National 5 pupils proudly display their creative cakes which were designed and decorated by pupils themselves over the course of a day. Pupils picked a theme for their cakes and designed their cake based on this.

One of our S4 Cardinal Newman pupils has become the U16 Lanarkshire Badminton Singles Champion after participating in the  event recently at Ravenscraig Sports Centre. A double success as she also won the Lanarkshire Consolation Doubles another S4 pupil at the school. Smashing work girls.

A selection of S3 pupils from Cardinal Newman High School had the fantastic opportunity of spending five days at the Outward Bound centre at Loch Eil. Along with three other schools: Bellshill Academy, Braidhurst High School and Chryston High School, seventeen of our third year pupils spent their time putting themselves through emotionally and physically challenging tasks, finishing the week stronger and more confident. Not only did pupils have the chance to push themselves to complete outdoor activities, such as an overnight camping expedition and mountain climbing in terrible weather, but they also grasped the opportunity to socialise with pupils from other schools. Having completed the week successfully, all pupils were presented with a John Muir and Skills for Life award. The experience proved to be an excellent way for pupils to better themselves and to believe that they can do anything with the support of others, an essential life skill which they can use in future.

Pupils from S1 & S2 recently submitted some pieces of Art & Design work to be considered for the North Lanarkshire Council calendar competition. Successful applicants will have their work feature in the official NLC calendar which is distributed to all council offices, buildings and schools. S2 pupil Fahad Farooq made a successful submission of his artwork and this will now be featured in the new NLC calendar for 2015. Fahad will attend an awards ceremony in council offices at Kildonan Street on Tuesday 16th of December at 4pm in recognition of this achievement.

S3 pupils participated in this year’s “Day of the Dead” fiesta on Friday 21st November. Day of the dead is a Mexican festival which is said to invite back the spirits of people who have died. It is a day spent celebrating the lives of loved ones who have passed away, featuring altars of food, candles and sugar skulls. S3 pupils spent the week leading up to the event studying the Day of the Dead in both Spanish, RE and Home Economics where they made their own sugar skulls to place on the altar for the celebration. The band “Rápido Mariachi” came to the school and performed in the corridors and lunch area. This type of band is said to play music in the cemetries of Mexico on Day of the Dead to ‘waken the spirits’. Benediction along with dancing and singing provided a real life opportunity for pupils to put their learning into reality and see first hand a typical Day of the Dead celebration. A hugh thank you to all staff and pupils for their help and participation.

A massive well done to two of our pupils Erin (S6) and Niamh Reilly (S4) who represented Scotland at water polo this month playing for the Scotland Under 18’s in the North Sea cup held in Swansea. The sisters played against Wales where Niamh scored helping the team win 12-6 and both played against Ireland . The team won a silver medal. Erin is also in the Senior Womens squad having previously trained and competed with them during the summer in a 5 nations competition held in Switzerland. Well done girls!

Last night there was some sharp shooting on display as the Senior Girls Netball team hosted Coltness High School in their 3rd Scottish Cup match. CNHS were the victors displaying some excellent play in attack with Erin Reilly, Hannah McCulloch and Hannah Steven linking well. Rachel Maguire, Abbie Mullen and Amy Ellis and Lyndsey White all showed improved shooting skills with the final score 29-6. The girls are now pitted against stronger opposition tonight where they take on the might staff team! Good luck to all involved.

Congratulations to our very own Margaret House, House Captain who is following in the footsteps of his role model and teacher Mr William Collum. The S6 pupil recently performed as a Linesman alongside SFA Referees Andrew Dallas and Allan Mulvaney.  He is ecstatic to have had this opportunity and one day hopes he can assist his idol Mr Collum.

The S1 Girls Netball team have had a glowing start to their league campaign by beating Coltness H.S with a convincing 12-1 win.  The girls were nervous for their first upcoming game, however, they expressed great composure and team work which is reflected in the end result.  Ciara Cavin as Goal Shooter was sinking nets left, right and centre, outstanding shooting.  Donna Marie Boyce was phenomenal as Centre position, supporting her team in both attack and defence.  A dominant force in stopping the oppositions attack was our Goal Keeper, Emily McTear and Goal Defence Rebekah Feeney. All girls played excellently and are “Well excited” for their next match against former league winners St Margaret’s on November 20.

Miss Clyde’s Yellow Netball team also defeated Coltness H.S winning 20-13.  It was a very close match in the first 2 quarters with both teams scoring point for point. However, in the last two quarters the battle was won due to the outstanding skill and fitness levels of the Cardinal Newman Girls.  They play last years runners up St Andrews at home on December 3.

Good Luck to all the girls.