The Courier

Dear Parents

There have been so many highlights this week it is hard to know what to put in and what to leave out of my weekly message. I very much enjoyed our cross country event over at Princethorpe in the hail and sunshine on Wednesday, on the same day that our U9 girls were victorious in the ISA regional competition at Stafford Grammar (for the second consecutive year!). We have finished the week with a real flourish, with a great turnout of parents at both the Spring Concert and Easter Service. Following on from Saturday’s well attended open day these have been a fitting finale to a fantastic week here at Crescent.

Just on the note of the Open Day, I would like to thank everyone for their tremendous support on the day. We really do appreciate the time that you and the children commit to this important event each year and I hope you all enjoyed the opportunity to come and watch your children in action.

We come back on 29 April to a much shortened summer term, with lots of exciting events to look forward to. We will have our first ever sports day staged at Princethorpe College, and our Year 6 children will be performing their end of year play this year over there as well. We have introduced a Community Week for Year 6 this year, full details of which can be found elsewhere in the newsletter. Alongside the usual residential trips, educational visits, events and performances, the summer fete and sports days, it promises to be a spectacular end to the year. The calendar for the term is nearly complete and you will receive an electronic and hard copy of this before the end of next week. 

This will be the final full version of the Courier for the term. With an abbreviated week for the children coming up, we will look to put out a mini-version of the newsletter on Friday next week. This will include full details of the schedule for the first week back in the Trinity Term.

I hope you all enjoy a well-deserved and relaxing break at some point over Easter. I am heading off to the Lake District with my boys for some camping and mountaineering, although we are keeping a close eye on the weather reports. You can get absolutely anything up there at this time of year.

Whatever you have planned, have a great holiday.

Best Wishes

Joe Thackway

For a two or three week period this year we will be focusing on one of the sayings in the School Promise. We will talk about this in assembly and in form period. It would be great if you could discuss this with your children at home and support the messages we are emphasising in school.

From now until the end of term we will be looking at a very important idea from the Good Citizens section of the Promise:

‘We are honest and tell the truth’

Joe Thackway
Headmaster