Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School Parent Portal - Issue

Dear Parents

Teaching and Learning

This week has been a very positive one in school, despite the rather grey weather! End of year assessments are now completed for our children, including Y2 and Y6 completing (previous year) SATS papers, Y1 completing the Phonics Check and Y4 piloting the new Times Tables Check. We are delighted with the results – for any year, let alone for a year of disrupted education – and we are looking forward to sharing those with parents (once the results are moderated) in the end of year reports on 16^th July! The results are testament to the children’s resilience in a time of such great change and of course also reflect the great partnership between parents and school to enable the children to continue their learning during the pandemic! A pat on the back all round – well done!

Florence Nightingale

Well done to Year 2 this week who have rounded off their learning about Florence Nightingale with a themed day, including fantastic costumes and an inspiring (remote) performance to parents. It was great to have the use of our new school hall for their wonderful performance and Year 1 children were able to be the audience (socially distanced from Y2 in their own Y1 bubble!) and begin their own learning about Florrie, in readiness for moving on to Y2 quite soon! Well done Y2 for setting the bar very high with your super singing and loud clear voices. Photos from the day can be found here.

Yellow Class Mission Week

A huge well done also to Yellow Class who have had their Mission Week this week – their Act of Service has been to improve our school environment and they have been litter-picking and emptying recycling bins around the school! Their class assembly this morning featured lovely singing of “If I were a butterfly” and more lovely loud voices in our new school hall! Well done!

First Holy Communion

Congratulations to some of our Year 3 and Year 4 children who have already made their First Holy Communion so far this year; there are more to come in the weekends ahead and we will keep all of you in our prayers! Please send a photo into school once your child has made their FHC – we are keen to refresh our First Communion display for next year, to celebrate those who have joined “the table of the Lord” and to give Year 2 an idea about what may lie ahead for them too!

Year 3 have had in Adoration in the school Chapel today, spending some time in quiet prayer and reflection before the Blessed Sacrament. Y3, Y4 and Y5 have all participated in Eucharistic Adoration during June and we are so impressed with their reflection and prayerfulness.

Parent Governor Nominations

Please give some consideration to supporting our school in the ongoing process to select a new Parent Governor. Meetings are half-termly from 7:50am and involvement in the life of the school is warmly encouraged. Do speak to me or to Tom Bray or Helen Agnew (current parents who are governors) or to Sarah Rice (Chair of Governors) if you would like to find out more.

Parent Association

Thank you for your participation in the Mufti Day and for all the Colour Raffle donations which have been flooding into school! We are definitely filled with rainbow colours this weekend! Keep an eye out for the completed hampers and do support the PA by buying raffle tickets this half-term! Thank you!

More thank yous

Thank you to:

Young People from Year 9 at St George’s, Weybridge who contributed their labour towards our revamp of the Environmental Area and the Prayer Garden over the last two weeks! They also paired with Year 5 to do some planting in the beds by the Prayer Garden. We are very grateful for their support and hope they enjoyed their Outreach Mission!
Year 6 parents who have chosen to contribute their school account balance towards the Hall Fund. We are really appreciative of your kindness – thank you! Year 6 were the first to “play” on the new hall gym equipment and will, we hope, also be able to use the hall for their Leavers Production to a live audience on 19^th July (Boris permitting!)
A family who have donated towards the landscaping project at the front of the school (Replacing the bed which was removed during the building project) – see below also!

Calling all Landscape Gardeners!

We would be keen to harness the skills and expertise of any school families who might be able to help with some small gardening / landscaping projects in the coming weeks:

The bed mentioned above at the front of school – this needs the sleepers repositioning and the plants (which still seem to be healthy!) replacing in their original position
There is still some work to complete with the newly dug pond in the Environmental Area – we are hoping to line the pond and then position slabs around the edge of the pond to facilitate pond-dipping for the children

If you would be able to help out with either of these small projects, please get in touch with the school office (or speak to Mrs Burnham or Mr Flower). Thank you!

Next Week

Next week will be a busy week in school, with several exciting events. Year 5 will be spending the day at Wintershall on Monday, experiencing the Parables of Jesus as told by the Wintershall players. Year 6 have their Leavers Retreat Day in school, where they will participate in a carousel of reflective activities on the theme of “Vocation – A Definite Purpose.” We are pleased to welcome one of the RE teachers from Salesian to join them on that day.

Whole School Mass for the Feast of St Peter and St Paul will be led by Fr Bill with readings from our Reception Children. Watch out for the Zoom link for that – parents and grandparents are warmly welcomed to join our school community for the penultimate whole school Mass of the year! It take's place on Tuesday at 2 pm.

Wishing you all the best for the coming weekend

Catherine Burnham

Headteacher

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Vacancy - We are currently recruiting for a Learning Support Assistant. Learning Support Assistant - Click here to apply

Pick-up notifications - Please kindly give your child a note to give to the teacher for any pick-ups messages or write it in their notebooks. If you do give a note to the teacher, you do not also need to notify the office.

Please ensure we receive notifications before 2.30 pm so we have time to drop them around to the classrooms. Otherwise we may not see the message in time to pass it on. For any last minute changes, please ring the office.

After school activities pick-up - Please kindly collect your children on time from after school activities. The school office closes at 4 pm daily so children cannot wait here for collection. Thank you for your co-operation.

Pick-up times - Please kindly remember to pick your children up on time.

3pm Collection for Reception (and their siblings) and 3pm release for UKS2 walkers

3:05 Collection for Y1 (and their siblings)

3:10 Y2/Y3 (and their siblings)

3:15 Collection for other KS2 children

School Dinners - A vegetarian option is now also bookable for any child. The menu can be found here. Please book your child's hot dinners on Scopay at least 1 week in advance.

If you do forget to book your child in for lunch any day - please ring the school office before 9 am so we can let the kitchen know in time.

Fulham FC Summer camp - please click here

Guitar Lessons - Please click here for information on guitar lessions

Woodland Nurseries - Cardinal Newman staff and parents can avail of a 10% discount using code CNS21 on woodlarknurseriesretail.com

Lollipop lady photos - Mrs Violet Harman was a lollipop lady for a number of years for Cardinal Newman school retiring around 1992. Sadly she has recently passed away. The family are asking if anyone has any photos of her in the uniform. If you do, please send them to the school office.

Parking Permits - If you need to apply for a parking permit for Hersham Station for September, please let the school office know by Wednesday giving your name, address and car reg details. We need to send them onto Elmbridge for issuing.

Surrey Arts Summer Holiday Programme (SMASH) - This summer Surrey Arts are providing three weeks of music, dance and healthy eating for children across Surrey. Each day there will be a variety music and dance activities led by professional teachers and performers. Participants will be provided with a hot meal and snacks as part of the course, as well as learning about healthy eating. Children and young people aged 8 – 18 years old can register for single days or each four-day course. Opportunities over the courses will include playing as part of a rock band, singing in the Your Voice choir and drumming from West Africa and South America. Each Thursday, at the end of each four-day programme, there will be a performance open to friends and family. Participants will share the music they have learnt and created during the course of the week. Your local SMASH club will take place at:

Three Rivers Academy , Monday – Thursday 9-12 Aug, 10am – 2.30pm each day

Free places are available for all children who receive free school meals. Costs are £45 for each day, or £135 for the 4 day course. Further information and booking details are available on the Surrey Arts website:

Surrey Arts workshops - Surrey County Council (surreycc.gov.uk) . To Book a place please go to: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RbVh2UwQ0E6Fgh9XDwWVzcejc21SjVxJkLxQL5qHuIVUQ1g5RDFKOThRRkNJVjY0MkRJTFpMN1RCTC4u

Or call: 01483 519303

Lost Property - These items were handed into the office. Please let us know if they belong to you.

25th June 2021

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