3rd March 2017 STANDING OUT

THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY

Friday 19th Cover: International friendship May 2017 It’s all about you...

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Here, there and everywhere...

If last week the Academy had a community feel, then this week we have had a distinctly international atmosphere, welcoming students and teachers from our partner schools in the Czech Republic and Denmark I was astonished to realise that this year we are celebrating the tenth anniversary of our Welcoming Our Czech Friends partnership with Zakladni Skola Za Aleji, a school in Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic. This is the tenth annual visit from our Czech friends, the longest international partnership Mounts Bay has enjoyed with any school. CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

Celebrating 10 Years Thank you for your partnership

We were then lucky enough to have a visit from Sara Davey, Principal another of our international partners from Lille Skole, Helsingør, Denmark. I have had the pleasure of visiting this school which has a very similar adventure learning ethos as our own.

Along with attending a variety of lessons, our guests have enjoyed a mixture of local visits including; , St Ives, surf lessons at Sennen as well as sports at the Academy in the evenings. The last lap Our Year 11 students have now embarked on their last lap of their time with us and this week have started their GCSE Examination timetable in earnest. It’s great to see you all showing courtesy and respect for your peers by moving around the campus in a calm and relaxed manner between lessons and during break-times. This really helps those in the examination areas to concentrate and get the outcomes they deserve, so thank you for your efforts Be a success Venturing Further The Governors and the Senior Team have also been working hard considering a formal merger into a Multi Academy Trust that will give us the opportunity to offer even better learning experiences to every student here at Mounts Bay. I have written an open letter to you all outlining what this means and asking for your views. I hope you will take this opportunity to let us know your viewpoint. Best wishes

WORLD CLASS ADVENTUROUSON YOUR DOORSTEPLEARNING Sara Davey Academy Principal BE YOUR BEST

Da Vinci Award A part of the HPI Geography scheme students in both Years 8 and 9 have been provided with the opportunity to independently develop their geographical interests and skills, through our new KS3 Scholars Program. The program is based on a university research thesis approach, with the emphasis on the students to research their projects and come to a drop in session on a Thursday lunchtime to discuss project aims, obstacles, challenges and outcomes. Students also had the opportunity to decide how best to present their projects and their findings with mediums across a variety of styles.

Students were offered the choice of two strands of investigation in either a physical or human topic. All students involved decided to investigate the question "How sustainable is ?" They independently took ownership of their projects and developed their own lines of research. The work produced was truly outstanding and prizes are to be awarded once all projects have been judged by the Geography department and HPI lead Mr Jack.

EXCELLENCE REWARD

Get Collecting Now! Report by Mr Hopper BEBE INTERNATIONALINSPIRED

Czech Republic Visit

This week we have welcomed students from ZS Za Aleji school in the Czech Republic as part of our International Partnerships Programme. They arrived on Sunday evening and were straight into lessons on Monday morning after being introduced to their Year 8 buddies.

The partnership with ZS Za Aleji has been running for 10 years now and has involved a series of visits by staff and students from both schools to allow them to sample the different learning styles that they can experience in each country.

On Tuesday we held a welcome assembly where Mrs Davey spoke about our strong links and the importance of friendship not only at local level but also internationally. We were then treated to two musical items from MBA students before a student from ZS Za Aleji gave our Year 8s some information about their school and culture.

Along with attending a variety of lessons, our guests have had a mixture of local visits to enjoy including; Padstow sightseeing, St Ives to the Tate, Sennen to have surf lessons as well as sports at the Academy in the evenings.

It has been a great week and we look forward to continuing to grow this friendship over the future years. Report by Mr Jenkin BEBE INTERNATIONALINSPIRED Danish Visit

This week we have welcomed our Danish partners into our school, beginning with an assembly on Wednesday which introduced the exchange to our Years 8 and 9. We will be returning to Helsingør Lille Skole in September (18th - 22nd) and want to take ten boys and ten girls to sample life in a Danish school. Thank you to Amber, Katie, Emily and Arianna who gave wonderful performances highlighting the musical talent at Mounts Bay.

Sos and Toby, the Danish teachers, brought their Year 8 class: Claudia, Olivia, Oscar, Johan, Nana, Juslius, Gustav, Malou, Bertram, Oliver, Nikolai, Frederikke, Karla, Rakkel, Gregers, Max, Clara, Elias, Sebastian and Maya. Danish students spent Wednesday following the school timetable of their hosts: Shannon, Amber, Ella, Arianna, Thomas, Sophie, Declan, Dulcie, Hollie, Summer and Rose and enjoyed experiencing a wide variety of lessons.

On Thursday, we all spent the day sightseeing and were fortunate to have wonderful weather. We began our tour at Mousehole and took the coast road to St Ives; along the way we stopped off at The Merry Maidens, Porthcurno and Lands End.

Today we are at the Eden Project, which the Danish students have learned about as part of their work on sustainability and are looking forward to visiting.

Our guests depart on Saturday morning in order to spend some time in London before heading home. We have had a wonderful few days. Thank you to the host students and their families for making their guests feel so welcome and comfortable and to all the teachers and students at Mounts Bay who made sure they had a great time with us.

(If you are currently in Years 8 or 9 and would like to find out more information about the exchange please see Mr Helliwell or me and we can give you a letter to take home to parents and spend some time chatting with you about what to expect.) Report by Mrs Marsden BE INSPIRED

REAL Project - Sustainability

This semester 7 Warm are following the Sustainability Scheme of Work. This is a Geography based REAL Project and the final outcome is to develop an idea of how to make a particular aspect of West Cornwall more sustainable. Each tutor group is looking at a different major city around the world first whilst also learning more about world geography.

7 Warm's city is the ‘Big Apple’: New York! This has caused great excitement in the tutor group as Ms Bennett recently returned from there and brought lots of props back to show the class. Report by Ms Bennett

REAL Project - A Trip of a Lifetime

The final semester of Real Project is underway and 7 Orange have made a wonderful start. They have been researching and exploring the continents of the world and discovering different facts about countries of their choosing.

They will be creating their own travel journal of 10 stops around the world. All students have chosen many different countries including Peru, Norway, India and Madagascar. Once they have completed the round the world trip we will stop and look at Sydney and focus on how it is sustainable. A big focus will be on Sydney Opera House and Taronga Zoo who are known worldwide for their outstanding practice of sustainability. As an end point to the semester students will develop their own plan for a ‘Sustainable Penwith’. They will be creating drawings, maps and a presentation to showcase their final plan. Report by Miss Walters and Mr Floyd BE INSPIRED

REAL Project Books

Watch this space!

The finished books made in one of this year's REAL Projects - 'How do you capture the spirit of a place?' are currently in production, so we will be seeing the final product very soon! Watch this space for information about the four books that all students have made, and the up and coming book launch to celebrate all the hard work.

Report by Miss Green BE CURIOUS

Poem Inspired by Banksy

You ignore us. We are barely discussed. Are we invisible? Easily missable We are just kids But are sold by bids.

We are the hidden slaves With no life….just dig our graves.

So very tired, it hurts to yelp And when at last we scream for help Can you hear us? Do you care?

Blood from our battered skin seeps out And chapped lips suffering from drought Broken and lined In spirit and in mind

But still we stand in uniform Nothing to say and never pay. Heavy bags are under our eyes From late night toil and early rise.

I can no longer stand the pain I want to be a normal child again.

By Archie Davey, 9 Yellow BE CURIOUS

History Comes to Life

Year 10 History students explored artifacts from World War One on Friday as part of the new AQA GCSE course. Mr Blackabey brought history alive with his collection ranging from shrapnel fragments to a Lee Enfield rifle.

Report by Mr Payne

BE CHARITABLE

Cake Sale in Aid of Children’s Hospice

On Thursday a cake sale was held at MBA in aid of Children's Hospice South West.

Tegen Veal, who organised the event, said, “Thanks to everyone who bought a cake and my friends for helping me out and providing the cakes. We raised £140.14! Thank you!” BE CREATIVE

Boys Choir Win Award

On Wednesday, the Boys’ Choir went to the Wall Methodist Chapel near to enter a Music Festival. We sang our absolute best and gained a score of 90 out of 100 receiving a score of outstanding overall. They performed two songs; ‘Castle on the Hill’ by Ed Sheehan and ‘500 Miles’ by The Proclaimers. They all really enjoyed the opportunity as it was one of the first time they have performed as a whole group. Some words from the adjudicators - “ A good strong sound, so impressive, full of energy, fully committed. You are jolly good!” The Boys Choir are looking forward to more performance opportunities this year and their impressive trophy can be seen in reception. BE CREATIVE

HPI Choir Win Award

On Wednesday 17th May the HPI Choir travelled to compete in the Wall Music Festival to sing in the Senior Choir category. When we arrived, we were very excited to perform to see whether we have improved since the last competition.

For our performance we sang 'Deep River' and 'Seasons of Love'. We feel our performance went well and we were proud of how we did. Our choir director Ben Hoadley helped guide us through the songs and gave us confidence throughout them.

When our performance was finished, we got some feedback and a score from the judges. We managed to achieve 95 out of 100 points, improving our last score by seven points. We also got some great, professional and helpful feedback. We won a shield and a certificate for coming first in our category and won back the trophy we got the last time we went.

Overall, we are very proud of ourselves and are very happy with the score improvement. It was a great experience!

Report by Emily Rees BE CREATIVE

Music Performance Assessment

This year, during their Project Weeks, a group of Year 10 students have been completing their RSL Music Performance course with Luke and Darren. The course covers three units including preparing music for a studio recording, listening to music and live performance.

On Wednesday 10th May we hosted a public performance in the Drama Studio for the group’s final assessment of their live performance unit. Each student had to be on stage for between 10-15 minutes, either as a solo performer or part of a group. They had to have planned how to engage the audience, what to wear, and be fully prepared musically. The whole gig lasted for almost three hours and featured a huge variety of songs, genres, and groups. It was a great evening and showed yet again the huge depth of musical talent at the Academy.

Report by Mr New BE COMPETITIVE

Triathlon Victory

After coming 5th two weeks ago in the Cornish mini Triathlon, Sam Perkin won Gold in the Cornish mini triathlon on Sunday in the 13-14 year old category. Sam won overall by 26 seconds.

U15 Tennis The under 15 tennis teams competed in the county tournament on Friday.

The girls team, hosted by Tretherras consisted of Ellyn Calvely, Zelah Morgan, Polly George and Chloe Shrosbree who played against a player from school, and Newquay Tretherras. Unfortunately, as a team, the girls failed to win a match however Ellyn Calvely did notch an impressive and comfortable pair of victories against Wadebridge and .

The boys team, hosted by Newquay Heron Tennis Centre consisted of Caner Bindiren, Ged Yates, Thomas Hughes and Jake Tregarthen. All the boys competed in high spirits in damp rain with Caner Bindiren convincingly beating all his opponents in the group stages before the final placing matches were abandoned due to torrential rain.

Report by Mr Westren BE COMPETITIVE

County Athletics

On Saturday 13th May a number of Mounts Bay Academy students competed at the Cornwall Track and Field Championships at Carn Brea.

The following students competed for Mounts Bay Academy: Robyn Coatsworth, Tia Smart, Abigail Jose and Theo Simpson.

Robyn - 1st in U15 300m with a time of 45.9 and 2nd in U15 800 with a PB of 2:31

Tia Smart- 1st in U13 100m with a time of 14.0, 1st in U13 200m with a time of 30.0, 1st in U13 Long Jump with a jump of 4.28m

Abigail Jose - 2nd in U13 1500m with a PB of 5.04

Theo Simpson 1st in the U17 100m with a time of 11.6 BE COMPETITIVE

The following students competed for Cornwall AC: Immy Wood, Grace Brock, Harry Hocking, Sian Birch, Abigail Birch and Amelia Harris.

Immy Wood 1st in U17 800m with a time of 2.25

Grace Brock 2nd in U17 800m with a time of 2.26

Harry Hocking 1st in U17 Discus with a throw of 30.14m

Sian Birch 1st in U17 Hammer with a throw of 13.61m, 2nd in U17 Long Jump with a jump of 2.44m and 3rd in the Javelin with a throw of 13.61m.

Abigail Birch 1st in U15 (F41) Discus with a throw of 10.49m, 1st in U15 (F41) Javelin with a throw of 10.94m, 1st in U15 (F41) in Shot Put with a throw of 3.86m.

Amelia Harris 5th in U15 Shot Put with a throw of 5.09m, 2nd in Hammer with a throw of 12.06m and 4th in U15 High Jump with a jump of 1m. Report by Mrs Crowle BE COMPETITIVE

Penwith Schools Surf Champions!

On Friday 12th May, the Mounts Bay Academy surf team headed to Praa Sands beach, hoping to defend our title in the 4th annual Penwith Schools Surf Competition. The surf was small and challenging for the team, with 1-2 ft surf at the beginning of the day making it hard to complete good manoeuvres. However, everyone still kept a positive approach and surfed to the best of their abilities, while also trying to stay warm in the wind and rain.

Fourteen Mounts Bay students competed in four different categories, with many of them progressing through to the finals. In the girls Year 7-11, Iris Tanner came 3rd, Asha Sykes 2nd and Bonnie Whitelock 1st. In the body boarders Year 7-11 Alfie Brown came 1st. In the boys Years 7-9 Thomas Reeves came 4th, Tom Thompson 3rd Woody New 2nd and Huck New 1st. Finally, in the Year 10-11 boys Alfie Brown came 2nd and Finley Grey-Williams 1st.

All these surfers now qualify for the Cornwall School Games on 28th June, where we will try to defend our current title of Cornwall School Champions. Other members of the team, including Eddie Roynon, Finley Hansen, Jacob Hill and Molly Pritchard, also surfed really well throughout the day.

After a great day of surfing and competing Mounts Bay Academy came first in the Penwith Schools, retaining the title with some great work from the team. Report by Mr New BE INSPIRED

PiXL Maths App

The PiXL Maths App is a great revision app and website we are using with Year 11 during registration time each week.

It has proven results with students across the country and includes a combination of questions, videos and help sheets.

All students have the app on their iPad automatically. They can obtain their login details and more information from: https://mountsbay.fireflycloud.net/mathematics/revision/pixl-app

Each week the top students using the app will be awarded a prize. This is not a prize for the students who get the most questions correct; it is an engagement score, as we want students to be challenging themselves. maths The top 20 students are listed below.

Keep up the great work Year 11.

This week the top form using the PiXL Maths App was 11 Purple who win themselves a box of Cadbury's Heroes.

Well done to:

Aaron Crystal Chantelle Imogen Phoebe Jasmine Andreas Harry Treve Shannon Thomas Casey Loveday Renae Jamie Holly Bonnie Ben Roanisa Christopher

Report by Mr Kent BE A WINNER

Maths Quiz House Competition This Week’s Puzzle: Blue: 26 Points Add together three numbers to score 20. Each number can Green: 3 Points Purple: 1 Points be used as many times as you wish. How many different Orange: 0 Points combinations are there? Yellow: 0 Points Red: 0 Points

Click here to submit 4 6 8 10 12 your answer

Closing date for Entries: Thursday 12:00 Win an Amazon voucher

Last week’s solution: Whoever submits the most correct answers over a semester will win 53. The alphabetical values of the two initials are an Amazon voucher – prizes are placed together to give the amount. also awarded to the top scoring parent/carer/staff.

Could you write next week’s puzzle? If you would like to set the numeracy puzzle for a future week click here. You will win house points.

This Week’s House Totals BE A WINNER

This week’s word is: Photobomb

Definition: Spoil a photograph of (a person or thing) by unexpectedly appearing in the camera's field of view as the picture is taken, typically as a prank or practical joke.

Etymology: Early 21st century English.

Competition

Congratulations to Tegen Campbell who wins 10 VIVO points.

To enter, simply write an original sentence correctly using the word photobomb. Send in your sentence using the link below.

Click here to enter the competition Mounts Bay Academy, Boscathnoe Lane, Heamoor, , Cornwall TR18 3JT E: [email protected]|T: 01736 363240|F: 01736 352326