The Chronicle

Dear Parents

I hope that you have all had the opportunity to see the changes to the front entrance by now and apologise for any inconvenience you might have been caused on Monday while the area was out of use.  It is not quite complete but I hope you will agree that is much improved and the television screen will be used to display notices for parents which I hope will be helpful.

This week we have held two assemblies to mark Remembrance Day.  On Monday Mr Cottrill spoke to the children about why we mark the occasion and today we welcomed one of our trustees, Kieron Shaw OBE, to our Remembrance Service.  I am sure that some of you will also be attending local services this weekend.

Please join me in saying a prayer for Mrs Hill at this time of the sudden passing away of her father yesterday evening.  Please do keep her and her father in your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.  May he rest in peace.

On Tuesday, we opened our doors to students from Princethorpe who brought Saints Alive to Crackley Hall.  Children throughout the school were excited and enjoyed being involved in this event. My thanks are extended to the students from Princethorpe, Mrs Cefaliello and Mrs Jackson-Mayne for making this celebration possible.

Mrs Vaughan and Mr Matthew Duigan accompanied our hockey team to the ISA Midlands tournament on Wednesday and I hear that the quilted sports coats provided by the PTA were very welcome.  Despite the cold weather, the squad performed exceptionally well to win their group and progress to the semi-finals where they beat Stafford Prep School 1-0.  In a close-fought final, Crackley hall ran out of legs and lost 0-1 to win the silver medals.  Overall it was a most successful day and my congratulations go to the players and staff.

I have been advised that there are road closures which will possibly affect your journey into school over the coming weeks.  From Monday 12 November, the bridge over Kenilworth Greenway and the railway on Common Lane will be closed until 10 December so please bear this in mind when allowing time to travel to school.

Next week will see the start of Anti-bullying Week and we will be covering various topics in school where we will highlight the help that is available to children, teaching the importance of respecting each other and also everyone will be asked to wear odd socks on Wednesday to show that it’s okay to be different.  If you have any questions about the week, please feel free to contact school to discuss.

Congratulations to all our super Stars of the Week and other award recipients, with special mention going to Nancy, Constanza and Isabella on their fantastic achievements in their dancing competition in October – they all won a first place!

Well done and thank you to this morning’s great musicians – Zack and Fintan on drums, Mollie on piano and Henry singing – they were all fantastic and helped make for a most enjoyable assembly.

This first week of the second part of Michaelmas term has set the pace for the rest of this calendar year; blink and you will miss it but, rest assured, there will be plenty to keep everyone occupied.

I would like to wish all of our Junior 6 who are sitting their entrance examinations at this time, including those who will be at Princethorpe on Saturday, the very best of luck.  Do your very best and believe in yourself because you are all wonderful and capable of amazing things.

Have a restful and enjoyable autumn weekend with your friends and family.

God bless,

Robert Duigan