We would very much appreciate volunteers coming into to help listen to our children read. An hour a week really does help the children within a class to make progress. You will have to have a DBS check and will work with a class that is different to your own child.
If this is something you feel you can do please email me on slowe@crescentschool.co.uk
Thank you
Throughout December Crescent School families were invited to contribute a gift of non-perishable food in a Reverse Advent Calendar collection for Rugby Food Bank. The response was overwhelming and after the school term finished on Wednesday 20 December 12 boxes of donations were delivered to the Food Bank where they were very gratefully received.
Most people are lucky enough to be able to enjoy preparing for Christmas but for some families there is just not enough money to go round. Food bank use is on the rise in the UK and the extra financial pressures in December always lead to a spike in demand just before Christmas. The Reverse Advent Calendar initiative is a great idea, an example of how communities can take action to stop their neighbours going hungry, one that recognises that the spirit of Christmas is to give. It is a philosophy very much in line with the Crescent School motto, ‘To give is to receive’.
Teaching Assistant, Mrs Debbie Olner, who organised the school’s Reverse Advert Calendar, said, “A huge thank you to everyone who bought something in to donate to Rugby Food Bank. Crescent families were incredibly generous and we were astounded by the quantity of items received. Every day we would empty the donations box and every day parents would fill it up again. The Reverse Advent Calendar is such a simple concept and Crescent families embraced it for a very worthy cause.”
We have received the following message from Rugby Food Bank:
Thanks for the tremendous support from the school. I am delighted to let you know that Crescent School donated an amazing 145.4kg at Christmas along with 112.3kg at Harvest Festival.
Well done to everyone and please pass on our thanks to all the parents, children and staff.
Kind regards
Diana Mansell
Our thanks go to Mrs Olner for organising the Reverse Advent Calendar and to pupils, Isaac and Euan Nelson and Josh Olner, who helped Mrs Olner and Mrs Stapleton deliver all the donations.
A damp January morning might not be everyone’s choice of day to take a trip to the seaside, but on Wednesday 10 January Crescent’s Class I did just that, sauntering through holidays past and present, with a little help from the Freshwater Theatre Company.
The class has been studying seaside holidays using the topic to develop their knowledge of the past and to appreciate the differences in the present. Freshwater Theatre came into school to bring their studies to life as part of a dedicated history day. They ran a drama workshop giving the children a memorable and engaging trip through seaside holidays from 1910 through to the modern day. The children explored how holidays and pastimes have changed over the past century in a lively session packed full of holiday fun.
The drama activity was enjoyed by Class I and Class II (Class II explored the seaside last year and the workshop offered them an enjoyable refresher).
The workshop looked at the differences in countries visited, transport, clothing, entertainment, food eaten, sun protection, how memories were recorded and changes in attitudes.
During the day the children also explored seaside music, created sand art projects, studied and sorted seaside pictures and wrote comparative articles.
The special day was finished off with a very enjoyable traditional Punch and Judy show and an ice cream.
Class I teacher, Mrs Emery, said, “The children really enjoyed the day, they had a lot of fun while learning lots about seaside holidays. They developed their historical skills, their knowledge of the changes that have happened during the last century and they were all able to share lots of new information they had learned from the day.”
It clearly was a super salty, splashy, sandy, seaside History day.
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The Foundation's senior school Princethorpe College celebrated its 50th Anniversary last academic year 2016-2017.
To celebrate the year The Foundation has produced a 60-page souvenir review of all the activities and events that took place. An electronic version is available to view on the College website here.
Any Old Princethorpians or Crescent parents who would like to receive a printed hard copy of the review should contact the School Office or email goldenjubilee@princethorpe.co.uk with your name and address.
If you love Harry Potter and drawing then this is the competition for you!
You can draw your own Fantastic Beast, upload it (see link below) or post it by the Saturday 10 February and then you may win tickets to the Warner Brother Studios. There are entry forms on the competition board by the pupil entrance.
Every year many of our children enter, as yet we haven't had any winners, but this year it may be you...
Please take a look at the link and then just have a go. Please let me know if any of you have entered and I am happy to support in any way I can.
