Thriving Chess Club

This year, Mr Davis and Mr Connolly have been overwhelmed by the number of students who have wanted to come along and play chess each week. Mr Connolly said, “There have been so many that we have been able to launch a Chess Cup for the first time and over the last few weeks students…

Eggscellent Student Leadership Team

Our Student Leadership Team have been amazing this term. They have supported with parents evenings and fundraising, including the brilliant karaoke for Comic Relief. In addition, the Student Heads of House contribute to assemblies each week and work with the House Council groups. Today, our Head Students, Ellie Wilson and Angus Loughrey, presented the team…

Magical Castles

An extraordinary amount of ingenuity, research and effort was on display in Miss Nicholls’ Year 7 History classes this week. The groups have spent the past month planning and preparing for their presentations on the development of Norman castles and now they had the chance to show off their finished projects. Miss Nicholls said, “The…

Inspiring Dancers

Today we had the pleasure of welcoming Kelly McClelland into school to run a two hour dance workshop in relation to the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) scheme. The session aimed to challenge and inspire dancers in areas of technique and creativity, as well as provide an insight into pre-vocational dance training. Students from Years…

Support for Holiday Wellbeing

We recognise that during the holidays, both students and parents may need additional help in coping with their mental health and wellbeing. There will be some young people who may struggle without the access to the daily pastoral support, teaching staff and friends that the school community provides. Here are two excellent organisations that can…

Further Fundraising for Athens Adventure

Well done to the Year 12 students who organised another very successful cake sale today. They raised in excess of £200 for their trip to the European School Sport and Educational Games in Athens and Olympia. Thank you to everyone who provided cakes and to everyone who came and bought some. The raffle is still…

Showcase of Talent

The amazing talent of our Drama, Dance and Performing Arts students was celebrated on Thursday (21st March) with their DADA Showcase. There was a packed audience for the performances which included an exciting mix of features from legendary shows such as: The 39 steps, Zero to Hero (from Hercules), A Chorus Line, Olympics, Cry Me…

County Table Cricket Success

On Friday, our table cricketers headed off to compete again. This time the destination was Penrith and the event, the County Finals. Our team were excited but nervous. In this competition there were just six teams, the three winning teams from both the North and South Cumbria competitions held a few weeks earlier. This small…