The Chronicle

We are delighted to tell you that all the children have designed a Christmas card in school and should by now have brought home their sample Christmas cards together with an order form for cards, gift tags, mugs, tea towels and bags. This is a great opportunity to purchase reasonably priced cards and other items displaying individual artwork produced by your child, whilst also raising money for the PTA.

In order to minimise handling of order forms and payment, this year the PTA have produced an online payment system. Using the link below, you are able to select the product and quantity you wish to order. Please note that the earlier the orders are placed, the higher the donation to school.

Online Payment Link

Should you be unable to use the online payment system, then please return your order form with the payment enclosed, to the school office. Cheques should be made payable to Crackley Hall PTA. The designs are beautiful this year and the children should be proud of their efforts.  Hopefully, your families and friends will enjoy them as much as they did last year.

The PTA are excited to announce the Autumn Preloved Book Sale!

The Sale will be held on Friday 20 November from 9.00am to 11.30am.

All books will be £1 (Max 3 books per child) with 100% proceeds to the PTA that benefits your child. Please be aware no change will be given on the day to minimise the risks of handling money.  All volunteers on the day (there will be a maximum of 6) will be wearing appropriate PPE.

We would appreciate donations of excellent quality books (no scribbles or pages missing). We are looking for books in the following three categories: KS1, KS2 and Pre-Teen.

Donations will be collected in the school foyer between Monday 2 November and Friday 6 November with a maximum of 5 books donated per child. Children will need to drop the donations themselves during those dates. The drop off dates are crucial so that a 72-hour quarantine can be observed between the drop off and the date of the sale.

Good examples of books suitable for Pre-Teen are as follows: The Harry Potter series, Watership Down, Alex Rider series and the Hunger Games but other suitable books are welcome.

New Event News!

This year the PTA need to be super creative with Christmas events and we are very excited to tell you about a brand new event for Crackley Hall!

Crackley’s Christmas Light Trail

This will be a treasure trail of Christmas light displays provided by Crackley Hall’s parents and teachers.

At each display there will be a letter which you will need to write down. Once you have completed the trail you will have all the letters for a Christmassy anagram which you will need to work out!

Crackley families can drive around the magical trail hunting for the letters at their leisure over the week commencing Monday 7 December 2020.

There will be a prize for the winner as well as a prize for the most popular light display, as voted by all the participants!

In order to make this possible, we need lots of volunteers to provide a Christmas light display to be included on the trail map. Your displays can be as simple or as flamboyant as you like. We would just like as many households as possible to be included so we can create a really fabulous trail!

If you live within a 4-5ish mile radius from school and you can volunteer your Christmas light display to be included please email:

Jo Ward at PTAevents@crackleyhall.co.uk

The deadline to be included in the map is Saturday 31 October 2020.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Join us on Friday 13 November from 7.00pm to 9.00pm from the comfort of your own home for Crackley Hall's first BIG PTA Online Family Quiz – the one thing that won’t be cancelled in 2020!

We encourage all Crackley Hall families and staff to come together for a fabulous night of entertainment! All ages are welcome to join in this evening, which will test everyone's knowledge, alongside entertainment from staff members, a Crackley Hall specific quiz round and that opportunity to win spectacular prizes!

Tickets are priced at £5 per family to join (£1 of which will go towards a raffle at the end of the quiz). Don’t miss the chance for your children to see Mr. Duigan himself as the ultimate quiz master! If that's not enough to tempt you, each family will be playing for your child’s house and a chance to increase their house points!

For those of you wanting to go all out with this event, there is also an optional themed 'A Night at the Movies' fancy dress option with prizes for the best dressed family. Let’s see how creative our Crackley Hall families and staff can be!

Please click here to sign up as tickets are limited

https://www.pta-events.co.uk/crackleyhall/#.X4A93WhKiUk  the deadline is Thursday 5 November 2020.  We promise this will be a night to remember and one your family will really enjoy!