Students in y9 were treated to a visit from the critically-acclaimed performance poet and author Dean Atta as he celebrated the launch of his second novel, Only on the Weekends. Dean is one of the UK’s leading poets and LGBTQ+ activists. He explained that, growing up, he could not find characters in books with whom… Read more »
The Gateshead-based book, Me Mam. Me Dad. Me. has been going down a storm with some of our y9 and y10 students recently, with some declaring it the best book they’ve ever read! We were delighted then that the author, Malcolm Duffy, agreed to meet our avid readers and share the story behind the book… Read more »
After a turbulent 3yrs of no shows, including being sent home the week before our 2020 production, it was no surprise that the Music & Theatre Productions company was eager to tread the boards again! This year saw a sensation return by reinventing Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat with a strong 80’s and Vegas… Read more »
At CLV, we are celebrating National Careers Week (March 7th-12th). Throughout the week, we will be focussing on jobs and careers in lessons across all year groups. We have created displays highlighting careers and jobs linked to subjects that our students study, our digital screens are showing ‘job of the day’ profiles which highlight the… Read more »
Students have a long summer holiday this year. We hope everyone will have a relaxing time but we would also like to make you aware of the following sources of support should you need them. Kooth.com is an online service for young people which has many self-help resources and counselling is available. This is an… Read more »
Let me introduce your new co-heads for September 2021. As you know I am due to retire as of 31st August after 35 years here at Cramlington. I am delighted to announce that Ms. Kim Irving and Mr. Jon Bird will begin a period of co-headship from September 2021 to August 2022. Both Kim and… Read more »
Year 7 Art & year 12 Media students were lucky enough to have a live Q & A session with Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker (and former schoolmate of Mr Paterson) James Reed. This was an amazing opportunity for our students to find out about the filmmaking process, from the initial idea, planning, and production through to… Read more »
