Governors’ Fund classroom iPad appeal

Technology in schools has become a staple used in everyday teaching and learning activities.  It is important that children develop their technological literacy and become comfortable using a variety of instructional materials, tools and programs for their own learning that will help prepare them for secondary school and life beyond.

We are blessed to have a dedicated ICT suite of desktop computers for the teaching of ICT as a curriculum subject but the school would benefit greatly from the opportunity to enhance its technology provision in classrooms to help develop the children’s skills in cross-curricular situations through other subjects. 

Our next focus is to support the school in purchasing 30 new 10^th generation iPads (together with anti-shock cases for protection).  This will enable a whole class to work, communicate and collaborate through digital means on a 1:1 basis and will be something available for all year groups to use.

As you will appreciate, keeping up with the latest technology is a costly process and is not something that schools are able to do easily in the current climate of funding squeezes and significant cost pressures.  We would be extremely grateful for any donations you feel able to give towards this worthwhile project, which you can make easily online here.  Thank you for your support.

Advent at Cardinal Newman 2023

Advent Mass – Tuesday 5^th December

Thank you to those who attended the whole school Advent Mass on Tuesday 5^th December led by Year 4.  

Travelling Crib – Year 2

We have a lovely tradition of a Travelling Crib in Year 2.  Each day during advent, a child in Year 2 will be given an Advent Crib set, along with candles, readings and prayers to share at home with their families.  We ask that you upload a photo and / or a few thoughts to our Padlet, about having the Crib in your home for the night. https://padlet.com/CardinalNewman/y2-travelling-crib-2023-ns1lquaklvgx88hq

Mission Together

Missio is the Pope’s official charity for overseas mission and is also Bishop Richard’s chosen charity. Mission Together is the children’s strand of the charity and they produce some brilliant resources for Advent.  Please find the Advent Calendar here which gives us daily encouragement to prepare for Christmas.

Prayer Council acts of service.

During this half-term the Prayer council have been making Christmas cards for the residents of Whitely Village and elderly parishioners. They hope that these will bring some Christmas cheer to the older members of our community.

The Jesse Tree at home

What is a Jesse Tree?

A Jesse Tree is a bit like an Advent calendar, but using a daily Bible story about someone in Jesus’ family tree to help us prepare spiritually as we move towards Christmas.

It’s called a Jesse Tree, because Jesus is a descendant of King David, son of Jesse. The prophet Isaiah said, “A shoot will grow from the stock of Jesse.”   Isaiah 11: 1

Through our Baptism, we are part of Jesus’s family, so this is our family tree too!

Every Bible story in the Jesse Tree has a symbol to go with it to help people focus as they learn about Jesus’ ancestors, while listening to the stories. Each day these symbols are hung on a tree – a Jesse Tree. The tree progressively being decorated throughout Advent mirrors the meaning behind the collection of stories told: that God was preparing the world to meet Jesus for a long, long time!

We would like to invite you to follow and the pray using the Jesse Tree at home.  This link will take you to the parent portal of Ten Ten Resources where you will find an online resource.

Username: cardinal-newman-kt12

Password: swimming-pool

Collective Worship – Ten Ten Resources

Advent charity collection

Thank you for all the amazing gifts for Stripy Stork!

Arundel and Brighton Diocese Lourdes Pilgrimage fund.

Our retiring collections from the Christmas Nativity plays and the Carol service will be in aid of the Arundel and Brighton Diocese Lourdes pilgrimage fund.  The fund supports pilgrims of all ages with the financial costs of attending the annual pilgrimage.

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. 

Please click  here for information on Black Friday, Cyber Monday.

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.