Cartmel Priory C of E School

Our next charity non-uniform day will be on Friday 24th March, in aid of prostate cancer, voluntary donations can be made via parentpay, thank you.

On Friday, students from years 8-10 took part in the Rotary Club Design and Technology Inter-School Competition. A great day was had by all, well done to year 9 who brought the trophy home!

Many congratulations to Sophia T, year 8, who represented Cartmel Priory School at Sheffield on Saturday in the British Schools Judo Championships. Sophia won a bronze medal in the yr8/9 under 40kg category.
Well done Sophia!

We would like to thank our alumni who shared their career stories with us for National Careers Week. It was wonderful to hear all about your exciting career journeys, and we wish you every success for the future. We would love to hear from other alumni who would like to share their career stories with us.

Congratulations to our Year 10 students who successfully completed the mock interview process today.

They all looked very smart and very professional. Feedback from the interviewers was very positive and they said that the students were a credit to our school.

We’d like to thank the following people and business for taking time out of their busy schedules to help:

Archway Vets (A Wattam), BAE (Charlie & Coral), Cartmel Surgery (Dr Halcrow), PCSO’s Park & Ross, L’Enclume (Marcin Maryniak), H & F Legal (Kelly Walsh), Grace Heap, Briony Buxton, Julia Carroll, L Shrapnel & J Peel

Josh Callon – Class of 2012
Current Job: Emergency Medicine, Team Sport Doctor and British Army Medical Officer
Current Location : Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London / Barrow Raiders / Medical Officer (Capt) 256 (City of London) Field Hospital
Best thing about your job : Helping people and making a difference on what may be the worst day of their life- a real privilege!

Jazz Callon – Class of 2014
Current Job: Senior Paramedic Team Leader
Current Location: North West Ambulance Service
Best thing about my job: The best thing about my job is being able to help people at their time of need. Responding to a range of emergencies, either as part of a crew or solo on a rapid response vehicle, and using my judgement and clinical skills to assess a patient and perform lifesaving interventions. No day is ever the same, I love the versatility, waking up in the morning (or evening!) and not knowing what the shift will bring is exciting.

Elisia Carter – Class of 2018

Current Job - Tattoo Artist/ Apprentice

Current location - La Lune Tattoo, Kendal

Best thing about your job?

Working out of a creative environment which constantly inspires you and drawing every day! I love meeting new clients and chatting away, it’s rewarding to see your artwork make someone so happy

Our final day of showcasing our talented ex students and their exciting careers.....
Dan Purcell – Class of 2000
Current Job
Associate Art Director
Current Location
Electric Square, Brighton
Best thing about your Job
I get to be surrounded by amazingly talented people, flex my creative muscles and make awesome games together!

Cameron Duclos – Class of 2014

Current role:
Technical Consultant at Bakertilly US

Current location:
Home or one of 3 offices in UK

Best thing about your job:
No day is the same and we get to visit customers all over the world

Ross Duclos – Class of 2014

Current Role:
Account manager at Facebook

Current Location:
Dublin

Best thing about your job:
Helping businesses grow and be more profitable using our tools

Corey Bacon – Class of 2019
Current job IM&T Apprentice BAE Systems
Current location Barrow
Best thing about your job? Definitely having the opportunity to experience many different parts of the business in various placements. I’ve been able to learn skills and pick up knowledge from loads of different people which has been great!

Continuing with our focus on showcasing our talented students and the exciting careers they are pursuing..
Isaac Hunter – Class of 2016

Current Job: Volkswagen Service Technician

Current Location: Grange-over-Sands

Best thing about my job: Working for a company that has such a variation in work, challenges me each day with new problems to solve and Volkswagen’s training program which allows me to develop new skills.

Liam Procter – Class of 2016
Current Job: Cabin Crew, British Airways
Current Location: London
Best thing about your job: is definitely travelling to new destinations and providing great customer service.

Continuing with our focus on National Careers Week.......
Chloe Owens – Class of 2014
Current Job: Clinical Pharmacy Technician
Current Location: GP Surgeries all over Lake District
Best thing about your job: is the fact it is constantly offering me new opportunities for progression and I get to help people and make an impact to them everyday

We were extremely proud of our 2023 Mock Trial Team. There were many stand out performances including Millie A (the defendant pictured in the dock) who was unfortunately found guilty of the offence!!

A huge well done to Jessica A who was voted stand out member in both trials by the lead magistrate and was presented with her award by the High Sheriff!

Well done to all 16 members of the team for the way they represented CPS both before and during the competition.

Jake McKenna – Class of 2016
Current Job : Freelance Filmmaker & Photographer
Current Location : Grange-Over-Sands
Best thing about your job : Freedom! Being your own boss (also possibly the worst thing about this job as it means lots of responsibility)

Continuing our focus on National Careers Week.......
Bethany Hadwin – Class of 2014
Current Job: Student Occupational Therapist
Current Location: Furness General Hospital

Best thing about your job: Occupational Therapists work within lots of different settings to help individuals overcome all kinds of challenges they have, whether that be physical or mental health. We allow individuals to live as fully independent lives as possible and help individuals learn new ways of doing everyday tasks or make changes to their environment to make things easier. The best thing about being an Occupational therapist is you’re able to connect to a range of different individuals all with unique stories and challenges and get to use your clinical skills to help improve their quality of life and overall happiness

Toby Ryland – Class of 2020

Current Job:
Food Customer Assistant

Current location: Kendal

Best thing about your job:
Retail can be exceptionally rewarding, working in a such a fast-paced environment, where you meet individuals from all walks of life.

NATIONAL CAREERS WEEK.....
Amy Shepherd – Class of 2017
Current Job: Helpdesk Team Member, Citrus Lime
Current Location: Ulverston
Best thing about your job: no 2 days are ever the same, its fast paced and reactive.
I love helping people, especially within a business environment

NATIONAL CAREERS WEEK

Everyday this week we will looking at the careers of Cartmel Priory Alumni.
We will be finishing this week with Mock Interview Day for our Year 10 students.

Keep checking in to see if you recognise anyone.................

Congratulations to Tabby who won the 95cm class in the NSEA schools competition at Newton Rigg
Well done Tabby!

Welcome back to all students and staff, we hope you all enjoyed some rest and relaxation and are ready for a busy new term !

Wishing everyone a very happy half-term!
We return on Monday 27th Feb on week B

This week year 9 students enjoyed a very exciting biology lab practical, extracting DNA from kiwi fruit, enabling them to see the actual blueprint to life!

In September, the English department launched an exciting and creative project with year 7. The aim of the project was to share as much knowledge of books as possible by creating a diverse range of informative and artistic pieces of work. We were blown away by the plethora of words read and loved by our students - the standard of work produced was exceptionally high and imaginative. Well done to all of year 7 for a fantastic start to English at CPS. Keep reading!
Miss Eason, Mrs Ayrton & Miss Brown.

Year 7 have taken part in the International Peace Poster competition through the Lions again this year. The competition raises awareness on important issues. We would also like to thank the Lions for their donation towards art resources.

Last week some of our students travelled to the Hollywood Bowl in Carlisle to take part in a Panathlon Bowling event; inclusive sports days that enable students to meet and engage with a diverse range of young people. A fantastic day was had by all!

Just some of the delicious cakes on offer at our cake sale, raising funds for Ukraine.
Thank you to all who donated or bought cakes.

Don't forget non-uniform day and cake sale tomorrow, both in aid of Ukraine. The last cake sale was a great success and raised funds for food and supplies to support Ukrainian refugees in Poland and the UK.

CAKE CAKE CAKE!!
Friday 10th February
We will once again be holding a cake sale to raise funds for the Ukraine. Our last cake sale was a great success so let's do it again!
Please bring any cake or sweets donations to the office.
Thank you!

FCPS (Friends of Cartmel Priory School)
Open Meeting and AGM
6:30pm - 7.30pm Tuesday 28th February 2023
Cartmel Priory School (Dining Room)
Open to all Parents, Teachers and Friends of the School
Please come along and find out what’s been achieved this year and make suggestions for next year.
Anyone wanting to join the committee is welcome (but it's not compulsory!)

The Friends really need new members to ensure it can continue to operate and support the school moving forward

To celebrate National Storytelling Week, this week, all students have enjoyed participating in a whole school Story Relay! A short story titled The Mystery of Room 12 written by female, American-born English author of children’s mystery fiction Robin Stevens was split into five parts. During morning registration each day students have listened to a thought provoking instalment of the story, read and recorded by Student Librarian, Amos R (11CJ). The intriguing plot concluded today with the mystery resolved by budding young detective Jamie. I think you would agree an ideal opportunity to promote the oral tradition of storytelling; the very first way of communicating life experiences and the creative imagination.
Mrs Lloyd, School Librarian.

Flo B & Isabelle B practising their goal keeping skills.
Come and practise yours....
Hockey club is open to boys and girls every Wednesday evening.

Don't forget to buy your tickets to THE event of the year.....
Cartmel Priory School Disco!!
Years 5, 6 & 7
27th January 2023
6.30pm - 8.00pm
Tickets £2 available from the school office