The Courier

Staff and pupils at Crescent School said a fond farewell to one of their long-serving dinner ladies today. Mrs Trudy Green has worked at the school for 24 years and will be sadly missed by all the staff, and especially by the children.

After serving up thousands of school dinners, Mrs Green is moving on and she was given a special send-off in assembly this morning when Esme and Charlie presented her with flowers and a thank you card from all the children. Mrs Green also received a thank you gift from Ms Forth on behalf of the staff and a very special hand made cake from the catering team.

Mrs Green said the school had been a huge part of her life since she started back in 1999 and that she would miss the Crescent very much. Over the years she has enjoyed helping the school celebrate many jubilees and she has always loved working as part of such a great catering team.

Joe Thackway, Headmaster, said, “Mrs Green has been a wonderful member of our school community feeding generations of children who have passed through the school. She has always had such a sunny disposition; she loves the children, and they all love her.”

Goodbye and good luck Mrs Green!

Crescent School’s Key Stage 2 Sports Day took place on Tuesday 6 June on Princethorpe College’s playing fields. The day dawned dry but cold and the chilly wind kept everyone on the toes. Sports Day is always super fun for everyone at school and race after race, event after event our young athletes didn’t disappoint, as they leapt, threw and sprinted to make this year’s Sports Day another super record-breaking success.

Years 3 and 4 and Years 5 and 6 competed separately in sprints, a middle distance 600m run, the Long Jump, High Jump, a Throwing Challenge and the House Relay Race. All the events were hotly contested and as always there were some smashing new school records.

They included:

Years 3/4 Boys 600m - Thomas (3S) – 2.14.56 minutes
Years 5/6 Boys 600m - Sam B (5F) - 2.13.49 minutes
Years 5/6 Girls 150m - Ellie (6W) - 23.71 seconds
Years 5/6 Boys 150m - Edward G-H (5F) - 25.19 seconds

At Crescent, Sports Day isn’t just about the competition, it is also all about the participation. On the day every child took part and, most importantly, every child had fun. As is always the case the children’s behaviour was impeccable, they offered support and encouragement to each other and congratulated and commiserated with good heart. True Olympic spirit on show all round.

At the end of a very busy morning, Mr Thackway was delighted to announce the House results and to present the trophies. It was a very close affair with just one point in it in the end. Many congratulations to the blues this year!

Years 3 and 4 Overall - St Andrew’s House
Years 5 and 6 Overall - St Andrew’s House
Key Stage 2 Overall – St Andrew’s House

A big thank you to all of the staff involved in organising and running the event, both from the Crescent and from the Princethorpe Foundation.

We hope you all enjoy the photos.

This morning in assembly Mr Thackway congratulated all the children in the Upper School on their great sportsmanship on Tuesday at Sports Day. Everyone applauded St Andrew’s for winning the House Sports Cups this year and pupils also gave a big cheer to Thomas, Sam, Ellie and Edward who all set new school records in the following events. A huge well done to them all! 

Years 3/4 Boys 600m - Thomas (3S) – 2.14.56 minutes

Years 5/6 Boys 600m - Sam B (5F) - 2.13.49 minutes

Years 5/6 Girls 150m - Ellie (6W) - 23.71 seconds

Years 5/6 Boys 150m - Edward G-H (5F) - 25.19 seconds

Most of 6W joined Mr Adkins and me on the adventure of a lifetime down at Slapton Ley Field Centre in Devon at the end of May. They all came home with many memories to share, tired from the long days and amazing walks and activities and an appreciation of home. They were all stars, each one facing different challenges of homesickness, big hills, food, sharing rooms, insects and wild wees - but they did it and should be proud. 

Mrs Webb
Class 6W Form Teacher

In March this year, I submitted some children’s artwork for the Young Artists’ Summer Show. It was a very competitive competition with over 21,000 submissions. The judges were completely blown away by all the entries. They said they loved every artwork that was submitted and making the final selection was incredibly hard. Unfortunately, none of our children’s work was selected but the judges thanked the children for sharing their creativity with them and hoped they would have another go next year.  

During Friday’s assembly, the children received certificates from the Royal Academy for taking part and had the chance to show their wonderful artwork to the rest of the school.  See next week's Courier for photos of the art work.