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Sport

Boys Cricket

May 17
We took the yr 7, 8 and 9 boys cricket teams to play a fixture at Truro school on Wednesday. The weather was fantastic and all pupils played well and were good ambassadors for Mounts Bay. Unfortunately all teams finished second. However, there were some good performances. For the yr 8′s excellent bowling from Kieran Bowden and very cultured and composed batting from Drew Mitchell and Luke Brown. Yr 9 Nick Nowell took 2 wickets and scored 20+ runs.
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Let’s Get Cooking!

May 17
The let’s get cooking team were challenged to bake delectable oat cookies to sell and raise money for the Bone Cancer Charity. The team included, Lewis Empson, Victoria Jager, Marta Kusinska, Kathryn Green, Vicki Paczynska, Lauren Prisk and myself. We were all working under the guidance of Ms Madge. After 1hr and 45mins of baking, we had a delicious selection ready for the sale! We hope you enjoy them and we raise lots of money!
News

Gordonstoun Success

May 17
We’re delighted to announce that Corah Ambrose and Turner Venn will be travelling north to attend the famous Gordonstoun School when they leave us this year. Corah has received the news that she has gained a Scholarship place for an All Rounders Award and she will be joining Turner who has achieved a Full Academic Scholarship. They will joining one of the most notable schools in the world, treading in the footsteps of many famous scholars in September for the >>
Creativity

Art Today

May 15
Toady in our art rooms, two year groups have been looking at some of their final pieces. The year 9′s have created the ceramic tiles above taking inspiration from patterns in the sea and sand on cornish landscapes. Pupils have studied the work of local Artist Simon Allen and listened to him talk about his work. Pupils then created a series of drawings and photographs inspired by patterns in the sea and created and painted these ceramic tiles as part >>
Sport

Gig Rowing

May 15
Asher Richards was a representative of the Cape Cornwall Gig Rowing men’s club at the recent World Championships. His gig came in 54th out of 124 on the Saturday St -Agnes race and the weather was sunny for  Asher’s first outing with the  Men’s crew. As participants  have to be 16 to take part, Asher was the only Mounts Bay student participating. If you see Asher around the Academy, congratulate him on his achievement and  wish him good luck for next year.
Sport

Show Jumping

May 15
On Sunday, 13th May two teams represented the Academy at the schools team show jumping competition at Tregurtha Downs. The novice team of Naima McSally, Charlotte Blewett-Harris, Tegan Moseley and Paige Palk (Lucy Grant kindly loaned her pony for Paige to ride) came sixth in the tack and turnout. Tegan and Charlotte both had double clears so went through to the individual competition but were unlucky in the jump off. The team would have been well placed for winning the >>
Creativity

Pottery

May 14
We’ve been learning pottery techniques this week pin our art studios. The aim of the lessons was to carefully experiment with different clay construction techniques-slab and coil and to then create a maquette (miniature version)  of their own final design. The maquette enables students to overcome any problems before starting on the final piece. Students have been studying the work of photographer Karl Blossfeldt and Ceramicist Kate Malone to help them design a more unusual piece on the theme of >>
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Chess Megafinal

May 14
Well done to Johannes Black, Tyler Barr and Matthew Jilbert who qualified for the UK chess challenge Cornwall Megafinal through the Mounts Bay Academy chess club. The event took place on Saturday 12th May over 6 rounds, with the best chess players from around the county. All the boys played to a high standard with Johannes and Matthew winning rosettes and qualifying for the gigafinal in Reading. Johannes said “it was a really great experience, and I can’t wait for >>