17 November 2017 Messages from the Headteacher Dear Parent/Carers Operation Christmas Child - Shoe Box Appeal - Thank you once again to all our students and their families for their amazing generosity in supporting the Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Appeal led by Mrs Foulger. This year we collected 265 shoe boxes, not quite as many as last year’s number of 291, but still a fantastic amount. The shoe boxes will make a real difference this Christmas to many children around the world who would otherwise get nothing. Sporting Success - Many congratulations to Kieran Gibbs who has been selected for the UK roller hockey team and will be travelling to St Louis, USA to take part in an international tournament next year. Kieran is also taking part in trials to play for the England U16 ice hockey team. Well done Kieran! Christ the King Parish Mass - Many thanks to all the staff, students and parents who supported our Parish Mass at Christ the King last week. As always we received a very warm welcome from Fr Tim Menzies who celebrated mass, Fr Tom and the parishioners. Thanks also to all the parishioners who supported the cake sale after mass and helped raise money to support the students who will be travelling to Lourdes next May - it is much appreciated . Year 9 Parents’ Evening Advance Notice - We look forward to seeing all Year 9 students and their parents at Parents’ Evening on Thursday 7 December, from 4.30-7.15pm. Subject staff and will be on hand to discuss targets and the progress being made on your son/daughter’s individual courses. All Year 9 parents should have received a letter about the arrangements for the evening and how to book appointments using the online booking systems. 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. In addition to this Coventry City Council will carry the information along with local radio stations (BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire; Free Radio; Heart FM; and Touch FM). Please do not block the school switchboard with calls to enquire if school is open. Please remind students of the importance of being safe travelling to and from school during the winter evenings. I hope you all have a lovely weekend, Mrs Marina Kelly, Headteacher NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10 www.cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Year 9 Parents’ Eve - Thurs 7 Dec Year 12/13 Parents’ Eve - Thurs 14 Dec Christmas Extravaganza - Wed 13 Dec Carol Service - Wed 20 Dec Break Up for Christmas - Fri 22 Dec 17 Spring Term Starts - Mon 8 Jan 18 Weekly Prayer At times in our lives we may find it difficult to pray. Perhaps we don’t know what words to use or we might not feel close to God. In the Gospel Jesus gives us a solution; he shows us how to worship God through prayer. He gives us the words to use, words that bring us nearer to God. Today we thank Jesus for his guidance and love and ask him for the grace and strength to persevere in prayer. Amen 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 School Cov. David Walliams Day – Wednesday 23rd November 2017 On Wednesday next week we will be celebrating the hugely popular children’s author David Walliams and promoting his latest fiction book Bad Dad. The library will be hosting activities during lunch and break based on his vast collection of books. We will also be showing a film adaptation of one of his books during lunchtime, and an audio version of Awful Auntie will be played for the students around the school to enjoy. This coincides with a trip on Thursday when we are taking 48 of our Year 7 and Year 8 students to see a performance of Awful Auntie at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham which should be a thoroughly enjoyable experience and we are all extremely excited about going! Mrs C Kennedy - Librarian
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17 November 2017
Messages from the Headteacher
Dear Parent/Carers
Operation Christmas Child - Shoe Box Appeal - Thank you once again to all our
students and their families for their amazing generosity in supporting the Operation
Christmas Child Shoe Box Appeal led by Mrs Foulger. This year we collected 265 shoe
boxes, not quite as many as last year’s number of 291, but still a fantastic amount. The shoe
boxes will make a real difference this Christmas to many children around the world who would
otherwise get nothing.
Sporting Success - Many congratulations to Kieran Gibbs who has been selected for the UK
roller hockey team and will be travelling to St Louis, USA to take part in an international tournament next year. Kieran
is also taking part in trials to play for the England U16 ice hockey team. Well done Kieran!
Christ the King Parish Mass - Many thanks to all the staff, students and parents who supported our Parish Mass at
Christ the King last week. As always we received a very warm welcome from Fr Tim Menzies who celebrated mass, Fr
Tom and the parishioners. Thanks also to all the parishioners who supported the cake sale after mass and helped raise
money to support the students who will be travelling to Lourdes next May - it is much appreciated .
Year 9 Parents’ Evening Advance Notice - We look forward to seeing all Year 9 students and their parents at
Parents’ Evening on Thursday 7 December, from 4.30-7.15pm. Subject staff and will be on hand to discuss targets and
the progress being made on your son/daughter’s individual courses. All Year 9 parents should have received a letter
about the arrangements for the evening and how to book appointments using the online booking systems.
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. In addition to this Coventry City Council will carry the
information along with local radio stations (BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire; Free Radio; Heart FM; and Touch
FM). Please do not block the school switchboard with calls to enquire if school is open. Please remind students of the
importance of being safe travelling to and from school during the winter evenings.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend, Mrs Marina Kelly, Headteacher
NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10
www.cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk
DATES FOR
YOUR DIARY
Year 9 Parents’
Eve -
Thurs 7 Dec
Year 12/13
Parents’ Eve -
Thurs 14 Dec
Christmas
Extravaganza -
Wed 13 Dec
Carol Service -
Wed 20 Dec
Break Up for
Christmas -
Fri 22 Dec 17
Spring Term
Starts -
Mon 8 Jan 18
Weekly Prayer At times in our lives we may find it difficult to pray. Perhaps we don’t know what words to use or we might not
feel close to God. In the Gospel Jesus gives us a solution; he shows us how to worship God through prayer. He gives
us the words to use, words that bring us nearer to God. Today we thank Jesus for his guidance and love and ask
him for the grace and strength to persevere in prayer. Amen
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 School Cov.
David Walliams Day – Wednesday 23rd November 2017
On Wednesday next week we will be celebrating the hugely popular children’s author David Walliams
and promoting his latest fiction book Bad Dad. The library will be hosting activities during lunch and
break based on his vast collection of books. We will also be showing a film adaptation of one of his
books during lunchtime, and an audio version of Awful Auntie will be played for the students around the
school to enjoy.
This coincides with a trip on Thursday when we are taking 48 of our Year 7 and Year 8 students to see a performance of Awful Auntie at
the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham which should be a thoroughly enjoyable experience and we are all extremely excited about going!
Mrs C Kennedy - Librarian
Primary School Confirmation Retreat Day
On Thursday we welcomed Year 6 students from our feeder primary
schools to take part in a retreat to prepare them for their
Confirmation.
We took time out to think about the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit,
to learn more about our faith and to think about how we share faith
with others.
A huge thank you to the student volunteers from Years 9 and 10 who
helped to lead all the activities and to all the staff and students from
our feeder primary schools.
Laura Byrne,
Lay Chaplain
STEM Day with the Smallpeice Trust
On Wednesday, the school again welcomed the Smallpeice Trust for a STEM Day (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths), on this
occasion for a group of approximately about 60 students in Year 11. The challenge they had was to solder together a circuit board to
connect a mobile to a speaker so that it could act as an amplifier. An attractive case had to be built to hold the amplifier along with a
one minute advert filmed on an iPad to promote it and an outline plan on how to make a profit from its sales. The
students were not only very skilled in their construction of the electronics but remarkably creative in their case designs
and advertising pitches. Overall a very positive day on which the students really impressed the Smallpeice staff that lead
the event. As in previous years, we are ambitious to have further activities with the Trust in 2018, hopefully to include the
university placements that have proved so popular in the previous two academic years that they've been run.
Mr G Tomlin, Science Department
Catholic Secondary Schools
KS5 Debate
On Wednesday 15th November, 4 students
from Year 12 (Ben Court, Emily Fletcher,
Harry French and Saffron Spry) travelled to Newman University to
participate and compete in a public speaking competition. Upon
arrival, each team selected a motion at random and had to argue
either for or against their topic. The topic selected was to argue
against Same-Sex Education and the team was given an hour and a
half to research and plan their speech complete with a secondary
rebuttal. Students were given access to the library and laptops but
could have no assistance from teachers or other adults. The
presentation itself was performed by two members of the team
(Ben Court and Saffron Spry) in front of the other schools, with the
proposers and opposers of each motion at the front. Although we
did not win the overall competition our team scored a total of 56
points, with the winning team scoring at 62 out of 70. The
experience on the whole was a positive one as it forced us out of
our comfort zones and allowed us to experience public speaking in
a different setting. When we go back to the next competition in
March, we will return with a renewed sense of confidence and the
knowledge that we are made for greatness.
Reported by Emily Fletcher (12SON)
Results Round Up - week ending 17 November 2017
Sport Year Group Opponents Result
Netball 11 Sidney Stringer Won 23-2
Netball 9 Tournament at Bablake 4th
Football U12 Whitley Abbey 0-0 after full time
Lost 6-5 on penalties
Coventry Blitz Virtual Reality
Experience
This week was the anniversary of the Coventry blitz
that took place 77 years ago. Coventry University
invited us to take part in their new virtual reality programme where we were
able to explore and experience what it was like during the Coventry blitz. I
had the opportunity to learn what it was like to be a firefighter and the
challenges they faced. All I could see were repeated flames which seemed so
realistic! I also experienced what it was like to be cramped inside a bomb
shelter whilst listening to the sounds of the aeroplanes close by. It was a fun
and excellent opportunity which made history come alive!