20 July 2018 NEWSLETTER ISSUE 39

www.cardinalnewman.coventry.sch.uk

DATES FOR

YOUR DIARY

INSET Day -

Mon 3 Sept 18

Year 7 & Year

13 Return -

Tues 4 Sept 18

Years 8, 9,

10 & 11 -

Return Wed 5

Sept 18

Year 12 -

Return Thurs 6

Sept 18

Open Evening -

Thurs 13 Sept

18

BREAK UP

FOR HALF

TERM -

Fri 19 Oct 18

INSET Day -

Mon 29 Oct 18

Students

Return -

Tues 30 Oct 18

Messages from the Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers

As always it has been a very busy final few days of the academic year and students

and staff have had an exciting and fun packed week of activities to end the year. On

Monday students had a wonderful time on the ‘Big Day Out’ at Drayton Manor,

Alton Towers and Delta Force Paint Balling or for those students who remained in

school the ‘Big Day In’. On Tuesday we had our Retreat and Charity Afternoon.

After a morning focusing on ‘Solidarity’ students spent the afternoon raising money on the different activities organised by staff.

On Wednesday we students took part in our annual school Sports Day with some outstanding performances from lots of

students and school records broken. It was a beautiful day and students enjoyed their ice creams as they watched the different

events - including the staff relay teams losing out to some strong student relay teams! On Thursday we had an excellent sports

assembly and today students spent the morning making memories. We finished the academic year with our wonderful Mass of

Thanksgiving led by Fr Pat before very excited students were dismissed for the summer holidays!

Staff Leaving - At the end of the academic year we say goodbye to staff who are leaving us. We

thank all of the following staff for their contribution to our school and wish them every success,

good health and happiness in the future. We are very, very sad that Mrs Pauline Mohan, our

wonderful school receptionist, has decided to retire after 33 years of dedicated service to our

whole school community. On Tuesday afternoon, staff (past and present), governors, Pauline’s

family all gathered to celebrate Mass for Pauline. Thank you to celebrants Fr Pat, Canon Tom and

Fr Des. Pauline will be forever remembered for the warm and caring ethos she created in our

school. We wish Pauline a long and happy retirement. We are also very sad that Mrs Sarah Boyle,

Assistant Headteacher, leaves us after 16 years of wonderful service to take up the position of

Deputy Headteacher at Bishop Ullathorne. From Science we say farewell to Mrs Kay Griffin

who has worked at Cardinal Newman for 10 years, Mr Lee Beasmore, Mr Greg Tomlin and Mr

Kevin Caldwell. Mr Alistair Davies leaves our Mathematics Department to work at Kenilworth

School, Miss Christina McLaughlin, Head of Geography, is moving to CWA as Head of Geogra-

phy, Miss Frankie Rimmer, Head of Drama, is relocating to Liverpool to be closer to home, Mr

Tom Walton from D&T leaves us to join WMG Solihull, Mr Demo Oni, Head of Computer

Science, leaves us to join an independent school overseeing IT and Miss Nicola Sykes who has

been covering maternity leave in PElaves us to become Head of PE at Heart of England school..

Young Performer of the Year - Congratulations to Diego Villarreal (9EHN) who was the

winner of this year’s Young Performer of the Year for his drum solo. The competition took place in school

last Friday afternoon with many outstanding performances.

Battlefields Trip - During the early hours of Wednesday morning a group of 43 students left Cardinal

Newman to visit the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars. Students will visit Ypres and explore

some of the 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. Students return to school during the early hours

of Saturday morning. We look forward to hearing about their trip in the new school year.

New Gate Times - Over the last few weeks we have improved the security to make our large site as safe

as possible. As a result we have reviewed the opening times of the school gates and these will be shared

with parents in September. Please note that the main entrance gates and the Cinder Path will be open from

7.30am and the Tanworth Rd gate will not open until 8am in the morning.

New Menu - From September 2018 a new menu and prices will be available in the canteens. The new menu and prices can be

viewed via the following link http://www.cncs.school/School-Menus. Unfortunately some prices have been increased.

Thank you for all your support this year and I hope you all have wonderful summer,

Mrs Marina Kelly, Headteacher

Prayer for the end of the School Year

We praise and thank you God for the gift of this school

year.

It has been a time filled with grace and blessings,

With challenges and opportunities, joys and sorrows.

Give us the rest and refreshment we need this summer.

Let our efforts of this past year bear fruit.

Bring all of our plans to a joyful conclusion,

And bless us, according to your will.

Help us return to school with a new spirit and a new energy.

Amen.

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.

Stem Club

For the final few weeks of term, STEM Club have

moved away from our anatomy work and into

astronomy based areas. Discoveries in recent years by

probes that have visited comets have revealed much

more clearly the make-up of the solar system’s

‘dirty snowballs’. So using some guidance from

ESA, we made our own model comets by mixing

together in appropriate portions, ammonia, soil,

water, a few organics, and dry ice. This resulted in

a number of groups successfully producing a

‘comet’ with vapour trails emerging from it.

For our last STEM Club of the school year, we went

back to one of the popular activities from 2017-18,

that is making and flying model rockets. Having done

some quick assembly work, we went out to the fields

to do three successful launches of the rockets that

had been made. These provided some nice souvenirs

for students to take home of the work they had done

over the past year.

Mr G Tomlin, Science Department

Sports Assembly

Congratulations to all the

students who won awards at

Sports Assembly on

Thursday morning.

The awards were presented

for extra curricular activities

or events at Sports Day

Miss C Harris, PE

Collection of Exam Results

Following the recent GCSE and A level

exams, students will be able to collect their

results as follows:

Year 13 students can collect their results

from the Pope Francis Hall from 9.00am on Thursday 16 August.

AS Maths students can collect their results from the Pope Francis

Hall from 10.30am.

Year 11 students can collect their results on Thursday 23 August

from 9.00am from the Pope Francis Hall. Students should make

themselves available for enrolment into the Sixth Form.

Year 10 students can collect their English results from the Pope

Francis Hall on Thursday 23 August from 11.30am.

Mr N Versey, Assistant Headteacher