Crestwood Park Primary School

Another week has flown by and I have had the opportunity to visit classrooms this week to see great teaching and learning in action.

We are focusing on improving reading across school and it has been reassuring to see so many children enthusiastically reading books and improving their reading skills. We now ensure every child has daily independent reading time, as well as ending every day with a story time. Please ask your children what their teacher is currently reading to them! 

The week ended with a class assembly from year 4. It was all about the Anglo Saxons. The assembly displayed another element of our curriculum- that of History-and showed us just how much knowledge the children gain. They shared so many facts and looked amazing in their costumes!

We will enter December next week and so it is inevitable that thoughts of Christmas will begin! Our first Christmassy events are our Christmas Movie nights planned for Wednesday and Thursday after school- see below for details and how to book your child a place.

We would like to say a very big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to...Rudy, Joseph and Evie-May who have celebrated his birthday this week or will be celebrating over the weekend.

Reception Alfie A-H, William, Daisy, Romeo, Joey, Leo, Mikel, Boris, Alfie H, Lennox, Mia, Ivie, Charlie, Theodor, Archie, Kaloyan, Eleanor, Jack, Nancy-Mae, Ive-Leigh, Lotte, Oakley, Saharsh, Sohansh

Year One Ella, Aaron, Alexander, Jak, William, Stanley, Jack, Evelyn, Alexander, Bailey, Jacob, Ezmae, Archie, Ella, Jackson, Sophie, Roman, Elsie, Henry, Harry, Layna, Beatrice, Paisley, Kayden, Riley, Alisha

Year Two Brianna, Theo, Harlen, Zachary, Emma, Eva, Billie, Arthur, Melissa, Joey, Conor, Riley, Thomas, Oliver, Lainey, Cody, Darcie, William, Mia-Louise, Jaylen, Lewis, Jessica, Kayden, Sienna-Rose

Year Three Betsy, Mason, Lotty, Grace, Zach, Ava, Mason, Isabella, Fearne, Nathan, Rosie, Heidi, Mihail, Tanatswa, Delilah, Tanatswa, Nahla, Ashley, Joshua, Rose, Hassan, Cailen, Evan, Chloe, Mya, Emilie, Benjamin, Millie, Joshua, Frankie

Year Four Isacc, Dollie-Lou, Jayden, Lucas, Xavier, Oceanna, Angel-Leigh, Jenson, Elsie, Harper-Rose, Declan, Jake, Faith, Baani, Alesia, Isla, Rosie, Evie – May, Haidar-Ali, Ashleigh, Jasmine, Leila-Rae, Lilly Mai, Caelan, Nathaniel, Amber, Renesmai

Year Five Lily, Molly, Esmè, Rhys, Daisy, Kaiden, Harry, Lillie, Harrison, Ty, George, Annalise, Amber, Harvey, Daniel, Kyle, Nicholas, Rosie, Danielle, Faye, Teddy, Jack-James, Logan, Amelia, Isabella, Thomas, Eden, Samuel, Darius, Ameliya, Leah

Year Six Harry, Savannah, Sienna, Joseph, James, Brogan, Tiana, Rosie, Oliver, Max, Dannii, Jakob, Mabel, Ian, Reece, Taylor, Jack, Ava, Alina, Sara, Jamie, Alana, Elliot, Rhylee, Shannon, Jacob, Lola, Callum, Sofiana, Ethan, Dylan

We are so sad that Mr Oakes is moving on. He has been the most amazing site manager and transformed many areas of our school. He has carried out all of his duties with true diligence and dedication. He has always ensured that our building is safe and compliant!

Nothing has phased him and the children this week recognised this when they performed a very personal rendition of the Ghostbusters theme tune- singing- He ain't afraid of no jobs!

We wish him all the luck in the world. We certainly have been lucky to have him as our site manager for the last three years. His contribution to school has gone way beyond that of a site manager; he is a true professional, caring and committed individual who we will all miss very much.

Don't forget that you can check our school calendar for key dates and events.

Follow the link below...

This year your HSA team will be holding a Christmas Movie Night FREE of charge for all children! 

KS1 Christmas Movie Night - Wednesday 29th November 

KS2 Christmas Movie Night - Thursday 30th November 

All we ask is that your child bring a donation for our Christmas Hamper!

This could be a Christmas decoration, Candles, Wine, Chocolate, Christmas Pudding, Mince Pies, Bath Soak, Fragrances, Bath Soak!

What would you like to win in the Christmas Hamper this year? 

Children will stay after school until 5:15pm to watch a Christmas Film and each child will be provided with a drink and some popcorn.

To book, go to your School Life App > Clubs/Booking > November 2023 > Christmas Movie Night and select book. 

If you enjoyed our Summer Fayre then you will not want to miss out on our Christmas Fete taking place after school on Friday 8th December.

There will be a £2.00 entry fee, which will be used to fund the schools hopes in purchasing iPads for every class! 

We have Indoor and Outside stalls, Hot drinks, Mince pies, Hamper's to win, Build-A-Burger, Beer Tent, Hot Waffles and Face Painting and much much more!

Let's not forget...SANTA is coming to visit.

Come along to our very festive Christmas Grotto to meet Santa and his Elves and receive a gift for £5 per child. 

Crestwood Park is having a science day, throughout the day there will be lots of fun and exciting science activities for your children to get involved with.

Please send your child with an old white shirt which they can write scientific vocabulary on.

Thank you for your continued support! It will hopefully be an enjoyable day for all!

Blakemore Food Service have provided the school with food items for many years and have very kindly donated and decorated a Christmas Tree to the school this year.

If you are passing by the school office come and have look!

A BIG THANK YOU to Blakemore's from everyone at Crestwood Park Primary School. 

From January 2023, due to the increased price of lots of the food we order, school meals will be increasing to the new price of £2.50.

From January, we will be running the kitchen directly as a school and so will have more choice as to what we can offer our children. We will look to make improvements to the menu where we can, including striving to use locally sourced fresh products. Thank you to those parents who completed surveys at the last Parent's Evening citing favourite meals and suggestions for the future.

New menus for January will be out soon! 

It is really important that they receive a consent form back for every child, even if you do NOT wish for your child to receive the immunisation, there is an option to decline. Failure to complete a consent form, may result in our call centre making contact with you to obtain it verbally. Please complete the below link to state whether you wish to consent or decline.  

Vaccination UK Immunisation (schoolvaccination.uk) 

Please refer to the Newsletter dated 25/09/2023 for more information. 

• brightly coloured wool
• thick cardboard
• lolly pop sticks
• assorted buttons
• pine cones
• toilet roll tubes
• mini pom poms
• glitter

Thank you to everyone who has sent things in so far - we have been amazed by the response and your generosity.

Please keep your donations coming!

Take a look at the website below for some great ideas to do with reading.

Times Table Rockstars - Competition Update

At Crestwood Park we do not ask for parental contributions towards our school fund. Many schools do. However, if you would like to help us out and contribute towards some much needed resources for school, we have now created an Amazon wish list which details some of the resources we require and need! Our budgets are tight too, so if you would like to purchase any of the items from the list on our behalf and hand them into school, we would really appreciate it. This is not obligatory, just a polite request.

As always I wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Enjoy whatever plans you have and please spend a little time reading with your child because after all....

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is the responsibility of everyone in our school and at all times we consider what is in our children's best interests. We work to ensure our children are safe and cared for and by doing this we are protecting their health and development and preventing them from harm.  If we are worried, we will raise concerns, share information and take prompt action with the aim of ensuring families receive the right help at the right time.