3rd March 2017 STANDING OUT

THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY

Cover: Bushcraft, Trevaylor Woods

22nd November 2019 PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

We Can Change The World...

It’s Project Week here at Mounts Bay, which means that the curriculum takes a different shape. Students have been undertaking a series of activities that will help them explore and develop essential skills to flourish in the ever-changing world around them.

We have been developing our curriculum over many years and offer our students the opportunity to participate in a rich and diverse range of activities that stretch, challenge and develop their enquiring minds and independent learning further.

Even walking through the mud and rain allows time for reflection on the wonderful opportunities for learning through experiences they have constructed and taken responsibility for.

Each Year group has focussed their activities around a different Global Goal. Being able to offer adventurous and challenging learning opportunities, is enriched not only by our strong network of community links, but the many national and international partnerships we have developed.

I hope you enjoy reading about the fantastic and diverse experiences both the students and staff have enjoyed this Project Week which have been truly outstanding.

It was a great pleasure this week to welcome back many familiar faces at our annual Academy Awards Evening hosted by Andy Harvey. We celebrated the achievements and success of the Class of 2019 students during their time at Mounts Bay. It was great to hear how well they are progressing in their post 16 choices. As ever, we look forward to hearing about their future adventures.

I had the pleasure today to meet with our student eco-committee. We discussed ways of promoting a sustainable life-style. They asked me if I would mind featuring an ‘Eco Top Tip’ every week in the newsletter. I was thrilled with this suggestion and am fully supportive of young people taking the lead on such an important issue. Here is this week’s top tip:

E c o Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush you’ve ever used in your whole life is still here! It takes over 400 years for a plastic T o p toothbrush to decompose. Why not buy a bamboo one next time? Tip These will be available next Thursday lunchtime at MBA for £1.50.

Best wishes

It’s Your Time To Change The World... Les Hall Academy Principal Hot Chocolate Friday THE MBA WAY

Students from Years 7-10 have been completing a day long mini-project this week focusing on what makes the ideal school. To begin with students considered some of the stereotypes around schooling and schools. They considered whether some of these ideas were outdated in modern education and what they might do to improve their current educational environment. Students also learnt about the role the government plays in education and the influence it has on what students learn in schools. Students will present their ideas about what makes a great school in crew meetings next week.

Report by: Mr Yeates

“On Monday during period 1 and 2 we explored different school set-ups. We “discussed general rules, whether we would even go to school and what lessons would we have. Uniform was also taken in to account.

Our designs were done on different coloured poster paper to make them stand out.” - Alfie ” BE CURIOUS

Ocean Focus

Year 7 have spent the week researching threats to Life Under Water. They have investigated a number of threats ranging from pollution of the oceans by plastics and waste to the issue of ocean acidification. They created 3D shapes showing diverse threats to the ocean before focusing on a specific threat in their small groups. They have created advertising campaigns to persuade people to work together to protect our oceans and their fragile ecosystems.

“It’s been an exciting and creative week, if I could only use one word I’d say fun! I've learnt that if humans keep overfishing, we could actually run out of fish!” - Ruby

“I liked this week because we got to be creative. What surprised me this “ week is that 2.7 trillion fish are caught every year.” - James Report by: Miss Parvin” BE CURIOUS

“This is part of our presentation and it explains all about marine pollution and how we need to help. I am really enjoying Project Week so far as I have worked with “people I wouldn’t normally work with and learnt more than what I thought I would.” - Val, Brianna and Summer ” MBA FUTURES

“I Love My Job!”

Year 7 students had the opportunity to find out why people love their jobs! Individuals employed by a variety of organisations including Wildlife Trust, Liberum Financial Banking, The Royal Navy, Software Cornwall and Surfers Against Sewage shared their career journeys and their passion for what they do with our students. Students engaged really well with our visitors, asking them lots of questions and starting to form important networking skills for their future. They then compiled their own presentations to share with fellow students about what had inspired them from the session.

"The presenter (from Software Cornwall) was very kind and informative. He presented in a very fun way.” Lily

““Surfers Against Sewage was very informative, especially how they use the plastic they collect.” Oliver

“It (The Royal Navy) was really interesting, so I found myself wanting to find out more after the presentation.” Rosie

“The magazines Cornwall Wildlife Trust provided were very interesting and helpful for our presentations.” Darcie “As he explained it more it was very interesting.” (Liberum) ” Report by: Mrs Masters BE CURIOUS

Farming and Food

This week Year 8 students were given an insight into Farming, Food, Catering and Hospitality.

Students gained an insight into the exciting range of opportunities in Catering and Hospitality from Mike, the Sous Chef, and Callum, the Chef de Partie, based at the Eden Project. The chefs shared their love of their job and the rewards their career offered in terms of a great career, the opportunity to travel and work in some amazing places and the creativity that goes into delivering good quality food.

This was followed up with a presentation from the Hive, a charitable organisation based at RNAS Culdrose, whose aim is to tackle food poverty and address the abundance of waste food from our supermarkets. Perfectly edible food is thrown away due to a short shelf life and vegetables, like cauliflowers, are discarded because they are too big. Royal Marine and Royal Navy Chefs Tristan Merrick and Tom Coulson prepared pulled pork rolls and banana bread for our eager students who relished the opportunity to enjoy the delicious food and appreciate the enormity of the food waste problem in Cornwall and the UK. Our students were challenged to think about how they would tackle food waste. They came up with some great ideas. BE CURIOUS

Farming and Food

Students immersed themselves in the agricultural session with guest speaker Emma Parkyn from the Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association. She explored the variety of jobs in this industry from Plant Breeder to Urban Farmer and the skills needed in different professions. Students learnt about the global and national effect of imports and exports within the farming industry and also the effects on biodiversity and wildlife.

Year 8s also explored their own career aspirations with Kudos, matching themselves to careers they might want to do in the future. This is just a first step on their exciting career journey ahead.

Report by: Mrs Masters BE CURIOUS

Cooking up a Storm

This week Year 8 students spent a session in the Food rooms developing their baking skills.

Report by: Mr Bromfield BE ADVENTUROUS

Coastal Walk

On Tuesday 8 Chamaleon went on an adventure from Kelynack to Botallack via Cot Valley. We started off with high spirits and dry coats, but by the end we were glad to see the minibuses pull up! On the way we passed by a bronze age burial site, Cape Cornwall, a really awesome memorial bench and some arsenic tunnels. The trip brought us together as a tutor group and we all had a great time. It was a great start to our John Muir Project Week!

Report by: Ivy BE ADVENTUROUS

Marazion Beach Conservation

This week as part of the John Muir Award, Year 8 have completed a beach conservation day at Marazion.

The Year 8 students did a fantastic job of clearing the beach of micro plastics and rubbish. Both students and staff were shocked by the amount of plastic and litter that was collected from just a small section of the beach. They are then planning on using the plastic to create some artwork that can be displayed at school.

In order to keep us warm and fuelled some students were on hot chocolate duty!

Great job guys! Report by: Miss Veall BE ADVENTUROUS

Moorland Walk

Another way for students to interact with their natural surroundings was to explore an area of wilderness. For the first time, the John Muir staff decided to take the teams a little further afield to Bodmin Moor. Students made the ascent up to the summit Rough Tor where they could admire Cornwall from one of its highest points.

Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t too favourable. However, they followed Mr Raggett’s advice of “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just a bad choice of clothing” and came prepared in their waterproofs and boots.

Report by: Mr Lane BE ADVENTUROUS

Bushcraft

Students took the footpath to Trevaylor Woods, thanks to Toby and Ethan for getting us on the right path.

Once in the woods, students were shown how to make a shelter with a tarpaulin. Once they had made their own shelter they all snuggled up inside and ate their lunch. After lunch we had a lesson on how to build a campfire. Again students got to make their own. For some, this was the first time they had ever had toasted marshmallows.

"They are so chewy and delicious" - Samuel

Report by: Miss Dowrick BE ADVENTUROUS

App for Good

On Thursday, students were given the challenge to create an "App for Good". Students had to create a mobile app to encourage people to follow the ethos of the John Muir Award by interacting with the outdoors.

Students had to come up with a concept, visualise it by the creation of a prototype app and then pitch their ideas to their peers.

Report by: Mr Lane BE CURIOUS Student briefing sheet Competition brief There is much more to working for the NHS than being a doctor or nurse. In fact there are more than 350 different careers in the NHS and, with that many careers on offer, there’s a job to suit you no matter what your interests and skills are. That’s where the ‘Step into the NHS competition’ comes in. We want you to choose an NHS career that interests you and create a job description and an ad to tell your friends and other young people about it. You can work on your own or in teams of up to four. It’s easy to enter Follow these straightforward steps and you’ll be in with a great chance of winning! All the competition tools referred to (and more) are available from your teacher or on the Step into the NHS website www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/secondary-schools

Step 1: The research phase Step into the NHS Find out what careers are available in the NHS by Step 2: The job description taking a look at www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk and www.healthcareers.nhs.uk Next you need to produce a job description for You can also take a personality quiz to reveal your chosen role the careers that might suit you and bite-size A job description describes what you do in the During Project Week Year 9 students entered the information about them role. It also details any qualifications, experience Select a career that you find most interesting and skills needed to do the job properly from the ones you have researched Complete the ready-made job description template. Don’t forget to use the supporting guidance ‘Step into the NHS’ competition. They were asked document to explore and research the 350 different careers Step 4: Send us your entry The official pupil and teacher entry forms must be Step 3: The job advertisement in the NHS. Once they found one they were completed and accompany entries Full competition details can be found in your Now you understand your chosen career, create teacher’s guidance booklet, so feel free to ask a fun and lively job advertisement so it appeals them questions if you need more information to other people your age. There’s a guidance interested in, they researched it before producing a Make sure you don’t miss the deadline. sheet to help with your planning Your teacher has all the details. You can select any media you like, for example, film, poster, presentation, leaflet or website. It’s entirely your choice! job description and job advertisement. Students However, please avoid using copyrighted material, for example, music on videos and websites The prizes worked very hard to produce some very creative Whether you enter individually or as part of a team, everyone taking part in a winning entry will get their own prize. National winner - the overall winner(s) will each a £50 Amazon All winners will receive a certificate, as will their school. voucher and a trip for their class to a local science venue Good luck! We look forward to seeing your entries. Regional winners and imaginative advertisements. The entries will be winning teams will each - ten receive regional an Amazonwinners voucheror members worth of £25 Highly commended certificates are also awarded sent into the NHS, and who knows, maybe a Together we can make a difference! www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk student from MBA will win! Report by: Ms Page

“Year 9 researched and explored the NHS and how important it is to us. They were “able to develop a deeper understanding of the different careers available to them as part of the NHS.” - Miss Walters” BE CURIOUS

Restorative Justice

A group of Year 9 students have spent three days this week working with RJ Working completing the Ripple Effect Project. They have been exploring and discussing difficult issues such as conflict, justice and prejudice. The 3Rs at Mounts Bay underpin our ethos towards Restorative Justice.

Report by: Mr Strong BE CURIOUS

Year 9 students spent the day on Wednesday researching different topics that impact physical and mental wellbeing. Students explored the importance of nutrition and sleep followed by a lesson researching the impacts of drugs on an individual’s health. To conclude their day students worked on team building and how positive relationships with others helps develop mental wellbeing. To show their true characteristics within a group they worked competitively to see which team could build the highest, free standing spaghetti structure!

Report by: Miss Walters BE CURIOUS

Wellbeing Activities This week Year 9 have been asking ‘Which factors affect my physical and mental wellbeing and what can I do to make myself feel better?’

To help them investigate this question the whole Year group have engaged in some active research. Students took part in four different types of activity including physical, mindful and cerebral. Before and after each session, the students recorded their mood on a scale of 1 to 10. The results will be collated and analysed by the students to see which, if any, activity type helped them improve their mood and well being.

In the sports hall, students engaged in a boot camp. A multi-stage circuit training session, designed by the PE staff pushed the students to their physical limits. The hypothesis is that physical activity will help to increase mood due to the release of mood enhancing neurotransmitters in the brain. We will have to wait for the results!

Report by: Mr Rodgers BE CURIOUS

Energy in Food

Year 9 were looking at the energy content of different foods by burning food to heat water and looking at the temperature change. Report by: Ms Page

BE CURIOUS

Romanticism Lecture On Tuesday morning, a group of Year 10 students opted to attend a lecture on Romanticism by A-Level English Lecturer, Mr Fell. The lecture helped students understand how the natural world has been an inspiration to generations of poets, writers and artists. Romanticism was a movement in the arts that was a reaction against the rationalism and order of the eighteenth century. It placed emphasis on the individual, inspiration and subjectivity in order to celebrate the less ordered side of human existence. Mr Fell illustrated his highly engaging talk with references to art and literature, even explaining how the romantic poets were the inspiration for, and forerunners of, many rock musicians from the 1960s.

Report by: Mr Yeates BE CURIOUS

Growing Space

This week in the Polytunnel students have been working with Upcycle Kernow to make some raised beds, tables and a pot store out of old pallets. During the course of the week they have been hands on with some power tools (under careful supervision) and had fun breaking up pallets, learning some great new skills along the way.

Unfortunately due to the weather we had to call it off mid week but they will be given the chance to finish their projects later in the school year.

As you can see from our pictures we made great progress

Report by: Mrs Wheeler MBA FUTURES

Career Insights - Year 10

On Monday this week Year 10 students took part in employer networking and team challenges as part of their career insights development.

In preparation for their work experience students were given the opportunity for multi-networking with a range of employers from a variety of organisations to find out what types of career opportunities and work experience are on offer. We would like to thank Barclays Bank, BT, Cornwall Council, Steamship Company, Nalders Solicitors, Newlyn Art Gallery and Volunteer Cornwall for their valued support and for helping to inspire our students.

For their second activity students were grouped into teams in an ‘Escape Room’. They needed to decipher and problem solve challenges involving digital coding, communication skills and finding definitions of keywords in order to complete the challenge. It was a great opportunity to practice key employment skills and work together as a team to solve the clues.

Students were also put through their paces by the Armed Forces with a range of physical challenges to help develop their self-confidence, leadership and communication skills and gain an insight into this profession.

Report by: Mrs Masters MBA FUTURES

Army Manoevres

Year 10 students were put through their paces by the Army this week. They took part in a range of activities which tested their physical and mental agility as well as encouraging teamwork.

Report by: Mr Veal BE CURIOUS

Focus on English Year 11 have had a mixed focus over their two English days in Project Week, diving deeply into several key questions on the English Language papers and consolidating their understanding of and approaches to poetry.

Mr Whiteman and Mr Yeates kick-started the two days with sessions in the Hall on Tuesday and Friday respectively, leading a ‘walking-talking mock’ which covered the expectations of Questions 1-4 on English Language Papers 1 and 2. Breaking away into their English classes, students then spent a session putting their understanding to the test with support and guidance from their teachers.

Session 3 on both days saw students dipping into poetry again, dealing with Anthology poems on Tuesday and tackling unseen poems on Friday. For many, this was the first encounter with poetry since before the summer, and enthusiasm was high.

A challenging poetry assignment on Seneca on Tuesday and a wide-ranging, interleaved quiz on Friday focused on Romeo and Juliet and A Christmas Carol – designed to recycle key content from learning last year – drew the two days to an exciting, and at times competitive, close.

Report by: Mr Helliwell Focus on Maths

Year 11 have been studying a variety of different topics in maths this week. They have had two intense days of study on topics designed to fit the needs of each group.

Some of the time has been devoted to exam practise, with a mixture of formal exam preparation and also self-study with walking talking mocks.

Some classes have also taken advantage of Dr Frost Maths, The PiXL Maths App and Century.tech in order to focus in on their specific needs. Report by: Mr Kent MBA FUTURES

Spotlight on Law and Finance

Year 11 this week had the honour of a presentation from the most senior judge in Cornwall, Simon Carr, who shared his journey into law from being a student with dyslexia studying ‘A’ Level English to being the first in this family to go on to study Law at Southampton University. He encouraged all our students with an interest in people to consider this vocation, either through university or apprenticeship. It was also encouraging to hear that the proportion of females taking up a career in law is on the increase.

This was then followed by an interactive presentation from Graham Smith, Head of Execution with a leading investment banking company Liberum, based in London. He shed light on the exciting opportunities in the financial markets and the global stock markets. Students took part in a live bid for shares. Students gained an understanding of the relevance of curriculum subjects such as Maths and Finance in this sector and how to capitalise on investments. Our students engaged in a healthy debate with both presenters reflecting on many issues such as the mental health of defending guilty offenders to the effects of the stock market crash. All came away with a better knowledge of both professions and the highs and lows of these careers.

"I really enjoyed the finance and business man, he really engaged with the audience and it was a really enjoyable experience. I enjoy business myself and it was nice to see someone outside of a regular Cornish job that was international. I would love to have more financial people like him coming in e.g financial advisors “ - Ben

Report by: Mrs Masters MBA FUTURES

Post 16 Pathways

Year 11 took part in a variety of career workshops to explore their options after Year 11 with Penwith and Truro College as well as all the sites in addition to the Army, Royal Navy and Ask Apprenticeships. This included A Level speed dating and presentations on a wide range of vocational sectors. Report by: Mrs Masters BE INSPIRED

English Exhibition Evening

On Tuesday 19th November, around 40 Year 7 students exhibited all of the amazing stories, merchandise, t-shirts, paintings, film trailers and animations that they have been creating in English this semester.

Students have individually spent hundreds of hours writing adventure stories and making things to go alongside it.

We had parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles come along for the evening to have a look at all of the work produced.

Students were extremely articulate when explaining what their stories were about and why they had made the things they did. A massive well done to all involved!

Special mention to Isis, Year 8, who gave up her evening to ice around 100 adventure-themed cupcakes!

Thanks also to Mr Helliwell, Mr Lane, Mrs Payne and Report by: Miss Rule Miss Nowell for helping out for the evening. BE INSPIRED

Academy Awards Last night MBA welcomed back some familiar faces for our annual Academy Awards evening. The evening celebrates the success of last year’s Year 11 students and as usual was extremely well attended by both former students and their parents. There were awards for Achievement and Endeavour in all subjects as well as the presentation of GCSE certificates and some special awards. We then moved on to our most coveted awards. BE INSPIRED

Academy Awards

The Heather Award for Academic Excellence was won by Ella Smith. The Beckerleg Award for Contribution to School Life was won by Archie Davy. The Principal’s Award was won by Emily Rees. BE CREATIVEBE CREATIVE

Dance Trip

On Friday the 15th of November, 21 BTEC Dance students went to the Academy of Music and Theatre Arts (AMATA) at Falmouth University to see ‘The Storm’, a new dance work by James Wilton Company.

The students were eager to see the piece having worked with an inspiring dancer from the company earlier in the week to learn extracts of the work. They were impressed by the physicality of the dance as it fused contemporary, martial arts, breakdance, acrobatics and gravity-defying contact work. Many of the students were moved by the concept of the piece which explored the parallels between weather and mental health.

‘You can’t see the wind, but you can see how it changes objects. In the same way you can’t see emotions, but you can see how they change people. A low becomes a depression, a depression becomes a storm. When you are unhappy people say "it will blow over”. There is a calm before a storm, is there one afterwards?’

The students were lucky enough to interview the choreographer after the show and gain first-hand insights into the work and his creative process. This will be invaluable for their BTEC component one research projects.

Thank you to Falmouth University for supporting our Dance Department by funding students' travel to and from the theatre and to Shelley Claxton for accompanying us on the trip.

Report by: Mrs Taylor-Hingston BE COMPETITIVE

Netball Wins

Last Week the Years 7 and 8 netball B teams took part in the Cornwall School Games Penwith Qualifiers tournament at .

Both teams were successful in progressing through to the next round of the competition which will take place at the Winter School Games Finals in Truro. Fantastic work to both squads!

Year 7 were competing in their first Penwith Schools fixture. It was great to have so many students from Year 7 involved and competing for the Academy. The squad put out a good first performance, and came away with some victories! The Year 7s will take to the court again this week for more fixtures. Report by: Miss Veall

County Cup Win

Year 11 beat St Ives 4-2 to advance through to the Quarter Finals of the U16 County Football Cup. Well done! Report by: Mr Strong BE COMPETITIVE

Judo Bronze

Will attended the British Judo Council Closed Nationals in Kettering on Sunday. He narrowly lost his first fight by a yuko (5 points), but then went on to win his next two, to scoop a Bronze medal.

“Will is really starting to show enormous potential in judo and I’m sure there’s bigger and better things in the pipeline for him.” - Trystan WPJC

Will trains with West Penwith Judo Club, based in the gymnasium of MBA on Monday and Thursday evening. Land’s End Parkrun PB

Congratulations to Isabel who ran a new PB at the Land’s End Parkrun on Saturday morning. Isabel’s time for the 5K course was 30:48. Land’s End is a new Parkrun venue and this was only the second time it had run.

Parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs all around the world that start at 9am every Saturday morning. Everyone of every ability is welcome; from those taking their first steps in running to Olympians; from juniors to those with more experience.

To take part you will need to register and print out a barcode. You only need to do this once. Click on the link to register: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/register/?section=form BE COMPETITIVE

Cornwall U16s Football

A few weeks ago I played against Gloucestershire in our opening fixture for the 2019/20 season as an U16 County player.

On our arrival we all gathered inside the clubhouse and were presented with our County ties, which was a great honour

The game started at a faster pace than we were prepared for and we conceded two goals in the first half which ended 2-0 to Gloucestershire.

After a good half time talk, we started the 2nd half quickly and brought the game back to 2-2. Gloucestershire came close the scoring many times but we managed to score the vital third goal and hold on for the win with the final score ending in a 3-2 win for Cornwall.

Next up is this coming Sunday, which is away in Dorset for our second fixture of the season. Wish us luck.

Report by: James Year 7 Rugby

On Thursday afternoon Year 7 played against St Ives, Cape, Humphry Davy and Hayle. It was a great afternoon of rugby. Mounts Bay played well throughout the games scoring many tries through strong running and and some flowing passing play. In defence the team tackled well. Well done to all involved.

Report by: Mr Strong BE A WINNER

This week’s word is: Eco-warrior

Definition: An eco-warrior is someone who spends a lot of time working actively for environmental causes.

Etymology: from the 1990s eco+warrior.

Competition

Last week’s winner was Kyra. Well done!

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

Click here to enter the competition Mounts Bay Academy presents MIXXJAM A gig featuring musicians and performers from Mounts Bay Academy from a range of genres - Acoustic, Rock and more.

If any students from Years 9, 10 and 11 are interested in performing you can pick up a consent form from the Music Block. Tickets on the door.

The Acorn Theatre, Tuesday 3rd December / 7-9.30pm £2 U16s / £3 adults Bar open CHRISTMAS SOCCER CAMP Festive Football Fun at MBFDC

Monday 23rd December 2019

Soccer Tots (4-6yrs) 10am - 12pm £6.00

Soccer Pros (7-13yrs) 10am - 3:30pm £15

Mounts Bay Academy Sports Centre, Penzance, TR18 3JT

All players welcome from any school or club Come along and have some fun during the festive holidays All coaching staff are UEFA / FA qualified and DBS checked

Check out the website, pay & register online or turn up on the day

www.mbfdc.co.uk

Contact Kevin Lawrence - Head of Football Development Mounts Bay Football Development Centre 01736 352323 ext-2 [email protected] MONDAY 25TH NOVEMBER

TUESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER U16 Girls Football @MBA vs

WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVEMBER Year 7 Boys 5-a-side Football Competition @

THURSDAY 28TH NOVEMBER Year 11 Parents’ Evening @MBA 3:45pm - 6:45pm U16 Netball & Rugby @ MBA KS3 National Badminton Competition @MBA 12-3pm Handball Competition @MBA 3:30-5:30pm

FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER @mountsbay.org

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