17th March, 2023

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Please find below news, upcoming events etc.

Have a lovely weekend.

Governors Fund Donation

We would be grateful for any donations to help us with our next project: the development of the school playgrounds (Early Years and KS1).

It's really easy to make a donation to the Governor's Fund. If you would like to donate online, please click here . Any contributions gratefully received. Thank you for your support.

Notes/Reminders

Marie Curie Fundraiser

Yr 5 (Moya, Alannah and Annabel) will have a sale in aid of Marie Curie on Friday 24th March in the playground after school. All money raised will help Marie Curie Nurses care for people who are living with a terminal illness in their homes. There will be sweet treats and Marie Curie daffodil pins on sale. Thanks for your support!

Parenting Puzzle course

The next Parenting Puzzle course will be run on Thursdays 10-12, 20^th April – 29^th June 2023, Cranmere Primary School, Arran Way, Lower Green, Esher, Surrey KT10 8BE

The cost is £50 and is open to anyone that is parenting any age child/children and lives in the borough of Elmbridge. All refreshments, resources, parent book and facilitation included. For more information, click here

St Erconwald’s Easter initiative

We would love for the children ( any age ) to make an Easter card or draw a small picture to hang on the Easter tree that will be on display in St Erconwald’s Church foyer. We will distribute them during Easter week to parishioners in the community and at St. Peter’s and Walton Hospital. We would love to have the children and parents more involved in these initiatives. So please watch this space for more things to come! Thank you.

School Dinners

Please remember to book school dinners on Scopay at least 1 day in advance or ring the school office before 9am if you have left it too late to book/cancel online for that day.

Allergies

If your child has an allergy please make sure the school office is informed. Please check the menu carefully before booking lunch for your child.

Teach Southeast Teacher Training

Would you like to be a teacher?

More and more people are considering a career in teaching, but we realise that the decision to train to teach is a big one, so we have uploaded some resources, and videos that may assist you in gaining valuable information about Teach SouthEast and what it’s like to train to teach with us:

1. TSE Promotional video - https://youtu.be/0xtPrw1C4zk
2. TSE Career changers video - https://youtu.be/extgI4lKDwY
3. You will also find a wealth of information on our website, where you can download a prospectus in PDF format: https://www.teachsoutheast.co.uk/
4. For information on Teach South East, please click here and here

Virtual Recruitment Events

If you would like to find out more about Teach SouthEast, we will be running some online events via Zoom, where we will tell you more about Teach SouthEast and guide you towards their potential next steps into the teaching profession. You can find out more by clicking on one of the links below and joining us via Zoom. The dates, times and links for our next few events are below.

Tuesday 28th March 2023	11 am	https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88942502721?pwd=eGhMNFZEMjY3NDA2a3R2SXk0aU01QT09
Thursday 20th April 2023	6pm	https://zoom.us/j/8842866549?pwd=cklmc25zREY2MTlXSDZ4MEpvSHZ2Zz09
Tuesday 9th May 2023	11 am	https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88942502721?pwd=eGhMNFZEMjY3NDA2a3R2SXk0aU01QT09
Thursday 8th June 2023	11 am	https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81003463765

If you are interested in attending this event, have any questions or require further information, please don’t hesitate to contact Katie Middleweek on k.middleweek@xaviercet.org.uk. Please feel free to pass this information onto any family members or friends who are considering a career in teaching.

Easter Holidays camps/workshops

Footbellas Camp

Footbellas will be running a camp for 3 days in the first week of the Easter holidays! Please click here for more information.

Mini Dance Performers workshop

Planet Soccer Camp

We will be running a Multi Sports Camp in the second week of the Easter Holidays.

Tuesday 11th, Wednesday 12th & Thursday 13th April.

Drop Off 8:30am - 9:30am, Pick Up 3:30pm - 4:30pm

£25 a day, £70 for 3 days

Sibling discount on 2nd & 3rd siblings for 3 days.

https://bookwhen.com/planetsoccercamps60

Italian Workshop

On Wednesday 5th April there will be an Italian Workshop from 10am-12pm.

Vacancies

Closing date for these vacancies is Monday 20th March, 2023

Learning Support Assistant Vacancy

Please click for here the Advert - Learning Support Assistant

Please click here for the job description.

If you would like to apply for this job please download and complete the application form from the school website and return to vacancy@cardinalnewmanschool.co.uk or apply via ETeach. Alternatively you can request a paper form from the school office and return it to the school.

After School Club Playworker Vacancy

Please click here for the Advert - Play worker (Breakfast / Afterschool Clubs)

Please click here for the job description.

Graduate LSA Vacancy

Please click here for the Advert - Graduate LSA - Spring 2023.

Please click here for the job description.

To apply for this job, please complete the Support Staff Application Form by the closing date and return it to vacancy@cardinalnewmanschool.co.uk or apply via ETeach. Paper copies of the form are available from the school office – 01932 222536.

Eco Committee

A quiet week for the eco-committee but not so quiet for me. I was lucky enough to meet some inspirational teachers at the Eco Schools Summit in Reigate, where I was able to pick up lots of new ideas to help educate children about the environment and climate change. I can't wait to tell the children about it and get some of these ideas into action. I was also lucky enough this week to meet up with the volunteers at Elmbridge Eco Hub who are bringing the community together with great recycling and other environmentally aware projects.

Eco tip of the week

It will be no surprise what the Eco tip is this week! If you can head over to Walton please check at the Eco Hub! It has a food kitchen, which stops food going to waste, has a library where children can swap or pick up new books, A 'thing's library so if you need a certain tool or even chocolate fondue fountain why not borrow from the hub instead of buying? Plus they are a great place to recycle objects that you can't in your normal bins. Please check out their website for more information. https://elmbridgeecohub.org.uk/

17 Mar 2023

Year 5 - Science

As part of our British Science Week activities year 5 investigated fingerprints. We learnt that each fingerprint is unique and trialled taking copies of our finger prints using ink, graphite pencil and cocoa powder. Using magnifying lenses, we studied our prints to determine which of the commo...

17 Mar 2023

Year 2 football tournament

Well done to the Year 2 children who took part in the tournament at St George's on Thursday.

17 Mar 2023

Year 2 - Wisley

Year 2 had an amazing (but wet) time at Wisley Gardens. For more photos click here.

17 Mar 2023

Science Week

As part of British Science Week, our focus was on ‘Connections’ – looking at the world around them and observing how everything is interconnected. The children took part in some activities during the day and had lots of fun! In addition, we welcomed McLaren who spoke to the childre...

17 Mar 2023

Year 4 - Hooke Court

Year 4 had an amazing time on their residential trip to Hooke Court in Dorset to become immersed in all things Roman. During the action packed three days, the children visited a Roman town house in Dorchester, climb...

16 Mar 2023

EYFS & Y2 - Science

EYFS and YR2 enjoyed a Science Week assembly based on rockets and the world of science around them. For more photos click here.

Parents Association Notes

To contact the PA, please email: PA@cardinalnewmanschool.co.uk

Easter disco!

Tickets now on sale on Classlist.

Summer term 2023 Clubs

Engineering club - Please see leaflet here

Spanish club - Please find flyer here

Dance Class - Please click here for the flyer

Judo classes - Please contact Diane Capon on 07960 699 077 or email diane.capon@sky.com

Ballet - https://www.missninaballet.com/

Irish Dancing - Please email lgsoid@hotmail.co.uk

Spring term 2023 Clubs

All School Run Clubs Spring Term 2023

Please see details of teacher-led clubs here.

External Run Clubs Spring Term 2023

Please see details of external clubs here.

French Club - Please find flyer here

iRock - Please find flyer here

Italian Club - For more information, click here

Ukulele club - Please click here for information

Code Camp - Please find flyer here and more information here

Planet Soccer Clubs- Please click here to book

Footbellas Girls Football Club - Please find flyer here.

Music lessons - during school hours, music lessons can be arranged through Surrey Arts. Please contact them directly by telephone on 01483 519303, by email at surreyarts@surreycc.gov.uk or visit the Surrey Arts web page for more information. You can subscribe to the Surrey Arts newsletter here.

Homework Club (Y3-Y6)

Homework club runs from 3.15 pm - 4.15 pm Monday - Friday, cost is £5 (free if your child attend's Whizz Kids after-school club). Please book and pay for via Scopay.

Lost Property

Please collect lost items from the lost property box in the KS1 playground. Please label everything clearly so it can be returned to the owner. Please note it can take some time for items to reach the lost property box depending on where they were lost.

Items not claimed from the lost property box will be disposed of periodically as it quickly builds up. Thank you.

Communicating with your child's teacher

Messages for teachers can be put in your child's reading/homework diary/bookbag, eg. pick up arrangements, homework issues, lost property, requesting a meeting with the teacher or anything else you would like the teacher to know.

For KS2 children, please remind your child to tell the teacher that the message is in there.

Absences should still be communicated via the office. (see below)

Pick-up notes

Please note that if someone other than a parent/carer is picking your child up, you need to let the teacher or the office know. Please put pick-up notes in your child's reading/ homework diary or bookbag.

For KS2 children, please remind your child to tell the teacher that the message is in there.

Children will not be released with someone else unless we have been notified of it.

If you do need to let the office know about a last minute pick-up change, please do so before 2 pm if possible.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Y6 Independent Walkers

If your child is in Y6 and you would like to let us know they will be walking home from school independently, please email the office.

Y6 Mobile Phones

If Y6 children wish to bring their mobile phone to school, they just need to drop the phone at the school office before school and collect it after school. Phones should be switched off please and not switched back on until children are off site.

No need to complete any form or email the office.

How to report your child being absent or sick

Please notify the school office every day your child is absent from school before 9 am so we can adjust dinner figures and complete the registers. Please either ring the school office on 01932 222536 and leave a voicemail or email absence@cardinalnewmanschool.co.uk. If you email us about an absence, you will not receive an acknowledgement reply due to the large volume of emails we receive in relation to this daily.

If your child has a stomach bug, they should not return to school until 48 hours after the last episode of illness.

Absence Request

If you require a school absence for your child for some reason, please email the school office with the details.

Wellbeing

Support for Parents & Carers of children with ASD and ADD/ADHD

Stepping Up For Autism Course Information 2022 click here.

Request for Support Form click here.

NAS - OOH poster PDF click here.

Support groups and workshops for parents and carers

A virtual support group for parents and carers facilitated by the Hope Service and currently offered via Microsoft Teams. A safe space to share experiences, encourage and support each other. Help for the Helper and Care for the Carer. Click here for more information.

Parent Support

Parent Wellbeing Service

For more information on the Parent Wellbeing Service, please click here.

Parent Wellbeing Service, Barnardo's Referral Form

This form here is to be used by anyone referring a parent/carer to the Barnardo’s Parent Wellbeing Service outside of the CAMHS SPA referral pathway.

Healthy weight for children

Do you need help to achieve a healthy weight for your child? Please click here for more information.

Invite to ASD parent support group 2022

Support group for parents whose child is awaiting ASD assessment or just had a diagnosis. For more information and future dates please click the flyer here.

Sibling rivalry, healthy gaming habits, dealing with meltdowns and anxiety

Parents may find this useful. It has a very comprehensive range of information including sibling rivalry, healthy gaming habits, dealing with meltdowns and anxiety. Please click here

Wellbeing resources recommended by Dr Alison D'Amario, Educational Psychologist for the Xavier trust can be found here

'Supporting your Child's Wellbeing' Workshop - Please find presentation here from the workshop.

eSafety and Safeguarding

Reminder: Keeping children safe online and in the real world

At Cardinal Newman School we are always reminding the children how they can keep themselves safe whether in the real world or in the virtual world. Class teachers regularly use the Zones of Regulation to assess how the children in their classes are feeling. Children are encouraged to share their worries using the ‘What I want my teacher to know boxes’ which are in each Key Stage 2 classrooms and the Worry Monsters which can be found in the Keys Stage 1 Classrooms.

Information to support parents can be found on the school website here.

Please continue to report any safeguarding concerns to Mr Flower (Designated Safeguarding Lead) or Mrs Burnham (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead).