The Chronicle

Our Stars of the Week this week are:

Congratulations to them all!

Trustees of the Princethorpe Foundation have given the green light for work to commence on Princethorpe College’s new £8m Science Centre.

The Science Centre, which features 10 brand-new, state-of-the-art Science laboratories, will ultimately transform the College’s entire campus allowing other areas to be redeveloped and departments clustered within the main school building.

The project, the College’s largest and most ambitious to date, has undergone a comprehensive and lengthy design, planning, costing and tendering process over the last five years. The contract for the main build has been awarded to Trendgrey Construction Limited, based in nearby Stockton. Headed up by MD Nick Henderson, who has been with the company for twenty-two years, Trendgrey is well-known to The Princethorpe Foundation having completed the Sixth Form Resource Centre at Princethorpe in 2014, The Gables at Crackley Hall in 2016 and the Horton Centre at Crescent School in 2021.

Preparatory work will now begin, before the contractor moves onto site over February Half Term. The construction is estimated to take around 14 months with the building expected to open its doors for teaching in September 2023.

Comments Liz Griffin, Chair of Trustees, “The Trustees are delighted to give approval for work to commence on the Science Centre at Princethorpe. This really is a landmark decision in the strategic development of the College and is testament to the strong position the Foundation finds itself in today. Many congratulations to Trendgrey on being awarded the contract after a very competitive tendering process.”

She continues, “Our thanks go to all the donors who have contributed so generously to the fundraising for the project, our Science Campaign Board, the Science Working Group, our professional advisors, AT Architects, Ainsleys, Richard Strauss Associates and Couch, Perry and Wilkes, and of course the Senior Leadership Team for all their hard work.”

Headmaster, Ed Hester, adds, “It is fantastic that our vision for the future of Princethorpe will now become a reality. This announcement is great news for the Princethorpe community; the Science Centre project brings with it so many exciting campus-wide benefits and these cutting-edge teaching and learning facilities will inspire generations of Princethorpe pupils and staff for years to come.”

Comments, Trendgrey’s Managing Director, Nick Henderson, “It is a great privilege to have been awarded this prestigious contract by the Princethorpe Foundation. We are looking forward to working in partnership to deliver what promises to be an exceptional educational facility and state-of-the-art building.”

Members of the Princethorpe community interested in supporting the project through personal or corporate naming rights, sponsoring an engraved paver, wall brick or Periodic Table element in the new Centre should contact the Development Office for more information at  makingadifference@princethorpe.co.uk.

To view a fly through of the Science Centre please visit the school website here.

The very first edition of the Crackley Review has just been published and was sent out to families before Christmas.

The new yearbook records and reflects the last academic year. It gives a super insight into life in school and the wonderful learning that goes on day in day out here at Crackley Hall School and Little Crackers Nursery.

It makes a wonderful memento for children and parents, and we hope you have all enjoyed looking through the stories and photos.

Thank you to all who have contributed their time and talents to help us put together this Review and who do so much to make this school such a vibrant, supportive and engaging place of learning.

Attached here is an electronic copy of the Crackley Review that you are welcome to download and share with family and friends.

Before Christmas, Junior 5 and Junior 6 showed just how thoughtful and kind they were. The classes decided to be as giving as they could and share the joy of advent at Christmas time. They made their own reverse advent calendars hampers with each pupil bringing in an item a family in need at Christmas might wish to receive.

Reverse Advent Calendars are a great idea, an example of how communities can take action to stop their neighbours going hungry, they recognise that the spirit of Christmas is to give.

The hampers were donated to LWS Night Shelter in Leamington. We are all very proud of Junior 5 and Junior 6!

Many congratulations to Junior 6, Marley who was awarded Highly Commended in the 2021 Catholic Independent Schools Conference (CISC) Christmas card competition. Marley was presented with his certificate on the last day of term.

The theme for the competition this year was ‘O Holy Night’ and for his entry Marley produced a sensitive and stunning water colour of the Nativity scene. His painting was so charming that it was also selected as Highly Commended in the school’s Christmas card competition, and featured as a cameo on the reverse of the school’s card.

A huge well done to Junior 6, Jack, who won the Maths Week England Design A Money Box competition. Jack’s design was chosen as the winner in the 9-11 years category.

The charity LifeSavers ran the competition as part of its support for Maths Week England, challenging children to design a money box that included ideas on what they wanted to save for or what motivates them to save.

It was great to see our pupils taking part and even better to have a winner - many congratulations to Jack!

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Hardwick's class is Lillyrose

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Burley's class is Isabel

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Van Zyl's class is Ameila

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Holmes class is Malachi

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Robert's class is Molly

Mathlete of the week for Mr Stedeford's class is Phoebe

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Wildey's group is Sebastian

Well done all!