The Chronicle

Dear Parents

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and new year period and spent some quality time relaxing with their extended families and friends. Our first Chronicle of 2023 is a slightly abridged version due to the fact it being a shorter school week. It will also include a letter from our Foundation Head (now Foundation Principal), Ed Hester where he outlines part of his vision for the future of the Foundation, which will include his greater presence at both Crackley Hall and Crescent School.

As you will know from the letter I sent on Tuesday, I'm currently in South Africa attending to some family matters but will be working when time and technology permit. I am keeping in contact with school ensuring that I am up to date, or dealing when possible, with pertinent matters. I am grateful to Mr Hester, Mr Cottrill and the leadership team and to Mrs Taylor for their support at this time.

Prior to school closing for the Christmas break, holiday club was open to children from Reception to Junior 6 and this proved hugely popular. The option of having breakfast and a light tea has been well received and the children particularly enjoyed the trips to the cinema and trampoline parks. My thanks to Mrs Osborn for organising holiday club and I hope that parents continue to support this provision during the February half term, Easter break and summer holiday.  Please remember to book early if you want to guarantee your child a place.

While many of us were busy with our own family arrangements prior to Christmas, Mrs Brew, our school chef, was involved in cooking for the homeless, lonely and those needing a safe warm place for a hot meal in the Coventry area. Mrs Brew and her daughter joined The Grub and Gab Club (part of Coventry Open Christmas) on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day to help cook and serve meals to over 100 people each day. The Club, located at Queens Road Baptist Church, provided food and shelter from 24 to 29 December.  This act of kindness will have been hugely appreciated and remembered by those who attended the shelter. Mrs Brew and her daughter should be immensely proud of themselves for giving so selflessly of their time.

Thank you to Mrs Jackson Mayne for arranging our Epiphany Mass today and to Father Kevin for celebrating Mass. Unfortunately I could not attend this service online but I'm grateful to staff reading during the service.  We did not hold a Celebration Assembly this week but this will resume next Friday and I'm sure there will be plenty of achievements to celebrate.

There is an exciting term ahead with events planned throughout. We have two residential visits in March, One World Week in February, Tudor Day for Junior 5, Young Voices, Skip-a-thon, a debating competition to name but a few. We will also be hosting parents evening in school on 8 and 9 March.  This will be a face-to-face event which will provide parents with the opportunity to see their child’s school work.  The PTA will also be hosting fundraising activities and events so please do keep a look at for communications both in the Chronicle and directly from the school office which will give you more information.

Once again, thank you to Mr Cottrill, Ms McAloon, Mrs Glen-Roots, Mrs Taylor and the rest of the staff and team for keeping me updated with school matters during my physical absence from school.

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

God bless,

Rob Duigan