The Courier

Dear Parents

I have once again received complaints regarding the parking around school.  This inlcudes parking across driveways and parking on pavements/near the junction in Dalkeith Avenue.

It is not acceptable to park in such a way that prevents residents accessing their property.  Im sure you would feel the same regarding your own homes if something similar occured.

Please remember that we must be considerate of our neighbours, in the same way we would hope visitors to our own home streets would be.  The safety of the children must also be a paramount concern and I would urge everyone to drive and park with this in mind on all occasions around the school site.

Please click on the link below to view the weekly calendar.  This details all the co-curricular clubs running and lists any changes.  It also contains fixtures and additional information.

Weekly Calendar - 23 April 2018

Crescent School

2018 is a big year for Crescent School. Not only will we celebrate our 70th birthday and mark the 30th anniversary since we moved to our Bawnmore Road home, it is also the year that we have decided to launch our past pupils’ association - Old Crescentians!

We have set up a group on Facebook called ‘Old Crescentians’ and we hope this will act as a means for past Crescent pupils to get in touch with each other, share memories and get news about their old school. We are very interested in hearing from all past pupils to find out how life is treating them and what they are doing now and in any old memorabilia they may have.

In preparation for the group’s launch, we looked through a few of the items we have in our archive and have rediscovered some lovely photos from our Golden Jubilee celebrations in the 90s - do you remember this or recognise anyone in the pictures?

We have some exciting plans afoot to help celebrate these wonderful milestones in Crescent’s history and would love for you to be a part of it - please do join the group using the link below and invite any Old Crescentians you may know!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldcrescentians/

If you know some Old Crescentians (OCs) who aren’t on Facebook but who may wish to get in touch, they can contact the OCs association by emailing pastpupils@crescentschool.co.uk or calling the School Office on 01788 521595.

All children in school are taught how to keep themselves safe in the sun. This is monitored in school especially if children spend significant amounts of time outdoors in play or outdoor learning.

Of course all school staff and parents have a safeguarding duty of care for children. As such please could we ask that, throughout this term all children have in school daily plenty of water, a school sunhat and sun cream. 

Please note that staff are not permitted to apply sun cream to children or to share sun cream and so the ideal solution is for children to come to school with once-a-day sun cream already applied.

With many thanks for your continued support in this protection.

Saturday 28 April 2018 is National Pay It Forward Day and on Friday 27 April we will be holding a ‘Pay It Forward’ assembly to tell the children all about this special day.

Pay It Forward Day is a global initiative that exists to make a difference by encouraging kindness across the world. The organisers believe that small acts of kindness, when multiplied by millions of people can literally change the world into a better place.

Imagine the difference that would make!

Tuesday 24 April 2018 - 4.00pm

Dear Parents

We have been working on a new and exciting version of the school promise and would like to invite you to an information evening after school on Tuesday 24 April in the school hall.  Please come to the hall at the end of the school day and we will aim to start the presentation at 4.00pm.

At the meeting the School Councillors will be telling the story of how we put the new promise together and how it will be used in school in the future. As a school, one of our core aims is to provide a caring and supportive environment that enables the children to achieve their absolute best and the new promise is a really important part of how we want to achieve this.

Children will be receiving their own Z-card (style of leaflet) with the new promise on which will include a place for you and your child to sign up to show your commitment. Again, we will tell you more about this on the evening.

Please put the date in your diary and do come along if you can. Your children are welcome to accompany you and the presentation shouldn’t take longer than 30 minutes.

Best wishes

Joe Thackway
Headmaster

Monday 23 April 2018

Children in Red House can wear one item of red clothing on St Georges Day.

Crescent School Office

Every half term, all the children in Classes III - VI, who have put a star on the board for achieving 85% or above on a quiz, are put into a prize draw.  

Last half term's winners were:

• Class III - Hattie Sarkies
• Class IV(M) - Ariana Gray
• Class IV(Y) - Maryn Yates
• Class V - Isabelle Wood
• Class VI - Ella Knight

They all got to choose a small prize.

85% is a good score to achieve in a quiz as it means that the book the child is reading is not too hard or too easy giving scope for a child to stretch their learning.

Remember the more stars on the board the more chance of winning.

A lovely start to the term with Christopher Gibson achieving his second Junior da Vinci status in English, he is also a Junior da Vinci pupil in Science.

Amelie Frere is now also a Junior da Vinci pupil in Art and Design.

Well done to both of you.

• Abigail Cowell
• Bryson Taylor-Jackson
• Chloe Brosnan
• Edward Foracre
• Grace Mercer
• Nicholas Pollard
• Shayla Panchal
• Sofie Major
• Timi Ladele

Please click on the link below to view the upcoming lunch menu: 

 Crescent Menu - 23 April 2018

Crescent School Office