Well done to Kyle in Class VI who has been appointed as captain of the rugby team for the year. Kyle’s appointment was announced in our Good News assembly.
A round up of the other sports captains will be in next week's Courier.
Children from Crackley Hall School and Crescent School had a fantastic, full day of uplifting and inspiring singing when they took part in a joint Foundation Junior School choral workshop. The pupils from both school choirs worked together under the guidance of Directors of Music, Susan Olden and Julie Barnes, to prepare and rehearse a mix of joint and individual choral and solo pieces ready for an afternoon concert for parents.
Mrs Olden and Mrs Barnes both agreed that the joint musical initiative had been another very successful day, remarking that, “Everyone has really enjoyed themselves and we have all learnt from each other.”
The concert opened with an uplifting performance of Why We Sing, the voices of the 60 plus children blending together beautifully, echoing touchingly around Crackley’s school hall. Both schools individually showcased their choral skills, with Crescent School singing The Harvest of Love and Since You’ve Been Gone and Crackley Hall The Poppy Red and Hold Back The River. The audience was also treated to incredible, individual solos from Mia Webb on flute, Lily Emery who sang The Dormouse’s Carol, Andrea Zanyi who performed Ring Of Keys and Isabella Osborne who belted out Why Am I Always The Bridesmaid. During the concert the choirs performed a variety of pieces together; they included Sanctus, Touch The Sky, A Little Can Change Our World, We Are The World and the always popular Viva La Vida.
Julie Barnes, Director of Music at the Crescent School, continued, “The children have clearly enjoyed working together. Last year’s workshop went well, but this one has been even better.”
Susan Olden, Director of Music at Crackley Hall, added, “We have some real talent in our schools and we very much want to inspire them with their singing.”
The choral workshop is to be followed by a return visit next term when Crackley Hall will travel to Bilton, Rugby for an orchestral workshop with the Crescent School.
The shared workshops are just one of the many performance opportunities that the children have.
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Crescent School is very proud of our past and present brass players who played such important roles in local remembrance services last weekend.
We pictured Henry Corbin and Matthew Thomas as the Courier’s lead photo last week. Between them the boys played the Last Post at four remembrance services over the weekend.
Past pupil and Head Boy, Christopher Gibson also sounded the Last Post at Offchurch in the morning and, as part of a national event, was one of 1,000 buglers across the country, when he sounded the Last Post at 18.55pm at the commemorations at Warwick Castle in the evening.
Please click here to see a video of Christopher playing.
Crescent School
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The following children received Certificates of Excellence from the Playground Supervisors in Assembly this morning:
Well done to you.
Milk is now going to be given out to the children (who have signed up for milk) at lunchtime for all the classes except Reception, who will continue to have the milk in their classroom with Mrs Pullen and Mrs Noyce.
While in the lunch hall, the Year 6 Milk Monitors will take it to each child, so they can enjoy it with their lunch. This will help with litter in the playground and reduce lesson disruption. As your child will no longer be getting their milk at break-time, you may wish to send in a drink bottle with water so your child has access to a drink through the morning.
Thank you for your support on this matter.
Win an iPad, £500 worth of books for your school and some tasty smoothies!
The Happy Monkey is trying to write some new smoothie recipes, but he can’t help but monkey around. Rather than fruit, his new recipes include jokebooks, daydreams and cheese!
Could you come up with a sillier recipe? Draw a picture of your smoothie or write your very own recipe – the funnier, the better! If we think your idea is totally bananas you’ll win your own iPad, £500 worth of books for your school and a selection of Happy Monkey smoothies for you and your friends!
This competition is for imaginations only – don’t try to make your ‘silly smoothie’ in real life!
Download the entry form here.
Please send your entries to:
Happy Monkey Competition
Scholastic Book Fairs
Euston House
24 Eversholt Street
London
NW1 1DB
Please include your name, address, school and phone number.
This competition closes on 31 December 2018.
