The Chronicle

Our Stars of the Week this week are:

Congratulations to them all!

Pupils at Crackley Hall were captivated by the school’s ‘Robotics Day’ with everyone enjoying learning about the world of STEM thanks to Steve Hubbard from Robotfun. The day began with an assembly where Steve shared many different types of robots including a Robot based on Theo Jansen’s self-propelling robots strandbeests.

Across the day pupils took part in workshops. Upper school children got hands on with programming in python while the Lower School enjoyed programming with a brand-new robot Indi using colour cards to control the robot’s direction of movement.

The day was designed to engage pupils in engineering and science through fun, practical experiences and Emma Malcom, who organised Crackley Robotics Day, said, “The children had great fun learning about programming, working together to make sure their robot followed the right commands. They really enjoyed the sessions engaging with the robots enthusiastically. We have had a fantastic robotics day.”

Many thanks to the PTA for funding the day.

Crackley Hall’s Junior 4 pupils enjoyed a half-day music technology workshop at Princethorpe College this week, on Thursday 12 May. Hosted by Director of Music, Gil Cowlishaw, and Music Teacher, Alison Wakeley, the sessions took place in the College’s dedicated Music Technology suite and in IT classrooms. The children were introduced to computer music production concepts such as sequencing and arrangement and then encouraged to experiment. Using the technology software Soundtrap, the children enjoyed creating music in a completely new way. Starting with drum machine patterns and loops and adding texture through the addition of bass, keyboard and even vocal lines the children each created their own unique piece.

After a short break and an obligatory Princethorpe cookie, the children moved on to explore the concept of harmony. This time using online song writing software Hookpad, the children built a pattern of major and minor chords and overlaid their own melodies. Finally, the children listened to their music in a variety of music styles including rock, pop, jazz and even reggae.

Junior 4 clearly enjoyed the workshop and exploring music in a new way and everyone was able to save their creations to their OneDrive accounts to take home to share with their families.

Mr Cowlishaw, commented, “We had lots of fun in our music technology taster, the children were all fantastic to work with and created some amazing pieces.”

The Crackley Hall whole-school Art Show is only a few days away. It takes place next Wednesday 18 May. 

The show will take place in the School Hall from 3.00pm to 6.00pm and all work on display is for sale. Children from Nursery through to Junior 6 have created works of art of a high standard which has all been beautifully framed.  

The school field will be open for car parking.

Payment is by cash, cheque or card on the day.

Additional copies may be ordered on the day itself only, so if you wish to gift a picture from your child to another family member or friend you can do so.

All monies raised will be shared between the school's charities and the Art department.

We can’t wait for you to see how hard the children have been working!

With thanks to all those who teach Art and the children who make it a joy to teach.

Thank You

Holiday club will run from Monday 30 May until Wednesday 1 June 2022.

It will be open from 8.30am to 5.00pm each day, and will cost £30 per child. Hot lunch will be provided.

Holiday club will only operate on the days where there are sufficient numbers to open, therefore it is important for you to book early as we may not be able to accommodate last minute bookings, due to staff ratios. If you have booked a day and the numbers attending are not high enough, you will be contacted to either cancel or rearrange the day booked.

Please book via the Holiday Club email address - holidayclub@crackleyhall.co.uk

Thank you.

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

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Glen-Root's class is Aaryan and Harry

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

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

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Holmes' class is Lexi-Jean 

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

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Lammas' group is Georgie S 

Mathlete of the week for Mrs Wildey group is Alex

Well done all!

Seb (J4R) and Casper (J2B) and their pal Grace all got together to set up a little stall on their road to raise money for the people of Ukraine.

They put a lot of effort into it to make it a great success by making some homemade lemonade, baking two different types of cookies and making up little sweet bags.

They set up the stall and manned it from 11am to 1pm, and raised a whopping £172.73.  

Their new neighbours, family and friends all came by to visit and support them, which was really lovely.

Well done Seb, Casper and Grace!

As many of you are aware, preparations for the Summer Show are underway. The children are invited to come up with a name for the show.

The two shows we are performing songs from are: The Lion King and Aladdin.

The name can be anything. We have previously had Magical Moments Of Musicals, A Spoonful Of Naughty and Our 4ever Musical Favourites. All suggestions are welcome and one will be selected and used.

Entries need to be in by Monday 16 May and given into the Office on a named piece of paper. The Performing Arts Team along with Mr Duigan will then select a winner.

We look forward to seeing what you come up with. Good Luck!

Please find more details of an Art Competition in the flyer or follow the link.

Ms Holmes is collecting nails (the larger the better), screws, nuts and bolts, drill bits etc for an art project.

If you have any spares and could donate to the Art department, that would be fantastic.

Thank you.