To mark Holocaust Memorial Day this year, Mrs Beetson challenged her Year 12 Art group with an unexpected brief; create an installation piece in the style of Christian Boltanski.  Equipped with only a few examples of the French artist’s work, and wearing more confused faces than normal, w...

On the 11th November my music group Gutted was honoured with opening the Mark Conference of Music Teachers, which was this year hosted in Kenilworth.  We all play the viol – a type of bowed string instrument from hundreds of years ago, which isn’t often seen nowadays except in...

Year 12's Annabel Lord won the St John District Cadet of the Year Competition.  Here, she tells us more.

On the 24th of November, Year 12 Biologists visited the Warwick University Arts Centre for a day of fascinating and eye-opening talks from professionals in the science workplace. The day started with a talk from Mark Jobling on the history and science behind DNA fingerprinting and identifying the...

Year 10's Ingrid was chosen to switch on the lights this year, in Stratford.  Here, she tells us about the experience.

As part of our Extended Learning Day, on the 16th and 17th of November, GCSE Religious Studies students from Year 10 took part in a trip to the Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif, in Birmingham.  This was a trip that had never been done before by Shottery students.  We were lucky enough t...