Well done to our Key Stage 3 Girls’ Badminton squad. Having claiming victory in the area competition last month, the girls qualified for the regional round – played in Newcastle recently. After a superb team performance the girls finished overall winners. Well done to Charlotte, Sara, Maylun and Ava. The team will now progress to… Read more »
Our Year 8 boys team have booked a place in the Northumberland County Cup Final after a thrilling 5-4 extra time victory over an impressive Ovingham side. Two goals from Matthew G, two from Aidan P and a winner in extra time from Callum W, completed a great comeback, as CLV had been both 3-1… Read more »
For the sixth year in a row our Sixth Form business students, alongside Mrs Thomson, have triumphed at the Management Games held in North Tyneside recently. Emily H, Lucy R-K, Jonathan S, Daniel H, Elliott C, Ben N and Matthew P took part in an intensive day of management decisions with rigorous questioning by industry… Read more »
We were delighted to welcome former Masterchef: The Professionals quarter finalist Matei Baran to the school recently to cook a Masterclass to our Year 11 students studying GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition. Matei – who is now head chef at a local restaurant in Tynemouth – has recently written a charity cookbook, Big Chef, Mini… Read more »
Best-selling children’s author, Lisa Thompson, visited the JLV on Monday to kick off the national book tour for her newest book, The Day I Was Erased. Lisa set out to inspire aspiring authors in the audience, describing her own career: from writing her very first (terrible) story aged 9, through working as a broadcast assistant… Read more »
Famous actor, comedian and now author, Ben Miller joined us in the JLV last week to launch his first children’s fiction book, The Night I Met Father Christmas. Ben Miller is an actor, director and comedian, best known for writing and starring in The Armstrong and Miller Show and his roles in Paddington 2, Johnny… Read more »
We were delighted to welcome y5 and y6 students from Shanklea and Hareside Primaries to the JLV for an exciting author event with award-winning author, Ross Montgomery. Ross introduced his new book, Max and the Millions, by showing students a series of miniature carvings – some as small as the eye of a needle –… Read more »