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After School Important Information

There has been a sigficant increase in the number of children attending afterschool this term and in order to ensure we have the correct ratios please can you book your child in advance via My School Portal.  Instructions can be found here.

Please ensure that if you wish your child to have tea they are booked in before 9.30am as any bookings after this time cannot guarantee a tea will be provided.

Afterschool runs from 3.45pm to 5.45pm, with tea served around 5.00pm.  A late charge may be applied if your child is not collected by 5.45pm.

Thank you for your help with this.

Crescent School

 

Ming Yi And Matthew Celebrate Chinese New Year

We celebrated Chinese New Year in our assembly on Tuesday morning. Matthew and Ming-Yi from Year 3 marked the special occasion by telling us how they celebrate at home and in China.
 
Ming Yi
Before the festival houses are cleaned, lucky red decorations are hung over doors and around rooms, and new clothes are bought.
 
Matthew
It's a time when Chinese people visit their temples and they especially remember their ancestors.
 
Ming Yi
We celebrate by eating special food. We enjoy having dumplings and noodles as well as spicy fish, beef and tofu. Dumplings are a favourite new year food and have different fillings, each of which have a different meaning: for example, dumplings filled with sugar will bring a sweet life. Sometimes there's money inside the dumplings.
 
Matthew
Everyone wishes everyone else 'Happy New Year'. It's a time to be thankful for the last year, to look forward to what may happen this year and to hope that it will be a good one.
 
Ming Yi
People gather in family groups and visit friends. It's a time of great fun with the giving of gifts, flowers, sweets and lucky money, as well as feasting, dragon dances and fireworks.
 
Matthew
People get together in teams for dances. One of the most well-known is the dragon dance, where one person wears a dragon mask, and the people following on behind, under a long piece of cloth, are the dragon's tail. There can be twenty or thirty people inside the tail. Dragons were thought to be friendly and helpful and that's why people dress up as dragons today.
 
Ming Yi
Chinese New Year can be a noisy time because people light firecrackers. A long time ago this was thought to chase away ghosts and monsters.
 
Matthew
Everyone decorates their houses with special bunting and lanterns and puts new year messages around the doors. When it is dark we take the lanterns out and go for a midnight walk.
 
Ming Yi
For me I look forward to working hard in class and doing well in my tests.
for my family I wish for peace and happiness.
For the world I want to help protect people from illness and for COVID to finish.
 
Matthew
For me I want to enjoy my sport and hope to make the Under 10 hockey team.
For my family I wish for a happy time and good luck for everyone.
For the world I want to stop global warming and to help protect animals in the Antarctic like the emperor penguin.
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Chloe's Musical Assembly Performance

Chloe in Year 6 entertained us this morning in assembly with her brilliant piece on the trombone.  She is taking part this weekend in a competition over in Loughborough and we all wish her the very best of Crescent luck.

Joe Thackway
Headmaster

Foundation News: Ed Hester To Take On Dedicated Foundation Head Role

Princethorpe College Headmaster, Ed Hester, is to take on a new dedicated role as Head of the Princethorpe Foundation. Mr Hester has been Headmaster at the College since 2009, with the dual role of Senior Foundation Head.

This forward-thinking decision by the governing body comes after a review of the overall management and leadership of the Foundation, which comprises senior school, Princethorpe College, prep schools, Crackley Hall and Crescent School and Little Crackers Nursery.

Separating the two roles will mean that Mr Hester will move away from the day-to-day running of the senior school and be able to dedicate more time to the strategic direction of the Foundation as a whole. He will work in partnership with the Board of Trustees, the Senior Management Teams and staff across all the Foundation schools to develop an ambitious vision and strategy for the next exciting stage in the Foundation’s evolution.

Comments, Liz Griffin, Chair of Trustees, “The Foundation has evolved significantly over the last ten years. As a result of mergers and the popularity of our schools we have grown from 800 pupils to over 1,400 today and we have over 250 members of staff, what’s more our schools are operating in a complex and ever-changing political, legal and economic climate. We are ambitious for the Foundation and the creation of this new dedicated role will ensure that we continue to develop and flourish.

She continues, “Ed, with his proven leadership and strategic skills, is uniquely placed to fulfil this role. He has done an outstanding job as Headmaster of Princethorpe College, and I am delighted he is taking on the new role. We understand how important it will be to find the right person to take over from him as Head of Princethorpe College and the recruitment process is already underway, with a view to having his successor in post within the next twelve months. Of course, Ed will continue to have a very keen interest in life at Princethorpe and be on hand to ensure a smooth transition and successful handover to the new Head, who will be supported by Princethorpe’s excellent Senior Leadership Team.”

Consultants, RSAcademics, are assisting the Foundation with the search for and appointment of the new Head of Princethorpe College.

Parent Consultations This Term

After half-term there will be opportunity for parents of all year groups except Year 5 to meet with form teachers and specialist teachers. You will be able to have a 10 minute consultation with the form teacher and a 5 minute consultation with all specialists that you would like to chat to.

We are intending these to be face to face, but we will be risk assessing the situation at the time; if we feel the risk is too great then we will revert to online consultations as before.

 
Mrs Webb
Assistant Head

 

The Song Academy Young Songwriter Competition

Have you ever written a song? Would you like to? 

Here is a competition for anyone aged over 8 to write a song and submit it to 'The Song Academy'. There are plenty of hints and tips on their website to help you get started.

It’s a golden opportunity for pupils who are already writing songs to get their songs heard and connect with other talented young songwriters. Plus it’s a perfect opportunity for budding writers and musicians who’ve never written a song before to get creative and write their first song! Collaborations between pupils are welcome, as well as solo entries.

Many previous entrants have said that being part of the inspiring Young Songwriter community has made a big difference to their confidence, self-belief and motivation to achieve their full potential.

With judges including Tom Odell, Miranda Cooper, Plested, Calum Scott and Tom Grennan plus fantastic prizes, including a recording studio session and Yamaha equipment worth £1,000, this year is set to be bigger than ever!

Do let me know if you enter.

Mrs Barnes
Director of Music

Junior Bake Off Applications

The television production company Love Productions, who make programmes such as The Great British Bake OffThe Great British Sewing Bee and The Great Pottery Throw Down have recently announced that applications for the 8th series of Junior Bake Off are now open!  This is a Channel 4 programme that celebrates the culinary talent and ambition of the younger generation in Britain.

They are looking for talented young bakers between 9 -12 years old.  Filming would take place from July 2022, but applications close on Sunday 13 March 2022.

If there are any budding young bakers in school that would like to apply then please visit the application website www.applyforjuniorbakeoff.co.uk.

Do let us know if you decide to take part.

Crescent School