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On Sunday 20 March the 10.30am Mass will not be celebrated in the College Chapel. The parishioners of St Anne's will be taking their annual walk (postponed over the last two years due to Covid) from Princethorpe over the fields to Wappenbury. Mass will be celebrated in St Anne's at 11.45am with light refreshments afterwards.

This simple event commemorates the walk, in some small way, from the areas around Wappenbury that Catholics took to receive communion during the Reformation. All welcome to join in.

Fr Teddy O'Brien MSC also invites the Princethorpe Community to any or all of the Lenten and Easter services at either St Anne's, Wappenbury or the Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels, Princethorpe College.

Thursday 14 April             
7.00pm  Mass of the Last Supper, Princethorpe College

Friday 15 April                 
3.00pm  Commemoration of the Passion of Christ, Princethorpe College

Saturday 16 April             
8.00pm Vigil Mass for Easter, St Anne's, Wappenbury
                                                            
Sunday 17 April               
8.30am  Easter Mass, St Anne's, Wappenbury
10.30am  Easter Mass, Princethorpe College

For an update on the weekly news in the parish bulletin please use the link here

Mass is celebrated every Sunday at 8.30am at St Anne's, Wappenbury and in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels, Princethorpe College at 10.30am.

 On the first Sunday of each month Mass is offered for the deceased members of our families. Please join us if you can.

Fr Teddy looks forward to meeting you all.

Tuesday 22 March 2022 - 6.30pm to 7.30pm

What can we expect from new cars in 2030? Electric motors will replace diesel and petrol engines. Cars will increasingly drive themselves for parts or all of the journey. When the driver is in control of the vehicle, the steering wheel and brake pedal will no longer be mechanically connected to the wheels – instead commands will be sent over a data-bus just like the driving simulator for a games console. Owning a car will be increasingly like owning a smart phone: with new car companies emerging and monthly subscriptions increasingly replacing car ownership. Comfort and features may become more important than raw performance, with electric suspension and noise cancellation making you feel more like you are sitting in a business-class lounge than a hassled commuter.

Sustainability and zero emissions will become the number one goal. Whilst cars will primarily be powered by batteries, goods vehicles and larger transport systems will increasingly rely on green hydrogen as their fuel source. With petrol and diesel fumes eliminated, the focus will be on eliminating brake dust and tyre dust pollution from the local environment, and reducing noise pollution.

Behind these revolutionary new trends, there are tens of thousands of engineers working hard to deliver safe, reliable and minimum-carbon solutions. This passionate team includes software, cybersecurity, magnetic, mechanical, electronics and design experts. If you have a love of science, design, and delivering creative solutions for the green economy, this may be a career for you.

Dr Connel Williams has spent 25 years working in the automotive and aerospace industries, developing smart actuators for cars, trucks, planes and helicopters. Before that he spent 5 years in academia, studying for a PhD in micromechanical engineering, designing micromotors and energy harvesters. He is now in charge of servodrive technology development globally for ZF, the third largest automotive supplier in the world.

He joins us on Tuesday 22 March 2022 from 6.30pm - 7.30pm for a STEAM talk on Engineering Cars of the Future. Sign up here to join us for what will be a fascinating insight into the future.

Dante created a remarkable body of work, including love poetry, linguistic and political treatises, and the monumental theological and philosophical Commedia, which is also a beautiful love story.

He wrote in Latin and Italian, advocating the vernacular as a fitting subject for serious subjects, and his writings had a profound influence on the course of Italian literature.

The talk will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday 29 March 2022 in the Sixth Form Lecture Theatre followed by wine and light refreshments in The Atrium.

Tickets may also be purchased at the door but advance notice helps catering, please. Princethorpe, Crackley Hall and Crescent School pupils free of charge.

To reserve a place for the Dante 3 presentation please use this link

We look forward to an excellent and informative evening - see you soon.

Wednesday 30 March 2022

The Witherslack Group is holding a virtual SEN conference for parents and carers on Wednesday 30 March on Autism: Creating Aspirational Futures.

For more information and to register for your free place please click here.

Lorna Prestage
Learning Support

Friday 1 April - 7.00pm

Our annual Spring Concert is returning!    

Three years since we were last able to celebrate this wonderful event, we will finally be holding our Spring Concert at Princethorpe again, and it will be taking place in the Sports Hall at 7.00pm on Friday 1 April.   

This is your opportunity to hear all the best items from the Music department across one exciting evening of entertainment. Choir, String Orchestra, Concert Band, and our amazing GCSE and A-level musicians, alongside small ensembles and solos will provide an unforgettable evening of musical entertainment, with food and wine to finish.   

Come and join us to get geared up for the Easter break! 

Tickets are available free of charge and you can book your place by filling in your details here.

Wednesday 27 April - 7.00pm

At our last meeting we discussed The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak. Views were divided on this. Certainly the narrative drive behind the book could have been stronger and the narrative pace was sometimes lost in a plethora of detail. Nevertheless the descriptions were often very evocative and the rich history of Istanbul viewed at least in part through its glorious architecture was rewarding to learn about. We will be meeting again next term on Wednesday 27 April when we shall be discussing Lily’s Promise – How I survived Auschwitz written by Lily Ebert in collaboration with her grandson Dov Forman. It is some time since we read any non-fiction and this comes recommended. We will also be looking at the award-winning short novel Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson. The meeting will be at 7.00pm in the library. Please join us whether or not you have read these books. It has been a pleasure to welcome new faces recently and we are always keen to sample new recommendations and fresh reading interests from others

Chris Kerrigan
Head of English

Wednesday 4 May,  Tuesday 14 June, Thursday 16 June or Wednesday 22 June 2022

Aimed at prospective pupils, our Year 5 Taster Days are a great way for your child to experience Princethorpe during a normal school day. Typically the day will involve four lessons, a question and answer session, with some of our current pupils, and the chance to talk to the Headmaster, Mr Hester. 

We have four dates available in May and June. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

• Wednesday 4 May
• Tuesday 14 June
• Thursday 16 June
• Wednesday 22 June

To attend please register your child here.

Crackley Hall and Crescent School Year 5 pupils have already been invited to school specific Taster Days in May.

Year 6 Taster Days will be available in September 2022.