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Year 10 & 12 PPE's

The Year 10 and Year 12 PPE's start on Monday 6 June until Friday 1 July 2022.  Pupils have been issued with timetables.
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Year 10 GCSE Geography Field Trip

The Year 10 GCSE Geography Field Trip is on Monday 27 June. Letters have been emailed to parents/carers outlining details of the trip and payment can be made via iPay. 
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Keeping Safe Online

We would like to share the latest copy of Vodafone's Digital Parenting. This online magazine provides interesting information about how we can get the most out of technology but more importantly, how we can help our children to do this safely and responsibly. https://www.vodafone.co.uk/cs/groups/public/documents/document/vodafone_digital_parenting....
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Events at Castlerigg

Announcing the Castlerigg Open Day!! // Sunday July 17th, 1pm to 5pm (Mass at 4pm). Come along, see Castlerigg, have a load of fun, and help us raise some money to help us in our work!World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 // August 2023 // We are delighted to launch the Lancaster package for Lisbon. Do you know anyone aged 18-25 who wants to go to Lisbon, se...
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Cumbria's Holiday Activity and Food Easter programme

Cumbria's Holiday Activity and Food Easter programme has launched, offering hundreds of activities across Cumbria during the Easter school holidays, free for eligible Cumbrian young people. Please click here for details https://cumbria.gov.uk/childrensservices/childrenandfamilies/cfis/holidayactivity/holidayactivities.asp
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Careers Fair - Friday 1 April 2022

We are holding a whole school careers fair in school on Friday 1 April.  This is an opportunity for all pupils in all key stages to engage with a variety of employers; Further and Higher Education providers; and training providers.
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Level 3 Bikeability Cycle Training for Year 7 & 8 Pupils

In May the school has been offered the opportunity to run a Bikeability Level 3 Cycle training course for Year 7 & 8 pupils. This will be run by instructors from an organisation called Cyclewise. All those pupils who cycle to school are encouraged to take part by returning their letters (received via tutors) ASAP. The sessions will ta...
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Well Done to the Year 8 Rugby Team

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...
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Year 10 Online Parents' Evening - Tuesday 29 March 2022

The Year 10 online Parents' Evening is on Tuesday 29 March 2022 from 4.30 pm - 7.00pm.  
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Football Success

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 ...
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War in the Ukraine

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
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Year 10 & 12 Work Experience - 4 to 8 July 2022

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. 
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Sixth Form and Further Education Day - Thursday 6 January 2022

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.
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Diocesan Questionnaire

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...
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Christmas Lunch and Christmas Jumper Day

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...
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End of Term Arrangements

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...
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Christmas Food Bank

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...
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Christmas Craft Club - Wednesday's 3.10pm - all year groups welcome

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!  
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LRC Update

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...
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How to keep your child safe online

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...
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