The Chronicle

Not even the rain and the slate grey skies of could dampen the enthusiasm and exuberance of this year’s Junior 4 adventurers on their residential trip to Kingswood Activity Centre in Staffordshire.

For three days, our Junior 4 pupils took up the challenge of working together as a team taking part in a wide range of activities, including zipwiring, problem solving, bouldering and, perhaps the most challenging of all, bed making!

All of the pupils showed a wonderful willingness to try new experiences and to celebrate each others' successes.

Way to go, Junior 4!

On Thursday 17 October Junior 2 had a super interactive trip out to visit the best museum in Warwickshire. The MAD museum (Mechanical, Art and Design), in Stratford upon Avon, is the UK’s only permanent venue for mechanical art. It is a real Aladdin's cave of treasures which aim to surprise and amuse. The cleverly made, complicated and fully interactive displays provided plenty of hands on experiences for the children. They eagerly operated sensors, buttons and handles aplenty to see what happened next.

The visit to the museum supported many of Junior 2’s curricular topics, but particularly informed their Design & Technology and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) studies.

Junior 2 teacher, Mrs Hardwick, said, “It was a fabulous day, the children thoroughly enjoyed the interactive elements in the museum and were all able to get involved with a number of different activities and work together to solve problems.”

After the museum the children took a short walk down to the canal where they boarded a boat for a pleasant cruise down the river. Their visit to Stratford-upon-Avon finished with a chance to let off some steam in the autumnal sunshine in the park.

Many thanks to all the staff for organising such a fascinating and participative trip.

The children were involved in three workshops throughout the day. These included a Victorian lesson, where they dressed up as a Victorian pupil and spent time in the Victorian classroom. They learned reading and arithmetic by rote, using a class abacus to do their sums. The class practised their handwriting using slates and pencils and were taken outside for a short physical activity known as Drill.

They also took part in a laundry workshop with a laundry maid. Here they experienced doing the washing without electricity in this hands-on workshop. They also used real and replica late Victorian equipment to carry out the washing tasks and took turns to pump the water, grate the soap and mangle the washing before hanging it out to dry.

Finally, the children had the opportunity to compare the lives of working class and wealthy Victorian families using the model houses. They explored how the homes were lit and how people kept clean. They examined Victorian domestic techniques using original objects and learnt about the difference between family life, servants and education for rich and poor families. Children played the roles of different members of the household and the workshop included the chance to try on some Victorian clothing.

It was a very worth-while and memorable day.

We are delighted to announce the launch of this year’s CISC Christmas Card competition.

This year’s theme is ‘Light and Peace’ – plenty of scope for young artists to think spiritually in their creative interpretation of the theme!

Entries should be submitted to school by Tuesday 12 November. Any winning artists will be featured on this year’s CISC Christmas Card and on the CISC website.

Details

·         Theme – ‘Light and Peace’

·         Entries should be 2D art work in any media, or a photograph and can be portrait or landscape.

·         Please make sure that your art work has your full name and age on the back.  

·         Entries can be handed in to the school office or to Ms Holmes

Our Stars of the Week this week are:

Mathlete of the week for:

J2H - Ted

J3Z - Mitchell

Mrs Roberts group - Henry

Mrs Lammas group - Thomas

Well done!

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