3rd March 2017 STANDING OUT

THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

The Place To Be Your Best... When we say to our students that we want them to find their element and focus their learning on the things that they enjoy in their subjects, we know that it is because a happy learner is an engaged learner. That is because we want everybody who attends the Academy, both staff and students, to have the support to be “the best that they can be.” This week we have seen the comparison results of our students recent GCSE results published and they make great reading. Progress 8 (this is the main measure used by Government) = +0.05 = +0.04 = -0.06 School = -0.19 Cape School = -0.64

EBacc (Academic curriculum subjects only) Mounts Bay Academy 21% Hayle School 15% Cape Cornwall 13% St Ives School 9% Humphry Davy School 8%

Staying in Education and Employment (2015 leavers) Mounts Bay Academy 95% Hayle School 93% 3) Add school/college logo to corner or centre of poster. St Ives School 92% Patience… 1) Make sure you have the This is a large file and may run slow on older PCs. correct template. this version is the ‘FFThe light’ logo so in you’ll need to choose a photo Humphry Davy School 88% with a dark background. 4) Formatting your photo. 2) Adding your photo. photos should be black and white All your photo by going toAdd Capeand high contrast. WhenCornwall you add School 88% Insert>Picture your photo, right click on it and go be high res (this– it template will need is to to ‘Format Picture’. Or ‘Format A2 so 5000x7000 pixels Background’ if following that option. Set saturation to 0% in approx. ‘Picture Colour Alternatively, if your photo is Set Contrast to around’ to turn 25% to B&W. under ‘ready-made’ for the ‘Picture Corrections’ to further template, you can add it as a Itdefine is(use own also judgment always great to hear from our former students (or alumni) to let us background. Right and black should be defined– rather white the grey outer -click on than all grey). -area and select ‘Format Background’ . Select know5) Ordering your photo. how they are getting on. We always say that whilst is “at the ‘Picture or texture fill’ and photo has been insertedIf select file. rather than set as background,end right of click on it,the line”, Mounts Bay is the “beginning of the world” and have been Finished? go to ‘Arrangement’ or Save the file as a regular I went to Mounts Bay Academy I went to Mounts Bay Academy and now I’m ‘Order’ and select ‘Send to file first. Then, when you’re ready to Powerpoint themanaged Southwest Teaching Assistant of the send to the school/college/printers, the construction of theand World I updatingBack’ our Alumni pages on the website to show you just some of the Year!”Trade simply convert it to a PDF in one of Center building Gibraltar.” 6) Adding the text. Sarah Parsonage, Stephen Teaching Assistant of the Year 2017 Cary, Manager Construction Team text in here Enter your three ways: – 42pt should be a) ‘Save As’ PDF through ‘File’ acareer good size but you can to which our alumni have progressed. Why not take a look here: http:// b) Download CutePDF on your change this to add more or computer MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY less copy. c) http://www.freepdfconvert.com mountsbay.org/category/discover/discover-our-alumni CONGRATULATIONSWORLD CLASS LEARNING ON YOUR DOORSTEP 7) Change box NOTE: colour The file has a 3mm bleed which a print firm (if applicable) Format tab, shape fill. Goand to will need to know as the design is ‘full bleed’. chose the colour. N.B. The instructions may differ for your computer /programme if any uncertainties. so please shout The government measures us by our Progress 8 score, our students measure us by the learning experiences we give them and our parents measure us by the wealth of opportunities we provide to our students. I am pleased to say that the results above indicate that we are unashamedly right to believe that we are “the place to be”. Best wishes

Sara Davey Academy Principal DABE VINCI YOUR PROGRAMME BEST

English Da Vinci Students in Year 9 are studying John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’. Written and set in 1930’s America during the Great Depression, ‘Of Mice and Men’ chronicles the lives of displaced working people.

My teaching group looked at the powerful documentary photographs of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans; we then studied these in the context of Steinbeck’s writing. Students were then challenged to write creatively from the perspective of a person or describe an event captured in a photograph.

It has been a pleasure to read some fantastic writing. I believe the work showcased here by Rugile Talackaite and Katie Trahair-Davies shows THE DUST BOWL great creative flair and engages the reader.

I’m sure you will agree - worthy of Da Vinci Awards! Report by: Mr Whiteman

LIFE IN BRAWLEY CALIFORNIA 1939

By Rugile

Endless dusty, windswept fields lay ahead of me. A slight breeze sweeps dust across the vast stretch of land and I instinctively pull Joey, my baby, closer. Everyday I'm finding it harder and harder to carry on being strong- for my children, for my husband and for me. But even I am finding it hard to adapt to the brutal life we are now living. Texas seems a million miles away and California (the so-called ‘Golden State’) feels like a distant dream. Zac leans his chins on my shoulder and I can hear his shallow breath in my ears. Out of the corner of my eyes I can see him watching Joey, making sure he is okay. Since the start of our never-ending journey he has doted on him -cuddling him when he's cold and sacrificing his share of food. Only a few months ago my children looked fit and healthy; now they are only skin and bones. I can feel Joey’s ribs as he slowly inhales and exhales, fighting for breath. Jeff -my husband- says he's an inconvenience, but he'll never be an inconvenience for me. It was back in 1939. In Brawley California… Diving deep into my memories has become a favourite pass time of mine- reminiscing about our safe , happy old life eases the pain deep down. If only the dust bowl hadn't happened, we wouldn't be trekking hundred of I remember living those hard old days in the dusty migrant camp, crammed in a small, wooden tent miles. No sleeping by the side of roads in makeshift tents, no scavenging with 5 other people and big black bulky rats scattering around the floor. Life was extremely difficult for food, no more worrying if if we’ll survive another day. Instead we would be happily living on our farm: working outside in the day then. and relaxing in a warm house. How did our life change so suddenly and rapidly? Every morning we had to walk 2 miles through the soaring heat to pick fruit (mostly apples) or “Mother, how much longer is it until we reach California?” Zac asks nervously, knowing that the answer won't be good. crops just to earn enough money for the family. We all had blisters on our feet and our bones would We have been journeying for a long time, hitch-hiking and walking have beenache from walking. our main sources of travel, so long that I have lost all sense of date and time. Spare money- which is extremely sparse- goes to extra food, not luxuries like a watch. Consequently, we end up living our day by the sun andI remember we all had a limited amount of clothes usually wearing the same outfit everyday. The stars. When the sun rises, we rise, when the sun goes to sleep, we do as protection was appalling, our tent would let in heaps of heavy rain and the gusts of vile wind would well. “Not long now darling!” I reply, although I honestly don't know. It couldwhistle be through the holes of the tent. It was horrifying! days, weeks or months before we are working on a farm again. That's if we ever make it to California… Hunger gnawed at our bellies like a rat in a trap. There was barely enough food to feed our Katie Trahair-Davies family. All we dreamt about was that one day when we would have a better life; more money, more supplies and opportunities. We thrived better lives.

I remember that one day, the scariest of my life, when a huge tropical storm hit Southern California. I was awoke by the rain and the clattering thunder, the whole camp was almost drowning in water. The wind surged through the air making the trees clatter. I was terrified. We were immediately escorted to the safety shelter of the camp, but unfortunately, many others didn’t make it! EXCELLENCE REWARD Everything was destroyed, thousands of people were killed by the flood. We were just lucky enough to have stayed alive. About 2 million dollars worth of crops and structures were damaged. It was a disaster…. Rugile Talackaite BE INSPIRED

Shakespeare Workshop

As part of the Schools Shakespeare Festival, GCSE Drama students took part in a workshop at the Regal Theatre in on 11th October to support their understanding of Shakespeare’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, the play selected for them to perform. I had already planned that I wanted to focus the workshop on characterisation, understanding Shakespeare’s language and on dying on stage, as five characters die at the end of Antony and Cleopatra!

The workshop began with the students participating in a physical and vocal workshop. Shane chose a line and the students recited this using different tones. Keziah Roberts volunteered to perform a line of hers, so she was directed to perform it in two different ways and the others were asked to point out the differences. The first time was as a floor performer and the second time she opened it up with energy and directed it out to the audience.

Two more students volunteered to stand close to each other and deliver the line “welcome to the room”. This was to emphasise that while performing on stage, unless the characters are in a ‘kiss or kill’ position, or directed to do so, you should open up to your audience and include them. Students then had to lead around the room with different parts of their body. This developed awareness of how the character enters the stage and was quite fun to watch.

“It was inspirational!” - Keziah Roberts “ ” BE INSPIRED

The students performed one of the final scenes where several of the characters die on stage. It was great for them to receive feedback and this activity led to them pairing up and learning how to use combat to kill and die realistically on stage. I was very entertained! The final exercise was used to support projection on stage. Myself, Mrs Morris and the tech team went up to the top tier of seats in the theatre and the students had to recite a particular line from the play. We let them know whether they were audible or not.

The student tech team took photos of the stage, lighting rigs and visited the lighting booth to see the mixing board they will be using on the day of the performance.

Report by: Miss Osborne BE CURIOUS

Physical Literacy

Physical literacy for Year 7 this week was busy, productive and most certainly fun! All students were interacting in their Houses engaged in a range of physical activities, including hula hooping, skipping and hurdles. It was brilliant to see all students taking part and enjoying themselves, and working together collaboratively. Even Mr Strong couldn't stop himself from having a good skip with 7 Yellow!

An excellent and active start to the day, keep it up Year 7 and well done!

Report by: Miss Green

New Member of Staff! I would like to introduce you to a new member of Mounts Bay Academy, she is an eight week old Boston Terrier. She is living in Kingsbridge in Devon and I will be picking her up to come and live with me at half term.

We are currently asking for suggestions for her name. If you have any suggestions then please email me at: [email protected].

Once she has grown up and completed her training she will be in the Academy every day and will work as a therapy dog with some of the students.

Report by: Mr B Eddy BE CHARITABLE

Fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support

When Ebony Maddock, Year 11, discovered her cousin Yazz, from Plymouth, had been diagnosed with leukaemia, she decided to create an album of Yazz’s favourite music to lift her spirits while she is receiving treatment in hospital in Bristol. The album has, however, developed a life of it’s own. Ebony is now selling copies of the album to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Yazz is on a Macmillan Ward and the organisation offers a huge amount of support to children and their families as well as supplying equipment and organising activities.

Ebony has so far raised £130 for Macmillan Cancer Support, but hopes to raise a total of £200.

If you are interested in purchasing a copy of the album, please email Ebony. The albums cost £5 each.

Tracks on the album include: ‘Perfect’ by Ed Sheeran, ‘Despacito’ by Justin Bieber and ‘Supermarket Flowers’ by Ed Sheeran.

Yazz (on the right) and her sister. BE CREATIVEBE CREATIVE

Designer of the Week

This week Designer of the Week goes to Keira Richards in 8 Green. Keira is currently completing a project to design her own original food or drink brand. Keira has created her own original idea for a coffee shop, called the 'Coffee Box.' As part of her development Keira has created her own mock takeaway coffee cups - each inspired by a different theme. Keira made these coffee cups at home as an extra homework to aid her progress in the lesson, and we are all very impressed! Keira is putting in lots of extra effort and this is definitely paying off.

Well done Keira!

National Design Competition

Mounts Bay Academy is taking part in a National competition to create a new Red Nose! We are calling all students to design their own red nose. As a school, we then select our top seven designs to enter into the competition across the country. The overall winner's design will become the official Red Nose of 2019, and the runner's up will have their design 3D printed.

Here is the official brief to read.

There will be a meeting for all students who are interested in room 37 on Monday 16th October, at second break.

Come along and get your design sheet!

See you there,

Report by: Miss Green BE CREATIVEBE CREATIVE

Exciting Theatre Productions

There are two amazing theatre productions for you to go and see next half term.

The first is a Halloween treat on the actual night of Halloween and is held in the deep dark woods of Tehidy. ‘Dead of Night Dance’, performed by Rogue Theatre, is tipped by The Guardian as one of the countries top ten theatre walks.

The second is 'The Tin Drum' performed at the Hall for Cornwall by internationally acclaimed Cornish theatre company 'Kneehigh' on Tuesday 21st November.

On Oskar's third birthday, he rails against the adult world and decides to remain a child forever: "I am light! I am life! I gotta brain like a bomb and a tongue like a knife! I am wrath! I am rage! I gotta fully-formed mind for a kid of my age!"

To sign up for either of these trips collect a letter from the Cube and return to Shelley Claxton. BE COMPETITIVE

County Hockey Tournament

MBA's U16 girls hockey team travelled to on Tuesday for their annual County Tournament. A total of 11 schools competed and we finished in a very resectable 4th place, after going through from the quarter finals on sudden death penalty flicks - some very tense moments for those involved with this part of the game. Well done girls. A mention must be given to Chloe Graham as goalie who made some incredible saves under pressure, Hollie Prodger who played some very well thought out and executed hockey and Jess Richards for stepping up and stepping in as goalie when Chloe was injured in the last match.

SQUAD:

Megan Pengelly (c) Megan Byrne Chloe Graham Erin Neal Amy Polyblank Iona O'Connell Jodi Swanepoel Tilly Hocking Jess Jago Jess Richards Robyn Coatsworth Mia Finch Emily Rees Hollie Prodger Report by: Mrs Trevail BE COMPETITIVE

Year 7 Rugby B SQUAD:

Sam Rendle Seb Dash Jake Wason Charlie Stafford-McDaid Dylan Warwick Thomas Corti Jake Turner Dom Prowse Aydon Prowse Calan Tonkin Year 7 B Team Jago Matthews Kingsley Thomas On Tuesday 11th October Mounts Bay Year 7 B team played Piran Gwennap their first fixture of the season against School. Denny Kyle Kitto Parker The game was closely fought with the end score being 5-2 Oscar Evans to Truro. For many of the squad it was their first competitive match. The tries were scored by Jake Wason and Charlie Stafford-McDaid due to a fabulous team effort. Some of the strongest defenders on the pitch were Jago Matthews, Seb Dash and Sam Rendle with Oscar Evans making an excellent try saving tackle in the second half.

The team spirit was very positive in all situations and everyone gave maximum effort to every tackle and every ruck that they competed in. Report by: Sebastian Dash Year 7 A Team

On Wednesday the Year 7 A team played . Both teams were evenly matched and knew it would be a tough game. Straight from kickoff Mounts Bay made a mistake that cost them a try after less than five minutes. They soon bounced back, however, with a try of their own. Mounts Bay’s second try came soon after this and put them in front just before half-time.

After half-time Truro scored once more to make it even. For much of the second half it was tight but with only four minutes left Truro scored again putting them in the lead. Unfortunately we could not break their defence and so the match ended 10-15 to Truro. Mounts Bay put up an incredible effort and were unlucky to lose.

Tries scored by- Will and Kaea Report by: Kaea Griffiths BE COMPETITIVE

U13 County Rugby Tournament

SQUAD:

Thomas Rogers Kaiyan Wilson Oscar Beckerleg (1) Oscar Halls (9) Matt Randall (2) Jude Harvey Owen Sutton (3) Alex Williams Jack Keogh Leon Manzi-Bell (1) Harvey Gwennap Finley McCreath Jago Hills (1) Harry Neal Jack Bassett Finley Hanson

On Tuesday 10th October, the Year 8 Rugby Team set off to Penrice School for the day to play in the County Tournament. Many teams from across Cornwall entered, all determined to win, with each school playing eight games in total.

In the pool stage, Mounts Bay Academy won two games; beating Falmouth (15-5) and St Ives (10-5). Two games were lost against (5-10) and (0-15). In the next round, we performed better and found our rhythm. We played four games; beating Penair (20-0), Launceston (20-5) and Richard Lander (10-0) and drawing against Humphry Davy (10-10).

A good effort from the whole team, with some quality attacking play.

Mounts Bay finished in first place in tier three. A very enjoyable day on the whole.

Well done boys! Report by: Mr Westren BE COMPETITIVE

Year 10 Rugby

The Year 10 Rugby team faced a difficult trip to the County Champions, Truro School, in the quarter final of the cup. Still missing some key players the team played very well in patches. Lots of effort and the positive attitude could not be questioned. However, the final result of 31-5 was a fair one.

Joe Manser was awarded the Man of the Match for his huge carries and ferocious tackling!

Report by: Mr Veal BE COMPETITIVE

Cross Country Action

On Friday 6th October, I took 12 Mounts Bay students to compete in the first round of the National Cross Country Cup at Stover School in Newton Abbott. Mounts Bay entered both a Junior girls and boys team, which included Years 7 and 8 students.

The students performed exceptionally well, with schools from all over Cornwall and Devon taking part, with over 100 runners in each race. Both teams performed exceptionally well, and everybody contributed to the team result. The girls team finished overall in 2nd place, and the boys team finished overall in 7th place.

There were also some fantastic individual results: Abby Jose achieved 2nd place and Mari Ward achieved 3rd Place in the junior girls race. In the junior boys race Jude Hardy achieved 2nd place. All three of these runners performed exceptionally well against a tough field of Cornwall and Devon runners.

Both teams should be very proud of their achievements. Well done. Report by: Miss Veall

Junior Boys Squad: Junior Girls Squad:

Jude Hardy Abby Jose Oscar Bekerleg Mari Ward Leo Frost India Angove Jack Keogh Anya Dale Kylo Mayes Rebecca Story Hanul McCowan Isla Harvey BE COMPETITIVE

U16 County Netball Tournament

On Saturday Miss Veall and I took our U16 netball team to the County Competition, this event is a feeder tournament with the top two schools going through to compete for Cornwall at regional level. Therefore the standard of competition is very high. Our small but potent team of eight Year 10s and Year 11s rose early on Saturday for the trip over to in the murky Cornish weather, which thankfully was held indoors and kept us dry.

We arrived and the girls got on with the task in hand, Esme SQUAD: Adams a fine captain got the team warmed-up and ready for action. The team went out strong and worked well together. Esme Adams (c) We finished our first round in third position which meant we Chloe Graham went through into the top round to play off for a place in the Millie Matthews regionals. Unfortunately we came up against Truro School Izzy Markham first and our dreams were dashed. The team continued to Ellie Clark work hard in the next two games but really came to light in May Gale the last half of their last game, with passages of play worthy Robyn Coatsworth of a place in the regionals. However, it was not meant to be Zoe George and the team finished in a very well-deserved and respectable 6th place in the county.

Well done team! A thanks to Miss Veall for her scoring and support on the day.

Report by: Mrs Trevail 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 we will publish a list of the top 20 students in the Academy as well as the top registration group. This is not a list of students who have achieved the highest scores, maths it is an engagement score, as we want students to be challenging themselves. The top 20 students are listed below. Keep up the great work Year 11.

Well done to:

J TREGARTHEN C HOLLOW T HUGHES C HICKS E ONEILL J DASH M OLDS E WILLIAMS K SHAIL H EDDY T HENDY A LEONARD A BERWICK P RICHARDS J GARNER V TULLEY J PROWSE B BARDEN M PITT S LEIGH

This week the top form using the PiXL Maths App was 11 Blue.

Report by Mr Kent BE A WINNER

Maths Quiz This Week’s Puzzle: House Competition

Blue: 187 Points Yellow: 82 Points Green: 64 Points Red: 41 Points Orange: 39 Points Purple: 33 Points

Click here to submit your answer

Win an Amazon voucher Closing date for Entries: Thursday 12:00 Whoever submits the most Last week’s solution: correct answers over a semester will win an Amazon 14 (the number of squares in the image), voucher – prizes are also in the first image there are 5 squares and in awarded to the top scoring the second there are 14 squares. parent/carer/staff.

This Week’s House Totals BE A WINNER

This week’s word is: Endurance

Definition: The ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.

Etymology: Late 15th century (in the sense ‘continued existence, ability to last’; formerly also from insurance as: from Old French, from endurer ‘make hard’.

Competition

Congratulations to Tegan Campbell who wins 10 VIVO points.

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

Click here to enter the competition NATIONAL COAST WATCH INSTITUTION DAY

Help support the National Coast CAKE SALE Watch Institution by purchasing cakes on Thursday 19th and Friday NON-UNIFORM 20th October. Friday 20th October is a non- uniform day. Please bring £1 to wear £1 non-uniform, with an optional theme of blue and gold. Half term Musical Theatre Workshops Love to Perform? Come and take part in our unique Musical Theatre Workshops. ‘Trolls’ for ages 5-7. ‘Matilda’ for ages 8-13 ‘Beauty and the Beast’ ages 12+

Cost per child £50 for four days.

Monday 23rd October - Thursday 26th October. 10am - 4.30pm

Led by West End vocal coach William Pool. Directed, choreographed and musically directed by up-and-coming musical theatre West End performers. This exciting four day workshop in acting, singing and dancing takes place on Monday to Thursday 23rd-26th October 2017 at KIDZ R US, St Ives Theatre. The four day workshop will include script work, dance routines and songs from ‘Trolls’, ‘Matilda’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Performers will learn a variety of skills in musical theatre, building to a unique performance opportunity with their talented teachers for parents and friends on the last day. This performance will be on Thursday 26th October at 7.30pm at KIDZ R US, St Ives Theatre.

Booking is essential as places are limited. To book your child’s place email Phil Barnett on [email protected]

Phil Barnett KIDZ R US St Ives Theatre TR26 1QG

Telephone: 01736 797007 Website: www.kidzrus.net