Tag: Cramlington

Cathy Cassidy talking about her book

Cathy Cassidy’s perfect ending to her book tour at CLV

Best-selling author Cathy Cassidy visited CLV last week as part of the promotional tour for her latest book, Sami’s Silver Lining. Cathy talked about the inspiration behind her books and her writing process – which involves a lot of daydreaming! Cathy also showed students how she uses mood boards to collect her ideas for new… Read more »

Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

Author Sarah Moore Fitzgerald shares her love of reading with JLV students

Girls in y8 and y9 were treated to an author event with the prize-winning Irish author, Sarah Moore Fitzgerald. Sarah writes poignant and big-hearted stories about family and friendships. Her newest book, The List of Real Things, follows two sisters who have lived with their mad uncle since the death of their parents. Bee, the… Read more »

Woodhorn Museum - Photo © Christine Westerback (cc-by-sa/2.0)

Changed Lives

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 »

Students taking part in STEM project

Year 9 Students buoyant about marine engineering

We recently invited the Marine Society to CLV to deliver an interactive workshop about buoyancy. Our students gained an insight into the basic principles of marine engineering and were given the challenge to produce a boat to hold as many marbles as possible, using only the resources of paper, wire, foil and sellotape! The winning… Read more »