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.

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

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.

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. 

Reading at home is so important, for learning but also for pleasure. This document will give you some support in boosting reading skills.  Download PDF File Here

On SALAD day earlier this week the Year 7's walked to Carlisle city centre and visited the citadel, the cenotaph, the cathedral, the cursing stone and the castle.  

Year 7: Defeated - Jesus' Passion & Death God's great plan to save all of humanity, to redeem all of humankind, was accomplished once and for all through the death of Jesus Christ. But how did this all come about? Find out along The Way this week. Year 8-13: Bestselling Book of All Time - Bible Timeline Understanding how the Bible was put toget...

Our annual awards evening took place on Wednesday 11 December 2019 at Carlisle Cathedral.  It was fantastic evening celebrating our students successes. Thank you to everyone that attended the event.

We are running a school Readathon to raise money for the library in our new school and would love your child to join in. For the Readathon, we would like our students to read six books over twelve weeks from 18 November 2019 – 10 February 2020.This approach will inspire the most reluctant readers to give reading a go, and encourage keen r...

Staff, governors and students of Newman Catholic School welcomed the Bishop of Lancaster, Bishop Paul Swarbrick, to the new site to bless the foundation stone of our school's new building. The stone will eventually lie back to back with the original foundation stone from the school's old site at Lismore Place, which dates from Novemb...

Our fabulous student's took to the stage on Tuesday 12 November 2019 to perform Shakespeare's King Lear at the Theatre by the Lake.