19th May, 2023

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Please find below news, upcoming events etc.

Have a lovely weekend. 

Catherine Burnham,

Headteacher

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

Musician of the MAT

A huge congratulations to our Cardinal Newman musicians, Carlos and Joseph, who both put on fantastic individual performances in the Xavier Musician of the Year event, alongside 21 other musicians from across the Xavier Trust. Well done to the Cardinal Newman choir who also sang beautifully, to entertain the audience throughout the evening. 

Sports Day 2023

Sports Day will be held on the morning of Friday 9th June. More details to follow. Children should wear a t-shirt in their house colour if possible. If you don’t know what that is, please contact the office.

Children are invited to design a program front cover in pencil on A5 paper to be handed to class teachers by Thursday 25th May. Designs must include “Cardinal Newman Sports Day 2023” and the date of “9th June”.

 

Community Service Award

Nominations for a Community Service Award are inivited. Has your child used their gifts and made a contribution to society? If they have done something amazing - perhaps as part of Girlguiding or Scouting for example - we would love to hear about it! Please email the office with details.

 

 

Diversity Celebration Day 

Thank you to everyone who supported this today.

 

 

Registered Charity/Match Funding

Matched funding is a scheme whereby employers provide funding to charitable causes by “matching” the fundraising undertaken by their employees.  This could therefore have the potential to increase the takings at our school events many times over.   There are of course various schemes; the amounts donated range from approximately £250 to £1000+ per employee per event.    

As the Parents’ Association is a registered charity (number 1147192), we are in a position to benefit from matched fundraising via your involvement, however big or small, at any of the school fundraising events.  

If your employer offers a matched funding or giving scheme, please contact the PA via email pa@cardinalnewmanschool.co.uk  so that we can ensure we would comply with their requirements.   

Companies that have offered match-funding schemes include (this list is by no means exhausted): 

  • Aviva
  • Bank of America
  • Barclays Bank
  • BP
  • British Telecom
  • British Gas
  • Camalot
  • Costcutter
  • Co-op
  • Daryl Industries
  • Deloitte
  • Diageo
  • Ernst and Young 
  • Experian
  • HSBC
  • Ipsos
  • Mori
  • J P Morgan
  • Kingfisher PLC
  • Legal and General
  • Lloyds TSB/HBOS
  • Microsoft
  • Morrisons
  • Northern Rock
  • O2
  • PwC
  • Yorkshire Bank
  • RBS Group
  • Royal Dutch
  • Shell 
  • RWE nPower 
  • Santander 
  • Schroders 
  • Sky 
  • Tarmac 
  • Tesco 
  • Texaco 
  • UBS 
  • Unilever 

Family focussed asthma training webinars 

 

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. 

Eikon Webinars

Please find below details of our up-and-coming parent webinars.  These are free for all parents and carers in Surrey.  Details can also be found on our website Parent Webinars - The Eikon Charity 

Webinars currently open for registration:  

  • Thursday 6th June 2023 at 12.00-13.00pm
  • Supporting your Child with the Transition to Secondary School - for parents of children with SEND
  • Register now by clicking here

 

  • Thursday 22nd June 2023 19.00-20.00 (A repeat of the webinar hosted on 23rd March)
  • Supporting your Child with the Transition to Secondary School
  • Register now by clicking here

Vacancies

Learning Support Assistant Vacancy

We are currently recruiting for a Learning Support Assistant. Please click here for more information. 

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

After School Club Playworker Vacancy (3 days per week)

We are currently recruiting for a School Club Playworker. Please  click here for more information. 

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

Eco Committee

A quiet week for the Eco- Committee but not for the school! The 'Great Help Out' really improved our grounds with loads of new plants and shrubs planted. Amethyst helped me get even more plants in this week in their Forest School session and they did a fabulous job. Thank you to all the children and volunteers for all their hard work. 

Eco Tip

Old running shoes? I noticed last week that the Excel at Walton has a box by the climbing walls where you can take old running shoes to be recycled. One more thing that does not need to go in the bin!

19 May 2023
Orange Class - Mission Week
Orange Class have had a very busy week! For more photos click here. 
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19 May 2023
Year 3 - Geography
Map skills in action! During our Geography lesson this week, Year 3 examined local area maps, identifying key ordinance symbols and physical geographical features. The children then went on to sketch their own bird’s eye view map of our school. For more photos click here. 
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17 May 2023
Year 3 - Maths
To launch our mathematical learning on time, Year Three have engaged in some practical learning. In order to consolidate our understanding of seconds and minutes, Year 3 timed and recorded sprint times. Not only did this serve as a perfect opportunity to explore how we read stop watches, record time...
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15 May 2023
TTrockstars 12.05.23
Well done to these two!
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Parents Association Notes

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

 

Summer Ball 

Visit Classlist to purchase tickets and don’t forget to add your hosts name if you are attending with a group.

Summer Fair - Sunday 9th July!

 

Half term & Summer camps 2023

Mini Dance Performers half term workshop

 

Footbellas camp May half term

 

 

iRock Summer Camp

Summer term 2023 Clubs

All School Run Clubs Summer Term 2023

Please see details of teacher-led clubs here.

External Run Clubs Summer Term 2023

Please see details of external clubs here.

Engineering club - Please see leaflet here

Spanish club - Please find flyer here

Mini 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

Planet Soccer Clubs - Please click here to book

                       Monday After School - Football Year 1 & 2

                       Tuesday Morning - Cross Country Years 3 - 6

                       Tuesday After School - Football Year 3 & 4

                       Thursday Morning - Gymnastics Reception, Year 1 & 2

                       Thursday After School - Running Club Years 3 - 6

                       Friday After School - Dodgeball Years 3 - 6

Ukulele club - Please book via Scopay.  Ukulele club will be on May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, June 7th, July 5th, 12th. There will be no classes for 2 weeks in April and 3 weeks in June. Please click here for more information. 

Chess Club - Please book via Scopay. 

French Club - Please find flyer here

Footbellas Girls Football Club - Please find flyer here.

iRock  - Please find flyer here

Italian Club - For more information, click here 

Code Camp - Please find flyer here and more information 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 attends Whizz Kids after-school club). Please book and pay for via Scopay.

iRock 

            

Now your child can join iRock too! 

At iRock we believe every child deserves an opportunity to express themselves! Our in-school rock and pop band lessons provide an amazing confidence-boosting experience for children by making music fun!

Weekly iRock lessons help to unleash your child's confidence: playing in their very own band, learning their favourite songs, leading up to live concerts.

No musical experience is necessary

iRock provide all of the instruments

Your child can choose from drums, keyboard, lead electric guitar, bass guitar or vocals

iRock lessons are held during the school day

Our experienced band coaches will guide the band through every lesson

iRock runs from Reception through to Year 6

Bands are grouped by age

Children choose their band name and learn their favourite songs

Rehearsals build towards a concert at the end of each term

Included in iRock is a brand new music qualification that children can achieve without needing to take an exam

Click here https://www.irockschool.com/enrol to visit our website, type in the name of your school and register interest for your child to join iRock.

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).

Year 5 trip to High Ashurst
All Day
From 22 May until 24 May
22
May
Inset day (school closed for children)
All Day
26
May
Half Term
All Day
From 29 May until 02 Jun
29
May
Reception trip to Brooklands
All Day
06
June
Sports Day AM (times tbc)
All Day
09
June
Red Class mission week
All Day
From 12 Jun until 16 Jun
12
June
New Reception Parents Welcome Meeting
7:00pm – 8:00pm
14
June
Red class assembly
8:50am – 9:30am
16
June
PA School Ball
All Day
17
June
Whole School Move Up Day
All Day
27
June
Year 5 trip to Wintershall
All Day
28
June
Year 6 French Trip
All Day
From 03 Jul until 07 Jul
03
July
PA Summer fair
11:00am – 3:00pm
09
July
St Clare Mufti day
All Day
18
July
Term ends
All Day
21
July

To see the full Calender of Events, click here.

School Day: 8.40 am - 3.15 pm     Office opening hours: 8.00 am  - 4.00 pm Monday - Friday

Arch Road, Hersham, KT12 4QT    T: 01932 222536   E: office@cardinalnewmanschool.co.uk