The Courier

Mr Thackway, Mrs Yates and her son, former Crescent Head Boy, Joe, along with a number of parents from the wider Crescent community, will be joining Tina and Chris Williams on Sunday 5 May when they take on the Great Birmingham Run.

They will be running in memory of Barnaby and are raising money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity’s Neuro-Oncology Research Fund. The fund supports the research imaging in which Birmingham Children’s Hospital is a world leader. This includes studies on Medulloblastoma, including developing new tests for more rapid diagnosis and subtyping that will aid the earlier diagnosis of the condition.

If you would like to support Tina, Chris and the Crescent community in their 10km challenge for Barnaby you can find out more and donate here:

ajbellgreatbirminghamrun2024.enthuse.com 

Year 5 pupils enjoyed a day at Princethorpe College on Tuesday, when they took part in a special Crescent School only taster day. It was an early opportunity for them to experience life at the Foundation’s senior school and start to become familiar with the bigger school environment, helping to make the move to secondary school a less daunting experience

Pupils enjoyed lessons in History, Geography, Latin, Science and Art. They have also had a walk around the school buildings, enjoyed a legendary Princethorpe cookie, spotted old Crescent friends now at Princethorpe, took lunch in the Refectory and participated in other activities including a Q&A with the prefects. In the afternoon, they also had the chance to familiarise themselves with the CEM tests used on entrance examinations day.  

Parents are reminded that Crescent School children are not automatically entered for Princethorpe’s Entrance Examinations. Those wishing to apply for September 2025 entry must complete a registration form by Friday 27 September at the latest, with the Entrance Examinations then taking place on Saturday 9 November.

More information is available from the Admissions Office at Princethorpe, they can be contacted on 01926 634201/297 or by email at admissions@princethorpe.co.uk.

A free course, running in May 2024, offering support for parents and carers of autistic children who are currently awaiting a diagnosis is available to book through the Community Autism Support Service (CASS).

The Children's Autism Support Programme (CASP) is a four-week course for parents and carers of autistic children under the age of 12 years, living in Coventry and Warwickshire. Sessions will be delivered by qualified Act for Autism trainers who also have lived experience of autism and will help attendees to explore and understand autism so they can better support their child.

The course will run weekly over a four-week period, starting on 8 May 2024. Book your place here:

Autism Workshop

Training and education - Community Autism Support Service CASS (casspartnership.org.uk)

We have freshenened up some of our picture frames in school and what better way than with these wonderful bird drawings from pupils in Year 2. I showed them to the school in Assembly last week and they will be displayed in the lovely breakout work space.

Well done to Isabel, Olivia-Rose and Charlotte.