Stars Of The Week

Our Stars of the Week this week are:

Nursery	Grace
Reception	Rory
J1G	Teo
J1H	Beatrice
J2H	Evelyn
J3S	Isla
J3Z	Molly
J4B	Kate
J4W	Amalia
J5L	Dexter
J5R	Joseph
J6H	Woody
J6V	Noah

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Students Skip To Support Sister Mary Aloysius College of Mercy

Crackley Hall pupils have raised a whopping £2,2320.90 for the Sister Mary Aloysius College Of Mercy in Nigeria.

Back in February Crackley Hall’s pupils took it in turn to hop, skip or jump in a charity skipathon, organised by Crackley’s Mini Vinnies, the junior arm of the St Vincent de Paul organisation, a charity who work to make a difference to underprivileged people’s lives.

Mini Vinnies’ Co-ordinator, Mrs Dolores Simmonds explains, “Children at the school enthusiastically took part in the skipathon to support the Sister Mary Aloysius College of Mercy in Nigeria. It is a school funded completely by donations and named in thanks after a Sister of Mercy. The Minnie Vinnies chose to support the charity because our school has links with the Sisters of Mercy, as Sister Philomena, who is in charge of the Sisters Of Mercy order, was once Headmistress here.”

Pupils at Crackley Hall took turns, one form at a time, to skip, hop or jump. Supervised by Mrs Simmonds and their teachers they skipped, jumped and bounced their way forwards and backwards across the school hall. Their energy was infectious and together they collected an amazing £2,232.90.
The money raised will be used by the Sister Mary Aloysius College of Mercy in Nigeria to help fund teachers enabling more children in Nigeria to benefit from an education.

Mrs Simmonds continued, “Well done to all the skippers who took part and a big thank you to those who generously donated to the skipathon. Sister Philomena will be delighted to receive the cheque.”

Reception's Stones Symbolise Their Unique Contribution To Crackley Hall

On Thursday 24 September we welcomed Father Kevin into school. All the children in the Reception class had been invited to decorate a small stone and first thing on Thursday morning they gathered to take part in a Blessing of the Stones service.

The service included music and prayer and took place outside in Crackley Hall School’s St Joseph’s Prayer Garden where Father Kevin, ably assisted by Mrs Jackson-Mayne, shared with the children how each stone symbolises their unique contribution to Crackley Hall School.

Intended as a place for prayer and reflection, this special location within Crackley Hall's confines continues to offer a peaceful place for students and staff throughout the year.

Under the cross is a box that contains stones laid by the children of the school, each stone is individual, it represents a member of the Crackley Hall community and provides a lasting legacy of the children’s time at Crackley Hall School.

It was lovely that Mrs Simmonds and Mr Duigan were also able to join the service.

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Crackley Raises Money For Macmillan Cancer

Huge thanks to Crackley's PTA for organising Crackley Hall’s annual Macmillan Coffee fundraiser this morning, Friday 25 September.

At drop off parents took advantage of the refreshments service on the school field and donated generously to the car park collections. Then in return for their own donation the children rose to the challenge to wear green and were more than happy to consume their own tasty treats.

Macmillan Cancer’s coffee morning, is one of the UK’s longest-running fundraising events, last year the coffee morning raised £27.5 million for the charity but this year they are expecting the event’s total to down by two-thirds.

Many thanks to parents, pupils and staff for their contributions. It was a great morning of fundraising for a very worthy cause with over £600 collected. The total will be confirmed in next week’s newsletter.

Don’t worry if missed out on the collections this morning as you can still donate, just follow this link which will take you to the PTA collection page https://thyg.uk/BUU004324912

We were also impressed to hear that Crackley pupils have taken the cause to heart and have been fundraising at home. Daiya in Junior 2 held her own bake sale. She really enjoyed making banana bread, cupcakes and biscuits and selling them to family and friends. She raised an amazing £21.50. Well done Daiya!

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Patrick Is A Champion Litter Picker

With this week being the UK’s Official Recycle Week 2020, Patrick from Junior 3 has been out and about with his Mum and Dad collecting rubbish from our local streets. They were very pleased to report that there was very little rubbish close to the school but plenty in the streets around and between them they collected two large buckets of rubbish.

Patrick has been taught from a very early age to be aware of sustainability and the environment and to be sure not to throw rubbish out of the window or to just drop it in the street.

Patrick’s family is from Germany and in their village of 8,000 residents they litter-picked every year in the springtime with groups from nurseries, schools, music societies and sports clubs all coming together to tidy their local environment

See the link attached for more information:

https://www.recyclenow.com/recycle-week-2020?_ga=2.252443401.1413188079.1600973723-1402374831.1600868441

Congratulations to Patrick and his parents for a job well done!

Junior 6 Have A Taste Of Life At Princethorpe

On Saturday 19 September, the Foundation's senior school, Princethorpe College, welcomed Crackley Hall's Junior 6 children.

In a carefully planned morning session, following government COVID guidelines, the children had the chance to explore life at secondary school.

They began with a warm welcome from Headmaster, Ed Hester, before they were split into groups to take part in sample lessons in Psychology, Music and Science. In a break between lessons there was even the opportunity for a legendary Princethorpe cookie, along with a good run around in the warm September sunshine.

It was great to see so many of them all enjoying their taste of senior school life!

Many thanks to the staff who supported this event.

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Isaac Has Taken The New Tennis Season By Storm

We were pleased to hear that Isaac has taken the new tennis season by storm and that following an accident in the summer holiday he has come back to the courts stronger than ever.

Two weeks ago he won the U8 Boys Tournament at Leamington Tennis Club, winning all seven of his matches, he followed on last weekend by winning the Kenilworth U8 Boys Inter-Club Championship, winning all six of his matches and only conceding five points in the final. He then represented the club the following day, winning all four of his matches to take Kenilworth through to the next round.

All of his hard work and dedication paid off, when he received an invitation, to again train with Warwickshire County U8 boys, which seals his place in the top eight in the county!!

Well done Isaac.