Newman School News
If your child has not yet received the Sacrament of Confirmation and lives in the Sacred Heart of Jesus parish, Father Michael Docherty would like to invite your child to confirmation classes at St. Margaret Mary's Church beginning on September 16th from 6pm to 7pm.Classes will be held fortnightly in preparation for Confirmation on November 25...
The foodbank urgently needs donations of non-perishable items. We are asking students to bring in any donations by next Wednesday (11th). Miss Brough is co-ordinating the delivery. Many families depend on the foodbank during the long summer school holidays, so we would welcome your support with this.
Well done to the boys that took part in the Year 8 boys hardball cricket competition last week. The leading wicket takers were Jake Robinson and Alex Cairns while Taylor Cullen and George Barrett were top scorers with the bat.
Congratulations to the students' who were at Loch Lomond for their final expedition over the last 4 days.
On Thursday 28 June members of the Newman Life Club are visiting the diocesan youth centre, Castlerigg Manor in Keswick.
On Monday 5 November the students will be taking part in a Speaking and Listening Activity Day where the timetable will be collapsed for the morning and each year group will be participating in a variety of workshop sessions.
Well done to all those students who participated in the Year 7 & 8 Athletics City Championships yesterday. There were a number of excellent individual performances with five students from Year 7 now progressing to represent the district in the County Championships which takes place at Copeland Athletics Stadium, Whitehaven on Thursday 28th ...
Year 12 students are to create their UCAS account by Friday 22nd June and will receive help and support this week from staff on how to do so. J Reardon, Head of Sixth Form
Maddison Earnhardt, CliodhnaDenny, Molly Hagan, Jennifer Green, Lauren Graham, Cara Woods & Abigail Irwin have completed all eight Spellbinding books and were chosen to attend the Spellbinding Secondary Schools Book Awards 2018. Spellbinding Secondary Schools Book Award and reading challenge has been running during the Spring and Summer te...
We were delighted and honoured to have our new Bishop bless our new school site. Our choir sang beautifully as always and the service was very special. Thank you to the many parties involved who helped to organise this event.
There are currently outbreaks of measles in several areas of the UK affecting unimmunised children and young adults, including two recent cases in Cumbria. There are also large outbreaks in several countries across Europe, including holiday destinations. Measles is highly infectious. It can cause serious illness and can sometimes be fatal. Vaccinat...
All current Year 12 students who intend to remain at Newman Catholic School next academic year are eligible to apply. If you wish to run for head student you must provide the following: A formal letter of application which covers the following points explaining why you believe you will make a good head student (please limit this to one side o...
We are fundraising for our new chapel at our new site. We would be grateful for any donations so that we can build a fitting chapel for our new school. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/newmanchapelfund
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Letters have been sent to individual students' inviting them to revision classes over the half term.
The School Parliament is organising a charity afternoon tea on Sunday 24 June from 2 pm - 4 pm at Houghton Village Hall, Carlisle. Tickets are £8 or £10 (which includes a glass of fizz). Tickets are available from the school reception or via the school facebook page. Please come along and support this wonderful event and help us t...
Auditions for this years Shakespeare Schools Festival performance of "Comedy of Errors" will take place in G9 on Friday 7 June at 3.05 pm. Tthere will be a mixture of speaking and non-speaking parts. It would be really great if we could have the amazing turn out that we had last year. For more information please speak to Miss ...
Congratulations to Maddie Wildridge, 9JMC who has been successful in the role of Editor and to Cliodhna Denny 8HKE & Jack Tiffin 7CMS who are the Assistant Editors. Well done to everyone who applied and for attending the interviews.
On Wednesday 23 May students' will be representing the school at the at the Sheepmount Athletics Stadium, Carlisle. Following this competition, a selection meeting will take place for students to be put forward for a Carlisle schools team for the forthcoming County Schools Championships at the Sheepmount on Saturday 9 June. Good luck to every...
If Year 9's are looking for something to do this summer - then Hello Future is offering a summer adventure. 3 days of activities including climbing, trampolining, photo hunt, workshops, flag & tshirt making. Get in touch to register your interest at
