Rough Notes – January 2018
‘April is the cruellest month,’ said TS Eliot but January surely runs a close second. Relentless rain, gusts of freezing wind and seemingly constant darkness do little to inspire. Damp students huddle…[Read More]
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Annual Art Exhibition 2018
The Art department have their annual exhibition at the Town Mill galleries currently underway which includes work from KS3 to the upper sixth in various disciplines including graphics, ceramics …[Read More]
Graphics & Poetry
The C level corridor has had an injection of new life thanks to a cross curricular department initiative. Mr Vine took poems inspired by the 2017 National Poetry Day theme of freedom …[Read More]
Darrell Wakelam Update
In January students continued with their 3D project inspired by myths and legends of the ridgeway and working with artists Darrell Wakelam and Sarah Butterworth. The outcomes can be seen …[Read More]
Balloon Photography
A number of Sixth Form students, as part of their A Level Photography course, recently spent a lesson experimenting with Balloon Photography; the focus was to capture high speed synchronisation …[Read More]
National Museum Takeover Day
On Friday 17th November some of the Year 8 students who are doing their Silver Arts Award went down to Lyme Regis Museum to work with children from St. Michael’s Primary School. …[Read More]
Rough Notes – Nov/Dec 2017
The Year 7 Panto trip to see Cinderella offers a tempting metaphor for the current state of the education system. Kept in thrall by the ugly sisters of the Department for Education and the government’s …[Read More]
Seaton Jurassic 2017
On the 12th December the BTEC Art group visited Seaton Jurassic to get an understanding of the principles involved in designing an exhibition space. The students are themselves constructing…[Read More]
School Performance Summary 2017
The school performance summary for 2016-17 shows once again how well Woodroffe is performing against national averages in the key performance measures. Please see the document …[Read More]
BP Portrait Awards 2017
The upper and lower sixth Art/Art History students were fortunate to have the opportunity to visit the BP Portrait Awards at the RAAM in Exeter at the end of November. Usually one …[Read More]