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The Hustings on Wednesday 20th November in Post 16 were absolutely brilliant, with huge thanks to Mrs Padden for organising it and being Clyst Vale’s own Fiona Bruce in the Question Time section! All students in years 12 and 13 attended the Hustings and we were delighted to have all six candidates for the East Devon Parliamentary constituency in attendance. […]
» Read moreThe Parent Forum is meeting on Tuesday 26th November 2019. The theme of this session is Drugs Awareness, and we are very fortunate to have Dave Walter, a serving police officer and current CVCC Governor, coming in to talk to us on this subject. The meeting begins at 7.00pm in the Post 16 block. All parents and carers are very […]
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On Monday 11th November a group of 14 students went to the RNLI Exmouth. We were invited to have a guided tour of the lifeboat station and to see the new Shannon Lifeboat. All of the students invited won their place after contributing to Clyst Vale’s Harry Patch Day 2019. The artists who produced prize winning pictures were; Holly (Y7), […]
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On Friday, 8th November, Clyst Vale students voted on what were the “local issues” of greatest importance to them. You can see below the results for the six main issues which had been identified by students in their previous UK Youth Parliament vote on national issues. The main difference is that nationally knife crime is a bigger concern for young […]
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Thanks to Judy and Steve Wincott, parents of Sam Wincott, who got in touch to tell us about Sam’s recent success in a competition run by The Swift Institute. Sam left Clyst Vale in the summer of 2016 having successfully completed A-levels in Computer Science, Maths, Further Maths & Physics. In September 2016 he began his undergraduate studies at Cardiff […]
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Please come along to CVCC’s Post 16 Open Evening! Thursday 7th November 2019, 6pm – 8pm Links here to the Post 16 prospectus: CVCC Post 16 Prospectus and all associated pages on the College website, here: CVCC Post 16 information We extend a very warm welcome to prospective students and parents. Presentations will take place at 6.00pm and 7.00pm. Our subject staff […]
» Read moreTomorrow (Thursday 17th October) sees our first Deep Learning Day of the academic year. The normal timetable is suspended and students have some brilliant opportunities to explore work and activities surrounding a particular theme in greater depth. The topics are assigned by year-groups and include content relating to Modern Foreign Languages, Maths, Literacy, Humanities, Careers and Course 42. If your child is in […]
» Read moreEvery school day, there is a supervised homework club based in an ICT suite; it runs from the end of the last class of the day, until 5.00pm. It’s a safe space for students who are picked up later, or an opportunity for students to complete homework if it is difficult to do at home for any reason. Please do feel […]
» Read moreThursday 10th October marks the World Health Organisation’s ‘World Mental Health Day’. In connection with this, at lunchtime on Friday 11th October, CVCC are holding a ‘Let’s Chalk about Mental Health’ event. This is an initiative promoted by Devon-based Gill Hayes, who is herself a suicide survivor and advocates for awareness of mental health issues and the removal of the […]
» Read moreOn Friday 11th October 2019, Clyst Vale Community College will participate in Unicef’s global initiative, the World’s Largest Lesson. World’s Largest Lesson introduces the Sustainable Development Goals to children and young people everywhere and unites them in action. 17 Global Goals to achieve these 3 extraordinary things by 2030: END EXTREME POVERTY. FIGHT INEQUALITY AND INJUSTICE. TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE. More information can be […]
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