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STANDING OUT THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY Cover: Sports Day 2021 CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PAVO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA 2nd July 2021
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Life Is A Rollercoaster Phew, the last seven days have been a rollercoaster of mixed emotions. The week started full of promise, especially if you are a sports fan. Many of our current students have parents and family members who have attended over the years, so like me they might have been looking forward to seeing two of our sporting Alumni performing for Exeter Chiefs against the Harlequins in the premiership final on Saturday. It was a thrilling match but in the end we weren’t left celebrating despite strong performances from both of our boys. Tuesday was a much better day. The sun shone and we had an amazing Sports Day. Many of my colleagues and members of our upper school commented that it was almost like being “back to normal”. The sense of strenuous good humoured competition throughout the day was palpable. The smiles on the faces of all involved confirmed that we were right to hold the event, despite all of the additional work required by our whole team to make it happen in the most Covid Secure way. If you haven’t seen images of the day already, take a look at Mr Jones’ excellent video on our website here: http://mountsbay.org/sports-day-2021 Of course Tuesday also allowed the whole country to put the last 18 months behind us for just over 90 minutes whilst we watched our England football team progress to the next round of the Euro’s by beating our old nemesis, Germany. Those of you that know me well will have been able to imagine the satisfaction I felt watching my fellow Yorkshireman, Kalvin Philips, command our midfield. Bring on Ukraine tomorrow! Sadly, Wednesday presented us with the challenge of having to isolate some students and some colleagues for 10 days as a result of the government guidance on the definitions of a “close contact” to a positive lateral flow test. You will be pleased to know that those isolating have once again seamlessly switched back to attending our “virtual school” until they can return. I understand that this has highlighted the rise in cases in the area, with many of you feeling worried about what this means to attendance. We are committed to keeping the Academy open to all of our students as we know that their mental wellbeing is at least as important as their intellectual progress. As such we will continue to follow our policy of keeping things as close to “normal” as we can and mitigate any risks through rigorous use of face coverings when moving around combined with effective sanitising and cleaning. Remember if you have any concerns, all of my colleagues stand ready to talk to you. Oh and did I mention we are playing Ukraine on Saturday? Have a great weekend! Best wishes Les Hall Academy Principal
A WORD FROM MR ROYLE Happy Friday to you all! Now that we have calmed down a little after a Tuesday full of sport - congratulations to Chamaeleon House for their sporting prowess and also to the England team who produced a performance to get them through to the next round tomorrow night. Wednesday was a day and a half! Many thanks to all students, members of staff and parents/carers who dealt so positively (maybe not the best word to use?) with the Covid situation. The decision to send so many students to isolate was not ours - we are advised by Public Health England and must follow their advice, whether we agree or not. We want a school that is full of young people and staff who are happy and healthy and enjoying stimulating and challenging lessons, but we have to be safe and follow the guidance given by Department for Education and others. Many thanks to all of those parents and carers with whom we spoke and tried to answer your questions. Thank you for your patience and understanding - lovely to see and hear that the #BeKind message is being followed by most of our Academy families. We are thinking of all of those Year 10s who will by now be on day three of ten of their isolation. Stay strong and keep to the isolation rules in order to protect all of us and our families from Covid. We understand that frustration, particularly when the sun is out. Buses remain a bit of a challenge this week - please can we ask all passengers to wear a face mask and to carry a valid bus pass or to pay the correct fair. Drivers from all operating companies have complained about students trying to board the vehicles without bus passes. If you forget your bus pass, which we all do on occasion, then the school can issue a temporary demy Mounts Bay Aca pass which will last for seven days (five school days). During this time, students and their families need to contact the provider of the bus pass - might be Cornwall Council, might be Mounts Bay Academy and get a replacement. The drivers have stated that they are going to refuse travel to students who regularly fail to wear a face covering or do not have a valid bus pass. Unfortunately, the regulations concerning Covid and passenger vehicles are not decided by us, and so we have to accept that all students must wear a face mask (unless they are medically exempt) and they need to carry a valid bus pass for that route.
A WORD FROM MR ROYLE The Social Development Team had a good meeting on Monday and in response to some parental comments concerning behaviour points. We are going to make a change: Currently, parents receive details of some behaviour points but not the reasons behind them and so naturally those parents wanting to know more contact the Academy for further details. However, we have found a way to share all behaviour points with parents via the Edulink app and can include the teacher comments giving the reasons for the M code. We hope that this will save the frustration of parents/carers knowing that something has happened at school but not having enough detail to have a further conversation with the student about this. This includes M codes issued for uniform infringements, mobile phone confiscations and lessons for which the learner is not ready - no pen, no iPad, no book etc. This allows parents/carers to get a more complete picture of where things are not quite working at the Academy. We will of course continue to publish achievement points in the usual way and I am delighted to let you know that there were 3739 achievement points awarded during the week of 19th June compared to 934 behaviour points. I am sure that I talk on behalf of all of the staff when we say that we love giving out achievement points and I hope that you enjoy receiving details of them. Enjoy your weekend - the highlight is obvious! I remember Shevchenko from his Chelsea days. However, don’t go counting chickens - no such thing as a dead cert in football these days! Enjoy the game and #BeKind Best wishes, Mr S Royle Vice Principal
BE INSPIRED Maggot Sports Day Maggots had their own Sports Day this week. Year 7 science students investigated if House colour made a difference to their speed. By measuring how far the maggots travel in a minute students were able to calculate their speed. Thanks to Mr Hoyle for obtaining the maggots and ensuring they were in peak condition for their races! Report by: Miss Page
BE COMPETITIVE Sports Day 2021 RESULTS: Chamaeleon 596 Draco 595 Tucana 588 Phoenix 573 Pavo 565 Delphinus 553 Pegasus 496 Click here to see film and pictures of the day
BE CURIOUS Year 7 Drama Club Students used the park bench exercise to trial a variety of characters at Drama Club. I was blown away by the range of different accents that came out of one small group. We also sorted through the costume cupboard and it was impossible for them not to all experience a Disney princess moment! Report by: Mr Dowrick
BE ADVENTUROUS Ludgvan Visit Ludgvan Year 5 attended MBA for an Olympic sporting experience. They took part in activities that challenged them. These included both climbing and cycling (BMX), extreme sports that will feature in the upcoming Olympics with climbing being a new addition to the 2021 Games. By engaging in new activities the school are hoping to inspire students and showcase sports available in the local community. It is a great way to reinvigorate passion, engagement, and connection to sport. The students were outstanding throughout the day. They put in loads of effort and really embraced the new activities. They enjoyed the fun cycling relay slalom and the new BMX pump track. A big thank you to the school for bringing the children and for the MBA staff for creating a fantastic event. Report by: Mr Eddy
BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE Year 11 GCSE Graphics Year 11 may be a now left MBA but its never too late to celebrate some of their successes! Similarly to Year 9, Year 11 presented their final outcomes as a collection. Students worked across a range of concepts and mediums including branding, logo design and advertising. Some students were able to include their own ceramics to complement the project. Report by: Mrs Dale
BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE Tate St Ives Project The Year 9 Art, Graphics, and Photography GCSE Fastrack groups are now in week three of a five week project in conjunction with the Tate Gallery and are working on a collaborative project based on the theme of climate change. The project involves just over 100 students that are working on a range of group and individual outcomes in different mediums that will culminate into an exhibition at Tate St Ives from 1st September 2021. This is a huge opportunity for us to be able to exhibit in a world- class gallery. The pieces on show will be a shortlisted selection of ceramics, textiles, animation, art and the main centrepiece of a four piece sculptural installation, placed in the ‘Meadow' here at the Academy. Report by: Mrs Dale
BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE Tate St Ives Project We have been working alongside the artist Greg Humphries, the Tate Gallery learning curator Rachel Woodhead and other facilitators from the Tate to give students a breadth of experience and an opportunity to work with professionals in their field. This week, we are midway in the project and making good progress with creating outcomes. Have a look at the breadth of skills we can offer our students! Report by: Mrs Dale
BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE Tate St Ives Project Report by: Mrs Dale
BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE Year 10 Hospitality and Catering Year 10 students faced an ingredient challenge this week. They were presented with a few ingredients and asked to come up with an idea for a dish which they then had to cook. They quickly started thinking on their feet and sprung into action. This was a chance for them to also think about presentation. The end results were fantastic. Well done! Report by: Miss Osborne
BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE Year 9 Fast Track Catering Today in our triple lessons we split into our mini teams, front of house and the chef team, in order to start preparation for our pop-up restaurant, which is opening for a short period of time on Monday 5th of July. As you can see the front of house team are learning how to set up the restaurant in its design, and are making decorations for it. They laid tables, and had a go at serving customers. The food team focussed on flavour, and making sure the dishes were presented well. The menu looks great, and the students are really working hard. Look out in next week’s newsletter for an update on the actual event. Report by: Miss Osborne
BE CREATIVE BE CREATIVE Year 7 and 8 Dance The Year 7 and 8 students have been making the most of the weather in Dance in their Creative Industries lessons. They have been developing some of their own choreography in small groups by applying dynamic contrast to their movement phrases. It has been lovely to be working out in the sunshine! Report by: Mrs Taylor-Hingston
BE COMPETITIVE County Runners Up Well done to the Year 7 Girls who represented MBA in the Cornwall County Cup Final. We faced a strong Pool side at Penryn College. The team gave their all in the heat and managed to work together to stop Pool’s consistent attacks. The team embraced full squad rotation, listened to coaching points and adapted their game. Whilst Pool took the win, the team should be proud of their performance, what they learned and the future ahead of them. Well done to all players. Teacher’s player: Harlyn S. Squad: Matilda Eleanor B Rosie S Hattie R (Vice-Captain) Harlyn S Layla R (Captain) Maia C Ruby E Darcey H Keeley B Clea S Merryn N Emily C Nina C Report by: Miss Tattersall
BE COMPETITIVE Rugby Action Nine Year 7 students from Mounts Bay Academy represented Penzance and Newlyn U12s at the Land Rover Cup at Crediton RFC recently. They won three out of their four games against Ivybridge RFC and Topsham RFC playing touch rugby. Their play improved as the games progressed. Team: Dan A, George J, Fletcher M, Harry F, Ferdi S, Louie M, Aaron H, Harrison C and Perran M. Report by: Mrs James
BE ENVIRONMENTAL Speaking for the World at the Detox festival The DeTox Festival was a massive success at MBA and really made people think twice about what we where doing to help our school to become more eco friendly and at one with nature. During the festival we had a number of events including drama, dance, music and speeches. Maya and Cephia from 7 Tucana and Theo from 9 Phoenix wrote and presented speeches to the parents and students during the festival. Enid introduced the speeches and helped run the DeTox Festival. It has been an absolute pleasure for the Eco Teams to have Enid in their group. She has contributed so much towards DeTox, and we all want to say thank you for the “ help and cooperation and well done. Maya from 07 Tucana writes: “Doing speeches at the DeTox Festival was really fun. I hope it really inspired people to make a change in their lives and realise what is happening and knowing ” that they can change and help save our world.” “ Cephia from 07 Tucana writes: “I felt an impulse to say something to everyone and when I heard that we where doing speeches for the DeTox Festival I put myself out there. People really need to know that the world is changing. Most of the time it seems to me that they don’t care. They are wrong. I wanted to put my voice out there as one of the children of the world and tell them what is really happening. So much is going on with our home planet and the fact they are ignoring the earth’s plea for help makes me so heartbroken. It makes me feel as though they don’t care about our generation. I wanted to show them that I know what is happening and they must know about it too otherwise our generation and the thousands to come will be in danger.” ” Report by: The Eco Team
YEAR This Week’s House Points Totals PAVO PEGASUS TUCANA DRACO DELPHINUS PHOENIX CHAMAELEON Miss Walters’ Message: Top Achievers: Lucy C 29 d ay ’s S p o rt s Day eek! Tues Wow what a w in g! You were all Annika Maria L 27 lu te ly am az was abso d. I saw so ed ib le an d m ade me so prou h w as Nicole P 19 incr vi ty w h ic it and positi much team spir C h am el eon who were the Hattie R-H 19 o u t to great. Shout llo wed closely by Sevi H 18 o f Y ea r 7, fo ce winners as L ily 's fa ht of the day w 18 Tucana! Highlig al i's sp ri n t finish. Emily O Ja h m paint as well as Adelaide T 15 zon es an d oved away from Ezra F 15 This week we m o u n d th e sc h ool site freely ar began moving to visit subject sp ecialist Toby P 15 ab le d yo u it which en d it . F o r m e, ope you enjoye classrooms. I h u work in g in the art at to se e yo was gre performance o m s an d p er forming in the ro centre. d e r o f y o u r tu tor time areas: A remin n Monday - Gree Tuesday - Blue reen Wednesday - G nge Thursday - Ora e Friday - Orang most d er fu l w ee ke n d, be safe and Have a won kind. importantly, be CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PAVO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA
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This Week’s House Points Totals PEGASUS DELPHINUS TUCANA PAVO PHOENIX CHAMAELEON DRACO Miss Westren’s Message: Top Achievers: Jayden D 40 r 9! Happy Friday Yea Dean G 34 busy week at bee n another super Well done! It has 28 Lily J school! Sunny F 19 ed al l o f yo u , w ho got so involv ne to out all of A huge well do so g reat to hear ab Tommy C 18 - it w as in Sports Day an d great team spir it! Vianna S 15 ve m en ts your achie to yo u r tu to rs kn ow if you want Amber H 15 let brilliant Don't forget to Ju n io r P refect! This is a m e a Alec NR 15 apply to beco el o p yo u r le ad ership skills and dev opportunity to your CV. 14 ill look great on Isabella G et h in g th at w som p of the Eva B 14 d o n e to 9 P eg asus who are to k. Who Wel l t p o in ts le ad erboard this wee ! achievem en next week? kn o ck th em o ff the top spot will my d ay at w o rk , before starting This is my last I ju st want to say a quick y le av e, so Year 10. maternit lu ck , as you move into g o o d few goodbye and u p so m u ch , over the past w n rogress You have all gro ar d to seeing you all p o k fo rw years and I lo even further e baby in I w ill b e in fo r a visit with th Hopefully September ! Take care! CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PAVO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA
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REMEMBER Solomon Browne Memorial This year is the 40th Anniversary when on December 19th 1981 the Solomon Browne lifeboat was lost with all her eight crew along with the five crew and three passengers of the coaster Union Star. The MV Union Star was launched in Ringkøbing in Denmark just a few days earlier. A mini-bulk carrier registered in Dublin, Ireland, it sailed to IJmuiden in the Netherlands to collect a cargo of fertiliser for its maiden voyage to Arklow in Ireland. It was carrying a crew of five: Captain Henry Morton, Mate James Whittaker, Engineer George Sedgwick, Crewman Anghostino Verressimo, and Crewman Manuel Lopes. Also on board were the captain's family (his wife Dawn with teenage stepdaughters Sharon and Deanne) who had been picked up at Brightlingsea in Essex. Near the south coast of Cornwall, 8 miles (13 km) east of the Wolf Rock, the new ship's engines failed. The crew was unable to restart them but did not make a mayday call. Assistance was offered by a tug, the Noord Holland, under the Lloyd's Open Form salvage contract but Morton initially refused the offer, later accepting after consulting his owners. Winds were gusting at up to 90 knots (100 mph; 170 km/h) – hurricane, Force 12 on the Beaufort scale – with waves up to 60 feet (18 m) high. In these extreme weather conditions the powerless ship was blown across Mounts Bay towards the rocks of Boscawen Cove, near Lamorna…. A request to launch the lifeboat was made by the Union Star and the Penlee crew assembled at the Lifeboat station; Coxswain Trevelyan Richards and 7 other crewmembers prepared themselves and the Solomon Browne for launch... John Blewett, Nigel Brockman, Charlie Greenhaugh, Stephen Madron, Kevin Smith, Barry Torrie and Gary Wallis. At 8pm on the the 19 December 1981 the Solomon Browne lifeboat launched and met 15m waves and hurricane-force winds as she battled towards the Union Star coaster. By now neither the Navy helicopter nor the tug that had also come to her aid was able to get close enough in such conditions. Reaching the scene at around 8.45pm, Coxswain Trevelyan Richards and his brave crew made repeated attempts to get alongside and take people off the Union Star. Once, the lifeboat was thrown on top of the coaster only to slide off into the next towering wave. The helicopter crew could see that the lifeboat crew had some survivors aboard but that there were two people still on the coaster and one, if not two, in the water. Then, moments later, at 9.21pm, they heard over the radio: - Falmouth Coastguard, this is Penlee lifeboat, Penlee lifeboat calling Falmouth Coastguard. - Falmouth Coastguard, Penlee lifeboat, go. - We got four men off... look, er hang on... we got four off at the moment, er... male and female. There's two left onboard… Report by: Mrs Astley
REMEMBER Solomon Browne Memorial The message ended abruptly but Lt Cdr Russell Smith, at the controls of the helicopter, could see the lifeboat, still apparently under control and heading out to sea. He took this as his cue finally to lift his aircraft out of the dangerous area where she had been hovering for so long and head back to Culdrose. He had assumed the lifeboat had made the same decision to turn for home. At this point, there was only one other witness left: the tug Noord Holland standing off, about a mile out to sea. Her skipper, Guy Burman listening to the vain attempts by the Coastguard to regain radio contact with the lifeboat, could see Union Star, the casualty vessel, right up close to the cliff and, intermittently, the lights of the lifeboat. His last view of the lifeboat was when she appeared high on the crest of a wave, silhouetted against the coaster's lights. Minutes later, the ship suddenly went dark: possibly the moment she was at last tumbled over at the foot of the cliffs. By the time cliff rescue teams arrived at the scene, the Union Star was already wrecked at the foot of the cliffs and there was no sign of the lifeboat. When she was eventually found, the wreckage gave no real clues as to what happened other than that she was ultimately subjected to the most shattering and violent force imaginable. The largest portion of the lifeboat, including the heavy engine compartment, was found 300m to the east of the Union Star, which suggests she met her fate here. ...bravery beyond belief. With the 40th anniversary this year the families of those who lost their lives on the 19th December 1981 are working with the National Trust to place a large beautifully carved granite memorial in a meadow alongside the coast path directly above where the disaster took place. Can you help the families of the crew of both boats raise £26000 to build a sculpted granite memorial to honour the Solomon Browne and Union Star crew and passengers who lost their lives.? Please donate to their JustGiving Crowdfunding Page: https://www.justgiving.com/ crowdfunding/jo-payne? utm_id=2&utm_term=39wJnx2Kg Report by: Mrs Astley
A number of our colleagues are planning to do some fundraising, to help get Paul, a service veteran paralysed in a freak accident in 2019, back home. Without your help Paul faces a future permanently isolated from his family, his home and his life. You can change that. On 20th November 2019 Paul experienced an extremely traumatic life changing accident while windsurfing. It resulted in a severe spinal cord injury. Initially Paul was in hospital in Derriford and then Salisbury and for the past 12 months, while back in Cornwall, he and his wife have been unable to meet due to the Pandemic, in fact, she has seen Paul for just six hours in 15 months! Due to his spinal injury being incomplete it will take a very long time, years rather than months, for Paul to experience any recovery. There is a lot of equipment and physiotherapy Paul will need and if we can help towards this in any way, it would be fantastic. We would like to help with the costs of getting the house adapted so Paul can return home. We would also like to help pay for physiotherapy sessions at a hydrotherapy pool as Kate knows that hydrotherapy will be a massive help for Paul. The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity have set up a JustGiving page here: “letsgetpaulmorrishome”. Here is our progress so far: We will each be completing miles (some walking others cycling, running, climbing, swimming, kayaking, surfing and others just counting their steps etc), to completely travel the coast of the UK (12,429km/7723miles). We started over the Easter holidays. Each week we will let you know our accumulated distance and ask that you either sponsor us per mile or give a general donation. Report by: Miss Dowrick
Ages 5 -16 rogramme Holiday P Goes Live! Fun activities for everyone varying from circus skills to beach activities and every session includes a FREE meal for all children. Activities are taking place across Cornwall throughout the summer holidays, find one in your area by visiting our website: Find www.activecornwall.org/T2MHolidayProgramme out more • Activities available for children aged 5-16 • Free places for ALL children eligible for Free School Meals Have fun with friends th For more information contact: summer and att is lewis.sanders@cornwall.gov.uk 07527 470537 a Time2Moveend Holiday Progra mme near you.
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