Friday 25th May 2012

Issue 37

Student of the week:

Sophie Smith 11HDS

for improving already above target coursework in textiles

School Calendar

WEEK: 28th May—1st June 2012

Tuesday 29th May—Year 11 Last day at College

WEEK: 4th June—8th June 2012

HALF TERM

WEEK: 11th June—15th June 2012

Friday 15th June—Year 11s start study leave

WEEK: 18th June—22nd June 2012

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Student Leaders organise a Cultural Student Leaders organise a Cultural

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On Friday 18th May a culmination of a six week literacy project researching a country from the Cornish Diaspora (destinations of Cornish tin miners around the world) came to an end at Heartlands.

Pool Academy’s cluster of Primary schools, St.Johns, Illogan, Pencoys, Portreath, Rosemellin, Roskear and Treloweth, involving over 350 students, took part in the event celebrating the Olympic Torch coming into the Duchy that night by recreating an Olympic Torch relay around Heartlands.

The different aspects of the event involved:-

learning about the seven Olympic/Paralympic values of respect, equality, determination, courage, friendship, excellence.

'On your marks, get set, bake’, challenge where giant cookies were decorated with flags and Olympic emblems.

A celebration of the culture of the different countries in the Cornish diaspora with a musical and dancing extravaganza.

A huge art challenge

Pool is one of 125 schools nationwide chosen to be a Get Set Olympic Network School of-fering Olympic opportunities to its neigh-bouring schools.

Treloweth were Peru, Illogan were Brazil , Pencoys were South Africa, Roskear were India and Uganda , Rosemellin were New Zealand , St. Johns were Australia, Portreath were Ukraine and Tregoweth (Curnow) were Mexico.

All our student leaders were fantastic on the day, in-spiring the primary students through their many challenges.

Robbie Simmons and Henry Eddy have been cycling to school from Tehidy on a tandem.

Art Awards students have a Make-up Artist to visit Make-up Artist Neila Dawes, visited Pool Academy on Monday after school to give the Arts Award and Drama students a stage hair and make-up workshop. It was an amazing experience, not only did the students complete two parts of their Arts Award portfolios, but they had lots of fun.

Pictured are Hannah Mead 9SW, Gabbi Casey 8LP, Chloe George 8LP and Cody Lawry 8LAW with four different make up designs of different characters, as well as the whole of the group who took part in the workshop with

Neila Dawes.

What’s on in the school Library

Monday Night is Film Night - Free popcorn

Wednesday Night is Games night!

Come and use our new Library!

Curriculum Enrichment Week

Payments are now overdue, please get payments in before half term. Any payments not received may result in your child coming off their chosen

activity.

CONTACT US : POOL ACADEMY, Church Road, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3PZ.

Tel: (01209) 712220/715011 Fax: (01209) 612070 Attendance Line: (01209) 722333

WHAT’S ON NEXT WEEK

Monday 28th May – Volleyball Club – after sch – Sports hall – 2.55 – 4pm

Rounders Club – after sch – school field – 2.55 – 4pm

Tuesday 29th May – Tennis Club – after sch – tennis courts – 2.55 – 4pm

Wednesday 23rd May – Athletics League – after sch – CBLC - 2.55 – 6.15pm

- Street Dance – after school - Dance Studio – 2.55 – 4pm

Thursday 24th May – Cricket club – after school - school cricket nets – 2.55 – 4pm

- Rounders fixture v Penryn College – after sch – Home – 2.55 – 5.00pm

Friday 25th May – Surf Project

PE NEWSPE NEWS

Rounders Fixture

The rounders teams were away to Truro School last week; we narrowly lost all the fixtures.

We only had time to play one innings, instead of the normal two innings, due to the late arrival of our transport.

Our next fixture is away to Camborne School.

Athletics

The English School Cup was held last Wednesday and Thursday at Carn Brea Leisure Centre. Winners in

their events on the day were:

Tom Wills – Javelin Dean Symons – 800 metres Connor Davey – 800 metres

Aurimas Bakunas – 100 metres

The final placings in the County:

8th - Junior Girls 8th – Inter Girls 9th – Junior Boys 6th Inter Boys

Sports Leaders

Our Sports Leaders did an excellent job at The Heartlands last Friday, where they entertained over 300 Primary School pupils with challenges related to the Olympic Values.

Cheerleading

The cheerleading team took part in a display at Liskeard on Saturday for the Olympic Torch Relay. The team will be participating at Crystal Palace for the National Championship next month.

Pictured are Amy Colwill 9MTR, Molly Jackson 7HR, Vicky Pearse 9JAP, Holly Eustice 9NMD, four of the team at rehearsals on Monday night.