The Chronicle

Junior 6 have been enjoying their post examination curriculum enrichment week with a whole host of exciting activities to reward all their hard work.

Their fun ended today, with a much anticipated Junior 6 'bake off' competition. Always a creative and sometimes a sticky affair!

Congratulations to this year's winners and to those who received highly commended (or highly calorific) awards and to all the children who took part so enthusiastically.

Well done to 1st place winners Alex, Felix and Anthony for their globe of the world; 2nd place was Jessie and Ella for their snowman; and 3rd place to Eleanor and Milly for their winter wonderland scene. 

Congratulations to everyone who took part!

Our Christmas tree is up on the roundabout at the front of the school and it looks just amazing. Huge thanks to J4 Fiorella and J2 Tianna's family for generously donating two beautiful Christmas trees for us to use in school. The girls told us that the trees were planted by their grandfather but they grew too big to sell but they are just perfect for us.

We hope you are all ready for this weekend's PTA Christmas Fair when the rest of the school will be transformed into a winter wonderland.

A huge thank you to all our pupils, parents and staff for your generous contributions to the Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Appeal. It has been lovely to see pupils thinking about those less fortunate than they are and using these shoeboxes as a tangible way to express their faith and desire to help.

Yesterday, Mrs Forino delivered 39 shoeboxes to the charity’s Coventry depot and, after checking, the boxes will be sent on their way to help make Christmas extra special for those in need around the world.

The Primary Mathematics Challenge (PMC) is a fun and exciting mathematical challenge aimed at pupils in Years 5 and 6. It is not designed to be just another test in the school year. Instead, the PMC encourages enthusiasm, boosts confidence in mathematics and shows the different way questions can be asked.

The PMC encourages problem solving which is hugely important as a means of helping pupils develop their reasoning skills. It helps pupils think outside the box. The questions are not heavily reliant on formal mathematical knowledge but can be solved by logical reasoning.

At Crackley Hall this year we had 16 Junior 6 pupils, and 12 Junior 5 pupils take part in the Primary Maths Challenge.

Our congratulations go to the following who were awarded certificates:
Gold – Eleanor, Charlotte
Silver – Harrison, Evie, Leo, Felix, Grace, Mahnoor, Shuvan, Beatrice, Himmy
Bronze – Jessie, Josh, Rohan, Swaran, Charlie, Alex, Ben, Archie, Zach, Remy, Edward.

The gold and silver winners have had their scores submitted to go through to the next round, but this will depend on what the threshold score is this year.

Well done to all pupils who took part!

The 15th annual St Nicholas Christmas Tree Festival is taking place this weekend and Crackley Hall have once again entered a tree. This year's theme is Hope, a topic close to our heart. Next year marks the Jubilee Year for the Catholic Church, with Pope Francis designating it as the "Pilgrims of Hope" year. Each pupil has written a prayer of hope and crafted origami Christmas tree decorations with these prayers. 

Please take the time to visit and enjoy all the trees. All proceeds from this year's festival will be donated to Baby Basics Warwick - a volunteer led project that supports new parents by providing free essential items to mums/families who are struggling to meet the financial and practical burden of looking after a new baby.

You can find out more about them at, www.babybasicswarwick.org.uk. 

The Crackley Hall Junior Da Vinci programme encourages all pupils to be inspired to be the best that they can be. The Junior Da Vinci programme embraces three adapted principles - Creativity, Practice and Mastery - that the children demonstrate in their learning.

This year we are ensuring that all pupils in the school have opportunities to achieve Junior Da Vinci awards. The Da Vinci leaflet gives more information about this programme. 

We have moved away from termly and half termly JDV challenges and are using a monthly theme to suggest activities to challenge and interest pupils. Each month different activities will be suggested. Pupils do not have to complete all, or any of these activities. They are available to all pupils in all years, so pupils can choose to investigate something that they are interested in. Bring any examples of activities that have been completed to Mrs Cowlishaw to share with the whole school.

This is the November challenge. 

Look out for news of the children achieving Junior Da Vinci's in the Awards section of the Chronicle over the year.

If you have been offered a place for Reception or Year 3 for 2025 our early bird acceptance deadline is Monday 2 December 2024!

We are still accepting registrations for Reception 2025 for those following the state offer timetable. There are also limited places available in other year groups. Please contact our Registrar, Mrs Jenny Vaughan to find out more, email admissions@crackleyhall.co.uk or call 01926 514410

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