The Flagpole

Thursday 7 October 2020 - 10.00am to 3.00pm

Crackley Hall School and Little Crackers Nursery, in Kenilworth, are opening their doors for an Open Day on Thursday 7 October from 10.00am - 3.00pm by appointment only. There are just a few places left, so please contact Mrs Jenny Vaughan, Admissions Secretary, at admissions@crackleyhall.co.uk if you are interested in attending. 

A Nursery and Reception Open Evening will also take place at the school on Thursday 19 November between 7.00pm and 8.00pm. This is aimed at giving parents an insight into the Early Years at Crackley Hall and Little Crackers. Mrs Susan Glen-Roots, the Assistant Head for Early Years, will be on hand, as well as the rest of the Reception and Little Crackers Team. This event will also be by appointment only.

To book your place please click here

For more information please contact our Admissions Secretary, Mrs Jenny Vaughan on 01926 514410 or by email admissions@crackleyhall.co.uk or visit the school's website www.crackleyhall.co.uk.

Friday 8 October 2021 - 6.30pm to 10.30pm

The OPs eagerly-awaited London Meet takes place next Friday 8 October. The event is our first face to face function since March 2020 when we had a bumper turnout in Rugby.

This event is proving equally popular as we have had such a lot of interest, that we have had to move from Le Petit to Le Grand Salon Prive on the first floor of French Restaurant, Balthazar, in London’s Covent Garden.

The Old Princethorpians Committee will be laying on some delicious, complimentary food and of course a welcome drink for all those attending.

There is still time for OPs to book their place via Princethorpe Connect, to do so please visit this link by 6.00pm on Monday 4 October.

We’re really looking forward to seeing everyone and catching up!

Friday 8 October 2021 - 10.00am to 3.00pm

The Crescent School, the Foundation's junior school for 4 to 11 year olds in Bilton, Rugby, is opening its doors for an Open Day on Friday 8 October from 10.00am - 3.00pm by appointment only.

This is an opportunity to look around the school on a normal working day and to meet the school's Headmaster, Joe Thackway.

The school is now accepting registrations for Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 for September 2022 entry. 

The early bird deadline for September 2022 admission is Friday 15 October 2021.

The Crescent is also planning to hold a Reception Open Evening on Tuesday 16 November between 7.00pm and 8.00pm, which will give parents an insight into the Early Years at Crescent and the firm foundation the school gives children for their future learning. Once again this will be an appointment only event.

To book your place please click here

For more information please contact the Registrar, Mrs Helen Morley on 01788 523851 or by email at admissions@crescentschool.co.uk or visit the school's website  www.crescentschool.co.uk.

Wednesday 13 October 2021

Parents of Year 11 pupils have been emailed with the following information about our upcoming Sixth Form Open Evening.

The evening will focus on the Route to Sixth Form for 2022 including key dates, milestones and scholarships, specific A-level and BTEC subject information and advice provided by the Heads of Departments, together with information on the vast array of sporting, co-curricular, leadership and service opportunities available.

The evening will be split into two sessions, one from 6.30pm to 8.00pm and one from 7.30pm to 9.00pm, please indicate your intention to attend and select your preferred session by clicking on this link by Wednesday 6 October 2021.

The evening will include brief talks by Ed Hester, the Headmaster, and current Sixth Formers in the Sports Hall and there will also be the opportunity to speak to Ben Collie, our Head of Sixth Form and the Sixth Form Team. In addition, all of the A-level and BTEC departments will be open for you to visit, with short presentations, course details and the opportunity to talk to staff and current students.

Please find a link to the electronic version of the Sixth Form Admissions 2022 Information Booklet here, hard copies will be available on the evening. We recommend you refer to this prior to your visit to help you choose which departments to visit on the evening.

External candidates should register via this link and if you have any questions please do contact the Admissions Team via email at admissions@princethorpe.co.uk.

Thursday 14 October 7.00pm

It has been great to be able to launch the Parents’ Reading Group again this year and it was good to see both old and new faces this month. Our next meeting will be on Thursday 14 October in the Library at 7.00 pm. We will be discussing The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, which comes highly recommended by those who have read it and covers issues to do with mental health. We are a group of readers who get together each month to discuss a book we have previously agreed upon. We are very eclectic in our tastes and always welcome new members so please come if you are able to join us whether or not you have read this particular book. 

Chris Kerrigan
Head of English

Friday 19 November - 7.30pm

Plans are well advanced for our annual Prize Giving ceremony which will take place on Friday 19 November. The ceremony will be held at Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, commencing at 7.30pm.

Traditionally, the vast majority of last year’s Upper Sixth return to collect their A-level examination certificates. Most will have embarked on their first year at university, apprenticeship or employment and this is a good opportunity for them to catch up.

GCSE examination certificates will be presented to last year’s Year 11, as well as a number of other awards and prizes, including our most prestigious, The Princethorpe Shield. The Year 7 Chorus will be singing, and the String Orchestra and Concert Band performing. 

Attendance at Prize Giving is by invitation only and invitations will be posted out shortly along with instructions on how to RSVP.

Shellagh Dodds
Examinations and Assessment Manager

Monday 22 November 2021 – 6.30pm To 8.00pm

As part of our VESPA strategy, Princethorpe College will be holding a virtual, interactive GCSE revision evening, on Monday 22 November between 6.30pm and 8.00pm, for the parents and pupils in Year 11.

It will be hosted by Martin Griffin and Steve Oakes who have worked with more than sixty schools to develop effective character education systems using the VESPA model. During the session, Martin and Steve will explore the key principles of having a positive and proactive learning mindset and share tools and strategies for effective coaching and intervention with parents and equip parents and pupils with practical ideas and strategies to support their children throughout their GCSE courses. We do hope that Year 11 parents and pupils will be able to join us for what promises to be a very useful and informative evening.

We look forward to you joining this event. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at lizpyne@princethorpe.co.uk

Dr Liz Pyne
Assistant Head - Teaching and Learning

Thursday 25 to Saturday 27 November 2021 - 7.30pm

We will warm your hearts with a little help of the heat from the Texan desert in the cold dark November nights....Princethorpe's Drama Department will be presenting a wonderful creative adaptation of Louis Sachar's Holes.

The Story  

Stanley Yelnats is in the wrong place at the wrong time….. 

When a pair of sneakers fall from the sky, Stanley is convicted through the juvenile courts and sent to Camp Green Lake. 

Camp Green Lake is a boys’ juvenile detention centre in Texas.

There is no lake there.  

The boys spend each day digging five-foot holes in the dried up lakebed.  

Stanley believes his bad luck is because of a curse placed on his family after his great-great-grandfather, Elya Yelnats, stole a pig from a gypsy, Madame Zeroni. 

The action transports us from New York City to Texas and Latvia of old in this wonderful creative adaptation by our Key Stage 3 cast and creative team.

Performances will take place on Thursday 25 November, Friday 26 November and Saturday 27 November at 7.00pm in the Clarkson Theatre here at Princethorpe College and tickets will be available soon.  

We do hope you can join us for this event.