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STANDING OUT
THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY
Cover: St Just Ordinalia Visit
CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PAVO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA
17th September 2021
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
We’re not just a school
I am sure many of us were enthralled watching the final of the U S Tennis Open
Championships recently. It was amazing to watch the progress of Emma Raducanu
through the competition and become the eventual winner. Whilst she has enjoyed tennis
from an early age and is clearly very talented, what stands out is her positive mental
attitude to her game and determination not to give up or think she can’t achieve so much
more.
I would encourage all our students to take part in extra-
curricular clubs as we all know engaging in physical activity
and sports really does help with fitness levels and positive
mental health.
Having a go and learning to be resilient are very important
life skills we have as part of the Mounts Bay Way. We do this
through our world class curriculum, High Performance
Learning programme, Project Weeks and extra-curricular
activities and trips. Every week in the newsletter we celebrate
what our students do and this week is no exception.
It is great that more activities are starting up after school and
we would encourage all students to have a go and be
determined and courageous. We will be publishing further
details of what is currently available soon.
We have been reading in the news recently that the Government has now confirmed the
Covid-19 Immunisation programme for children between the ages of 12 and 15. We are
waiting on further details from Public Health England and the Public Health Team at
Cornwall Council on what the arrangements and involvement of schools will be, but
understand it will work in the same way as other school-based immunisations. The School
Age Immunisation Service (SAIS) will be contractually responsible for the delivery of the
vaccination programme.
From next week we are inviting people to visit the Academy to tour our facilities in a safe
and socially distanced way for one of our Open Events. We were able to do this last year in
place of our usual events and due to current Covid-19 levels in the community we are
continuing with this format of personalised tours of the campus.
If you know someone who would like to visit, they can arrange a tour here:
http://mountsbay.org/open-events-2021/
It is always a great pleasure for us to show guests around and I look forward to meeting
many of you over the coming weeks.
Best wishes
Les Hall Academy Principal
We’re not just a school OPEN EVENTS 2021 2nd October Saturday Sessions 5th October (Tuesday) Open Evening Booking Required: http://mountsbay.org/open-events-2021/
A WORD FROM MR ROYLE
Back in the Swing
Well that’s the first full week done for all of us now. Well done for getting through. Brilliant
resilience was shown this week in terms of our getting back to systems that help us get
through the day: new routes, new timings, new food, new bus routes, new teachers, new
subjects and so on.
Our Heads of School, Mr Yeates, Mr Payne and myself will be putting information in next
week’s newsletter confirming the ways in which we communicate with families when
things go well or when there are not such positive things that you need to know about.
Our Edulink parental app is your means of keeping track of
the many many achievement points that are awarded by the
Faculty staff each week, as well as our informing you that
things have not gone well and behaviour points have had to
be issued. Often these are followed up with a phone call and
please remember that the form tutor is the first port of call
for all enquiries. Quite often we get frustrated when there
are challenges faced by students or families that we do not
know anything about. There is a well used phrase:
We do not know what we do not know!
Best wishes to Year 7 as they go on camp next week. It is a fantastic opportunity to
embed those relationships between tutor group members and tutors, relationships that we
want to be positive for five years and beyond!
Some quick bus business:
All bus passes for the MBA50/51 and 52 as well as the five school minibus routes will be
issued next week.
It has been a difficult week on some bus routes due to the poor behaviour of a very small
number of passengers. We will be working with the bus companies using their CCTV in
order to identify these individuals and take the necessary action.
Enjoy your weekend, get some rest and we can get right into the work on Monday
morning. This year, I am teaching on Monday mornings and I find it a great way to start the
week.
Best wishes,
Mr S Royle
Vice Principal
BE INSPIRED
Hands on Science
This week in science we have had over 50 practicals and a few practical demonstrations taking
place. From making circuits to rates of reactions a wide area of science has been covered. It has
been great to get back into the routine of practical work being carried out.
Different year groups have been learning about different things. Year 7 have been learning how to
use a Bunsen burner safely and about the variables involved in Science work. Other Year groups
have had an array of all three sciences being taught. Corresponding practicals have included:
Microscopes to looking at onion cell slides they made under a microscope, displacement of metals
using sulfate solutions, looking at parallel and series circuits in electricity, discovering metals and
the reactivity series, neutralisation reactions using acids and alkalis, finding out how our hands
work by making prosthetics, refining copper using copper carbonate and carbon, exploring
alkanes and alleles, using catalysts and performing gas tests.
GCSE practicals have included: Making a salt from sulfuric acid and copper (II) oxide, exploring
how temperature affects the rate of reaction and discovering how molar (strength) affects the
rate of reaction.
Report by: Mrs Wheeler
BE INSPIRED
St Just Ordinalia Theatre Visit
On Thursday, the Year 10 Dance and Drama groups visited St Just to watch the second
Ordinalia play - ‘The Passion’.
The plays, although similar to the mystery plays
performed in the North of England, are unique to
Cornwall and are an important part of its heritage.
They are the oldest surviving trilogy of theatrical
plays in Britain.
St Just's Plen an Gwari is the oldest working open air
theatre space in Britain.
‘Passio Christi’ (The Passion of Christ) is the second
play in the trilogy and covers the period of Christ’s
life from his 40 days in the wilderness to his
crucifixion and death. After his temptation by Satan,
Jesus meets with his disciples and travels with them
to Jerusalem for the Passover. Jesus expels from the
temple there the merchants and consumers, accusing
them of turning it into "a den of thieves”. The high
priest Caiaphas sees this occur, and organises a plot
to kill Jesus.
Report by: Miss Dowrick
BE INSPIRED
St Just Ordinalia Theatre Visit
After the cleansing of the Temple, the plot follows the
stories of Simon the Leper, Mary Magdalene and the
annointing of the feet, the thirty pieces of silver, the
Last Supper, Peter and the swords, and the betrayal by
Judas.
The play reaches its climax with Christ on the Cross,
and the torturers tormenting and mocking Christ before
his death. Throughout these latter scenes is the figure
of Pilate, responsible for the order to execute Christ and
a precursor to the next play, the Resurrection - which
opens with Pilate’s regret for his decision. ‘The Passion’
lives up to its name, and the poignant last scene of
Nicodemus taking and embalming the body of Christ is
both dramatic and memorable.
Report by: Miss Dowrick
BE CURIOUS
Land Based Studies
This year at MBA we have two Year 10 option groups who will be studying their GCSE level
courses at Camborne College - Land Based Studies and Construction.
On Tuesday the Land Based Studies group started their first day induction at the Rosewarne
Duchy College campus. The course is in three units, horticulture, animal care and land
management. The first day was mostly a tour of the facilities and our students had a great
time walking around the greenhouses, poly tunnels, and animal care areas. We got to see the
exotic birds, snakes, spiders, small mammals, donkeys, and long haired pigs which will all be
included in the animal care unit starting next week.
The course looks really exciting and all the students came away looking forward to next
week.
Report by: Mr New
BE CURIOUS
Grow Your Own
This week in the MBA garden the focus has been on harvesting! The poly tunnel is an
abundance of fresh tomatoes, melons, cucumbers and basil. The students from iCollege
have had a great time deciding which fruit they are happy to taste. The melons from the
tunnel went down especially well, with the raspberries out in the allotment a very close
second. I was also very surprised at how many students really enjoyed picking fresh
tomatoes as well. Our Crystal Lemon globe cucumbers have been prolific growers,
supplying so many fruit that even the staff are struggling to eat them as quickly as they
are ready. The variety of tomatoes has been a real joy, trying all the different flavours,
colours and sizes has given us a clear idea of what to plan for growing next year.
Over the next week we will be sowing all our winter greens ready to grow in the poly
tunnel through the colder, darker months ahead.
Report by: Mr New
BE ADVENTUROUS
Cornwall College Experience
Year 11s had the chance to experience college life when Cornwall College showcased a
"Careers Fest" for upcoming Year 11 students, enabling our students to experience two
courses of their choice and a little bit of independence as they navigated their way round
the college. Cornwall College is under new management and has undergone some recent
changes from a student led approach to a much improved development of their campus.
We value the importance of giving our students taster opportunities to help them make
their own informed choices Post 16. Cornwall College staff praised MBA students on their
focus, engagement and maturity on the day, so thank you Year 11 for representing yourself
and the Academy so well.
Report by: Mrs MastersBE ADVENTUROUS
Cornwall College Experience
“
"I enjoyed having the opportunity to learn something new in interactive ways. It allowed
me to engage more fully with subjects that I previously knew nothing about." - Sasha
"Everything and everyone was very welcoming. I had a lot during animal management. I
thought it was fun looking at the different animals.” - Jenna
"I learned about the different type of pipes used in Plumbing. ”- James
"I enjoyed learning how to use the digital design programme used on the Game Design
Course." - Holly
”
"They have a good Film Department.” - Emily
"I enjoyed the college vibe.” - Rosy
Report by: Mrs MastersBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 9 Fast Track Photography
On Wednesday the Year 9 Photography group made use of the misty weather and home
learning to 'find' images inspired by Henry Wessel. They did a fantastic job and made a great
start to their GCSE!
Jasmine Tom
Evan
Noah
Report by: Mr CrossBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 9 Fast Track Photography
Florence
Logan
Ruby
Kyra
Report by: Mr CrossQube Records Qube Records is a full functional, world-renowned record label and music project which lives here at Mounts Bay Academy. We release original music written, performed, recorded and produced by MBA students worldwide across all digital platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok and loads more! Since 2016 we have released 33 albums of original music which have sold in over 50 countries! Even more exciting, we’ve recently enjoyed a huge popularity spike in China meaning our total number of downloads and streams worldwide currently stands at a massive 684,592! The summer is traditionally one of the busiest times of year for Qube Records, and even though things were a bit different this year we still managed to cram loads in! It’s long been an ambition of ours to perform at one of the county’s more major music festivals, and this summer we managed to pop up at two! We started with sets on both the Saturday and Sunday of Rock Oyster Festival, as part of a bill including acts such as Sophie Ellis Bextor and Soul II Soul. We rehearsed two completely different sets with completely different young people so each day’s show was unique. The Saturday show was a showcase for songs from last year’s album Distance with brilliant performances from Ruby Rayson, Xenios Jenkins, Izzy Howard and Jade Thomas, ably assisted on guitar by Sid Lewis. Sunday’s set was a mix of new songs from Annie Rees and Sophie Payne, bookended by two of our more experienced performers in Oscar Brown and Georgia Coulson who closed the show with a two song set. They were again joined on stage by Sid Lewis and Marco Burke stepped in at late notice on drums. Both sets were awesome and really well received, and it was great to get to be at such a lovely festival after so long, and hear some great music (and eat great food!)
Qube Records Our next big gig of the summer was at Boardmasters! We’ve wanted to play at Boardies for a long time and after the year and a half we’ve all had it felt like a major moment in Qube Records history to be at the festival. We all really appreciated our artist passes when we skipped the enormous queues to get in and were whisked around to our backstage area, complete with luxury loos! The set was an absolute banger, with everyone really on top form. We had songs from Xenios, Izzy, Georgia and Ruby with the ever present Sid on guitar and Jack Jones back behind the drum kit. After we played we stuck around and caught a few bands on the main stage before travelling back. It was a truly epic day and hopefully the first of many years of big festival summers for us! All the students we took to both festivals were absolutely immaculate in the way they represented themselves and MBA and it was such a pleasure to have that experience with them all.
Qube Records Back at base we have begun work on the follow up to the Distance album, with songwriting and recording sessions happening across the holiday. No release date just yet but we’re hoping to get it out before the new year so watch this space! Remember, if you are writing an original song or fancy getting involved, drop me a line or come and see me in the music block and we can get you up and running. Qube Records is for everyone so if you want to be a part of all this cool stuff, jump onboard! For more info, photos and of course music don’t forget to follow Qube Records on Instagram and Twitter, and visit www.quberecords.org Music Lessons The sign up forms for all our instrumental and vocal music lessons have gone out this week on parent mail and we have had a record number of students booking in! If you haven’t yet signed up and would like to, get the forms in via ParentMail as soon as possible. Teachers will be getting in touch with everyone who has signed up now and timetabling them, ready to start lessons next week. So, if you would like lessons on guitar, drums, piano, brass, strings, woodwind or voice get the forms in ASAP. You can also drop me an email on: droberts@mountsbay.org
BE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 9 Fast Track Hospitality and Catering
One of the tasks set for the Year 9 Hospitality and
Catering class during remote learning, was to go out
and pick blackberries and, if they had or knew
someone with an apple tree, apples. This gave them
the chance to experience cooking from extremely
fresh produce as well as allowing them to begin
familiarising themselves with catering equipment.
For their first lesson they made a crumble or a pie. I
was thrilled with their enthusiasm and I hope you
got to enjoy it at home, preferably with either
custard or cream.
Students are going to do as much cooking as
possible during their Year 9 fast track course, so
that they will get the opportunity to develop their
skills and techniques as much as possible. This will
enable them to feel more confident when taking
their Unit 2 practical exam at Easter. Please let me
know if I can help your child in any way, and thank
you for your support.
Report by: Miss OsborneBE COMPETITIVE
Beach Rugby Champions
On the August bank holiday weekend seven
Year 11 students entered the two day beach tag
rugby competition at Lusty Glaze beach in
Newquay. Fifty six teams in total entered the
competition from all over the South West. Most
of the teams consisted mainly of adult players.
On the first day we played five matches the
outcome of which determined which
competition we played in on the Sunday. We
didn’t start well, narrowly losing the first game
by 1 try. However, we responded well, winning
the four remaining matches. On the Sunday we
were placed in the second tier out of four. It
was a tough group but we managed to win all
of our games and top the group. The semi final
was a really tense match but we progressed to
the final which was played on a bigger pitch
under floodlights and in front of 400 spectators!
In the final we started very well going 3-0 up quickly and didn’t look back with our pace
and skill allowing us to score lots more tries. The final score was 14-5!
It was a brilliant weekend. We would recommend it to everyone. Hopefully we’ll see you
there next year when we defend our title.
Mounts Bay Pirates 2021 Bowl Champions!
Report by: Oscar, Kaea, Jago, Dom(c),BE COMPETITIVE
High Jump Champion
Congratulations to Tama who came first in the
Under 15's high jump at the Cornwall County
Athletics Competition over the summer. He
jumped an impressive 145cm!
Rugby Club Returns
Rugby Club returned this week. It was fantastic to
see all the students back out training and having
fun. It would be great to get even more students
there next week.
Rugby Club Years 7-10 Mondays after school.
Report by: Mr Strong
Rowing Success
It was a really fabulous day at the recent British Rowing Indoor Challenge.
Josh, in the Year 11 Boys came first in the 500m sprint in an amazing 1.34 mins! Josh also
came 1st in the Year 11 Boys 6 min race achieving 1743m......95m ahead of 2nd place boy!
In the boys Year 9 four minute race Joel Veal came 3rd achieving 1085m, Joe Seaton came
5th achieving 994m and Jacob Mann came 6th achieving 981m.
In the Year 7 two minute race Thomas came 1st achieving 495m.
Report by: Mrs PittsBE COMPETITIVE
Year 11 Rugby
Well done to the Year 11 rugby team on their first rugby match for school in what must be
almost two years! A great game in great September weather and everyone played really
well. Man of the Match was Tyler Coates who played his first ever competitive/contact
game of rugby!
Report by: Mr Veal
Year 9 Rugby
It was great to see Year 9 back
playing a fixture. On Wednesday
they travelled over to St Ives. Year 9
won 5 trys to nil. The game was a
great spectacle with strong tackling
and it was played in great spirit.
Well done to all involved.
Report by: Mr StrongBE COMPETITIVE
Rugby Club Returns
On Wednesday Mounts Bay Academy took part in its first netball fixture in 18 months!
The Year 8 and 10 netball teams travelled to St Ives for their first fixture and we have fantastic
weather! Both teams played exceptionally well considering how long it has been since they
last played competitively. It was also Year 8s first netball fixture for Mounts Bay Academy and
they came away with an 8-3 win!
Netball Club will be running on the following days:
Monday for Year 7 and 8
Wednesday Year 9, 10 and 11
Report by: Miss VeallBE ADVENTUROUS
Duke of Edinburgh Award
After a hectic but very successful year of DofE last year, we are proud that MBA are carrying
on as normal for DofE in the 2021 academic year!
Year 9s are eligible for Bronze and Year 10s can enrol in Silver. This year it will cost £70pp -
cheaper than most schools in the South West. This pays for MBA’s DofE Licence, each
individual’s enrolment and for running costs, admin and equipment. Parents / carers; You
should have received a ParentMail link that will allow you to pay for your child. Once I have
received payments I will enrol everyone who has paid.
Deadline for Bronze payment: 22nd October.
Deadline for Silver payment: 10th October.
As we are unable to run Parents Evenings or assemblies I would urge all parents / carers and
interested students to watch the following YouTube promotional films and also the link to
the DofE website which you can follow in order to find out which activities you can / can’t do
in each section.
Bronze Promotional Videos: Silver Promotional Video: Website Information:
https://youtu.be/Y7kY2w4A7_s https://youtu.be/FqHrGnY_Ktg https://www.dofe.org/do/
https://youtu.be/mbtr92yavas
DofE is unique to you - you choose your own activities in three different sections
(Volunteering, Physical and Skill) AND, of course, there is the expedition. You will do this in
the summer term. (Silvers have their training expedition coming up in October!)
There are two routes to achieving your Silver:
• If you have done Bronze: It will take you six months. You have to do Volunteering and one
other section for six months, the last for three. You choose.
• If you have NOT done Bronze it will take you a year. You have to do one section for 12
months, Volunteering must be at least six months and the last for three months. You chose
which.
The deadline for enrolling is 10th October. This is quite soon!
Training Expedition:
You will have your practice expedition on Friday 15th October - Sunday 17th October. We will
be camping! There will be after school training sessions on Thursdays after school. More
information to follow.
All information can be found on Firefly: https:// Or email Mr Fish:
mountsbay.fireflycloud.net/duke-of-edinburgh ifish@mountsbayacademy.org
Report by: Mr Fish@ BE INFORMED
Late Bus Information
I am pleased to inform all families that the late buses are running from Monday 20th
September.
This is an offer made by the Academy that any student who attends an after school
activity (not a detention!) will be entitled to transport home without charge. However,
students can only travel if they have booked a seat. There are five routes available and
they leave around 4:10 Monday - Friday.
Unfortunately we cannot carry students who just turn up without booking a seat, but if
one route is overbooked, the team of drivers change their routes slightly in order to get
everyone home - however I must emphasise that this is only the students who have
booked seats.
In order to book seats, students must sign into Edulink and go to the section marked
‘clubs’. They will then see the five available routes for each night and the need to sign up
for that service - it is very similar to signing up for an activity, but please remember that
signing up for an after school activity does not automatically get you a seat on the late
bus. Students must chose a night and a route.
The five routes are as follows:
• Late bus to Crowlas and stops along the A30 to Hayle
• Late bus to Newlyn, Sy Buryan and Sennen
• Late bus to Goldsithney, Perranuthnoe, Rosudgeon, Ashton, Breage and Porthleven
• Late bus to St Ives and Carbis Bay
• Late bus to St Just and Pendeen
Any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Could we take this opportunity to remind all students
that the no entry signs around site are to stop students
from entering areas that are currently undergoing
refurbishment. Please DO NOT enter these areas of the
site. Thank you.DIARY DATES 20th - 24th September
YEAR 7 CAMP
27th September - 1st October
YEAR 8 CAMP
YEAR 7 & 9 CATS
2nd October
YEAR 6 SATURDAY EXPERIENCE
5th October
OPEN DAY AND EVENING
SCHOOL CLOSED TO STUDENTS
25th - 29th October
HALF TERM
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