The Courier

The Crescent School is welcoming a number of new faces this new academic year, as in addition to new pupils the school also has a number of new staff members.

We give a warm welcome to Joe Thackway as new Headmaster, to three new class teachers Mrs Pullen, Mrs Emery and Mrs Yates and  to our new Head of Girls Games, Mrs McCollin.

Mrs Pullen is the new Reception Teacher, Lisa Emery the Class 1 Teacher and Mrs Yates the new Class IV teacher.  Mrs Emery and Mrs Pullen are pictured here from left to right.

The school also welcomes a new Teaching Assistant, Jodie Nelson, who will be working with Class III and Class VI. 

For more information on the new staff joing our team please see the school website http://www.crescentschool.co.uk.

You will be aware that the school has undergone some considerable refurbishment and improvement work over the summer. This has included the complete recabling of the school network, the installation of new servers and the installation of new PCs throughout the school. The entrance area and library have been reconfigured and completely refurbished and the hall has undergone a major face lift. In the playground we have put in a new all weather playzone, which will mean the play space for the children will be much improved. 

We would like to invite parents and carers into the school on Monday 18 September from 3.45pm onwards to come and view these new improvements. Tea, coffee and refreshments will be available to all.

On the same day there will be a presentation to parents on the new Junior da Vinci reward programme we are introducing to the school. This is a new and exciting initiative, an extension of the successful Princethorpe initiative, that seeks to recognise excellence in three key areas; mastery, creativity and practice. This presentation will take place in the hall from 4.00pm onwards and you are very welcome to have a look around the new improvements and then attend the da Vinci workshop.

You are of course free to attend one or both of the events, entirely as you wish.

Free childcare will be available if required although if you prefer your child can stay with you during the presentation.

With just nine weeks to go the countdown to Princethorpe College's Entrance Exams for admission in September 2018 has begun. This year the exams for Year 7 to 10 entry will take place on Saturday 11 November from 9.30am to 3.30pm.

The friendly Admissions Team has been kept busy over the summer accepting registrations from prospective parents. The deadline for entrance exam registrations is ideally Friday 6 October, to enable the seeking of references from junior schools. Class VI parents wishing their children to sit the exams do need to complete a registration form with the accompanying registration fee by this date.

Comments Melanie Butler, Assistant Head, Marketing, Admissions and Communications, "Parents and pupils will still have plenty of time to prepare and opportunities to visit the College in the run up to the exams and the results will be out at the end of November, making for an exam-free Christmas holiday, which has got to be good news."

If you have any queries relating to admissions please feel free to email the Registrars at admissions@princethorpe.co.uk or call them on 01926 634201.