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24th November 2017

THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY

STANDING OUT

Cover: Year 10 London Trip

Of course this week also saw our Year 11 students receiving the results of their pre-public (also known as “mock”) examinations. They have been eager to get the results of the exams that were completed recently. However, just like the real thing, they have had to wait for them to be marked and results collated.

Just like the real event the results were then “made public” at 09:00 on Thursday with students rushing to see how well they had done!

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Sara Davey Academy Principal

What a start to the Winter Semester we have had this week!

Once again our newsletter is crammed with stories and pictures of our life here at Mounts Bay, including great learning both on campus and further afield showing a huge range of activities and events off site.

It’s all about you...

Looking forward...

To continue with the theme of success we are inviting all Year 11 students and their parent/carers into the Academy next week

to participate in some fun and informative workshops that will help them to face the next few months in the countdown to their final public examinations.

To help with this we have also launched a newsletter, just for Year 11 students, which will be published periodically and contain

lots of additional help and information to assist them in their final few months with us. Click on the link to view: www.mountsbay.org/

year11newsletters

Finally, once again in response to our parent communications survey, we are putting even more of our “life less ordinary” online through our Twitter feed. If you have not looked us up recently, check out our site, you never know, you may even see yourself on there!

THE ACADEMY AWARDS

WAITING PATIENTLY

Take a look at the website to see their reactions!

P1 / WELCOME Welcome to your new magazine find out more about what to expect from your final semesters at Mounts Bay and how to make them even more enjoyable.

P2 / KEY DATES Key dates for your last two semesters at Mounts Bay WELLBEING

Tips on how to look after yourself

P3 / SUBJECT FOCUS What each subject will be focussing on this semester. USEFUL WEBSITES A few websites that may be useful for your revision.

P4 / SUBJECT FOCUS CONTINUED….. KEY CONTACTS Contact details of key staff during your final year.Connecti

THE MAGAZINE FOR YEAR 11 STUDENTS AT MOUNTS BAY

NOVEMBER 2017

Mounts Bay is organising a Revision Skills Evening for all parents and students in Year 11. The evening will be a great opportunity to

find out how courses are progressing and what we can all do to make the upcoming examination season as stress free as possible.

The evening will start with a “getting to know you” session with a free pasty supper included. We will then partake in a series of

interesting and informative workshops that will help both parents and students to organise their revision and still enjoy their lives!

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I found the revision skills programme a brilliant way of finding out just how much I can help my child at one of the most important times of their lives.

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We have ensured that the numbers for each workshop will be small to allow for plenty of engagement.

Please join us for the evening which will last no longer than 90 minutes and will give you lots of invaluable information and tips in a relaxed and informative atmosphere.

P1 / WELCOME

Welcome to your new

magazine find out more about

what to expect from your final

semesters at Mounts Bay and

how to make them even more

enjoyable.

P2 / KEY DATES

Key dates for your last two

semesters at Mounts Bay

WELLBEING Tips on how to look after yourself

P3 / SUBJECT FOCUS

What each subject will be

focussing on this semester.

USEFUL WEBSITES

A few websites that may be

useful for your revision.

P4 / SUBJECT FOCUS

CONTINUED….. KEY CONTACTS

Contact details of key staff during

your final year.

Connect

iTHE MAGAZINE FOR YEAR 11 STUDENTS AT MOUNTS BAY

NOVEMBER 2017

Mounts Bay is organising a Revision Skills Evening for all parents and students in Year 11. The evening will be a great opportunity to

find out how courses are progressing and what we can all do to make the upcoming examination season as stress free as possible.

The evening will start with a “getting to know you” session with a free pasty supper included. We will then partake in a series of

interesting and informative workshops that will help both parents and students to organise their revision and still enjoy their lives!

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REVISION SKILLS EVENING

30th NOVEMBER 2017

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30th NOVEMBER 2017

I found the revision skills programme a

brilliant way of finding out just how much

I can help my child at one of the most

important times of their lives.

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”Parent Comment 2016

We have ensured that the numbers for each

workshop will be small to allow for plenty of

engagement. Please join us for the evening which will last no

longer than 90 minutes and will give you lots of

invaluable information and tips in a relaxed and

informative atmosphere.

Best wishes

@MountsBaySchool

Then in the evening it was an absolute pleasure to welcome back our Class of 2017 for our Annual Academy Awards Evening. The ceremony is a celebration of our students’ achievements and the chance for us to catch up on just what they have been up to since leaving us in the summer. It was wonderful to see them all again and I hope that they will all sign up to our MBA Alumni programme so that we can keep abreast of their progress in the future.

BE YOUR BEST

Da Vinci Journal

Last month Amy Jackson was fortunate enough to visit New York and New York State.  To help her remember this amazing trip she kept a journal of what she did and the highlights of her days.  She included receipts, pamphlets and tickets for the various places that she visited and stayed.  The journal is filled with so many interesting things that she did including visiting the Statue of Liberty and its museum, the Bronx Zoo and Niagara Falls.  At the NYSCI, which is a science museum in New York, she was particularly interested in an interactive digital world where you could divert a waterfall to grow plants and flowers. The message that she took from this was that it takes a lot of effort to sustain an eco-system.

She also reflected on why the United States is sometimes described as the ‘melting pot’ and has no official language and nearly every known religion is practised.  She also researched the climate of New York state and how the economy has grown and been sustained.

Report by: Mr Jack

DA VINCI PROGRAMME

Her journal demonstrates a great deal of motivation and interest in the world around her.  She has produced a very detailed document that others can read and learn from and be inspired by, and that is why it is worthy of being awarded a Da Vinci.

EXCELLENCE REWARD

Last night the Academy welcomed back some familiar faces for our annual MBA 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 three most coveted awards.

Academy Awards Evening

BE INSPIRED

The Heather Award for Academic Excellence was won by Lamorna Tregenza-Reid.

The Beckerleg Award for Contribution to School Life was won by Anya Burlton.

The Principal’s Award was won by Maia Fashokun.

See more on our website: http://mountsbay.org/academy-awards-evening/

The Pre-Public Examinations have taken place over a two week period  in the gym, in the same conditions as the real exam series. The students had been preparing for the exams

since early October and the staff have been working hard to get the papers marked in time for the results day.

On Thursday, the students gathered outside the front entrance, as they would do in August. At 09:00 the waiting was over and the students collected their results in reception from staff. The results overall were really encouraging and following the excitement, students were encouraged to Review, Research and Refine. Students will now get individual feedback in all subjects in the form of either Question Level Analysis (QLA) or Smith Proformas which will identify the next steps for students.

Well done Year 11on your effort, attitude and behaviour. The final Pre-Public Examinations take place in late January/early February.

Report by: Mr Finch

Year 11 Pre-Public Exam Results

BE CURIOUS

On Wednesday 15th November 2017, four Year 9 students and two members of staff left for the Comenius Project exchange trip to Germany.  We left  Bristol airport and flew to Munich before catching the train to Augsburg. We were picked up from the train station by our host families and straight into the German culture. The host families were welcoming and kind, they taught us the true Barvarian ways!   

On the first day we went to our host school, Maria Theresia Gymnasium to take part in a graffiti workshop.  All of the exchange schools took part in this; Spain, Holland, Germany and us from the UK.  We had to create a piece of work that we thought summarised our school.  This was great fun.  

In the following days, we also attended lessons, and a conference as well as sight-seeing.  On the Sunday we visited the Dachau Concentration Camp.  This was really thought provoking and it opened our eyes to what went on in these camps in the past.  

Overall the exchange trip was brilliant! We learnt so much about the culture and the history of Augsburg and Germany. 

Germany Trip

BE INSPIRED

Report by: Logan, Joe, Declan and Drew

After a fantastic first day visiting the Central London Mosque, the Natural History Museum and seeing the Lion King, the students were very excited to experience day two’s activities.

Firstly, we went to the London Dungeons where the students experienced the history of London in an interactive way. We could all tell the students and staff were enjoying it by all the screaming and shrieking, not naming any names Miss Wearne!

After a thrilling time in the Dungeons we then headed for the London Eye Experience and we couldn't have had better weather. The skies were clear and we could see miles all over London, a perfect opportunity to see the culture of London from above.

The students on the trip were exceptionally well behaved. They were a credit to the Academy. 

Year 10 London Trip

BE INSPIRED

Report by: Miss Drew

STIsThe students found out more about the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases during an interactive and active session. This session also looked at the causes,

symptoms and treatment of STIs as well as how to protect yourself from catching them. 

Report by: Miss Dowrick

Year 10 Healthy Relationships

BE CURIOUS

CLEAROn the last day of Project Week Year 10 finished a scheme about healthy relationships led by the expert team from CLEAR. In Friday’s session the focus was on what

behaviours make positive relationships, with students working in groups to explore the consequences of negative and abusive relationships and how to respond. Through these sessions the importance of finding, forging and experiencing sustained positive relationships has been made real. Students built positive attitudes towards relationships by praising one another’s qualities - the kind thoughts were shared and brought a smile to many of their faces. 

BROOKDuring this session an expert speaker from Brook in Cornwall talked to students about sexual health and sexually

transmitted infections.

SepsisMrs Astley described what Sepsis is, how it is caused and how to recognise the symptoms. She spoke about her personal

experience and the effect it has had on her and her family. A very personal look at an important health issue.

It is about providing students with life skills and experiences, earning their way to an amazing opportunity and learning real life geography

working with people less fortunate in a far off remote part of the world. One example of the entrepreneurship our students are showing includes this newspaper clipping showing Elsey Kirby’s fundraising efforts. Great job Elsey! Well done team! 

BE ADVENTUROUS

India Trip Fundraising

Report by: Mr Hopper

Students in the current India expedition team are doing a fantastic job of undertaking their

fundraising more than 20 months out from their expedition. With a range of events and activities ranging from sponsored bike rides to cake sales and Y7 discos, the level of commitment and independent responsibility these students are taking truly encapsulates what the expedition is about.

DISCO

YEAR 7 CHRISTMAS DISCO

WEDNESDAY 6th

DECEMBER 6-8pm

Tickets £3 On sale from Monday 27th

November In Tutor Time

Robert Stephens of 7 Warm is our latest Year 7 Word Millionaire. He has a success rate of 87% overall in his Accelerated Reader quizzes. Robert has enjoyed lots of David Walliams books. He has just finished ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ and is currently reading ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’.

Well done Robert. 

BE ENTERTAINED

Word Millionaire

The Call is an intriguing book with a dystopian theme. It's perfect for people who have enjoyed reading Game of Thrones or The Hunger Games as it's a fictional fantasy world set in Ireland.

It has a complex nature but once you get your head around some of the components of the story line, it becomes exciting and draws you in to the unique story line that Peadar O'Guilin has expertly created.

It follows the main character Nessa through her adventure in Ireland and the Grey Land, which is infested with Sídhie, pronounced ‘shee’ in Ireland and meaning fairy woman. Without warning, Nessa and her friends will each wake in the Grey Land, alone and hunted, with a one in ten chance of returning alive. 

We highly recommend this book as both of us have thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

Report by: Senara Rendall and Holly Berwick, Year 10

Book Review

BECREATIVE

Electra Kirkham in Year 10  is 'Artist of the Week!' She has developed a really expressive and creative sketchbook so far, exploring a variety of materials, tools and techinique in response to a range of artists including Wifred Lang and M C Escher.

BE CREATIVE

Artist of the Week

Using her creative experiments, Electra has then used the Pixelmator App on her iPad to fuse her images together to make a composition for a final personal response. This will be just one in a series of resolved outcomes as Electra works through refining her portfolio.

Report by: Mrs Dale

BECREATIVE

On Tuesday Year 10 GCSE Drama students took part in the Schools’ Shakespeare Festival at the Regal Theatre in Redruth. They had been working on their thirty minute version of ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ for a number of weeks and on the evening of Tuesday

21st they finally got to perform in front of an audience. The day started with the students travelling up to Redruth for a technical and dress rehearsal. The students were really receptive to the experience and followed directions given by the Shakespeare Festival staff.

In the evening the MBA students were on after the interval, and despite being quite nervous, they all pulled together and the piece really flowed with well paced entrances and exits. The piece was well received from the audience and the Year 10s took at least three bows as the applause was effusive. All the schools received feedback from the festival organisers and the comments given to MBA demonstrated their strength in

delivery of dialogue and their stage presence, which showed that their hard work had really paid off. The festival co-ordinators were complimentary to all the students and thought it was amazing to have a Year 10 student running the lighting, two students sorting costumes and another student running and setting up all the props required on stage.

BE CREATIVE

Shakespeare Festival

Report by: Miss Osborne

The experience has been an authentic immersive learning opportunity for the GCSE Drama students, who have learnt

stage directions, theatre roles, performance skills, and the whole process of putting on a production. It was a fantastic opportunity to perform on a professional stage.

"Being up on stage and able to share a story with people, it's an experience unlike any other. It's exhilarating!" - Henry Korteling“

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BECREATIVE

A group of 14 young people from MBA opted to build their cultural capital and expand their horizons by experiencing the world renowned Kneehigh Theatre perform The Tin Drum at a packed Hall for Cornwall on Wednesday night. It was an evening of stunning

visual and musical experimentation and there were some performances of the highest quality from the talented actors. The play incorporated some intriguing contemporary political insights about power and how tolerant and stable communities of different ethnic groups can be destroyed by ignorant and close minded people who abuse power. There were dark moments that left some students feeling challenged as well as some hugely enthusiastic reviews of the performance from some experienced MBA theatre goers who thought it was brilliant and amazing. 

BE CREATIVE

Kneehigh Visit

Report by: Mrs Davey

“The play started off really well. Some really cool bits, like the way they showed windows smashing. Too long, but it was a good night out.” - Huck New

“This was my first experience of watching British theatre. The opening was really good and I liked the way they used the puppet. But it went on too long. There was lots of music, half I enjoyed, half not.” - Alois Neuling (German exchange student)

“Well thought out play, acting well rehearsed and slick, but the music was sloppy at times. I would have liked more excitement in the plot.” - Woody New

Any play that can produce such a range of responses must be celebrated. Well done Kneehigh and thanks to Shelley for keeping us all

at Mounts Bay in touch with professional theatre performances of quality.

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BECREATIVE

I went to Camborne Music Festival last Friday to play in the piano grade 1-2 class. I played a grade 2 piece called Jupiter and got 89 marks (out of 100). I

won my class and also won the award for the highest mark given to an under 16 on the piano. I was very pleased with my success and have a certificate and two trophies to show for it.

BE CREATIVE

Music Festival Success

Report by: Tegan Veal

Deputy Head Girl, Emma Eddy, travelled up to London this week to perform at the Royal Albert Hall with Cornwall Youth Orchestra, as part of the Music For Youth School Proms. Emma played first violin for the performance which featured ‘Night on a Bare Mountain’ by Mussorgsky and ‘Shine the Light Bright’ as the finale piece.

They were invited up to London after an epic performance at the National Music For Youth Festival in Birmingham earlier in the year, and were part of a really varied line up that included everything from DnB to traditional Indian music! It was the fourth time Emma has graced the Royal Albert Hall stage and we’re all really proud of her.

Emma plays the Royal Albert Hall

Click here to see ‘Night on a Bare Mountain’ from the show:http://youtu.be/gYUrTNjQS1Y

BECREATIVE

On Tuesday afternoon, MBA's award winning choirs were the main event at a concert to mark 125 years of St Thomas' Church in Heamoor. The concert, which was led by MBA's vocal and choir leader Mr Ben Hoadley, was organised in partnership with the

church to celebrate an important piece of our local community. The concert began with our ever expanding Boys Choir, who were followed by the first of two pieces by our HPI Choir. The audience was then treated to a stunning solo piano performance by Senara Rendell, a beautiful duet performance of When We Were Young by Ebony Maddock and Jess Lee, and another song from Senara, this time also on vocals. The show was rounded out with a barnstorming Daydream Believer from the Boys Choir, and the HPI Choir performed their Best of Festival award winning program from the Camborne Festival to finish. It was a lovely afternoon, warmly received by a very appreciative and respectful audience. It's surely the first of more collaborations with St Thomas' Church, and a huge congratulations to Ben Hoadley for putting it together.

BE CREATIVE

Music at St Thomas’ Church

Report by: Darren Roberts

BECREATIVE

Trengwainton Gardens are hosting their Annual Lantern Walk on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd December and once again we have been busy creating the colourful snowflake inspired festive lanterns in preparation for the evenings festivities.

 The garden takes on a magical atmosphere with the lower drive and walled gardens lined with flaming bamboo torches and the walled gardens and orchard are decorated with hundreds of fairy lights and lanterns made by schools in Penwith. The event starts at 5:30 pm if you wish to join in!

BE CREATIVE

Trengwainton Lantern Walk

Report by: Mrs Dale

MBA took part in the annual Cornwall Hockey Championships at Truro School this week. The team won three games and drew one.  Mounts Bay Academy did not concede a single goal due to some fantastic defensive work and some superb saves by

goal keeper Alex Barrett. MBA combined great team work with some notable individual performances from Captain Sam Oliver, Tyler Kearey, Joe Sharp and, playing up an age group from Year 9, Jacob Pengelly.

A big thank you to the MBA bus drivers for bringing up five students straight from their PE Btec online exam.

The team will now prepare for the regionals in February. Well done to the new County Champions!

County Hockey Champions!

Report by: Mr N Eddy

BE COMPETITIVE

The u16 Cornwall School Games badminton qualifying event saw three teams from MBA competing.

Twenty five students from three local secondary schools took part. The MBA girls team just missed out in their final team matches of the day, narrowly missing out on qualification. MBA boys team won all their matches and will look forward to theSchool Games finals on 11th December at Truro School.

Badminton Qualifiers SQUAD:

Frank Adams

Ellla SmithHenry JacksonEmily ReesAlex BarretSenara RendellSam PerkinHollie BerwickMurray StevensonHarvey BeckerlegWill Randall

Joey NorwaysKim Shail

Report by: Mr N Eddy

BE COMPETITIVE

The High Performance Programme is approaching the end of their first block of fitness and conditioning. The students this week were working on their power and explosives power. We were developing this through broad jumps, bounding and sprinting.

Although not all of these athletes run in their sports it will still benefit them to utilise the power for their sports. The students will have their mentor meetings and target setting in the next few weeks before we retest their fitness and conditioning.

Report by: Mr N Eddy

High Performance Programme

At the weekend four MBA students took part in the 60th Annual English Schools Swimming Association Gala at the London Aquatic Centre at the Olympic Park in Stratford.

After a long journey and a good rest they entered the Olympic Park first thing in the morning to maximise their opportunity to see the facilities. All the girls entered their lunch time warm up with a mixture of excitement and anticipation as the surroundings were mind blowing, the music loud and the calibre of their fellow swimmers astounding. The hundreds of swimmers included the finest in the country in secondary education - juniors, intermediate, senior and Para categories  (age 11-16).  Charlotte Bell (Team Captain) represented Team MBA by parading with all the other teams around the pool parameter - cheered on by her team mates.

Their race (4 x 50m IM) at almost 5pm, heat 3 lane 9 was gripping. They entered the completion in 29th place and desperately wanted to PB and gain a higher place. First swimmer was Mel Roberts, backstroke, who was at the front of the pack until the 50th metre where Isabella Davy took over with the strong 50m breaststroke, holding their position in their heat. Amber Sanders then took the 3rd leg with a great 50m butterfly culminating in Molly Haines storming the final length with the 50m freestyle.  All four girls had impressive swims and pulled off a 2 sec team PB as well as individual PBs. They also improved their national position by three places.

The experience as a whole, and their race specifically, was what all those years of early

mornings, hard work and commitment has culminated in, and the girls should feel extremely proud of themselves for not only holding their own but excelling on the national stage.

Swimming Stars

BE COMPETITIVE

County Netball

On Saturday MBA's U14 netball team competed in their annual County Netball Tournament. They did very well against some tough teams and ultimately ended up finishing joint 5th with Penair out of 17 teams entered. The team were a pleasure to take and I am thrilled with their performance. Well done girls!

Report by: Mrs Trevail

SQUAD:

Daisy Leiworthy (c)

Lois Willett-GreenLily Hardy Ismay Cornish-Murphy Ellie Dash Libby Terry Isla Harvey Freya Prodger Izzy Graham Edith Willett-GreenElsey Kirby.

BE COMPETITIVE

This Week’s Puzzle:

   

Last week’s solution:

Window, rug, lamp and brain.

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.

Win an Amazon voucher

Whoever submits the most correct answers over a semester will win an Amazon

voucher – prizes are also awarded to the top scoring parent/carer/staff.

House Competition

Blue: 525 PointsYellow: 196 Points

Red: 192 PointsOrange: 172 PointsGreen: 160 PointsPurple: 90 Points

Click here to submit your answer

Closing date for Entries: Thursday 12:00

This Week’s House Totals

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Maths Quiz

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

Competition

Congratulations to Laila Burford who wins 10 VIVO points.

Click here to enter the competition

This week’s word is: Eco-friendly

Definition: Not harmful to the environment.

Etymology: 1993 from eco + friendly.

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MONDAY 27th NOVEMBERUnder 15 Rugby Match Year 7 Rugby Match 

Year 7 and Year 8 Netball fixtureHelston School, leaving at 14:15 Returning approx. 17:30

TUESDAY 28th NOVEMBERYear 11 County Cup Rugby MatchPenrice School, leaving 13:15. Return approx. 17:30

WEDNESDAY 29th NOVEMBERNational Cup U15s Football Away - Kings School, TauntonIB Information and Advice SessionLunch time in Compass

THURSDAY 30th NOVEMBERYear 11 Revision Skills EveningTimes on personal invitationsNational Cup U12 Girls FootballHome vs Looe

FRIDAY 1st DECEMBERTrengwainton Garden Lantern WalkMBA lanterns on show