The Chronicle

Our Stars of the Week this week are:

Junior 3 and Junior 4 pupils enjoyed a super trip out to the RSC last week when they took part in a very special primary school workshop. Organised by their Education team the lucky children worked alongside RSC actors, the production's Assistant Director and RSC Education Associate Practitioners as they explored the language, staging and creative process of The Boy In The Dress.

In the afternoon the children watched a matinee performance of the show, an uplifting, energetic and hugely entertaining hit.

It was a wonderful experience for them all. A huge thank you to the RSC for sharing the secrets of the theatre with us.

Crackley Hall’s KS1 Performing Arts Afternoon took place on Wednesday 5 February. The concert featured music, poetry and song and parents, family and friends gathered excitedly in the hall at the end of the school day to enjoy the celebration of the talent of our youngest pupils.

Junior 6s, Henry Fox and Jorja Parris compered and began by warmly welcoming everyone. The Junior 2 Violin Ensemble opened proceedings with a lovely rendition of Party Piece, they were followed on stage by Mrs Stoke’s group who sang Perfect Nanny delightfully. Elsie Ascroft performed a super drum solo of Another One Bites The Dust which was followed by Thomas Reddish’s careful rendition of On The Beach.

Next Junior 1 came on stage and delivered an enthusiastic performance of Dinner Ladies and stayed to play a lively Reel on their Recorders. Then Beatrice Parizzi cleverly fingered the catchy Nick Nack Paddy Wack on the piano before Blythe Camilleri-Willis spoke slowly and clearly as he carefully enunciated his poem Lion.

Mrs Goode’s singing group delivered a fabulous performance of Truly Scrumptious accompanied by the very talented Jorja Parris. Then Phoebe Ward was word perfect as she recited with her poem New Day.

The concert finished with Junior 2's rendition of the Rhythm Of Life before the Junior 2 recorders brought the afternoon to a close with a lively performance of Dublin Dan.

Our enormous thanks and congratulations go to all our accomplished performers who took to the stage in front of their proud parents, and of course to their teachers who have worked so hard to help them achieve so much.

There was plenty of excitement for Junior 1 today when they visited Coventry Transport Museum to find out more about all manner of man-made 'propelled vehicles', for their cross-curricular studies in History, Science and English.

The children participated in an informative seminar and practical activities on the history of bicycles. They tested out riding wooden and rubber wheeled scooters over a bumpy surface to establish why the materials used for wheels changed over time. They constructed bicycle frames to test which shape was the strongest, and wore goggles to carry out further science investigations. They heard of Coventry's important role in the design, development and manufacture of cycles, beginning with the Boneshaker of the 1820s, moving on to the Penny Farthing and the tricycle of the 1880s and the safety bicycle of 1888. At the museum supercars, buses, bikes and electric vehicles were all eagerly explored.

Upon returning back to school the children will be writing up their own recounts and starting to design and create their own moving vehicles.

Well done Junior 1, we are very proud of you.

We are delighted that there has been such a fantastic response to this event. We are now operating a waiting list should any tickets become available, please email oldprincethorpians@princethorpe.co.uk if you would like to be added to the list. 

For those that have already purchased tickets, please can we remind you that the payment deadline is next Monday 10 February.

We will be emailing guests a drinks pre-order form and a parking permit request form on Friday 14 February, tickets and final arrangements for the evening will be posted out during the first week of March.

We are looking forward to what promises to be a very enjoyable and memorable evening.

This week in Lego Club, brothers Arthur in J2 and Alfred in J4, who have been busy building Lego at home, decided to bring their creations into school to show their design to other enthusiastic Lego builders.  Using scrap Lego, the duo built a police station and prison in three weeks with no instructions whatsoever - just their fired up imagination!  Their design included frozen prisoners, lasers, lava to detect enemies and a police dog called Bubble! 

Pupils were in awe of their design and they can’t wait to see the next stage of their model – a police museum!

 Said Lego Club leader Mrs Clare Hill, "Using Lego bricks offers a full spectrum of benefits to the budding mind.

"These boys found a box of random pieces of Lego which ignited their imagination to develop their creativity together.  With so many electronic and battery powered gadgets available on the market, it can be hard to find play value which is quite as engaging, stimulating and that promotes intellectual development more than good old Lego. I was highly impressed with their creation!"

Mathlete of the week for J1H is Shuvan and Jessie

Mathlete of the week for J4W are Dexter and Alfred

Mathlete of the week for J3V is Lawson

Well done all!