This term small groups of children from local primary schools took part in a photography workshop lead by Mr Dormand.
The year 5 students had the chance to learn about pinhole photography. They enjoyed taking their own photos outdoors using tin cans. We were lucky with the sunny weather giving us ideal lighting. The children were then amazed to see their pictures developed in the darkroom and afterwards were shown the process of turning their negative images into positive images.
Some were thrilled with the results and some were a little disappointed to learn that pinhole photography can be a bit hit and miss sometimes!

George, Luke and Kerys from Awliscombe Primary said afterwards, " It was interesting and fun doing the darkroom photography",  "I found it fun taking photos with the pinhole camera. I enjoyed this a lot",  "This was great, we had educational fun, EPIC!".

In July 2014 twelve students from Honiton Community College will be going to Costa Rica and Nicaragua to take a trip of a life time. 

The trip will last 21 days and they will be undertaking a community project, a gruelling trek as well as experiencing the sights and sounds of Central America.

Part of the experience for these students will be raising the funds for the trip. Due to this in the up and coming months the students will be holding individual and group fundraising events. Any assistance with this fundraising would be gratefully received.

On May the 21st a group of year 10 art students went on an organised trip to London to see  'Lichtenstein - A Retrospective', an exhibition at Tate Modern. The gallery visit was a great opportunity for

students to witness first hand a huge collection of international modern and contemporary art with a chance to make observations in their sketch books. The students were able to learn more about the work of major artists and in particular Roy Lichtenstein - one of the great American artists of the twentieth century, renowned for his works based on comic strips and advertising imagery. 

For some, the trip was their first visit to London and they enjoyed taking in the views of some of London's most iconic landmarks whilst travelling by boat along the River Thames to Tate Britain.

The Tate Britain holds a huge national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day with some pieces surprising the students.  Tara Steward commented, " I really enjoyed the trip, I didn't expect some of the work at Tate Britain to be classed as art. I was surprised by some of the art installations escpecially the audio / visual art"

Ben Williams said, " Thank you very much for taking us on the art trip it was thoroughly enjoyable especially the boat trip. Of the two galleries,  I preferred Tate Britain and was really impressed by the Turner collection, in particular his boat paintings".

We all had an enjoyable day, albeit a very long day! With so much to see and take in with lots of walking there were a few students nodding off on the train journey home!

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Honiton Community College had a recent visit from newly formed boyband ProjecKt Weekend.  

Julie Duncan the PSHE Co-ordinator at the college explained, " As part of our KS3 lifeskills lessons on Personal  Wellbeing and healthy lifestyles I was offered the unique opportunity for ProjecKt Weekend to visit the  College and perform some tracks for our students and deliver a drugs awareness talk. I felt it important to complement the work we do in the classroom and the message could be delivered by someone which the students could relate too".

The newly formed boy band ProjeKt Weekend are currently on tour in Devon and Cornwall and have been trained up by the anti drugs charity DARE to deliver an anti- drugs talk to schools  which they deliver throughout their UK tour.

"The afternoon performances were a memorable success , students were totally captivated by their presence whilst the underpinning message was made loud and clear" .

After their great performance the band members visited Radio HCC, the college radio station, where they were interviewed by members of the radio team Lisa Campbell and Lamara Blackmore who spoke to them about their career and ambitions and their involvement with drugs charity DARE. 

Mrs Creed who helps run the station at the Radio HCC said, "The students are always looking for interesting content to feature in their morning broadcasts and to have an inpromptu visit  from ProjeKt Weekend was a great opportunity for the students to practice their interview and production techniques. I was very proud of  Lisa and Lamara and the way they put together a really slick interview in a short period of time and  Matt Jackson and Coral Cheshire, with their technical support, really impressed me with their professionalism! We'd like to thank ProjeKt Weekend for their time as it really was great experience for Radio HCC to have an opportunity to work as if experiencing the demands of a live radio broadcast.