The Courier

Dear Parents

In this final Courier of 2022, I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from me personally, and from everyone here at Crescent.

We have finished the term in fine style here, with two more parent events this week that have gone down beautifully. Firstly, on Monday was the Year 2 Christmas Cracker production. We piloted a new format this year, with songs and poems being shared by the children that they had learned in their music and drama lessons. It was wonderful to see them so happy and embracing the opportunity to perform to an audience. It was a particularly friendly and receptive audience, I have to say.

On Tuesday evening at Princethorpe Chapel we enjoyed the upper school Carol service. The attendance was excellent despite the dreadful traffic conditions in the area on the day, not to mention the sub-zero temperatures. The children performed beautifully in a wonderful location that presents its own challenges, particularly as we don't get to rehearse in there very often. The singing, the music, the acting and the readings were all expertly delivered, and I hope parents left with a warm Christmassy feeling.

We now have a well-deserved break to look forward to and I hope you are able to find time to decompress after an autumn of hard work, and a fortnight of very cold weather. As a family, we don't have any great plans but hope to keep things nice and quiet. Our son James is about to start officer training with the Royal Navy in Dartmouth at the beginning of January and he has quite a long list of things he needs to get together. This will at least make choosing his Christmas presents easier. We are also looking forward to having our daughter Lorna back at home following her final autumn term at university.

Whatever you have planned, I wish you all a restful and peaceful time with your families.

Joe Thackway
Headmaster