28 June 2019 NEWSLETTER ISSUE 36

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Messages from the Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers

U15 Coventry Schools’ Football Finals - We were delighted to see our Year 10

football team pick up their second trophy of the season when they won the U15

Coventry Schools’ Telegraph Cup last Monday. The team, and their manager Mr

McLintock, travelled to Rugby Town FC to play against Cardinal Wiseman. After a

very exciting game, with Newman playing brilliantly as a team, I was a very proud Headteacher watching them collect

the trophy after they won convincingly with the final score 7 - 4. The match report can be found on page 2 of this

newsletter. A fantastic well done to the whole team and of course to their manager Mr McLintock.

Site Development - We are delighted to announce that over the next 15 months approximately £4.5 million will

be invested in our school site that will include a brand new purpose built canteen block. We have also successfully

bid for Diocesan LCVAP funding and been awarded £200,000 to complete the roof repair programme on all blocks as

well as replacing all the boilers. We are currently meeting with architects to agree the design of the new canteen

block and there will be a public consultation meeting on Thursday 11 July from 4-6pm in the Canon Diamond Theatre

(letter to follow) to provide further details. Parents and carers are invited to join us to find out more. As well as a

new canteen block, there is a significant refurbishment programme planned that will include an upgrade to: the Sixth

Form block, Library, ICT classrooms and Science classrooms. Obviously, this is wonderful news for our school

community and the new canteen block will significantly the improve service at break and lunch times for our students.

Big Sleep Out on Friday 5 July - A reminder that the Big Sleep Out is now taking place on Friday 5 July. I hope

students will join us to offer their support for those experiencing homelessness in Coventry and help us raise as

much money as possible for Coventry Homeless Charities.

50th Anniversary - As we approach the 50th Anniversary of the opening of our wonderful school, we are busy

planning for the celebration mass with Archbishop Bernard Longley on Friday 6 September. This will be a wonderful

way to celebrate the many successes of our school community over the last 50 years and we hope to hold mass

outside. We are also hoping that, weather permitting, we will be able to hold our end of term mass of thanksgiving

on the last day of term outside. A reminder to parents and carers that students will be dismissed at the earlier time

of approximately 12.45pm on the last day.

Year 6 Induction Evening, Monday 1 July 2019 - We are really looking forward to meeting all our Year 6

parents and their children at Induction Evening on Monday 1 July at 6.00pm. Following this we look forward to seeing

Year 6 children for their Transition Day on Wednesday 3 July. There will also be a Friendship Day on Thursday 4 July

for all the Year 6 children who are joining us in September from our non feeder primary schools.

Bronze DofE Students - Good luck to the 41 Bronze DofE students who are travelling to Cannock Chase for their

expedition over the weekend. Thankfully there is no rain promised!

Sophie Cotterill (9ACY) - Congratulations to Sophie who will be representing Warwickshire U14 at Gaelic

football in Sligo this weekend. We hope the team have a successful trip.

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

DATES FOR

YOUR DIARY

Year 6

Induction Eve -

Mon 1 Jul 19

Year 6

Transition Day -

Wed 3 Jul 19

Year 6

Friendship Day -

Thurs 4 Jul 19

Young

Performer of the

Year -

Tues 2 July 19,

6.00-7.30pm

End of Term -

Fri 19 Jul 19

A Level Results

Day -

Thurs 15 Aug 19

GCSE Results

Day -

Thurs 22 Aug 19

Weekly Prayer

Lord, we are conscious of the image that people give - whether it is the clothes we wear, how we look,

what we say, or who we choose to go with. Sometimes the image doesn’t match who we really are.

Lead each of us to live sincerely as we are called to be. Amen

Year 10 Coventry Telegraph Cup Football Final

Cardinal Newman vs Cardinal Wiseman U15

Year 10 Match Report

On Monday 24th June, the Year 10 football team competed in their last match of the season,

playing against Cardinal Wiseman in the Coventry Telegraph Cup final. The match was played on

a fantastic pitch at Rugby Town FC in very hot and humid conditions.

Newman began the game very quickly and found themselves creating many opportunities to score. Ten minutes into the match, after some

great play on the right wing from Emmanuel Igboekwu, Alex Davies latched on to a cross and tucked his chance away to make the score 1-0.

This set the tone for the rest of the half and further goals from Alex Davies (2) and two sublime long range efforts from Emmanuel and

Ciaran Whelan made the score 5-0. Wiseman were able to pull a goal back towards the end of the half after a dubious penalty decision.

Newman went into half-time 5-1 up.

The second half saw a dip in tempo from both sides, largely due to the heat. However, Newman still remained on top. After 5 minutes they

managed to seal the win with a great finish from Oisin Kavanagh. Wiseman did manage to get themselves a consolation strike shortly after

Newman’s sixth, when the Newman defence showed a very uncharacteristic lapse in concentration.

Just shy of the hour mark, Newman were then awarded a free-kick after a cynical foul from Wiseman’s left back, roughly twenty-five yards

from goal. Mikey Walsh, who was having a tremendous match as Newman’s captain, stepped up and struck the ball into the top corner with

a brilliant finish. A great goal to match a top performance.

Wiseman did not give up however, even with a convincing score of 7-2 with fifteen minutes to go. They managed to add two more goals to

their tally, bringing the score to 7-4 and adding slightly more pressure to the Newman side to get the job done. Newman however held their

nerves and continued to play great football through the midfield and managed to see the match out with a final score of 7-4.

This year, they have exceeded all expectations by winning both the West Midlands FA Cup and

Coventry Telegraph Cup. This is something that no other Newman side has managed to do and this

is due to their fierce dedication and ability to play fantastic

football. A thoroughly deserved achievement as they finish

the season unbeaten in all competitions and double winners

for the year.

Mr J McLintock, Team Coach

Peace & Justice Group

Cardinal Newman Peace & Justice Group were

invited by Coventry and Warwick Universities

to attend the launch of the Monopoly style

game they have been working on looking at

homelessness. The students have provided

valuable feedback on the game which the two

universities and

Cyrenians have found very useful. Hopefully this

game will be a useful educational resource across

the city and beyond.

Mr R Davies, P&J Co-ordinator

50th Anniversary Celebration Evening

Cardinal Newman’s 50th Anniversary Dinner Dance is being

held at The Windmill Hotel on Friday 12th July 2019.

Why not come along and enjoy a three course meal with

former staff and pupils to the accompaniment of excellent

live band, Edison.

Tickets are £35 and are limited on a strictly first come first

served basis. Please send a cheque to Suzanne Harris,

Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Sandpits Lane, Coventry

CV6 2FR.

Hopefully we'll see you on the night!

Cheques should be made payable to 'Cardinal Newman

Catholic School'.

Don’t forget to check the school’s website for all the latest news: www.cncs.school

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

School Uniform

Following the departure of Year 11, if families have any unwanted items of uniform, they will be gratefully received in school. We are

particularly in need of boys’ trousers.

Please bring into main reception.

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

Sophie Cotterill Selected for Warwickshire U14 Gaelic team.

Leadership Team Nominations

Mrs French Fryderyk Redlinkski 10NOE Outstanding commitment and effort in Maths.

Mr Hodgson Abbey Taylor 8TRD Achieving second place in the Coventry Open Ice Skating

Championships.

Miss Goodwin Wiktor Pakosz 9JMK Excellent persuasive language skills in room 101 debate.

Mr Courtney Daniel Hassett 13SML Progress with his set text comparison ‘The Bloody Chamber'

and 'A Room with a View’.

Mr Versey Charlie Parsons 10KAY Outstanding commitment and effort in his Maths lessons with

Mrs French.

Miss Caherty Alannah Burgess 9LEN Improved effort in RE lessons.

Faculty Nominations

Art Millie Horan 9JMK Demonstrated excellent painting and construction skills with

her sculpture of a spider.

Business Studies Olivia Savvides 10OCO Effort in Business.

Computer Science Gaiida Bello 9AME Outstanding behaviour, consistent effort and production of

high quality work.

Design & Technology Aimee Keogh 9JMK Outstanding conduct and effort in Food & Nutrition.

Drama Emma Jackson 8TRD Always doing a fantastic performance in class and doing

brilliantly in ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’ rehearsals.

English Luke McGuire 10NOE Always being so helpful.

Geography Edward McGibney 8SSH Excellent progress this term capped by a superb summer exam

result.

History Reva Fernandes 7NWH Excellent effort in History.

Music Ignacy Niedzwiedzki-Kusztel 10KAY Support with the orchestra.

PE Years 9 & 10 Football Teams For their recent success and becoming Coventry champions.

RE Masie Alcorn 7ASI Significant improvements in RE assessments over the year.

Science Caelan Corkery 10KAY Excellent answers in her assessments.

Student Support Konrad Zeno 8AHR Showing a more resilient and positive attitude when dealing

with potentially difficult situations.

Vocational Education Neive Booth 10NML Excellent effort displayed to her Childcare coursework.

Head of Year Nominations

Year 7 Jon-Jo McGuigan 7CLR Selected to play Gaelic Football in Ireland - representing

Warwickshire.

Year 8 Kaidon Hand Wills 8ABI Excellent attitude - recent move towards showing his

capability in lessons.

Year 9 Gabriella Zawada 9SMH Outstanding attitude and effort displayed to her learning.

Year 10 Katie Smith 10RRS Positive attitude to work related learning.

Chaplaincy Nomination

Jesse Mbanga 7ASI Being really helpful and organised as assistant Lay Chaplain in his class Mass.