Headmaster's Message
Dear Parents
After a welcome break for half term, we returned to sunny skies and smiling children’s faces this week. For me it has been a really busy but productive week as we move towards the end of this school year and start putting the finishing touches to our plans for the next. The last few weeks of term can be really hectic ones in school and a little planning can go a long way. Hopefully, we have covered all the bases.
Tuesday evening saw our first Crescent Infant Agility event, where Year 2 children from local schools as well as from Crackley Hall got together to put themselves to the test on the sports field. There was jumping, sprinting, throwing and accuracy events all designed to develop the children’s all round agility. It was lovely to see them all mixing together so well and enjoying the chance to put themselves to the test. Many thanks to Mr Webb and his team for bringing this whole event together. I would also like to give a special mention to our Year 6 children who ran each of the activities, recording times and distances, organising queues and praising the effort of the children. Many of these skills have been nurtured whilst the Year 6 children have passed through the school here and they set a great example to us all on the day.
It was good to see so many Crescent families attending the open evening at Princethorpe College earlier in the week. For children in Year 4 and 5 the prospect of secondary school is coming increasingly into focus and going to see the possible schools with your children is a really important part of the process. The College was resplendent on a perfect summer evening and I know that the children who attended were really impressed with the range of activities on offer. Ms Forth and Ms Lowe will be seeing all of our current Year 5 parents in a week's time and this marks another important landmark in the process towards Year 7. I would also remind Year 5 parents that applications are currently open for children to sit the local authority 11+ exam via the following link: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/elevenplus
It was good to see so many Crescent families attending the open evening at Princethorpe College earlier in the week. For children in Year 4 and 5 the prospect of secondary school is coming increasingly into focus and going to see the possible schools with your children is a really important part of the process. The College was resplendent on a perfect summer evening and I know that the children who attended were really impressed with the range of activities on offer. Ms Forth and Ms Lowe will be seeing all of our current Year 5 parents in a week's time and this marks another important landmark in the process towards Year 7. I would also remind Year 5 parents that applications are currently open for children to sit the local authority 11+ exam via the following link: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/elevenplus
My magic moment of the week came on Thursday and seeing the Reception children off for their first swimming session here at school. They all came in the morning tremendously excited with their little bags and were all placed in the capable hand of their Year 6 buddy as they set off on the bus for their session. Mrs Tucker was also there to see them off and you can see the photo of the moment as the cover picture of my message.
Another excited person in school this week has been Mr Phillips who came into my office late on Wednesday evening to tell me about the success of our cricketers in the hardball pairs competition over at Bablake. By winning this tournament, they have now qualified for the final at Shrewsbury School towards the end of term. Many congratulations to the team and the coach.
I have a busy weekend of sport lined up myself with my son playing in a football competition at St George's Park National Football Centre in Burton. Apparently, he is playing in the David Beckham arena, so that can’t be bad. I’m running in the Two Castles 10km run on Sunday morning and my eldest son is home for the weekend before heading off across Europe inter-railling. Hopefully I will get time to draw breath and relax at some point as well.
Have a great weekend.
Best wishes
Joe Thackway
Headmaster
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