The Chronicle

Dear Parents

This week has been very much a sports-orientated week at Crackley Hall which happens to coincide well with the start of the Football World Cup in Russia.  On Monday, Mrs Vaughan, Miss Jones, Miss Kefalas, Mr Vaughan and a number of parent helpers enjoyed a long day at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham where the children competed at the ISA Midlands Athletics Meeting.  I would like to congratulate all of those children who participated and Mrs Vaughan who expertly co-ordinated the involvement of many schools for this event.

Mrs Glen-Roots and Mrs Verma took the Reception class to Twycross Zoo on Monday which was a huge success and hopefully will become an annual event for the Reception children.  The weather was fine, our youngest pupils behaved perfectly and the day was enjoyed by all.  Thank you to Mrs Glen-Roots for arranging this outing and to those parents who also helped make the day a memorable one.

LAMDA and Music examinations have been taking place in school this week and I look forward to hearing the results from all involved.  Whatever the result, as long as everyone tried their very best, that is all that can be asked.  Thank you to Mrs Wildey and Mrs Olden for co-ordinating the respective days.

On Wednesday Crackley Hall hosted the ISA Midlands Cricket Tournament which I take a very keen interest in.  As per tradition, the weather was fine and those that attended were particularly complimentary about our organisation, facilities and hospitality.  Thank you to Mrs Townsend and Mrs Barnard for ensuring the arrangements for this event ran smoothly, to Mr Hardwick and our grounds team for their efforts on the day and Mr Sansum and our catering department for keeping us well-nourished throughout.  Congratulations to Tettenhall College who claimed first place this year.  Our cricketers certainly learnt so much over the course of the day and I was impressed with their improvement in each game.

The ISA Triathlon took place the same day as the cricket tournament which was unfortunate timing and hopefully something that can be avoided next year.  Our athletes performed extremely well and I have enjoyed receiving the positive feedback.  Thank you to Mrs Vaughan and Miss Jones for coaching and accompanying the team.

On Thursday we heard the speeches from those children who would like to be considered for the role of Head Boy and Head Girl.  The children spoke well and were passionate about why they should be chosen for this important role.  Voting has now taken place and I look forward to announcing the new Head Boy and Head Girl at the Junior 5 and Junior 6 Prize Giving on 29 June.  Oting for House Captains will take place during the course of next week.  We will also be asking J5 pupils to list any other positions for which they would like to be considered as captain.

Congratulations to all of our award winners this week, especially our U9 rounders team who finished second at the tournament held at The Croft.  They beat Warwick Prep on the way to the final where they lost narrowly to Bablake.   I was very proud of our musicians, Isabella and Isabelle as they performed in front of the school this morning – they did very well indeed.  Special mention must go to Sylvie and Bobbie on their beautiful and poignant singing duet which encapsulated the whole assembly.

I hope you enjoy reading more about this week’s events later in this issue and viewing the photographs which are always a lovely memento of the activities that take place across all year groups, including Nursery.   The weeks leading up to the end of term are going to be particularly busy and I hope that I will see most of you at some point whether it is at an assembly, sports day, prize giving, the school production or mass.  Crackley Hall prides itself on being the next best thing to home and I hope that, despite the numerous events in the calendar, you and your children continue to feel included in everything we do.

I feel that South Africa were a little fortunate to win the rugby against England last week and, although I enjoyed it (mainly because it prevented me being subjected to a verbal barrage) I think that England will win tomorrow.  I have to admit that I was surprised to see that Scotland beat England at cricket – well done to the Scots!  England did bounce back against Australia, beating them during the week.  Enjoy this weekend’s sport!

I hope you have a restful weekend.

God bless,

Robert Duigan