Year 12 Chemistry students, have had fun experimenting with the very smelly fermentation process in an attempt to make alcohol. Pictured below are students: Harry, Alex, Thea, Grace, Lana and William, who each chose a different carbohydrate for their fermentation experiment. Student, Grace explains: “We made alcohol through fermentation by using yeast. We all had …
Year 8 pupil, Alexis, recently attended Alnwick and District Sports Council Sports Awards, with the football team she plays for, Alnwick Town FC Juniors U13 Whites. The event, which was held at The Alnwick Playhouse, was to celebrate local sporting talent and endeavour with 14 x awards presented during the course of the evening. Alexis, …
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Cross country runners from James Calvert Spence College have recently enjoyed great success in the sport. After competing at a cross country event at Temple Park, South Shields, earlier this month, three of the 12 students who took part, were selected to represent Northumberland at the Inter-Counties meeting at Stewart Park, Middlesbrough. Pictured here at …
Year 8 pupils recently explored ‘Careers in the NHS’ with an interactive performance delivered by educational theatre group, Performance in Education. This enthusiastic and lively presentation delivered by three performers from the group, introduced students to the range of pathways that are available in the NHS at post-16 and post-18, including A levels, Apprenticeships, BTEC …
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A young entrepreneur who has turned her hobby into a business to raise money for ‘Daft as a brush’, has raised £100.50 in donations for the charity. Amy, who is a pupil at James Calvert Spence College in Amble, creates beautiful bespoke bracelets which she has on sale at local business, Brewis Beer, Amble. For …
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The James Calvert Spence College (JCSC), Poetry Club recently enjoyed a visit from the Amble Writing Group (AWG) for a collaboration to work on poems with the theme of ‘My favourite thing.’ Mrs Amy, Teacher of English, who organised the session explains: “The ladies from AWG shared their work first which gave our students the …
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Alexis and Josie had the brilliant idea to spread love in school today by asking pupils and staff to nominate fellow staff or pupils who have shown kindness. Those nominated received these lovely handmade paper flowers with lollipop as a thank you for their kindness. Alexis and Josie made these gifts, along with the assistance …
Meet the apprentice! #NAW2025 To mark #NationalApprenticeshipWeek we are celebrating our in-house apprentices (past and current) who play a vital role in school supporting our staff and pupils.
At James Calvert Spence College (JCSC) we have a thriving Student Council who represent all year groups of our student body. Our student council is made up of two students from every form class within each year group. These representatives have been elected by the students. Pictured here our 2025 student councillors with Headteacher, Mr …
Our JCSC Careers Fair is an opportunity for us to display the wealth of industries and businesses available in the local area to our students in school. If you are a local business/employer or alternative higher learning provision that is in interested in showcasing what you offer, your attendance would be valuable and greatly appreciated. …
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