29 March 2019 NEWSLETTER ISSUE 26

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Messages from the Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers

Whole School Photograph - On Friday we had our first whole

school photograph since 2011 and we were truly blessed with the

weather. All students from Years 7 - 13 and all staff gathered on a

beautiful sunny spring morning on the school field to have their

photo taken. The photograph was expertly arranged and taken by Tempest Photography who commented on how well

behaved our students were throughout the process. Information about how parents can purchase a copy of the

photograph will be sent home shortly along with a proof of the photo. Thanks to the recent the recent good weather

and a mild winter, students were delighted to be allowed back on the school fields again and there were lots of happy

students playing football at lunchtime from Year 7 up to Year 13!! Our students are really very lucky to have such a

beautiful school site and we hope that they look after it by ensuring that they put all their litter in the bins provided.

Lent - Students have been continuing their Lenten fundraising activities and Miss Keane has organised a variety of

events throughout Lent to support this. Next week students will be continuing to fill their Smarties tubes with 20p

pieces and last week Year 9 organised the treat day. This week Year 10 are organising their treat day on Friday and we

will continue to collect Easter eggs for disadvantaged children in our local community and the Foodbank. Years 7 and 8

will be taking part in their sponsored Spellathon and Years 9 and 10 their sponsored Maths Feast and all will be looking

for sponsors over the next two weeks. Please support as generously as you can. Miss Keane will also be organising

another “Big Sleep Out” to raise money for homeless charities. This will be on our school site on Friday 10 May.

Further details will be available this week.

Year 11 “Information & Takeaway” Evening - Thank you to those parents and students who joined us for Year

11 “Information & Takeaway Evening”. Attendance was almost 100%. We hope the parents and students who

attended found the evening useful as we enter the final few weeks before the summer exam season. This week we will

be publishing on the website information about Easter school arrangements for Years 11– 13. We are very grateful to

all the staff who are giving up their Easter holidays to offer a revision session and it is essential that students attend

these sessions to support their revision programme. If you have any questions regarding this please contact Mr Gray

(Head of Year 11) or Mr McDonnell (Head of Sixth Form) for further information.

Peace and Reconciliation - As parents are aware there has been a huge increase in knife crime in the UK in recent

months. To coincide with the visit of the Knife Angel to Coventry Cathedral there have been a number of events

taking place in school to help educate our students about staying safe. The English Department organised a poetry

competition for World Poetry Day on the theme of Knife Crime and the winners will go to Coventry Cathedral to see

the Knife Angel. Students have also had a PSHE lesson on this theme and next week we welcome back Barry and

Margaret Mizen. The Mizens tragically lost their 16 year old son Jimmy to knife crime in 2008 and will be sharing with

all students their story and how they have been affected. On page 2 of this newsletter we have published Ebony’s poem

that she wrote in memory of Jayden James who tragically died recently after being stabbed when he was out with

friends in Coventry and who was a friend of many of our students. If you would like any further information about the

activities students have been doing or you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact school.

I hope you have a great week, best wishes, Marina Kelly, Headteacher

DATES FOR

YOUR DIARY

BREAK UP FOR

EASTER

Fri 12 April 19

Students Return

Mon 29 April 19

Year 7 Parents’

Evening -

Thurs 2 May 19

External Exams

start -

Mon 13 May

2019

BREAK UP FOR

HALF TERM

Fri 24 May 19

Students Return

Mon 3 Jun 19

TEACHER

TRAINING

DAY

Fri 28 Jun 19

Year 10 Football

Congratulations to the Year 10 football team who progressed to the semi-finals of the Coventry Schools’ Telegraph Cup. They beat a good

Finham Park 1 side 2-1 on Wednesday 27th March. Both goals scored by Alex Davies. The team have also reached the semi-finals of the

West Midlands Schools’ Cup and will play Bishop Challoner at Cardinal Newman on Monday 1st April. Staff, students and parents are wel-

come to come along and show the boys support.

Mr J McLintock, Team Coach

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.

‘A Tribute to Jaydon’

by Ebony Bailey (10LSH)

A loss of a friend; this needs to end.

Too much knife crime; it’s never the time.

Teenagers have died

whilst parents have cried.

If only he had stayed at home that night,

he wouldn’t have lost his fight.

He was still a young boy

yet his life got destroyed.

Siblings have lost their brother.

The feeling is like no other.

The world is missing a young man –

why can’t knives just be banned?

Was it out of boredom?

Or perhaps for revenge…

either way - his life didn’t have to end.

One little stabbing could take a life.

But this fight isn’t over; it still goes on.

The world twisted, everything wrong.

Ten more seconds with you:

five for a hug; five for a talk.

I hope we’re making you proud.

You’re one big cloud.

We will all love and miss you forever.

Rest in peace… sleep tight tonight.

I wrote this poem in memory of Jaydon Washington

James who was stabbed on 25th November 2018. He has

many family and friends who are

distraught following his death. My heart

goes out to his family who have lost a son,

brother, uncle and more.

Jaydon Washington James

13th November 2002 – 25th November

2018

Plas Dol y Moch - Thursday 27 June to Monday 1 July 2019

This summer we have secured 30 places for a 4 day residential trip to Coventry's Dol y Moch Outward Bound

Education Centre in North Wales. Of the 30 places secured, 20 have been allocated to students so far. We are

now opening the remaining 10 places to any year group (excluding Years 11 or 13 due to exams). This is a

fantastic opportunity to experience the outdoors and provides the students with a real challenge in Coventry's

own facility in the heart of Snowdonia.

If you would like your son/daughter to experience this trip please complete the reply slip attached to the letter which is available via the

following link https://tinyurl.com/y3lwffah on the school’s website or from student reception. Should you require any further information,

email me on neil.minshull@cncs.school

Please move quickly to secure a place.

Mr N Minshull, Head of PE

“Preparing for

University” Day

On Wednesday 27 March, 13

Year 10 students attended a

“Preparing for University” day at

the University of Warwick.

Working with student ambassadors from the university, students took

part in workshops on study skills and transferrable skills. The students

also conducted research into funding, finance and student life and

received a tour of the campus.

The students were exemplary ambassadors for Cardinal Newman and

enjoyed the opportunity to same student life in a university setting.

Student Successes - Year 9

It is always wonderful to hear about the achievements of our students. Congratulations and well done to the

following students:

Emily Flynn, 9ACY - Emily took part in the Dream Extreme Super Regional cheerleading and dance completion on

23-24 March 2019 at Arena Birmingham.

Emily was placed :-

1st place in the junior competition – Detonate Level 2

1st place in the senior team – Nuclear Level 2.

This is such a wonderful achievement .

Emily will also be representing Legacy in Barcelona in July, which is a fantastic opportunity and recognition

for her talents.

Molly McEnery, 9ACY - Molly participated in the GKR Karate qualifiers for the GKR Karate World Cup on Sunday 23rd March

Molly won 2 bronze medals and qualified for the World Cup.

This is an incredible achievement Molly. We look forward to hear all about your future successes.

Mrs E Donohue - Head of Year 9

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.

Peace & Justice Group

100% Attendance Raffle

Congratulations to all our 100% attendance winners for week commencing 25 March 2019.

Miss S Caherty, Assistant Headteacher

Yr/Tutor Student Yr/Tutor Student Yr/Tutor Student Yr/Tutor Student

7AMW Daniel Nicholson 8RDS Tompaul Malkavore 9AMI Oceane Nguefack-Vofo 10 CHA Saoirse Clarke

7ASA Akilan Rahulan 8ABI Oliver Ryan 9KWD Rihanna O 'Connor 10 HRS Geordi Butiri

7SON Oskar Dymkowski 8TDS Mahdi Akbari 9ABK Kariina Flis 10 RRS Sopiga Ranjan

7TEN Madhuna Jeevananthan 8SPX Jack Owens 9AME Tyler Lubban 10 LSH Scott Davidson

7NWH Reva Fernandes 8CWD Lauren Harrison 9LEN R.J Wilson 10 NML Jessica Scanlon

7ECM Theo James-Anderson 8AHR Dalton Spandley 9ACY Danielle McEvoy 10 NOE Erin Doherty

7CLR Alex Wator 8SSH Edward McGibney 9SMH Chloe Price 10 KAY Nikola Ziebacz

7ASI Charlie Ward 8TRD Andrew McElroy 9JMK Millie Horan 10 OCO Eloise Parkes

A Lenten Reflection Give up complaining - focus on gratitude.

Give up pessimism - become an optimist.

Give up harsh judgments - think kindly thoughts.

Give up worry - trust Divine Providence.

Give up discouragement - be full of hope.

Give up bitterness - turn to forgiveness.

Give up hatred - return good for evil.

Give up negativism - be positive.

Give up anger - be more patient.

Give up pettiness - become mature.

Give up gloom - enjoy the beauty that is all around you.

Give up jealousy - pray for trust.

Give up gossiping - control your tongue.

Give up sin - turn to virtue.

Give up giving up - hang in there!

Amen

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

Ebony Bailey 10LSH Excellent work in English.

Leadership Team Nominations

Mrs French Kaidon Hand-Wills 8ABI Excellent effort in Science.

Mr Courtney Simran Sandhu 13CHG Her amazing context quotation about the self and gender.

Miss Goodwin Obed Kibongo 9ACY Outstanding poetry in the Knife Angel competition.

Mr Versey Benjamin Clayton 12NWD Effective leadership of the student council meeting.

Miss Caherty Shannon Munslow 9ACY Superb effort with Judaism assessment.

Mr Alcott Amandeep Bains 12RCT Effective leadership of the student council meeting.

Faculty Nominations

Art Emma Jackson 8TRD Excellent homework task.

Business Studies Zoe Lafferty 10HRS Effort and achievement in Business.

Drama Joshua Rawlings 11SMN An excellent performance in his Scripted Performance Exam.

D&T Cody Caster Watton 9KWD Excellent effort in Technology lessons.

English Lottie Downey 10LSH Improved efforts in English.

Geography Caitlin Nghiem 10HRS Excellent result in her Spring term Geography exam.

History Daniel Griffin 11JGD for excellent effort in History Mock

Maths Rhea Fernandes 10CHA Outstanding effort and endeavour.

MFL Lolita Tomschey-Carter 7AMW Excellent exam result.

Music Adriean Tshawe 9AMI Good effort in music assessment.

PE Holly Cox 12MBE Support of PE department in her free periods.

RE Niamh Owens 10HRSs Outstanding exam. Brilliant evaluation skills.

Science Harvey-Dean Sherrad 11RNN Marked improvement in his Science lessons this week.

Student Support Orlagh Harvey 7ASA Her consistent positive attitude towards her learning.

Vocational Education Levi Bawden-Meechan 11JCD Outstanding attitude and dedication displayed to her health

and social care studies.

Head of Year Nominations

Year 7 Heath Jarvis 7ECM Positive commitment to learning. A role model to all.

Year 8 Archie Riddell 8TRD Performing in the Coventry & Solihull Choir with a

professional orchestra on stage.

Year 9 Christopher Pittaway 9LEH Highly motivated and excelling in all subjects.

Year 10 Kien Kirk 10KAY Incredible contribution to Lenten charities.

Year 11 Erin Purewal 11JGD Act of integrity.