The Courier

Dear Parents

We are now fully in the swing of the summer term and that means many things here at school, one of which, that has been in the spotlight this week, being residential trips. Year 4 and 5 both left the school on Wednesday morning in fine form, excited and looking forward to the change of scenery and pace of life that awaited them. With the Year 6s soon to follow next week, by the time half term comes all of the children in upper school will have had the chance to experience this exciting part of the school adventure. 

Wednesday morning was a particularly all action one, with the celebration breakfast taking place for the Year 6 children as the others were leaving onto the buses. This breakfast is a relatively new tradition which is much welcomed by the children and is a way of saying well done to them for successfully negotiating the trials and tribulations of their final year in primary school. The balance of our year is very much focused on entrance exams, which come in the autumn term, and it's a wonderful opportunity in the final two terms for the children to spread their wings a little and explore other aspects of learning and life in general. Next term they have community week to look forward to as well as the school play, leavers’ service, sports day, the list goes on.

You will see many of them in the next few weeks wearing their smart new navy hoodies, courtesy of the Friends of Crescent. Many thanks to the Friends, and therefore all of you, for making this possible.

On the subject of the Friends, you will have noticed a news story in the Courier recently on our lovely new play panels in the Cosy Corner (formerly known as the Quiet Area, but renamed following a naming competition and School Council vote). This space on the playground is coming along nicely and provides a really lovely refuge for those children who want to play the quieter games and perhaps sit and chat or read. We have also got some lovely new soft toys arriving in the corner, thanks to a very generous parental donation, and you will be hearing more about those in the very near future.

Whatever you have planned for the weekend, I hope you have a restful one. I am looking forward to seeing my brother who is visiting from Taiwan where he has been living for a number of years. It is a beautiful but troubled part of the world in some ways and it will be good to catch up with all of his stories.

With my best wishes.

Joe Thackway
Headmaster

Parents of 5F are invited to choose an appointment time for a Destinations meeting. These are for Year 5 parents with Ms Forth as Form Tutor and supported by Mrs Webb as Head of Year 6 Transition.

This is a chance to review your son or daughter's attainment up to this point and have a realistic discussion regarding plans for secondary school destinations and the process you now need to enter.

The 15 minute meetings will be run on Teams and you will be sent the link after booking your appointment.

The dates and times for these appointments are:

• Monday 12 June 1.00pm - 5pm or
• Tuesday 13 June 5pm - 7pm

Please select one appointment from the dates listed above with Ms Forth via the link below by Thursday 8 June. We look forward to seeing you. 

Destinations Meeting 

Ms Forth
Deputy Head/5F Form Tutor

At Crescent we do everything possible on our own systems to ensure all correspondents receive emails from the school. However, sometimes emails do not get through to parents due to automated filters on email providers, such as Gmail or Outlook. Most email providers allow you to whitelist email addresses and domains, so you will always receive emails from these addresses to your inbox. Therefore, it is sensible to do this for the crescentschool.co.uk domain to ensure no emails from the school end up in your spam or junk folders.

The following link shows you how to whitelist email addresses and domains for a variety of popular email providers: How to Whitelist an Email in Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo

If you have any issues with receiving emails from Crescent and would like support with this, please email servicedesk@princethorpe.co.uk with details of the issue and one of our team will be in touch to help.

Today, Friday 19 May, you will be able to access your child's final Report on 'My School Portal'. Other Class reports will be published later this term.

Staff have spent much time gathering evidence and writing these reports to keep you informed of your child's progress, achievements and wellbeing in school. This is of course, the last report from Crescent before 6W leave us and we wish them well. We do hope you enjoy reading them and sharing comments.

As the weather is getting warmer please ensure children have their Crescent School sun hat in school and sun cream. Crescent sun hats can be purchased form the school office.

Crescent School

The Foundation term dates for 2024-25 can be viewed below:

Princethorpe Foundation Term Dates 2024-25 

Crescent School

Dear Parents 

By now you should have received your Classlist invite to the annual Friends of Crescent Summer Fete. This year we are excited to be hosting it on Saturday 10 June from 12pm -2.30pm to coincide with the School's 75th anniversary celebrations. 

As the event is on a Saturday we have designed it to suit the whole family, so in addition to the usual stalls and inflatables there will be a licensed bar, hot food and ice creams. 

Entry is free of charge, but if the children would like to play the games on the stalls they will require a game card which is £5. Cards with five stamps or more can be handed in to receive a prize. Game cards are available through Classlist. If you are not on Classlist please use the following link https://app.classlist.com/events/#/events/view/986071211

Raffle tickets can be purchased either through Classlist or on the day itself. 

As always we would love your support to help make the event a success so if you can spare 30-45 minutes to help run a stall at the event we would be eternally grateful!  We would also appreciate any raffle and tombola donations that you are able to make. Please drop these off either at reception or at the pupil entrance during drop-off from now until Monday 5 June.

Finally this year the profits of our teddy bear stall will go to Pawprints Dog Rescue - which the school is supporting this term. If you have any teddies that are in need of a new home please drop them into school! 

Many thanks

Please click below to view the lunch menu for next school week, children are able to have either the Main or Vegetarian option. 

Lunch Menu - 22 May 2023

Crescent School

Below is a link to view the Trinty Term Calendar.  

Click on the link below to view the Music Lesson timetable next week:

Music Lessons - 22 May 2023

There are 30 lessons across the year, averaging at 10 a term so all lessons will be made up across the year.

Lessons may not be able to be rearranged if children do not have their instruments in school.

Year 6 enjoyed a Celebration Breakfast on Wednesday 17 May and Chef Mrs Miliopoulos and her team had laid on a super spread. The children have worked hard this year, handled their examinations so well, and at all times been excellent role models for the pupils in the lower school.

Breakfast was laid out in the hall with cereals, pastries, fruit and fruit juice to choose from and Year 6 made short work of the tasty feast. 

The children were also presented with their Leavers' Hoodies and they were quick to put them on. Now a tradition for most schools, the hoodies will always be a tangible memory of their time at Crescent and their fellow pupils. They all looked so smart. We took them straight outside for a photo. A huge thank you to the FoC for providing them!

Just a reminder that the deadline is Monday 22 May - please get your entries in:

Do you know a dapper dog? Is your pooch the scruffiest around? Entries for our dog photography competition - in aid of PawPrints charity - should be printed and handed to Ms Clark by Monday 22 May, alongside a donation of £1 per entry. Winners will be selected by the School Council and announced in assembly in the last week of half term. Please see the poster for the different competition categories.

Good luck!

Wednesday 24 May 2023 - 9.15am to 9.45am or Thursday 25 May 2023 - 2.45pm to 3.15pm

This is an opportunity to share your child's learning journey through Reception. 

One parent is able to attend either of the sessions below. Entry will be via the afterschool entrance by the side of school where parents normally collect Reception children.

Friday 26 May 2023

We will be holding a non-uniform day on Friday 26 May with all proceeds going to this term's chosen charity, Pawprints Dog Rescue. 

Please send a £1 donation with your child to be given to their form teacher.

Thank you.

Monday 5 June to Friday 9 June 2023

During the week commencing Monday 5 June parents are invited to come in to school from 8.15am to 8.40am to watch and support their child in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 while they quiz on their reading books.

The quiz platform is not available at home so this is a super opportunity for parents to share the experience.

Half-term is a great time for your child to finish reading a book and that will give you an extra excuse to see your child at work.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Tuesday 6 June 2023 - 09.30am to 12.30pm

We are all very much looking forward to our Sports Day for Years 3-6 on Tuesday 6 June at Princethorpe College. This is being held within the school day so normal drop off and collection times from school apply.

Please note that all pupils are to wear PE kit to school, blazers are not required but full tracksuits are to be worn. Please ensure that your child(ren) comes to school with the following:

• sun cream, applied before school 
• a school sunhat (these can be purchased from the school office)
• a refillable drinks bottle of water (snacks will be provided)

Sports days are always very much anticipated by the children and really enjoyable for all involved.

Parents are invited to come and support, please book your tickets via the link below by Friday 26 May so we are able to advise Princethorpe of numbers attending and car parking.  Please bring a chair or a blanket to sit on.

Years 3 - 6 Sports Day Tickets

Wednesday 7 June - 6.30pm to 8.30pm

Princethorpe College's annual Summer Open Evening will take place on Wednesday 7 June from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. This is a perfect opportunity for prospective families looking for a place in September 2024 and beyond to visit the school, for children to take part in departmental activities and for parents to meet and chat to members of staff and pupils.

The Headmaster will also address visitors during the evening. Light refreshments will be available.

Please click here to book your place. 

Monday 19 June 2023 - 2.00pm to 3.30pm

We are all very much looking forward to our Sports Day for Years 1 and 2 on Monday 19 June. This is being held within the school day so normal drop off and collection times from school apply.

Please ensure that your child(ren) come to school with the following:

• sun cream, applied before school and put in their bag
• a Crescent school sunhat (these can be purchased from the school office)
• a refillable drinks bottle of water (snacks will be provided)

Sports days are always very much anticipated by the children and really enjoyable for all involved.

Parents are invited to come and support, please book your tickets via the link below by Friday 9 June:

 Year 1 and 2 Sports Day

Tuesday 20 June 2023 - 9.15am to 10.15am

We are proud to present a Year 3 and 4 drama production on 20 June at 9.15am.

Terrific Topics revisits the fantastic work the children have done in class and brings it to life. Let them take you back in time to Ancient Egypt, The Indus Valley, WW2 and bring you forward to a geographical piece about rainforests. The children have devised parts of this production themselves, adding soundscapes, presenting, freezeframes and even writing their own poems.

Year 3 and 4 will share with you what they have learned in drama over the last year as well as imparting their knowledge about moments in history.  Refreshments will be served in the Library from 8.45am.

Tickets can be booked below, 3 per child:

Year 3 and 4 Terrific Topics

Tuesday 20 June 2023 at 7.00pm

A story about love, magic and betrayal.

Year 6 are excited to share with you their version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Betrayed by his brother Antonio, Prospero and his daughter Miranda end up on a desert island. Formerly the Duke of Milan, Prospero, a magician causes a tempest to shipwreck his enemies and exact his revenge. Rehearsals have been great fun and this promises to be a fantastic performance.

The playground will be open for parking and refreshments will be served from 6.30pm.

Tickets can be booked here, 4 per child:

The Tempest Tickets

Tuesday 20 June 2023 - 2.15pm to 3.15pm

We are all very much looking forward to our Sports Day for Reception on Tuesday 20 June. This is being held within the school day so normal drop off and collection times from school apply.

Please ensure that your child(ren) come to school with the following:

• sun cream, applied before school and put in their bag
• a Crescent school sunhat (these can be purchased from the school office)
• a refillable drinks bottle of water (snacks will be provided)

Sports days are always very much anticipated by the children and really enjoyable for all involved.

Parents are invited to come and support, please book your tickets by Friday 9 June via the link below: 

Reception Sports Day Tickets 

The following children have worked so very hard and have achieved full Junior da Vinci status.

• Tilly, Daniel, Oore, Jed and Ava in 1Q all achieve theirs for English, as do Ava and Kian in 3S
• Sam, Charlie and Yash in 6W achieve theirs in PE & Games

Congratulations to you all.

Mrs Symons
JdV Lead

Our reading superstar this week is Aria for reading an amazing two million words! 

Top Word Wizards and Quizzers this week are:

Top Quizzers are:

• 3S  Thomas B
• 4C  Nora
• 5F  Alex T
• 6W Zahra

Word Wizards are:

• 3S Seren
• 4C Maya
• 5F Timi
• 6W Tegan

Mrs Nelson
Teaching Assistant

It is always an exciting time for the children when they gain their pen licence, enabling them to make the move from writing in pencil to pen.

For this rite of passage, the children have to show that they can write neatly and consistently in cursive, joined handwriting in all of their work, not just handwriting tasks.

Amber has shown pride in the presentation of all of her learning tasks and has been awarded a Pen Licence and her first handwriting pen.

Well done!

Well done to this week's Artists of the Week:

Artists

• Feranmi (2E)
• Hermione (2E)
• Rachael (2E)
• Alice (2W)
• Katie (2W)
• Klara (2W)
• Felicity (2W)

Crescent School

Pre-Prep reading certificates have this week been awarded to:

• Alex
• Austin
• Emma
• Isabella
• Lily
• Max
• Niamh
• Oscar
• Reegan
• Uma

This week Class 3S have been learning about different types of shape poems. A particular favourite was calligrams, where the word is written to reflect its meaning. Here are some of the children’s great ideas both in the planning stages and the finished articles.  We had lots of fun!

In English, we've been planning, drafting, editing and improving our writing in the style of David Walliams. We used role play to develop our ideas and applied our developing understanding of how to use dialogue to portray character. 

At the end of our topic on maps and mapping the Year 5 children had a go at making board games using the skills and knowledge that they had learnt. They came up with a wide range of themes and designs which you can see in the pictures below. The children also had a chance to play each other’s games and decide which ones worked the best.

Congratulations to the following pupils who scored 19.5 or 20 out of 20 in a Spanish writing test on the topic of hobbies. They needed to create sentences with a day of the week and an activity. They have also been learning the time in Spanish.

Alice, Grace, Maisie, Shayla and Shiv

Class 6W have been analysing poetry this week. The poems are all based around special objects. Leading on from this, the children all had their own special object they are writing a poem about using one of the poems analysed as a model.

Crescent U10s travelled over to Princethorpe on a very sunny evening to take part in a very fast-paced and highly competitive 6-aside tournament. Despite losing their opening match 3-0 to a very strong, physical Grange Farm side, Crescent rallied superbly with a comprehensive 2-0 victory over Crackley and a dominant 0-0 draw against a resolute Hampton Primary. This meant a second place finish in their group and a third place play-off match against Crick, the runners-up of the other side of the draw. Again Crescent dominated play, Timi coming close to breaking the deadlock on four separate occasions, but just couldn't find the winner. This however meant the excitement of penalties and chance for heroes to be made. Crescent's hero on this occasion was Edward G-H, who pulled off two outstanding saves in goal, allowing Timi and Alex T to slot one home, taking a 2-1 win and an overall third place finish out of the 10 teams. Special mentions for the whole squad for excellent application and attitude, Player of the Tournament going to Ed G-H for his fantastic goalkeeping throughout.

Mr Adkins & Mrs Dowling

On Thursday, it was the turn of the Year 3 children to head over to Edgbaston for the Hallfield cricket tournament.

The seven children who took part competed in three games, and it was great to see the enthusiasm that they all brought to the afternoon and the development of their cricketing skills.

In the three matches, they managed one victory against Crackley Hall, and two narrow defeats against Solihull and Warwick. Thomas was named man of the match and the highlight of his day was hitting 5 sixes off one single over to win a match that we were behind in.

The Year 4 team travelled to Hallfield School for their annual Cricket Tournament on Tuesday 16 May.  

Their first game was against the host school, Crescent won the toss and went into field first.  Some solid bowling and sharp fielding from all of the team kept Hallfield to 44 runs with Crescent taking one wicket. 

Crescent went in to bat, coming up against some exceptional bowlers who took a total of seven wickets increasing their score to 79. Zac, Lewis and Maxi all found the boundary a number of times to take Crescent up to 67. A competitive first game. 

Our second match was against Warwick who had some very big hitters, who scored a number of 6s to score a whopping 131, Crescent again did their best to match this hitting a number of 4s to total 84.  Another good strong game. 

The final game was against Abberly Hall. Consistent bowling saw Ed and Maxi take a wicket while Abberly scored 64.  Crescent had now got their eye in when batting and where able to reply with 89 runs. 

A great learning experience for all, with everybody making fantastic progress and having a fabulous time. Player of the tournament was awarded to Aryaan for his fantastic team spirit. 

Mrs McCollin and Mrs Calder 

On Wednesday it was the U11 Girls' turn to travel to Hallfield School for their pairs cricket tournament.

The first game saw Crescent take a win against Norfolk House taking seven wickets and scoring 102 to their 47.

The team's second match was against Bromsgrove School, it was a tightly contested game where the girls took five wickets, however Bromsgrove's fielding was solid holding us to 59 to their 70.

In the final game we came up against a well rehearsed RGS Worcester, whose strong batting saw them find the boundary on numerous occasions.

Overall a great afternoon of cricket, the U11s are looking forward to their next fixture.

A fantastic team effort saw lots of growth and development in all areas of the game, setting the team up for an exciting season. Player of the tournament awarded to Ellie.

Mrs McCollin and Theo Nelson

Friday 26 May 2023 - 3.30pm to 5.00pm

Please come along and support the FoC by buying cakes and sweets, all priced at 50p each. All the money raised at these market day events goes towards privilege time for Class 1Q.

It's that time again - and with the fete happening so soon after half term we need to start collecting donations now! Please drop them in to the office or the side door at drop-off. We are looking for:

Please see below for useful school contact information:

• My School Portal: MSP Login
• SOCS: SOCS Login

The Foundation has the following vacancies:

Princethorpe College

• Teacher of RE
• Rugby Coach
• Graduate Sports Coach
• Graduate Teaching Assistant

Full details and information on how to apply are available on the Foundation website here:

www.princethorpe.co.uk/join-us

Should you know anyone who might be interested in these posts, please do share this information with them.

Click here to view the term dates for 2022/23 and 2023/24.

Crescent School

The following items are stocked in the School Office and can be added to your account:

• Winter hats
• Scarves
• Gloves
• Ties
• Swimming hats
• Sports socks
• Hair bands
• Hair scrunchies
• Hair clips
• Sun hats
• Music group badges - Choir, Orchestra, String, Brass and Wind

Please do contact admin@crescentschool.co.uk in if you need any of the above items.

Crescent School Office