3rd March 2017

Friday 31st March 2017

THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY

STANDING OUT

Cover: GCSE Photography by Esme Adams

Sara Davey Academy Principal

Best wishes

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

We have finished the term in style this week as we remember those less fortunate than ourselves this Easter time by having a number of different fundraising activities. Teachers have been tucking into some delicious muffins in the Staff Room whilst donating to Bernardo’s and we rounded off the week with a non-uniform day, fun run and cake sale in support of Water Aid.

It’s all about you...

It has also been our busiest week of the year so far for students taking GCSEs in creative subjects with our studios bursting with people producing some fantastic outcomes in Art, Photography, Graphic Design and Drama. They have worked solidly and as always feel a great sense of pride, enjoyment and achievement in creating something unique and personal.

As ever we have welcomed many people onto campus this week including former student Second Lieutenant Dan Toms from the Royal Artillery who presented an assembly to our Year 10 students about his career since leaving Mounts Bay and were treated to some amazing music workshops presented by members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra who spent yesterday working with some of our brightest talents.

Hop Cross Run

Great Walls of ArtWelcome To Mounts Bay

Finally, after another amazingly productive term, look out for our ‘Schools in the Spotlight’ page in next week’s Cornishman. I wish you all a very happy Easter and look forward to seeing you all when we return on Tuesday 18th April.

In The News

BE YOURBEST

REAL Da Vinci Award

As part of Amy Jackson’s Art History centred REAL Project, she was asked to complete an artist research page. The level of detail was exceptional, demonstrating great insight and a well-considered analysis of technical features of the work. This included information not only about Alan Reed, but also about his father and grandfather, contextualising his family journey into art.

To complement Amy's written work she also produced a fantastic study of one of his paintings. She used materials in a controlled and measured way.

Amy has approached all lessons with great enthusiasm and this is one example of all of her hard work!

Get Collecting Now!

EXCELLENCE REWARD

Report by Miss Dowrick

BECHARITABLE

Miss Drew would like to thank all students and staff who took part so enthusiastically as well as the Water Aid Charity Group for all their hard work in making it such a successful charity event. All money raised will go to Water Aid, an incredibly worthwhile charity who really do radically improve the quality of people’s lives.

On Friday we held a blue themed charity non-uniform day in aid of Water Aid. The day, organised by Miss Drew and the Water Aid Charity group, suggested students donate £1 for the privilege of wearing their own clothes. A cake sale was held in reception, offering a fantastic variety of delicious treats that were snapped up in record time. Students were also given the opportunity to take part in an Easter themed fun run, dubbed the ‘Hop Cross Run’, where, it was planned, they would purchase their own Easter bunny ears to run in! However, the majority of bunny ears failed to materialise on time.

Mr Harvey said, “When the Bunny Ears didn't arrive for our Hop Cross Run I was 'Hopping Mad'! Then the rain threatened, ironically, to hinder our attempts to raise Water Aid money. But in true Mounts Bay style we did the run anyway and over 100 students contributed an extra £1 to Water Aid. Well done to all who took part. I hope the real Easter Bunny is more reliable than the delivery company who have the ears we ordered!”

Water Aid Non-Uniform Day

Dan’s Army Career

Second Lieutenant Dan Toms, a former MBA student, visited Year 10 students on Monday 27th March to share his personal story of his progression to an Army officer over the course of the last seven years.

At the age of 16 Dan remembers being unsure of what he wanted to do and wished he did something more exciting with his work experience. Despite this uncertainty, he worked hard on his GCSEs and progressed onto ‘A’ Levels and then to university to study Economics.

It wasn't until Dan was in his early 20s that he realised he wanted a career change. The Army offered him a fresh challenge and the opportunity to travel whilst also allowing him to continually develop new skills and learn.

Dan is now responsible for a small platoon of soldiers within the Royal Artillery and takes great pride in their welfare and development. He told us one of his proudest moments was during his officer cadet passing out ceremony at Sandhurst, and shared with us his career progression since then.

Dan is keen to offer support to any MBA student considering an Army career and would welcome questions or the opportunity to support any MBA students into this vocation.

Mounts Bay Alumni wants to hear from you!

Any former students are welcome to sign up to our alumni and share their journey on:

https://networks.futurefirst.org.uk/register

Report by Mrs Masters

BEHEALTHY

Free Heart Screening

Every week in the UK at least 12 young people die of undiagnosed heart conditions. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) is an organisation working to reduce the number of young sudden cardiac deaths. CRY is running a free heart screening programme on Tuesday 9th May (09:10 - 15:40) and Wednesday 10th May (09:00 - 15:50) here at Mounts Bay Academy. These services are open to anyone aged between 14 and 35, and can easily be booked by visiting the CRY booking link (below).

The free screening sessions involve having an Electrocardiogram (ECG), which looks at the electrical conduction pathways around the heart. Small stickers, known as electrodes, are placed on the chest and the wires connect to an ECG machine whilst you lie still. A print out of the heart’s electrical activity is obtained for evaluation by the cardiologist. This test is painless, non-invasive and takes only a few minutes to perform. An Echocardiogram (Echo) is an ultrasound test (such as offered to pregnant women) which looks at the structure of the heart. From the information provided on screen, measurements are taken which give a guide to muscle thickness and the size of the chambers of the heart. Again, this test is non-invasive and painless; and it takes approximately 20 minutes to perform. The tests are performed with you lying down on a couch or bed. For both tests you will need to be undressed to the waist.

CRY offers all young, apparently healthy individuals the opportunity to be screened. The screening programme is not just for people who play sport. Most young people exert themselves to some extent at times, maybe running up and down stairs or running for a bus. So, deaths in sport or deaths in young people are not just confined to sports players or athletes, they may also occur in someone just jogging across the park to catch up with friends. CRY has no issues with any young individual coming to us requesting screening, no matter whether they are top sportsmen or playing minimal sport or taking part in minimal exercise.

For more information click here:

http://www.c-r-y.org.uk

To book your free appointment click here:

http://www.testmyheart.org.uk

BEINSPIRED

This week Year 10 have been studying Transformations in their Maths lessons and were given an opportunity to create their own Escheresque Tessellation Art. A tessellation is a way of tiling a plane surface using the same shape again and again; Escher can be regarded as the 'Father' of modern tessellations. M.C Esher is one of the world’s most famous graphic artist and his art was mathematically inspired, his innovative works explored echoing patterns, perception, space and transformation. During his life, he became obsessed with filling surfaces with pictures that did not overlap or leave spaces. Aged 68, he stated, "Filling two-dimensional planes has become a real mania to which I have become addicted and from which I sometimes find it hard to tear myself away."

Tessellations

Report by Mr T Williams

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“This was a great lesson; I love tessellations; they are so much fun!” - Theresa Greagsby 10 Green

“I have really enjoyed the lesson because it incorporated Art into Mathematics.” - Frank Davies 10 Blue

“This lesson has enabled me to discover creative skills which I didn’t believe I had.” - Toby Osborne 10 Yellow

BEINSPIRED

On Thursday we watched a live showing of The Tempest by the RSC. It included modern effects, vibrant costumes and amazing sets. It was the first time most of us had seen The Tempest performed by professionals and it helped us see the characters personalities and their relationships.

The first part of the show focused on Prospero and Miranda’s relationship as well as Caliban’s and Ariel’s. Prospero spoke to Miranda of what he had done with the ship and the people on it to save himself from false accusation. Caliban is also aware of the storm and, when he is called, he comes yelling at his master and daughter all the heinous things they have done. This gives you an idea of what the word slave means in the play. However, Ariel (being a servant) is treated less harshly and is promised freedom within two days. This is the difference between Caliban and Ariel which becomes clear when acted.

Next, the characters find their feet and are uncovered for everyone else to see. Miranda sees the first man in her life and instantly falls in love with this new version of beauty she has found. Ferdinand (the man she found) also felt this way towards her, therefore they were both entranced by each other. On a different part of the island, Caliban (a half fish, half man abomination) discovers the freakish jester, Trinculo, and the drunk butler Stephano. He becomes convinced they have fallen from the sky with this new 'unearthly' liquor and thus plots to overthrow Prospero. The main party on the island is full of the royal

BEENTERTAINED

Royal Shakespeare Live Stream

Mrs Marsden's and Mr Helliwell's Year 7 English classes both studied 'The Tempest' last semester and focused on the conflicting relationships and the balance of power between Prospero, Ariel and Caliban. These classes watched the RSC livestream of 'The Tempest' on Thursday 30th March and here are some of their thoughts on the production:

BEINSPIRED

beings: Antonio, Gonzalo, and others where there they face many conundrums as they plot to kill, overthrow and steal. However, Ariel comes to make sure no harm comes to anyone.

Finally, sins are forgiven and characters return to normal lives. Miranda and Ferdinand are bound to get married, Prospero is returned to his rightful place as Duke of Milan and Caliban is free to control the island. As promised, Ariel is freed and able to go where she wants until she commits her loyalty to another.

All in all it was a magical play that took advantage of new technology to enhance the visual excitement. It was an experience none of us will forget.

BEENTERTAINED

Report by Iona Benson 7 Green

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“Our favourite part was when Trinculo came on and made really funny jokes, and when Caliban and Stephano came on and started getting drunk and Caliban told his side of the story.” - Chloe Leonard and Lily Gear 7 Blue

“Ariel used hologram tech to make a projection of himself with the help of Intel's knowledge of tech. They also used a projection of the dogs chasing after Trinculo, Stefano and Caliban on the drums moving to the position of them.” - Andrew Dunkley 7 Red

“We thought that it was very interesting because of the way they used our generation of technology and the way they made it as a more modern play. They did this with Ariel using CGI to make him a hologram.” - Megan Gardiner and Myrtle Ratcliffe 7 Blue

On 24th March we made a helicopter out of paper for a science experiment. We did this because we were trying to find a way of slowing our 'space ship' down so it could safely land on a planet (Mars).

BECURIOUS

Landing on Mars

Report by Keira Richards and Xenios Jenkins

In our Science lessons we have been looking at how we could colonise Mars. We discovered that the atmosphere of Mars is very thin and therefor the size of the blades of the craft which would spin to slow it down would have to be very large.

Xenios and Keira with their helicopter

BEINSPIRED

This month's Accelerated Reader Tutor Cup is awarded to 7 Purple, who have made a fantastic improvement in terms of student participation with 77% of the tutor group reading at least one book in March and passing at least one accelerated reader quiz.

The overall success rate for the tutor group in March is 87%, with 963, 282 words read. Books read include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (J K Rowling), The Maze Runner (James Dashner), Allegiant (Veronica Roth), The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (Michael Morpurgo), Wonder (R J Palacio) and One (Sarah Crossan).

Well done to 7 Purple, 7Blue, 7 Red and 7 Yellow all of whom had an overall success rate of 85%+ in accelerated reader quizzes taken during March. 7 Green and 7 Orange are very close to their success target with an overall success rate of 84%. 7 Cool are also close with a success rate of 81% overall for March.

My aim is to have all tutor groups have a participation rate of 100% and a success rate of at least 85%. With the Easter holidays approaching, there will be plenty of time to enjoy a good book for two so let's see if we can achieve that aim for April..

Report by Mrs Marsden

Accelerated Reader Tutor Cup

BEADVENTUROUS

Iris’s Sailing Adventure

Iris Rainbow is setting sail on Saturday on an epic sailing adventure. She will be leaving port from Plymouth on board a 60 foot training yacht that is set to circumnavigate Great Britain. Iris is one of only eight young people from across the country who were chosen to take part in the Aspect 360 Project tun by the Morvargh Sailing Project. They will be sailing 1700 miles over five weeks, visiting 16 ports around the country as well as visiting some iconic maritime locations.

Iris will be sending regular updates of her progress to us here at MBA, and you can visit her blog on our website.

In order to send us pictures and updates Iris has been supplied with a special Academy iPhone fully equipped with a waterproof case so she can keep us up to date no matter what the weather or sea conditions.

Good Luck Iris! We look forward to keeping up with you on your sailing adventure.

To read Iris’s blog, visit the MBA website.

Mr Fish gets Iris up to speed on the iPhone

Word Millionaire

Leah Powell of 7 Blue is our latest Word Millionaire. She is making fantastic progress on the Accelerated Reader programme, passing thirteen quizzes with an overall success rate of 94%.

Leah enjoys reading the ‘Hetty Feather’ series of book by Jacqueline Wilson and has recently read ‘Sapphire Battersea’ and ‘Emerald Star’. She has also read ‘Queen’ and ‘Opal Plumstead’, again by Jacqueline Wilson.

We have all this Jacqueline Wilson books in the library if you fancy reading one of them yourself. Leah has also enjoyed ‘Geek Girl’ and ‘Model Misfit’ by Holly Smale, which are always popular choices in the library.

BEINSPIRED

Report by Mrs Marsden

Tassomai Top 10

The Tassomai App is being used by all Year 11s at the beginning of every Science lesson for 10 minutes.

It is a great revision tool: easy to use, and readily available for the students to use at home or in school.

Each week the top 50 students will be entered into a prize draw to win a £15 Amazon voucher.

The App has now been opened up to Year 10s.

Keep up the good work!

Year 11Year 11

1 Oscar Clive

2 Hannah James

3 Rosie Saddington

4 Nicola Enston

5 Ella Tattersall

6 Skylar Finch

7 Daniel Nowell

8 Tom Seymour

9 Alex Woollock

10 Anya Burlton

Report by Mr Troup

BEINSPIRED

The PiXL Maths App is a great revision app and website we are using with Year 11 during registration time each week.

It has proven results with students across the country and includes a combination of questions, videos and help sheets.

All students have the app on their iPad automatically. They can obtain their login details and more information from:

PiXL Maths App

Report by Mr Kent

Well done to:

AbbiOliviaKieraAlexandraCharlottePeterJamimaRossHannahSian

TylerCaseyBenRosieKerenzaKizzyReannaShannonRobbieShelley

This week the top form using the PiXL Maths App was 11 Green who win themselves a box of Cadbury's Heroes.

https://mountsbay.fireflycloud.net/mathematics/revision/pixl-app

Each week the top students using the app will be awarded a prize. This is not a prize for the students who get the most questions correct; it is an engagement score, as we want students to be challenging themselves.

The top 20 students are listed below.

Keep up the great work Year 11.

maths

BECREATIVE

Izzy Markham in Year 9 is our 'Designer of the Week'

Izzy is currently working towards completing her preparatory studies for her GCSE Graphics exam just after Easter. She has worked with diligence and considerable thought developing a campaign to raise awareness of dementia.

Izzy has explored a variety of different methods and techniques to communicate key information about dementia so that we can understand the issue with more compassion and understanding. The final outcome will be created soon! Well done Izzy for exploring such an important topic.

Graphic Designer of the Week

Report by Mrs Dale

BECREATIVE

Student Work in Exchange Gallery

Mounts Bay Academy’s Art Department have been successful again this year by having three paintings shortlisted for the Young People’s Art Prize. This year’s competition was to create work inspired by the artist Joy Gregory on the theme of ‘Self Portrait’. Paintings by Zoe Pyne Year 11, Amber Nethersole Year 11 and Alice Thacker Year 10 are currently on display in the Exchange Gallery so the Easter holidays would be a perfect time to view the exhibition and also cast your vote for the 'Visitors Prize’.

Congratulations to Zoe who has already won an age group prize for her beautiful acrylic painting.

Zoe Pyne

Alice Thacker

Amber Nethersole

Report by Mrs Dale

BECREATIVE

From Autoportrait © Joy Gregory courtesy

Impressions Gallery

THE EXCHANGE Princes Street, Penzance TR18 2NL newlynartgallery.co.uk

Open 10.00 - 17.00 Tues - Sat (until 18 Mar) Mon - Sat (from 20 Mar)

Open Submission art competition for young people aged 11-19 years.

Inspired by exhibiting Artist Joy Gregory the theme for this year’s Young People’s Art Prize is Self Portrait.

FRI 24 MAR, 6PM

Preview and prize giving: everyone welcome!

There are three age categories 11-13, 14-16, and 17-19 years old and a special prize, the Visitors Vote, which will be awarded by the gallery at the end of the exhibition to the artist whose work received most votes by the public.

YOUNG PEOPLE’S ART PRIZE 201725 MAR- 1 MAY

BECREATIVE

On Thursday, some of our Year 10 musicians were involved in a composition and performance workshop with Patrick Bailey, one of the creative directors of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. They composed an original piece as a group lasting around five minutes which was then brilliantly conducted by Vicky Tulley in the final performance.

Patrick helped to boost the students confidence when it comes to composing original ideas and fitting melodies lines and chords together. This will feed directly into the Year 10 GCSE Music composition unit. The students had to work together to discuss the structure and development of their piece and the outcome was fantastic.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Report by Mrs Brown

It was a quite intensive but brilliant and inspiring afternoon - well done to all involved.

The boys Year 7 football team have reached the County Cup final this week after beating Richard Lander in the semi-final on penalties (9-8).

The game finished 0-0 after normal and extra-time. The Year 7 boys have been crowned as West Cornwall Champions and follow the Year 8 boys into the full Cornwall County Final. The Year 7 boys final will take place at Wadebridge Football Club on Tuesday 25th April 2017. Our opposition and kick off time is yet to be confirmed.

Well done boys.

BECOMPETITIVE

Year 7 Footballers into County Final

Squad:

Tyler Dayus Kempa Marks Oscar Halls (C)Leo Frost Charlie Harvey Ryan Townson Joe Williams Luka Walker Joe-Jenson Tomlinson Tom Prowse Enzo Favata Lucas Piff Jago Hills

Report by Mr Lawrence

Cross Country Win

Congratulations to Abby Jose, who came first in the final cross country Western League race for the U13s this season. The race, which took place at Redruth School last weekend, saw Abby beat 30 other competitors to win. It was the last event in the Western League, a series of races across the South West where competitors gain points for each race. Abby came fourth in the league table, missing third place by just one point. Abby will be running in the same U13 category again next year as she is a year young. Following her performance Abby has been awarded a place in the first team for Cornwall AC for the U13s. Well done!

Mounts Bay Academy has an active and successful indoor rowing club, which is run as an after school activity. With about 40 members, the club is coached by Shirley Pitts who is also the Junior rowing coach with Pendeen Pilot Gig Club. Ten of the Mounts Bay indoor rowers also row with the Pendeen Club, together with young people from other schools in the area.

The picture shows a group from the Mounts Bay Academy club, with their 'star rower' Ellie Dash wearing her medals. Ellie competed in the Cornwall Indoor rowing competition late last year, winning Gold. She followed this up with another Gold medal in the regional championships in February, and went on to share the National team Gold medal, with an individual bronze.

After Easter the Mounts Bay club will be getting on the water with Pendeen Pilot Gig Club boats to train for the Cornwall Water Sports competition at Mylor on 28th June.

The Pendeen Junior rowers start off their competitive season at the Plastic Gig Championships at Sandy Cove near Newlyn on 8th April. The Pendeen Club has three Junior crews in training on Friday evenings at the Pontoon at Newlyn, and is hoping to do well.

BECOMPETITIVE

Mounts Bay Academy Rowing Club

BEA WINNER

Maths Quiz

This Week’s Puzzle:

Four 5s written with simple arithmetical signs can be arranged into 100 in quite a straightforward way - as shown.

Last week’s solution: 23

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 iTunes 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: 103 PointsGreen: 46 PointsRed: 39 Points

Orange: 32 PointsPurple: 25 PointsYellow: 21 Points

Click here to submit your answer

Closing date for Entries: Thursday 12:00

This Week’s Points

Can you arrange exactly four 7s with arithmetical signs so that they total 100?

BEA WINNER

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

Competition

Congratulations to Daniel Nowell who wins 10 VIVO points.

Click here to enter the competition

This week’s word is: prompt

Definition: Verb • Cause or bring about • Encourage to say something Noun • Remind an actor of their lines • A computer screen command Adjective • Done without delay; immediate

Adverb • Exactly (with reference to a specific time)

Etymology: Middle English (as a verb): based on Old French prompt or Latin promptus ‘brought to light’, also ‘prepared, ready’, past participle of promere ‘to produce’, from pro- ‘out, forth’ + emere ‘take’.