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STANDING OUT
THE MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTS BAY ACADEMY
Cover: New Cycling Pump Track
CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PAVO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANA
28th May 2021
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
The end of an era?
It is the day, that as teachers, we both look forward to with a mixture of joy and sadness.
Our Class of 2021 have finally come to the end of their journey with us and we have all had a
day of smiles and laughter. And yes, I have seen any number of people with more than a hint
of a tear in the eye!
It is always a privilege to be able to play a part in the lives of our young people and I am
particularly pleased that we have been able to support this cohort through, what will without
doubt have been, one of the most stressful times of their lives.
There have been many factors that they have had to deal with as young adults. They were
expected to approach the challenges of their lives whilst having to plan and prepare for their
futures, complete their studies and provide evidence for their final grades through
assessment.
For many they had to do all of this whilst struggling with the normal stresses that come with
passing from being children to young adults and being expected to deal with things “like a
grown up”. As the adults that have been closest to them for a good part of this process, we
know how hard this has been for them and so it was not unexpected that today would be a
little emotional for all of us.
Thankfully it’s not quite goodbye forever. We will be having our Year 11 Ball at Tregenna
Castle on 1st July and we encourage them all to keep in touch as they continue their
education or enter the world of work.
Of course as one group leaves us we have to plan for every other group to step up a year to
take their place. New students will arrive after the summer break, students in the lower
school will enter the upper school and a whole new team of junior leaders and prefects will
need to be appointed.
But did you know we actually start to plan for the leaving of our cohorts before they have
even joined us with us in Year 7?
We do this by finding out as much as we can about them before they join us. We then set a
series of challenges for them over 5 years to help them develop intellectually, spiritually and
morally towards becoming a valued member of their local, national and international
communities. We constantly review each young person’s progress on these respective
journeys, supporting when they find things difficult and setting new challenges when they
are excelling.
So whilst it is the end of one era, a whole new era will start for us
again soon, whilst we continue to support every one of our young
people on their own personal journey towards the end of their era
with us.
We all became teachers to savour days like today, so forgive us if
we too take a little sense of pride in our work, and if you see
teacher today, thank them for everything that they have done.
They really will appreciate it!
Best wishes
Les Hall Academy Principal
A WORD FROM MR ROYLE And so, that’s it! We have all made it to half term! Very best wishes from all of us to the departing Year 11 students. When you came to your initial meetings at the beginning of ‘big school’, I bet you never thought that your last couple of years would have been like this. Congratulations on such resilience and we are all looking forward to your leaving events, in particular your Leavers’ Ball at the Tregenna in a few weeks. And what that does mean is that we all move up a little. Year 10 - over to you to set an example and to lead the way. New Prefect team, and a chance for you to represent the whole student body by standing for election to the Junior Leadership Team. We are looking forward to welcoming Year 9 students into Key Stage Four at the Key Stage Three Graduation ceremony on 8th July. Lots of changes for you and so this is a chance to look back and reminisce as well as being excited about the future and your final 18 months at the Academy. Year 8 students have just done their fast track options and so will be starting a GCSE course in September. Year 7 students will have to help us welcome approximately 200 new Year 7 students to the school in September. We also have staff moving on and joining us and we will tell you about them in future newsletters. Some quick reminders: • Bus passes - everyone who has paid for travel on a Mounts bay Minibus or the MBA50, MBA51 or MBA52 should now have a bus pass which will be valid for next half term. The bus passes with the blue stripe run out today and should be put into the recycling. No boarding the bus without a bus pass please next half term. Bus passes can be purchased via parental or by talking to Mrs Eddy on seddy@mountsbay.org • Punctuality - keep it up and a big thanks to everyone who has changed their morning routines in order to get to school on time. I know that the Marazion bus has arrived at 8:33 twice this week (but cctv shows all students off the bus and the bus is pulling out of the bus bay by 8:34). Unfortunately there are still a number of parents dropping their children off after 8:30 - you are on the cctv as well! Please can I remind all of these parents that school starts at 8:30 and so if you are dropping children off, please can this be done by 8:25 so that they can get to class ready to go at 8:30. • We have big plans for a redesign of the bus bay to make it safer and to try to reduce congestion at the beginning and end of the day. This will involve moving the area where students board the MBA minibuses as well as the areas where parents can pick up and drop off students - from September this cannot be done in the bus bay, but we will of cause give more information in future newsletters.
A WORD FROM MR ROYLE
• Having focussed on consistency in terms of behaviour expectations over the past few weeks,
we shall be looking at achievements after half term. We are trying to get the school shop up
and running so that your achievement points actually mean something. Do you know that Year
11 students were able to spend their achievement points on getting discounted ball tickets?
500 points was worth £5 off the ticket price! Certainly worth working for.
Big thank to all students and staff for their work this term. Though it is hard work, it’s great to be
back isn’t it? Spare a thought for my nephew in Bolton who has been asked to isolate along with
over half of the students at his school! Covid is still around and so please keep safe and
remember Hands, Face, Space.
Get some rest next week and we can all come back in a week’s time and enjoy Project Week and
the build up to the DeTox festival on Friday 11th June.
Keep well and #BeKind
STOP PRESS! – Anyone using the A1 route to Newlyn, Gwavas Corssroads, Paul,
Sheffield, St Buryan, Crows an Wra and Sennen. County have informed us today that
this bus will now be renamed the MB – G – A1 and will be operated by Go Cornwall bus
rather than by Williams Travel. However, I believe that there are no changes to timings.
Apologies about this late notice – we have only been told this today (Friday 28th May).
Sports fixtures are now happening more
frequently and so this means students are
given many opportunities to represent the
school in a wider variety of competitive events.
SPORTS
Over the next couple of weeks, parents and
carers will receive correspondence via
FIXTURE
ParentMail asking to provide consent for their
child to participate in sports fixtures.
This blanket consent form will give permission
UPDATE
for students to participate in all fixtures as
opposed to requiring parents and carers to
provide it for specific occasions.
It is worth remembering that should parental
emergency contact information or medical
information change at any time, these must be
communicated with school in case they are
required.
BE INSPIRED
Bash Street Theatre
On Wednesday Bash Street Theatre visited Mounts Bay to perform the world premier of their latest
show ‘The Cameraman’ to Year 7 and Year 8 students. Conditions were perfect for the two
performances and students sat outside in the sun. The cast of four played multiple characters in the
fast paced, funny, cleverly staged comedy which included live music and special effects.
The plot centred on a stolen diamond, police corruption and Parisian café life. Lila, Year 8 said: “ It
was a great show. I really enjoyed it!”
Report by: Mrs Murray-Lambrou
BE ADVENTUROUS
MBA Cycle Pump Track
We are proud to announce the completion of the new MBA
Cycle Pump Track. Two MBA students and expert riders,
Sienna and Bibi, took an inaugural spin round the track this
week. You can see a film of their ride round here:
https://youtu.be/B0BqO5qVHjc
The project was made possible through a unique partnership
between British Cycling, the Department for Digital, Culture,
Media & Sport (DCMS) and Sport England, the Places to Ride
programme which has made £15 million available to ensure a
lasting legacy in England from the 2019 UCI Road World
Championships. The championships took place in Yorkshire
in September 2019.
Andy Farr, Head of Business Planning
and Transformation at British Cycling,
said: “MBA is doing great work to get
more people cycling in Cornwall so we
are pleased to support their efforts to
bring the community together and use
the MBA cycle track through Places to
Ride.
The track will be open for bookings soon.
Keep your eye on the MBA website and
newsletter for more details. MBA will be
using the track after we return from half
term during Project Week. Exciting times!
Report by: Mr N Eddy
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BE INSPIRED
Dream Ice Cream Winners
A huge well done to Rosa (1st place) and Phoebe (2nd place) for their wonderful ice
cream creations. Rosa created a raspberry ice cream with a chocolate and chopped nuts
ripple and Phoebe created a 'Movie night' ice cream which is caramel ice cream with a
M&M and pretzel ripple. Miss Walters made these at the weekend and they will be stocked
in the shops over half term! Well done girls!
Report by: Miss WaltersBE INSPIRED
Year 8 Science
Year 8 Science students have been studying DNA this week. They made some fantastic DNA
models using sweets.
Report by: Mr ThorneBE CURIOUS
Grow Your Own
This week in the MBA garden we have been really busy planting all our summer plants in
the polytunnel. Firstly, we finished clearing all our winter vegetables, then the students
really enjoyed mulching the beds with a layer of old manure. This will add all the nutrients
needed for another season of growth. After feeding the soil we planted a selection of
climbing plants including six different varieties of tomatoes, two types of cucumber, and
two types of melon. A length of string with a knot on the bottom was placed under each
plant as it went into the soil, and then it was tied to the frame of the poly tunnel. As they
grow the stem is wound around the string and the plants will climb over 6ft to the top of
the tunnel. The melons, tomatoes and cucumbers will then mature and hang from the
plant and be easy to harvest. The students have learnt about spacing climbing plants,
especially regarding keeping a good airflow between them to prevent easy build up of
diseases and pests.
Report by: Mr NewBE CURIOUS
Grow Your Own
In between the climbers we planted lots of basil seedlings, which as you know go very
well with a tomato salad! They also help to keep pests such as aphids off the tomato
plants which is great. Finally we planted lots of Devils Brew chilli plants among the
climbers to fill the second bed. These will provide lots of entertainment when it comes to
tasting the harvest!
Report by: Mr NewBE INSPIRED
Year 7 Science
Year 7 students have been studying craters this week and so completed practical work to
investigate the factors which affect their size. This is part of their ‘Can we colonise Mars?’
topic. We looked at the concept of evidence as we gathered our own data and the HPL of
linking by looking at the patterns this data showed us.
Report by: Miss PageBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 11 Dance
This week the Year 11 Dance students had
their final performance exam and they did
not disappoint!
They delivered an outstanding
performance and worked with real
dedication, creativity and professionalism.
This group have been so supportive of one
another and have all developed their skills
and made fantastic progress throughout
the course. Their final piece was an extract
of a piece by contemporary
choreographer, Jeremy Lepine, combined
with their own movement material. They all
did a brilliant job and I am so incredibly
proud of each and every one of them. They
have been a real joy to teach and I know
they will all go on to do wonderful things.
Thank you Dance class of 2021!
If you are lucky you might catch one last
performance by these talented students at
the Detox Festival on Friday 11th June!
Report by: Miss Taylor-HingstonBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 11 Final Catering Lesson
I thought it would be great to end the year by setting the challenge of making a proper
Cornish pasty. After talking through the right ingredients that should be in a pasty, such
as skirt, turnip, potato, onion, salt and pepper. I then shared how to crimp properly. This
could be done in two ways, either by crimping on the side, or on top.
Report by: Miss OsborneBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 11 Final Catering Lesson
It was entertaining to see them give this a go, and some were more successful than others.I
then asked Mr Jenkin to come and taste the pasties with me. Harry N and Izzie H were the
tastiest and closest to a pasty.
I hope the Year 11 students have enjoyed their food lessons and at very least now feel
confident and skilled enough to cook for themselves and their families. I wish them all the very
best in their futures wherever it takes them. Please keep in touch and keep me informed of
any news and all your future successes.
Report by: Miss OsborneBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Music Update
Over the last few weeks we have been able to move Key Stage 3 Music back in to the
Music Block, and get back to practical music making! It’s been so exciting to finally let
Year 7 loose in the department after hearing so much about it for nearly the whole year,
and also to get Year 8 back in and out of a regular class room!
Mrs Brown’s classes have been working in our
industry standard technology suite, having an
introduction to composing using technology.
There have been some awesome pieces coming
together already and we have some budding
producers getting stuck in. Mr Curnow’s classes
have been playing Ukulele and singing, and he
has uncovered some great singers who we’ll be
seeing lots of in performances in the future! Mr
Roberts’ classes have been rocking out in The
Locker, learning drums, bass, guitar, keyboards
and band skills, and getting to play on stage as a
group! We are making up for lost time and
making sure that all KS3 students get an amazing
music experience before the summer holidays.
We have also been open every day after school
for our Year group Music MixX Clubs. Each
afternoon until 4pm we have one Year group in
at a time, and they have free choice of what to
try and what to work on. So we’ve had people
producing and recording in the tech room, loads
of singers rehearsing and bands getting songs
together for our first performances of the school
year at the Detox Festival after half term. There
are some really exciting performances coming
together and we can’t wait to share them all with
you at the festival!
Report by: Mr Darren RobertsBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Music Update
Qube Records is also starting to come back to life. We’ve had some great recording
sessions working on brilliant new original music from Bernie and Angela Shilson, Sophie
Payne and Rosa Hoadley, ably assisted by Gold Arts Award student Morgan Long
with lots more in over half term. We have also booked a small run of local gigs in the
summer, culminating at two consecutive days at the amazing Rock Oyster Festival
playing with artists such as Soul II Soul and Sophie Ellis-Bextor!
The full gig list:
Friday 11th June Detox Festival - MBA
Sunday 27th June Golowan Festival - Penzance Promenade (Afternoon)
Wednesday 7th July Penlee Open Air Theatre - Penzance (Evening)
Sunday 18th July Helston Lakeside Events Square - Helston (Afternoon)
Saturday 31st July Rock Oyster Festival - St Minver
Sunday 1st August Rock Oyster Festival - St Minver
Tickets for the Penlee Open Air Theatre show are available on the
Penlee website here: https://www.penleeparktheatre.com/product/
mounts-bay-schoolsummer-concert/
Tickets for Rock Oyster Festival are available here: https://
rockoyster.seetickets.com/content/ticket-options
We can’t wait to get back on stage and we hope to see lots of you
at the shows!
At Qube Records we are always well known for working with bands
and musicians from our local community and music scene,
and this week we welcomed back our favourite punk
heroes Die Spangle to film and record a special live set. It
was great to hear the studio blazing with shouts of SHARK
ATTACK ON LONG ROCK BEACH again after so long and
the show will be available to watch online soon…
For more information as always head over to
www.quberecords.org and don’t forget to follow
quberecords on instagram and twitter.BE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 8 REAL Project
Miss Green’s REAL Project class got involved with some ink experimentation this week
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Report by: Miss GreenBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 8 REAL Project
Report by: Miss GreenBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 10 Art
Year 10 students took part in a drawing workshop with artist Ben Sanderson on
Wednesday. The focus of the workshop was to look at the structure of objects and
understanding form, space and pattern of natural forms. The students then went out to
the orchard to experiment with drawing with paintbrushes on long sticks to capture an
overall impression of the buttercups and daisies using brush and ink. Returning to the art
room, we used mono printing techniques. Lots of fun had by all!
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Report by: Mrs DaleBE
CREATIVE
BE CREATIVE
Year 10 Art
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Report by: Mrs DaleBE COMPETITIVE
Year 10 Football Match
It was great to get back to fixtures this week! The Year 10 football team put in a superb team
effort and played a strong, physical Falmouth School team. MBA took a 2-0 lead into half
time, thanks to two great passing moves and finishes from Isaac F and Will W. Falmouth came
back strong in the second half and scored from distance to leave a tight finish. MBA
continued to play well and won 2-1. They now head on in to the Cornwall Cup Semi Final. Well
done to all involved.
Report by: Mr StrongBE COMPETITIVE
Year 11 PE
During Year 11’s last week in PE, they took part in
the ‘slip and slide’ in the pouring rain! Despite the
weather the students had a great time! Mr
Strong’s and Miss Veall’s PE groups also took part
in a class vs class rounders showdown! Miss
Veall’s class finished on 11 and 1/2 and Mr Strong’s
class secured a win on the final bat to make 12!
Report by: Miss Veall
Horse Riding Action
Austyn competed at the Aston Le Walls
British Riding Clubs National
Championships last weekend. He rode
really well and finished 26th out of over
60 entrants. Well done Austen.
Report by: Mrs DaviesBE COMPETITIVE
County Cup Football Victory
On Monday 24th May 2021, the Year 7 Football Team played against Penryn College in the
quarter final of the County Cup Competition. Mounts Bay won the match 2-1 and will now
play Falmouth School (away) in the next round (semi final). Well done to all players
involved.
Squad: Aaron
Rohan
Tyler Jahmali
Rex Aaron
Jack Oscar
Jake (Captain)
Finley Goal Scorer:
Jayden
Layla-Paige Jahmali x2
Report by: Mr LawrenceBE ENVIRONMENTAL
Because it’s our planet
Eco Team are putting the Teen into
TEEN
the G7 this year with their young
peoples voice, speaker’s stage at The
DeTox festival on Friday June 11th .
You have the opportunity to make your voice heard at
the upcoming Detox festival! We are looking for speakers
to talk about the environment or any eco themed topics
that you’re passionate about. You can do this in the form
of a speech, song or poem. This will be performed to
students during the school day or to selected members of
the public after school.
Please email ecoteam@mountsbay.org ASAP with your name, year group and approx when
you would like to speak in order to secure your place. Please let us know the title of your
presentation, the topic it covers and length so we can arrange your slot. Thank you,
Report by: Enid G7Teen Co-ordinator
You have the opportunity to make your voice heard at the upcoming Detox
Festival!
We are looking for speakers to talk about the environment or any eco themed
topics that you’re passionate about. You can do this in the form of a speech,
song or poem and will be performed on the G7teen platform at the Cube during
school day on Friday 11th June or to selected members of the public after
school.
Please email ecoteam@mountsbay.org with your name, year group and when
you would like to speak in order to secure your place. Please send us the title of
your presentation, the topic of the speech/poem and length so we can arrange
your slot.
Thank you from the Eco Team
Report by: The Eco TeamBE ENVIRONMENTAL
Because it’s our planet
The Eco Team and Wildlife Group are busy preparing for Project from Week 7th - 11th June
and DeTox Day on 11th June 7th.
The Wildlife Group staged our first trash
mob of the DeTox in the woodlands.
Bella and Isla are leading the way with the bake sale and will be supported by Miss
Osborne's Year 9 fast track group on Thursday to try and bake enough cakes for everyone
on DeTox Day. Ivy and Carys are forging ahead organising some amazing second hand
clothes for sale on DeTox day. Don't forget you too can send in your donations, just bring
them in to tutor time and your tutor will pass them on to us. Cephia, Alfie, Maya Orla Flic,
Scarlet and Anouk busy with all things wild and growing, whilst Enid is organising the
G7teen stage. It's not too late to enter to have your say about your world on DeTox day.
Musicians, are tuning up anxiously awaiting their chance to finally perform publicly for you
and Dance and Drama students will also be flexing their public performance muscles. Arts
Award students will be working with Mrs Dale and Miss Green to create some collaborative
works of eco art to brighten our school.
There are quite a few competitions happening that you could get your teeth into this half
term. Check out the posters in the newsletter for more details.
Report by: The Eco TeamBE INVOLVED
Because it’s our planet
There are a few competitions happening that you
could get your teeth into this half term.
Check out the posters below for all the details.
See you at DeTox 2!
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Mr Strong’s Message: Top Achievers:
Sienna H 33
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CHAMAELEON DELPHINUS DRACO PAVO PEGASUS PHOENIX TUCANATASSOMAI YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS
Tassomai is an intelligent online learning program helping students at all levels achieve
outstanding results. Using Tassomai builds knowledge, boosts confidence and reduces
exam stress. All students have to do is spend 15 minutes a day answering questions. It
doesn’t matter if they get it wrong because Tassomai has an algorithm that works
with each individual student and this produces a Tassomai Tree, which is a new
feature to visualise learner knowledge acquisition - each leaf represents a
question, which is colour-coded relating to how well the student performed
in that question! Tassomai is available to all Year 10 and 11 students.
Here are the Top 10 for Years 10 and 11 this week - based on accuracy. (HPL
for all these students!)
Year 10 Questions Correct Year 11 Accuracy
Sasha G 84.6 Ziji L 91
Luke W 74.3 Robert D 84.1
Tegan P 68.5 Ivan V M 81
Chloe B 67.9 Cian T 75.2
Hannah S 66.7 Tegen C 74.4
Jess U 66.6 Peter T 73.9
Ruby G 65.9 Sam T 73
Marley H F 65.7 Andrew D 69.4
Aiva C 65.4 Chloe L 67.3
Poppy 65.1 Laura B 67.3
This week's Year 10 winner is Jess U (for accuracy!)
The very last Year 11 raffle draw winner is…. drum roll… Tegen V!
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Well done to all of Ye
luck for the future!
Report by: Mrs WeightmanA 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, his life, you can change that.
On 20th November 2019 Paul experienced an extremely traumatic life changing accident
while windsurfing resulting 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 reformed 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 DowrickEmpowering young
people to make
positive life choices
May Half Term Activities
We are super excited to be back OPEN to run fun activities! We have a great Activity
Programme planned. We can’t wait to see everyone back up here having fun. Our
activities are all outside so please ensure you bring a warm coat and sensible footwear.
HYP will provide Lunch (Pasty /Sausage Roll (vegetarian options available on request
please state on consent) a carton of juice and piece of fruit will also be included.
Ensure that any allergy information is provided to us on the consent form.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us on the details at the
bottom of this letter.
Please download the booking and consent forms:
http://mountsbay.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/May-Half-Term-Activities.pdf
Tick the Activities you would like to book onto complete the consent form and
return to:
HYP, Humphry Davy Lane, Hayle, TR27 4AR
Tuesday 1st June – Tree Planting at Hayle Academy
Wednesday 2nd June – Tree Panting at Paradise Park
Thursday 3rd June – Forest School and S’mores
Friday 4th June – Team Games such as football,
rounders and short cricket.
Meeting point for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday is at HYP.
Friday’s activity the meeting point will be Penpol Sports Pitch
Get in touch
01736 755790
We are a team of fun youth workers who support
young people in making positive life choices,
Hayle Youth Project,
Humphry Davy Lane, Hayle,
bringing them together to have fun and learn
Cornwall, TR27 4AR new things.
Registered Charity No. 112430631st MAY - 4th JUNE
DIARY DATES HALF TERM
ACADEMY CLOSED TO STUDENTS
7th JUNE - 11th JUNE
PROJECT WEEK
YEAR 10 SILVER AND BRONZE DofE ASSESSED EXPEDITIONS
14th JUNE -18th JUNE
YEAR 11 SILVER ASSESSED DofE EXPEDITION
17th JUNE
YEAR 7 PARENTS’ EVENING
29th JUNE
SPORTS DAY
1st JULY
YEAR 11 BALL
6th JULY
YEAR 6 TRANSITION DAY
8th JULY
KEY STAGE 3 GRADUATION EVENING
@mountsbay.org
12th - 15th JULY
ADVENTURE LEARNING WEEK
YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE WEEK
YEAR 9 BRONZE EXPEDITION AND TRAINING
22nd JULY
END OF TERM
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