The Courier

The Hunt’s Bookshop Book Fair has been in school this week, causing much excitement for us all. The trolleys of brightly coloured jackets and bold titles catching the interest and imagination of all who walked past.

Hunt’s Bookshop is a local Rugby, family run, independent book shop, and we were delighted to partner with them to host the book fair. In fact, Hunt’s Bookshop even has an Old Crescentian amongst them, as Dominic is a former pupil of the school.

The book fair was very popular, as there really is nothing like the sight, feel and smell of a new book. Every class had the chance to visit the fair with their teacher during their lessons. They were able explore the selection of books on offer and no one had a problem finding one they wanted to buy. There was a choice of books for girls and boys of all ages and reading levels. The fair was open before and after school, and parents and pupils flocked to the Library to browse the trolleys and purchase books.

Thank you to everybody who supported the fair, and especially to the FOC who helped to run it. All your sales have provided the school with the opportunity to purchase some lovely new books for our school library.

Crescent School’s annual House Geography competition took place on Monday 29 April and it was a hotly contested affair. Pupils in Year 6 have been working hard in their lessons, learning the mountains, seas, rivers, countries and capitals of the world. They have participated in regular quizzes to test their knowledge with the highest scorers earning themselves the right to represent their House in the final.

In front of an audience of parents and the Upper School, teams of four pupils took on eight rounds of challenging questions. It proved a closely fought competition with the three Houses neck and neck throughout and hardly a mark dropped between them all. Their geography knowledge was just incredible.

This year it was St David’s House (Maisie [Captain], Timi, Emily and Grace) that just pipped St George’s (Roisin [Captain], Shayla, Alex and Alice) and St Andrew’s (James [Captain], Harriet, Maggie and Shiv) in the final round. The yellows were delighted to be crowned champions, reclaiming the trophy their House last won in 2021. However, all the teams should be proud of what was an outstanding performance.

Many congratulations to all, it was a super event, and the best of luck to Year 5 when your turn comes around next year!

Year 6 led a Sun Safety Assembly on Monday for all the children in school. They had all dressed up to be sun safe and reminded everyone why the sun is our friend but also why we need to treat it with respect. They shared the six Sun S’s: Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek, Slide and Slurp!

The assembly ended with the Slip, Slop, Slap Song, which the whole school enjoyed singing together. You can hear a clip on our school facebook page here.

As part of our new Commercial Enterprises activity, we hope very soon to be able to let parents know full details about the Summer Holiday Camps we will be offering this summer at Princethorpe.

The camps will be run in partnership with an experienced Ofsted registered external provider, who will offer an exciting sports and multi-activity programme for children aged 5 to 16. The camps will be open to Foundation and non-Foundation children from Monday to Friday for the majority of the summer holidays.

The Crackley Hall holiday club will continue to run as normal.

We will communicate with families as soon as more information is available.