A Fantastic Day of Table Cricket

On Friday, schools from across the North of Cumbria came together at Carlisle College, to compete in the Lord’s Taverners North Cumbria Secondary Table Cricket Competition. With 15 teams participating, competition was fierce. The teams were placed in four pools with the winner of each pool progressing to a semi-final and then to a playoff…

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A Evening Full of Prom Glamour

Year 11 celebrated in style on the hottest day of the year – possibly the century – at Garden at Eden on Thursday night. 194 students pulled out the stops, dressed to the max and arriving in every imaginable vehicle. From Ferraris and Porsches to Harleys and wagons – with the traditional tractor convoy ending…

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A Dream Placement for Grace

Sixth Form student Grace Little undertook a Dream Placement recently as part of the scheme run by the Centre for Leadership Performance. Grace reported: “During my dream placement I spent 5 days at Paragon Vets, observing leadership and shadowing in many different aspects of the company. Not only did I get to watch the day…

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A DoE Award Golden Moment

We have numerous students working hard towards their Duke of Edinburgh Awards, whether that’s gold, silver or bronze levels. As well as accomplishing challenging expeditions, physical, voluntary and skills sections must be fulfilled too. To complete each award, significant commitment, motivation, independence and resilience is required, so we’re especially proud to hear news of some…

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A Day to Let Character Shine

Most of our students were out and about enjoying the great outdoors during our ‘Character Development Day’ on Thursday, 17th July. As well as spending quality time with their peers, the aim of the day to promote our nine Key Character Qualities – positivity, empathy, virtue, courage, passion, curiosity, independence, collaboration and honour. Our Year…

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A Day of Culture at the Brontë Parsonage

Year 8 threw themselves into a brilliant day of culture at the Brontë Parsonage Museum on Wednesday. After an interesting talk about the extraordinary Brontë sisters, the students headed out onto the windswept Moors, channelling their inner Emily as they searched for echoes of Cathy and Heathcliff in the landscape. Back at the museum, they…

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A Cordial Chess Competition

A group of our chess players faced nine opponents from Trinity School this afternoon, on home ground. The 9-v-9 was a very cordial but tense fixture, with each player getting the chance to take on several competitors from the opposing side. The games were rounded off with a fun speed-chess doubles match. The final score…

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A Competitive Day of Boccia

Today we hosted the Carlisle and Eden Secondary Schools’ Boccia Competition at William Howard School. Between Trinity School, St John Henry Newman Catholic School and our own teams, the competition them was fierce with six teams in total. Sadly, a few other schools withdrew beforehand but with a smaller number of teams, they were able…

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