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...