On the evening of Friday 21st September Y11 took a trip to Stratford-upon-Avon to see an RSC production of Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Erica Whyman, the play has been reinterpreted to consider the role of women in a more modern context with the key roles of Mercutio and Prince Escalus being played by women. The students enjoyed exploring the […]
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Clyst Vale has a committed and energetic student Amnesty International Group. led and coordinated by Sara Watt. In April. The Group won a national award with funding to hold this special ‘Find Your Voice’ Day. The aim of the day was as the t-shirts said: standing up against hate, and encouraging more people to find their voice against it. The […]
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Recently our Year 12 and 13 A-Level English students went to see an excellent production of ‘Othello’ at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter. This was a great opportunity for our students to gain an understanding of a different interpretation of the play, which is one of our new set texts for the A-level Literature course. Our students thoroughly enjoyed the […]
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Shakespeare has become a significant and heavily weighted feature of the brand new 9-1 GCSE for English Literature, so to prepare for this Y9 classes have been actively exploring the theme of conflict within the play Macbeth for the last two months. This will culminate in a GCSE style exam assessment on how Shakespeare crafts the theme of conflict throughout the […]
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Year 8 showed off their talent for poetry and rapping during Wednesday’s DLD when the English Department, supported by MFL, organised a writing workshop and then a competition for the best performance in the afternoon. Well done to Year 8 and a big thank you to all the staff. Click image to see slide show
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BBC Spotlight is back at Clyst Vale for the sixth year to showcase the range of talent we have. Again, we have been given the privilege of taking part in the BBC School News Report Project, along with around 30,000 other students from other schools across the nation. We’ve been given the opportunity to show off our skills, creativity and knowledge […]
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This year a select band of intrepid staff delved into the corners of their wardrobes and picked out a range of costumes to celebrate World Book Day 2016. Costumes included James Herriot, an Oompa Loompa, Harry Potter, Arya Stark, A Passage to India, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Dracula. Year 7 students took part in an inter school […]
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On Monday 19th October Y10 students and their parents were invited to the Post 16 block for an afterschool screening of the film The Lord of the Flies. It was a great way for English sets one and two to complete their study of the novel for this half term and get a feel for what Post -16 life will […]
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On Friday 8th May, 50 Gifted and Talented Key Stage Three students took part in a property challenge day. Students worked in mixed teams and took on different roles: project manager, surveyor, architect, marketing director and finance director. Groups created their own companies and produced layouts for houses and roads; complete accounts; information about internal features; advertisement materials; a […]
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As the school bell rang 9.00am, twenty-nine KS3 students were tasked with the mission to write, film and edit eight news stories as part of the BBC School Report project. Thanks to the hard work of teachers and students, almost all the reports were published on the BBC News website before the 3.30pm deadline. Whilst students in the previous […]
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