The Flagpole

The school remains closed to most pupils, so our usual calendar of events is sadly suspended until further notice. However, we have in place an interim Covid calendar and you can see what is planned on the College website or on My School Portal.

The following key events will go ahead in a modified format:

• Weekly House and Sixth Form Assemblies
• Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 Exam Reports - Friday 5 June
• Year 7 and 8 Academic Review Evenings - Monday 8 to Thursday 11 June
• Year 9 and 10 Academic Review Evenings - Monday 15 to Thursday 18 June
• Summer Art, Photography and Design Show 2020 - Thursday 18 June
• Year 11 Thanksgiving Service - Friday 19 June
• Lower Sixth Full Reports Published - Friday 19 June
• Upper Sixth Thanksgiving Service - Tuesday 23 June
• Virtual Induction Event - Wednesday 24 June
• STEAM Lecture - Exo-Planets: Famous Firsts, Boisterous Births And Destructive Deaths - Thursday 25 June

The format of events will be confirmed nearer the time and details of other events will be published over the coming weeks.

Tuesday 16 June 2020 – 6.00pm

Crescent School will be holding its first ever Virtual Open Evening for prospective parents and children on Tuesday 16 June from 6.00pm.

The evening will comprise some short pre-recorded videos including a tour of the school, interviews with our Year 6 pupils and the chance to view our new Crescent promotional film, followed by a live event at 6.30pm hosted by Headmaster, Joe Thackway and other senior members of staff. The live event will cover different aspects of the education the school provides, how it supports its pupils to achieve great things and the admissions process. There will be the opportunity for parents to ask questions during the live event.

The school has announced that this year it will have two Reception classes for September 2020 entry and there is still time for parents to apply. There is limited availability in other years, for details please speak to our Registrar, Helen Morley.

To register for the Open Evening please click here. For more information on admissions please email admissions@crescentschool.co.uk or call 01788 523851 and speak to our Registrar, Helen Morley.

Thursday 18 June from 6.00pm

This year we will be holding a virtual celebration of our pupils GCSE and A-level Art, Photography and Design work on Thursday 18 June from 6.00pm.

On the evening we will publish a link on the College website and social media to a virtual gallery, which will include a range of design technology projects, from resistant materials to textiles, will be showcased alongside the stunning art and photography work the College is renowned for.

Comments, Paul Hubball, Head of Art, "We did not want this year to pass without sharing our pupils' fantastic creativity with a wider audience and through the wonders of technology we will be able to make this happen."

Added Head of Design Technology, Paul Scopes, "Our pupils have worked so hard and it's important that collectively we should celebrate the fruit of their labours."

Tuesday 23 June 2020 – 6.00pm

Crackley Hall School and Little Crackers Nursery are holding a Virtual Open Evening for prospective parents on Tuesday 23 June from 6.00pm.

The evening will begin with an address by the Headmaster, Rob Duigan, it will include some short, pre-recorded videos including a tour of the school, interviews with our Year 6 pupils and an overview of the admissions process. The event will give prospective parents information on the education the school provides and on how Crackley Hall nurtures and supports its pupils to achieve great things.

The Admissions Secretary, Jenny Vaughan, will follow up with prospective parents after the event to answer any questions they may have.

To register for the event please click here.

For information on availability in the different year groups or any other questions please email admissions@crackleyhall.co.uk or call 01926 514410 and speak to our Admissions Secretary, Jenny Vaughan.

Thursday 25 June - 6.00pm

Princethorpe College is pleased to announce that it has been able to reschedule the lecture on Exo-planets by Dr Dimitri Veras.  The event will now take place as a virtual event on Thursday 25 June at 6.00pm.

Details of how to register for the event will be published in the next edition of the Flagpole.

The field of exo-planetary science is now a quarter of a century old, and its prominence was heightened last year with the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics to two pioneers in this subject. In this talk, Dr Veras will provide an overview of the mounting discoveries of these exo-planets, their smaller cousins exo-asteroids and exo-comets, and the theories which explain their formation, evolution and fate. He will highlight noteworthy exo-planets which, for example, may harbour life or are in the process of breaking up and will conclude by detailing how both the UK and West Midlands will provide significant contributions to this field in the upcoming decades.

Dr Dimitri Veras

Dimitri Veras is an Astrophysicist in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick who researches the contents of exo-planetary systems in a wide variety of contexts, across both time and space. He has published academic articles about forming, destroying and evolving exo-planets, exo-asteroids, exo-moons and exo-comets while they interact with their parent star or stars. His most significant current research focus is on the future and fate of exo-asteroids, exo-comets, exo-moons and exo-planets: how they traverse the violent giant branch stellar evolution phases and “pollute” their host stars after they become 'white dwarfs'.

In these uncertain times, many of us may find more time than usual for reading.  Although the Reading Group will not be able to meet in the circumstances, please keep in touch via email regarding book recommendations which might be of interest to others - hopefully something warm and upbeat which is what we possibly need right now.  

If any new parents would like to join please email me at chriskerrigan@princethorpe.co.uk

Chris Kerrigan
Head of English