Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School Parent Portal

Good Afternoon,

Family Mass – Sunday 18^th September

Our Start of Year Family Mass is this Sunday at 12noon in the school grounds (or in the hall if wet – hopefully not!) All are welcome to join us for Mass and for a picnic in the grounds afterwards – please bring lunch for your family! Our Prayer Council will be commissioned at this Mass and all of our children who made their First Holy Communion over the summer have been invited to process with Fr Richard at the beginning of Mass. We are looking forward to a lovely celebration of our school community – do come along!

Art Exhibition – 21^st – 26^th September

Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School are hosting our own Art Exhibition at the Riverhouse Barn next week. The exhibition will be open 10am to 4pm from Wednesday 21^st September until Sunday 26^th September – every child who was in our school last summer will have their work exhibited! The children have produced portraits in different styles. Do bring your children along to see their work and celebrate their artistic achievements!

Y1 Parents – Thank you!

A big shout out to Mrs Reeve and the Year 1 parents who really showed the best of our Community of Learners, Believers and Friends this summer, by supporting one of our families with a new baby – they provided meals on a rota for the family and really ensured they felt loved and cared for at this important time! Well done and thank you.

Open Evening – Wednesday 28^th September 5-7pm

We are holding our first ever open evening in ten days’ time to encourage prospective Reception parents to visit our fantastic school. We have always been an over-subscribed school, but with falling birth rates in Elmbridge, it is important that we maintain our strong pupil numbers through the next few years.

There is sometimes a perception that Cardinal Newman is only for Catholic children – we know that this is not the case and there are many in our community of different faiths or none. Our oversubscription criteria will continue to give children from our parishes the first priority, but it is important for us to share the message that we welcome children of all faiths or none at Cardinal Newman.

We will be inviting some of the older children to help out with activities during the evening.

Earrings

Many children have had their ears pierced over the summer holidays. Thank you to all those who followed the guidance to have them pierced at the beginning of the holidays, so that children would be able to continue to access their curriculum right to PE in school from September.

Children cannot wear earrings during PE due to insurance regulations – it is now known not to be safe. Ideally children should learn to remove and / or replace their earrings for PE lessons; if this is not possible, earrings should not be worn on PE days please. If you have any queries about this, please speak to Mr Flower or Mrs Burnham.

Thank you for supporting your children to access their PE curriculum safely.

Parking

Free parking permits are available for Hersham Station car park and parents are encouraged to park at the station and walk through the pedestrian tunnel to school. Please email the office with your name, address and car reg number.

Free parking is also available at Coronation Recreation Ground which offers a short, traffic-free walk to school.

School parking on Arch Road is not permitted – please respect the local residents and don’t drive down Arch Rd.

Families with exceptional circumstances causing a specific need to drop off onsite are asked to contact Mrs Burnham to arrange use of the staff car park.

Many thanks for your support with this.

Have a lovely long weekend.

All the best,

Mrs. Burnham

Notes/Reminders

Partners in Learning

These presentations will go on the website next week.

Sundries on Scopay

Can we kindly ask parents if you are able to, please pay the £5 voluntary Sundries contribution on Scopay. This is used for baking supplies etc. These contributions are much appreciated, thank you.

eSafety Parent Workshop 21^st September

Parents are invited to attend an eSafety Workshop run by Sharon Girling. This will take place on Wednesday 21^st September 6 pm – 7 pm. Children in Y1-Y6 will have an eSafety workshop during the day.

Is your child in Year 6?

Please click here and here for an information leaflet on applying for Secondary school.

Is your child starting school in September 2023?

Please click here and here for an information leaflet on applying for

First Holy Communion Application Forms

First Holy Communion Application Forms are now available from the back of All Saints Church and to download from the Parish website: www.stbarnabasmolesey.org The application forms need to be returned to the Parish office at St Barnabas, Molesey by Friday 14 October 2022 at 11am.

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

Forms for St. Erconwald's will be published when available.

Building Learning Power (BLP) Competition

Can you design a character for one of the 5 Learning Powers?

In school, we use Building Learning Power (BLP) to teach good learning strategies. There are four key learning powers – resilience, resourcefulness, reflectiveness and relationships, with the addition of risk taking. We believe that it is important to equip and support our children to become good, happy and successful learners.

Competition:

We would like children to design characters to represent each of the learning powers at home. We would like these designs to be done on the computer. (If you don’t have access to a computer, you can draw your character on paper.) The winning designs for each character will be used throughout the school.

These are the characteristics of each learning power.

Resilience: not giving up,

Resourcefulness: being able to use a range of learning strategies and knowing what to do when you get stuck

Reflectiveness: being able to think about yourself as a learner and how you might be able to do this better

Relationships: being able to learn with and from others as well as on your own

Risk Taking: being able to have a go – you are ready and willing to try something new.

Closing date: Tuesday 27th September

We look forward to displaying our new learning power characters.

Self Portrait Art Exhibition

A great opportunity for all to see your children's artwork displayed in a gallery.

Walton and Hersham Food Bank

Bee-lieve in Boots Fun Day

Autumn term Clubs

Please see information here for external Autumn Term clubs. Please see details of teacher-led clubs here.

Teacher-led Clubs will be beginning from 3rd October, after our E-Safety Workshop, Art Exhibition and Open Evening events. The clubs list was published today and sign up is available now.

Homework Club starts from 12th September, it runs from 3.15 pm - 4.15 pm, cost £5 (free if your child attend's Whizz Kids after-school club).

NETSTARS ESHER

Join out action-packed netball classes 5-11 yr olds.
Learn great skills, make friends and have lots of
fun with Netstars! Join us now
Saturdays 12:30-1:30, Esher Church of England High School, Gear Up - years 1,2 & 3. Aim High - years 4, 5 & 6 SEE www.netstarsnetball.com. They do have free spaces available for pupil premium children. For more information, click here.

Teach Southeast Teacher Training

For information on Teach South East, please click here and here

For information on how to become a teacher, please click www.teachsoutheast.co.uk

Taster Days – please find out more about our Taster Day programme by going to https://www.teachsoutheast.co.uk/information_events.php

Teach SouthEast Prospectus – please find attached a link to our prospectus: https://www.teachsoutheast.co.uk/assets/documents/TSE_Prospectus_2022.pdf

Notes/Reminders

Partners in Learning

Sundries on Scopay

eSafety Parent Workshop 21st September

Is your child starting school in September 2023?

First Holy Communion Application Forms

Self Portrait Art Exhibition

Walton and Hersham Food Bank

Bee-lieve in Boots Fun Day

Autumn term Clubs

NETSTARS ESHER

Teach Southeast Teacher Training

Pick-up notes - new system!

Absences

Report your child's absence

Parents Association Notes

Wellbeing

Support groups and workshops for parents and carers

Parent Support

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

eSafety and Safeguarding

Reminder: Keeping children safe online and in the real world

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

eSafety Parent Workshop 21^st September