Headmaster's Welcome
Dear Parents
I feel that almost everyone in school is settling into routines and the summer feels like a distant memory. We have held our remaining parents` evenings this week; I hope that you found these to be good opportunity to meet your child’s teacher, to be informed of systems and expectations and to be reassured that we strive for the highest standards, care and teaching at Crackley Hall. I also hope that you were able to use the opportunity to ask those questions that you might have had at the start of the school year. Any feedback on these meetings would be most welcome.
Fr Kevin joined the school community as he led the school in the celebration of our first whole school mass of the year on Thursday. It was wonderful to come together as a community for time to pray and be thankful for what we have and to ask our Lord’s blessing on the year ahead. Thank you to our staff for reading, to all pupils and staff for the beautiful singing and to Mrs Forino, Mrs Simmonds, Mrs Olden and Mrs Horan for their input and leadership. As always, we are sincerely grateful for Fr Kevin’s spiritual support and guidance. Well done to Mahnoor and Jessica for carrying out their role so efficiently.
We look forward to all our extra-curricular clubs commencing from next week. I hope the children enjoy trying new activities form the variety on offer, from sewing to baking and fencing and the traditional school sports. I feel this is important just as much as learning in the classroom. Mrs Vaughan devotes time and effort into arranging a great and varied range of clubs to satisfy all interests; we thank her for this.
Our sports fixtures also start next week, so please refer to the SOCS system to keep an eye out for the team sheets, which contain information on selections, locations and timing of the fixtures. This is the same system that we have for our extra-curricular so is an ideal online platform for your go to. I have also learned that if you subscribe to the calendar it populates onto your mobile phone, which is a convenient and easy place of reference. It will certainly save you having to spend a lot of time on WhatsApp groups.
Our carline and collection timings are working well, so thank you and please try to adhere to the times we allocate for the end of the day to keep this running smoothly. Thank you to all the parents and families who parked over at the sports field last week, and today, for our assembly. It made such a difference to the surrounding roads and shows consideration for our neighbours.
We also are excited to announce that our 20-year anniversary of Stay 'n' Play sessions at Crackley Hall is next week. These first acquaintances can base the start of our Foundation for Life journey for lots of families who have progressed and continued their educational journey with us. Our staff have done a marvellous job in welcoming families from the local community into Crackley Hall, many of whom decide to stay with us through their primary school years and then onto Princethorpe College.
Our annual Blessing of the Stones Service will take place in our prayer garden next Wednesday morning. All new pupils are invited to paint and decorate a stone, which will then be placed in the garden and remain there, into the future, as part of the legacy of our school and each pupil’s part in the life of Crackley Hall. Parents and family members of all new pupils (including those pupils who started during the course of last year, but after the last blessing of the stones service) are welcome to attend. Please refer to the school calendar for information on timings.
In our first KS2 assembly of the year we were treated to outstanding singing by Evie, our Music Captain; it really was a delight to watch. Huge congratulations to all our Stars of the Week: Nursery – Emmie; Rec – Oliver and George; J1 – Milo and Amelie; J2 – Ryan and Toby; J3 – Jovan and Henry; J4 – Oscar and Harry; J5 – Niamh and Gabriella; and J6 – Jacob and Isabella.
I may see some families at Princethorpe College’s Open Day on Sunday afternoon. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to get a real feeling for the school.
It would be wonderful if a number of our families joined the school community for the annual PTA Headmaster’s Quiz on Friday 27 September. It is being jointly hosted by the Town Mayor of Kenilworth, Councillor Alan Chalmers. Further details and information can be found in this edition of The Chronicle. You could form a team of eight players or come along as individuals or couples and we will find a team for you to join. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet other Crackley mums and dads (or grandparents).
I hope that you are able to enjoy a happy and restful weekend.
God bless,
Rob Duigan
