The Courier

In our Good News Assembly this morning we awarded School Promise certificates to recognise the children’s excellent behaviour as good friends, good learners or good citizens. 

Congratulations go to:

• Oliver for getting along with everybody and always talking to and about other people with positivity and kindness
• Mya for being kind, gentle and open to building new friendships from her very first days at Crescent
• Dorrit for her imaginative way of making everyone smile and being a caring friend
• Caitlyn for making some good friendships in her first few months in a new school
• Asha for being gentle, caring and honest in her dealings with others
• Jessica for being caring and gentle in all aspects to everyone she encounters

For being a Good Learner and keeping the School Promise:

• Maximillion for showing resilience and determination in all aspects of his learning
• Timi for showing great progress and a desire to always produce his best in English
• Chloe for increasing her independence and consistency of written work
• Kai for his positive attitude towards his learning especially in maths and in the Times Table challenge
• Milly for putting in maximum effort into her lessons
• James for showing a real enjoyment of learning, giving his best to every lesson and embracing a challenge
• Cara for trying her hardest in all that she does 

For being a Good Citizen and keeping the School Promise:

• Nora for always being honest and trustworthy
• Harriett for being organised and responsible for herself
• Mia for being a responsible, helpful person

Thank you to Ottilie, Harry, Freddie, Tegan, Drew, Caitlyn, Maryn and Anton for their good conduct, good manners and respect for others during lunchtimes.

The lunchtime supervisors decided that you are this half term's recipients of Top Table invitations.

Well done to all of you.

The following children received Certificates of Excellence from the Playground Supervisors in Assembly this morning:

• Timi for showing resilience during football by getting back up when he is tackled!
• Tumi for being the first person to collect other people's belongings and find their owners!

On Tuesday 12 February, nine Year 6 children were selected to be part of a cross phase, cross Foundation (with Crackley Hall and Princethorpe College) experience to extend their learning. They were to become astronauts and ground crew for the day at Leicester Space Centre. Their mission was to track a comet and to build and launch a probe to get vital information from it. All the children had vital roles to play including functions such as life support, probe building, navigation and communication. 

I was very proud of their attitude to the challenges set, their team work, their respect for others and their clear organisation and communication skills.

This is what the children had to say about it:

• Vignesh: ' It was such a good concept, it was so much fun but it was all linked to our studies.'
• Bexie: 'We used so many different skills, it was great working as a team, listening and respecting others to meet the objective set,'
• Cara, 'We learnt we are all important parts of a team, it was great to see both sides to the mission,'

It was a pleasure to see them at work.

A team of pupils in Year 5 have been selected to enter the Jaguar Primary School Challenge in early May 2019. This is a competition for local schools to race cars they have designed and made down a track. Further details can be found here: http://www.primaryschoolchallenge.com/home/

We are looking for sponsorship in order to fund some items such as:

• Clothing for the children to wear on the day i.e. as simple as baseball caps up to full boiler type suits
• Re-usable materials i.e. card, wheels, axles etc to help make the cars and make the displays
• Ingredients for cakes (that we will make) to include in our display (we want to impress the judges!)
• Support or help in making the pit stop display

In return we will use your company logo on the cars and display on the day to say a big thank you for your donation and to help advertise your businesses.  We would also happily receive small items such as key rings and pens that we could include in the display.

If you can help in any way whatsoever, however small, the children would appreciate it very much my email is jbyrne@crescentschool.co.uk

I think both myself and the children are in for a time consuming but very rewarding time.

Thank you very much.

Mrs Byrne
DT Teacher

Music Exams will be held on Monday 18 March 2019 between 9.30am and 4.00pm.  A timetable will be published and sent to parents nearer the date.

Thank you for all your donations for non-uniform day today.  We raised £168.61.

This will go to this terms charity The Bwengu Project.

Thank you

This fantastic competition is open again for 2019, it is a super opportunity for children to showcase their writing talents. 

Any child over age 5 can enter a story of up to 500 words before the deadline of Friday 8 March 2019.  Your child can write a story at home or even use a story written in school.

Please let me know if your child enters the competition, it is an additional opportunity for me to praise them for extra effort.

For further information on how to enter please follow the link:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1

Good luck everybody.

The Foundation is holding a special memorial service to celebrate the life of Mary O'Farrell, the Foundation's much loved former Chair of Trustees, on Friday 29 March 2019 at 6.00pm in the Princethorpe College Chapel.

Mary joined the Foundation’s Governing Body in 2000 and held the role of Chair of Trustees for eight years until 2016, continuing to serve as trustee until her death. A former primary Headteacher with many years’ experience, Mary played an integral part in the Foundation's growing success, overseeing the merger with Abbotsford in 2010 and with the Crescent in 2016.

Comments Ed Hester, Head of the Foundation "Mary very sadly died in September last year and is sorely missed by us all. She was a remarkable woman in so many ways and with her passing the Foundation lost a true and valued friend. She was an exceptional Chair of Trustees, known for her wise counsel, collaborative approach and sense of humour, all of which she brought to bear in her role. She had an implicit understanding of education, teaching and learning, and this combined with her unique personal touch with fellow trustees, staff and children, had an immeasurable impact on the Foundation over the years.

He continues, "We hope this Memorial Service, which we have organised with her husband John, will give the many people whose lives she touched a chance to come together and celebrate her wonderful life."

The service will be followed by refreshments in the Sixth Form Centre. All are most welcome.

If you would like to attend the Memorial Service please click here to RSVP by Friday 15 March.