The Chronicle

Dear Parents

A busy week in school has been a necessary distraction for me this week.  In addition to our Open Day and other activities, children have enjoyed two history workshops which are always very popular and extremely informative. 

Junior 2 were the first year group to take part in a workshop on Tuesday when they learned about life in London at the time of the Great Fire of London.  Yesterday, Junior 5 took part in a Tudor Day. These workshops are a wonderful way to bring History lessons to life where the children take part in ‘hands on’ activities for the whole day.  I am grateful to the staff who organise these events and to our parent volunteers who also come along to support the day.

Open Day was well attended and the families who visited made positive comments about the school as a whole and the very helpful and polite Junior 6 tour guides.  I am always very proud of the children who act as guides and those who interact with our visitors but to hear others comment is heart-warming and reinforces what I already believe.  Thank you to the pupils who were involved, to Mrs Jenny Vaughan, Mr Sansum who took time to discuss our catering provision and to Mrs Stephenson and Mrs Hancock who provided support from the Princethorpe Foundation Marketing Team.

As I mentioned last week, holiday club is now open for bookings during February half term and the link can be found later in this newsletter.

The new car line system continues to work well but I would ask that parents please remain in their cars as far as possible during car line so as not to cause any delay to the parents waiting behind them.  This will help to ensure that children are collected safely and in a timely manner.

During assembly today our stars of the week were: Avani, Patrick, Aaryan, Amelia, Tommy, Ettienne, Julia, Lennon, Mya, Willow, Harry, Scarlett, Alex and Nancy.  Well done to all of you on your achievements.  The funds raised during last term’s Christmas Jumper Day was also announced and I am pleased to let you know that £182.21 has been donated to Save The Children on behalf of Crackley Hall School.  Various charities have benefitted from your generosity over the course of the year and your continued support to those less fortunate is very much appreciated.  Scarlett and Thomas both sang so well at assembly this morning – it was a treat for all in the hall.  Well done to both of them.  Mya’s Geography project earned her a Da Vinci award – congratulations to her as well.

Our sports teams celebrated success at Croft on Wednesday this week.  Our U11 football won all three matches: A 8-3; B 3-1; C 2-0.  The netballers also fared well with the A team losing 12-13 and the B team winning 9-2.  Our hockey teams played Bilton Grange: U9A lost 1-3, the B team drew 0-0 and the two Under 8 teams lost hard-fought games.  Well done to all teams and their coaches.

Finally, I would like to thank so many of you, pupils, parents, trustees and staff, for your kind words and prayers this week.  My brother’s sudden passing has been a shock and a very difficult time for our whole family.  I will be making my way to South Africa for his funeral and to support my elderly parents early next week and will be leaving Crackley Hall in the capable hands of Mr Cottrill and the Senior Leadership Team, supported by Mr Hester.  I plan to return towards the end of the following week.

Have a lovely weekend, hopefully restful.

God bless,

Mr Duigan