A Warm Welcome to Central Academy

⛰️🌳 𝓢𝓴𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓪𝔀 𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓳𝓮𝓬𝓽 ⛰️🌳 Before half term, some of our wonderful Central students went ‘off grid’ on a two-day visit into the heart of the Lake District as part of the pioneering Skiddaw Forest Project in partnership with Cumbria Wildlife Trust. The programme gave students hands-on experience in environmental conservation, including planting native species and learning about efforts to restore an ancient temperate rainforest and blanket bog on a 1,200-acre site. 
As the first school involved in this 100-year restoration project, the students made a valuable contribution and provided feedback that will help Cumbria Wildlife Trust develop the programme for other schools and youth groups. Their enthusiasm and engagement throughout made the experience a great success. 💚 #NatureEngagement #EnvironmentalConservation #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #WeAreRRCA #AmbitionResilienceRespect

🎁 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕖𝕓𝕠𝕩 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟞 🎁 🛍️ The big Pack-a-thon 🛍️ 💚 𝗪𝗼𝘄… 𝘄𝗼𝘄… 𝘄𝗼𝘄…! 💚 What an afternoon we have had- Central’s little helpers have been busying away in our Christmas workshop… packing box after box and taking our total today to an amazing 3️⃣6️⃣7️⃣ shoeboxes! 🎅🏼 Thank you all so much to our fantastic staff and students for your donations and support in packing our shoeboxes, alongside a whopping 7️⃣0️⃣ shoeboxes being donated today by our fantastic Sixth Form students! We cannot celebrate our 2026 collection without again thanking our wider city community (especially our friends from Carlisle Baptist Church and elimcarlisle) for your donations and support so far! A special thank you again to our friends and local businesses who donated money so we could go shopping and buy lots of lovely things to fill up even more shoeboxes this week.   We are edging ever closer to 2025’s collection total of ➍➐➊ shoeboxes… can we match that number in 2026- 2 days to go! 🎁 A reminder that the collection deadline is this 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 (13𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2026). Any donations can be delivered to the Central Operation Christmas hub in 𝟬𝟬𝟭. Students can also collect shoeboxes and wrapping paper from 001. #ShoeboxAppeal #CommunityAtCentral #WeAreRRCA #AmbitionResilienceRespect

🌹 𝕃𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕎𝕖 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥 🌹 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 Today, our whole school community came together for a poignant Remembrance Day assembly to honour and remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. As we reflected on the courage, sacrifice and selflessness of generations past and present, our students demonstrated the utmost respect and maturity throughout. A special thank you to our Combined Cadet Force (CCF) students, who led the service alongside Mr Markham with great dignity, professionalism and respect. A powerful reminder of the importance of remembrance, gratitude and peace. We will remember them. ❤️ #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #WeWillRememberThem #WeAreRRCA #AmbitionResilienceRespect

🎁 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕖𝕓𝕠𝕩 𝔸𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟞 🎁 As we head into the final week of our collection, we have the first running total… So far we have hit an amazing 1️⃣8️⃣5️⃣ shoeboxes collected! Thank you all so much to our fantastic staff, students and wider community ( a special thanks to Carlisle Baptist Church and elimcarlisle ) for your donations and support so far! A special thank you to our friends and local businesses who donated money so we could go shopping and buy lots of lovely things to fill up even more shoeboxes this week.   Over the weekend Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Moffatt were fortunate to complete a BIG shop, supported by donations from Carlisle Joinery, Avara Civils, Storm Electrical, Aaron Engineering Group & St James Church-Denton Holme. We are looking forward to packing these gifts into 200 shoe boxes. This is always a fantastic show of our academies community spirit, with an amazing total of ➍➐➊ shoeboxes collected in our 2025 drive… can we match that number in 2026? Deadline for our 2026 collection is this 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟯𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. Any donations can be delivered to the Central Operation Christmas hub in 𝟬𝟬𝟭. Students can also collect shoeboxes and wrapping paper from 001. #ShoeboxAppeal #CommunityAtCentral #WeAreRRCA #AmbitionResilienceRespect