Yoto Carnegie Event - QEGS

Two pupils from Year 5 attended QEGS on Wednesday 11th June re the Yoto Carnegie Event.

The Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (formerly known as the Kate Greenaway Medal) is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people. Past winners include Raymond Briggs, Shirley Hughes, Janet Ahlberg, and Children’s Laureates Quentin Blake, Anthony Browne, Chris Riddell and Lauren Child.

The children spent the day reading the books on the shortlist and taking part in a range of activities related to the titles. They were able to vote for their favourite title to win the Shadowers’ Choice Award, which will be announced alongside the Medal winners at the annual winners’ ceremony.

Mrs Jones

Sports Morning - St John Henry Newman School, Carlisle

Year 5 had an enjoyable morning at Newman School on Thursday with other Year 5 pupils from Catholic Schools around the county.  They ran, threw, jumped, dodged and pulled (in the tug-of-war) to their maximum, to try and win the Year 5 shield.

It wasn't their day to win, but we were incredibly proud of their huge efforts and determination to simply have a go and represent our school with pride.  We know that they really enjoyed the morning.

Mrs Jones

Jubilee Art Exhibition

Parents enjoyed a treat when they came in to school on Tuesday 10th June, to view a Jubilee Art Exhibition.  It was a beautiful showcase of children's art throughout the school. A huge thanks to Mrs Reay for all her hard work teaching the art and then putting the display together.

Class 3 also had their wonderful RMS TITANIC ships on display, that had been set as a homework by Mrs Jones.

Mrs Jones

COLD SPRINGS - FAMILY FUN DAY

On Sunday 25^th May, there will be a family fun day, to celebrate the grand opening of Cold Springs Community Nature Reserve.  See poster for full details.

The event will be a family fun day, with loads of activities, including; a treasure trail, live music, pond dipping, compost workshop, Bug Bioblitz and refreshments. Historically this date was when the children of Penrith took part in a ‘Bottle Shaking’ ceremony to say thanks for the water cycle, which is being revived.

So if you’re intending on going to the fun day, your child can take the instrument they’ve made in school to join the parade band.

Mrs Jones

Science Lead

Meeting Matt Goodfellow, author of THE FINAL YEAR!

Year 5 and 6 had a real treat yesterday, meeting and learning from the Carnegie medal nominated poet Matt Goodfellow. He led a writing workshop at QEGs following The Final Year project that we have been doing this year.

It was a real treat to hear from and have the opportunity to meet someone so inspirational, who shared his personal battle with ADHD, family difficulties, failed rockstar status. Fortunately, none of these held him back, once he realised what his path in life was.

One of our Year 5 was nominated and was gifted a signed copy of his yet to be released sequel, ‘The First Year.’

Thanks Matt and thanks QEGs for the opportunity.

Mrs Jones/Mrs Proudfoot

Year 4 - 'Magic of Science' morning at St John Henry Newman School

Year 4 had a wonderful morning at Newman school this morning learning about the 'Magic of Science' 

Lessons included:

• Elixirs and Potions with Mr Wilkinson
• Fantastic Creatures and Where to Find Them with Miss Little
• The Science of Fire and Ice with Mrs Orton
• Illusions and Light with Mrs Bell
• The Physics of Reflection with Mr Riddick
• The Wonders of Alchemy with Mrs Nichol

We had a wonderful morning (in proper science labs) carrying out lots of practical tasks and watching the wonders of science in motion.

One of our children won a prize for his 'Chemical Reaction' entry into the competition. We even had a drink and a snack!

All-in-all a wonderful scientific morning!

Mrs Jones

Science Lead

Science �� Week Finale - Assembly

What a great end to science week when we showcased our learning for the week!

Well done to our poster competition winners, who will no doubt enjoy their science experiment packs. Well done boys!

Thanks to all the parents who came to hear about all the wonderful work going on in school this week, on the theme ‘Change and Adapt.’

Thanks also to Mrs Salkeld, a parent, governor and science teacher, who came to teach chemistry to Years 4-6 about plant adaptations and her assistant Mr Dasey.

Special thanks to Mrs Jones who has worked hard to make the week successful and fun for all our pupils.

��Science Week��

It is Science Week in school this week. This year the focus is ‘Change & Adapt’.  
 

We began with an assembly to introduce the week, where teachers carried out some experiments to wow us all! 

Class 1 are focusing on the change from a butterfly to a caterpillar. Class 2 have been looking at how animals adapt to live in the rainforest. Class 3 are looking at the health and circulation of animals. Class 4 began the week playing a ‘climate change’ board game. 
 

All children have been sent home with information about our science poster competition. (Entries to be returned by Thursday).

We also invite parents to our Science assembly this Friday (14th March) at 2.40pm. 
 

Happy Science Week! ������

February 27th 2025

Tree Planting

What a fantastic day tree planting! Well done to all of the pupils who planted a tree each and established our very own small woodland. Year 6, in particular, deserve a special mention as they worked incredibly hard all day helping all the other pupils! Thanks also to the parents, grandparents and governors who came to help, it was a real St Catherine’s community day.

We can’t wait to watch the trees grown and start lessons out there ASAP!
 

Jigsaw �� Walk

The whole school enjoyed a reindeer walk on Tuesday 10th around the top end of town. We raised much needed funds for the Jigsaw Children’s hospice - whilst wearing antlers and ringing bells! �� 

What great fun! �� 

KS 2 children had great fun at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick on Friday. They went to watch ‘Jungle Book’. ��

A superb performance by a small cast! �� 

24.10.24

Whole School French Day

What a ‘fantistique’ day we’ve had today for the whole school French Day. We’ve; tasted traditional food, learned about the Eiffel Tower and Bastille Day, enjoyed fencing with Mr French and created pointillism masterpieces inspired by George Seurat!
Tres Bien. 

11th September 2024

Rachel from Penrith Red squirrel group came to talk to us about the red squirrels which live in our area. We found out how to look after them and how lucky we are to live in an area where they are still present. 

Summer Reading Challenge - Penrith Library

Penrith library are running the summer reading challenge again this year.  The launch is this Saturday 13th July, 2024 from 10am-4pm.  

This is the update from the library re the event;

Join us for the launch of the Summer Reading Challenge. The theme this year is "Marvellous Makers".

We’re so excited to start our summer full of reading and play!

Sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge! You will be given a special collector’s pack and we will help you check out some books.

Drop in- 10:00am to 11:00am- Make Create! Decorate!

Join us to create a Banner to display in the Library over the summer in the children’s area.

Booking is not required, tickets are a measure of interest.

The link for this event is below.

I've also attached the details of the event and other resources that you can access in the library.

Happy reading!

Mrs Jones

Class 3 trip

Class 3 had a ‘grand’ day out at Maryport Aquarium yesterday.  The children watched an informative clip about the destruction of sea kelp, narrated by David Attenborough (who they're writing a biography about) and then looked at all the beautiful fish and sea creatures housed in the aquarium. 

Lunch was followed by an extremely fun and exciting play on the playground outside.  We finished the day with a litter pick on the beach at Allonby, as part of our topic on pollution and climate change. 

It was a brilliant day and the children of Class 3 really showed superb teamwork and camaraderie during the course of the day.  Mrs Jones was extremely proud!