Cardinal Newman Catholic School

I am delighted to announce that Bronte Larsen-Disney and Alfie Hall, Year 10, have been appointed as our new Head Girl and Head Boy. Both Bronte and Alfie personify the ethos of our school and will provide a positive role model to other students. They will be asked to represent the school on a number of key occasions until Easter 2014. The Head Boy and Head Girl are nominated by the Pastoral Leaders of the school from among a group of 40 Year 10 prefects. The Headteacher can then accept or review that nomination. In this case he was able to accept with enthusiasm and without reservation!

We were delighted to hear that the Department For Education has withdrawn its proposal to accommodate the Kings School on our playing field. Thank you to all parents, students and members of the community for your help in resisting this proposal.

Our congratulations to former student Ryan Moore who rode to victory in the Epsom Derby. Ryan’s horse was ‘Ruler of the World’ and is his second Derby success following on from his win in 2010. Ryan continues to be recognised as one of the World’s best flat racing jockeys and we are very proud of his achievements.

also to Charlie Grice who has been selected to run for Great Britain in the Europa league athletics meeting next weekend . He is running in the 1500m. This will mean a full international GB vest.

As part of our ongoing commitment to Social Justice Year 7 & Year 8 will be taking part in the Walk of Witness on Monday 17th June from 12.30-1.30pm. This is part of the IF campaign which coincides with the G8 summit in the UK next week. The aim of the IF campaign is to remind the leaders of the 8 richest nations in the world of their responsibility to the World’s poorest people. This follows on from the extraordinary achievement of Years 7 & 8 in raising over £6,000 for charity during Lent. In doing all of this our students are living out the commitment in our Mission Statement to be “a community of Caritas where everyone feels safe, supported and inspired to make a difference in our local, national and global communities.”