3rd March 2017

8th December 2017

THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY

STANDING OUT

Cover: REAL Project Cot Valley

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Sara Davey Academy Principal

It’s all about you...

Each Academy in the partnership will work collaboratively to support each other to develop world class and leading-edge education provision, based on the latest research, to benefit the unique communities that they all serve. The founding member LEAP schools are Mounts Bay, Five Islands School, Ludgvan, St Hilary and St Buryan Academies. All these schools already have strong links and have worked closely together for many years. I have written a letter to all parents/carers with full details of our proposal which is also available on our website here:www.mountsbay.org/leapeducation

Leaping forward...

Now is also a good time to remind you that our annual Carol Service (with a collection for the RNLI) will be at Madron Church at 7pm on Thursday 14th December.

HOT CHOCOLATE FRIDAY

The countdown to Christmas has begun in earnest here at Mounts Bay with the yearly Christmas Tree competition in our Reception area. Each house has its own tree which has been decorated by staff and students; the competition so far has been fierce but fair, with each tree changing its adornments in response to those around it. I look forward to seeing (and judging) the finished results.

Best wishes

We have just heard that one of our Class of 2017, Maisy-Sky Lumbers, has been nominated for a National Hospital Broadcasting award in the category Best Newcomer. This is a tremendous honour in her first year and she will be traveling to Windsor next year for a spectacular Gala Award dinner to see if she has scooped the prize.

The service is one of the highlights of our year and is always a fantastic mixture of songs and the Christmas story. We will be serving mince pies and coffee after the service in Landithy Hall; everyone is welcome so we hope you can join us.

Maisy-Sky will be broadcasting a special Christmas Eve show between 10:00 and 12:00 on CHBN; why not listen in online and make some requests. http://www.chbnradio.org/on-air/how-listen/online

Finally, well done to the students who joined me for Hot Chocolate Friday at break time today. They included two of the students who raised over £200 for the World Challenge India expedition as well as some of our talented musicians who performed in assemblies this week.

This week’s exciting news is that the Academy is moving into a new development phase of formal partnership with a number of very strong local Academies in Penwith during the Spring of 2018. The aim is to form a local Multi Academy Trust of schools called the “Leading Edge Academies Partnership”.

RADIO STAR!

IT’S NEARLY XMAS

BE YOUR BEST

Ohm’s Law

Last week Year 10 Triple Scientists were set the homework task of researching and explaining Ohm’s Law. Sophie Hughes extended this task showing intrinsic motivation, purpose and a growth mindset by including details not only of Ohm’s Law, but also the

equation to calculate Ohm’s Law; she explained how to re-arrange the equation to calculate either of the three variables as well. She raised the challenge of the task by setting herself some deliberate practice by writing an example Ohm’s Law question which she correctly answered. 

Sophie also refined her research to give an explanation of what resistance is and the causes of resistance. She used effort and skill to complete her research by drawing a current-voltage graph of the results one

could expect from an Ohmic component. This work was worthy of a Da Vinci.

Report by: Mr Troup

DA VINCI PROGRAMME

EXCELLENCE REWARD

7 Warm explored the beautiful landscape of Cot Valley on Wednesday for their Real Project this semester. The students were very energetic and enjoyed climbing the rocks down to the beach and walking along the coast path. There were lots of opportunities

to take photographs, do observational sketches and write some description about the place. Students will then use this information for art work and creative writing in order to capture the ‘spirit of the place’ for their book project. The group were very enthusiastic and were a pleasure to take out.

BE ADVENTUROUS

REAL Project Cot Valley

Report by: Miss Tooby

This week the second half of Year 7, the warm population, went out on their REAL Project trips. 7 Yellow were very excited to get to Land’s End. After careful planning and preparation linked to their Essential Question, ‘How do I capture the spirit of a

place?’, they had a clear idea of what they needed to observe when on location. 

During the visit, students engaged in drawing exercises, creative writing workshops and also carried out a photo shoot to document the landscape around them. The air was cold and the wind blew with force, which created a wintery atmosphere;  students were very resilient and worked like professional artists and writers, continuing with their recording

despite the elements. 7 Yellow have developed some beautiful outcomes already, and I am very excited to see more of what they develop in the next few lessons. They are making links between their own artistic preferences and the practice of established artists, contextualising their ideas in a very considered way. 

Well done everyone! Brilliant work! 

BE ADVENTUROUS

REAL Project Land’s End

Report by: Miss Green

7 Orange visited Trengwainton Gardens this week to gather a range of source material for their REAL 'book' project.

Having explored some of the History surrounding the creation of the gardens in school,  students were able to see the amazing range of beautiful exotic plants, fruits, vegetables and flowers in the context of their research. Students spent time exploring, taking photographs and having a group picnic there before heading back to the Academy.

BE ADVENTUROUS

REAL Project Trengwainton Gardens

Report by: Mrs Dale

On Wednesday 7 Red visited Penzance to collect resources for their REAL book project. Fortunately they were guided by Ms Rylett who was able to illuminate

many features of the town, such as the head of John the Baptist on a platter carved in the rock above the door to Lloyds Bank and the mysterious missing button on the statue of Sir Humphry Davy. 7 Red  searched back in time to find the spirit of the place down to the shore by Jubilee Pool. I wonder if they found it?

BE ADVENTUROUS

REAL Project Penzance Town

Report by: Mr Cross

 It was a great evening and hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves! Thank you to everyone who came or supported us! We raised over £200! 

Year 7 Disco

BE CURIOUS

In 2019 myself (Katie Trahair-Davies), Dolcie Hughes-Penzer, Lilly Hardy and Elsey Kirby are going on the India trip, so to raise some money we organised and ran a Year 7 disco on Wednesday evening.

Year 8 students currently taking ELEMENT visited the Living Well Centre in Sancreed on Wednesday. The Centre, which has been developed on a greenfield site since 2004, allowed students to explore sustainability in action and hear all about it from residents

who have made significant changes to reduce the impact of their lives on the environment for future generations. Many thanks must go to Rachel and Maggie from the site, who both provided the groups with passionate insights into why and how they have chosen more sustainable lifestyles. First they heard about the permaculture approach applied to the land, which involved doing nothing but watching the influence of nature for the first year, before over 4,000 trees were planted for orchard and coppice production, as well as areas for growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, a green compost array and bio-beds to purify waste water. Additionally students found out about the different types of sustainable building styles implemented there, including a straw-bale roundhouse, huts made from locally salvaged materials and a ‘flat-pack’

construction, super-insulated eco-house.Report by: Ms Evans

ELEMENT Trip

BE CURIOUS

As part of the REAL Project: The Adventurer Documentary, Savannah Gibbs from 7 Green took the initiative to email her chosen adventurer, mountaineer Ty Smith, with some questions about his explorations. To her surprise, Savannah opened her emails to find a reply from Ty with a link to a video he recorded for her answering her questions, along with some photos from his expeditions. The video was played to 7 Green in their next REAL Project lesson for them to hear what he had to say.

Ty is currently enjoying some rest after summiting the Matterhorn (pictured) in Switzerland before his next challenge which will see him train in the Himalayas in pursuit of summiting Mount Everest. Savannah and her peers will look to correspond with Ty for updates in due course. 

Good luck Ty!

REAL Adventurer

BE INSPIRED

Report by: Mr Lane

ZubereitungArbeitszeit: ca. 1 Std. / Koch-/Backzeit: ca. 15 Min. Honig, Margarine oder Butter und Zucker in einem Topf unter Rühren zerlassen, bis der Zucker gelöst ist. Abkühlen lassen. Eier und Gewürze unter die Honigmasse rühren. Mehl, Backpulver, Kakao mischen, sieben, 2/3 davon nach und nach zufügen, den Rest auf der Arbeitsfläche mit der Hand unterkneten. Den glatten Teig etwa 1 Stunde ruhen lassen.

Den Teig auf einer bemehlten Arbeitsfläche knapp 1 cm dick ausrollen. Zwei Dreiecke (19 x 23 cm) und zwei Dachplatten (16 x 23 cm) ausschneiden. Eine Dachfristrolle (2 cm Durchmesser, 16 cm lang) rollen.

Die Teile auf ein Backblech mit Backpapier legen. Fenster und Türen ausschneiden. Aus dem Rest Teig Sterne oder Bäumchen usw. ausstechen. Im Backofen bei 175°C 10 - 15 min. backen. Die Teile müssen gut abkühlen. Am besten eine Nacht liegen lassen und erst am anderen Tag weiter verarbeiten.

Das Eiweiß schaumig schlagen und nach gesiebten Puderzucker zugeben, bis eine zähflüssige Masse entsteht. Das Häuschen mit dem Guss zusammenkleben und mind. 2 Stunden trocknen lassen. Dann kann man es nach Belieben verzieren.

Gingerbread House Competition

It's that time of year... the Gingerbread House Competition! The recipe is attached. The deadline is next Friday. Translate, bake and bring in for judging to the MFL office. A variety of categories including taste, decoration and special mention. Prizes for all entries.

Nikolaushaus, Lebkuchenhaus

Zutaten400 g Honig150 g Butter oder Margarine200 g Zucker2 Ei(er)1  Pck. Lebkuchengewürz (Pfefferkuchengewürz)1  Prise(n) Salz800 g Mehl4 TL, gestr. Backpulver20 g Kakao1 Eiweiß100 g Puderzucker Mehl für die Arbeitsfläche

BE INSPIRED

Well done to 7 Yellow, who have been awarded the Accelerated Reader Tutor Cup for the second time in a row. 7 Yellow have a fantastic participation rate with 93% of the students in the tutor group reading at least one book in November. As a tutor group

they achieved an impressive 93% success rate on all accelerated reader quizzes taken. Books enjoyed by 7 Yellow included: ‘Divergent’, ‘Born to Run’, ‘Skellig’ and ‘The Illustrated Mum’.

BE ENTERTAINED

Year 7 Accelerated Reader Cup

Olivia Cockle, of 7 Purple, is our most recent Word Millionaire. Olivia has read Suzanne Collins' ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Catching Fire’;

Annabel Pitcher's ‘Ketchup Clouds’, ‘My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece’ and ‘Silence is Goldfish’; ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne as well as ‘Hetty Feather’ and ‘Katy’ by Jacqueline Wilson. These are all great reads and all authors can be found in our library. 

Dylan Warwick (7 Purple) is also a Word Millionaire this week. He has enjoyed reading

Michelle Paver's ‘Chronicles of Ancient Darkness’ series, lots of David Walliams's books and the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz. Dylan has a fantastic 90% success rate on the Accelerated Reader quizzes he has taken.

Word Millionaire

Report by Mrs Marsden

Wow! November has been a brilliant month for Year 8 Accelerated Reader! We have had three new millionaires, two of them reaching six million words! Keep up the hard work Year 8.

Congratulations to 8 Yellow who are our Accelerated Readers of the month with 37 tests completed in November and 1,205,208 words.

BE ENTERTAINED

Year 8 Accelerated Reader

The Year 8 Accelerated Reader of the month is Kylo Mayes in 8 Blue who completed seven tests with 100% pass rate and a total of 10,208 words

- well done.

Hanul and Ziji in 8 Red have reached an incredible six million words each during their time at the Academy.

Report by: Miss Walters

BECREATIVEBE CREATIVE

MixXjam

On Tuesday night we held our annual Years 10 and 11 MixXjam performance at The Acorn Theatre in Penzance. This great event provides our young musicians with the opportunity to perform in a professional venue, to a paying public crowd.

The first half featured acoustic performances including  original songs through to unusual versions of famous songs. With so many amazing songwriters now in the Academy, the standard was very high. Showcasing songs for this year’s label releases

were Amber Symons, Emily Rees, Alice Thacker, Jenny McKniff and Ellie Sawbridge.

We also had some great performances from our Rockschool students, with Ewan Ford and Morgan Kyle kicking off the show with a great version of The Lazy Song. Maddie Thomas finished the first half with two amazing tunes.

BECREATIVEBE CREATIVE

Report by Mr New

For the second half we turned up the volume and filled the space with loud performances from six bands featuring current students from MBA and

students who have moved on to college from last year. 

It was a great night and we are looking forward to the Years 7 to 9 event in March. 

BECREATIVE

This week we had a guest from Imago Theatre Company who spoke to MBA students. Mr George Yates will be auditioning for three productions next year. The first will be ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, which is an ‘A’ level English text. If you are interested, auditions are on the 13th and 18th December 7-9 pm at the Admiral Benbow. You will need to deliver a prepared speech, no longer than two minutes, as well as an unseen speech from the Tennessee Williams play (provided by them) in a southern accent. Auditions are just not for ‘Streetcar’, but also for other productions.

BE CREATIVE

Theatre Audition Opportunities

Report by Miss Osborne

The Year 10 GCSE Drama group are working on their devising unit in this semester. So to begin with the class have been learning some techniques that could be useful in their future performances. The techniques covered have been duologue, flashback, physical theatre, chorus work and mime. This is not only developing their confidence but they have had to work with different people each time. They have all shown respect to each other and built on their peer relationships. It has been really fun watching their ideas take shape and being performed in front of their class.

Report by Miss Osborne

Year 10 Drama

"I have really enjoyed learning the different skills we can use in Drama. From the audiences point of view, my favourite has been miming. As a performer my favourite was devising a duologue." - Fern Moody

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BECREATIVE

Once at the end of every term we hold our Music MixX assembly week, showcasing some of the amazing music being produced from students in

every Year group. The students have been working on their pieces in after school clubs, in their own time and during curriculum music lessons.

BE CREATIVE

Music MixX Assemblies

Report by Mr New

We started on Monday with the Year 11s, featuring amazing performances from Ellie Sawbridge, Jenny McKniff, Steffi Fashokun and Jamie Gibney. Tuesday

saw great performances from the Year 10s, followed by 9s on Wednesday. To finish the week two brand new bands from Year 8 performed on Thursday and some of our Year 7 acoustic performers blew the audience away on Friday morning. All the sound and lighting has been set up and run everyday by our brilliant Tech Team. 

INTERNATIONAL AWARD

We are pleased to announce that the Academy has been reaccredited with the prestigious British Council International School Award until 2020.

This globally recognised accreditation is for schools that enrich learning and improve teaching with a range of international learning activities, from introducing international education into the curriculum to embedding it within the school’s culture.

The award specifically recognises the work that we do with our international partner schools on a range of projects to share best educational practice and promote awareness of other culture and countries over a broad range of subjects.

This award is the highest accreditation available and we are pleased that we will be able to continue working with our international partners for the next 3 years.

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Mounts Bay’s Years 7 and 8 hockey teams headed down to Penzance Hockey Club’s Astro to play a few  friendlies against St Ives and Humphry Davy last week. In the first competition both the boys and girls teams gelled really well and put on fantastic

displays. Everyone showed great promise and, despite the horrendous weather, spirits soared and everyone came off the pitch with smiles on their faces. Now we look towards our County Competitions after Christmas. 

Hockey Friendlies

Report by: Mr N Eddy

BE COMPETITIVE

The Mounts Bay Year 11 football team travelled to Truro to face rivals Richard Lander in the County Cup. Richard Lander have beaten us on two different occasions, however we went into the game with a different mindset. Mounts Bay started the game off well,

on the front foot for most of the first half, with many chances kept out by their keeper. Both teams went into the break equal. After a short inspirational speech we were ready for what might be our last game together. We again started on the front foot putting pressure on their gigantic defence. We soon broke the back of the net when the leaping gazelle, Louis Thorpe, had a header palmed away for him to then put it in the back of the net. Mounts Bay applied pressure to try and grab another goal to win the game but it was Richard Lander who scored in the last five minutes, levelling the score. With the game tied, Harry H had a late goal disallowed for offside, and at full-time the teams went into extra-time. Again the score was level so it had to go to penalties. Mounts Bay held their nerve to win the game 5-4 in the shoot-out. The

scorers were Mawgan K, Harry H, Tom H, Noah B and Matt R.

Penalty Triumph

Report by: Tom Hands

BE COMPETITIVE

Both Amelia Harris and Abigail Birch made the long journey to Cardiff on Sunday to compete in the Welsh Junior Open Championships. Whilst Amelia

was comfortably clearing the bar in the practice jumps, unfortunately pressure took its toll and she was unable to make a clear jump (high jump). Abigail competed in the shot-put, but despite her classification as it wasn’t a para athletic event, she had to compete as an U17 against others a good foot taller than her! Abigail obtained a new PB and managed to finish just 0.4m behind the other competitors who had a height advantage.

Athletics Action

This Week’s Puzzle:

   

Last week’s solution:

96 - multiply the numbers then add the first digit: (8 + 11 = (8x11) + 8 = 96

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

House Competition

Blue: 155 PointsPurple: 54 PointsYellow: 50 Points

Red: 50 PointsGreen: 46 PointsOrange: 33 Points

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Closing date for Entries: Thursday 12:00

This Week’s House Totals

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NEW Semester, NEW puzzle competition, NEW rules. Being a puzzle champ is not all about how many answers you know... it’s how you behave when you don’t know. We believe in recognising pure grit, determination and effort. To be crowned the new puzzle champ, all you have to do is enter every competition for the whole semester- all the entries will be entered into a prize draw to win a £30 Amazon Voucher.

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

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This week’s word is: Festive

Definition:  relating to a festival, especially Christmas. Cheerful and jovially celebratory.

Etymology: festive' word origin: mid 17th century: from Latin festivus, from festum, (plural) festa ‘feast’.

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MONDAY 11th DECEMBERCornwall School Games, Badminton09:00-16:00 Truro SchoolYear 7 Element Trip (Blue & Orange)Carbis Bay, Periods 1 & 2

TUESDAY 12TH DECEMBERSleeping Beauty Panto10am Hall for Cornwall

WEDNESDAY 13TH DECEMBERCommunity Christmas Music Tour09:00-15:00 St Mary’s Haven, Ponsandane & Sportsmans Arms

THURSDAY 14TH DECEMBERCarol Service19:00 Madron Church, mince pies & coffee in Landithy Hall after the service.Table Tennis Competition09:00-16:00 Penryn CollegeBasketball Qualifiers15:00-17:30 MBA

FRIDAY 15TH DECEMBERGingerbread House CompetitionLanguages department, MBA