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March 11
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Girls’ Football Festival

March 10
Mounts Bay Academy hosted yet another Girls Football festival, this was the first festival for the Team 16 girls (U16s). They are part of the NEW and EXCITING West Cornwall Schools FA Girls Football competition that is now operating through the West Cornwall district. Each age band will have two festivals and points from each will be accumulated. There are two regionalised leagues and the top two from each will progress through to a finals day competition competing for the >>
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Be a Success

March 7
  The next few weeks will probably be some of the most important weeks for our Year 11 students as they prepare for their forthcoming GCSE exams. We will be trying to manage their workloads and be strategic with the support we offer to help them achieve the best possible outcomes so they can choose what to do with their futures. We believe that everyone can achieve but it takes hard work and specialist support. Following the Mock exams we >>
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March 7
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Lit Quiz

March 7
The Library was buzzing at lunch-time on World Book Day with all Houses taking part in our World Book Day Kids’ Lit Quiz. Questions ranged from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Songs of Ice and Fire, with a smattering of George Orwell, Veronica Roth, Cassandra Clare, J R R Tolkein, Jacqueline Wilson,  Austen and Dickens in-between. Students were really knowledgeable about the books they love. Not many people know the name of the dog in The Curious Incident of >>
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Numeracy Week

March 7
This week the Academy went number crazy for Numeracy Week. The aim of the week, organized by the Maths department, was to get students thinking about why and how being numerate is important and how we can all improve our numeracy skills.   Over the course of the week every student and every member of staff was invited to take part in what was a highly successful week and at times 100s of students taking part in activities simultaneously.   >>
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Army Careers

March 5
Today Corporal Ian Prowse from the Armed Forces Careers Office in Redruth came to meet with MBA students interested in finding out more about the career opportunities within the Army from being a veterinary technician to joining the light infantry.   They learnt of the discipline required to become a soldier, the qualifications needed for a wide range of careers, the fitness and the opportunities for travel and continued learning within this profession. The students showed great enthusiasm and interest and put forward many >>
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GCSE Results Day

March 5
Today our Year 11 received their Mock GCSE examination results. The whole event is staged in exactly the same way that they will experience in just a few months time and gives them the opportunity to reflect on what went well and what they would like to improve on. Students always anticipate the day and the results show we are on target for our best results ever. Click here to see the GCSE Results movie. Click on an image to >>
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