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  • Clydeview’s Halloween Bonanza

    This frightful Halloween, Clydeview Academy was host to a spectacular Halloween Bonanza to remember, open to all S1 pupils. The night was mostly hosted by our S6 students, and was divided into six different stations which were Disgusting Dissections, Fake Trick-or-Treating, Biscuit Decorating, The Haunted Corridor, Ghoulish Games, and Zombie Zumba. The night was very busy, with six large groups of first years moving around the different stations in fifteen-minute slots. Over at Disgusting Dissections, we had two ‘dead bodies’ lying on a table, while a mad scientist – Professor Nefarious – told the horrifying story about how they died.

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  • Science At Clydeview

    Last month marked the 58th birthday of Star Trek and on that day, my Physics teacher, Ms Bell, was telling me about how it was watching Star Trek when she was younger that made her love science so much. So I decided to meet with Ms Bell to talk about why she would recommend people to choose science subjects and a bit about why Star Trek was so inspirational to her. Maybe through this article, we will inspire the next generation of scientists, or at least inspire a few people in the junior school to pick a science subject for

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  • Our Geography Trip To Culzean

    At the very start of this month, the Higher and Advanced Higher Geography students enjoyed an overnight trip to Dolphin House in Culzean. I am studying Higher Geography this year and so I had the fantastic opportunity to go on this trip. I’m writing this article to tell you about what a great time we

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  • A Chat With Last Year’s Head Boy

    Callum Charteris was last year’s Head Boy of Clydeview Academy and is also the founder of Clydeview Connect. Recently I had the opportunity to meet with him and have a chat about his experiences during his last year of school and I was able to ask him a few questions about his time as Head

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  • Our School Prizegiving

    The Clydeview Academy annual prizegiving ceremony was held in Old Gourock and Ashton Church earlier this month and so I’m writing this article to tell you all about the occasion. The church was very busy that evening as parents and carers came to congratulate their children on their fantastic achievements. I was there myself and,

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  • The UCAS Discovery Day

    Earlier this month, a group of Clydeview Academy’s S6 pupils went on a trip called the UCAS Discovery Day. But what is UCAS? And what’s a discovery day? In this article I’ll answer those questions and tell you all about our experiences. To give a brief summary, UCAS stands for the Universities and Colleges Admissions

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