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 »
Tag: literacy
Author Malcolm Duffy shares creative writing tips with our avid readers
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 »
Students take part in the 12 challenges of December
Over the coming weeks students in the JLV have been set 12 challenges ranging from reading to sports, attendance and community support. Students will be working together as a Home Group team to meet the challenges as we head toward the end of term. The challenges are time limited starting on Monday 30th November and… Read more »
The Big Read, 30th November – 4th December
The Big Read event is a celebration of the amazing work pupils and staff do to ensure that reading remains a key priority for all our students across all year groups but particularly in Years 7-9. The event is also a chance to raise the profile and importance of reading for pleasure throughout school as… Read more »
CBeebies star Joseph Elliott shares debut novel with JLV students
Actor, scriptwriter and author Joseph Elliott delivered a brilliant and very memorable event for y7 and y8 students this week. Although better known to students for playing pirate Cook in CBeebies series Swashbuckle, Joseph has just launched his debut novel, The Good Hawk. The Good Hawk is a captivating and very dark fantasy set in… Read more »
Author Laura Steven shares writing tips with Year 10 students
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 »
The Punctuation Road Show
A huge well done to Year 7 for their participation in The Punctuation Road Show on Tuesday. The singing and dancing was fantastic. All students were a credit to the school and Barrie, the punctuation man, could not compliment them enough. Your English teachers are now looking forward to seeing all the songs put into… Read more »