessons because I sometimes didn’t understand the task we had to do. But as time flew by I understood more and more. I was very impressed with myself when we had to write our own adventure story with Mr Whiteman in our English lessons. When I had finished and read my whole story, I couldn’t believe what I had done. I was so proud of my work! My father helped me to bind it as a little booklet, so there is another precious souvenir for me to take home.

All in all my year here in Cornwall, especially at Mounts Bay Academy, was AMAZING and I am proud that I was allowed to learn at Mounts Bay with all these wonderful people who were so kind and friendly towards me. My teachers were so supportive at any time and even during the horrible lockdown they gave me the feeling they were there for me whenever I needed them. Mrs Hewitt, my tutor, seemed to know exactly how I felt from the first day and that helped me so much. She used to say exactly the right things at the right time and knew what to do.

I will remember the impressive sports grounds, the chances I was given, like joining the surf course and playing the clarinet in the Year 7 band. All these activities allowed me to meet children of my age.

I thank you all, my teachers, especially the best tutor in the world, Miss Hewitt, all the children who were so open and gave me the chance to integrate, and finally Mr Hall who gave me the chance to be among you all for a whole school year! Without his positivity about my mother’s, my sister’s and my plans we would not have been able to learn and be with you all at MBA! I will never forget my time at Mounts Bay Academy.

I wish you all the best for your futures and I learned one important thing: There are warm- hearted people everywhere in the world, use your chances to meet them whenever you can and be open-hearted! We are all the same somehow and share the same dreams and hopes. We are not that different. Empathy with people from foreign countries enriches your lives! Like you all enriched mine.

I am very proud of having been a pupil of Mounts Bay Academy! Thank you so much!

Report by: Miss Hewitt BE INSPIRED

“Auf Wiedersehen” to our German Guests

Hey everybody, my name is Julia. I am a 16-year-old German girl. Together with my sister, Annika, I was allowed to spend this school year at Mounts Bay Academy. I attended Mrs Brown´s tutor group in year 11.

Are you interested why I am here and how I experienced this school year? Let me tell you what it was like for me to come to England from abroad, in my case Germany, and live a different life!

When I came to Cornwall, I left my family, my friends and especially my father in Germany and moved to St. Ives with my mother, my younger sister and – very important - my dog Benny. My mother chose St Ives to spend her sabbatical here.

I didn’t worry much about what was going to happen in the year to come. I knew St. Ives from several holidays and Mr Hall had given us a tour of the school in the Easter break last year. So, I really knew enough about what was awaiting me when we arrived here last July. I didn’t even worry about missing my friends and family at home, because I knew that we could stay in touch via FaceTime.

It didn’t even matter where we were with Covid, because there were lockdowns everywhere and I was able to communicate via my PC.

Having seen Mounts Bay I knew that I would have a great time here. To be honest, there was only one major concern I had: What would it be like to wear a school uniform? I couldn’t imagine wearing black, shiny shoes with a skirt all day and I was worried about finding all these items in time.... But soon I experienced how timesaving such a school uniform could be in the morning;-)!

At the beginning I really had to concentrate to be able to understand everything. This was first of all because for me English is a foreign language and secondly because everyone spoke so fast and slurred. Or was it Cornish? It wasn't the same, “easy-to- understand” English I was used to from my listening comprehension exercises in the English lessons at my German school, and on top there was the Cornish accent, but I'll come back to that later.

I knew from the start that there were differences between the German and English schools and so I was confronted with them for the first time when we had to buy the school uniform. Black pleated skirts, white blouses, blazers with shoulder pads and above all a tie. A really traditional English school uniform!

Below I have summarised the other differences between Germany and England as far as school is concerned. ....

Uniform: We wear a school uniform with skirts, blouses, ties and black lack shoes.

In the beginning I had to get used to wearing the uniform. Above all, it was difficult to tie the tie. But the longer I went to school, the better I felt in my uniform. Soon I was really proud to wear it.

In Germany wear our personal clothes. There isn’t anything like a school uniform. That means that I have to decide what I am going to wear every morning – very time catching! We are allowed to have coloured nails or hair and all kinds of jewellery.

Report by: Miss Hewitt BE INSPIRED

“Auf Wiedersehen” to our German Guests

Classes: I like the way in which you’re organized in houses with different colours. For tutor time, you are with your class and then all pupils are split up to go to other classes with the whole year group. Normally the teachers stay in their room and the students go to their classroom for the lesson.

In Germany, we have tutor groups like “8a, 8b, 8c, …”. We haven’t got those fancy names for every tutor group and the German school system doesn’t mix groups. The students stay in their classrooms with mostly the same pupils all day and the teachers come to their classroom for the lessons.

Grades: Your grade system is from 0 to 9, if I am right. As a bonus, the students can achieve achievement or behaviour points. I would love to have it in Germany, too. This is very motivating and encouraging. You can get point for extra work you have done or even for social achievements.

In Germany, we have grades too. Our worst grade is a “6” and the best you can achieve is a “1”. You get the grades as results for tests or assessments and at the end of the school year you get a certificate where you can learn about the quality of your abilities in each subject expressed by a grade 1-6.

School day: You know how your school day works, so I don't have to explain much. During the Covid pandemic, my school day at the MBA lasted from 8:30 am to 2:45 pm. One lesson lasts 90 minutes and sometimes you can have “double” lessons too. After school there is the possibility to visit clubs. Clubs like the band or sport activities. Most of the time, the students don't get any homework here. So your day ends when you get out of school on this day. Lucky You!

In Germany, our school day starts at 7:55 am and usually ends at 1 pm. On some days, students of years 10-13 stay at school longer, until 5 pm at the latest. One lesson lasts 45 minutes and in main subjects we can have “double lessons” = 90 minutes. On a normal school day, we have six different lessons and subjects. Sometimes it’s really exhausting.

And by the way, when I was explaining my daily routine to my English friends, everyone thought it was unfair that we stop school so early. That's nice, but then I don’t have time off. If I had six subjects in one day, I also have six different pieces of homework to do. I usually do my homework between two and five p.m. after school in the afternoon. This can mean a lot of work to do.

Being the new girl at school wasn't easy at the beginning, especially if you come from another country. Everyone asks you where exactly you are from or tries to get to know you by asking standard questions. At the beginning, I was unsure what my everyday life would be like. Will I do well at school? Will I make friends? But I told myself not to think about all this too much. The first few days were challenging at school, because I didn’t know anybody there. There were some pupils who were interested in me as a person and they gave me a warm welcome. Until today I have made great friends with them, and I hope that our friendship can last into the future. We all soon found out that we are pretty much the same in general, with similar interests and ideas. With the help of my friends, I managed to settle in Mounts Bay and I felt more and more at home.

Report by: Miss Hewitt BE INSPIRED

“Auf Wiedersehen” to our German Guests

School itself was very exciting at the beginning because of the very different organisation and way of learning. It was also very exhausting, too, because I wasn’t used to being at school from 8:30 to 14:45 and on top to following the lessons in the foreign language. But soon things became better because I gradually developed my English language skills and I got used to the daily routine. And now I feel like I have never had another school routine.

As I said above, in the beginning it was hard to cope with the English language, but I got used to it and from the contents of the lessons was pretty much the same as in Germany. I have to admit that I had some difficulty at the beginning, especially in French, because I had to translate the French sentences into German in my mind and then into English and the other way around. Also, every time I had a question or hadn´t understood a thing properly, the teachers and staff of the school were very friendly and supported me in any way. I would especially like to thank Ms Brown and Ms Hewitt for their support and help in my sister's and my daily school life.

I think there will be some things that I'm going to miss when I'm back in Germany. Firstly I’ve learned English and I have managed to understand the Cornish accent;-)! Secondly, I’m going to miss the beautiful Cornish landscape and the sea so much. Moreover, I had the chance to learn how to surf, something I would never have learned in Germany. Thirdly, I have made great friends here. I would especially like to mention Josie. She was the first girl who came to me on her own to get to know me better, because she was interested in me as a person and not just because I was the “new one”. I have made friends with great and kind girls like Anneliese, Polly and Tegen, and I really hope that our friendships will last and not just for this year, because it is so great to have friends in other countries.

Finally, another great souvenir to take home are my memories. My experience is that everyone is equal no matter what country they live in. Tolerance and acceptance make us free in our minds and thoughts and in what we do. This year here has made me more open to the world and to a different culture. It has made me courageous, too. I have become confident enough to decide that I definitely want to study abroad and travel a lot, and I think that is the best experience I could have.

I will never forget my year at Mounts Bay Academy. A big THANK YOU to all the people who have accompanied me and made my life so wonderful in an amazing year. Even Covid couldn’t spoil it.

Dear friends, don’t forget me – we will stay in touch!

All the best for all of you!

Be proud to be students at MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY!

Julia

Report by: Miss Hewitt BE INFORMED

Safety Around Site

Can I reiterate and remind students that there is no entry to the quad area, Purple Zone, corridors. Entrance to all classrooms is from the outside of the building through external doors.

There are major building works going on in the area and student safety would be at risk. All classroom doors are locked in the corridors and the toilets are closed, so there really is no reason for anyone from the Academy to need access to the corridor.

MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY - RESTRICTIONS TO PURPLE ZONE - QUAD

R19a

R17 R18 R19

R20

R14 R13 R12b

= Doors Locked R15 = Staf & Student entrance

= No Entry or Access

= Contractors Area of Works

Report by: Mrs Hawkins

U SG 13/12/2016 T Room type amds to academys comments SG 07/07/2016 S Room type amds to academys comments SG 23/06/2016 R Room type amds. Door amds DS 16/02/2015 Q New Block 13. Block 5 Refurbished DS 04/09/2014 P Block 2 Toilet refurbishment DS 22/07/2014 N Changing room area refurbished DS 02/06/2014 M Room type amds. Partition amds DS 22/11/2012 L Updated UPRN. Room use amd. Net area amds DS 24/11/2010 K Layout amended. Room use amds. Grounds Maint. Store added DS 18/11/2009 J Condition Survey room use amds DS 05/05/2009 I Duplicate room nos corrected DS 15/08/2008 H Block 12 added. Room use amds. Lift lobby amds DS 20/06/2008 G Updated for NCS. Room blocks replaced JJ CC 18/08/2006 F Room 2/007 splitted; Lift added JMB CC 15/08/2006 E Block 6 Extension now Block 11 JJ CC 13/06/2006 D Block 6 Extended JJ CC 06/06/2006 C Suitability amendments JTW 24.05.06 B Name changes done as requested. ADD CC 11.01.2006 A room change to rooms 0/100 & 0/101 ADD CC 15.07.2005

Rev Description Drawn Chkd. Date

Property: Mounts Bay Academy

Title: FLOOR PLAN

Scale: 1:250 @ A1 Drawn: CAD-CAPTURE Filename: 04172

Date: 24/05/2006 Checked: Drawing No: Rev: Survey: Job: 04172 R Challenge Completed!

A number of our colleagues have been doing some fundraising to help get Paul, a service veteran paralysed in a freak accident in 2019, back home. Without your help Paul faces a future permanently isolated from his family, his home and his life. You can change that.

On 20th November 2019 Paul experienced an extremely traumatic life changing accident while windsurfing. It resulted in a severe spinal cord injury. Initially Paul was in hospital in Derriford and then Salisbury and for the past 12 months, while back in Cornwall, he and his wife have been unable to meet due to the Pandemic, in fact, she has seen Paul for just six hours in 15 months!

Due to his spinal injury being incomplete it will take a very long time, years rather than months, for Paul to experience any recovery. There is a lot of equipment and physiotherapy Paul will need and if we can help towards this in any way, it would be fantastic.

We would like to help with the costs of getting the house adapted so Paul can return home. We would also like to help pay for physiotherapy sessions at a hydrotherapy pool as Kate knows that hydrotherapy will be a massive help for Paul.

The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity have set up a JustGiving page here:

“letsgetpaulmorrishome”.

Challenge Complete! After starting over the Easter holidays we have now completed our circumnavigation of the coast of the UK (7723miles).

Please donate if you can!

Report by: Miss Dowrick REMEMBER

Solomon Browne Memorial

This year is the 40th Anniversary when on December 19th 1981 the Solomon Browne lifeboat was lost with all her eight crew along with the five crew and three passengers of the coaster Union Star.

The MV Union Star was launched in Ringkøbing in Denmark just a few days earlier. A mini-bulk carrier registered in Dublin, Ireland, it sailed to IJmuiden in the Netherlands to collect a cargo of fertiliser for its maiden voyage to Arklow in Ireland. It was carrying a crew of five: Captain Henry Morton, Mate James Whittaker, Engineer George Sedgwick, Crewman Anghostino Verressimo, and Crewman Manuel Lopes. Also on board were the captain's family (his wife Dawn with teenage stepdaughters Sharon and Deanne) who had been picked up at Brightlingsea in Essex.

Near the south coast of Cornwall, 8 miles (13 km) east of the Wolf Rock, the new ship's engines failed. The crew was unable to restart them but did not make a mayday call. Assistance was offered by a tug, the Noord Holland, under the Lloyd's Open Form salvage contract but Morton initially refused the offer, later accepting after consulting his owners. Winds were gusting at up to 90 knots (100 mph; 170 km/h) – hurricane, Force 12 on the Beaufort scale – with waves up to 60 feet (18 m) high. In these extreme weather conditions the powerless ship was blown across Mounts Bay towards the rocks of Boscawen Cove, near Lamorna….

A request to launch the lifeboat was made by the Union Star and the Penlee crew assembled at the Lifeboat station; Coxswain Trevelyan Richards and 7 other crewmembers prepared themselves and the Solomon Browne for launch... John Blewett, Nigel Brockman, Charlie Greenhaugh, Stephen Madron, Kevin Smith, Barry Torrie and Gary Wallis.

At 8pm on the the 19 December 1981 the Solomon Browne lifeboat launched and met 15m waves and hurricane-force winds as she battled towards the Union Star coaster. By now neither the Navy helicopter nor the tug that had also come to her aid was able to get close enough in such conditions. Reaching the scene at around 8.45pm, Coxswain Trevelyan Richards and his brave crew made repeated attempts to get alongside and take people off the Union Star. Once, the lifeboat was thrown on top of the coaster only to slide off into the next towering wave.

The helicopter crew could see that the lifeboat crew had some survivors aboard but that there were two people still on the coaster and one, if not two, in the water. Then, moments later, at 9.21pm, they heard over the radio:

- Falmouth Coastguard, this is Penlee lifeboat, Penlee lifeboat calling Falmouth Coastguard. - Falmouth Coastguard, Penlee lifeboat, go. - We got four men off... look, er hang on... we got four off at the moment, er... male and female. There's two left onboard…

Report by: Mrs Astley REMEMBER

Solomon Browne Memorial

This year is the 40th Anniversary when on December 19th 1981 the Solomon Browne lifeboat was lost with all her eight crew along with the five crew and three passengers of the coaster Union Star.

With the 40th anniversary this year the families of those who lost their lives on the 19th December 1981 are working with the National Trust to place a large beautifully carved granite memorial in a meadow alongside the coast path directly above where the disaster took place.

Can you help the families of the crew of both boats raise £26000 to build a sculpted granite memorial to honour the Solomon Browne and Union Star crew and passengers who lost their lives.? Please donate to their JustGiving Crowdfunding Page:

https://www.justgiving.com/ crowdfunding/jo-payne? utm_id=2&utm_term=39wJnx2Kg

Report by: Mrs Astley HELSTON LAKESIDE

LIVE MUSIC FROM MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY MBA’S MULTI-AWARD WINNING MUSIC DEPARTMENT AND RECORD LABEL

1PM - 2:45PM

MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY MAKE OUR FIRST APPEARANCE AT HELSTON’S GORGEOUS LAKESIDE EVENTS SQUARE FOR AN AFTERNOON OF LIVE PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS FROM OUR AWARD WINNING MUSIC DEPARTMENT!

FEATURING STUDENTS FROM ALL 5 YEAR GROUPS, WITH LOADS OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL FROM OUR AWARD WINNING AND WORLD RENOWNED RECORD LABEL QUBE RECORDS Sunday 18TH JULY Trustee Vacancies

Salary: Voluntary – expenses reimbursed

Leading Edge Academies Partnership (the ‘Trust’) is a local partnership of academies in south west Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, formally established in August 2018 and currently consists of two secondary schools (Mounts Bay Academy and Fowey River Academy), one all through school (Five Islands Academy) and three primary schools (St Hilary School, Ludgvan School and St Buryan Academy). We wish to recruit new members to join our Board of Trustees. Trustees are responsible for leading the strategic direction of the Trust and their primary role is that of governance, as the executive leadership team is responsible for the operational matters. The ideal candidate will have experience of contributing to board or committee meetings and be able to make a commitment to the Trust and devote the necessary time. The full board meet three times per year on a termly basis, as do the Education, Finance & Resources and Audit & Risk Committees, usually in the evening between 5-7 pm. We are looking for Trustees who have strategic but sensitive leadership and authority, with the ability to innovate, challenge assumptions and contribute views and experience. The new Trustee will also have skills and experience in one or more of the following areas: • Finance and Accounting • Human Resources • Business • Risk Management We are looking for Trustees who have: • Integrity • A commitment to the organisation, its objectives, vision and values • An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship • A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to their duties as a trustee • Strategic vision • Good independent judgment • An ability to think creatively • Willingness to speak their mind • An ability to work effectively as a member of a team We are particularly keen to achieve a more diverse Board of Trustees and welcome applications from all sectors of the community. Previous experience in an educational setting is not required for this role. If you have the motivation and experience to help us make a difference to people’s lives, please contact Laura Sadler, Clerk to the Trust Board for an application form: ( 01736 352397 or email: [email protected] For an informal discussion about the role of Trustee, please contact Jackie Eason, Chair of the Trust Board on 07713 328706.

Leading Edge Academies Partnership For further details about the Trust, please visit our website: is committed to www.leadingedgeacademies.org safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects Please send your completed application form to Laura Sadler at Leading Edge all staff to share this Academies Partnership, Boscathnoe Lane, Heamoor, Penzance, TR18 3JT. commitment The successful candidate will be subjected to reference checks with previous employers and an enhanced DBS disclosure check. DIARY DATES Thursday 22ndJULY Wednesday 21stJULY Monday 12th-Friday16thJULY Thursday 8thJULY Tuesday 6thJULY END OFTERM YEAR 11BALL FORM TUTORS(UNTILTUESDAY20THJULY) RETURN LOCKERKEYSINNAMEDENVELOPESTO YEAR 9BRONZEEXPEDITIONANDTRAINING YEAR 10WORKEXPERIENCEWEEK ADVENTURE LEARNINGWEEK KEY STAGE3GRADUATIONEVENING YEAR 6TRANSITIONDAY http://mountsbay.org/whats-on-at-mounts-bay