News

24th February 2015

The boys team won their Senior round at Callington and are now through to the District Finals

23rd February 2015

Year 5 pupils recently enjoyed an exciting trip to the Exeter Northcott Theatre to see the Theatre Alibi production of “I Believe in Unicorns”.

13th February 2015

Mrs Buckley’s Year 4 class impressed audiences with their grasp of international culture across the two cultures at last Friday’s Assembly.

Inspired by sharing thoughts on customs and traditions with visiting Argentinian pupil Francisco Assalone the children helped develop a show which compares culture and day to day lifestyle practices in the two countries from taking tea, languages spoken, government, food and drink, and of course – sport!

Says Francisco of his time in the UK:

The best thing about England? 
The beach at Polperro

What do you like the best about Mount Kelly?
All the teachers and my friends. 'I am going to miss the school – I want to come here!'

How does Tavistock compare with home?
“It's really hot in Argentina:  about 40 degrees most days. Tavistock is far too cold!

Also Tavistock is also much bigger than Francisco's village Abril.”

Mrs Buckley says the class has been much enriched by the experience of knowing Francisco.  The Argentinian is a big character, has a fabulous sense of humour.  He settled into School life quickly, enjoying the opportunity to speak Spanish with Javier of course,  and soon made lots of friends – we are all going to really miss him!! 

13th February 2015

The Inter-House Swimming Gala’s for Years 3 to 6 took place this week which saw pupils’ competing for their Houses. As the races got underway, the breadth and depth of School swimming talent  it became very clear.

Some of our pupils’ compete in National competitions and this was their chance to shine in front of their peers. The Gala was not all about positions though and every pupil competed in at least one event for their house, whether they were a squad swimmer or still learning to swim, the atmosphere was fantastic, with everyone cheering the swimmers on.   It was great to see so many children congratulating their fellow competitors at the end of their race, shaking their hand or giving them a pat on the back, their sportsmanship was excellent.

Thank you to all of the staff who helped the Galas run so smoothly on the day and to the parents who came along to support. Most of all, well done to all the swimmers who took part for displaying such a supportive attitude towards one another.

Congratulations to Hepworth who won the overall House competition for U9 and U11 Combined Galas.

12th February 2015

The fifth of this season’s Mount Kelly Concert Society events featured Adelia Myslov a young Russian violinist, with Craig White on piano performing in the Melvin Hall this week. 

Mrs Collier was delighted with the performance, commenting that it was a stunning evening of music; a lovely combination of Adelia’s virtuosic playing supported by a beautifully sensitive accompaniment from Craig.  Benjamin Newbauer, Mount Kelly Lower Sixth pupil, was a fantastic page turner for Craig, undertaking what is a really nerve-wracking job.  Particularly noteworthy was Adelia’s unaccompanied Bach ‘Partita’ which was utterly sublime.

It was pleasing to see a good number of Mount Kelly pupils in the audience, despite the fact that many younger pupils were unable to attend as they were at the Prep performance of ‘Dracula’ on the same evening.

As an enthusiastic audience confirmed, it was easy to see why the duo were invited for a repeat performance following last year’s equally impressive appearance.

Don’t miss the next MK Concert:  The Sterling Trio on Wednesday 18th March at 7:45pm, Melvin Hall (College); tickets available on the door at £13 (adult); £11 (concessions) / accompanied children go free.  (This is a superb price for a professional standard concert!)

12th February 2015

Full round up from the Inter House Cross Country

11th February 2015

Mount Kelly were treated to a fascinating Oracle lecture this week by polar explorer Pen Hadow. 

11th February 2015

As part of the “Healthy Living and Mediterranean Diet” Spanish topic, Señora Brown organized a typical Spanish breakfast feast for Years 7, 8 and 10

10th February 2015

Plymouth Aquarium was once again the venue for the GO4SET launch, where Mount Kelly is fielding two teams of 6.

The scheme is aimed at introducing year 9 students to the world of engineering, where a challenge is set and each team has to present their solutions, build a model, make a display and compile a report over the following ten weeks.

Mount Kelly is no stranger to the scheme and has entered teams for the past 5 years, winning on two occasions.

Our teams will be working with mentors from Babcock Marine to design a sports centre that is ecologically friendly. The launch day was a great success and a chance to select the two teams, meet the mentors as well as take part in some team building challenges against other schools.

In the following weeks the teams will be working closely with Engineers from the company as well as enjoying a site visit to the dockyard to see Engineering in practice. The scheme will culminate after Easter with the Celebration Day at Plymouth University.

10th February 2015

Mount Kelly Swimming concluded the Devon County Championships with a dominant weekend at the Plymouth Life Centre, with six Open Mount Kelly Records being broken. These long-standing records were broken by Julian Chan Quee Lin (2), Benjamin Staig (2), Megan Bowen and Donovan McAntagart.

Over the course of the County Championships, Mount Kelly Swimming claimed 13 Championships Titles including both the Male and Female 50m SKINS events where Julian Chan Quee Lin and Megan Bowen both took victory. Other championship winners included Harry Hathaway, Donovan McAntagart, Leah Picillo and Chloe Barrow. Mount Kelly Swimming also had five Junior Champions, underlining the younger talent we currently have in our programme. These winners were Lauren Hession, Oliver Taverner, Connor Sleeman, Jacob Gibbons and Taku Chaza. 

In the Age Group finals, Mount Kelly Swimming booked a massive total of 102 final places, claiming 92 medals (38 Golds, 30 Silvers and 24 Bronzes). This competition was another impressive outing for Mount Kelly Swimming. The swimmers will now build into their training over the coming weeks in preparation for the Sheffield Premier Open Meet and 2015 British Championships in the next few months.