18 January 2019 NEWSLETTER ISSUE 17

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Messages from the Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers

UCAS Applications - Tuesday was the final day for Year 13 students to submit applications for university places in

September. Once again students will be moving on to many varied courses around the country on the final stages of

preparation for their future career choices. This year we have students who have applied to study Civil Engineering,

Maths, English, Medicine, Physics, Law, Photography, Musical Theatre, Politics and International Relations. A particular

well done to Agnieszka Niewiadomska and Ryley Bucknall who have both been offered places at Cambridge University

in September. Agnieszka has chosen to study Computer Science and Ryley will be studying Anglo Saxon, Norse and

Celtic. Well done to all students.

Tamworth Road Gate - We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the closure of the Tamworth Road gate

over the past week. Work is currently being completed to enhance the security of our site and we will be reviewing

the opening and closing times of all our gates to continue to ensure that our site is as safe as possible. We will inform

parents once these improvements and timings have been finalised. Access to and from the school via the Tamworth

Road will be available as normal on Monday.

Year 10 Parents’ Evening - We look forward to seeing all Year 10 parents and students at parents’ evening on

Thursday 31 January, 4.30-7.15pm. Subject staff and the tutor team will be on hand to discuss targets and the progress

being make on your son/daughter’s individual courses. Parents can book appointments using our online booking

system. It is really important that parents and students are on time and keep to their 5 minute appointment time. If

parents have any problems booking an appointment, please phone or email the school for support.

Year 11 Parents’ Evening - Many thanks to all the parents and students who attended Year 11 Parents’ Evening last

night. Lots of information was given to parents and students about the progress of our students in the run up to their

GCSE exams in the summer. There are lots of interventions and after school sessions offered to Year 11 in order to

help them prepare for the summer exams and it is essential that students act upon the advice and support offered.

Year 8 Options Evening Advance Notice - Year 8 Options Evening takes place on Thursday 14 February at

6.00pm. The expectation is that everyone should attend as this is a vital time for your son/daughter as they make

crucial decisions about their future. The evening will provide information needed to help support students in making

informed decisions about which courses and pathways to follow. We look forward to seeing you all on the night.

Adverse Weather Procedures - Now the wintry weather is upon us, I would like to remind parents and students

of the procedure should extreme weather conditions force the school to close. Parents will receive notification by

text message and also a notice will be posted on the school website. Please do not block the school switchboard with

calls to enquire if school is open.

Parents are asked to ensure that during the cold weather their son/daughter has a warm jacket or coat to wear to

school that is plain black or navy blue and sensible footwear.

I hope you have a good week. Marina Kelly, Headteacher

DATES FOR

YOUR DIARY

Employer

Interview Skills

Event

Thurs 24 Jan 19 -

All Day

FANS PTA

Meeting -

Thurs 24 Jan 19

@ 6pm

Year 10 Parents’

Eve -

Thurs 31 Jan 19

Year 8

Options Eve

Thurs 14 Feb 19

Break Up for

Half Term -

Fri 15 Feb 19

INSET DAY -

Mon 25 Feb 19

Students Return

- Tues 26 Feb 19

Year 11

Takeaway Eve -

Wed 27 Mar 19

Weekly Prayer

Dear God, each day we are involved in the world around us in all sorts of ways. Help us

to bring peace, joy, love and harmony in a world where we can become truly ourselves,

not at the expense of others, but by becoming the unique people you created each one of

us to be. Help us to respect and to be respected, whoever we are, working with courage

towards a better world. Amen

Coventry Foodbank

Donations are urgently required to support the Coventry Foodbank.

The Foodbank is a long term project the school is involved with.

Food bank numbers have increased by 13% in the last year with 1.3 million people now

attending them.

Items urgently required are: coffee, sugar (500g or 1kg), rice, rice pudding, long life milk

(UHT), tinned fruit, long life juice, squash and toiletries.

If you are able to support, please send your items into school reception. Thank you.

Mr R Davies

Harry Potter Book Night

On Thursday 7th February 2019 we will be

celebrating the fifth annual Harry Potter Book

Night celebrated throughout the world and here

at Cardinal Newman School Library.

We’re getting ready to host an unforgettable

night themed around Hogwarts. The fun begins at

3.10pm until 5pm. There will be a quiz, activities,

refreshments and lots of prizes to be won!

Collect your free ticket from Mrs Kennedy in

the library.

Careers Education

Miss A Sienna, Careers Co-ordinator & Adviser

Careers Advice

If any students would like to discuss Careers or their Post 16

plans:

Careers Information

A level Choices

Vocational Courses

Traineeships

Apprenticeships

College Courses/Applications

Sixth Form Applications

Employment

Voluntary Work

Degrees

Universities

GAP Years

Curriculum vitae - CV

Job Interviews

Year 8 Options

...or if there is anything else careers related you would like to discuss.

Parents/carers are also welcome to attend the interview.

Drop-ins are available during break and lunch times, Monday - Thursday

I look forward to meeting you.

Year 11

Interview

Event

On Thursday

24th January,

students in Year 11 will have the opportunity to

experience a mock interview with an employer.

We look forward to sharing this day with the

students. It will be an excellent opportunity to

enhance their post 16 opportunities and beyond.

Employers in attendance will be:

Ikea, Myton Hospice, Willmott Dixon,

Jonathan Holland Architects, Holiday Inn,

Galliford Try, Sainsbury’s, Broad Lane Vets,

Prime Accountants, Rolls Royce,

Coventry City Council, Sainsbury’s, Lovett’s,

Belgrade Theatre, Herbert Gallery & Museum,

Deeley Group, Hobart UK, Accuro Facilities and

Chartwells

What Career Live/What University Live

As part of our careers education programme we will be supporting the What Career Live/What University Live

event on Saturday 2nd March , 2019. 10am – 4pm, at the NEC Birmingham.

To book a place at this event, please visit:

https://registration.n200.com/survey/18lkr8k97gpe6

Please join us for the next meeting of FANS -

Cardinal Newman’s PTA

Thursday 24 January 2019 at 6.00pm

Pope Francis Hall

Don’t forget to check the school’s website for all the latest news: www.cncs.school

You can also find us on Twitter at @newmancoventry and Facebook Cardinal Newman Catholic

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Holocaust Memorial Day

2019 - Torn From Home

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust

(HMDT) is the charity that promotes and

supports Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). 27 January is the day for

everyone to remember the six million Jews murdered in the

Holocaust, and the millions of people killed in Nazi Persecution and

in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and

Darfur. 27 January marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the

largest Nazi death camp.

On HMD we can honour the survivors of these regimes of hatred

and challenge ourselves to use the lessons of their experience to

inform our lives today. HMD is a time when we seek to learn the

lessons of the past and to recognise that genocide does not just take

place on its own, it’s a steady process which can begin if

discrimination, racism and hatred are not checked and prevented.

We’re fortunate here in the UK; we are not at risk of genocide.

However, discrimination has not ended, nor has the use of the

language of hatred or exclusion. There is still much to do to create a

safer future and HMD is an opportunity to start this process.

The aims of HMD are laid out in our statement of

commitment. HMD activity organisers bring together the diverse

strands of their communities to commemorate Holocaust Memorial

Day in their neighbourhoods. This is a real demonstration of how the

lessons of the past can inform our lives today and ensure that

everyone works together to create a safer, better future.

This year's theme is Torn from Home and encourages audiences to

reflect on how the enforced loss of a safe place to call ‘home’ is part

of the trauma faced by anyone experiencing persecution and

genocide. ‘Home’ usually means a place of safety, comfort and

security. On HMD 2019 we will reflect on what happens when

individuals, families and communities are driven out of, or wrenched

from their homes, because of persecution or the threat of genocide,

alongside the continuing difficulties survivors face as they try to find

and build new homes when the genocide is over.

HMD 2019 will include marking the 25th anniversary of the Genocide

in Rwanda, which began in April 1994 and the 40th anniversary of the

end of the Genocide in Cambodia, which ended in 1979. HMD

activity organisers may particularly want to acknowledge this

milestone anniversary, and reflect on how this theme impacts on

members of the Rwandan and Cambodian communities.

For more information visit: http://hmd.org.uk/

Cardinal Newman Peace and Justice Group

Celebration of Bedrock Vocabulary

The English Department, are delighted to be celebrating the suc-

cesses of the following students and classes due to their com-

mitment to progressing in their vocabulary with Bedrock

learning.

In Year 7, the classes that progressed the most this term are 7B1

and 7A3.

The most improved students in Y7 are:

Zain Ikhlaq – 7A3

Daniel Townsend – 7A1

Mia McNulty – 7B1

Scarlett Wood – 7B2

In Year 8, the classes that progressed the most this term are 8A3

and 8B2

The most improved students in Y8 are:

Tendayi Chigwada – 8B1

Rishe Sekar – 8B2

Mia Curless – 8A3

Oliwia Bodziony – 8A3

In Year 9, the classes that progressed the most this term are 9B2

and 9B4

The most improved students in Y9 are:

Faustyna Kwiatowska – 9B2

Samuel Graham – 9A4

Harsimran Nagra – 9B1

Oceane Nguefack-Vofo – 9B4

In Year 10, the classes that progressed the most this term are 10A2

and 10B1

The most improved students in Y10 are:

Ignacy Niedzwiedzki-Kusztel – 10A3

Ethan D’souza – 10B3

Sam Warwick – 10B2

Joy Koffa – 10b4

Huge congratulations to all of the students named above – you will

be receiving praise letters from the English Department to reward

you for your hard work.

Keep logging onto Bedrock at bedrocklearning.org to continue to

improve your vocabulary.

Mrs L Samworth, English Department

Health Care Plan Review

Cardinal Newman Catholic School are currently reviewing the Medical Health Care Plans for all students who have an existing

care plan and letters to parents will be sent out over the next few weeks.

In order to maintain up to date knowledge and accurate records of your son/daughter’s medical needs, we would be grateful if you could let

us know of any changes or new developments to your son/daughter’s medical and healthcare requirements.

In the event of significant changes in your son/daughter’s needs, can we ask that you contact the school as soon as possible so that we can

arrange a meeting to discuss their individual needs and review their individual Health Care Plan.

If your son/daughter does not have an existing care plan and you feel they should have one, please contact the school.

Miss S Matthews, First Aider

Detention Sanctions & Mobile Phone Policy

Please see below a reminder of our school detention sanctions and our school mobile phone policy. If you have any

queries regarding a detention. Please contact the Head of Year.

Cardinal Newman Mobile Phone Policy

Students are allowed to bring mobile

phones to school. The phone must

not be seen or heard during the

school day.

Miss S Caherty, Assistant Headteacher

DETENTION SANCTION FAIL

1st DAY

FAIL

2nd DAY

FAIL

3rd Day

C3

30 min

same day

1 hour

next day

1 hour and

Lunch time

Isolation with

Head of Year

HL2

50 mins Thursday

5pm on

Friday

H/W Club Mon-

Friday until 4pm

Internal

Exclusion

LATE 2 LESSON

(Act of behaviour)

30 min

same day

Lunchtime

next day and 30 mins after

school

Break lunch

and 1 hour

Internal Exclusion

LATE TO SCHOOL

Before 8.45am

15 minutes

After 8.45am

45 minute

1 Hour

next day

1 hour and lunch time

Friday – 1 hour 50 mins

( 5pm)

On Call 50 mins

same day

Internal

Exclusion

UNIFORM

BREACH

30 min

same day

1 hour

next day

1 hour and

Lunch time

Internal

Exclusion

Leadership Team

DTs

Friday – 1 hour 50 mins

( 5pm)

Internal

Exclusion

1st time phone is seen or heard

Handed to reception. Student can collect back the same day.

2nd time phone is seen or heard

Handed to reception. Student can collect after 3 days.

3td time phone is seen or heard

Handed to reception, kept for one week in school safe. Parents to collect after 5 days.

Admissions Policy 2020/21 Consultation

The Governing Body of Cardinal Newman Catholic School is

consulting on the Admissions Policy for September 2020.

The consultation period runs until 25 January 2019, during which

the proposed policy will be posted, in full, on the school’s

website.

A copy of the full policy can be viewed via the following link

https://bit.ly/2C96Spc. Anyone wishing to respond to the

consultation should contact, Suzanne Harris, Clerk to the

Governors, via email suzanne.harris@cncs.school.