The Chronicle

Dear Parents

Welcome to the penultimate Chronicle of this half term.  It is incredible how this half term has flown by.  The really good news is that we have been able to return to many activities in school, within the present restrictions.  We would like to return to more of the communal activities as soon as possible, for example, Celebration Assemblies on Fridays.

We are managing the ongoing cases of Covid within school and notifying close contacts, as and when necessary.  Reported cases are beginning to reduce but it is imperative that we continue to be vigilant for symptoms.  I appreciate that certain year groups have received numerous emails, sometimes on a daily basis, from the school office regarding close contacts and I would like to thank parents for their understanding in this regard.

Our ‘controlled’ open day was a great success yesterday and I would like to thank Mrs Jenny Vaughan, Miss Flowers, Mr Sansum for his catering and all the staff who contributed to the organised tours.  The event was well managed to ensure that we did not pose any unnecessary risk to children and staff in school.  We received many positive comments about the school in general and the happy, well behaved and enthusiastic children.  I hope that I will be able to call upon our stewards and prefects to assist in open events at some point next year.

Next week will be Mr Peters’ last week in After Care as he reduces his working commitment in school to focus on his rugby career.  I know that Mr Peters has been a very popular member of our After Care team but he will not be leaving us completely and will hopefully be able to assist on the sports field and in the classroom next term.

There has been an overwhelmingly positive response to the call for clothing for the Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre and I was on hand this morning to assist with the collection.  Thank you to everyone who contributed and made a difference to this charity.  There was also a wonderful array of hats being worn into school today. Hats On for Mental Health has been championed by Mrs Burley and everyone in school was encouraged to wear a hat into school today.  As you will see from the photographs later in this edition, Crackley Hall rose to the challenge!  The donations for non-uniform day will be shared between Coventry Mind and the school PTA.  Whilst it is a fun way to bring awareness to the importance of mental health, the children are very aware of the impact and need to share any concerns about their own mental health at all times, not just this week.

Next week, on Tuesday and Thursday, class teachers will be hosting online parent evening meetings.  If you have not been able to book a meeting yet, please do get in touch.  The rescheduled school photographs will take place on Tuesday so please remember that full school uniform should be worn for this occasion.  Any child taking part in sports activities should bring their kit into school.

There are still spaces in holiday club and a schedule of planned activities will be available early next week.  Holiday club is open every day, should there be sufficient need, from 8.30am until 5.00pm.  Unfortunately, due to low take up on Friday 29 October, it may be necessary to cancel this particular day.

I have, this week, received an update on the licence from the Really Useful Group regarding our summer production of Joseph.  Please keep a look out in your emails next week for a link to booking a streamed performance on 13 and 14 November.  More details will follow but it is hoped that families will be able to gather in the comfort of their own home to watch Joseph.  There will be a limited number (restricted by the licence) of DVD’s available of this recording and a copy can be reserved at the time of booking the streamed performance.

In assembly this morning I congratulated our Stars of the Week who were Bracken, Elliot, Oscar, Rory, Leyton, Francesca, Lexi-Jean, Evie, Harry B and Harry A, Lucas, Kit, Amelia and Mikey. For those of you who watched the assembly, you will have also enjoyed a performance from Esme in Junior 5.  Well done to everyone!

Best wishes to our Junior 6 pupils who will be taking one of their Year 7 entrance examinations on Saturday.  I wish everyone a happy and relaxing weekend with friends and family.  It looks likely that we will have some good weather, so do make the most of it outdoors.

God bless,

Mr Duigan