The Courier

Crescent School is delighted to confirm our Head Boy and Head Girl for the 2020/21 academic year.  Our congratulations go to George and Alyssa who have been selected to take on the roles. They were both appointed following a rigorous selection process which included application letters as well as a student and staff vote.

The positions of Head Boy and Head Girl are extremely important ones as they are the most senior pupil roles in the school. George and Alyssa will be the leaders of our pupil community and will be an important link between the children and staff.

Further responsibilities including the House and Team Captains will be announced shortly.

All of our Year 6 pupils play an ambassadorial role within the school. Working in three house teams, they undertake a wide range of duties in and around the school and represent the school at public events such as Open Days. Most importantly they act as role models for the wider school community, particularly for the youngest children in our Reception class. All of the Reception children are buddied up with a Year 6 pupil for the year, who look after them, play with them and sit with them at lunch.

Headmaster, Joe Thackway, said, “It was a difficult decision to make from the many excellent applications.  I offer my congratulations to George and Alyssa and I look forward to working with them next school year.”

Feranmi from Reception Class entered the Birmingham Museum Trust’s Inspire20 art competition, ‘What I Can See’ focusing on things in our homes, gardens, skies, views, and even in our imaginations and thoughts.  Following a judging process, Feranmi's entry was awarded Highly Commended in the category 0-4 years, for his artwork, ‘Birds and Insect’.

The judges described Feranmi's work as charming, with lots of detail and energy.  They also liked how some of his lockdown activities, like taking a walk, had such a clear impact on his work and provided lots of lasting interest.

Feranmi received a wonderful selection of museum goodies from the museum shop. Well done Feranmi, we are very proud of you.

Crescent School

In the first half of the Autumn Term children should come to school in summer uniform together with their school blazers whilst the temperatures are still reasonably mild.  Parents can use their discretion to send children in winter uniform if the weather turns cooler or if it is raining.

After the half term break all children are expected to be in full winter uniform.  Parents can again then use their discretion as to whether blazers or the school coat are more appropriate for the weather at the time.

When it does get really cold we do need all the children to have their coats in school so we can make a decision on outdoor break times.

Please note hair should be tied back.

Thank you for your cooperation with these guidelines.

Joe Thackway
Headmaster  

Our new Scholastic Book Club is up and running! Go to http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/the-crescent to browse the latest books and order online. For every £1 you spend on this month’s Book Club, our school will earn 20p in Scholastic Rewards.

Please place your order online by 2 October 2020.

Thank you for your support with this.

Mrs Webb
Assistant Head

Kindles or other e-reader are allowed in school from Year 3 for the children to read from. It is important that reading is as accessible as possible for children and often books are cheaper online. The children really only need to be reading one book rather than having a school book and a home book, one book can do both jobs and will save on confusion for the child.

If you decide that your child can bring their Kindle or other e-reader in, then it is to be used for reading ONLY. There will be no internet access. If a child is found using it inappropriately then parents will be informed. The Kindle will be the child's responsibility and any breakages are not our responsibility.

Please be reassured there are more than enough books in school for your child to enjoy and there is no necessity for your child to have a Kindle or e-reader, it is just a different way to access books if you wish to.

In line with many, if not all, primary aged schools, dogs are not allowed on the main school site.  If you come to school with a dog please keep it on a lead and avoid coming onto the main site beyond the drop off gate (the one next to the parents’ noticeboard).

With thanks for your understanding and support on this important health and safety matter.

Joe Thackway
Headmaster

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 possibly 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:

• Packs of nuts
• Peanut butter sandwiches
• Fruit and cereal bars that contain nuts
• Chocolate bars or sweets that contain nuts
• Sesame seed rolls (children allergic to nuts may also have a severe reaction to sesame)
• Cakes made with nuts

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.

Please would parents ensure that children do not come into school wearing jewellery.

Necklaces and bracelets can easily be broken or lost and are potentially hazardous for children taking part in physical activities or experiments. Earrings are not to be worn in school at anytime. 

Modern style watches can be worn in school as long as they don't have any communication capability. We would recommend that this isn't appropriate for children in Pre-Prep. 

Thank you for you cooperation with this health and safety matter.