18 November 2016

Messages from the Headteacher

Dear Parent/Carers

A Busy Week for Year 11 – It has been a really busy week for our Year 11 students. On Monday all students were taken

off timetable for a day of workshops with Action Jackson. During the day students focussed on motivational skills such as

building resilience, study skills, time management skills and exam techniques. On Wednesday, 50 Year 11 students also had the

opportunity to visit Birmingham University to experience a taste of university life.

Students are currently busy completing controlled assessments and practical exams. Well done to the Year 11 catering

students who have completed their practical catering exam this week and many thanks to Mrs Hamil for her support. On

Wednesday evening the Year 11 GCSE Drama practical exam also took place. Students focussed on extracts from Blood

Brothers in their performances and the quality of the pieces were outstanding. Many thanks to Miss Frankie Rimmer who has

spent many hours preparing students for their exam.

Finally, on Thursday evening, we had our Sixth Form Open Evening. All students who attended the evening and completed an

evaluation form will be eligible to be entered into the prize draw competition to win an iPad. The draw will take place on

Monday morning in Year 11 assembly!

Year 11 Information Evening - It is also a very busy time for our Year 11 parents and carers! Next week we look

forward to once again welcoming Year 11 students and their parents to school for our Year 11 Information Evening on

Thursday 24 November from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. Maths, English and Science have benefitted from technological advancement

in revision materials and the school has purchased software and applications that support these subjects. In order for parents

to help students with these new packages we will be running workshops on the evening to demonstrate how to use the soft-

ware and issuing parents with students’ login details so that they can access materials for themselves. Members of the English,

Maths and Science staff will be available to support and answer any questions.

Year 10 Information Evening - Then it is the turn of Year 10 parents. We look forward to welcoming Year 10 students

and their parents to our Year 10 Information Evening on Thursday 1 December from 6.00pm to 8.00pm. The evening will

provide parents with essential information to support their son/daughter during this academic year. The evening will cover

GCSE reforms, the new English GCSE examination syllabus for both Literature and Language and an opportunity to see the

latest Apps to underpin learning at Cardinal Newman.

Welcome to Miss Charlotte Iceton – On Monday we were delighted to welcome our new careers advisor Miss Charlotte

Iceton. Miss Iceton has already arranged many meetings with our Year 11 students and we hope that she will be very happy in

her new role at Cardinal Newman.

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.

Parents are asked to ensure their son/daughter has a warm jacket or coat to wear to school (this should be plain black or

navy) and sensible footwear. Students are reminded to be careful travelling to and from school during the dark winter nights.

Students should always try to avoid travelling alone and make sure that they never talk to strangers.

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

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 10

www.cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk

NOTEABLE

DATES

Year 11

Information Eve

- Thurs 24 Nov,

6.00-8.00pm

Family Mass -

Wed 30 Nov @

6.00pm

Year 10

Information Eve

- Thurs 1 Dec,

6.00-8.00pm

Christmas

Concert -

Wed 14 Dec

Break Up for

Christmas -

Fri 16 Dec 16

Tues 3 Jan 17 -

INSET Day

Students Return

- Wed 4 Jan 17

Newman Fact

The three hearts

on the school

badge are taken

from Cardinal

Newman's personal

coat of arms - his

motto was 'Cor ad

cor loqui-

tam', which is

'Heart shall speak

unto heart'.

School Prayer

Lord, support us all day long. Help us to learn and work together. You have blessed us with special and unique gifts, help us to

use them and not to hide them. Help us to encourage others to use their gifts, to be their best self and prove that we are all

made for greatness. Amen

Science Club Meet Tim Peake

During last academic year students in the Science Club met

and worked regularly from October onwards building a High

Altitude Weather Balloon. After lots of work designing,

building and testing (as well as sorting out the occasional

minor mishap along the way) it was successfully flown last

June, staying airborne for two-and-three-quarter hours during which

time it climbed to an altitude of just over twenty-two miles.

Throughout the flight students were able to track its progress as it

transmitted data on its location and temperature every fifteen seconds. As well as the atmospheric data that was

recovered, the on board cameras captured many wonderful shots of the earth below.

As a result of this project, the school were privileged to receive an invitation to take part in the UK Space Agency’s

School Science Conference held at the University of York in early November. A group of students from the Science Club set off for York on

Friday afternoon and spent the evening at a local hotel. Of course no trip is complete without some time for rest and relaxation so a visit to

a bowling alley during the evening provided plenty of that! The following morning after breakfast, we made the short drive to the University.

Schools from across the UK were there to present work they had done during the course of last academic year related to space science.

Cardinal Newman students were proud to bring along the capsule they had flown and to display a poster describing their work and what

they had found out about the atmosphere as a result of it. In addition to speaking to other students and teachers about their flight and

receiving many very positive comments, Newman students also had a chance to learn about a number of activities others schools had

undertaken which provided ideas for future areas to investigate. A particular highlight of the day was a talk given by British ESA Astronaut

Tim Peake about his stay on the Space Station earlier this year. Later in the day the students were delighted to be able to have the chance to

meet with him and discuss the work they had done, describing what the capsule could do and how it had operated while in flight. They also

appreciated having the opportunity to ask him questions about the experiments he had most enjoyed during his time in space and to learn

something of how these will have potential benefits in addressing medical problems here on earth.

Mr G Tomlin, Science Faculty

Years 7, 8 & 9 Netball

On Wednesday 16th November, Years 7, 8

and 9 headed to Finham Park School to

play 4 matches in the Coventry Schools

League. Year 7A and B teams made their

debut, with the A team losing 8-5 and the B

team winning 3-0. Congratulations to all

the girls for showing fantastic encouragement towards each other on a

cold evening!

The Year 8 team played superbly winning their match 10-7 and Year 9

played a very close game, unfortunately losing in the last quarter 5-3.

Well done to all girls involved, you were a credit to the school.

Mrs C Harris, PE Faculty

Anti-Bullying Assemblies

This week our anti bullying prefect ambassadors have been

leading assemblies to raise awareness and to encourage students

not to stand by when they see someone being bullied. Their

assemblies spread a powerful message, as students listened to

Lucy Alexander's open letter to all children, encouraging them

to be kind following her son taking his own life as he could not

face anymore unkindness.

Laura Kemp, Lay Chaplain

Poem of the Week

She Walks in Beauty (Lord Byron)

She walks in beauty, like the night

Of cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and bright

Meet in her aspect and her eyes;

Thus mellowed to that tender light

Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless grace

Which waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o’er her face;

Where thoughts serenely sweet express,

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,

The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,

A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent!

Post-16 Debate at Newman University

On Wednesday 16th November four year 12 students, Christy Corkery,

Lily White, Sonia Sandhu and Emily Hobbs travelled to Newman

University to take part in a debate competition.

When we arrived we had to choose, at random, a motion to debate with

other schools. Our team were debating in favour of the motion, “All

police should be routinely armed.” The team felt that this was a really

difficult motion to be in favour of, as it is often in the media opposing the

motion. The group were given two hours to use the University’s library

to put together our argument and prepare to debate.

Of the four team members, two students had to speak and deliver the

motion to the audience. Christy and myself were first and second

speakers having to deliver the argument in only four minutes each.

Overall, although we didn’t win the competition, we all gained valuable

experience in debating, communicating and team work. We are grateful

for the experience in public speaking we have gained and are looking

forward to taking part in the next round of debates in March.

Reported by Lily White (12CHG)

Holy Family Christmas Bazaar

Church Hall

Penny Park Lane

Saturday 26 November 2016

12.00 noon - 3.00pm

Free Admission - All Welcome

Donations of items to sell can be left at the Priest’s

house - toys, books, CD’s, DVD’s, jewellery.

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

Vishal Ratnajothy (13SMH) and Katie Smith (13TDS) - for addressing parents at Sixth Form Open Evening

Leadership Team Nominations

Mrs French Colleen Hoey 11EDE Delivering anti-bullying assemblies.

Mr Hodgson Shauna Clinton 11EDE Delivering anti-bullying assemblies.

Mrs Boyle Shauna Doran 11NML Delivering anti-bullying assemblies.

Miss Goodwin Klaudia Keller 10AMI Outstanding effort in preparing for the English Creative

Writing exam.

Marcus Hill 10LCP Outstanding effort in preparing for the English Creative

Writing exam.

Mr Versey Thomas Rogers 13SON Supporting Sixth Form Open Evening.

Ashwath Kumar 13NBT Supporting Sixth Form Open Evening.

Mr Courtney Georgia Acton 13NBT Supporting Sixth Form Open Evening.

Abigail Quinn 13SMH Supporting Sixth Form Open Evening.

Mr McInerney Connor McGrath 11AMM Excellent focus during every ICT lesson. Well done.

Mrs E Perkins Lewis Atkins 10ANO Improvement with his work in Science.

Mr Alcott Demi-Raye Purdue 11EDE Delivering anti-bullying assemblies.

Faculty Nominations

Art Jenisa Sivanesan 12THN Excellent studies in the style of Kathe Kollwitz and contributing

to Sixth Form Open evening.

D&T Olivia Dale 11NML For consistent effort in Catering.

Jake Webb 11KGE For consistent effort in Catering.

Drama Klaudia Szurim 9MCN For consistent effort, enthusiasm and dedication to her Drama

GCSE.

English Finn Cook 10LBE For consistent effort in English.

Enterprise Michael McBrearty 10NSD For effort and achievement in Business.

History Demi-Raye Purdue 11EDE For her participation in the war memorial trip.

Geography Katie Kells 8ABI For always going above and beyond in lessons.

Maths Joshua McFarland 10AMI For outstanding work in Mathematics.

Modern Foreign Languages Rourke O'Looney 11 EDE Effort beyond expectation and determination to succeed.

Music Sol White 7DHL For his contribution to music.

PE Joshua Harris 9HCT Representing the school Badminton team.

RE Ashleigh Talbot 10ANO Consistently working hard and demonstrating excellent

subject knowledge.

Student Support Demi-Raye Purdue 11EDE For excellent community service

Science Ivy Fuaye Mfuh 12NMN For being an outstanding ambassador for Physics at open

Evening.

Vocational Klaudia Zubrzycka 12 THN Dedicated and delightful student who is a great ambassador

for Vocational Education.

Head of Year Nominations

Year 7 Lola-Rae Wheatley 7DHL Charity Rep - Shoebox Appeal Organiser and driving force!

Year 8 Lilly Artingstall 8NFR For always trying her best.

Year 9 Patrycja Kolakowska 9MCN For positive contribution to tutor time.

Teagan Lowe 9DOI For positive contribution to tutor time.

Year 10 Kayleigh Kavanagh 10RGL Incredible improvement in general school performance.

Year 11 Brogan Brittain 11KGE For being a superstar on the ‘Action Jackson’ day.

Chaplaincy Nominations

Nathan Sands 12CHG For his generosity and thoughtfulness.

Katie Pulham 11SMN For her courage.

“You shall give to him freely,

and your heart shall not be grudging.”

Dear Parents/Carers

The shop and TV adverts are letting us know that Christmas is just around the corner! With that in mind, here at Cardinal Newman we

are launching our annual Advent Charity Drive. Our students are renowned for their generosity and for living out the Gospel values

encouraged by school and home. This leaflet outlines all of the that will be happening to raise money for various charities during Advent.

Please encourage your son/daughter to get involved and help others to have a better Christmas. Any parents who have access to

contacts/resources that will aid our efforts, please contact Miss Keane, carmel.keane@cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk.

Last year we donated nearly 400 Advent Calendars to children in

Coventry. Such a small thing can bring joy to others at this time of year.

This year we would love to match that number ... could we give more?

Please donate either an Advent Calendar or contribute to a collection

that your tutor group is organising for calendars.

Cake sales will take

place on the following

dates. Please donate

cakes to your child’s

year group and

encourage them to buy

some tempting treats on

the day.

16th November Year 7 23rd November Year 8

30th November Year 9

7th December Year 10 14th December Year 11

Non- uniform day will be held on 25th November. Students will be allowed to come in their own clothes in

exchange of a £1 donation. All monies raised will be split between Myton Hospice and the Salvation Army who

will use the funds to help homeless people in Coventry this Christmas.

There are hundreds of children in Coventry who will not

get a present this Christmas and there may even be

some students in our school that we will never know

about.

Project Elf is new for Cardinal Newman this year. The

project aims to create a gift bag of presents to the value

of £25 that can be given to children and young people in

Coventry. This could be anything from vouchers, CD’s,

clothes, make up sets etc.

We are asking each tutor group to create one bag of

presents - Which would mean 48 children that will get a

gift this Christmas because of us. Students will be asked

to contribute roughly £1 towards their collection.

Each tutor group will be given 2 chocolate Advent calendars for their

tutorial room. Students will be asked, as always, to donate items of food

for Christmas hampers. As students put an item into the hamper they will

take a chocolate from the calendar.

With at least 50 days covered in the calendars that’s at least 50 items that

will be made into hampers to give to families in Coventry that will struggle

to put food on the table this Christmas.

Every year student from Cardinal Newman help Coventry

Food Bank give out leaflets at Tesco Superstore. This results in a

significant increase in donations from shoppers to the Food Bank.

On Thursday 1st December and Friday 2nd December students will be

joining our Lay Chaplain Laura Kemp at Tesco to donate our time to this

amazing cause.

Please come and say ‘hello’ to us if you are doing your shopping.