As many of you may have seen there is a new aspect to the Acitive Learn Online Platform. As a school we are having a trial period with Bug Club, this is a reading initiative which we are exploring for Pre-Prep next year.
Please free free to use it. If we decide to invest in the initiative you will all receive information to help you as a family get the most out of Bug Club.
Two teams of Year 5 children took part in an all day challenge designed for mixed Year 5/6 teams. 40 schools took part from all over the region, answering challenging conundrums as a team, tackling a very difficult crossword made only of numbers and choosing and using the correct maths to solve tricky problems, as pairs, in a shuttle run; the pupils enjoyed this best.
Bearing in mind ours was probably the youngest team there, the girls' team of Jessica, Milly, Chloe and Sienna scored 188 points and the boys team, Sam, Daniel, James and George scored 201 points and received a certificate for best teamwork. This placed us middle of the final board.
On a very warm day, the pupils thrived on the challenge of the day showing determination and resilience. I was proud of them all.
Once again last week there was significant news about children gaming being exposed to unsafe adults. Our advice continues to be centred on open, agreed, communicative family online use, as this teaches children how to be safe rather than just fixating on certain games such as Roblox.
Please, additionally, find a link to useful information below on the risk of online grooming.
We wish to say a huge thank you to all the staff, parents and pupils who have expressed their good wishes for our recent marriage through kind wishes, cards and presents.
We really appreciate your kind words and support at this special time for us. We had an amazing day with our family and friends and we were even lucky enough to get married outside.
I would like to remind parents that Crescent School, along with the other schools of the Princethorpe Foundation, aims to be a nut-free zone. Whilst we cannot guarantee that children won’t come into contact with nuts or products with nut traces whilst at school we endeavour to reduce this risk as far as we can.
The aim of this strategy is to reduce the risk to those children and adults who may suffer an anaphylactic reaction if exposed to nuts to which they are sensitive. The school aims to protect children who have allergies to nuts yet also help them, as they grow up, to take responsibility as to what foods they can eat and to be aware of where they may be put at risk.
Our 'Nut-Free Zone' means that the following items should not be brought into school:
No nuts are used in any of the food prepared on site at our school. Our suppliers provide us with nut-free products. However, we cannot guarantee freedom from nut traces.
It is worth noting that there are currently children in school with a known nut allergy. Exposure to nuts for these children could result in serious consequences. I know that you, like me, would do anything reasonably possible to prevent this from happening.
We ask all parents to support us in this policy by providing nut-free mid-morning snacks and not using nuts in cakes provided for bake sales or fund raising events.
