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Be Inspired By The Pinnacle

The latest edition of The Pinnacle has just been published, in time for the end of term.  It showcases pupils' excellent work.

In the middle there is a pullout (The Minnacle) which focuses on the junior schools featuring both the Crescent School and Crackley Hall School.

You can view an electronic version of The Pinnacle here and The Minnacle here.

Make a cup of tea, put your feet up and enjoy browsing through the inspirational work our children do.

Super Summer Concert Showcases Crescent's Young Musicians

Crescent School's Summer Concert took place on Tuesday 2 July.  It was well attended with the school hall packed with parents and family members eager to enjoy the end of term celebration of fine music and song.

As always the school orchestra opened the concert performing two pieces confidently.  Everyone enjoyed their uplifting rendition of ‘Chariots Of Fire’ and the popular ‘Match Of the Day’ theme.  Then came the first of many instrumental solos with Lily playing ‘Take Five’ wonderfully on the violin followed by Vignesh who played ‘March Of the Wooden Soldiers’ on piano.

Wacky Music were next with an animated, noisy arrangement of ‘Hit This, Hit That’ performed on all manner of instruments including a dustbin!  They were followed by Cara and James who played ‘Prelude’ on cornet and trumpet splendidly.

Brass Group came next with two lively toe-tapping pieces 'Football Frenzy' and 'All Summer Long’, the group included five different brass instruments, quite a feat for such a small school. Mehul then gave the audience a moment of quiet reflection with the delightful ‘Over The Rainbow’ before our youngest musicians took to the stage.  Mini Brass captivated us all with ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ arranged for them by peripatetic teacher Di Fisher.

Next in the programme came Fin with a fabulous performance of the catchy ‘Theme From James Bond’ on euphonium and Lucy who played ‘Cinq Sets’ on flute beautifully.  Lucy was joined on stage by the rest of the Flute group and together they skilfully played ‘Cool Flutin’.  Mia then completed the flute set with a sparky solo performance of ‘From Ragtime to Riches’.

Everyone then enjoyed Classes VF and VY who came together for only the second time and impressed all with their lively rendition of ‘Metal Merchant’.

Tilly sang ‘Truly Scrumptious’ beautifully and Class VI Brass (including Maya on clarinet) gave a super performance of ‘In Dreams’.

The concert concluded with a rousing performance by the Choir.  Pupils sang four pieces starting with ‘We’re So Proud Of Our School’, followed by ‘Harmony Blues’,’ Why We Sing’ and finishing with ‘A Little Can Change Our World’.

It was another outstanding afternoon of music and song.  Our enormous thanks and congratulations go to all Crescent School's accomplished performers who took to the stage in front of their proud parents, and of course to all their teachers and Director of Music, Julie Barnes who have helped them achieve so much.

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Whole School Photo

The whole school photo was taken on Tuesday 2 July and an email was sent out yesterday with the link to view the proof and purchase options.

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Crescent Pupils Perform At Royal Albert Hall

Pupils from Crescent School had a wonderful experience when they appeared at the Royal Albert Hall last month in a performance of Move with Theatretrain! Lots of children, from ages 6-18 years old, were involved dancing and singing.

A huge well done to Lily, Hattie, Emme and Eve.  

Crescent School 

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Librarians

Many congratulations to next years Year 6 librarians:

  • Daniel O
  • Freya S
  • Harry B
  • Phoebe C

They will help in the library, organising books, keeping the library tidy and most importantly leading our reading with the younger children at library club.

Mrs Calder
Teaching Assistant

Daniel And Josephine Are Step Into The NHS Regional Winners

Congratulations to Daniel and Josephine in Year 5 who are the West Midlands' regional winners of the Step Into The NHS Primary School Competition.

The competition encouraged pupils to explore the wide range of careers available in the NHS and was part of a project that Class V completed on the NHS earlier in the school year.

Crescent was pleased to welcome Chris Lee from NHS Health Careers into school on Tuesday 2 July to present Daniel and Josephine with their prizes and certificates in assembly.

Daniel and Josephine created a joint poster with personal stories and drawings to say thank you to the NHS.  The effort and hard work they put into their entry impressed the judges.

Congratulations Daniel and Joesphine!

Courier Kids Club Applications

Calling all budding reporters!! 

Next year I will be running a ‘Courier Kids’ club. This will be open to Class 4M, 5F, 6W and 6Y. The club will work each week to produce a children’s section for the Courier. This will be similar to a children’s newsletter or school newspaper. 

If your child would like to join this club then they need to apply to me in writing outlining their ideas for what they would like to see in the ‘Courier Kids’ section of the Crescent Courier. The children can apply to me before the end of this year or over the summer holidays, the deadline for applications is Monday 2 September at midday. My email for any applications to be sent to during the holidays is amandayates@crescentschool.co.uk.  

I will then be selecting two children from each class to create a team of eight. This team will remain in place for the whole term until Christmas. A new team will then be asked to apply ready for January. This will allow as many pupils as possible to have this experience. 

The team will be notified by the end of the day on Monday 2 September and the club will begin on Tuesday 3 September starting  promptly at 8.15pm.

This is going to be a fun and interesting club which I hope your children will be keen to join!

Mrs Yates
Class VY Form Tutor