The Courier

Monday 3 June to Friday 7 June 2024

Parents are invited to come into school from 8.15am to 8.40am to watch and support their child in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 while they quiz on their reading books.

The quiz platform is not available at home so this is a super opportunity for parents to share the experience.

Half-term is a great time for your child to finish reading a book and that will give you an extra excuse to see your child at work.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Tuesday 4 June 2024 - 10.00am - 12.30pm

We are all very much looking forward to our Sports Day for Years 3-6 on Tuesday 4 June at Princethorpe College. This is being held within the school day so normal drop off and collection times from school apply.

Please note that all pupils are to wear PE kit to school, blazers are not required but full tracksuits are to be worn. Please ensure that your child(ren) come to school with the following:

• sun cream, applied before school 
• a school sunhat (these can be purchased from the school office)
• a refillable drinks bottle of water (snacks will be provided)

Sports days are always very much anticipated by the children and really enjoyable for all involved.

Booking has now closed, thank you for those of you who booked.  Please bring a chair or a blanket to sit on.

Wednesday 5 June - 6.30pm to 8.30pm

Princethorpe College invites prospective families to the College's annual Summer Open Evening which will take place on Wednesday 5 June from 6.30pm to 8.30pm. This is a perfect opportunity for families looking for a secondary school place in September 2025 and beyond to visit the school, for children to take part in departmental activities and for parents to meet and chat to members of staff and pupils.

The Headmaster, Grove du Toit, will also address visitors during the evening. Light refreshments will be available.

Please click here to book your place. 

Dear Parents,

We are all looking forward to celebrating the life of our great school friend Barnaby Williams in a special concert dedicated to him on Friday 7 June at 2.30pm.

It will be a fun event, run mostly by his schoolmates and directed by the teaching team, comprising of a combination of jokes, sketches and music, just some of Barnaby's favourite things. The choir, orchestra, rock band and flute group will all be performing, with plenty of surprises and hopefully some laughs along the way.

If you would like to come along, please complete the form below by Sunday 2 June 2024.

There will be a retiring collection for the Birmingham Children's Hospital following the performance.

Barnaby Williams Concert Celebration

Saturday 8 June 2024 - 9.30am - 12.00pm

We are all looking forward to a chance to celebrate Barnaby Williams’ amazing young life in our inaugural Barnaby Bear Football Tournament on Saturday 8 June.

There will be two mini-tournaments, one for the U9s and one for the U11s, with little trophies on offer for the winning teams and a sporty version of Barnaby Bear to be won by the overall winners. The children will take part in House teams, and there may be more than one team per House.

Wednesday 12 June 2024 - 2.15pm to 3.30pm

We are all very much looking forward to our Sports Day for Years 1 and 2 on Wednesday 12 June.

Please ensure that your child(ren) come to school with the following:

• sun cream, applied before school and put in their bag
• a Crescent school sunhat (these can be purchased from the school office)
• a refillable drinks bottle of water

Sports days are always very much anticipated by the children and really enjoyable for all involved.

Parents are invited to come and support, please book your tickets via the link below by Sunday 2 June:

Year 1 and 2 Sports Day 

We are aware of the upcoming device and online challenges for children and parents during the transition into Year 7 and beyond.  As such we're offering a workshop event for parents to join their Year 6 child in school from 5-6pm on Thursday 13 June.

This will feature likely tricky scenarios which children and parents alike will be future navigating and will promote the opportunity to develop healthy problem solving conversations.  Please complete the event booking link below to indicate your attendance with your child:

Year 6 Parent and Child Online Safety Workshop

Friday 14 June 2024 - 09.00am to 12.00pm

Our Whole School photo will be taken in school on Friday 14 June. Children are to wear summer uniform with blazers please.

Reception children will be having their 'taster swimming session' on Wednesday 19 June. The taster session is to show children the school swimming process, with going on the bus, getting to the swimming pool, navigating the swimming pool and meeting the Rugby School swimming teachers. 

Children will all be put into buoyancy aids to begin with as swimming teachers begin their assessment process for safety at this session. It is a fun taster session and their swimming level assessment will take place in September. 

Please ensure swimming kit is brought in on the morning of their swim, children can wear their own swimming costumes/swim caps for this taster but they will need to have Crescent school swimming kit for September. This can be ordered via the uniform order form.

Wednesday 26 June 2024 - 2.45pm to 3.30pm

We are all very much looking forward to our Sports Day for Reception on Wednesday 26 June.

Please ensure that your child(ren) come to school with the following:

• sun cream, applied before school and put in their bag
• a Crescent school sunhat (these can be purchased from the school office)
• a refillable drinks bottle of water

Sports days are always very much anticipated by the children and really enjoyable for all involved.  Please book your tickets by Sunday 2 June:

Reception Class Sports Day

Dear Year 5 Parents

As you will no doubt be aware, the local authority 11+ exams for entry into Year 7 in 2025 are scheduled to take place in September 2024, most likely on the second weekend of the month. Registration for the exam has already opened on the Warwickshire.gov website.

With this in mind, we would like to invite this year’s Year 5 children in for two days of Pre-Season Brain Training Sessions on Thursday 29 August and Friday 30 August 2024. These will run from 9.00am until 12.45pm each day.

The children will spend each morning with their familiar Crescent teachers, including Ms Forth, Mrs Webb, Ms Clark and Mr Adkins, getting them back into gear and ready for their exams. Each day there will be taught sessions focusing on the four strands of the 11+; verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, Maths and English comprehension. Needless to say, these skills will also be useful for their Princethorpe exams on Saturday 9 November, as well as any other independent school exams they may be entered for.

Children will be expected to arrive in school smartly dressed with a mid-morning snack. They do not need to wear school uniform.

These sessions will be in addition to the revision packs that we send home at the end of the Summer Term. I am pleased to say that there will be no charge for attendance.

Please indicate if you would like to sign up by following this link by Friday 3 May 2024.

Brain Training 2024

Best wishes