The Courier

Our catering team, Olive Catering Services, are looking at ways in which our children can be more aware of and engage with different fruit and vegetables. Over the spring and summer terms, they will be exploring food engagement initiatives which will be broken down into two categories:

Food Engagement

Class V were very pleased to welcome members of the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service to the Crescent on Wednesday 24 January for a Junior Fire Safety Champion talk.  

Jo, Paul, Alex and Stefan, who are all active firefighters in the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service, led an hour’s informative and fun fire safety session for Class V to train them up to be Junior Fire Safety Champions. The children built on their knowledge from the fire service’s first visit in Class I and explored different fire hazards within the home, looking at ways they could ensure both they, and their families, remained safe in the event of a fire.

The talk concluded with a Q&A session where the children asked some thought-provoking questions such as ‘what would the firefighters do if they were in a burning building that was near collapse and they knew someone was trapped?’ and a much pondered question of ‘are there ever fires at fire stations?’ to which the children were surprised to hear, there are!

Kitted out with a Junior Fire Safety Champion booklet, the children (with help from parents/carers) can perform their own fire safety checks at home. Once the fire safety checklist is complete, Class V can return their forms to receive their official Junior Fire Safety Champion certificates!

Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service have also put together some songs to help Junior Fire Safety Champions keep safe from fire – these can be accessed on YouTube here: Songs for Junior Fire Safety Champions - Warwickshire

A big thank you once again to Jo, Paul, Alex and Stefan for their time.

This year 13 Crescent children have been chosen to have their art work displayed in the Exhibition of Young Local Artists at Warwick School.

Children from Class I drew Autumn leaves then added detail and colour:

• Chloe Brosnan
• Freddie Spicer
• Grace Crowfoot
• Grace Mercer
• Jasper Evans
• Nicholas Pollard

Children from Class II drew and painted sunflowers, inspired by Van Gogh:

• Rosina Watson
• Stephanie Bolton

Children from Class VI used different types of pencils and graphite sticks to draw black and white landscapes:

• Alex Reynolds
• Amelie Edge
• Georgia Dowling
• Roman Thearia
• Thomas Brinklow

Congratulations to all!