Our year 7 students took part in a powerful drama performance at the Northumberland Miners’ Picnic at Woodhorn recently. The group had been involved in a major creative writing project looking at the devastating impact of the First World War on a small mining community in Ashington. The project was organised in conjunction with the… Read more »
We were delighted to welcome author Laura Steven this week to talk about her experiences as a writer and run a workshop with some of our year 10 English students. Laura talked about her experiences in writing for different mediums, from her recently published book to half hour TV scripts, and how to build ideas… Read more »
Changes to the data protection regulations come into force on Friday 25 May 2018. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the result of four years of work by the EU to bring data protection legislation into line with new, previously unforeseen ways that data is now used. Currently, the UK relies on the… Read more »
Congratulations to Callum Picton who has gained a place at SA Performing Arts (formerly Sage Academy) to study and develop his Performing Arts skills, after completing his GCSE’s, this summer. Callum has been part of CLV’s Music and Theatre productions since joining us in year 7 and has taken on a variety of roles over… Read more »
Our year 9 team delivered an outstanding collective performance against a strong St Thomas More side to reach the final of the County Cup. The teams were deadlocked at 1-1 through 90 minutes and then extra time, leaving the game decided on penalties with CLV coming out on top to win 3-1. Well done to… Read more »
Well done to our year 8 and year 9 basketball teams who both played in tournaments last Wednesday. The year 8 team finished a respectable 2nd out of 5 teams, and for many of our players this was their first experience of a competitive game. The year 9 team were able to go one better… Read more »
Our students in years 7 and 8 have recently been involved in science sessions with our local primary schools. Our year 7 STEM girls group (one of our after school clubs) have been involved in a year 6 transition day, held at CLV, assisting the younger students in workshops and delivering parts of the sessions… Read more »