News/notes
Open Days 2025/2026 intake
Open Days are as follows:
10.00am - 12.00 Friday 15th November (additional day added)
10.00 am – 12.00 Friday 10th January 2025
Places are limited. Please email the office at office@cardinalnewmanschool.co.uk to book your session.
Black History Month
October was Black History month and the theme this year was Reclaiming Narratives. The children heard lots of stories in their classes and completed a range of follow up activities.
We were very lucky to have one of our parents, Ms. Chijiutomi, visit school to talk to the children. She told the children about a number of people whose stories may not be as well-known as they should be, such as John Kent who, in 1837, (187 years ago) became the first black police officer in England, Lewis Latimar, an American inventor, who made a major contribution to the development of electric lighting by inventing a longer-lasting carbon filament for the light bulb. She also spoke about Elijah McCoy who was a Canadian inventor who did a lot of work at the time of the Industrial Revolution and whose inventions led to improvements for the steam engine. The phrase “The real McCoy” comes from him and Dr. Mark Dean, a computer scientist and IBM engineer whose work was instrumental in the invention of the Personal Computer. His innovations and leadership helped shape the information age. Other British stories were the first black woman elected to the House of Commons, Diane Abbott and the poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah whose poems are now taught in schools.
Benjamin Zephaniah
International Food Afternoon
On 22nd November 2024, the feast of Christ the King, we will again recognise our wonderful international school community. Our theme this year is “One family, one community”. As all family and community celebrations seem to include food, we would like to celebrate our different cultures and countries by encouraging families to prepare and share food from their own countries. This has been an extremely successful event for the last two years. Children love showcasing their traditional family foods and tasting and experiencing food from other countries. We are so grateful to the families who provided food from all around the world last year, Europe, South America, UK, Asia and the Caribbean and also to the many families who came to taste the foods.
So if you would like to prepare a plate, or to get together with some friends and family to prepare a table of food from a country for this year’s celebration, please let Ms. Hunt know as soon as possible.
Parking
Please can we once again remind you to be mindful of your parking when collecting and dropping your children to school. We have had a complaint from a resident on Kenilworth Drive that her driveway has been blocked by parents and she was unable to leave her house when she wanted to.
Parking is available in the Coronation Rec car park which is just a short walk away from school. Alternatively, you can park for free at Hersham station car park on Walton Park with a permit which you can obtain by emailing the school office your car re
gistration plate.
Please also note that parents dropping their children off for Breakfast Club or any morning clubs are not allowed to park in the school car park.
123 Magic Parenting course
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Bag 2 School Collection
Please bring any donations for the Bag 2 School collection to the school office by 9am on Wednesday 20th November. Please be aware that we will be unable to accept donations on any other day aside from this.
New Lunch Menu
Please remember to book your school lunch on Scopay. Click here for the full new menu.
Princess Alice Hospice Fun Run
AlleyCatz Christmas opening hours
Mobile phone use onsite
National Online Safety: Wake Up Wednesday Guides for Parents 
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. 
Communicating with your child's teacher 
Pick-up notes 
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. 
