Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School Parent Portal

29th September, 2023

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Please find below news, upcoming events etc.

Have a lovely weekend.

Catherine Burnham,

Executive Headteacher

Governors Fund Donation

We would be grateful for any donations to help us with our ongoing projects.

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.

Mobile phone use onsite

Please can we kindly remind you mobile phones should not be used onsite for safeguarding reasons. Thank you for your co-operation.

News

Welcome Mass Sunday 1st October

The Cardinal Newman Family Mass will take place on Sunday 1^st October 2023. This Mass, led by Father Richard and concelebrated by Father Ruslan and Father Bill, is also an opportunity to induct Mr Flower as our new Head of School and welcome the members of the Prayer Council.

The Mass will be held in the school hall and will start at 2pm. Parents, siblings and grandparents are, of course, very welcome to attend the Mass.

Please note parking is allowed on the field. Entry via the gate at the end of Arch Road. Please follow the marshall's instructions and drive in carefully as the entrance is very tight.

Thank you

Amethyst Class tea party fundraiser

Lego Donations

Could we please have Lego donations for Lego Club if you are getting rid of any. Thank you

Parking complaint

We have received a complaint from a resident re. parents parking on the entrance of the coronation rec - parking in-front of the residents garages. Please be considerate of our neighbours when parking. Thank you

Is your child starting school in September 2024?

Is your child starting school in September 2024? Please click here to see the information leaflet.

Is your child in Year 6?

Is your child in Year 6? Please click here to see the information leaflet on applying for a Secondary school.

Salesian Open Mornings

We are pleased to announce that Salesian will be conducting Open Mornings during the school day on the following dates:

Tuesday 3^rd October, Tuesday 10^th October

Open Mornings start at 8.45am and involve a short tour of the school. We kindly ask you register your interest HERE

Planet Soccer Inset Day and Half Term Camp

Twelve15 (Kitchen vacancies)

Reception Tissue Donations

Please send your Reception child in with a box of tissues if you are able to or drop them into the office. Thank you.

123 Magic Parenting course

Please click here for the flyer for the up and coming 123 Magic Course starting on the 7^th November.

Open Morning's for 2024 Reception intake

Please see dates here for 2024 Open Morning's.

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.

National Online Safety: Wake Up Wednesday Guides for Parents

We would like to make you aware of our ‘online safety’ advice, guidance and support page called ‘Wake Up Wednesday - what parents / carers need to know’.

Wake Up Wednesday, created by The National College, aims to inform parents and carers on topics such as social media platforms, gaming, and IPad security. They include top tips, important reminders and reality checks on a wide range of online safety topics. They are a great resource to keep up to date with the issues children may encounter.

Each week we will post relevant articles of interest to our newsletter that should help you and your child. Previous articles will be archived on a section of the 'computing' area of our website.

We thank you for your ongoing support in assuring the safety of our pupils online.

29th September 2023 - Live streaming, Setting boundaries around gaming, Whatsapp 2023

First Holy Communion Program's 2024 and School Forms

All Saints, Hersham

First Holy Communion Application Forms are now available from the back of All Saints, Hersham and to download from the Parish website: www.stbarnabasmolesey.org

The application forms need to be returned to the Parish office in Molesey by Friday, 13 October 2023 at 11am.

Please note no application will be considered unless all the required information and documentation is returned.

St Erconwalds, Walton

St Erconwald’s First Holy Communion Program is now ready!!!! Please follow the link Sacraments - St Erconwalds and download the registration pack and application form (any problems, please let St Erconwlad’s office know as they could always give you a hard copy). The application forms should be returned no later than Sunday 21^st October. Any forms received after that date will NOT be considered. However, without Catechists the program cannot be run and at the moment we do not have enough Catechists. Last year we had a fantastic group of parents that step up to deliver it. The more Catechists we have the better as that means you will not have to lead every week. So please get in touch with the Parish office phone(01932 22 1101 or 07494 749833) or email (walton@abdiocese.org.uk) if you are interested in helping. They will be extremely grateful. Thank you.

School Forms

If you would like Fr Ruslan to sign your Primary or Secondary School forms, please make sure you are registered within St Erconwald’s Parish first. If you need a Registration Form, please contact the Parish Office or collect one from the back of the Church. Once you have registered, you can drop your form in the Parish Office and Fr Ruslan will sign them. Signed school forms can be collected from the Sacristy at the end of Saturday/Sunday Mass. Thank you.

Eco Committee

Back in October!

News/Events this week

29 Sep 2023

Amethyst Class - Mission Week

What a fantastic week. From attending Mass at St Erconwald's to getting to know the new reception children with cake this afternoon and teaching them 'My Lighthouse' it has been a wonderful way to show service to others in our school community. Thank you to everyone who donated mon...

29 Sep 2023

TTRockstars 29.09.23

Well done year 3 for being 'Top of the Rocks' for the past two weeks!

29 Sep 2023

Year 4 - Cowey Sale

On Thursday Year 4 enjoyed a trip to Walton where they went on a boat trip on The River Thames looking at how the river was formed and completed a tally chart of boats, bridges and people that they saw. They also sketched and then used watercolour paints to recreate their own Walton Bridge painting...

28 Sep 2023

Blue Class - Forest School

Blue class had a fantastic forest school session on Tuesday. They learnt garden bird names and their calls, made nests for Jack Sparrow and looked for birds in our own hide. They then had time looking for bugs, playing in the mud kitchen and creating a pretend campfire. Well done Blue class. For mor...

Parents Association Notes

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

Glow Disco!

Tickets now on sale on Classlist!

This is a paid ticket event with tickets priced at £6 per ticket. (As always we want as many children as possible to enjoy this event so if payment is a problem please do not hesitate to speak to Mr Flower / Mrs Burnham).

There will be 3 sessions with the following year groups:

YR/Y1 - 3:45pm- 4:30pm

Y2/Y3 - 4:45pm - 5:30pm

Y4/Y5/Y6 - 5:45pm - 6:30pm

Please select tickets for the year group that your child is in.

With a large number of children attending, we would be hugely grateful for any parents to volunteer for one or more of the sessions - especially if you have a Cardinal Newman DBS check (although not essential). This can be with your child's group or in a different group if they would rather not have you at theirs!

Please comment below if you would like to volunteer, noting your child's year group, what sessions you are able to help with and whether you have a school DBS.

We would like to make this event as environmentally friendly as possible. As such glow sticks will not be provided but children are welcome to bring them along or get creative with their own colourful face paint if desired.

Uniform Sale

Autumn Clubs September 2023

External Run Clubs Autumn Term 2023

Please see details of external clubs here.

Teacher led Clubs Autumn Term 2023

Please see details of teacher led clubs here.

Ukulele club - Please book via Scopay. Dates this term are

September 13th, 20th, 27th
October 4th,11th,16th
November 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
December 6th

Please click here for more information.

Chess Club - Please book via Scopay.

Ballet - For more information, please click here

Engineering club - Please see flyer here

Code camp - Please see flyer here

Mini Dance Performers - Please click here for the more information

Footbellas Girls Football Club - Please find flyer here.

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

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

Italian Club - For more information, click here

French Club - Please find flyer here

Spanish club - Please find flyer here

NEW MTech - an extracurricular music technology and creative composition course for children aged 7-13. For the flyer click here.

NEW Magical Maths - Please find flyer here.

NEW After Crafts - 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.

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

iRock - Please find flyer 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.

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).