The Courier

Children at Crescent School are now enjoying state-of-the-art play equipment thanks to a donation from the Friends of Crescent (FoC).

The fundraising campaign by the primary school’s parents and teacher association has funded the large majority of the cost, a magnificent sum of nearly £12 000, of the high-quality natural wood adventure trail through a range of initiatives that included clothes sales, quizzes, movie nights, fairs and recycling collections.

The new outdoor play area has been installed on the grass at the back of the playground and provides an exploratory, fun and engaging activity trail that has been designed to engage and challenge the children physically. 

Comments, Chair of the FoC, Inez de Koning: “We are delighted to contribute to the wellbeing of the school by providing play equipment that encourages children to be active and creative outdoors.”

Headteacher, Joe Thackway, added: “Many thanks to our parents and to the FoC who worked so hard to provide this wonderful equipment. It will help to develop children’s confidence in movement and support better peer relationships while developing a lifelong passion for physical activity.”

Image Musical Theatre visited the Crescent School today, Friday 14 October, to stage a production of The Sword In The Stone for the whole school.  As always, the children got to join in with the super story-telling session and clearly all enjoyed the show.

Image Musical Theatre is a company that perform participatory theatre to primary school audiences.  They believe that bringing a story to life engages children and helps encourage them to read.

The actors, began by selecting children to take part in the show.  They then worked with the audience teaching them a series of songs, hand actions and responses to accompany the tale.

After a short break to allow the players to get into their costumes the production started. It was an excellent performance full of comedy and wit and the children sat focused and fully engaged. The theatre company cleverly brought the classic tale to life and the children really enjoyed singing all the songs.  Well done to Crescent’s budding actors, Feranmi, Jonny, Max, Sarima, Isabella J, Lilah, Leela, Hattie, Oscar and Bryson, who took to the stage eagerly and delivered their lines with aplomb.

It was another great morning of engaging learning and fantastic fun.

On Monday 10 October, Crescent School took part in Princethorpe College’s Year 5 Maths Challenge. The event was run by Douglas Buchanan of DCBEAGLE Challenges, who specialises in organising exciting and innovative maths activities for primary school aged children.

Crescent took two teams of two to compete alongside 36 pairs of enthusiastic and very talented mathematicians from 18 local schools, the pupils took part in a series of puzzles against the clock. In five eight-minute rounds the children tackled Tangram Triangles, Broken Calculators, Domino Jigsaws, Make 24, Card Order and Curly’s Cycling Circuits.

Ably supported and marked by a team of Princethorpe’s Year 10 pupils, the competition stretched and challenged the children with mathematical activities that required both reasoning skills and mathematical knowledge.

The event was huge fun for all who took part and everyone who participated received a certificate and a special Princethorpe cookie.

Crescent School’s best placed team finished in 3rd place overall with the second team finishing 26th. Well done to Shayla, James, Timi and Alex.

Mrs Dowling, who accompanied the children, said, “The children had a great time and really enjoyed putting their maths skills to the test. Well done to them all, there were some very talented mathematicians taking part and they made Crescent School proud.”

We would like to wish a Happy Diwali to all of our Crescent families who will be celebrating the festival during the half term holiday. I hope you enjoy a wonderful family occasion together and we send you the very best wishes of everyone here.

It was a pleasure to meet with the parents at the open corridor event to provide them a little taste of what we do at the school, and answer any questions they had on what we provide the children for lunch day to day.

Please click on the link below to see some image from the event:

Latin Kerb Event

Photo proofs were sent home with the children last week. All photographs should be ordered online at www.pics4schools.com.  

Details can be found on the proof card with your unique security code. The deadline for orders to ensure free delivery to school is Sunday 16 October 2022 (please ignore date on the card).  Orders after ths date will incur a delivery charge.

Please do contact Mr Lloyd if you have any queries, his details are on the proof card.

Crescent School

Didi Rugby

• Years 3 and 4 from 3.45pm to 4.30pm on a Wednesday
• Year 2 from 3.45pm to 4.30pm on a Friday

You can find out more information here where there is also a link to sign your child up.

Children’s Yoga, Mindfulness and Relaxation benefits the body and mind in so many ways. Here are just a few:

• Increases flexibility and Improves muscle strength and tones
• Improves balance and posture
• Aids digestion and boosts the immune system
• Reduces stress and anxiety and boosts self-confidence and self-esteem
• Improves focus and concentration
• Promotes healthy sleep patterns

If you would like your child to join please email Natalie direct  Kidz Love Yoga.

I do realise that many children may have signed up to other clubs, and we are intending to continue offering these club next term. Please note Wednesday is the Year 5 and 6 Games afternoon and there will be fixtures which clash with clubs.  

I often get asked about books and what can I recommend for children. Mrs Nelson loves recommending books and has created some useful lists for the children in Upper School if you want a little inspiration.

Reading Lists

Enjoy.

Mrs Webb and Mrs Nelson

The Poppy Appeal items will be arriving in School on Monday 31 October ready for children to purchase. Year 6 will be selling these on the door each morning before school.  

The photo displays the items for sale last year - this year's items tbc.