The Chronicle

Our Stars of the Week this week are:

Congratulations to them all!

We have received so many lovely decorations for our entry to the Christmas Tree Festival.  Pupils have repurposed items from their recycling and created some amazing decorations.  Please do visit St Nicholas Church in Kenilworth this weekend and vote for our tree!

St Nicholas Church will be open on Friday 24 November until 8:00pm, on Saturday 24 November from 10:00am to 4:30pm and on Sunday 26 November from 11:00am - 2:00pm.

Avni, who is now in Junior 1, has been awarded a Highly Commended in the Independent Schools Association’s (ISA) National Art Competition.

Every year the ISA hold an Art competition and Crackley Hall always takes part. It is a great way to celebrate the outstanding artwork produced by pupils across the school. This year, the school had a number of pupils receive recognition in the Regional Final with two, Avni and Amaya, winning their classes and going forward to the National event.

Judging took place in early November and Avni’s striking Barn Owl pastel was awarded a Highly Commended in the Art 2D Individual EYFS class.

Avni was presented with her certificate by Headmaster, Mr Duigan, in Assembly this morning.

A super huge well done to Avni!

This year's winning Crackley Hall Christmas Card design is by Alex from J5S. His stunning drawing captures the spirit of the season through a stained-glass vision of the nativity. The design will feature on the front of every card sent out by the Headmaster this advent.

Mr Duigan commented, "Alex’s design was a clear winner, with strength in its simplicity, but the standard overall was high. I was delighted to see so many entries, well done to everybody who took part."

There was an exceptionally strong field to choose from this year, so our congratulations also go to the children whose designs will feature as cameos on the reverse of the card. Well done to Key Stage 1 winner Liana (J3W) and runners up Isher (RO), Imogen (J1G) and Tazio (J1G).

Thank you to all the children who entered the CISC Christmas card competition, the entries have been submitted to CISC and everyone who entered has received housepoints.

Children from Reception up to Junior 6 have all been taking part in Road Safety Week.

In partnership with Warwickshire Safe and Active Travel, children have learnt age appropriate content, from the Road Safety Code in Reception, to visiting the Scooter Safety Circus in J2 or J5 who were invited to deepen their understanding of distractions and how they can affect our ability to be safe when we are out and about.

Well done to all and thank you for the wonderful resources from Warwickshire Safe and Active Travel. @WCCSafe_Active

On Tuesday 21 November, Juniors 5 and 6 welcomed Years 4, 5 and 6 from Crescent School for a fantastic, full day of uplifting and inspiring music. The pupils from both schools worked together under the guidance of Directors of Music, Susan Olden and Julie Barnes, rehearsing, performing, and improvising a mix of vocal pieces.

It was a very successful day, with everyone really enjoying working together. During the day, pupils worked on songs that included Grow As We Grow, There’s A Power In The Music, In The Mood and Arirang a Korean folk song. They also had great fun singing Naughty from Matilda.

In the afternoon, the pupils put on a concert for their parents. As well as the shared works the concert included a number of individual school pieces and pupil solos. The audience were most impressed with the children’s enthusiastic performance.

Susan Olden, Director of Music, said “Both schools have such a strong musical tradition, and the children really rise to the occasion, it is always good to work together.”

The Junior Schools Music Workshops are just one of the many performance opportunities that pupils at both the schools take part in.

To watch clips of the children singing some of the songs please click here.