The Courier

The Scholastic Book Fair has been in school this week, the books arrived in their special display cases on Monday causing much excitement for all. The brightly coloured jackets and bold titles catching the imagination of all who walked past.

Every class has had the chance to visit the fair with their teacher during lesson time. They were able to look at the selection of books on offer and reserve the books they wanted to buy. On offer were books for girls and boys of all ages and reading levels. The fair was also open before and after school for parents to come along and purchase books.

As always, the book fair was very popular, there really is nothing like the sight, feel and smell of a new book!

A huge thank you to all of you who visited out bookfair, it is the first we have held in a couple of years and it was lovely to see the keen faces of the children looking for their next book to read.

This year the total made is £1930.31, of this we receive £1158.19 commission that means £128 per class to spend on new books which I am sure you agree is amazing.

A big thank you must also go out to the FOC members who assisted in the running of the bookfair, without them I could not have managed. 

Mrs Webb
Assistant Head

This year’s inter-house Maths Dash took place on Tuesday 22 November. Devised by Ms Forth, the competition challenges pupils from Year 2 through to Year 5 to complete a series of maths questions, testing their teamwork and communication skills in addition to their mathematical knowledge.

Overseen by the Year 6 House Captains, who also choose the teams, pupils enthusiastically problem solved in pairs before dashing to their Captain to check their answers and for the next question.

The children all worked exceptionally well, sharing ideas, demonstrating their impressive mathematical abilities and supporting each other. They really enjoyed the Maths Dash with many commenting "Can I do it again next year?"

Well done to everyone who took part and a special congratulations to Blue House who finished in first place overall and were awarded the sparkly diamond Maths Dash trophy in Assembly.

At the end of the competition the final scores were:

Blue Team – scored 128 points – awarded 200 House points

Red Team – scored 107 points – awarded 150 House points

Yellow Team – scored 99 points – awarded 100 House points

If any parents missed the bookfair then please take a look at the Scholastic Bookclubto 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.

Book Club

Please place your order online by 6 December 2022.

We love sharing Christmas cards here at Crescent School but we ask that all cards are put in our special Christmas postbox which we will situate near the pupil entrance from Monday 5 December.

All cards must be in before Wednesday 14 December and they will be sorted by the Year 6 children and then handed out to pupils before the end of term.

Please put the full name of the recipient and their class on the envelope.

A donation to this term's charity, the Birmingham Children's Hospital, would be appreciated.

Mrs Webb
Assistant Head