15 September 2017

Messages from the Headteacher

Dear Parent/Carers

It has been a very busy but great beginning to the new school year and all our students have made an excellent start. Last night

we were delighted to welcome parents, carers and students from Year 12 for their information evening where they received

important information about the year ahead. Our next Education Evening will be for Year 11 on Thursday 28 September at

6pm. The evening will provide essential information to help parents support their son/daughter over this challenging academic

year. Letters will be sent home next week with further information and we expect to see every single Year 11 student with

their parents on the evening.

Open Evening, Thursday 21 September & Early Closure - A reminder that Open Evening takes place on Thursday 21

September between 6.00pm and 8.00pm. It is always a fantastic occasion and a real pleasure to welcome Year 6 and Year 5

children with their parents to our school. Myself, Mrs Boyle and former students have had the pleasure of visiting all our

feeder primary schools to meet Years 5 and 6 children who are all very excited about coming and the chance to win an Ipad.

To help prepare for the evening, our students will be allowed to leave school at 1.30pm. If any student needs to stay until

3.10pm this is not a problem - please let the appropriate form tutor know. Check the website

www.cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk for all the latest information about Open Evening.

Year 7 Mass & Family Mass - We have had two lovely masses this week for the start of the new school year. Yesterday,

we were delighted that lots of parents and staff from our feeder schools joined us for our Year 7 Welcome Mass. It is won-

derful to see how quickly Year 7 have settled in and how happy they are at Cardinal Newman. And on Wednesday night we

had our first Family Mass. Many thanks to Fr Pat for leading us in our celebrations and to Laura Byrne, our Lay Chaplain, for

preparing the Masses and to all the staff and students who participated. .

St Augustine’s Parish Mass - The first Parish Mass of the school year takes place at St Augustine’s on Sunday 24 September

at 10.30am. Mass will be led by the students and staff of Cardinal Newman and it would be wonderful to see all our students

from the parish.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend, Mrs Marina Kelly, Headteacher

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 2

www.cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk

DATES FOR

YOUR DIARY

Open Evening -

Thurs 21 Sept 17

@ 6.00pm

St Augustine’s

Parish Mass -

Sun 24 Sept @

10.30am

Year 11

Information Eve -

Thurs 28 Sept 17

(correct date)

Year 10 Infor-

mation Eve -

Thurs 5 Oct 17

Year 7 Infor-

mation Eve -

Thurs 19 Oct 17

Sixth Form Open

Eve - Thurs 3 Nov

17

Progress Day -

Thurs 9 Nov 17,

2-7pm

Break Up for Half

Term -

Fri 20 Oct 16

Don’t forget to check the school’s website for all the latest news: www.cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk

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

‘A Christmas Carol’ Trip

After a tremendously successful year, Year 11 are now starting to prepare for their GCSE English Literature qualification. To

support their studies, we have been lucky enough to secure a number of tickets to see ‘A Christmas Carol’ at the prestigious

RSC in Stratford. Undoubtedly seeing a text on stage brings it alive and it will be a superb visual stimulus when students begin revising for

their Literature exams. We want all of Year 11 to attend this theatre trip so please see your English teacher for a letter as soon as possible.

Miss K Grieve, Head of English

Family Mass

On Wednesday evening we celebrated Mass together as a community with students, their families and friends of

Cardinal Newman. It was a beautiful celebration to begin the school year focusing upon Christ being with us. It was

also a great opportunity to celebrate Ciar Jones' birthday - .happy birthday Ciar. Thank you to everyone who helped

to prepare the Mass, to Fr Pat for celebrating and everyone that joined us.

Laura Kemp, Lay Chaplain

Prayer

Almighty God, who gives strength to the weak and upholds those who might fall, give me the

courage to do what is right, for those that trust in you have no need to fear. As we gather here

in the name of Jesus may we be strengthened to live in his name too. We ask this through

Christ our Lord. Amen

Attendance

Year Group Attendance Year

To Date:

Year 7 - 98.91% (improvement from last week)

Year 8 - 96.74% (improvement from last week)

Year 9 - 96.18% (improvement from last week)

Year 10 - 97.48% (dropped since last week)

Year 11 - 95.78% (Improvement from last week)

Well Done to Year 9 with the biggest improvement in

attendance!

Top Tutor Group Weekly Attendance:

7ABI, 7SPX, 7AHR and 7TRD - 100%

8 ACY, 8JDE and 8AMI - 100%

9TEN - 100%

10MCN - 100%

11SMN, 11LFR - 100%

Well Done to Year 7 with 4 tutor groups achieving100%

attendance!

Attendance Stars:

Year 7 - Shayla Brock and Archie Riddell

Year 8 - Chloe Covington and Joseph Campbell

Year 9 - Grace Jordan and Adam Matusik

Year 10, Lewis MacDonald and Macey Kavanagh

Year 11, Ellie Willden and Lewis Atkins

Attendance stars are randomly selected from students

with 100% attendance and punctuality each week.

Miss D Bird, Attendance Officer

PE News

Year 7 have had a fantastic start to PE at Cardinal Newman School. We have had a busy

week with cross country, netball and football trials and the whole PE Department would

like to congratulate you all for your hard work. The students who are successful will all

receive a team letter and a contract by next week. Keep it up year 7!

Well done to the following girls who came top of their year group in cross country this

year:

Year 7 - Emma Jackson, Year 8 - Isabella Taplin, Year 9 - Katie Hetherton, Year 10 -

Precious Okeke

Mrs C Harris, PE Department

Wasps Netball Academy 13-18 Year Olds

Trials to be held on 21st September, 6-9pm

Rugby School Collingwood Centre, Barby Road, Rugby CV22 5DZ

Closing date for trial applications 19th September

Please visit www.waspsacademy.co.uk or see Mrs Harris in PE to apply.

Cardinal Newman Year 8 & 9 Netball Team Residential

to PGL in Shropshire.

March 9th-11th 2018

Students have been invited to PGL to take part in a netball tournament led by England

Netball, followed by lots of outdoor activities. This will be a great experience for all the

girls who take part in the trip.

Please ask Mrs Harris for more details.

Mrs C Harris, PE Department

History Workshop

The History Department have organised a workshop

based around the study of World War One artefacts

called ‘In the Trenches’. The event will take place

during the October half-term on Tuesday 25th

October, between 10:00am to 3:00pm.

The day will involve students exploring historical artefacts in order to gain a

greater understanding of World War One and what life was like in the Trenches. The

day will also include a visit from D-Day veteran Dennis Davison who will talk about his

experiences of war and conflict. The aim of the day is to engage students with their

history studies through the use of historical sources and experiences from the time.

If you would like your child to take part in this day the cost will be £5. The event will

take place in the Pope Francis Hall and pupils will need to bring a packed lunch.

Students do not need to wear school uniform. It will also be your responsibility to

ensure the safety of your child to and from school.

If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me.

Mr R Davies, History Department

Battlefields Trip

A history trip has been arranged for 45 students to visit the battlefields of the First and Second

World Wars. Students will visit Ypres and explore some of the key battlefield sites of the First

World War and then move onto Normandy to explore where a key turning point of the Second

World War took place. The trip departs from the school in the early hours of Monday 16th July

and returns in the early hours of Thursday 19th July 2018. Transport, accommodation and tour

guides will all be provided by Anglia Battlefield Tours.

For more information, see a member of the History Department.

Mr R Davies, History Department

Science Club

Science Club has started again. This week’s session was what has become the traditional first week of the new academic

year activity – brain dissections. Students worked to study the key component parts of the brain and learn about what the

roles are of the different major sections and what they enable us to do. Next week will see work being done to build, and

later fly a variety of designs of rockets. As well as our usual weekly activities we have plans for a number of larger projects

this year – including construction of a radio telescope to detect radio signals from the sun and Jupiter, and studies based around artificial

amplification of DNA using PCR. To take part come to room 129 in the Science Department after school on Wednesdays; all year groups welcome.

Mr G Tomlin, Science Department

The Library had great fun celebrating

Roald Dahl Day on Wednesday.

Students joined us for themed activities

and we watched Willy Wonka and the

Chocolate Factory throughout break

and lunch.

Congratulations to the following

students for winning the prize draw:

Kirisha Rajavijayenthiran 7SPX

Dalton Spandley 7AHR

Oliver Felski 7TWN

Riena Selvaratnam 8KCL

Tursiga Ganeshabawan 9NOE

Mrs C Kennedy, Librarian

The Poetry Games

The English Department are pleased to announce the launch of a new poetry competition for Young Writers. The Poetry Games

is a competition open to students aged 11-18 and encourages students to realise their creative potential.

Task: To produce a poem either for Team Truth or Team Dare

Deadline: 13th October (in school).

Prizes: iPad (one for Team Truth and Team Dare) and the chance to be published!

For further information or an entry form please see Ms Devine in Room 31

In other competition news: More Winners have been announced from the ‘Welcome to Wonderland’ Mini Saga Competition. Full List of winners

are: Angel Pregley, Hatreena Sritharan, Jija Kohli, Miriam Monga, Hope Smith, Millie Horan, Lauren Humphreys, Abbie Quinn, Montana Glampaglia,

Ella Bray, Georgia-Deann Sherrad, Sneha Torascar, Bartosz Ciecka, Ellie Woodcock, Scott House, Caoimhe O’Brein, Joseph Barr, Sean Jones, Alan

Hudson, Amaan Ali, Evie Phipps, Nadia Studena, Ben Royle, Mia Mcintosh, Maddison Clark, Erin Rafferty, Jade Windle, Harley Mee, Caitlin Nghiem,

Donae Sinclair, Kayleigh Campbell, Baruni Kohli, Ellie Loughran, Raajan Gahir, Adam McKyne, Mamy-Yaie Kalanikay, Kien Kirk, Daniel Johnson, Olivia

Sharman, Brandon Smith, Aurelia Bragiel, Faustyna Kwaitkowska, Daniel O’Neill, Aaliyah Richardson, Mason Weston, Karen Oduro.

Ms J Devine, English Department

Year 7 Mass

On Thursday we celebrated together as a Year 7 family our first Mass as a year group. It was a lovely celebration

with lots of students involved leading the readings, the music, the offertory, preparing artwork, preparing the

hall and we even had altar servers! Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate our Mass, especially family

and past teachers, headteachers and mentors from our feeder primary schools.

Laura Kemp, Lay Chaplain

Eucharistic Minister

Training

If you are in Year 11 or above

and would like to become an

Eucharistic Minister for your

Parish and school, please see

Laura Kemp for information

about the training evening on

Monday 25th September.

Stars of the Fortnight

Members of staff have been nominating students who they feel have been 'stars of the fortnight'. Students have been

awarded for a variety of things including excellent effort, excellent pieces of work, improved attendance and acts of

kindness to name but a few. Well done to you all. Nominations from the last two weeks are:

Headteacher’s Nomination

Konrad Zeno 7AHR For excellent reading at Mass.

Leadership Team Nominations

Mrs French Paul Kelly 7TWN For a positive start in Computer Science.

Mr Hodgson Flynn Small 7SPX For supporting another student during PE.

Harry Solomon 7ABI For supporting another student during PE.

Mrs Boyle Vinnie Darby 7RDS For his compassion towards his peers.

Miss Goodwin Klaudia Keller 11CMN Excellent English homework.

Mr Courtney Ben Spode 13THN For excellent homework for English.

Mrs Perkins Cormac French 11CMN Effort in Science lessons and Tassomai.

Miss Caherty Zandie Ndlovu 8KLY Great commitment and enthusiasm at the start of the

academic year. Wonderful attitude to learning in Cross

Country lesson. Well done Zandie!

Mr Alcott Patty Mazurkiewicz 13MNM For an excellent start to Year 13 in English.

Mr Gray/Head of Year 11 Sophie Doherty 11NSD Positive start to Year 11.

Mr Minshull/Head of PE Joel Harnett 9TEN For making the Coventry football team

Alex Davies 9EHN For making the Coventry football team.

Faculty Nominations

Computer Science Kallum Surana 11RNN Excellent coding discipline and going above and beyond in his

classwork.

D&T Kien Kirk 9MBE Very positive and helpful during within form time.

Drama Amba Mckenna 8JDE Outstanding performance in Blood Brothers Baseline

assessment.

English Jak Barrowman 10BON Excellent behaviour in English.

Geography Esey Ermias 11JGD For excellent effort with Geography homework.

History Eleanor Hetherton 11LFR Fantastic start back and outstanding work.

Maths Joseph Charlton 8ACY Excellent start to the year, working to a very high standard.

Modern Foreign Languages Brooke O'Grady 10JCN Excellent start to the year.

Music Lois Bailey 7AHR For her amazing singing at the Family Mass on Wednesday.

PE

RE Kye Ruiz 9NML For hard work and excellent contribution to class discussion.

Science Owen Painter 11SMN For a great start in Science this year.

Student Support Erin Joyce 10JCG Perseverance.

Vocational Neive Booth 9NML Excellent effort displayed in Childcare.

Head of Year Nominations

Year 7 Michal Drzewinski 7TWN For being brave and volunteering to read out in assembly.

Beautifully done.

Year 8 Caitlin Hill 8KCL Being a super star!

Year 9 Ebony Bailey 9LSH Positive start to Year 9

Year 10 Aaron Green 10MCN Positive start to Year 10

Ellis Peden 10BON Positive start to Year 10.

Chaplaincy Nominations

Josh Kealey 8AME For his positivity.