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2 days to go until our Two Tone launch! 🎉

Students are diving into the exciting world of Two Tone and discovering its deep connections to Coventry’s culture through their subject lessons. 🌟

In Geography, they’re exploring how migration helped shape the rich cultural mix that gave rise to Two Tone music. In English, students are analysing powerful and thought-provoking songs such as Doesn’t Make It Alright, Three Minute Hero, and A Letter to You Rudy. Meanwhile, in Technology, creativity is in full swing as students study the iconic Rude boy and girl style and design their own modern Two Tone-inspired outfits.

We are incredibly excited to see students engaging with and celebrating Coventry’s vibrant cultural heritage in such dynamic and inspiring ways! 🎶

4 days to go until our Two Tone launch! 🎉

Yesterday kicked off our vibrant Two Tone Takeover Week, and excitement is already building! Students have begun diving into the powerful history of two tone, discovering why it plays such a vital role in Coventry’s cultural identity. From an engaging special assembly to dedicated pastoral sessions throughout the week, they’ll be exploring the music, message, and legacy of this iconic movement in dynamic and meaningful ways.

13th June marked the start of Drowning Prevention Week, a national campaign by the Royal Life Saving Society UK. The campaign focuses on water safety education for children, young people and adults and raises awareness of the dangers of open-water swimming.

We are committed to raising awareness of the serious risks involved and emphasising the importance of the Water Safety Code:

Stop and Think – assess risks before entering water.
Stay Together – never swim alone.
Float – use the float to live technique if unexpectedly in cold water
Call 999 – seek help immediately if in danger.

We have attached simple and helpful resources for you to read through: https://tinyurl.com/bddp39bm

For more information and resources, visit the Royal Life Saving Society UK’s website: https://www.rlss.org.uk/

Open water is not a safe place to swim.

We must work together as a city to reinforce this message, ensuring children, young people and adults across Coventry know the dangers and have the knowledge to make safer choices.

Congratulations to the students in year 10 who have been selected as prefects. The students will wear their gold ties with pride and begin prefect duties from next week. We are very proud of them and know they will make a difference to our school community 💚

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Countdown to our cultural diversity launch day: 7 days!
We want to bring history to life using first-hand experiences. We would love to hear your memories, or the memories of family members (such as grandparents) of the 2 Tone scene and
how it shaped our city. These real-life stories will be shared with students through our pastoral programme.

If you or a family member would like to contribute your memories, please complete this Microsoft Forms Link to share your story:

forms.cloud.microsoft

Countdown to our cultural diversity launch day: 8 days!
As part of our preparation for the day, our student leadership team went to visit the Coventry Music Museum today. They learnt all about the two tone movement and looked at displays and artifacts. They are going to use the new information that they have found out to help plan for our Culture Day on Thursday 2nd July.

https://www.covmm.co.uk/

Miss Brennan in Careers needs your help!

I am running an event called 'Meet the Employer/Speed Careers' on the 25th June 2025 from 9am till 12pm.

The event involves our Year 8 students who will get the opportunity to speak to Business Professionals from various walks of life.
During previous years they have spoken to Pilots; Paramedics; Author; Blacksmith: Tree Surgeons; Doctor ; Nurses; a Welder; a Reverend; Sports Coach; Dog Handler.....do you see where I'm going with this!?

I would be delighted if there was anyone out there amongst our Parents or Alumni who may be able to help me. Do you have an exciting/different job? Do you wear a particular uniform? Have you got something to bring that demonstrates your role?

You will spend the morning talking to small groups of children about what you do - and hopefully inspire the next generation..

We run this event annually and it's a great success!

If you can help me, please email me on [email protected]

I can't wait to hear from you!

Miss Brennan - Careers.

🚨 BIG NEWS! 🚨

We’re bringing our annual Cultural Diversity day to Cardinal Newman on Thursday 2nd July 2026. Our annual Cultural Diversity Day celebrates what makes us unique while uniting us under a shared Coventry identity. This year, we spotlight the iconic 2 Tone music scene, which is a core city value that championed multicultural unity and shaped modern Coventry.

Ahead of the celebration, students will begin learning about 2 Tone and the impact it had on Coventry's culture. This will be delivered through carefully planned pastoral sessions and interactive assemblies plus subject-specific lessons uniquely tailored by each subject area.

Each day we will be posting a countdown and update leading up to the event so come back to find out more of the exciting activities that are taking place.

Our official launch day will be happening in school on Friday 19th June with a very special guest in attendance.