The Chronicle

Dear Parents

Welcome to this week’s Chronicle.  It has been a very mixed week weather wise which resulted in a cancellation of one of our sports fixtures on Wednesday but thankfully the U8 and U9 netball team were able to join Crescent School for a fixture on Thursday afternoon.  Both teams were delighted to be able to take part in a competitive fixture once again and they played brilliantly.  A full match report and photos of the fixture can be found later in this edition.  The Junior 5 and Junior 6 teams were able to enjoy a competitive practice match against each other. We look forward to the fixtures being re-arranged.

It was wonderful to see so many children dressed up and taking part in the ‘dress up for digits’ day and raising money for the NSPCC in the process.  At the last count, we raised £404.00 for the charity which I am sure will be gratefully received.  My thanks to Mrs van Zyl and Mrs Cowlishaw for their work co-ordinating this event and to Mrs Stephenson for visiting Crackley Hall to capture the marvellous costumes on camera.  Of course, thank you to everyone who dressed up and contributed to the valuable cause.

The PTA committee met with some of our new parents on Wednesday evening.  This was a very useful meeting which allowed our PTA members to introduce themselves and give an outline of their role on the team.  As most of you will know, the PTA is an incredibly pro-active team organising events for the whole school to enjoy and if you would like to be involved in any way, please let them know.  There will also be a general meeting online on Wednesday 12 May.

In assembly this morning I announced our Stars of the Week who were:  Lucas, Fiorella, William, Tristan, Lena, Elsie, Sara, Charlie, Evie, Agnes, Isabella, Lily and Helayna.  Bronze awards were ‘presented’ to Jessie, Evie, Amelia, Olivia, Agnes and Leo.  Esme was the recipient of a Silver award today.  In Junior 6, Jacob, Rosa, Scarlett, Lily and Thomas were recognised for their outstanding work and awarded a Junior da Vinci by Mrs Horan for their RE work.  At the end of assembly today, William in Junior 5, played a lovely piece on the piano; I do hope you are able to watch the recording at some point over the weekend. Congratulations to everyone and keep up your super efforts.

I will be closely monitoring the continuing easing of lockdown measures to keep you informed of changes within school.  Unfortunately, this year we will not be able to invite all parents to watch our summer production.  It has therefore been decided to focus on Junior 5 and 6 performing the roles with other year groups supporting vocally.  We have arranged for the performance to be recorded for families to enjoy outside of school.

I am aware that some parents have enquired about the provision of holiday club during half term and it is planned to provide this between Tuesday 1 and Friday 4 June.  The school office will be sending information regarding bookings shortly so please keep a look out for that.

Finally, Miss Emma, in Little Crackers will be leaving Nursery at the beginning of June.  I am sure you will join me in wishing Emma well when the time comes to leave and if you would like to contribute to a leaving gift, please contact the school office or nursery who will be able to advise you further.  Whilst we will be sad to see Emma leave, we will be welcoming back Mrs Blyth and Mrs Malcolm who will be returning at the end of this term following their maternity leave.

The Lions’ team to play the Springboks is quite interesting! English teams have done extremely well in European football thus far this season.  There is lots of sport to keep us entertained.

I hope you enjoy the weekend and that the inclement weather predicted for tomorrow passes very quickly.

God bless,

Mr Duigan