Category: Achievements

Student looks through glass- part of video the students produced

Students collaborate with local dance artist to highlight self esteem issues faced by young people

A huge well done to the incredibly talented Year 11 students who took part in an external project with a local dance artist Lizzie Klotz.  The group of students put together some amazing dance and movement work based on self-esteem, body image and pack mentality. Lizzie is using this for promotional material and it will… Read more »

Football – Year 8 boys continue to impress

The Year 8 Boys’ football teams have enjoyed an excellent first half of the season. The `A` team are unbeaten in the league thanks to victories over Whytrig Middle School, Blyth Academy and Seaton Sluice Middle School. In the County Cup the team have progressed to the quarter-finals thanks to a 2-0 win over Newminster… Read more »

Girls excel in indoor rowing competition

Well done to four students,  Jemima, Jade, Elena and Kimberley, who took part in the Northumberland School Games Indoor Rowing competition last Friday afternoon. They worked really hard in their events with some promising performances, but special congratulations got to Jemima who finished in 2nd place in her age category and qualified for the next… Read more »

Unsung Hero of Sport Award

Congratulations to CLV student Ellie Roberts who has become the Northumberland Badminton Association’s  Unsung Hero of Sport . Ellie plays at the Newcastle Performance Centre and Northumberland County Junior and Senior Teams based at Benfield and now the Tyneside Badminton Centre for almost 11 years, she has also played at Newcastle Medicals Badminton Club for 5… Read more »

CLV Sixth Former writes for Cambridge Compass

Former CLV student Dan Bowe recently went to Cambridge to study Geography but didn’t want to leave his English Studies behind. He has found time to become the current affairs editor for Compass Geographical magazine. By the looks of this article he has his future all mapped out!

A weekend of adventure for Year 7

Year 7 completed their transition to the JLV with a weekend of adventure and challenge at our sixth annual outdoor activities residential at Dukeshouse Wood near Hexham. 40 staff and 280 students tackled 16 different activities over 3 days at the end of October. Once again our students were praised for their behaviour and attitude… Read more »