Adventure

Wiesenschule Day 3

December 4
Day 3 at Wiesenschule passed very quickly again today with students once again taking part in class activities. We have also been spending every spare minute rehearsing our  presentations for tomorrow nights parents evening and our performance for our last day on Friday. We were even singing on the bus tonight! This evening we had the chance to practice our German a little more when both schools visited a local Christmas Market. They are similar to the type we get >>
Adventure

Wiesenschule Day 2

December 4
It has been our second day at Wiesenschule and after a tiring first day we awoke early to greet our classes bright and early at 08:15. Each of our students has been assigned a class and they will stay with the same group for the rest of the week. Although the lessons are quite different from those we are used to, the content is very similar with students here learning literacy and numeracy as core subjects alongside things like the >>
Adventure

Phoenix Project

December 4
On Friday 29th November, 11 MBA students passed out from the Phoenix Challenge at Penzance Fire station with flying colours. A tough week of physical and personal challenge focused on improving their skills of teamwork, motivation, and communication. Relatives, MBA staff and invited dignitaries were there to witness   them complete their final drill. This involved running the hoses to extinguish a house fire,  a vehicle fire, save casualties using breathing equipment and give emergency first aid. It was a >>
Diary

Xmas Market

December 4
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Adventure

Mining Trip

December 4
Cornish & New Zealand Mining   Today a group of students from Rototua Girls High School and Mounts Bay Academy visited Geevor Mine at the invitation of the Cornish Mining World Heritage team.   They were sent to Geevor to investigate the links between Cornish mining heritage and mining in New Zealand. These links grew up in the 19th century when Cornish miners took their expertise to the other side of the year.   During their trip they had the chance to go underground, speak >>
Creativity

Pearl of Africa

December 3
On Monday the Pearl of Africa Choir visited Mounts Bay Academy. The choir are on a UK tour which involves visiting schools, running workshops, performing concerts and fundraising for their orphanages in Uganda. About 200 students took part in singing, dancing, craft making and drumming workshops during lessons one and two. In the evening many Mounts Bay students also attended the concert at Penwith College Theatrre. Pearl of Africa On the 2nd of December the Pearl of Africa Choir came >>
News

Awards Evening

December 3
On Thursday 28th November we were proud to welcome back last year’s leavers for the annual Academy Awards Evening. We’d like to congratulate the award winners as well as the whole year group who achieved the best results ever in the Academy’s history.
Adventure

Wiesenschule Day 1

December 2
Our students have just arrive in Reitberg, Germany on our visit to Wiesenschule. Wiesenschule is a special needs school that specialises in the education of young people with a varying range of learning difficulties. 6 students are visiting along with a further 4 students from Nanceaverne. They started their journey at 9:30pm on Sunday 1st December and travelled overnight, arriving at their destination just in time to be introduced to classes before lunch. Despite being tired they elected to walk >>
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