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NEWSLETTER 22nd March 2013 Principal’s Report Best wishes Sara Davey Academy Principal It’s been an incredibly busy and amazingly impressive week here at Mounts Bay, and it never ceases to amaze me how hard staff and students work to make the Academy a truly outstanding school. This week there has been so much going on that I hardly know where to start. There’s been Science week with everything from meteorites to Scrapheap Challenge; we’ve been inspired by a visiting Olympian; broadcast a live 40 minute TV News show for BBC News School Report and put on five performances of the Academy’s wonderful production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’. While most schools will be winding down next week with Easter fast approaching, we will be continuing at the usual pace. On Monday we will be holding a Year 8 Deep Learning Project Celebration evening, with some spectacular work on display. Tuesday will see some of our talented musicians performing at the Acorn Theatre in the MixX Jam and on Wednesday night parents will be invited in to view the BBC News School Report programme that we made this week, and have a tour of the MBTV studios. On Thursday morning there will be a Year 8 Options Assembly where students will be introduced to the Year 9 Curriculum, which will give students some of the information they will need to pick their GCSE subject for next year. After this, I think you will agree that staff and students will take a well deserved break. As I am sure you are aware, the Academy closes at 12:40 on Thursday 28th March and we return on Monday 15th April. May I take this opportunity to thank you for your support in all aspects of the Academy and wish you a restful Easter break.
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NEWSLETTER 22nd March 2013
Principal’s Report
Best wishes
Sara DaveyAcademy Principal
It’s been an incredibly busy and amazingly impressive week here at Mounts Bay, and it never ceases to amaze me how hard staff and students work to make the Academy a truly outstanding school.
This week there has been so much going on that I hardly know where to start. There’s been Science week with everything from meteorites to Scrapheap Challenge; we’ve been inspired by a visiting Olympian; broadcast a live 40 minute TV News show for BBC News School Report and put on five performances of the Academy’s wonderful production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’.
While most schools will be winding down next week with Easter fast approaching, we will be continuing at the usual pace. On Monday we will be holding a Year 8 Deep Learning Project Celebration evening, with some spectacular work on display. Tuesday will see some of our talented musicians performing at the Acorn Theatre in the MixX Jam and on Wednesday night parents will be invited in to view the BBC News School Report programme that we made this week, and have a tour of the MBTV studios.
On Thursday morning there will be a Year 8 Options Assembly where students will be introduced to the Year 9 Curriculum, which will give students some of the information they will need to pick their GCSE subject for next year.
After this, I think you will agree that staff and students will take a well deserved break. As I am sure you are aware, the Academy closes at 12:40 on Thursday 28th March and we return on Monday 15th April. May I take this opportunity to thank you for your support in all aspects of the Academy and wish you a restful Easter break.
BEINSPIRED
Students Honoured at the House of Lords
On Tuesday evening three Year 8 students were invited to the House of Lords for a presentation by Lord Robert Winston and the Dean of Imperial College, London, to award the winners of a Science competition.
Students from across the country had been asked to answer the question ʻWhy are some students being put off studying Science at school?ʼ The competition was organised by the Royal College of Scientists Union and the girls only learnt on Sunday that they were amongst the finalists.
At the ceremony the three students, Olivia Hewett, Alice Pritchard and Harriet Radford, were singled out by the Dean who was surprised to see such young students amongst the finalists, given that all the other groups present comprised Public School sixth formers and University undergraduates.
The girls were delighted to be awarded third prize and following the awards ceremony and delicious canapés, they were taken on a personal tour of the House of Lords by Lord Winston himself.
It was a wonderful experience and the opportunity of a lifetime which the girls have said they will never forget.
Congratulations!
The students meet Lord Winston
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Space Science
On Tuesday, all Year 9 Science GCSE students were treated to a presentation by astronomer Brian Sheen from the Roseland Observatory in Par. When the BBC recently held a three day 'Stargazing Live' show they were linked to various astronomers and stargazers across the country and Mr Sheen was part of the Eden Project link.
Mr Sheen began with a short film about star evolution and shared some very interesting anecdotal stories about his career in the field. We were shown stunning images of stars and nebulae that were taken by the Roseland Telescope, proving it is not just NASA who produce these sorts of pictures.
Finally, Mr Sheen produced some meteorites which were handled with much awe and wonder by the students. At the end of Mr Sheen's presentation, the students showed their appreciation by spontaneously breaking out into two rounds of applause (I had to convince Mr Sheen afterwards that they weren't prompted!).
Year 9 were a captive audience and impeccably behaved and we can look forward to a future collaboration between MBA and Roseland Observatory. I also think Mr Sheen's assistant (Year 10 work experience Toby) proved to be a hit with certain MBA students!
BEINSPIRED
Science Joke (yes, we have them)
"We all know light travels faster than sound which is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak"
- Albert Einstein
Science Week
Science week has created a buzz around the Academy all week with many exciting events. It has really given a great impression of just how varied and exciting science is. From TV star Brian Cox to stars born in distant galaxies, students have been taken on a thrilling journey. In Reception the Physics Busking and the Gadget Shop have proved great hits and attracted many fascinated students.
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BEINSPIRED
Maths Masterclass
Over the last 10 weeks we have hosted gifted and talented students from eight local primary schools. The aim has been to challenge them and inspire them in their mathematical studies.
Over the week the group of Year 4-6 students have looked at a range of topics including finding the internal angles of a megagon (a one million sided shape); spotting sequences in nature; using graphs to understand the TopGear Team's race across London and making money with percentages.
Inspiring Olympian
Former Olympian Vernon Samuels visited Mounts Bay on Friday 15th March. Vernon, who competed in the 1988 Olympic Games as a Triple Jumper, visited the Academy as part of the Sky Sports Living for Sport programme.
Sky Sports Living for Sport uses sports stars and sports skills to improve young people's lives. The programme is designed to inspire and support every participant in areas relevant to them whether it's improving confidence, attainment at school or leading a healthier lifestyle.
He started the day with an assembly and then took the Year 7 girls groups for PE. Vernon then spent time with the Year 10 GCSE PE theory group. He finished the day by working with the High Performance Group in the afternoon. The sessions were multi skilled and looked at core strength and fitness. He also talked about his life story to the Year 10s.
Vernon was an inspirational speaker and could connect with students brilliantly. He was able to talk about “his story”, how he achieved his Olympic success and the commitment he needed to reach the top in his sport.
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Raspberry Pi Prize
Well done to everyone who has taken part in World Pi Day but particularly Georgia Kennedy-Curnow who memorised 100 decimal places.
Apparently the trick is to put the digits to song!
BECURIOUS
English House CompetitionWIN BOOK TOKENS
£10 First Prize£5 Runner Up
Write a book review on a book you've recently enjoyed.
Write a persuasive article aimed at teenagers: ʻReading- Just Do it.ʼ
Write a report on your favourite author.
Closing Date April
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The picture shows Georgia receiving her Raspberry Pi Computer which was the prize for the top performer on the day.
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Maths Quiz
This Week’s Puzzle:
What is the largest number of people at a party if no two people have a birthday in the same month? Extension for Bonus Points:
A man is asked how old he is. “I am 35 years old not counting Saturdays and Sundays.” How old is he?
Closing date for Entries: Thursday 28th March at 12:00
Last week’s solution:
49, 169…
Extension:
The tenth triangle number is 55
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Win an iTunes voucher
For each correct answer throughout this semester we will put your name in the hat for a chance to win an iTunes voucher – the more correct answers, the more chance of winning.
House Competition
Purple: 48 PointsYellow: 29 PointsOrange: 25 Points
Blue: 15 PointGreen: 11 Point
Red: 6 Point
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Last week's answer was church
The winner was Reece Evans. Well done!
BECURIOUS
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The winner will be chosen at random from the winning entries each week.
To win, simply read the newsletter and e-mail the sentence that the word repertoire appears in by using the link below.
Competition
Congratulations to Pema Bradley-Peer who wins a WH Smith Voucher for pointing out that last week we failed to include the word ‘discrepancy’ in the newsletter. Normal service will be resumed this week!
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Pema Bradley-Peer receives her prize from Mr Payne
This week’s word is: Repertoire.
Definition: Repertoire – noun
This refers to a list or set of plays, dramas, operas, musical compositions, songs or roles which an artist or performance company is prepared to perform. Although the original meaning of the word referred to the world of performance and art, the word has now come to refer to the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation. A doctor might have a repertoire of procedures or medication they can offer to deal with a health problem and a chef might have a repertoire of techniques for creating desserts.
Etymology: repertoire is borrowed from the French répertoire, and originally comes from the Latin repertorium ("an inventory, list, repertory"), from Latin reperire ("to find, find out, discover, invent"), from re- ("again") + parire, usually parere ("to produce").
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BECREATIVE
Little Shop of Delights
This week at Mounts Bay Academy a giant, talking plant feasted on human flesh and blood. No, not a new punishment regime, but Mounts Bay Academy’s spectacular production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’. Hundreds of people came along to enjoy this fantastically vibrant production. The Little Shop of Horrors is a musical comedy based around the character Seymour Krelborn, a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik’s flower shop on Urban Skid Row. He has a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulguard. Seymour buys a mysterious unidentified plant, which he calls Audrey 2. The plant has a craving for blood and begins to sing for his supper. People need to be sacrificed to satisfy the plant’s hunger.
The all singing, all dancing young cast were joined on stage by Audrey 2, a giant flesh eating plant. It is an amazing creation by Graham Jobins, who is famed for his breathtaking sculptures that regularly wow the crowds at Mazey Day and Lafrowda. The plant is as impressive as any West End Audrey 2. Anyone who missed the show will be able to see the plant on Mazey Day. The cast started rehearsing the play in September and rose superbly to the challenges of the fast moving, exciting script. They all had to learn a huge repertoire of songs. Johannes Black, who played Mr Mushnik said, “It is really good fun, a great experience. I never thought I could do it before, but now I have the courage to perform. I love my character.”
As well as the main cast the show featured a live orchestra and chorus supported by a huge backstage crew who worked tirelessly to create this spectacular dramatic event. Miss Osborne, the play’s director, said, “I am so excited to see the finished product brought to life. The students have been incredible and their hard work has paid off. I am very proud of them.”
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BECREATIVE
Broadcast News
“The atmosphere was tense just before 2 O’Clock, but once we went on air it got more relaxed. At the end I felt very relieved and proud of everyone.” - Lucy Nicholas, camera operator.
“It was scary at first but once you get into the flow you get more relaxed. When I watch the national news now I know it’s not as easy as they make it look.” - Olivia Egan, presenter
On Thursday 21st March at 2pm MBTV broadcast a 40 minute live news programme on the Academy website for BBC News School Report. Students from Media Club and the GCSE Media Studies group joined forces to broadcast the news programme. During the broadcast the GCSE students ran the studio, operating cameras, sound equipment, vision mixers and acting as producers and studio managers.
First thing in the morning students decided what news to feature in the programme. They then had to write the news headlines, news stories, weather reports and sports updates ready for the live transmission. Main headlines included the budget, a new dinosaur named after a school girl, the placebo effect and Girls Aloud splitting up. As the on air time approached, nerves were mingled with excitement, but as soon as the opening credits begin the students operated like a professional media team. The programme went incredibly smoothly.
Many had produced pre-recorded packages that were aired during the show. One group were lucky to get a world TV exclusive: they were invited down to Porthcurno Telegraph Museum and were the first film crew to have a look inside the new ‘Developing the Future’ building there. Others produced pieces on the Kernow Youth Book Awards, climate change in Cornwall, urban foxes and the links between Mounts Bay Academy and the Mariame Mae Pre-school in Gambia.
Miss Fisher and Miss Tooby, who run Media Club, were delighted with the day and the way all of the students had taken on the challenge.
“It really couldn’t have gone any better, I’m so pleased and proud of them all.” - Miss Tooby
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BECREATIVE
Artist of the Week
This week’s Artist of the Week is awarded to Nathan Gibson. Nathan has shown real enthusiasm and commitment in all art lessons and has made excellent progress. Nathan has shown particular skill when working with charcoal and chalk. Well done for all your hard work Nathan, you are a pleasure to teach.
Miss Green
BEA COMPETITORRugby 7s Report by Alistair Stacey
Last Thursday, Mr Strong and the Year 7 Rugby Team went to Pool Academy for a Rugby 7s tournament.
Over 20 teams took part and in our pool were Redruth School ,Richard Lander, Helston and Bolitho. First we played Richard Lander and lost by two tries, the end result being three tries to one. Next we played Bolitho, this time we stepped up to the mark and beat them easily.
We went in to the next match feeling confident when we came up against Helston. We played some good rugby in the first half, but in the second they put a couple of tries past us. In our last match we played Redruth (knowing they were a good side). We put in a tremendous performance, but luck was not on our side and we lost to a great team. Overall it was a good day and we were unlucky not to go further in the competition.
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BEA WINNER
County Rugby
Year 10 student Liam Lonsdale has been chosen to represent Cornwall at Rugby. He was selected for the county squad from over fifteen other scrum halves from around the county who attended the trials.
He is pictured in his county gear. Unfortunately their first game against Somerset was cancelled due to rain.
Badminton
Over the last few weekends several Mounts Bay students have been playing badminton at the 2013 Cornwall County Championships in four age groups at Truro and Penryn with excellent results. Those who played were Alice Pritchard, Finn Burford, Sam Laity, Matthew Bick and William Bick. Three County Titles were won by two of the players; Sam Laity became the U15 Boys Doubles County Champion with his partner Isaac Barrow (Truro) and was runner up in the U15 Boys Singles.
William Bick gained two titles in the U17 event becoming County Champion at Boys Doubles with his partner Liam Sillifant (Launceston) and County Champion in the Mixed Doubles with partner Amy Polglase (Camborne). These titles now add to the numerous Gold, Silver and Bronze medals that Sam, William and Matthew have won in Badminton England sanctioned tournaments throughout the season, having travelled out of the County most weekends. All three have represented Cornwall in every County match so far this season at U15 and U17 level. William Bick has also been selected for the Team to represent Cornwall at the prestigious U17 County Challenge event over four days at Nottingham during the Easter Holidays.
William with doubles partner Amy Polgase
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BEA WINNERInternational Rugby
Last weekend saw former Mounts Bay students Luke Cowan Dickie and Jack Nowell playing in the England U20 team against Wales in the Six Nations.
Miss Nowell who was at the match sent this report:
“Jack scored the first try of the game, even though the Welsh had trained all week with the aim of keeping Jack out of the game! Did not work too well!
Luke had a fantastic game, he gained his third Man of The Match title from the Six Nations.
Next step, World Cup tour in France.”
Indoor Rowing
Congratulations to Eddy Hall who has just attended the National Junior Indoor Rowing competition at the Lea Valley Athletics Centre in North London.
After his success at the South West final in Plymouth he was hoping to have a great day, with indoor rowers from across the country competing for a range of different titles in a number of different age groups.
The competition had 2527 entries in total and Eddy did extremely well winning his heat 60 metres in front of the second placed rower and finishing in seventh place overall.
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BEA WINNER
Sailing Star
Eden Backhouse is a keen and competitive sailor and a member of our Elite Sports Academy.
She sails the Olympic class international Laser and competes both locally at Mounts Bay Sailing Club and at national competitions around the country. Eden is aiming to become a member of the UK Laser Youth Squad and would like to be able to take her sailing all the way to the Olympics.
Laser sailing is one of the most challenging sports that requires the helm to match their skill, not only against other sailors, but also to compete in a wide range of wind and sea conditions using complex strategies and tactics, while continuously adjusting the controls on their boat.
Eden in action in a club race at Mounts Bay Sailing Club
Handball
On Thursday 21st March the Mounts Bay Sports Leaders delivered and then ran a Handball Competition. The competition was for mixed teams of Year 7 students. Hayle and Cape Cornwall Schools joined Mounts Bay for the training sessions and subsequent tournament.
The Year 10 and 11 Sports Leaders delivered a fantastic session. All students involved thoroughly enjoyed it. All the games were very close but Mounts Bay managed to come out on top, winning the tournament.
Well done to all who took part and a big thank you to the Sports Leaders. Look out for more Handball competitions in the future.
Handball action from the tournament
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BEADVENTUROUS
Scrapheap Challenge
On Tuesday 19th March 19 Year 7 students took part in the Geevor Tin Mine Scrapheap Challenge as part of the National STEM week (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). Their brief was to create a working water wheel, capable of pulling a trolley full of rocks up a slope in just one hour using only scrap and recycled materials provided on the day.
The competition was open to all schools in the area with the winners receiving a £100 prize and a scrapheap trophy. The Mounts Bay entry was made up of five teams. All made valiant efforts to complete the task.
Some groups battled with the forces of friction and were unable to pull the trolley, but others overcame and succeeded in getting useful work out of their device.
The winning team ‘Super Skittles’ pulled the trolley 3m in just 67seconds. Congratulations to Tiegan Mills, Niema Ahmed and Imogen Lee for their excellent efforts. Runners up were the ‘Indespicables’, Louis Willaims and Kyle Hunt who managed an impressive 1min 34s.
Sadly our team’s efforts were not able to beat Hayle School who, on a previous day, had set a record of 43 seconds.
As part of the trip we were also treated to a guided tour of the mine and workings. The students were given a taste of what life must have been like working in the mines and the processes the rocks have to go through to produce tin. They saw how energy is used
throughout the mining process and how this has changed through time; from the energy in miner’s muscles wielding hammers and chisels to water wheels and then pneumatic drills, and electrical drives. The students had the opportunity to interview a ‘real life miner’ who surprised them all by saying that miners would never have eaten pasties down the mine and this is a total myth. He worked in the mine from the age of 20 until he was in his late 50’s and he never once saw anyone eating a pasty down a tin mine!
We are determined to take even more Year 7s next year and will try even harder to win the trophy for Mounts Bay.
