Headmaster's Message
I spent a fascinating day at a ‘Protective Behaviours’ course on Wednesday that focuses on managing children’s behaviour through listening, empathising and building relationships of mutual trust. It is based on the starting point that ‘We all have the right to feel safe all the time’. As you drill down into this simple idea it has broad implications for how we operate as individuals as well as how a school should devise and implement its behaviour policy.
Many thanks to all those parents who released their children for our open evening on Thursday. It was well attended and the good manners and attentiveness of the children here was commented on by a number of our visitors. It was the final open session of the academic year and I am most grateful to everyone who has supported the events over the year and for the positive messages that we are able to send out to the next potential generation of Crescentians.
Unfortunately, my schedule this week prevented me from getting over to the Class 3 residential trip to Whitemoor Lakes. I have heard great things from both staff and children about their adventures and I know it will set the children up nicely for trips away from home in the future, both here at Crescent and beyond. My eldest son was a member of the scout movement from the age of 9 and as I think back on the many trips and camps he went on as a young chap, I know that they built so much inner confidence in him as well as the sheer fun and enjoyment that they provided. I hope these trips give our children just a small taste of the possibilities that are out there.
Joe Thackway