The Courier

Following the sad news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, it has been a week of mourning for us all. The news has affected both staff and pupils across the whole school community and we wanted to provide time and space for the children to reflect and respond to the events and to share their thoughts and feelings.

Across the school, children and staff have come together to complete activities to reflect on Her Majesty’s life and legacy and to give thanks for her devoted service to our nation. Children in the Upper School have explored the Queen’s life in their History lessons. Some created thank you cards while others completed response tasks, helping to give them an insight into her life of duty. The younger children coloured pictures of flowers and symbols and the royal family has featured in their phonics lessons.

In the corridor Mrs Symons and Mrs Stapleton have displayed the children’s work along a timeline of her life, creating a beautiful board of remembrance. Central to that board is a particularly poignant letter, that the school received just last week, from the Palace, on behalf of Her Majesty, thanking the children for their wonderful Platinum Jubilee messages.

We have all been impressed with how the children have responded this week as we have explored their place in history.

This weekend many of Class 6W are taking the 11+, we wish them all the very best for it.

They are fully prepared for the assessment and for the upcoming independent school examinations. During their time at Crescent they have taken part in mocks and focused lessons so children don't face the unknown on the day and instead feel fully prepared and supported.

We all wish them all good luck.

It’s great to have the children back in school and settling into their new routines. We always like to start the new year with a new class photo, so in between lessons last Tuesday we took the children outside and they tucked in their shirts, pulled up their socks and put on their beautiful big smiles. It’s been a fantastic first two weeks of fabulous new lessons, catching up with or making new friends, sitting down for lunch together, and just generally enjoying school life.

Welcome back everyone - we hope you enjoy our new class photos!

After all the hard work of our amazing Friends of Crescent it is really wonderful to see the children engaging with and using their wonderful new Crescent Adventure play equipment. A huge thank you to everyone involved in providing this new outdoor play area with its range of physical challenges. We can see the children’s confidence in movement being stretched and developed already.

Over the summer holidays we received news from Bwengu Projects Malawi on how the money raised by Year 4 was being spent.

Last school year, Bwengu Projects asked Crescent School to support a whole project, the completion of a Nursery and Orphan Feeding Centre in Mleghu in the most northern part of Malawi. The Year 4 children set themselves a target of £685 to fund the building work but managed to raise a whopping £1,110.

Bwengu Projects shared some photos of the building work taking place back in July which we shared on facebook. Last week we received a further update with the wonderful news that the work has now been completed. Bwengu Projects also told us that there are already 48 under 5s registered for feeding and daily lessons in numbers and letters.

As well as completing the building, the money raised has also provided for furniture and toys for the nursery and cooking pots, bowls and a supply of food.

A really big thank to everyone who supported our fundraising efforts last year.

A valued and important tradition here at Crescent is for the Year 6 children to buddy with a Reception child to support them through their first year at school.

The Year 6s help the Reception children settle into school, helping them with their lunch, showing good manners, encouraging them in their play (once they are trained as play leaders) and generally being friendly, helpful and welcoming.

Last week, the Reception and Year 6 children met their new buddies for the first time and enjoyed some bonding time.

It’s a rite of passage for the Year 6 children here at Crescent, an opportunity for them to give back to their school community and we know they will all enjoy playing their part in this precious tradition.

With just seven weeks to go, the countdown to Princethorpe's Entrance Exams for admission in September 2023 is well underway. This year the exams for Year 7 to 10 entry will take place on Saturday 5 November from 9.30am to 3.30pm.

The deadline for registrations for the Entrance Examination is Friday 30 September. Year 6 parents wishing their children to sit the Princethorpe entrance exam must complete a registration form and submit it with the accompanying registration fee by this date.

More information on the admissions process can be found in Princethorpe's Admissions Update newsletter here or on the Foundation website here.

A copy of the registration form can be found here.

If you have any queries relating to admissions please speak to the Registrars at Princethorpe College, either by email at admissions@princethorpe.co.uk or by calling 01926 634201/262/291.