On Friday 19th October, a group of St John’s Students from KS4 and KS5 English classes visited the Gala Theatre in Durham to watch a poetry reading by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. The reading was followed by a performance of a ballet based on the fairytale ‘Rapunzel’, for which Carol Ann Duffy had written the dialogue. The trip was provided as part of the Hexham and Newcastle Catholic Partnership.