New swimming pool to open in Olympic year
Crosfields is delighted to confirm that planning approval for their new swimming pool project was granted by Wokingham Borough Council in January. The state of the art pool is the next large scale development project for the School.
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In the lead-up to Safer Internet Day next week, the official police agency that deals with children’s online safety is aiming to get parents thinking about how well they know the technologies their children treat as part of their everyday lives.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) has launched ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’, a short 50′s style trailer that aims to get parents and carers thinking about their children’s online lives. Crosfields School will be marking Safer Internet Day as part of a week of activity surrounding Internet Safety: pupils across the school will be exploring issues relating to their online lives throughout the week, while national events will take place on Safer Internet Day itself on 7th February.
Towards the end of the week, Crosfields Parents’ Association have arranged for James Schlackman, the school’s IT Network Manager, to give a talk to parents on the wide range of technologies children use on the Internet, how this can affect their safety and well-being, and what parents can do to help.
The talk will be held on Thursday 9th February in Acorns Hall, starting at 7.30pm. Parents planning to attend are asked to reply to the school office using the below slip as soon as possible, or contact cpa@crosfields.com with any enquiries.
Safer Internet Flyer & Reply Slip
Year 6 pupils turned their hands to cake making to raise funds for the English Federation of Disability Sport, which is the national body responsible for developing sport for disabled people in England.
The year group and their families baked a wide variety of delicious cakes for the sale, which went flying off the cake sale tables at break time. The Junior School and Senior School enjoyed visiting the sale and a grand total of £164 was raised. The money will help the charity to increase participation in sports for both disabled adults and children. Well done to Year 6 on this initiative.
Congratulations to the winners of the pre-prep Design an Olympic House Mascot competition.
- Hassan (Year 1) with Sheila Mitchell (Willow)
- Neha (Year 2) with Louise Jenkins (Maple)
- Jacob (Year 1) with Helen Edwards (Beech)
- Tabitha (Reception) with Jan Marr (Ash)
Each child entered a design and the four winning entries were made into beautiful, handcrafted mascots by 4 talented sewers; Sheila Mitchell , Louise Jenkins, Helen Edwards and Jan Marr.
The ladies spent hours making the mascots, ensuring that every last detail of the childrens’ designs were reflected in the toys.
The mascots have already been seen at the side lines of matches this term, cheering on their houses.
Olympic fever has started to spread around the School. Juniors showcase the Olympic pennants that they have made in DT lessons, which will be given to participants in the Olympics and Para Olympics. The plea for the pennants comes from an organisation called Quilts4London www.quilts4london.org.uk
The group needed 14,000 pennants and ours are all going to be a part of this total. The children are very excited by the prospect of their pennants being used and being included in an Olympic display.
 
Father Christmas delighted Nursery, Reception and Year 1 when he visited them for their end of term Christmas Party. Every child had the chance to meet Father Christmas and was given an early Christmas present. Christmas party food and games meant that Christmas cheer really has come to the Pre-Prep Department!
Year 2 were excited to be going to the Pantomime in Camberley to see the magical tale of Cinderella, staring Louisa Lytton.
While pizzas might not be the first thing we associate with healthy eating, Year 3 pupils discovered that actually they are better for you than you might think.
The children visited Pizza Express in Reading as part of their science topic on healthy eating. At the restaurant the group were given a lesson in how to make the dough and to choose healthy options for their toppings.
There was much excitement as the children watched the chef twirling the dough in the air before rolling up their sleeves and kneading and pushing their own bases. The children tried a variety of different toppings including unfamiliar vegetables such as artichokes and capers. After they were cooked, each pizza was presented in a Pizza Express box for the little chefs to take home.
The Year 2 children delighted guests at their recent production of the classic tale of Dick Whittington. The story of Dick Whittington, who leaves his home in Gloucester to make his fortune in London, because his father has told him the streets there are paved with gold, was performed with great enthusiasm by the pupils.
With wonderful acting and heartwarming songs from various groups, such as the cats and the sailers the audience had a very enjoyable afternoon. The scenery and costumes, which were produced by the staff, were sensational. Congratulations to the children, Miss Holleyoake and the teachers on this wonderful production.
On Friday 5th December the Chamber Choir and the Reading Festival Chorus took part in a Christmas Concert at Wesley Methodist Church in Reading.
The choirs combined to sing Benjamin Britten’s atmospheric Ceremony of Carols accompanied by a harp and Alan Bullard’s jovial A Feast for Christmas.
It was an outstanding concert with both choirs performing to an exceptionally high standard. They created music of great beauty, expression and power and our choir was an absolute credit to the school.
The Junior School Christmas Concert showcased the very best of the children’s musical and singing talent. Guests enjoyed a selection of musical items performed by classes in Years 4 and 4 as well as music groups from the Junior School. Two recorder groups. two choirs, an orchestra and a guitar orchestra played alongside 6 classes who performed a choral piece and an instrumental piece. Many congratulations to Lindsey Holleyoake who taught all the music and incorporated the instruments learnt by the children in an innovative and exciting way. The concert ended with the telling of the Nativity Story leading into all the children holding a Christingle and singing to the audience of their dream of peace as the lights went out and just the Christingles shone.
  
A Year 5 and 6 team entered the Abbey Netball Tournament for the first time and put the name of Crosfields firmly on the local map as far as netball is concerned. 3 wins and a loss was enough to take them through to the semi-finals. A closely fought game resulted in a win for St Andrew’s who were then beaten by St Piran’s A in the final.
The girls were unfortunate to encounter the eventual winners in their first match. However, the team learned from the meeting and improved with each game. The third game against Hawley Place was very exciting with Annabelle Sykes scoring the winning goal just 1 second before the bell sounded for full time. 10 goals in 12 minutes was an excellent return in the final game of the pool.
All in all it was a thoroughly enjoyable and very rewarding afternoon for the girls who all worked incredibly hard.
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'Are you keeping up with the Joneses?' Don't get left behind on the Internet.
Crosfields supports English Federation of Disability Sport 
Children's mascot designs brought to life