Newsletter 31:1 2019
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3rd March 2017 STANDING OUT THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY Cover: Van Der Graf Generator 31st January 2020 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Work Hard…Be Nice…Be Proud Good schools and caring parents have always sought to maximise the individual potential of their students but many have accepted that high levels of educational performance would always be for the minority, rather than the majority. This has never been our philosophy at Mounts Bay and our engaging, adventurous programmes of study have produced better student outcomes every year for many years now. More recently we have embarked on an extension to that philosophy that we call High Performance Learning. The successful integration into our thinking and teaching has put us in an elite of truly world class schools that believe every student is capable of learning to a high standard. This is not to be confused with “hot housing” students to do well in examinations. It is a more holistic approach that identifies students talents and uses them in combination with an individualised programme of study. The Seven Pillars of High Performance” At the heart HPL are “The Seven Pillars of High Performance” resting on the foundation of “Values, Attitudes and Attributes” (VAAs) and “Advanced Cognitive Performance Characteristics” (ACPs). They form the basis of a developmental approach to ensure that high performance becomes an attainable aspiration for all students. Even if students may not be doing as well as hoped right now, it is better to think that they may not be doing as well as hoped ‘yet’, rather than ‘never’. “What does that mean Sir?” Simply put, we instil good values, attitudes and attributes, VAA’s, through our pastoral provisions and develop advanced cognitive performance characteristics, ACP’s, as part of our teaching. They are a toolkit of skills that everyone can learn that we can then reference as part of our teaching, or the pillars. The whole approach leads to the sort of people that can really make a difference to the world around them. “So what does it mean for me Sir?” We recognise that employers, colleges and Universities are looking for a different kind of What Characteristics Are Universities Looking For? person these days. It is not just about examination results, it is about the individual • Practice they see in front of them. Do they show that • Perseverance • Evolutionary Thinking • Resilience • Originality they can work not just harder but smarter? Can • Intellectual Playfulness they demonstrate that they can show empathy • Collaborative • Concerned for those around them and perhaps most of all, • Confident are they proud of their own achievements? • Imagination • Enquiring • Connection Finding • Creative • Big Picture Thinking • Enterprising • Risk taking So work hard, be nice and be proud, you never • Open Minded • Logical Thinking know where that will take you, but it will be the • Critical Thinking • • Multi-step Problem Solving Intellectual. Confidence best you that you can be. • Self Regulation Best wishes Les Hall - Academy Principal BE INSPIRED Creative First Aid Year 7 have been studying static electricity. This week they were able to see the effects using the Van de Graff generator. Always a fun lesson. Report by: Mr Raggett BE INSPIRED Creative First Aid As one of the Creative Industries Modules being studied by all Year 7 and 8 students, Mr Raggett is teaching a range of First Aid skills. We are ensuring that all students are covering the syllabus that is found in the 1-day Emergency First Aid at Work course. Through the quadmester they have studied; primary and secondary surveys, basic life support including CPR and use of a defibrillator. The treatment of airway conditions such as; choking, asthma and anaphylaxis, dealing with bleeding of various types and this week the classes have looked at the treatment of burns. Year 7 were able to look at how this would be done in quite a real scenario with the help of Ruby in 7 Pegasus who has a passion for stage make-up and created an excellent and very lifelike full-thickness burn on Grace’s arm! Students discussed and practised the skills necessary to support a casualty with such a terrible injury. For the amazing job that she did, Mr Raggett and Mrs Dale decided to recommend Ruby for a Da Vinci Award. The enthusiasm from all the students to EXCELLENCE learn these lifesaving skills has been REWARD inspiring. In September 2020 it will become compulsory for all schools to deliver basic life support and CPR training to all students, enabling the next generations to know how to perform these skills and save lives. Apologies must go to the team in the Compass Centre, who, when presented with Grace's arm, thought they had a real injury on their hands. Sorry! Report by: Mr Raggett BE INSPIRED REAL Artifacts In Year 8 REAL Project we have been looking at the essential question ‘Is war ever justifiable?’ This week Zelah brought in some of her great grandad’s Home Guard instruction books for us to look at. It is always nice to see real items and bring the past to life. Report by: Mr Jenkin Desert Perfection Ethan and Jonah went above and beyond in their Geography homework this week. The task was to create a perfectly adapted desert plant or animal, based on our learning about adaptations to extreme environments. Ethan created the “Viatoren Desertum”, or desert traveller, an insect that feeds off cacti. Jonah created the Astrophytum Chollas, a carnivorous plant that lives in the Sahara Desert. They have shown excellent creativity, and high performance learning. Report by: Miss Parvin BE CURIOUS Science Club In Science Club this week we were using chemicals to demonstrate exothermic and endothermic reactions. Exothermic reactions transfer energy to the surroundings and the temperature increases. Energy is taken from the surroundings in an endothermic reaction and the temperature decreases. I showed them a demo called ‘northern lights’, which is a great example of an exothermic reaction which also generates a lovely hydrogen pop along with a green flame. The green flame is produced because of the presence of copper in the solution we used to do the demonstration. If you are interested in Science Club come along to Room 6 on Monday after school. Next week we will be watching a student dissect a rat or frog. Report by: Mrs Wheeler BE COMPETITIVE Year 9 County Cup Win On Wednesday 22nd January Mounts Bay’s Year 9 team played a home game of football against Penair School. Both sides played well, but in the end Mounts Bay won comfortably 6 - 0. The first goal in the first half came from an excellent strike by Josh from quite far out. The second goal came from Mari. After that both teams created good chances and were unlucky not to score. In the second half however, Mounts Bay pressed harder and scored 4 goals, coming from Isaac, Mari, and Cam. Isaac scored two goals, one from just outside the box. Mari claimed her second goal and then Cam finished it off with a powerful strike from medium range. There were more chances for Mounts Bay, with two leading to goal-scoring opportunities, but the players in question were offside. Well played everyone. Report by: James Year 9 Play Hayle On Wednesday 29th January Mounts Bay played a home football match against Hayle School. We won 6-3, with goals coming from Josh H, James, Isaac, an own goal, Daniel, and Corey. Mounts Bay scored 3 goals in the first half, and Hayle scored 2. In the second half Mounts Bay scored 3 and Hayle scored 1. In the first half, Mounts Bay started off slow and conceded from a good strike from the Hayle winger. However, Mounts Bay bounced back quickly with an unlucky own goal from the Hayle left back. Then Dan followed that up with a tap in which was originally saved by the keeper. Then, to finish off the half, Isaac got on the scoreboard after receiving a great through ball from Will. In the second half Josh H scored a free kick and then Cory scored a great goal that came from a short corner. After this Hayle pushed harder and scored two more goals (one from a penalty). However, it wasn’t enough to make a comeback. James finished off the game with a good finish after an excellent run from outside the box to score from another corner. Report by: Josh BE COMPETITIVE Year 7 Football On Wednesday 29th of January Mounts Bay Academy played a football match against Hayle Academy. It was a great game and both sides played well but Mounts Bay came out on top. The first goal came from Harry after he hit it into the bottom corner. The next came from Hayden, then shortly followed by Harry’s second of the game. Afterwards Hayden scored another one and yet another completing his hat-trick. Next Woody scored a great goal making the score 6-0. Afterwards Riley smashed in a fantastic volley. Shortly after Hayle Academy had a penalty which they scored. Making the score 7-1 at half time. The second half began and immediately Ross scored, shortly followed by Harry scoring another, completing his hat-trick. Next a penalty was awarded to Hayle Academy, Charlie had to keep his cool in goal, and he most certainly did as he performed an incredible penalty save to keep the score at 9-1. Report by: Harry BE COMPETITIVE Football Player Development Centre News Over 150+ players involved... On Monday 27th January 2020, the Pool and Falmouth Long Term Player Development Centre (LTPDC) travelled down to Mounts Bay for a fixture evening.