The Chronicle

Dear Parents

Welcome back on site to Crackley Hall School!

At the end of the first week back, with everyone in the building, it feels as if everything is almost normal again.  However, we are still keeping to our bubbles, staff are wearing masks around school, we have maintained the enhanced cleaning schedule and all adults on site are required to take the LTF test, which we monitor closely.  Your co-operation during arrival and collection times is much appreciated as this will assist with the smooth and safe traffic flow during busy times.  Please remember, if you do arrive on foot at school; wear a mask, keep your distance and do not stay longer than absolutely necessary.

On Monday, children were welcomed back by their class teachers and spent an extended registration together which gave them an opportunity to reacquaint themselves with the routines and catch up with their friends.  The children have adapted well to the change in lunchtime arrangements as this is now taking place in the school hall which enables every child to have a hot lunch.  As this is the first week trialling the lunch arrangement, we will be reviewing the provision with Mr Sansum and will adjust where necessary.

During this morning’s assembly, I announced that William, Blythe, Ivy, Joshua, Rory, Thomas, Sienna, Louis, Jenson and Mikey all received their Bronze Awards.   Elle and Alfred both received a Junior da Vinci award for their English work and our stars of the week were: Theoharis, Dalihah, Hector, Charlie, Charlotte, all of Junior 3S, Joshua, Miley, Jack, Leo, Summer, Scarlett and Yung.  Well done girls and boys for your tremendous hard work!

It was also my pleasure to present the ISA Musical Theatre certificates today to those who represented the School nationally, Aaron, Olivia and Holly and to Julia who was placed 2nd nationally.  You will be able to read more about this later in the Chronicle and also be able to watch Julia’s performance.  It was a delight to watch all these performances and I hope that you enjoy watching ‘If I had a Brain’ as much as I did. 

At the end of today’s assembly we were able to bring you another performance, this time by Evie in Junior 3 who has her singing lessons with Mrs Goode.  Evie was initially surprised but, I think you will agree, stepped up to the challenge beautifully.

Next week, Junior 5 and 6 will be participating in their LAMDA examinations, Junior 3 will have an interesting virtual visit from Severn Trent Water and we will also be celebrating St Joseph’s Day on Friday, 19 March.  This year, a service will be recorded and sent to classes and parents so that we can all watch safely from within our bubbles or our homes.  My thanks to Father Kevin for his participation, I am sure he will be looking forward to returning to Crackley Hall as soon as he can.  I would also like to thank Mrs Jackson-Mayne, Mrs Paphitis and Mrs Horan for their time in arranging the service.

The Easter Holiday club booking system is now open and you can book this by visiting My School Portal and selecting ‘Clubs and Activities’.  This system will be open until 29 March after which date you will need to contact the School Office to enquire about availability.  We have lots of activities planned for this Easter break and hopefully the weather will be kind to us so that the children can enjoy playing outside too.

I hope you have an enjoyable weekend and that all the mums, grandmothers and mum’s to be have a restful day on Sunday.

God bless,

Mr Duigan