The Chronicle

Our Stars of the Week this week are:

On Monday 7 October Crackley Hall School took part in the inaugural Princethorpe College Year 5 Maths Challenge.  The event was run by Douglas Buchanan of DCBEAGLE Challenges, who specialises in organising exciting and innovative maths activities for primary school aged children.

Crackley took two teams of two to compete against 30 pairs of enthusiastic and very talented mathematicians from 15 local schools, the pupils took part in a series of puzzles against the clock.  In six eight-minute rounds the children tackled Tangram Triangles, Broken Calculators, Domino Jigsaws, Catch The Train, Card Order and Curly’s Cycling Circuits, before finishing with a bonus round of five final mathematics questions.

Ably supported and marked by a team of Princethorpe’s Year 10 pupils, the competition stretched and challenged the children with mathematical activities that required both reasoning skills and mathematical knowledge.

The event was huge fun for all who took part and everyone who participated received a certificate and a special Princethorpe cookie.

Crackley Hall School’s best placed team Crackley Hall 1, Helayna and Noah, finished in a fantastic 3rd place overall with Crackley Hall 2, Jasper and Thomas, finishing a very respectable 18th.

Mr Vaughan, who accompanied the children, commented, “It was a great opportunity for all to put their maths skills to the test.  Well done Crackley Hall, we are proud of how you well you represented our school.”

Competing for Crackley Hall were Helayna Collins, Noah Cowlishaw, Jasper Nicholls and Thomas Zanyi.

On Monday  Big Brum Theatre Company visited our school to present a production of 'Theseus and the  Minotaur'.

Although there were only two actors, Zoe and Rosie, with some simple but clever staging and costume they managed to capture the attention of pupils in Junior 3 and 4.

The theme of, what makes a monster and, what makes a king was cleverly interwoven through presentation and workshop. Challenging questioning encouraged pupils to think about the characters and plot and draw their own conclusions.

Aryan entered his first national ranking Under 12s tournament at the Dallington Lawn Tennis Club in Northampton. Aryan felt it was too early to compete in such a tournament however his coach encouraged him to enter to gain experience of playing older players and to get used to the new national leagues.

Aryan expected to have a very tough first round given the high standard but comfortably won 4-1 4-1.  He then won all of his remaining matches to reach the final. Not only had he beaten higher ranked and older players, he had also won most of his matches by only dropping one or two games in each set.

Aryan is clearly enjoying competing in the higher age group and has grown stronger since reaching the county finals in August where he came third overall.

Congratulations Aryan, we were delighted to hear of your tennis achievements.

Mathlete of the week for:

J2H is Arthur

J2M is Beatrice

J3Z is James

J3S is Jack

J4W is Mikey and Alfred

J5L is Millie L

J5R is Millie H

J6V is Iman

J6H is Matilda

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Monday 21 October to Friday 1 November

Crackley Hall Half Term Holiday Club will be available from 8.00 am until 6.00 pm Monday 21 October to Friday 1 November, at a cost of £30.00 for a full day. Half days (8am-1pm and 1pm - 6pm) can be booked at £20.00 per session. Lunch is available at a cost of £3.10 per day.

Places are limited as we are bound to strict adult to child ratios. Should you wish to book a place at short notice, please contact the school office on 01926 514444 to check availability. Cancellations can only be made by the school office, therefore please discuss any changes with a member of staff.

Please book a place using the following link: Holiday Club Bookings

School Office

Time to start thinking about your costumes!

As part of our Vocations Week, we will be focusing on Super Acts of Kindness. Pupils can come dressed as a well-known superhero or come as one they have made up.    ..............Super

Kind..... Super J  ...... Fantastic Fred ............... etc