Clifton College Website
Student Contributions
A school is all about its pupils and so the website should reflect this. We have always been proud at Clifton that our students are our best advert. When prospective parents and their children visit the school sixth form students take them on a tour and chat in a relaxed fashion about life at the school and what is on offer. The feedback from these visits is always good and so we decided to create space for their views and creative writing to be included on the site. This section will grow, I am certain, but at present a few brave volunteers have given up their valuable time to contribute. They have chosen what they want to write about and so it will necessarily be an interesting mix of styles and views. Perhaps in the future these budding journalists will revisit their early offerings in the archives.
As the Student Website Committee is only open to Sixth Formers, we inevitably lose one or two members as the years go by. Their contributions are still valued, and are still available for you to read. Find out who our past contributors are.
Sometimes students other than our group members write articles:
Ed Girardet, by Nino Freuler, Watson's House
Lunchtime Recial: Annabelle Walshe, by Anna Feather, Hallward's House
Charles Swindon: Metals Trading - How Science and Commerce Meet, by Anna Feather, Hallward's House
Hindostan Report, by Dominic Dixey, South Town
The Crusading Legacy, by Rosie Stoner, Hallward's House
Hallward’s House is very proud that the winner of the Stanley Steadman Essay Prize and the runner-up were both Hallwardians – Noonie Holmes (winner with Snowdrops) and Agata Chylinska (runner up with Fyodor Dostoevsky). The essays are excellent and demonstrate the level of motivation and ability that our girls have towards their academic success. Both of these girls are applying to Oxbridge this year and we wish them luck in their applications for French and Linguistics (Noonie) and Medicine (Agata).
Clara Baltesz started at Clifton College in Reception in Butcombe. She is now in the Lower Sixth and she is studying English Literature, History, Classical Civilisation and Psychology. In the future she hopes to be an archaeologist after studying Archaeology and Creative Writing at university. She loves books, films and visiting new places.
The Man Booker Prize 2012
The Night Circus
There's a Book for That
Good Omens
The Bookshop Band
Books to Read In The Christmas Holidays
Print Books vs. E-Books
Kosi Carter has been at Clifton since the Lent Term of 2004, when she moved here from Canada. Now in the Lower Sixth, she is studying English Literature, Physics, Maths and Theatre Studies at AS and enjoys acting, reading, playing hockey and writing. Kosi plans on studying English Literature at university, with an ambition to become a scriptwriter and live in Paris.
A Rant on Theatre
House Play 2013 - Hallward’s from the perspective of one of the directors
'The Fault in Our Stars'
Oliver!
Peter Pan - Bristol Old Vic Productions
Paris: the city of love, wine, and apparently, joggers
Hansel and Gretal at the Tobacco Factory
The Autumn Concert
Blog 3 The Phantom of the Opera: A Workshop with Glyn Kerslake
Blog 2 The Phantom of the Opera
Blog 1 The Phantom of the Opera
Johny Gill began life in Clifton in nursery year and is now studying English Language, English Literature, and German for A2. He has taken to the Website enthusiastically and would be happy to accept any feedback, criticism or to raise subjects that others feel need to be raised, (whatever the cost!) His particular interests are Law and the German language but in his spare time he enjoys going to gigs and seeing what his hometown Bristol has on offer. Acting is also one of his passions; he has joined the House play cast for the past three years running.
Sixth Form Debate: Dogs vs Cats
Modern Languages German Debate
Sixth Form Debate: "All things can be forgiven"
Sixth Form Modern languages festival
Is fame a valid aspiration?
Skyfall
Friday Lecture: Interview Technique
Friday Lecture: Peter Woolf
Katendi Heald is in her final year at Clifton, having arrived in the third form into West Town, studying English Literature, History and Biology. Next year she hopes to study English literature at university, and continue pursuing her love for the theatre, singing and art.
Dylan Trenouth Recital
Skyfall review
Cloud Atlas review
Silver Linings Playbook
The Hobbit
Les Mis: The Film!
Esther Kovoor joined Clifton College in Year six in the Preparatory School and has now reached her final year in the Upper School. She is currently studying Maths, Philosophy and English Literature and her interests particularly lie with key philosophical and religious questions present in today’s society. Having grown up in an international theological college and being a well travelled individual, Esther loves interacting with people from different cultures and aspires to learn more on her Gap Year. She is also passionate about music and will be attending some of the individual lunchtime recitals to provide an update on many of the school’s talented musicians.
Worship
David Attenborough: Africa: - BBC 1
Lunchtime Recital: Luke Stevens
Lunchtime Recital: Robert Gittings
Lunchtime Recital: Lana Trimmer
Lunchtime Recital: Phoebe Chappell
The Nativity
Lunchtime Recital: Roscoe Crawley
Lunchtime Dance Recital: Emily Gould
Lunchtime Recital: Natasha Binnie
Lunchtime Recital: Amelia Gilmartin
Lucas Mesquita joined Clifton College in Year Six in the preparatory school and now is in the Lower Sixth. He is currently studying Maths, English Literature, Economics and Spanish, with key interests in various economic issues and international affairs in modern society. He also has a passion for languages learning Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. In university Lucas has a plan to read philosophy, politics and economics, and looking to read this in a university abroad. Underlying all this he has a great passion for food, but especially of various cultures probably influenced by the great cultural diversity in Clifton College.
'Shark Finning' must stop
The 'dieting' generation
Local or not Local; that is the question
Vanessa Nwuka is 16 years old. She joined Clifton College in the Lower Sixth. She is studying Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Business Studies. She also plays tennis in school, and she would love to be a Doctor after attending university. Her greatest inspirations are her parents and Oprah Winfrey. During her spare time she loves reading novels, cooking, travelling and trying out new things she's never done. She will be writing about politics and current affairs for the school website.
South Town Vs East Town Debate: Is all fair in love and war?
Countdown to Examinations!!!
Hallward's Vs School House Debate: Should Prositution be Legalised?
Oakeley’s Vs Moberly’s House Debate: Parenthood
Alastair Fothergill: The Frozen Planet
The First Chapel Service of 2013
Movember
Remembrance Sunday
Halloween
United We Stand: What More Can I Give?
This Week in History: 12th October - Lillie Langtry
This Week in History: 28th September
Dylan Trenouth has been enjoying the Clifton Lifestyle since the age of six, after arriving in Bristol from North London. Now studying English Literature, Spanish, Maths and Economics, Dylan has been able to further his passion for the arts, sport and words at Clifton.
Acoustic Night
Lunchtime Recital: Ben Giebus
The Clifton Chamber Concert
Band Night
Maddie Walters is in the Upper Sixth in West Town, having arrived at Clifton in the Third Form. She loves all things literature; expressly reading, and is planning on taking an undergraduate course in literature next year. Currently, she is taking History, English Literature, Psychology and Art, and her greatest ambition is to one day become a published author. She will write on drama and books for the school website.
Why Do We Write?
The South Town vs. Oakleys House Debate: A Balloon Debate
The 10 most controversial books in the Western canon
The poetry of Emily Dickinson
T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men
Carol Ann Duffy
Shakespeare and Co: Paris' best bookshop
The Phantom of the Opera
Creepy Crypt
Part Song 2012
The Cheltenham Festival of Literature 2012
Is Harry Potter a classic?
Relentlessly seeking the American Dream in The Great Gatsby
Emily Wright has been at Clifton since Year 8 and is currently in the Lower Sixth studying English Literature, Maths, Further Maths and Economics. In the future, she hopes to study Economics at university. Emily enjoys reading, writing and travelling.
North Korea’s Nuclear Threat
Statistics in Politcis
Women in Combat
UK and the EU
Obama's Second Term
House Art Competition
CBI Conference
China Leadership Change
Child Benefit Cuts
House Song Competition 2012
Presidential Debates: Domestic Policy – The Economy
Labour Conference 2012
Presidential Election 2012
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