The Courier

As we come to the end of the Trinity Term it was lovely to take time at our Leavers’ Service yesterday afternoon to celebrate and thank our longstanding members of staff.

The Foundation is grateful for the commitment and service given by all staff but yesterday it took the opportunity to honour those who have worked at the school for over 20 years. Mr Thackway was delighted to congratulate Ms Forth, Mrs Webb, Mrs Morley and Mrs Barnes who between them have given nearly 100 years of service to the Crescent School community.

A huge thank you to them all for their hard work, dedication and all the contributions they have made.

Yesterday we said farewell to our wonderful Year 6. They have been amazing pupils and we are incredibly proud of them all. With a number on induction days today, yesterday was the last day we had them all together in school.

We started the day with the Leavers' Assembly where pupils were presented with trophies, prizes, awards and certificates. 

In the afternoon we welcomed the children’s families into school for the Leavers’ Service. The Reception children were delighted to form a guard of honour to welcome Year 6 to their final Leavers' event. Our celebrations moved many to tears as we enjoyed affecting musical performances, heartfelt speeches and poignant prayers; it was lovely to be able to celebrate these pupils’ remarkable achievements with them all.

We wish Year 6 the very best of luck as they head off to their new secondary schools and their next stage in life.

Crescent School has been taking part in The Big Battery Hunt, a nationwide programme to educate and inspire young people to recycle more used batteries. Targeting pupils in primary schools and supported by Duracell, the project aims to increase the number of batteries currently being recycled in the UK.

In April this year, Science and DT Teacher, Jacqui Johnson signed Crescent School up to take part in the initiative, and Crescent School’s Green Team have been promoting the importance of recycling and encouraging pupils’ efforts ever since. Every pupil in the school was given a box to place their old batteries in and challenged to collect as many as they could.

Year 5 Hattie went the extra mile with her recycling, with the help of her dad and his work colleagues all supporting her efforts. She was the school’s winning recycler in May.  

Year 1 Niamh harnessed the power of her network of family, friends and her Mum and Dad’s work organisations showing that teamwork really does make a difference to be the best recycler in June.

Brothers, Edward (Year 5) and Max (Year 2) took up the Big Battery Hunt Challenge and approached their local village for help. It was a fabulous way to spread the recycling message and get more people involved.

As part of the Big Battery Hunt, Mrs Johnson submitted details of all four amazing pupils’ recycling efforts for recognition as Battery Recycling Pioneers.

Together, across the summer term, the Crescent school community collected an absolutely amazing 9,673 batteries. They have all been delivered to Rugby’s recycling centre. A huge well done to all.

In this morning's assembly, Mr Thackway was able to share our thanks and appreciation to our School Council that has been the student voice over the last year.  

A new School Council will be appointed in September.

Well done to all.