Headmaster's Welcome
Dear Parents
Despite it being a very cold start to the day, the children have enjoyed playing in the autumn sunshine today and the weather held for the Macmillan Cancer Support event this morning. Dressed in green and braving the early morning chill, three kind PTA members greeted parents on arrival with their collection buckets. Together with the money collected in school they have managed to raise over £600 which, I think you will agree, is a super achievement considering the restrictions placed upon the school. Thank you for your generosity, we will announce the final amount next week and inform the charity of the good news.
Another charitable cause will soon benefit from the kindness of our Crackley Hall families; The Sisters of Mercy will be sent a cheque for £2,322.90 which was raised during this year’s Skipathon. Mrs Simmonds was in school this week with the Minnie Vinnies to explain how this will be helping others in Nigeria. More details can be found later in this edition.
We welcomed Father Kevin to school this week to perform the Blessings of the Stones service for our Reception children. Children were invited to paint a stone each which was then blessed and placed in the Prayer Garde, near the Abbotsford Outdoor Classroom. We would normally be able to invite parents to watch this event but this year we will share the occasion by a Vimeo link.
I hope that you were able to watch the assembly this morning where I congratulated the following stars of the week: Grace, Rory, Teo, Beatrice, Evelyn, Isla, Molly, Kate, Amalia, Dexter, Joseph, Woody and Noah. Noah was also awarded RE Book of the Week. Well done to you all.
Venus were the leading house this week closely followed by Saturn, then Mars and Jupiter. Well done to Louis, Austin and Isaac on their super achievements. We wish Isaac the very best as he works hard on competing the very best tennis players in the country as part of the Warwickshire training squad.
I hope that you found the C-19 document circulated earlier this week helpful. This provided answers to some of the frequent questions that are being asked regarding whether to send your children to school in the event that they maybe unwell or if another family member has been told to isolate. If you have not received this document, please let the school office know. I will continue to work closely with the other Foundation Schools, Department for Education and The Department of Health and Social Care to ensure that Crackley Hall follows the latest guidance.
We will no longer be holding our planned Open Day on 8 October and will be looking at alternative ways of ensuring that the school continues to enrol pupils during these times. It is likely that this event could be moved to an evening or a Saturday. Any visitors to school are asked to comply with the track and trace measures, wear PPE, confirm that they do not have any symptoms or live with anyone who has symptoms. In addition, we will not be inviting children for taster days as this will impact on the existing class bubbles. Other measures are also in place.
I hope you enjoy reading the rest of the Chronicle this week and you have a happy and restful weekend with your family.
God bless,
Mr Duigan
