Headmaster's Welcome
Dear Parents
I have been fortunate enough to attend the annual Catholic Independent Schools Conference in London this week where I had the opportunity to meet with other school leaders and listen to some inspirational speakers. I am always very keen to return and share my experiences with the rest of the Crackley Hall family including the children and parents. Crackley Hall was left in the capable hands of the senior management team and I thank Mr Cottrill kindly stepped into host assembly this morning.
I was delighted to hear that Edward, Jessie, Sara, Tommy, Andrew, Allegra, Willow, Jasmine, Henry, Maria, Cadie, Henry, William, Isabella and Zak all received a Star of the Week award and Sara also was awarded a Headteacher’s Award. Well done to all of you. Thank you to our PTA for serving refreshments in the hall prior to assembly. I am sure that you all appreciate this facility and I am grateful to those parents present for taking their seats quietly as children are seated ready for assembly.
Congratulations should also go to David for receiving RE Book of The Week and Maria, Holly and Aaron who were our Gymnasts of the Week. I know that there were many other presentations including sports certificates, music awards and our Junior 6 prefects were also announced this morning. Well done to all of you and I hope that our Junior 6 prefects take pride in their newly appointed role within school. I would like to mention that Mrs Vaughan should also be congratulated on her progress to date in the England Hockey squad selection process. There is still another trial to attend, but to be able to have achieved the current stage is a marvellous achievement and I look forward to hearing how she gets on.
This week Junior 6 visited Coombe Abbey and enjoyed a morning of outside activities in a beautiful setting. My thanks are extended to Mrs Lammas for arranging this visit and to the Junior 6 teaching team for accompanying the children.
We welcomed Father Kevin into school on Wednesday this week for our first Mass of the term and also on Tuesday evening to meet the parents of those children who will be making their First Holy Communion and Reconciliation later this year. I am always most grateful to Fr Kevin for all he does for the benefit of our whole school community. Thank you to Mrs Jackson-Mayne for all her hard work in RE, for the Masses and for the benefit of the First Holy Communicants.
Whilst I hope that you find reading all of the Chronicle useful, I would like to mention just a few items of housekeeping that you may not have the opportunity to read in full later in this edition. These mainly involve the health and safety of all children both in and around school. I would like to reiterate my request for considerate and careful parking when bringing your child to school in the morning. Please use the lower playground when possible or the surrounding residential area but avoiding driveways and dropped kerbs. If you do use the drop off area outside the school entrance, please make sure you move around the roundabout and that your child exits your car at the closest point to the pedestrian gate or front steps. This will help ensure that children can make their way safely into school. There should not be any need to reverse cars within the drop off area as traffic should keep a steady flow.
If your child is absent from school we would appreciate it if you inform the school office either by phone or email if it is more convenient, as soon as possible. This information will then be forwarded to the class teacher. However, if your child has a music lesson during a period of absence, you will need to contact the individual peripatetic teacher.
Next week will see school host a Junior 5 Tudor day, Junior 1 visit the Transport Museum, an Open Day and the much anticipated visit to the Genting Arena to celebrate Young Voices 2019. I hope you all have a restful weekend in preparation for next week’s activities.
God bless,
Robert Duigan
