Crescent School Weekly News

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Issue No 430

14^th March 2008

Dear Friends of Crescent,

We have decided to publish end of term reports (other than those for Class I) and awards on the last Friday of term despite the fact that this term ends on a Wednesday so this will be the last newsletter of term – and what a term it has been! The children have enjoyed record success in 11+ tests both to Grammar Schools and Independent Schools, as well as our girls being crowned as Town Netball champions and the boys winning through to Wembley.

The most recent offers to independent schools have seen Lucy Chappell and Chloe Di Dato being moved up from the waiting list to being offered firm places. We are delighted for them and offer them our warmest congratulations. Typically they both feel great sympathy for their two friends who are still waiting.

In the assembly on Friday I announced the usual end of term awards as follows:

House Point Prizes

Class 1^st 2^nd

6 Freya Noyce Chloe Di Dato

Tomas Marshall

5 Dominic Bolton Jack Davenport

4 Hannah Allroggen Maria Deery

3 George Longmore Abigail Bolton

2 Lucy Leonard Sophie Howes

1 Hannah Richards Lucy Sarkies

Honours Certificates

Class VI Millie Byrne – for a consistently good attitude to all areas of school life; Daniel Marshall – for developing a mature attitude.

Class V Himesh Parmar and Alex Pearson – for improved concentration and effort.

Class IV Sara Brown – for working hard in all lessons and achieving a high standard of work; Max Wilkins – for improved effort in all lessons.

Class III William Hedderwick – for always giving of his best efforts with a smile on his face; Matthew Teasdale – for improved levels of concentration, reading spelling and maths and particularly for an improved attitude to learning.

Class II Joshua Paulie – for increased confidence; Anneka Walters – for settling into the school routine very well.

Class I Cellina Page – for increased confidence in her reading; Matthew Smith – for settling quickly to his work and producing neat handwriting.

Rec. Emma Allroggen and Zara Morris - for working very hard; George Ward for being very polite and kind to others.

Deportment Badges

Yellow House: Esther Auerbach-Dunn and Sebastian Leonard

Red House: Alex Fowkes and Jessica Armbrister

Blue House: Matthew Lewis and Lucy Leonard

Our congratulations to all these children on their thoroughly deserved awards. Next term I will be bringing you news of how children have fared in the LAMDA and Associated Board Music Exams that they are taking today and tomorrow.

Staffing news

On Monday Mrs Forth will rejoin us after her maternity leave and we very much look forward to having her with us again. However, we will be very sad to see much less of Mrs Byrne who has taught Mrs Forth’s classes in her absence. Mrs Byrne has done such a wonderful job that she will be much missed – although she will not be leaving us completely as she will still be with us for a few hours each week.

Mrs Lowe (who is part-time but you would hardly know it!) has asked if she can have a little more time away from school and Mrs Byrne has kindly agreed to take over her History classes for the summer term.

Mr Webb underwent a relatively minor surgical procedure on his heart on Monday, was home on Tuesday and will be back with us for the last few days of term. The procedure would appear to have been a complete success.

Next Term

The term will begin on Wednesday, 9^th April but Holiday Club will run from Thursday, 3^rd April.

Classes III and IV will need their swimming kit on the first day of term.

Rehearsals for The Pirates of Penzance will take place on Mondays after school.

There is a meeting scheduled on Wednesday,

16^th April in the evening for the parents of children in Class VI going on the environmental field studies course at Slapton in Devon.

There will be an Open Morning on Saturday,

19^th April for prospective and existing parents, relatives and friends. All pupils other than those in the Nursery are required to attend.

On Saturday, 26^th April our football team will be playing at Wembley!!!

Other times and dates will be published in the summer term’s calendar early next term.

It remains for me to wish you a relaxing and peaceful Easter.

With best wishes

Yours sincerely

R.H. Marshall

Swimming Gala Monday 17^th March.

Everyone in classes 3 to 6 takes part in our swimming gala. The children will be bussed to the RUGBY SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL so ALL parents should collect their children at

3:50 pm from the RUGBY SCHOOL SPORTS CENTRE [If you have younger children at school then please collect them from school at the normal time and then follow onto the sports centre].

PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR SWIMMING KIT. Every year at least two children forget [and some years we get into double figures]. Let’s make this year a first and get 100% of children remembering to BRING THEIR KIT.

Once we get over the swimming kit problem we usually have a brilliant time with a mixture of serious and fun races and relays.

C. Gove

Match Reports

Class IV played their first match and it was, in fact, the first Year 4 match the school had ever played.

Bablake were a little more experienced and deservedly took the lead early on. Crescent struggled to settle into the match and conceded regularly. As the half went on, though, they began to play some intelligent football, passing and finding space in a professional manner. William Hedderwick and Fabrizio Pagliarini worked the keeper but he was up to the challenge. The noise level from the excellent supporters rose as Crescent started to match Bablake.

In the second half, Crescent continued to improve and, although Bablake kept pressing and scored another two goals, Crescent grabbed a goal of their own. Fabrizio Pagliarini switched the ball to the reliable Luke Armstrong who finished in style.

The celebrations were on a par with those that greeted Crescent’s progression to Wembley! Andres Gomez played no small part in making the second half score 2-1 with some really good saves including a penalty.

The final score was 7-1 but for a first outing this was a promising performance especially considering the small number of boys in Years 3 and 4.

M. Phillips

Crescent are Town Champions at Netball.

Last night crescent hosted the middle Schools netball Finals tournament. We were lucky to play at all with the recent weather pattern! Many thanks to ALL staff who helped out on the night, even Mr Stuttard was seen pouring cups of tea. The cakes were very much appreciated too. Millie Byrne and Hiba did a great job with the stop watch and bell and ran the tournament for me!

Every match was closely contested. The Crescent team, perhaps not quite playing their best, but doggedly worked hard on court and played well as a team as they have done all season.

Crescent won four matches on the trot and their final match was against Eastlands who were very strong, we lost that match 2 goals to

However, it proved to be just enough to give us a better goal average than Dunchurch and so by the narrowest of margins, of one goal, we won the Tournament and Dunchurch was second.

So the Crescent Team are Town champions. I think this team really does deserve this. We've had a great season, no upsets, no squabbling only fun and good friendship. They have represented the school brilliantly.

Alison McLean [3 goals], Georgie [2], Julia [3], Josie [2], Freya [4], Evie [1], Chloe [2].

Mrs Gove,

Pirates of Penzance

Old sheets (to cut up!) and any old full petticoats urgently required.

P. Ovens

Weekly Times

Monday, 17^th March

12.20 - 12.50 No Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 No Junior Girls’ Games—

Classes III & IV

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 No Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

14.00 Inter House Swimming Gala – Classes III to VI at Rugby School Swimming Pool – please see note below

15.45 - 16.30 No Choir

15.45 - 16.30 No Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 18^th

09.00 – 11.00 Rehearsal for Spring Concert

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

14.15 Spring Concert –

ref. Mrs Burt – all welcome

15.45 - 16.30 No Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 No Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

15.45 – 17.00 No Cookery Club – Class IV

Wednesday, 19^th

12.00 School closes for Easter Holiday

Holiday Club in session – ref

Mrs McGrellis

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T J Spry FMAAT

Bursar & Company Secretary

The Crescent School Trust Ltd. registered in England & Wales No. 5868717 (a company limited by guarantee)

Registered Office: Crescent School, Bawnmore Road, Bilton, Rugby CV22 7QH. The Crescent School Trust Ltd is a registered charity No. 1120628

From: Admin [mailto:admin@crescentschool.co.uk]
Sent: 13 March 2008 11:37
To: bursar@crescentschool.co.uk
Subject: Weekly News

Issue No 430

14^th March 2008

Dear Friends of Crescent,

In the assembly on Friday I announced the usual end of term awards as follows:

House Point Prizes

Class 1^st 2^nd

6 Freya Noyce Chloe Di Dato

Tomas Marshall

5 Dominic Bolton Jack Davenport

4 Hannah Allroggen Maria Deery

3 George Longmore Abigail Bolton

2 Lucy Leonard Sophie Howes

1 Hannah Richards Lucy Sarkies

Honours Certificates

Class VI Millie Byrne – for a consistently good attitude to all areas of school life; Daniel Marshall – for developing a mature attitude.

Class V Himesh Parmar and Alex Pearson – for improved concentration and effort.

Class IV Sara Brown – for working hard in all lessons and achieving a high standard of work; Max Wilkins – for improved effort in all lessons.

Class II Joshua Paulie – for increased confidence; Anneka Walters – for settling into the school routine very well.

Class I Cellina Page – for increased confidence in her reading; Matthew Smith – for settling quickly to his work and producing neat handwriting.

Rec. Emma Allroggen and Zara Morris - for working very hard; George Ward for being very polite and kind to others.

Deportment Badges

Yellow House: Esther Auerbach-Dunn and Sebastian Leonard

Red House: Alex Fowkes and Jessica Armbrister

Blue House: Matthew Lewis and Lucy Leonard

Staffing news

Next Term

The term will begin on Wednesday, 9^th April but Holiday Club will run from Thursday, 3^rd April.

Classes III and IV will need their swimming kit on the first day of term.

Rehearsals for The Pirates of Penzance will take place on Mondays after school.

There is a meeting scheduled on Wednesday,

16^th April in the evening for the parents of children in Class VI going on the environmental field studies course at Slapton in Devon.

There will be an Open Morning on Saturday,

19^th April for prospective and existing parents, relatives and friends. All pupils other than those in the Nursery are required to attend.

On Saturday, 26^th April our football team will be playing at Wembley!!!

Other times and dates will be published in the summer term’s calendar early next term.

It remains for me to wish you a relaxing and peaceful Easter.

With best wishes

Yours sincerely

R.H. Marshall

Swimming Gala Monday 17^th March.

Everyone in classes 3 to 6 takes part in our swimming gala. The children will be bussed to the RUGBY SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL so ALL parents should collect their children at

3:50 pm from the RUGBY SCHOOL SPORTS CENTRE [If you have younger children at school then please collect them from school at the normal time and then follow onto the sports centre].

Once we get over the swimming kit problem we usually have a brilliant time with a mixture of serious and fun races and relays.

C. Gove

Match Reports

Class IV played their first match and it was, in fact, the first Year 4 match the school had ever played.

The final score was 7-1 but for a first outing this was a promising performance especially considering the small number of boys in Years 3 and 4.

M. Phillips

Crescent are Town Champions at Netball.

Every match was closely contested. The Crescent team, perhaps not quite playing their best, but doggedly worked hard on court and played well as a team as they have done all season.

Crescent won four matches on the trot and their final match was against Eastlands who were very strong, we lost that match 2 goals to

However, it proved to be just enough to give us a better goal average than Dunchurch and so by the narrowest of margins, of one goal, we won the Tournament and Dunchurch was second.

Alison McLean [3 goals], Georgie [2], Julia [3], Josie [2], Freya [4], Evie [1], Chloe [2].

Mrs Gove,

Pirates of Penzance

Old sheets (to cut up!) and any old full petticoats urgently required.

P. Ovens

Weekly Times

Monday, 17^th March

12.20 - 12.50 No Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 No Junior Girls’ Games—

Classes III & IV

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 No Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

14.00 Inter House Swimming Gala – Classes III to VI at Rugby School Swimming Pool – please see note below

15.45 - 16.30 No Choir

15.45 - 16.30 No Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 18^th

09.00 – 11.00 Rehearsal for Spring Concert

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

14.15 Spring Concert –

ref. Mrs Burt – all welcome

15.45 - 16.30 No Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 No Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

15.45 – 17.00 No Cookery Club – Class IV

Wednesday, 19^th

12.00 School closes for Easter Holiday

Holiday Club in session – ref

Mrs McGrellis

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Registered Office: Crescent School, Bawnmore Road, Bilton, Rugby CV22 7QH.
The Crescent School Trust Ltd is a registered charity No. 1120628
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The Crescent School Trust Ltd. registered in England & Wales No. 5868717 (a company limited by guarantee)

Registered Office: Crescent School, Bawnmore Road, Bilton, Rugby CV22 7QH. The Crescent School Trust Ltd is a registered charity No. 1120628

From: Admin [mailto:admin@crescentschool.co.uk]
Sent: 13 March 2008 11:37
To: bursar@crescentschool.co.uk
Subject: Weekly News

Issue No 430

14^th March 2008

Dear Friends of Crescent,

In the assembly on Friday I announced the usual end of term awards as follows:

House Point Prizes

Class 1^st 2^nd

6 Freya Noyce Chloe Di Dato

Tomas Marshall

5 Dominic Bolton Jack Davenport

4 Hannah Allroggen Maria Deery

3 George Longmore Abigail Bolton

2 Lucy Leonard Sophie Howes

1 Hannah Richards Lucy Sarkies

Honours Certificates

Class VI Millie Byrne – for a consistently good attitude to all areas of school life; Daniel Marshall – for developing a mature attitude.

Class V Himesh Parmar and Alex Pearson – for improved concentration and effort.

Class IV Sara Brown – for working hard in all lessons and achieving a high standard of work; Max Wilkins – for improved effort in all lessons.

Class II Joshua Paulie – for increased confidence; Anneka Walters – for settling into the school routine very well.

Class I Cellina Page – for increased confidence in her reading; Matthew Smith – for settling quickly to his work and producing neat handwriting.

Rec. Emma Allroggen and Zara Morris - for working very hard; George Ward for being very polite and kind to others.

Deportment Badges

Yellow House: Esther Auerbach-Dunn and Sebastian Leonard

Red House: Alex Fowkes and Jessica Armbrister

Blue House: Matthew Lewis and Lucy Leonard

Staffing news

Next Term

The term will begin on Wednesday, 9^th April but Holiday Club will run from Thursday, 3^rd April.

Classes III and IV will need their swimming kit on the first day of term.

Rehearsals for The Pirates of Penzance will take place on Mondays after school.

There is a meeting scheduled on Wednesday,

16^th April in the evening for the parents of children in Class VI going on the environmental field studies course at Slapton in Devon.

There will be an Open Morning on Saturday,

19^th April for prospective and existing parents, relatives and friends. All pupils other than those in the Nursery are required to attend.

On Saturday, 26^th April our football team will be playing at Wembley!!!

Other times and dates will be published in the summer term’s calendar early next term.

It remains for me to wish you a relaxing and peaceful Easter.

With best wishes

Yours sincerely

R.H. Marshall

Swimming Gala Monday 17^th March.

Everyone in classes 3 to 6 takes part in our swimming gala. The children will be bussed to the RUGBY SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL so ALL parents should collect their children at

3:50 pm from the RUGBY SCHOOL SPORTS CENTRE [If you have younger children at school then please collect them from school at the normal time and then follow onto the sports centre].

Once we get over the swimming kit problem we usually have a brilliant time with a mixture of serious and fun races and relays.

C. Gove

Match Reports

Class IV played their first match and it was, in fact, the first Year 4 match the school had ever played.

The final score was 7-1 but for a first outing this was a promising performance especially considering the small number of boys in Years 3 and 4.

M. Phillips

Crescent are Town Champions at Netball.

Every match was closely contested. The Crescent team, perhaps not quite playing their best, but doggedly worked hard on court and played well as a team as they have done all season.

Crescent won four matches on the trot and their final match was against Eastlands who were very strong, we lost that match 2 goals to

However, it proved to be just enough to give us a better goal average than Dunchurch and so by the narrowest of margins, of one goal, we won the Tournament and Dunchurch was second.

Alison McLean [3 goals], Georgie [2], Julia [3], Josie [2], Freya [4], Evie [1], Chloe [2].

Mrs Gove,

Pirates of Penzance

Old sheets (to cut up!) and any old full petticoats urgently required.

P. Ovens

Weekly Times

Monday, 17^th March

12.20 - 12.50 No Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 No Junior Girls’ Games—

Classes III & IV

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 No Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

14.00 Inter House Swimming Gala – Classes III to VI at Rugby School Swimming Pool – please see note below

15.45 - 16.30 No Choir

15.45 - 16.30 No Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 18^th

09.00 – 11.00 Rehearsal for Spring Concert

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

14.15 Spring Concert –

ref. Mrs Burt – all welcome

15.45 - 16.30 No Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 No Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

15.45 – 17.00 No Cookery Club – Class IV

Wednesday, 19^th

12.00 School closes for Easter Holiday

Holiday Club in session – ref

Mrs McGrellis

Newsletter 07 03 2008

2008-03-07T05:57:00.000-08:00

FYA

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Headmaster's Secretary

The Crescent School Trust Ltd. registered in England & Wales No. 5868717 (a company limited by guarantee)

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Weekly News

2008-02-28T07:21:00.000-08:00

Issue No 428

29^th February, 2008

Dear Friends of Crescent,

Senior School Entrance Exam Success

Top billing this week goes to Abbie Sheppard of Class VI. Abbie took the entrance tests for Kingsley School on Monday and on Tuesday morning the Headmistress rang Abbie’s mum to offer her a place – Kingsley must be very keen for Abbie to join them! Our congratulations go to Abbie who has done really well since she joined us last October; she has fitted in so well it’s hard to believe she has been with us for such a short time.

School Secretary

On Thursday we were delighted to welcome our new school secretary for her first day at work.

Mrs Margrett has previously worked in a similar role at Bishop Wulstan and impressed us greatly at interview so we are confident that this will be the start of a long and happy relationship. I am sure all the school community will make her feel very welcome.

Open Days

As you know, we are again holding Open Days for prospective parents on Friday, 7^th and Monday,

10^th March. If you know anybody with children under the age of 11 who want the best possible start in life for their child and haven’t visited us previously do, please, encourage them to come on one of those days. No appointment is necessary and they would be shown around by children. The Friday is the day on which we dress up as book characters and I am having trouble deciding which character I should come as given that it is an Open Day – the ‘demon headmaster’, Mr. Chips, Severus Snape – perhaps I should turn it into a competition!

Coughs and Colds

With many children suffering from coughs and colds some benefit from the use of ‘over the counter’ medicines. Can I remind parents that children are not allowed to have medicines of any kind in their possession in school? This is to prevent the possibility of a child taking too much or sharing with a friend who then suffers an allergic reaction. Class teachers can administer such things if the appropriate permission slip has been completed.

With best wishes

Yours sincerely

R.H. Marshall

Please note:

Friday, 14^th March

After School Club will join in the Friends of Crescent activity. Please would parents supply their children with £2 so that they can join in happily.

Thank you.

Tescos Computers for Schools

On the 3rd of March Tescos are opening their "Computers for Schools" scheme. Last year we collected in excess of 9,000 which bought a considerable quantity of software used across the school. It would be wonderful if we could match that success this year, the Wind Turbine is only 5,000!

Thank you.

J M Stuttard

Weekly Times

All homework this week to be replaced by reading for World Book Day

Monday, 3^rd March

Members of St David’s House to wear an article of yellow clothing

12.20 - 12.50 Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 Junior Girls’ Games—Classes III & IV

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

15.45 - 16.30 Choir

15.45 - 16.30 Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 4^th

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

15.45 - 16.30 Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

15.45 – 17.00 Cookery Club – Class IV

Wednesday, 5^th

Chamber Music Festival held at Bilton High School ref. Miss Brannon

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet – Class VI (a)

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Reception Art Club

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class V

15.15 – 18.00 Netball High 5’s (A) at Henry Hinde School – ref. Mrs Gove

15.45 Classes III and IV football v Bablake Junior (H) – ref. Mr Phillips

15.45 - 16.45 Camera Club

Thursday, 6^th

World Book Day

09.45 depart Orchestra members to

18.30 return Orchestral Day at Uppingham approx. School.- ref. Mrs Burt

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class III

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet—Class IV

15.30 – 17.00 Book Fair in School ref. Mrs Lowe

15.45 - 17.00 Art Club

15.45 Reserve Date for Netball High 5’s

15.50 - 16.50 Tap & Modern Dance

16.00 Staff Meeting

Friday, 7^th

All dress up for World Book Day

10.00 – 15.00 Open Day in school for prospective parents only

12.20 - 13.40 Library

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class II

12.20 - 13.00 Junior Boys’ Games – Classes III & IV

12.20 - 12.50 String Group

13.00 – 13.40 Chess Club – Class VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Class VI (b)

13.15 - 13.45 Wind Group

14.00 Inter-House football and netball competition – ref. Mrs Gove and Mr Phillips

15.30 – 17.00 Book Fair in School ref. Mrs Lowe

15.45 - 16.45 No Orchestra

16.00 – 17.15 “Read through” of Pirates of Penzance – ref. Mrs Ovens

18.00 – 22.30 Hall in use by Bilton Pantomummers

Saturday, 8^th

13.00 – 22.30 Hall in use by Bilton Pantomummers

Sunday, 9^th

13.30 – 19.30 Hall in use by Bilton Pantomummers

World Book Day

World Book Day is on the 6th March to celebrate this each child is to receive a £1 book token that can be spent in any book shop and even at our book fair.

Friday 7th March

As a school we like to celebrate World Book Day in our own special way: coming to school dressed as a character from a book, we will do this on Friday 7th March. Please consider that the costumes should be practical and warm for a school day. I am very much looking forward to seeing the wide variety of characters.

Book fair

We have a book fair running from the 5th March to the 10th march from 3:30 in the library. Please come and spend your World Book Day token. The school receives 100% commission on all books that are bought.

Up for reading

'Up for reading' is how we are going to raise money for this term's charity: The Down Syndrome Educational Trust.

Each child is bringing home a sponsor form, they are to try and get sponsorship for reading each day. There will be no formal homework this week but each child is to use this time by committing to more reading. It would be lovely if each child could bring in some money for this privilege and to support this worthwhile charity.

Please can all monies be in by the 14th March, cheques are to be made payable to The Down Syndrome Education Trust.

Please feel free to check the websites:

www.downsend.org

www.down-syndrome.org

www.up-for-reading.org

Thank you

School link

Please find another school link magazine in your brown envelope. We will need a quick turn around on this to try and get the order by the end of term. Please can all orders be in by Tuesday, 4th March.

School link number is :0003603445

online orders to: www.schoollink.co.uk

Password: bilton52

Thank you

S. Lowe

Match Results.

Last night Crescent netball teams from Years 5 and 6 played Eastlands School. Eastlands have embraced the new rule that up to 2 boys can be part of a High Five netball team. So the Crescent team had to get used to playing against boys. The Year 6 Eastlands boy was indeed very good and was their pivotal player. However, it was a closely contested match and Eastlands won 3-2. Crescent only really scoring in last quarter through Millie Byrne. The Year 5 team playing only their second match began steadily in control and then ran away with the scoring in the second half. Crescent won 11-3.

Well played both teams. Next week the first round of the Tournament is taking place on Wednesday 5^th March and we are now playing at Henry Hinde. The finals take place the following week and will be held at Crescent. If any Mums would offer to help with teas and any non playing girls would like to help,

Mrs Gove would appreciate up to 6 helpers. Thank you.

C. Gove

Nursery News

This week we have had visits from P.C. Mick and Mr Furber.

Mr Furber, one of our governors, talked to the children about helping and caring for animals. We also met “Cadbury” a chocolate Labrador and “Bendicks” a beautiful Persian cat.

P.C. Mick came to talk to the children about his job as a policeman and the children had a chance to wear some of his uniform. P.C. Mick also talked about road safety and when it is safe to cross the road.

Thank you both for taking time out of your busy schedules to come and visit us.

On Friday, 7^th March nursery children are invited to dress up as a book character for a day.

Finally, if you have any spare newspapers, we would be grateful if you would donate them to the nursery.

Thank you for your continued help and support.

C. McGrellis

Weekly Newsletter

2008-02-22T01:41:00.000-08:00

Issue No 427

22^nd February 2008

Dear Friends of Crescent,

Senior School Entrance Exam Success

Following on from the excellent news about the success of our Class VI children in the entrance tests to Rugby and Kingsley I can now bring you more excellent news. Fourteen children took the entrance tests to Princethorpe and all fourteen were offered places straight away or on the waiting list. Additionally five of the children have been awarded scholarships.

The results were as follows:

Millie Byrne and Freya Noyce – Allrounders Scholarship

Jack Fisher – Music Scholarship

Julia Hope and Max Thomson – Academic Scholarships

Josie Brazier, Jayveer Grewal, Evie Lowe, Alison McLean and Bethany Rees have been offered places and Lucy Chappell, Chloe Di Dato,

Hattie Hedderwick and Abi Sheppard have been offered places on the waiting list.

We have also heard that Hiba Abu El Gasim has been offered an English Scholarship to King Henry VIII School and Julia Hope has been offered a Music Scholarship to Bablake School. Isobel Pagendam has been offered a place at King’s High School and Max Thomson a place at Warwick School.

This year’s results have been outstanding and reflect great credit on all concerned; eight children have shared 11 awards between them. Many of the senior schools involved have made a particular point of telling me how keen they are to have Crescent School children join them.

Art Exhibition at Warwick School

This year, as in previous years, we were invited to display some of our children’s art work at an Exhibition at Warwick School. I am always impressed by the standard and variety of artwork our children achieve at all levels of the school and this was exemplified by the work exhibited at Warwick. The work was a mixture: three individual pieces by Julia Hope, Alex Fowkes and Jack Fisher and a combined effort by Class V. It made me feel very proud to see how favourably the work our children produce compares with that of children from other Prep. Schools.

Parent Questionnaire

My thanks to those who have already returned their completed questionnaires. Any not returned by today will still be read and will then be taken into account as we plan the way forward for the school.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

R.H. Marshall

Weekly Times

Monday, 25^th February

12.20 - 12.50 Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 Junior Girls’ Games—Classes III & IV

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

15.45 - 16.30 Choir

15.45 - 16.30 Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 26^th

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

15.45 - 16.30 No Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 – 16.45 Netball v Eastlands (H) A Team and Class V Team

15.45 - 16.30 No Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

15.45 – 16.15 Team Practice for Cawston match and Small Schools Football Regional Final

15.45 – 17.00 Cookery Club – Class IV

Wednesday, 27^th

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet – Class VI (a)

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Reception Art Club

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class V

15.45 - 16.45 Camera Club

15.45 Football v Cawston Grange School (A)

Thursday, 28^th

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class III

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet—Class IV

15.30 depart Cross Country Trials at Princethorpe – Ref. Mr Phillips & Mrs Gove

15.45 - 17.00 Art Club

15.50 - 16.50 Tap & Modern Dance

16.00 – 18.00 Classes Reception & V Parents’ Consultation Evening

Friday, 29^th

12.20 - 13.40 Library

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class II

12.20 - 13.00 Junior Boys’ Games – Classes III & IV

12.20 - 12.50 String Group

13.00 – 13.40 Chess Club – Class VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Class VI (b)

13.15 - 13.45 Wind Group

15.00 depart Years 3 and 4 Tournament at Twycross School ref. M.P.

15.45 - 16.45 Orchestra

18.30 School in use by Bilton Pantomummers for Technical Rehearsal

Saturday, 1^st March

Small Schools Football Regional Final – ref. Mr Phillips

10.00 – 16.00 School in use by Bilton Pantomummers for Dress Rehearsal

Sunday, 2^nd

13.30 – 18.30 School in use by Bilton Pantommers for Dress Rehearsal

Auditions

Mrs Ovens apologises but auditions for Pirates of Penzance will be taking place on Thursday, 13^th March and not as previously published.

Match Reports

Football match v Crackley Hall (home)

Crescent played Crackley Hall with a mixture of A and B players due partly to the visitors’ request and partly to the clash with cross country.

The A team played Crackley Hall earlier in the year and won only 4-3 so Crescent were always going to be the underdogs. So it proved in the first few minutes as the hosts were immediately put under pressure. Himesh Parmar’s strong tackling kept them at bay for a short while but finally, with the defence isolated, the breakthrough came. The second quickly followed when Crescent conceded a penalty (I won’t mention the culprit!) which was dispatched with ease. Daniel Marshall grew into the game in an unfamiliar centre midfield role and began to create chances and dominate in the tackle. After Crackley’s third, Crescent managed to claw one back through the hard-working captain Jack Fisher. Eventually, Crescent were 5-1 down at half time. Like in the year 5’s match, the home side picked up in the second half and dominated large parts of the half but failed to finish. They did pull back another- again Jack Fisher- but lost another two on the break.

Final score, 7-2.

Year 5 Football Match v Twycross (home)

It was unfortunate that the year fives played Twycross in their first ever match together as it was probably the hardest match they would play.

Crescent started poorly and conceded from a corner in the first minute. Panic then set in as the hosts were pinned back and desperately tried to stem the flow of attacks. Despite Dominic Bolton’s continuous last ditch tackling, the goals came at a steady rate and Crescent were 4-0 down at half time. In the second half, Crescent put on a much more disciplined performance and competed much better. Fabrizio Pagliarini, in his first match for the school, looked amazingly comfortable holding the ball up for the midfielders (not his natural game); Joe Phillips looked the most likely to score and struck the bar on one occasion and Oliver Howes was strong and energetic in a rare outfield appearance.

Crescent only conceded one in the second half and can take great pleasure from a spirited performance (the opposite to the way England Rugby Team do it!). This level of match will only improve them and any other matches will seem easy in comparison.

Indoor Cricket Tournament

Crescent were involved in an indoor cricket tournament just before the half term break. It was an eight-a-side competition with four schools in a group. Crescent’s group included Coundon Primary, Finham Park Primary and Ernsford Grange Primary.

It was an interesting test for the boys as, with only three practice sessions at school and little experience apart from that, Crescent were always going to be underdogs, especially with some schools arriving wearing whites! They fielded in a very professional manner, though, with energy and good technique. However, this did not prevent them from losing the first two games. Too many nerves meant that bowlers bowled too many wides and batters were afraid to run. In the final game, Crescent were more relaxed and good running by Jack Fisher and Tomas Marshall and straight bowling by the whole team took the team through to a consolation victory.

All in all it was a positive experience for Crescent as they hit two fours (straight back past the bowler) which no other school managed (showing that they played proper cricket shots) and, if it were outside not being stopped by the nets, would have hit a lot more!

M. Phillips

Cross Country Results.

Tuesday was a very busy night for the PE department, on top of our matches against Crackley Hall, we also had our determined cross country team tackling the second Trials Race at Abbots Farm. The course was long, not very well marked out and very messy! So all the runners were grateful to the [human] hare to follow.

Girls Results.

Millie Phillips 2^nd

Harriet Hedderwick 18^th

Hiba Abu el Gasim 26^th

Josie Brazier 31^st

Millie Byrne 44^th

Boys Results.

Joe Miller 3^rd

Joe Phillips 13^th

Tomas Marshall 15^th

Well done every one, a great school effort. Next race is at Princethorpe [lots of hills here to cope with] on Thursday, 28^th of February.

C Gove.

Netball Results.

We played Crackley Hall on a bitterly cold Tuesday. I don’t think I’ve ever played a match in any colder conditions! No one complained and the match was of an excellent standard. This was a 7 a-side match and gave all the girls a chance to settle into some positive team work. A closely contested match which was 2-2 at the end of ¾ time, so a tactical change of positions was needed by the Crescent team. Freya took on the role of centre and we began to dominate play. The final score was a win to Crescent 5-3.

Well persevered everyone, the tournament will be just as hard.

C Gove.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids

Sainsbury’s are now giving out school vouchers and we are collecting them. It is called the ‘Active Kids’ campaign (AK08) and vouchers will be given out for every £10 spent (£5 for Sainsbury’s locals). They are also giving bonus vouchers for £10 spent on fresh fruit and vegetables. We are very grateful for all the vouchers that everyone collects and thank you in advance of these.

M. Phillips

Weekly Newsletter

2008-02-08T00:53:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends of Crescent,

Senior School Entrance Exam Success

Following on from last week’s good news about children being offered places at Rugby School I am delighted to be able to tell you that we also had a 100% success rate for Kingsley School in Leamington. Congratulations to Georgie Colbourne, Hattie Hedderwick, Alison McLean and Bethany Rees who have all been offered places to start in September of this year. Georgie has also been awarded a Music Exhibition.

At the time of going to press the results for Princethorpe and the Coventry Schools are still unknown.

I was pleased to present the following awards in assembly on Friday:-

Deportment Badges

St Davids’s St George’s St Andrew’s

Alison McLean Emily Cooper Gabrielle Brown

Katie Channing Darya Sutton Flora Courtney

Honours Certificates

Class VI Lucy Chappell – a positive attitude towards school; Freya Noyce – super effort in everything.

Class V Jessica Butterworth – good improvement and effort; Flora Courtney – sustained high effort.

Class IV William Costello – improved effort in most subjects; Emily Fowkes – enthusiasm in everything she does.

Class III Daniel Brazier – improved writing and confidence; Isobel Johnson – being consistently hard-working and cheerful

Class II Luke Daniel – improved attitude to work; Ellie Griffin-Smith – improved confidence.

Class I Anna & Sofia Ivanova – settling so well into a new environment and being so positive about learning.

Rec. Michael Channing & Alex Froggett - working very hard and making excellent progress.

Congratulations to them all.

Parent Questionnaire

The views of parents are very important to us and have a significant influence on school policy. One way of obtaining those views is by asking parents to complete and return a questionnaire. Such a questionnaire is included with this newsletter and I would be very grateful if parents could complete it and return it by Friday, 22^nd February.

With best wishes for a refreshing half term break.

Yours sincerely,

R.H. Marshall

Weekly Times

Monday,18^th February

12.20 - 12.50 Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 Junior Girls’ Games—Classes III

& IV

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

15.45 - 16.30 Choir

15.45 - 16.30 Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 19^th

Classes I to VI taking part in a

Technology Focus Day – ref.

Mr Stuttard

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

15.45 - 16.30 Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

15.45 – 17.00 Cookery Club – Class IV

15.30 depart Cross Country at Abbotts Farm – those involved already advised

15.45 Football and netball v Crackley Hall (H) ref. Mrs Gove and Mr Phillips

18.30 – 20.30 Classes Reception and V Parents’ Consultation Evening

Wednesday, 20^th

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet – Class VI (a)

13.05 - 13.45 Reception Art Club

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class V

15.45 - 16.45 Camera Club

Thursday, 21^st

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class III

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet—Class IV

15.45 - 17.00 Art Club

15.50 - 16.50 Tap & Modern Dance

16.00 Staff Meeting

Friday, 22^nd

12.20 - 13.40 Library

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class II

12.20 - 13.00 Junior Boys’ Games – Classes III & IV

12.20 - 12.50 String Group

13.00 – 13.40 Chess Club – Class VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Class VI (b)

13.15 - 13.45 Wind Group

15.45 - 16.45 Orchestra

18.00 Hall in use by Bilton Pantomummers

Cycle Training

At the most recent meeting of the FoC the idea of providing cycle training to the children was muted along with the possibility of providing a covered stand for bicycles at school. It was agreed that I would publish details of the training courses that could be offered and that the Class Reps would speak with parents to ascertain if there is sufficient demand to run courses. The Skills course could be fitted into a school day or after school slot but the Awareness course would have to run, I suspect, on three Saturday mornings. The courses are subsidised and taught by Warwickshire County Council and details are printed below.

Cycle Skills Course

The Cycle Skills course is aimed at pupils aged 7 years and over in Y 4 and Y 5. It consists of 2 hours of training, conducted offroad, and is designed to cover the following areas:-

· bicycle safety check

· bicycle control

· personal safety - helmets - clothing

· dangers - themselves - others

Pupils who complete the course receive a certificate and are encouraged to go on to take the Cycling Awareness Course when they are 10 or over and in

Y 5 upwards. Cost £9.00 per pupil.

Cycle Awareness Course

This course consists of 6 hours of training in total. It is designed to develop road sense, awareness of traffic dangers and to improve the trainees’ ability to ride safely. It is conducted on the road and is aimed at pupils aged 10 years or over (or 9 if they are in the academic year in which they become 10 – Y 5 upwards) at the start of the course. Pupils are tested during the final session and receive a certificate if they pass. Cost is £20 per pupil.

Half Term Achievement and Effort Grades

The School is changing how we publish our half termly academic and effort grades; instead of a hand written card we will be sending out a computer generated letter. It will contain all the information previously included on the cards, in addition the letters are checked by the form teachers before being sent out in the brown envelopes. We are making this change in line with our current review of assessment and reporting procedures. We are very interested in any feedback you'd care to give us on the format of these letters, please feel free to email:

jstuttard@crescentschool.co.uk or speak to me in person.

James Stuttard, Science & Technology Teacher

Cross Country Results.

Last Monday our top runners took part in the first of three Trial races. The course was not long or particulaly muddy but it was tricky with a narrow gate to get through, some interesting jumps and some hard paths to be careful of. I'm glad to say that all our runners came safely home and again some did exceptionally well.

Girls Results:

Millie Phillips 10^th, Harriet Hedderwick 15^th, Hiba Abu El Gasim 30^th,Josie Brazier 33^rd, Millie Byrne 39th

Boys Results:

Tomas Marshall 10^th, Dominic Bolton 28^th, Joe Phillips 24th

Well done everyone, next race Tuesday 19th February at Abbots farm Primary School 4pm start.

C. Gove.

“Pirates of Penzance” July 2008

There will be a “read through” for our end of year production on Friday, 7^th March 4 – 5.15 pm. for all interested parties.

Auditions for principal roles will take place after school the following Friday, 14^th March until 5.45 pm.

Rehearsals will take place next term on Mondays, after school 3.45 – 5.30 pm (at the latest).

P. A. Ovens

Low Cost Software for Parents from Microsoft

If you are the parent of a child in full time education in the UK, you are entitled to purchase Microsoft software at educational prices - a significant discount to retail. RM our software provider have launched a new service where parents of their customer schools can buy from a large list of educationally priced Microsoft software quickly and easily, with free Postage and Packaging!

For example you can buy the Student Edition of Office 2007 for £37.49, a substantial 89% saving over the RRP of £349.99. Simply visit the website http://www.rm.com/thebasement/ and register. When you register you are asked to identify your school, we are listed as 'The Crescent School' - under the T in the Alphabetical List.

James Stuttard, Science & Technology Teacher

Nursery News

This week we have been celebrating Chinese New Year and Pancake Day. The children have made dragons out of egg boxes and glitter. We tried various flavours of pancakes on Tuesday.

Swimming lessons are available to all nursery children on Friday afternoons from 1.30 to 2.00 at the Ken Marriott Leisure Centre. The cost is £11.00 per term. Please contact Miss Mistry on 01788 523853 if you would like to join the weekly sessions. Parents are asked to attend and stay with their child.

Our theme after half term is “People who help us”. If you are a farmer, doctor, dentist, policeman, paramedic, midwife etc. and are willing to visit nursery to talk to the children, please let me know.

Holiday Club dates: Wednesday, 19^th March (12.00 – 5.45) and 3^rd – 8^th April. Please collect booking forms from Nursery.

C. McGrellis

The Exhibition of Young Local Artists at Warwick School.

Last Saturday saw the opening ceremony of the Exhibition of Young Local Artists at Warwick School. This annual event, in which this year a record number of 29 schools took part, is not a competition but a celebration of child art.

Such exhibitions provide a wonderful opportunity for those schools taking part to show some of their finest work. Visitors to the Warwick School exhibition are invited to relax and mingle amongst the artists, their families and other teachers. I attended to find our children's work beautifully displayed and felt very proud indeed to be associated with them and with the Crescent School.

I would like to thank Jack Fisher and Alex Fowkes for their extraordinary flower form, Julia Hope for her fabulous coilpot creature and the whole of Class 5 for their gorgeous felts.

The exhibition continues until 15th February between 10am and 5.30am daily except Sundays.

S. K. Haynes

Art Teacher

Friends of Crescent News

Easter Activities

Apologies for mentioning the 'E' word already but we are looking ahead to planning an event for the children to enjoy to celebrate Easter.

On Friday 14^th March, from end of school to 5.15pm we will be offering an arts and crafts session in the hall, for children of ALL ages(!) where we shall be decorating hats and baskets for Easter. Nursery aged children must be accompanied but other children can be picked up by 5.15pm (unless arrangements made with After School Club) although we would love some family members to come and join us. We hope orchestra members will join us when they are finished.

We will be serving a drink and light snack to the children and tea/coffee for adults and the cost will be £2.00 per child – free for adults!

Please complete the form printed in the newsletter in order that we have some idea of numbers interested – so we can provide enough stuff!! If you have arts and crafts materials you can spare then please do send them in marked 'For the FOC'.

Thank you

FOC Class V and VI Market Day – change of date

In view of the above event the market day booked for the same date will now be held a week earlier, alongside the Book Fair, on Friday 7^th March from 3.30pm.

Class V and VI parents – we would welcome your donations please!

Weekly Newsletter

2008-02-01T01:38:00.000-08:00

Issue No 425

1^st February 2008

Dear Friends of Crescent,

Senior School Entrance Exam Success

The first of the senior schools to ‘declare’ the results of their entrance examinations this year are Rugby School. Seven children from Class VI sat the exams – a greater number than for several years – and they have all been offered places, three with scholarships! We are delighted for them and offer many congratulations to them. They are:

Millie Byrne, Georgie Colbourne, Jack Fisher (music scholarship), Joe Miller (foundation scholarship), Isobel Pagendam, Max Thomson (foundation scholarship) and Daisy Van der Post.

Well done to all of them and to their parents and teachers who have enabled them to fulfil their potential.

Parking

Parking near the school continues to give rise to concern as some parents either have forgotten, or choose to ignore, the Highway Code. Please don’t park near junctions, to do so may be putting someone’s life at risk. There is parking available in the car park next to St. Mark’s Church in Church Walk only a few minutes walk away with no traffic to negotiate on the way.

Sport

It has been a good week for sport with children involved in cross country, netball and football. Please read the reports later in this letter.

With best wishes

Yours sincerely

R.H. Marshall

Cross Country Results.

On Monday 19 willing volunteers from class V and VI went to the Neighbourhood Trials held at Binley Woods School. They all did well and quite a few did exceptionally well.

The Girls Results: Boys Results:

3^rd Millie Phillips 3^rd Joe Miller

11^th Hiba Abu El Gasim 4^th Tomas Marshall

12^th Harriet Hedderwick 7^th Dominic Bolton

14^th Millie Byrne 8^th Joe Phillips

15^th Josie Brazier 34^th Alex Pearson

21^st Flora Courtney 36^th Daniel Marshall

22^nd Jessica Butterworth 38^th George Humphrey

26^th Freya Noyce

27^th Julia Hope

31^st Bethany Rees

39^th Hannah Cooper

40^th Isobel Pagendam

Everyone who came in the top 20 places will now go forward to three trials aiming to get in the Rugby and District team which will compete against other areas from Warwickshire in March. The First Trial is Monday, 4^th February at Knightlow School, Stretton. The last trial is on Thursday,

28^th Feb at Princethorpe [ muddy hill training needed for this one!]

It says a great deal about a child when they are willing to put themselves forward for a demanding physical challenge. All of our runners did well and represented their school admirably.

C. Gove

M. Phillips.

Weekly Times

Monday, 4^th

12.20 - 12.50 Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 Junior Girls’ Games—Classes III & IV

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

15.30 depart Cross Country 1^st Trial at Knighlow School – ref. Mrs Gove & Mr Phillips

- all those involved previously informed

15.45 - 16.30 Choir

15.45 - 16.30 Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

15.45 FOC Committee Meeting

Tuesday, 5^th

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

15.45 - 16.30 Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

15.45 – 17.00 Cookery Club – Class IV

18.30 Full Governors’ Meeting

Wednesday, 6^th

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet – Class VI (a)

13.05 - 13.45 Reception Art Club

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class V

15.45 - 16.45 Camera Club

Thursday, 7^th

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class III

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet—Class IV

15.45 - 17.00 Art Club

15.45 Indoor Cricket Tournament – ref. Mr Phillips – all those involved previously informed

15.50 - 16.50 Tap & Modern Dance

16.00 Staff Meeting

Friday, 8^th

Grades I published

Non-uniform Day in aid of term’s charity “Up for Reading”

12.20 - 13.40 Library

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class II

12.20 - 13.00 Junior Boys’ Games – Classes III & IV

12.20 - 12.50 String Group

13.00 – 13.40 Chess Club – Class VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Class VI (b)

13.15 - 13.45 Wind Group

15.45 - 16.45 Orchestra

18.00 School Hall in use by Bilton Pantomummers

Saturday, 9^th

School Hall in use by the Rotary Club and Inner Wheel

Netball Match Results

On Wednesday afternoon two Crescent Netball teams went to Coventry to play their first match against Bablake Junior School. We knew this would be a tough challenge playing a school with more experience of the 7 a-side games and rules. Bablake also play more independent schools in their fixtures.

The Year 6 team were a little overwhelmed at the start but rallied and persevered to be just 2-3 down at half time. In the second half Bablake continued to be quicker about the court and won by 8-3, however without our hard working and determined defence, Julia and Freya, there could have been an even bigger margin.

The Year 5 team began slowly but had a brilliant third quarter and went into the last quarter 5-4 ahead. Sadly weak marking let Bablake back into the match and they narrowly won 7-6. The team work and speed about the court of Millie and Leenah was an inspiring example to the rest of the team.

Both teams competed very well and at a much higher level than playing our local schools, I’m sure they have all learned a lot, but the lesson I’ve learned is that we must be more prepared to travel further a field to play better quality matches.

Other match results;

Crescent A beat Paddox School 9-2.

Crescent B beat Paddox School 10-4

C. Gove

Football Results

A and B v Bablake

A team

Crescent played Bablake on Wednesday - a repeat of the Princethorpe Tournament Final last term, which Crescent lost on penalties.

The match was evenly contested but Crescent had the better of the early exchanges, showing the best attacking play so far this term. They managed to take one of these chances half way through the first half. Tomas Marshall hit the ball on the turn and it looped over the stranded Bablake goalkeeper. An open game ensued and it was thanks to a whole host of saves by Oliver Howes and another solid performance by Daniel Marshall and Joe Phillips in defence that kept Bablake at bay. Dominic Bolton provided the most threat for Crescent in his best performance this year, creating numerous chances and linking up well with an on-form Tomas Marshall. The concerns about a repeat performance of last time (Bablake scored in the last second to take it to penalties) were eased when a three on one breakaway saw Jack Fisher in space and he slotted past the goalkeeper at the near post with seconds left. So it finished 2-0 to Crescent.

B team

The B team conceded early goals, looking to have been caught cold. Not being phased, though, they kept their shape and created some good chances. Akash Parmar had a good shot saved by the Bablake goalkeeper and Himesh Parmar defended in his trademark whole-hearted way. Jayveer Grewal lead the team well and worked hard to support both defence and attack. Despite Jack Davenport making some good saves, Bablake managed to score five goals without reply. Again, this was a school that had B team players who could quite easily have played in the A team (and one did because their match finished earlier than the A team match!) so was a real challenge for the Crescent players.

M. Phillips

Recycling

Thank you all very much for collecting the plastic bottle tops.

I understand now from the gentleman who collected the bottle tops that the scheme for this closed on

31^st January.

Many thanks once again.

T. Spry

Weekly Newsletter

2008-01-25T00:31:00.000-08:00

Issue No 424

25^th January 2008

Dear Friends of Crescent,

On Thursday of last week we held the first Pre-Prep Open evening. The meeting was well attended and I was grateful for the many complimentary comments made about it. For those who weren’t able to attend I will outline what happened.

The evening began with a glass of wine and the opportunity for staff and parents to have a chat. I then began the meeting by talking about the guiding principle behind the curriculum for children in Reception through to Class II. Briefly this is as follows:

Many people in education ask the question ‘What should children know by the end of Year 2?’ or ‘What should children be able to do by the end of Year 2?’ I believe that both these questions are the wrong question; rather we should be asking ‘What educational opportunities should children be given to enable them to become good learners?’ What they need to know may well change with changes in technology and circumstance but the need to be able to learn effectively will never go away.

Over the past 20 years we have learnt the great majority of what is known about how the brain works in terms of our ability to learn but the primary curriculum hasn’t changed very much in response to this knowledge. The National Curriculum is far too concerned with the very narrow focus of literacy and numeracy skills and knowledge. There isn’t nearly enough use made of the knowledge, comparatively recently gained, about how certain activities improve the brain’s performance. Such activities as Music and Movement, Brain Gym, P.E., Circle Time and learning a foreign language can all help to improve a young child’s ability to learn now and in later life. This is why we have a curriculum at Crescent that is so much broader than the National Curriculum.

In his presentation Mr Webb talked about how the curriculum is delivered through the breadth of learning opportunities available to our children and the level of individual attention each child receives; indeed, we offer children levels of individual support as a matter of course that are often seen as ‘additional support’ in other schools. We believe that this develops early confidence and self belief which will enable independent learning later.

At the end of Mr Webb’s presentation parents went with individual class teachers to the classrooms to hear more about the experiences their children have in those particular classes.

It is my intention that meetings such as this should take place more frequently to improve the flow of communication between school and home. At present this flow is too heavily biased in favour of school to home so we wish to increase the flow of communication from home to school.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

R H Marshall

Weekly Times

Monday, 28^th January

12.20 - 12.50 Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 Junior Girls’ Games—Classes III

& IV

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

15.30 depart Neighbourhood Cross Country Trials

at Binley Woods – ref. Mrs Gove

15.45 - 16.30 Choir

15.45 - 16.30 Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 29^th

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

15.45 - 16.30 Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

15.45 – 17.00 Cookery Club – Class IV

16.00 Finance and General Purposes Committee Meeting

Wednesday, 30^th

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet – Class VI (a)

13.05 - 13.45 Reception Art Club

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class V

14.45 depart Football v Bablake School (A) ref.

Mr Phillips

15.00 depart Netball v Bablake School (A) ref.

Mrs Gove

15.45 - 16.45 Camera Club

Thursday, 31^st

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class III

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet—Class IV

15.45 - 17.00 Art Club

15.50 - 16.50 Tap & Modern Dance

16.00 – 18.00 Classes III & IV Parents’ Consultation Evening

18.30 – 20.30 Classes I & II Parents’ Consultation Evening

Friday, 1^st February

12.20 - 13.40 Library

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class II

12.20 - 13.00 Junior Boys’ Games – Classes III & IV

12.20 - 12.50 String Group

13.00 – 13.40 Chess Club – Class VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Class VI (b)

13.15 - 13.45 Wind Group

15.45 - 16.45 Orchestra

18.00 School Hall in use by Bilton Pantomummers

Reading

For those of you that are at a loss of what your child should read, I have registered the School on a website that creates reading lists:

www.lovereading4schools.co.uk

Take a look, we can add recommendations that you have read with your children, so let me know any on:

slowe@crescentschool.co.uk

Also we are members of the kidsreview site:

www.kidsreview.org.uk

password:bilton

logon number:9376041

You can review books and see recommendations.

Thank you.

S. Lowe

School link

I hope you have enjoyed looking at the School Link booklet over the week. Last orders on Monday 28th January to me or go on-line:

www.schoollink.co.uk

Password:bilton52

School number: 0003603445

S .Lowe

Christmas Newsletter

2007-12-14T06:23:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends of Crescent,

Another term has flown by and Christmas is almost upon us. At the time I write the younger children have already enjoyed their Nativity plays and all the children have enjoyed visits to the theatre. As always when we take them out they attract many compliments for their good behaviour. They were a credit to the school, their families and to themselves.

The two staged performances, by the children in Nursery and Reception and Classes I and II, were very well received by the many relatives and friends who came to watch. It is always a source of great pride for both teachers and parents to see the children perform to such a high standard; my congratulations to everybody involved.

I am also pleased to be able to congratulate those children who have recently completed their Times Tables Challenges:

Joe Miller – Platinum

Tomas Marshall – Diamond

Abigail Bolton, Amy Cook, Chloe Di Dato and Alison McLean – Golden.

Well done to them all.

In the final assembly of term I was pleased to present the House Point prizes for the term as follows:

Class VI - Joe Miller (1^st) Daniel Marshall (2^nd)

Class V - Florence Chapman (1^st) Dominic Bolton (2^nd)

Class IV - Hattie Byrne (1^st) Madeline Anderson (2^nd)

Class III - William Hedderwick (1^st) Luke Armstrong (2^nd)

Class II - Charlotte Bend (1^st) Sophie Howes (2^nd)

Class I - Darya Sutton (1^st) Lucy Sarkies (2^nd)

A reminder to parents of children in Class VI that I will be offering my New Year revision class at 9.30 a.m. on Friday, 4^th January.

It simply remains to wish you a very happy Christmas and all good fortune for the New Year.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

R.H. Marshall

Dates for your diary

Thursday, 17^th January, 2008 Pre-prep Open Evening - 7.00 p.m.

Tuesday, 22^nd January, 2008 Classes I & II Consultation Evening –

4.00 – 6.00 p.m.

Classes III & IV Consultation Evening –

6.30 – 8.30 p.m.

Thursday, 31^st January, 2008 Classes III & IV Consultation Evening –

4.00 – 6.00 p.m.

Classes I & II Consultation Evening –

6.30 – 8.30 p.m.

The Nutcracker Performance

I would just like to say well done to all the dancers who took part in the performance of the Nutcracker, you all worked so hard and I'm proud of you all.
Thank you parents for your support throughout and thank you for my lovely flowers they are beautiful.

Have a lovely Christmas and happy new year from Miss Leigh-Anne xx

Friends of the Crescent News

The Christmas Bazaar was a great success. Thank you again to everyone without whose support and generous donations these events would never get off the ground and also to those who attended and made it such a fun event.

I can tell you that we raised the impressive sum of £980.

The raffle prizes were won as follows:

1) Jules Froggatt (Nursery)

2) The Whalleys (c/o George and Lawrence)

3) Amar Doherty (Reception)

4) Mrs Chapman (c/o Florence, Class 5)

5) Mrs Crompton (Class 2)

6) Mrs Morris (c/o Zara, Reception)

7) Sue Leonard (c/o Lucy, Class 2)

8) Mrs McDonald (c/o Sammy, Class 2)

9) Mrs Montgomery (Nursery)

10) Mrs Deery (Class 4)

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Events:

Our next committee meeting will be Monday 14^th January at 3.45 p.m. in the school library to plan events for the coming term. If you have any ideas or suggestions for new events please mention them to your class rep or better still come along to the meeting.

The current committee members would welcome ‘fresh blood’ and any help you can offer. Please note your child(ren) will be cared for in ‘after school club’ at no charge while you attend the meeting.

Jackie Daniel

Weekly Newsletter

2007-11-30T02:39:00.000-08:00

Issue No 420

30^th November 2007

Dear Friends of Crescent,

Times Tables Challenge

The times tables challenge has become a very popular activity this term and a significant number of children have clearly been up for the challenge. I wrote about a handful of successful children a few weeks ago – I can now bring you up to date with the others. Many congratulations to:

Emily Cheadle, Hannah Cooper, Flora Courtney, Eloise Sutton, Georgie Colbourne and Jack Fisher for meeting the Golden Challenge.

Maria Deery, Leenah Abu el Gasim, Jessica Armbrister, Joe Miller and Daisy Van der Post for meeting the Golden and Diamond Challenges.

Hannah Allroggen, Sara Brown, Hattie Byrne, Dominic Bolton, Hiba Abu el Gasim, Josie Brazier, Millie Byrne, Jayveer Grewal, Julia Hope, Daniel Marshall and Akash Parmar for meeting the Golden, Diamond and Platinum Challenges.

LAMDA Exam Success

On Thursday and Friday of last week a large group of children took their London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art exams in Speech and Drama. Some of the results are made known on the day of the exams and so I am pleased to be able to congratulate the following children on their success:

Introductory Level

Charlotte Ecclestone passed with Merit

India Green passed with Distinction

Sophie Howes passed with Distinction

George Longmore passed with Merit

Arun Mistry passed with Merit.

Preliminary Level

Hannah Allroggen passed with Merit

Abigail Bolton passed with Distinction

Hattie Byrne passed with Distinction

Emily Cheadle passed with Merit

Amy Cook passed with Merit

Maria Deery passed with Merit

Stephanie Drew passed with Merit

William Hedderwick passed with Distinction

Isobel Johnson passed with Merit

Sabrina Pagliarini passed with Distinction

It is a terrific achievement that all the children passed with either Merit or Distinction but, if you saw what I see you wouldn’t be surprised. Mrs Ovens simply won’t leave the children alone until they have practised enough to get a high mark. She is prepared to work with them every day if necessary so I thank her both as a parent and Headmaster!

Coventry Festival of Speech and Drama

Once again we had a number of children taking part in this annual festival and they all did very well indeed. This year was the first occasion that The Crescent Shield for Humorous Verse was presented and, fittingly, the first winner was a Crescent School pupil - Francesca Brown. Francesca also won first prize with Florence Chapman for Group Verse Speaking. Florence also won first prize in the Poetry Writing Class. Many congratulations to them both and to Sophie Howes, Oliver Howes and William Hedderwick who also took part and did themselves proud.

Crossing the Road

I have recently been asked, by the local authority, to comment on their proposal to make the street of Magnet Lane adjacent to Bilton Infants School one way with traffic humps. I will do so but will also point out to them that many children from a variety of schools need to cross Bawnmore Road near our school. I will be asking them to employ another ‘lollipop person’ as soon as possible. This request is more likely to be successful if other people petition the appropriate people. I am indebted to Mrs Richards for supplying me with the contact details of such a person. The more people who write to this address the better I suspect. The gentleman in question is: Mr G Dinn, Warwickshire County Council, Traffic Project Group, E & E Division, Shire Hall, PO Box 43, Warwick. CV34 4SX.

Schoolstrader.com

I would like to encourage you to visit www.schoolstrader.com a unique website for independent school communities. You may have seen the site covered in The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Country Life and The Spectator. Parents, staff, friends and family can use it to advertise to each other or search for items for sale (from holiday homes and bikes, to pets and musical instruments). The site has dedicated pages for most independent schools. It is useful, simple and completely free. Once registered, you can place ads or search for items under specific categories.

Communication between buyers and sellers is by email. Users may place ads on the Crescent School pages and on other local independent school pages in our area. Ads may also be placed regionally or nationally free of charge across the Schoolstrader network (from Scotland to Devon).

Please pay the site a visit.

With best wishes

Yours sincerely

R.H. Marshall

R.N.I.B.

As Christmas is fast approaching and we will be receiving more mail, please put used, unwanted postage stamps (with ½ cm surround) in the box by the side entrance.

All proceeds will go to the R.N.I.B. (Royal National Institute for the Blind).

Many thanks.

H. Perry

Book Fair

Thank you to all who attended the bookfair.

Each class managed to receive £32 worth of books in commission.

It is all much appreciated.

S. Lowe

For all those gardeners amongst you…….

I am selling a “Garden Quiz” at £1 each hoping to raise funds for Braunston Village Hall.

If anyone would like to take part please see me.

Thank you.

A. Wren

Match Report

Football A and B match v Twycross

This match was particularly sentimental for me as it was against my previous school. It also provided a tough test for both A and B sides.

The ‘A’ team needed to be at their best to get anything out of this game and rose to the challenge. The pitch provided plenty of room and pleasing football was played by both sides. It was Twycross who gained the advantage after a defensive error provided a one on one which was duly taken. Crescent fought hard to get back into the match and scored a scrappy goal after some delightful build up. Jack Cornes notched up his first goal for Crescent after being given a few bites at the cherry. Both teams could have won the game after that but a draw seemed a fair result. (As well as being politically correct!)

The ‘B’ team showed as much fight but were beaten by a better side. Crescent kept their shape, worked as a team and showed some good individual skills. They just lacked that sharpness which will come in time. George Whalley broke up countless attacks in his first appearance for Crescent and Alex Pearson was very strong in midfield. At half time, Crescent were a respectable 2-0 down. In the second half, tired legs meant that, despite some good saves by Jack Davenport, Crescent began to leak goals and finished up losing 7-0.

M. Phillips

Nursery News

This term we are concentrating on sounds and letters which teaches the children how the alphabet works for reading and spelling. We provide daily speaking and listening activities that are well matched to the children’s developing abilities and interests, drawing upon observations and assessments to plan for progression and to identify children who need additional support. Our rich and varied environment will support children’s language learning.

Next term, the children who are going into the Reception Class in September 2008 will be given phonics books containing letters to learn. I would be grateful for parental support as the children benefit from plenty of praise and encouragement whilst learning. More information to follow.

As you are aware Christmas is fast approaching and if you have any unused or unwanted decorations, I would be grateful if you could donate them to the Nursery. Thank you for your continued support.

Holiday Club dates:

Friday, 14^th December 12.00 – 17.45 and Monday, 17^th to Friday, 21^st December 08.00 – 17.45.

Please collect booking forms from Nursery and return with full payment by Thursday, 13^th December.

Thank you.

C. McGrellis

Friends of the Crescent News

The Bazaar is just one week away, can I please ask if you have not already looked at the notice board in the side entrance (opposite the FOC board) to check now to see if there are any last minute raffle prizes you can donate. Whilst you are there, there is a blue box for your tombola donations (some small items in a bag, jar or box ranging from 50p - £2.00) if everyone brings just one item that should give us over 100 tombola prizes.

This year we are planning to have a cake stall so I would be very grateful if all the

Mrs Beetons or Nigellas amongst us could contribute or any Gordon Ramseys or

Jamie Olivers for that matter.

We will also be opening the kitchen hatch for refreshments. There will be squash and a biscuit for the children and tea/ coffee and mince pie for the adults.

Santa will also be popping by and will be seeing children (strictly by appointment only, please consult the FOC notice board if you have not already got a slip).

A huge amount of time and effort goes into organising this event, the making of posters, decorating the grotto, purchasing and organising prizes and presents, counting floats and takings, banking, arranging the hall on the day and clearing away. This not only involves the members of the FOC but the Kitchen staff, caretakers, teachers and after school carers. Primarily this event is for the enjoyment of the children but we also hope to raise some funds to put towards projects in the school. In order for this event to have maximum success and a real community feel we need your children and you to come along and have fun because that is what makes all our effort worthwhile.

Weekly Times

Monday, 3^rd December

12.00 depart Classes III to VI to “Treasure Island”

16.30 return at Birmingham Old Rep ref. Mrs Gove

12.20 - 12.50 No Recorders—Class IV

12.20 - 12.50 No Junior Girls’ Games—

Classes III & IV

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 No Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

15.45 - 16.30 No Choir

15.45 - 16.30 Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 4^th

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

15.45 - 16.30 Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

Wednesday, 5^th

09.30 Nursery and Reception -Christmas Production – all welcome

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet – Class VI

13.05 - 13.45 Reception Art Club

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class V

15.45 - 16.45 Camera Club

Thursday, 6^th

09.00 depart Nursery, R, I & II to “Aladdin”

13.00 return at Belgrade Theatre – ref.

Mr Webb

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class III

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet—Class IV

13.30 – 15.00 Class VI to Myton Hospice – ref. Mr Marshall

15.45 - 17.00 Art Club

15.50 - 16.50 Tap & Modern Dance

Friday, 6^th

11.30 Rehearsal for Classes I & II’s Christmas Production

12.20 - 13.40 Library

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class II

12.20 - 13.00 Junior Boys’ Games – Classes III & IV

12.20 - 12.50 String Group

13.00 – 13.40 Chess Club – Class VI

13.15 - 13.45 Wind Group

15.15 - 16.00 Orchestra

15.30 “FOC” Christmas Bazaar – all welcome

Weekly Newsletter

2007-11-23T04:12:00.001-08:00

Issue No 419

23^rd November 2007

Dear Friends of Crescent,

As part of a cyclical review programme we focus on a particular subject each term, looking at all aspects of teaching and learning in that subject and consequently giving it priority in financial terms. The subject coordinator leads this review and gives a presentation to the governors. This led us, last year, to introduce a new Maths scheme (costing over £4000) that enables us to meet the children's individual needs more effectively. This term our focus is on P.E.

In addition to this curriculum review matrix alongside it runs a review of all other aspects of the school such as communications or management and governance. Sometimes things happen that make us change the order in which we review these aspects and recent conversations with parents and colleagues has persuaded me that we need to review assessment.

Quite a significant proportion of parents of children in Class V have come to speak with me and

Mrs Lowe since half term which would seem to suggest that an 'Information Evening' for Class V's parents would be appropriate at this stage of the year replacing the '11+ Transfer Evening' we have traditionally held in the summer term. I am also open to the idea that Parent Consultation meetings are of more value than the formal written end of term reports. I will send out a questionnaire to ask for your views on some of these matters in the fairly near future; in the meantime I hope this letter will provoke some discussion.

My previous two letters commenting on bullying seem to have done that. I hope that they have made it clear that we never have, and never will, tolerate bullying at Crescent. However we aim to go further than that and create an environment in which bullying doesn't occur at all because our children are confident and have a great sense of their own self-worth. We prioritise empowering children to take control of their reaction to any isolated acts of unkindness they may face in any walk of life, encouraging them to realise how valued they are by the important people in their lives and to develop a range of strategies on how to avoid becoming a victim.

We put a lot of effort into enabling children to take responsibility for their own actions, teaching them that they have a choice in how they react in any given situation. They have a range of choices in how they react if someone is unkind to them and we want to help them make good choices in this situation, as in all others, so that the unkindness is less likely, rather than more likely, to be repeated.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

R.H. Marshall

St Andrew's Day

As part of our house meeting discussions with all the children, they put forward ideas to School Council. One of the ideas that School Council has discussed and thought was a good one was the suggestion of dressing in our house colour for our saints day.

On Friday, 30th November is St. Andrew's Day, so if all the children in Blue House (St. Andrew's) could one wear one item of clothing that is blue - Please note just one item not all of their clothes. All the other houses will have opportunity on or near their Saint's day.

We look forward to seeing a bit of Blue next Friday.

S. Lowe

Weekly Times

Monday, 26^th November

12.20 - 12.50 Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 No Junior Girls' Games—Classes III

& IV

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

15.45 - 16.30 Choir

15.45 - 16.30 Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 27^th

Music Examinations in School –

ref. Mrs Burt

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

15.30 depart Football v Twycross School (A) ref.

Mr Phillips

15.45 - 16.30 No Girls' Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 No Senior Boys' Games—Classes V & VI

18.30 Full Governors' Meeting

Wednesday, 28^th

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet – Class VI

13.05 - 13.45 Reception Art Club

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class V

15.45 - 16.45 Camera Club

Thursday, 29^th

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class III

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet—Class IV

15.45 - 17.00 Art Club

15.50 - 16.50 Tap & Modern Dance

16.00 Staff Meeting

Friday, 30^th

Grades II published

Christmas Art Day in school

12.20 - 13.40 Library

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class II

12.20 - 13.00 Junior Boys' Games – Classes III & IV

12.20 - 12.50 No String Group

1300 – 13.40 Chess Club – Class VI

13.15 - 13.45 No Wind Group

15.45 - 16.45 No Orchestra

Thank you!

A big thank you to all the staff, parents and children for the gifts, cards and good wishes we have received since Ivy and Gene were born. Particular thanks to the parents of Class III who have organized a professional photo session for us, what a lovely thought. We will book it when I have lost a little more baby weight and had a chance to wash my hair!

The twins are doing fabulously, both over seven and a half pounds now, not bad for eight week olds that were only supposed to be born three weeks ago.

Love to everyone and we will be popping in every now and then. I will see the children at Christmas lunch and parents at the Carol Service I hope.

Mr & Mrs Forth xxxx

Match Report

E.S.F.A. Small School's Tournament

We were in the unusual position of going to the E.S.F.A. Small School's Tournament knowing that we were Rugby champions of the equivalent tournament for all schools, having won it earlier in the term. This was the tournament that we wanted to progress in, though.

Traveling to St Margaret's (Wolston) on Wednesday, we faced Provost Williams and the hosts, St Margaret's (Wolston).

Playing some of the best football we have played this year, we comfortably beat Provost Williams (who had held us to a draw in the Princethorpe Tournament) 7-0. That meant that a draw against St Margaret's was good enough to win due to a better goal difference.

We won 2-0 and looked very comfortable. So Crescent will be representing Rugby in the E.S.F.A. Small Schools Tournament.

Goals came from: Jack Fisher 6, Joe Miller 2, Dominic Bolton 1.

M. Phillips

"Friends of Crescent" News

Thank you to all who braved the cold on Thursday to come to the Indulgence Evening, which raised just under £500.

A huge thank you is due to Karen Armbrister who organised the event and did a tremendous job with just the right balance of 'retail' and 'therapy' stalls. It took a lot of hours on the phone sourcing stalls, researching what we wanted and sending information and directions out to them.

Sadly numbers were down by a third this year and we will have to decide whether it is worth the effort running it next year. I know that those who attended the evening enjoyed it. Please give any feedback to your class reps, as it may make the difference to it being held next year.

Christmas Bazaar

This year we have approximately 20 stalls/games for the children to enjoy, including visiting Santa in his Grotto, the old favourite 'shoot the can' and 'the egg box game' which as always will be run by

Miss Wren.

Please ensure you come with plenty of change, although we will have a float it will not be easy to change many big notes.

If your child is in after school club then send him/her in with some money in a named, sealed purse and they will be bought into the Bazaar.

There are separate boxes for your tombola and raffle prizes just inside the side door entrance to the school. We need sealed containers (jars or boxes) with a gift of value 50p to £2 maximum inside. Please can you bring your donations in as soon as possible so the raffle boxes can begin to be put together and the Tombola prizes can start to be labelled by Class 6.

Stalls have been allocated to various classes and your class rep will be approaching you to ask that you give 10-15 minutes of your time to man a stall.

This should mean that we can all spend time with our own children enjoying the event.

Jackie Daniel (Chairman)

Weekly Newsletter

2007-11-15T06:26:00.000-08:00

Issue No 418

16^th November 2007

Dear Friends of Crescent

The FoC formally started ten years ago this week – Happy Birthday FoC! From the original committee only Miss Wren remains and she continues to give loyal and sterling service. My thanks to her and all who have served on the committee over the past ten years – your hard work is much appreciated and has enhanced the children’s time in school.

Times Tables Challenge

Congratulations are due this week to Jack Fisher, Joe Miller and Akash Parmar for successfully completing the Golden Challenge and to Sara Brown, Millie Byrne, Jayveer Grewal and Daniel Marshall for successfully completing the Diamond Challenge.

Anti-Bullying Week

Next week is anti-bullying week during which the Anti-Bullying Alliance shines a light on bullying, sending a clear and positive message that bullying is neither acceptable nor inevitable. This year’s theme is bullying in the wider community, with the slogan ‘Safer together, safer wherever’ reminding us that we all have a role to play in keeping children (and adults) safe wherever they are.

The ABA has a website whose address is: www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk.

The following are excerpts from the Parent Information Booklet that are relevant to this subject:

Advice to Pupils

Pupils are advised to seek help when necessary, when they are experiencing difficulties or when they are aware that other children are

experiencing difficulties. It is best that this help is sought at the earliest possible opportunity.

· Talk to a supervisor or teacher

· Talk to class teacher or other responsible person you trust

· Talk to parents. The parent should then contact the class teacher at the earliest opportunity.

Behavioural Difficulties

If a child’s behaviour is having an adverse effect on those around him or her this will be pointed out to the child who will then be given the opportunity to discuss the behaviour, its causes and its repercussions. If the behaviour is causing other children to become unhappy it will not be tolerated. In such circumstances we do not seek to apportion blame but rather to seek out the cause of the behaviour and work with all parties to affect a cure.

Bullying

If a child believes that s/he is being bullied we will take the following action:

The ‘victim’ will be listened to, his/her concerns taken seriously, and other modes of reacting may be suggested.

We will speak to the child accused of bullying about the situation. The child will be told how their behaviour is being interpreted by the ‘victim’ and asked to amend their behaviour if appropriate. No blame will be attached at this stage.

A greater staff presence will be maintained at those places and times when the ‘victim’ feels most threatened. Parents will be informed.

The ‘victim’ will be given access to a member of staff of their choice (including the Headmaster) whenever the bullying threatens to reoccur.

I prefer to avoid the use of the term ‘bullying’ in the first instance because it has become such an emotive one. However, once a child has been informed that their behaviour is causing another child to be unhappy it is likely that a repetition of that behaviour will be described as bullying and will be dealt with severely.

Happily incidents of bullying at Crescent have been few and far between and, where all parties have co-operated fully, have been resolved with lessons learnt on all sides.

With best wishes

Yours sincerely

R.H. Marshall

Book fair.

Thank you to all who have visited the book fair this week, the final day is Monday so please come and visit us from 3.30-5.00.

Thank you.

S. Lowe

Tesco vouchers

This promotion has now finished in stores so please send in all your remaining vouchers as soon as possible. Thank you.

Weekly Times

Monday, 19^th November

12.20 - 12.50 Recorders—Class IV

12.20 – 12.50 No Junior Girls’ Games—

Classes III & IV

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class I

13.05 - 13.45 Senior Games – Classes V & VI

13.05 – 13.45 Ballet – Reception

15.30 – 17.00 Book Fair in school

15.45 - 16.30 Choir

15.45 - 16.30 Pre-Prep Games – Classes I & II

Tuesday, 20^th

12.20 Spanish Club – Class IV

12.50 - 13.20 Times-Tables Challenge

15.45 - 16.30 Girls’ Games – Classes V & VI

15.45 - 16.30 Senior Boys’ Games—Classes V & VI

Wednesday, 21^st

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet – Class VI

13.05 - 13.45 Reception Art Club

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet – Class V

15.00 kick off Football – small schools tournament@ Wolston,

St Margaret’s

15.45 - 16.45 Camera Club

Thursday, 22^nd

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class III

12.45 – 13.15 Brass Group

13.00 – 15.30 LAMDA examinations in school- ref. Mrs Ovens

13.05 - 13.45 Ballet—Class IV

15.45 - 17.00 Art Club

15.50 - 16.50 Tap & Modern Dance

Friday, 23^rd

09.00 – 15.45 LAMDA examinations in school – ref. Mrs Ovens

12.20 - 13.40 Library

12.20 - 13.00 Ballet—Class II

12.20 - 13.00 Junior Boys’ Games – Classes III & IV

12.20 - 12.50 String Group

1300 – 13.40 Chess Club – Class VI

13.15 - 13.45 Wind Group

15.45 - 16.45 Orchestra

18.00 School in use by Bilton

Pantomummers

Saturday, 24^th

School and playground in use by Rocheberie Quilters

Match Reports

Football v Dunchurch

Crescent marched on to the quarter finals of the Rugby School’s Cup Competition after beating Dunchurch 2-1 on Wednesday at home.

Crescent did have to battle, though, as Dunchurch proved to be very strong and skilful in attack. The early exchanges were pretty even until Joe Miller broke through the middle with a strong run and slotted home the opening goal. Crescent grew in confidence and began to play some impressive football. This pressure eventually told as a pinpoint cross by Joe Miller was met with a neat header by Tomas Marshall to double the lead.

Dunchurch got themselves back into the match when a well worked free kick was turned goal-wards and found the net despite Joe Phillips’ best efforts. Both teams created good chances to score and Oliver Howes was called into duty on more than one occasion. Backed up by some excellent, committed defending, Crescent held on to the lead and came away with the victory.

M. Phillips

Netball v Dunchurch

On Wednesday our netball team played Dunchurch.

After a keenly contested first half Dunchurch proved themselves to be sharper and more determined than us in the second half.

Dunchurch won 5-3.

C. Gove

“FOC” News

Christmas Bazaar

The Christmas Bazaar is on Friday, 7^th December at 3.45pm in the school hall. It will be purely for the children, with our usual visit from Father Christmas, a selection of children’s games, tombola, Guide Dogs for the Blind, cake stall, refreshments and other attractions.

There is a raffle ‘Wish List’ on the wall opposite the FOC notice board. It would be great if everyone could each donate a single item from the list so that we can make up themed gift boxes as prizes for the raffle. Denise Cook and Catherine Drew go to considerable lengths to plan and put together the list and package the prizes to look spectacular and make them really worth winning. I thank them for this.

Christmas Bazaar raffle tickets should be in your child’s bag very soon. Please support us by selling as many as you can and returning the counterfoils to school via your child’s class teacher. We will be using the same system as before and if you can sell more they will be available in one of the pockets next to the FOC notice board by the side door.

I need to ask more of your generosity, as we also need tombola prizes for the children. We need sealed containers (jars or boxes) with a gift of value 50p to £2 maximum inside.

There is a box for any donations just inside the side entrance to the school.

Booking slips for Father Christmas will be in next week’s newsletter.

Jackie Daniel

Chairman.