Cardinal Newman Catholic Primary School News Feed - School News

Y3/4 Girls Football Festival at Cleves

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:08:56 GMT

Our Year 3 and 4 girls shone at the Cleves Football Festival this week, showing fantastic teamwork, determination, and sportsmanship throughout every match. They played with real confidence, supported one another brilliantly, and represented the school with pride. We’re incredibly proud of how they rose to the challenge and demonstrated such enthusiasm and skill—well done, girls!

Y5 Boys Football at Royal Holloway

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:07:39 GMT

The Year 5 boys delivered a fantastic performance at the Royal Holloway Football Tournament, showcasing great teamwork, determination and sportsmanship throughout the day. They fought hard in every match and demonstrated real skill to secure their place in the quarter‑finals—an impressive achievement in such a competitive event. We are incredibly proud of their effort, positive attitude and the way they represented the school. Well done, Year 5!

Cross Country at Notre Dame

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:01:16 GMT

Children from Cardinal Newman proudly represented the school at the recent Cross Country competition hosted by Notre Dame, giving their absolute best in every race. Their determination, teamwork, and enthusiasm shone through, and they should all be incredibly proud of their achievements. A special shoutout goes to our fantastic Year 4 and Year 5 boys, who ran brilliantly and secured an impressive 2nd place—well done!

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Y2 Art

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:58:45 GMT

Year 2 have been very busy this week during their Art lessons. As part of their work on texture and form, they each created their own Tudor house.

All the children worked hard on making their houses and enjoyed the process. They were very proud of their achievements.

Blue Class arranged their houses into a recreation of Pudding Lane.

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Y5 DT Unit

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:04:08 GMT

This half term in Year 5 DT, we explored the important topic of nutrition and how to make healthy food choices. The children learned about the different food groups and why a balanced diet is essential for keeping our bodies and minds strong. We also discussed where our food comes from, exploring how ingredients are grown, reared, and transported before they reach our plates. This helped the children understand the journey of food and the importance of making informed and sustainable choices. As part of our learning, we looked at how to read food labels and identify healthier options.

To bring our learning to life, we finished the unit with an exciting cooking session. The children worked brilliantly in teams to prepare their very own vegetarian Bolognese sauce. They practised key skills such as chopping, measuring, and safely using kitchen equipment, while also thinking carefully about the nutritional value of the ingredients they were using and develop a deeper understanding of how simple ingredients can be combined to create a healthy, balanced meal.

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Y5 & Y6 Netball

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:57:53 GMT

Well done to our Year 6 netball girls this week, who played St Ann’s Heath with fantastic determination and attitude, showing great skill throughout the match. The team took an early lead, but the opposition fought back strongly, ending the game in a well‑deserved 4–4 draw. It was a competitive and exciting performance, and we are incredibly proud of all the girls.

Year 5 have enjoyed their first netball season, with some wins and some losses, but all have developed their game and embraced the challenge.

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Lenten Prayer Stations

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:43:54 GMT

This week, our Prayer Council took on the special responsibility of leading the school through a series of Lenten prayer stations. These included the Stations of the Cross, Building Bridges of Hope, Lenten Art Work, Godly Play exploring Jesus’ time in the desert, a Forgiveness Station, Sharing Stories from The Bible and Creating Chains of Connection. Their thoughtful leadership helped create a calm, reflective atmosphere for everyone as we continued our journey through Lent.

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Primary Schools Swimming Gala

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:38:30 GMT

Our Year 6 girls’ swimming team did the school proud at the Primary Schools Swimming Gala held at Guildford Spectrum on Saturday 14th March. They showed fantastic determination, teamwork and sportsmanship throughout the event, giving their very best in every race. It was wonderful to see their confidence grow as they represented the school with such enthusiasm. A huge well done to all the swimmers for their brilliant effort and positive attitude on the day.

Topaz Class Forest School

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:25:09 GMT

It was a wonderful sunny afternoon for Topaz to spend some time in the forest school. The children were given a challenge of building a den for their ogre. The problem was it was hurricane season. Could their ogre's den survive Mrs Santos' waterfall?

Lots of exploring and fun was had by all; mud cookies and lasagne were made, as well as some interesting smoothies.

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Red Class Forest School

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:02:17 GMT

We Have Found Worms!

Not any ordinary worms...

Fat, thin, long, short, slimy, wriggly, dirty, wet and tickly.

Red class enjoyed digging for worms today and finding lots of different ones. They used lots of describing words and even began to build a wormery for them.

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Y1 Maths

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:07:10 GMT

Green Class carried out a Maths Investigation using standard and non standard units of measure.

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Ruby Class Mission Week

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:05:50 GMT

Ruby Class had a wonderful Mission Week exploring the theme “The Bible is the most important book.” Throughout the week, the children learned how the Bible provides a strong and loving foundation to guide them in the way they live their lives. They reflected on how its stories, teachings, and messages of hope can support them as they grow in faith and kindness. The week concluded beautifully as Ruby Class led their assembly, sharing what they had learned and showing how meaningful it was to finish World Book Week by celebrating the importance of the Bible.

World Book Day

Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:44:48 GMT

We’ve been celebrating a whole week of reading across the school, with activities designed to spark excitement and help children discover new stories. Throughout the week, teachers swapped classes to share their favourite books, classes took part in a reading marathon, and children joined a range of live online events that brought stories to life. One of our most treasured traditions is giving pupils the chance to share books together in mixed‑age groups, creating a warm, community feel as older and younger children enjoy stories side by side.

Highlights of the week included Mr Flower visiting every classroom to share a story, a whole‑school fashion parade celebrating our favourite book characters, and of course our much‑loved World Book Day song! The choir also led us beautifully in When I Grow Up from Matilda, which we discovered in assembly was Mr Joice’s favourite book when he was a child. It’s been a joyful week that truly shows the power of reading to bring us together.

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Y6 WW2 Evacuee Day

Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:45:21 GMT

On Evacuee Day, Year 6 stepped back in time to explore what life was like for children during World War II. Dressed in period-style clothing, they took part in a series of immersive, hands‑on workshops, including making gas masks, cooking with rationed ingredients, and discovering what daily life looked like on the home front. The day ended with a walk to Hersham Station, giving pupils a sense of the journeys many evacuee children once had to make.

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Young Artists' Summer Show 2026

Wed, 4 Mar 2026 12:27:06 GMT

14 July – 30 August 2026
Weston Studio | Burlington House

We are proud to share artwork selected to be submitted by our Year 4, 5 and 6 children for display in the Young Artists’ Summer Show 2026 — a prestigious national exhibition hosted by the Royal Academy of Arts.

Now in its eighth year, the exhibition celebrates creativity from the next generation of artists, offering selected students the chance to have their work shown online and on-site at the Royal Academy in the Weston Studio at Burlington House.

Being part of this exhibition reflects the imagination, skill and dedication of our talented students, and we are delighted to showcase the work they have created for this special submission.

We congratulate all of our young artists for their enthusiasm and creative achievement.

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Year 1 DT

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:46:36 GMT

This half term in Year One, the children are learning about fabrics in DT. Today they learnt how to weave with paper after looking at a range of natural and man-made fabrics.

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Ash Wednesday

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:17:42 GMT

As Ash Wednesday fell during half term, we gathered as a school community on the first Wednesday of the new half term to hold our own Ash Wednesday liturgies. This gave every child the opportunity to reflect on the beginning of the Lenten season and consider what this special time means for their own journey of faith.

In preparation, members of our Year 6 Prayer Council met with Fr Bill earlier in the week to help them understand and prepare for their important ministry of distributing ashes to the school community. During the liturgies, we reflected on the themes of prayer, fasting, and charity before receiving our ashes.

Following this, the children returned to their classrooms to write their personal Lenten promises, marking the start of their 40‑day journey towards Easter with thoughtfulness and intention.

Our Year 6 Prayer Council reflected on their experience:

Murieann - I felt like I was bringing peace to people.

Teddi - I found it very calming

Sofia - I liked that I had a special role, it made me feel special

Jack - I felt God's presence with me

Ella V - I felt like I was sharing God's love and I was connected to him

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Safer Internet Day

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:01:03 GMT

As part of our ongoing commitment to children’s safe and responsible use of digital technology, we celebrated Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 10th February. Throughout the week, classes took part in activities and discussions to help children learn how to use the internet safely, kindly and responsibly.

We addressed topics such as staying safe online, being respectful to others and knowing what to do if something online makes them feel worried or uncomfortable. Where appropriate, children engaged in learning around this year’s theme, ‘Smart tech, safe choices – Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI’.

To aid with these discussions, we encourage families to continue these important conversations at home. For further information and helpful resources for parents and carers, please visit:

www.saferinternet.org.uk

www.childnet.com

Keep Children Safe Online: Information, advice, support - Internet Matters

Keeping children safe online | NSPCC

Y6 Forest School

Fri, 6 Feb 2026 08:27:13 GMT

The Year 6 classes may have had a few wet afternoons outside at Forest school, but that did not stop them from exploring. They built dens for their little goblins and even began to dig up some trenches for a stream to be made going from the pond to the fence. Muddy and wet afternoons had by all.

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Y1 Forest School

Fri, 6 Feb 2026 08:20:54 GMT

A little bit of rain but lots of muddy fun was had by Year One these past two weeks. They carried on the stream that Year 6 had begun and added curves to it, realising they needed a stronger bridge. The water was not reaching some areas, so more digging was needed to make it level. They also had some little goblins and made homes for them so they would not get wet. We even poured water onto their houses to see how well built they were. Very impressed with their designs.

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Y5/6 Girls' Football

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 15:32:18 GMT

The Year 5/6 Girls won their final game this week in the league to win their group! Soon they will face the winners of group 2 and group 3 to see if they can become the overall league winners this year.

Y1 Parent Visit

Thu, 5 Feb 2026 12:16:21 GMT

On Wednesday Year One were visited by Dr. Fernandes who came to speak to the children about life in modern day hospitals and GP surgeries. Comparisons were made with hospitals and nurses in the past and in particular with Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. It was a very 'hands on' experience and the children were able to use modern day hospital equipment. Thank you to Dr. Fernandes.

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KS2 Panathlon Success at Cleves

Wed, 4 Feb 2026 13:50:09 GMT

A huge well done to our KS2 pupils who took part in the Panathlon event at Cleves this week. The children showed brilliant teamwork, determination and enthusiasm throughout every activity. Their fantastic effort paid off as they finished in an impressive 2nd place! We are incredibly proud of how they represented our school.

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