The Courier

Dear Parents and Friends of the School

I very much hope you have enjoyed a restful and enjoyable Easter break. Hopefully this has involved spending some real quality time with your children, even though you may have been hiding in your houses for some of it waiting and hoping for the rain to abate.

The good news is, the forecast for the weekend is a lot brighter and I have enjoyed watching the ground staff marking out the field for the summer activities. The warmth in the air and the blossoms on the trees give us a sense of hope and new beginnings, which is what spring is all about.

On a spring theme, thank you very much to two very helpful parents, Mrs O'Connell and Mrs Beecham, who came into school during the holiday period to prepare our new wildflower raised bed next to the school field. They have done a very tidy job I must say, and we now await some lovely little seedlings emerging out of the soil and hopefully attracting all of those pollinating insects that play such an important role in the biodiversity of the environment.

Hopefully this mini-edition to the Courier will give you all the key information you need for the return to school on Monday and you should also by now have received hard copies of the school calendar for the term. As usual this is chock-a-block with fun and educational activities for you and the children to look forward to. I hope very much to meet up with you all at some point during the next week or so and, in the meantime, wish you all a peaceful weekend.

We are looking forward to the our Outdoor Learning programme for all of the children across the school from Years 1 to 6. This will replace swimming this term and will take place each week and in the same slot on the timetable.

Outdoor Learning will consist of a combination of Forest School activities as well as orienteering, team building and leadership skills training. This is a structured and fully planned series of activities that will develop collaborative work skills while enhancing children's growth mindset in problem solving situations. It will also give them the opportunity to learn and work outdoors during the warmer period of the year.

What to bring into school to wear:

Pupils will need:

• a long sleeved t-shirt
• long bottoms
• a change of trainers and socks
• a pair of gloves to be able to safely take part in the activities
• their school coat or send in a suitable waterproof coat

All of this needs to be put in a named bag that can be left on their peg for the term. Please ensure all items of home clothes are named.

Summer uniform is to be worn in the Trinity Term.  

Entries are still open for our next exciting House Competition to design an Easter Decoration.  Choose your own Easter theme and work on your own or with sibling(s):

Prizes

• 1st prize - 150 house points and an Easter egg
• 2nd prize - 100 house points and an Easter egg
• 3rd prize - 50 house points and an Easter egg

All entries will be awarded 5 house points.

Please do not bring your decorations into school but send in a photo of your completed design by 9am on Wednesday 17 April to:

Yellow House - Mrs McCollin: rachelmccollin@crescentschool.co.uk

Red House - Mrs Emery: lisaemery@crescentschool.co.uk

Blue House - Ms Clark: emmaclark@crescentschool.co.uk

We look forward to receiving photos of your amazing decorations!

Reception Children will be having their 'taster swimming session' in the Trinity Term. The taster session is to show children the school swimming process, with going on the bus, getting to the swimming pool, navigating the swimming pool and meeting the Rugby School swimming teachers. 

Children will all be put into buoyancy aids to begin with as swimming teachers begin their assessment process for safety at this session. It is a fun taster session and their swimming level assessment will take place in September. 

Please ensure swimming kit is brought in on the morning of their swim, children can wear their own swimming costumes/swim caps for this taster but they will need to have Crescent school swimming kit for September.  This can be ordered via the uniform order form.

I would be grateful if you could complete the form below with your child's swimming information to aid with ratios etc. by Sunday 21 April 2024.

Swimming Levels 

Users posting fraudulent links on social media sites, usually via bogus accounts, is a common way for cyber attackers to attempt to gain credentials. These links are often posted as comments under legitimate posts, often pretending to be relevant to the original post. Clicking on the link would then prompt the user to enter credentials which would be stolen, or would attempt to download malware onto the device.

It has come to our attention that some phishing links such as those described above have been posted as comments on Crescent School Facebook posts, by unknown accounts. Our marketing team have been quick to hide and remove the comments and links, but it is important to be aware of this practice and avoid any suspicious links. Public facing social media such as the school’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter profiles can be targeted in this way, as can the social media profiles of any organisation, and we will always do our best to remove suspicious posts quickly.

The links in question purported to link to live streams of school sports matches. The school does not live stream any sports matches, and would certainly not publicly post any links in the event we were to stream these. This is one example but please do beware of this practice both on school social media posts and all other forms of social media, in order to protect your accounts and data.

MySchoolPortal

Crescent School

Tuesday 16 April 2024 - 4.30pm

We are looking forward to the past pupil matches next Tuesday and hope the rain stays away!

Past Pupils: please arrive no earlier than 1630 via the pupil entrance side gate where you will be welcomed for refreshments ion the field. Your current school Games kit to be worn.

Class 6W: for those who are staying in school Mr Adkins will supervise you in the IT room and you will join past pupils for refreshments at 1630.  Any pupils going home need to return for this time.  All Pupils to wear their Games kit for Netball/Football.

Plan:

• 1630 - arrive for refreshments on the School Field via the pupil entrance gate
• 1645 - tour of the school for 6W, past pupils and their parents with Mrs Webb
• 1700 - matches

We estimate the games will be finished by 1745. Please collect your child via the pupil entrance if you are not watching the matches.

Thursday 18 April 2024 10.30am to 12.30pm

Don't miss the College's Open Morning next week. It gives prospective families a chance to visit the school on a normal working day, and tour the school with Year 8 and 9 pupils acting as guides. The Leadership and Admissions Teams will be on hand to answer any questions visitors might have. Light refreshments will be available.

All are welcome, please book your place by clicking here.

Entrance Examinations Day for September 2025 entry will take place on Saturday 9 November 2024 from 9.30am to 3.30pm.

The deadline for registrations, scholarship and bursary applications is Friday 27 September 2024.

If you have any questions please contact the Admissions Team on 01926 643201/297 or email admissions@princethorpe.co.uk.

We are about to relaunch our Fees In Advance Scheme, which would be applicable for fees from September 2024 for Princethorpe College, Crescent School and Crackley Hall School.

More details will be available shortly, to register your interest or to request more information please complete the online form here.

Eddie Tolcher
Foundation Bursar

Click here to view the term dates for 2023/24 and 2024/25.

Crescent School