The Flagpole

Wednesday 8 February - Saturday 11 February 2023

From the 8 to the 11 February, Princethorpe College has some kooky visitors! Join us in the Clarkson theatre as we present The Addams Family Musical - School Edition, our College Musical Theatre production for 2023. A talented cast from Year 7 right up to Sixth Form will be bringing the legendary family to life.

Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, is all grown up and has a shocking secret that only Gomez knows. She's fallen in love with a sweet young girl from a very respectable family. With his cherished Morticia in the dark, will Gomez manage to keep his daughter’s secret until the two families meet for a fateful dinner with hilarious consequences?

Join them, plus Uncle Fester, Lurch, Pugsley and more for a heart-warming story of love, family and friendship… with a twist!

Tickets are still available for performances on Wednesday, 8 February and Thursday 9 February.

Please click on the day you require in order to book tickets on My School Portal.

Tuesday 28 February - 4.00pm

We warmly welcome you to an informal evening of scripted and devised work from KS4 and KS5 Drama and Theatre Studies pupils.

Our Year 11s are busy in the throes of preparing their two extracts for their GCSE exam the week after and Year 10 and Lower Sixth will be presenting their original devised pieces.

Please come and support them as they would love to hear your feedback.

Please note that this evening is recommended for 14+ as there are themes and language of strong content.

Tickets are not required for this event, but to help us cater efficiently please reserve places by clicking here to book through My School Portal, no later than Thursday 14 February.

Aileen Cefaleillo and Vicky Roberts
Joint Heads of Drama

Saturday 4 March 2023 - 10.30am to 12.30pm

Crackley Hall and Little Crackers, Princethorpe's prep school and nursery in Kenilworth, are opening their doors for a Spring Open Morning on Saturday 4 March from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

Mr Duigan, the Headmaster, will deliver two short presentations at 10.45am and 11.45pm, staff will be available to talk to prospective parents, current pupils will be performing music and participating in sports activities. There will also be a fun activity trail through the school for visiting children.

This is a great opportunity for prospective families to look around Little Crackers Nursery and Crackley Hall School and meet key members of staff. The school will come alive with musical performances and sport in action as well as an activity trail around the school for visiting children. 

Come and find out more about what a Crackley education can do for your child book your place here. 

In terms of availability, we have limited places in current Year 4 (Year 5 for September 2023) and we still accepting registrations for Reception and Year 3 for 2023. Our ontime deadline for September 2023 entry is Monday 13 February 2023. 

If you would like more information or details on specific year group availability, please call Jenny Vaughan, our Admissions Secretary on 01926 514410 or email admissions@crackleyhall.co.uk.

For more information visit www.crackleyhall.co.uk.

Friday 10 March 2023- 6.30pm to 10.30pm

The OPs annual Local Meet takes place on Friday 10 March 2023. We are moving back to Leamington Spa and will be meeting in the upstairs function room at The Royal Pug, 141 Regent Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 4NX.

Our local meets are usually very popular, so we are hoping for a really good turnout of OPs from across the decades to attend, plus a few former members of staff.

There will be the customary welcome drink or two and the OPs Commitee will be laying on some delicious food, so do let us know if you would like to attend by going to Princethorpe Connect and clicking on the "Register for the event" button.

Partners and friends are most welcome. We look forward to seeing you there!

Saturday 11 March 2023 - 10.00am to 12.00pm

The Crescent School, Princethorpe's prep school in Rugby, is opening its doors to prospective and current parents and pupils for a Spring Open Morning on Saturday 11 March 2023 from 10.00am to 12.00pm. 

This is a perfect opportunity to come and have a look around the school, meet key members of staff and to find out why the school has been awarded excellent in all areas by the ISI in their recent inspection. 

Families are invited to book on to one of two sessions, 10.00am and 11.00am. After a short welcome presentation by Mr Thackway, Headmaster, you will be guided around the school where you will be able to watch sporting displays and listen to instrumental performances; there will also be the opportunity to visit classrooms and children can participate in an activity trail. 

To book your place please click here.

In terms of availability, Reception and Year 3 for 2023 entry are now full, with a waiting group available. We are also operating waiting groups in most other years apart from our current Year 1 class (Year 2 for September 2023 entry). We are now taking registrations for Reception and Year 3 entry in 2024 and beyond. 

For more information about availability or about the Open Morning please call Registrar, Mrs Helen Morley on 01788 523851 or email admissions@crescentschool.co.uk.

Alternatively please visit our website www.crescentschool.co.uk for more information.

Tuesday 14 March 2023 10.30am to 12.30pm

The College's Open Morning will give prospective families a chance to visit the school on a normal working day, with Year 8 and 9 pupils acting as tour guides. The Leadership and Admissions Teams will be available to answer any questions visitors might have. Light refreshments will be available.

All are welcome, please book your place by clicking here.

Entrance Examinations Day for September 2024 entry will take place on Saturday 11 November 2023 from 9.30am to 3.30pm. The deadline for registrations, scholarship and bursary applications is Friday 29 September 2023.

If you have any questions please contact the Admissions Team on 01926 643201/297 or email admissions@princethorpe.co.uk.

Friday 18 March 2023

The PTA will be holding a St Patrick's Day Race Night. More information will be coming out shortly so please keep your diary free for what promises to be a fun and enjoyable evening. 

We are always looking for volunteers so if you would like to help at this or any future event, please sign up here at the Ptasocial website or email us at pta@princethorpe.co.uk

You can also follow us on Twitter - @PincethorpePta, Instagram - @princethorpepta or Facebook - Princethorpe PTA

Saturday 18 March 2023 - 9.30am to 1.00pm

Our biennial Careers Fair returns to taking place in person on Saturday 18 March from 9.30am to 1.00pm. Open to all Princethorpe pupils from Year 10 to Sixth Form, this year's fair is set to be our biggest one yet!

With a wide range of speakers and organisations on hand to offer advice and guidance on careers, universities and apprenticeship options, there really will be something for everyone! 

The event will start with a keynote speech from OP and consumer affairs journalist, Felicity Hannah. Attendees will then be able to attend up to three workshops plus the exhibition depending on their personal interests.

There will be around 40 speakers covering a whole wealth of careers from accountancy to engineering, physiotherapy to investment banking, property to law, medicine to technology, the armed forces to entrepreneurship and many, many more. We'll also have universities from across the country, such as Cardiff, Sheffield, Surrey, Plymouth, Nottingham Trent and closer to home Warwick, with stalls in the exhibition part of the Fair.

Registrations will open on Friday 17 February.

Wednesday 22 March - 7.00pm

At our January meeting we spoke about both The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje and The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. Certainly it would be hard to find two novels that are more different than these. We all enjoyed The English Patient but agreed this made quite heavy demands upon the reader, with its time shifts, differing perspectives and mysteries – but it is without doubt a highly evocative portrayal of disparate lives and settings that come together in strange and difficult circumstances. The Reading List is a much less ambitious read – quite heartening nevertheless, but perhaps a little glib in its handling of some fairly dark themes.

Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the scheduled meeting on 15 February, so our next meeting will be in the library at 7.00pm on Wednesday 22 March. On that occasion we will be discussing Proust and the Squid – the Science of Reading as a non-fiction choice and also The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, a modern classic that inspired a wonderful film. Do join us if you can. We always welcome new faces and are always open to new reading ideas and suggestions.