Headmaster's Welcome
Dear Parents
I am so pleased that our Junior 4 and Junior 5 year groups were able to, once again, participate in a residential visit. Since the outbreak of COVID, so many visits and experiences have been postponed but, this week, we’ve had both year groups out of school and enjoying the beautiful weather in the great outdoors.
Junior 5 set off for their adventure in Shropshire, arriving at the PGL centre at Wednesday lunchtime and Junior 4 arrived at Kingswood, also on Wednesday afternoon. Both year groups have been able to experience so many different activities and staff have updated me on how much the children have enjoyed the visits and how well they have represented Crackley Hall School. I have seen some photographs of the visits but look forward to hearing more about their time away next week. I am sure all the children will have lots to report to you and I hope they have created memories with their friends which will last a lifetime. Thank you to all the staff who have helped make this visit happen and to those staff who have accompanied the children this week.
On Saturday last week, Crackley Hall School opened its doors to former pupils and staff to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the school. It was exceptionally well attended, and it was my privilege to be able to host this event and learn more about the history of the school from those who experienced it first-hand. You will be able read more about the anniversary later in this edition. My thanks to Mrs Jenny Vaughan, Mrs Simmonds, Mrs Horan, Mrs Paphitis, Mrs Olden, my senior leadership team and the Foundation marketing and catering teams and some current staff and children who helped on the day to make this occasion so memorable.
Junior 2 have been studying the Fire of London and left school after assembly this morning to visit Aston Hall where they learnt so much from the Fire of London exhibition. Thank you to Mrs Glen-Roots, Mrs Burley, Mrs Verma, Mrs Thomas and Mrs Bhogal for making this visit possible.
Although we have had fewer children in school this week due to visits, we were able to have sport fixtures, including hockey and netball fixtures and the ISA rugby sevens and tag rugby, which took place at Princethorpe today. Many congratulations to the 7’s team for winning the ISA Midlands competition and the tag team for coming third overall. An excellent result – well done to the pupils and the coaches. Sports teams were also involved in sports teams photographs on Monday. As it was such a beautiful day, the photographs were taken outside and I look forward to seeing the results very soon.
Thank you to Mrs Glen-Roots who hosted the shorter version of the assembly this morning while I attended meetings away from school. Stars of the week were presented to Ryan, Jessica, Fiorella, Will, Sophia, Lexi-Jean, Amelia, Dexter and Olly. Well done to each one of you! Assembly next week will be for Reception, Junior 1 and 2; please could parents park on the sports fields if attending assembly.
As we near the end of this term, the Easter break soon will soon be upon us and the holiday club will be operating each weekday, if there is sufficient need. The booking facility is open and can be found on My School Portal. School will not be open on Bank Holidays and if you have any queries about holiday club, please direct your message to holidayclub@crackleyhall.co.uk The booking form will close on Thursday next week so that we may confirm staffing requirements.
Next week will be the last full week of this term and we will be hosting an inter-school cross country event on our school fields. This promises to be a wonderful event and I sincerely hope that the weather will hold so that all children, and our guests, can enjoy the course in sunshine. All of Junior 5 have been rehearsing their Easter Performance and parents have been invited to watch their final show on Wednesday afternoon, please refer to the school communication regarding arrangements for reserving your seats.
I should like to wish everyone a happy and restful weekend.
God bless,
Mr Duigan
