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]
‘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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]