Newman School News
Well done to the Year 8 rugby team who played at Penrith RUFC on Monday in a county rugby competition. The boys played some excellent rugby and two emphatic victories against NTS B team (7 tries to 3) and Kirby Stephen (10 tries to 2) were reward for all the practice sessions. They then suffered defeat against Whitehaven academy before a...
The Year 10 online Parents' Evening is on Tuesday 29 March 2022 from 4.30 pm - 7.00pm.
A massive congratulations to the Year 7 girls football team on getting to the U12's City Schools final that will be held at Brunton Park (We hope). They played fantastically on Wednesday night and with goals from Ellie L, Chloe B and Charley R and fearless goal keeping from Jorja R, the girls drew against Morton and Caldew and beat Trinity, to get ...
Understandably some pupils have concerns about the war in the Ukraine. We have held assemblies or form time activities with the pupils to allay their fears. More information for parents can be found here. http://firstnews.co.uk/ukraine
Year 10 and 12 pupils have an opportunity to take part in five days of work experience during the Summer term. Letters have been sent home to parents/carers. If your child requires any help with organising a placement then please see Mrs Brookes or their form tutor.
On Thursday 6 January, Year 11 will take part in a Sixth Form and Further Education day. On the evening of the same day we will be holding our Sixth Form Open Evening from 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm.
As you may already know Pope Francis launched a 2-year worldwide Synod process on 10th October 2021 entitled: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission. He has invited everyone to take part in a dialogue of listening and speaking under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This begins at the local level in our parishes and diocese. Betw...
On Wednesday 15 December Christmas Lunch will be served in the San Lorenzo Restaurant at a cost of £2.65. If your child would like lunch then please ensure there is sufficient funds on their account to cover this. On Thursday 16 December we are taking part in Christmas Jumper Day raising money for Save the Children. If pupils wish, they can substit...
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 will be starting our Christmas Food Bank this week. Any pupils or staff who wish to help with the organisation of the collection, please see Miss Brough in the restaurant at breaktime. We would be grateful for any food donations and there is a collection point in the San Lorenzo Restaurant for pupils to drop off. Preferred items Cereal.Sou...
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!
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...
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...
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...
Lateral flow testing will take place for all pupils on Monday 8 March 2021. Letters with timings have been emailed home to all parent/carers. A copy of the letter can be found on our letters page.
If any members of staff, parents/carers or students have any concerns about the welfare of a student, or if you have any safeguarding queries, please contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead who will be in contact as soon as possible. Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mrs A McAree, Senior Assistant Headteacher:
Please could we politely ask you to remind your son/daughter if using the S67 bus to get on it at the school where designated buses are available at the end of the day for our pupils. Local residents need to use the 67 bus also and have not been able to get on it due to pupils walking down to the Scalegate Road bus stop.
Year 9 are invited to have a booster vaccination on Tuesday 4 February 2020. Letters have been sent home and we would be grateful if you could return the signed form back to school at your earliest convenience. It is highly recommended that your child has breakfast on that morning and that they wear a light tee-shirt under their sc...
On Tuesday 21 January 2020, Year 11 will be off timetable and taking part in a further education and sixth form day. Letters have been sent home to parents outlining the details of the day. Mrs Hoskins, Head of Sixth Form.
The Sixth Form Information Evening will take place on Tuesday 21 January from 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm.
