The Sixth Form visited Liverpool and enjoyed a whistle stop tour of the Liverpool University buildings. They then took a ferry tour across the Mersey taking in the sights, followed by some free time in Liverpool City Centre. 

In school this week we are celebrating success by holding our annual rewards assemblies.  Congratulations to all the pupils who were nominated by their teachers, Head of Year and Headteacher.  

The Autumn term ends for pupils on Thursday 16 December 2021.  After lunch and registration pupils will be free to leave school at 1.05 pm. Spring term begins on Wednesday 5 January 2022 at 8.50 am for all pupils. Public Health guidance recommends that pupils continue to take lateral flow tests twice a week during the Christmas break, pup...

We are running a Christmas craft club on Wednesday's after school in A3, we will be making cards, wrapping paper and baubles. There will be Christmas music and mince pies too!  

Message from Castlerigg Manor We're excited to tell you about our Advent Retreat, December 10-12th. It's just £65 (yes, for everything) and it's open to young people in Year 10 and above, up to age 25. Open retreats at Castlerigg are a great chance to make some friends and deepen our faith in a relaxed, fun environment. Please spread the word ...

 The winners of the National Poetry Day competition for 2021 were Samanta in first place and Fergus in second both from Year 8, followed by Sheila from Year 12 in third place. Congratulations to everyone who took part.

A Level biology pupils had a successful Fieldtrip to Mawbray Banks nature reserve near Allonby to study sand dune succession. This area of special scientific interested also includes a preserved 8000 year old forest, endangered species and remains of world war II operational signs and conservation cattle.

On Monday we had a SALAD morning in school. SALAD is Speaking and Listening activities where we break from our traditional timetable to offer pupils different opportunities to learn.  Activities included getting ready for university life including budgeting, food planning and preparing cheap nutritious meals, First Aid and CPR, creat...

The fire crew from Carlisle East & Carlisle West, attended our school  to carry out road awareness training to the Sixth Form pupils , highlighting the dangers on our roads to new and future drivers. The group also watched a demonstration of an RTC extrication, with 2 pupils being cut from the car. Thanks for Burne's Auto Salvage...

Our Year 7's have been learning all about the amount of sugar contained in certain foods. They have experimented with reduced sugar fairy cakes. The feedback has been interesting... over 90% said they tasted the same as regular fairy cakes! Have any of you tried out some reduced sugar recipes? Maybe try some reduced sugar baking over half term...

The Rt Rev Paul Swarbrick visited the school on Friday 22 October 2021 to commemorate the official opening of St John Henry Newman School with the celebration of Holy Mass in joy and thanksgiving to Almighty God and in hope of grace and future blessings.

Well done to Year 7 pupils who represented the school on Friday in the County Schools Cross Country event at QEGS. Chloe B crossed the line in 49th place with Charley R following in 63rd out of 115. The girls team came 15th out of 21 teams in total. The boys team set off strong and at a good pace and after 3 laps of the course Alfie Sims ...

Congratulations to Olivia Dembinska in 7API for competing in the British Youth Sailing Regional Junior Championships at the weekend on Derwent reservoir. She came in sixth place overall, but was first female finisher.

It has been a busy year in the LRC!  To end the school year we have had a virtual author visit from Robert Muchamore, a very popular author of novels for young people. Here are a few pictures of the event. All students have taken away the first book to read over the summer. Spellbinding Book Club 2021 was a huge success within school this year...

Year 7 scientists have been investigating woodlice using a Choice Chamber.

With the summer holidays approaching it is really important to monitor your child's ICT use. See below for  Vodafone's Digital Parenting magazine on social media. It contains some great advice for parents on how to help their children make good use of technology and concerns to look out for.  https://www.flipsnack.com/FA7569CC5A8/dig...

Year 10 have been learning about working with resin. Miss Bentley was thrilled with how they turned out.Very well done Year 10!

As part of National Science Week, Year 7 were invited to take part in the `design a lab coat competition' during form time.  The top five winning entries will now be entered into a national schools competition.

Testing in school is now complete and the pupils have been given 2 boxes of tests to carry out at home, which will take them through until after the Easter break. Pupils have been advised to test twice weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays and record the results by following this link https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result . The process is v...

Applications are now open for joining our Sixth Form in September 2021. Please follow the link to our page which has all the information you will need. https://www.newman.cumbria.sch.uk/curriculum/sixth-form If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Hoskins, Head of Sixth Form This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.