The Chronicle

Dear Parents

It has been a pleasure to witness several events that have taken place at Crackley Hall this week, including today’s Charity Day.  Mrs Malcolm has just confirmed that a grand total of £1,298 has been raised through the various games, cake sales, arts and craft stalls, as well as non-uniform day.  This is a wonderful achievement and I would like to thank everyone involved, particularly Mrs Malcolm and the Student Council, for ensuring that the day was such a success; I know that the Guide Dogs for the Blind will be extremely pleased to receive the funds raised. 

Our Key Stage 1 Sports Day was held on the games fields on Wednesday and the weather was, thankfully, glorious (just).  I think I speak for everyone when I say that it was a particularly enjoyable event and I was very pleased to see so many parents and family members cheering on their children.  Thank you to Mrs Vaughan and Miss Jones for co-ordinating our school sports days, to the PTA for providing the hospitality and to the children for trying their very best.  Next Tuesday will be Key Stage 2 Sports Day, again to be held on the field.  The event will start at 11.00am and you are most welcome to attend and stay on the field during lunchtime and until the end of the day at 3.30pm.  I would suggest perhaps bringing a picnic rug or chair so that you can watch the proceeding in comfort.  The PTA have also asked me to mention that it would be appreciated if you could bring a re-usable cup if you are visiting the refreshment tent.

Following their success at regional finals, our Formula 1 team, Speed Stingers, took part in the national finals at Gaydon on Wednesday this week.  Whilst they performed brilliantly, they didn’t quite make the podium on this occasion.  They should however be congratulated on their achievement, particularly the speed of their car (3rd in the country).  I extend my sincere thanks to all involved in supporting the team – teachers, parents and sponsors.  Jaguar Land Rover have certainly staged a fantastically inspirational event, so huge credit should go to them as well.

There have been other events in School this week which I am sure you will have heard about from your children including the House Meetings, the India afternoon, ISA Rounders and voting for House Captains.  There will be much happening next week too, starting with the whole school photograph on Monday morning.  This happens bi-annually and involves every child and member of staff at Crackley Hall.  Therefore, to ensure the smartest photograph possible, could you please ensure that your child wears their blazer on Monday morning?  Please also ensure that all uniform is clean, neat and polished where appropriate– thank you.

The biggest events of next week will be our Prize Giving Ceremonies which will be held on Friday.  They are eagerly anticipated, particularly by our Junior 5 and Junior 6 students.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the events, the format will follow the same as last year whereby there will be a ceremony for the prize winners in Reception to Junior 4 in the afternoon commencing at 2.00 pm and the later ceremony for all of Junior 5 and Junior 6 will start with refreshments from 5.30 pm.  I will have the delight of announcing our Head Boy and Head Girl for the next academic year during the evening; I do hope to see many of you that day.

Congratulations to all our Stars of the Week and to Amelia, Mollie and Rhomun on their fantastic musical performances at this morning’s assembly.  Our ISA, and other, sport teams all fared very well, with special congratulations going to the U11 rounders team on their bronze medals at the Midlands Tournament.  Well done to Aryan and his dad on their victory in the tennis tournament at Edgbaston – quite an achievement!  Also, very well done to Jimmy, Zach, Fintan, Conor and Oliver on their club football team winning the league and cup double this year.  I was particularly delighted with the children’s success at the Leamington Festival and a special word of congratulations goes to Cadie, Francesca, Marley and Alice on winning their respective categories.

I was pleasantly surprised to see South Africa beat England last week but certainly don’t expect it to happen again tomorrow.  I think that England will win this match in Cape Town. I thought that the England football team started really well on Monday and I hope to see them build on their opening victory.  I was particularly impressed with Harry Kane’s interview after the match as well.  The England women’s cricket team gave their South African counterparts a real cricketing lesson this week and the England men are teaching Australia a thing or two about cricket as well at the moment – all very interesting.

I wish you all a very happy and restful family weekend.

God bless,

Robert Duigan