Our Stars of the Week this week are:
| Nursery | Lotti |
| Reception C | Thomas |
| Reception GR | Charlie |
| J1H | Jessie |
| J2H | Blythe |
| J2M | Isla |
| J3S | Sebastian |
| J3VZ | Leo |
| J4JM | Mikey |
| J4W | Alfred |
| J5L | George |
| J5R | Theo |
| J6H | Martha |
| J6V | Davi |
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Junior 6 have spent the last two weeks enjoying some well deserved down time after recently sitting their senior school entrance exams.
Desks were cleared of pencil pots, exercise books and revision notes, and normal lessons exchanged for board games, sports activites and forest school.
Last week they enjoyed a 'Bake Off' style cake decorating competition - with all manner of shapes, swirls, hundreds and thousands and silver balls.
This week started with them walking down to Costa Coffee in Kenilworth, where they enjoyed treats such as hot chocolate and brownies. And also included a 'Movies and Munchies' day, complete with pizza and popcorn.
Hopefully a great time was had by all. Well done Junior 6, you've earned it!
As we begin to prepare for the Christmas season, I am pleased to tell you that our kitchen staff will be cooking a Christmas lunch for us all on Wednesday 11 December. This is always a jolly occasion and does bring out everybody's Christmas spirit!
As well as the traditional Christmas lunch, there will also be a vegetarian option and a delicious seasonal dessert.
If you child does not normally eat a hot dinner on this day, we will contact you separately.
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As part of Christmas Jumper Day, the Student Council have created an extra (optional competition) that involves designing a Christmas jumper for Mr Duigan.
The £1 entry fee will be donated to Save the Children.
All entries must be created on an A4 piece of paper (with or without the template) and should be handed to your form tutor by Friday 6 December.
There will be a small prize for the winner, which will be judged by Mr Cottrill (as voted by Student Council), on Christmas Jumper Day.
Crackley’s Performing Arts Captain, Kiki Dhillon will be playing the role of Tommy, Dick Whittington’s cat in Stratford-Upon-Avon’s festive panto.
She joined the rest of the cast in full costume on Thursday evening to help the Mayor of Stratford switch on the Christmas Lights in the town. Who doesn’t love a traditional panto at this time of year?
Tickets are available from www.stratfordplay.co.uk and if you want to catch Kiki she’s performing on 21st, 23rd, 26th, 28th and 30th December.
The Scholastic Book Fair will arrive in school next week and books will be available for viewing and ordering on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after school. They will also be available at the School Fair on Saturday 30 November.
As in previous years, vouchers can be purchased online which provides a cost effective way of buying books by giving you 20% extra to spend. Vouchers are available in a various dominations starting from £5 and can be purchased by visiting the Scholastic Books website.
In addition, this year, you will be able to make phone payments for your order using a secure payment line (033 305 2963) and quoting the School ID number (108826). You will then be given a transaction code together with the amount paid, further details will be available at the fair next week. We will be arranging for children to visit the fair during the school day so that they can look at the selection of books available to purchase. Crackley Hall will receive points from the sale of books and these will be used to purchase resources for the children. We hope to see you at the fair next week.
As usual we are taking part in the Christmas Tree Festival held each year at St Nicholas School, this is a lovely community event and is one of the ways that our school prepares for Christmas during Advent.
This year the decoration will be linked to the book, 'Have You Filled A Bucket Today?' (please google) Pupils have been given a cup and pipe cleaner and asked to decorate their cup with ideas of ways they can be kind to others. They can add a face, stick or draw on the cup, pop things inside. There are a few pictures on the internet which will give you ideas.
Decorations need to be back by Wednesday 27 November.
Thank you for your support in advance.
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Warwick Arts Centre – Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas - Nursery 2, Reception and Junior 1 Trip - Thursday 28 November 2019
We are still in need of a couple of parent helpers and also have a few spare tickets available if any parent from Nursery 2, Reception or Junior 1 wishes to accompany their child on this trip.
If any parents from other classes within the school are able to volunteer to help or wish to go along this would be greatly appreciated.
These tickets will be available at a reduced cost to cover the ticket price only of £13 but includes a seat on the coach, leaving Crackley Hall at 12.45pm and being back at school in time for the end of the school day.
Please contact Mrs Glen Roots, Mrs Bird or the School Office if you are interested. They will be issued on a first-come first-served basis.
The date for this years Christmas Jumper Day for Save the Children is Friday 13 December.
If children would like to participate, they should come to school in their usual uniform with a Christmas jumper in place of their school jumper.
All children wearing a Christmas jumper are asked to bring in a £1.00 donation for Save the Children.
Mathlete of the week for J1H is Josh
Mathlete of the week for J2H is Aaron
Mathlete of the week for Mrs Lammas's group is George
Mathlete of the week for Mrs Roberts' group is Alyx
Last weeks Mathlete of the week for Mrs Lammas's group was Thomas and for Mrs Roberts' group was Freddie.
Well done!
On Thursday 21 November Crackley Hall School and Little Crackers Nursery held a dedicated Nursery and Reception Open Evening. It was an opportunity for families to visit the school, listen to a presentation, view children’s work and talk to members of the Nursery, Reception and Early Years Team.
Crackley Hall and Little Crackers staff were delighted to welcome families and help them get a feel for what makes Crackley feel like 'the next best place to home'.
Parents are reminded that the deadline for Early Bird applications for places in the Reception class next year is Monday 25 November 2019. Offers to Early Bird applicants will be posted first class on Monday 16 December, with an acceptance deadline of Monday 6 January 2020.
For those who missed this week’s Open Evening there is one further opportunity to visit the school, before the final deadline for Reception applications closes, as the school will be holding an Open Day on Thursday 23 January from 10.00am to 3.00pm.
