Tag: Northumberland

One of our best Author visits yet! Critically-acclaimed performance poet and author Dean Atta shares stories with CLV students

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 »

A Technicolour Comeback!

After a turbulent 3yrs of no shows, including being sent home the week before our 2020 production, it was no surprise that the Music & Theatre Productions company was eager to tread the boards again! This year saw a sensation return by reinventing Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat with a strong 80’s and Vegas… Read more »

National Careers Week 2022

At CLV, we are celebrating National Careers Week (March 7th-12th). Throughout the week, we will be focussing on jobs and careers in lessons across all year groups. We have created displays highlighting careers and jobs linked to subjects that our students study, our digital screens are showing ‘job of the day’ profiles which highlight the… Read more »

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My Octopus Teacher James Reed chats with our year 7 and 12 students

Year 7 Art & year 12 Media students were lucky enough to have a live Q & A session with Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker (and former schoolmate of Mr Paterson) James Reed. This was an amazing opportunity for our students to find out about the filmmaking process, from the initial idea, planning, and production through to… Read more »