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• Whole School Letter

  Thu 19 May 2016

  5th September 2016

   

  Dear Parents,
  I am delighted to welcome all of our pupils and their families back to Cropthorne with Charlton First for the start of a new academic year. I would also like to wish a very warm welcome to our new reception cohort and their families also who start their Cropthorne journey with us today.

   

  This year sees exciting new developments at Cropthorne, with works on going to enhance our Forest School area and the introduction of Cropthorne Plus, our breakfast club which Mrs Freeman will be running from 8am each morning. Please remember for all children not enrolled in breakfast club, school will be open from 8.40am each morning ready for an 8.50am start to our day.

   

  To celebrate the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth this term children throughout the school will be accessing learning themed around his works in a range of exciting ways, our weekly class letters will as always keep you updated in more detail.

   

  As many of you are aware at Cropthorne we ask for a termly £25 voluntary contribution to help us in supporting the delivery of an enhanced curriculum, which we hope alleviates the issue of frequently requesting contributions for individual visits, workshops and other such events which are so memorable, engaging and enjoyable for our pupils but which we cannot offer without your excellent support.

  
  I have been informed that roadwork’s on Main Street are progressing ahead of schedule but clearly are an obstacle for access if approaching school from the direction of Fladbury and Charlton. School remains accessible from the direction of the B4085. We will endeavour to pass on any information received regarding the work taking place.

   

  I have been so pleased with how all of the children have settled into school life over the course of today and look forward to seeing their many successes over the course of the term. I am also looking forward to our Achievements Assembly on Friday and hearing all about the wonderful achievements from home which have been taking place over the summer! Parents as always are most welcome to join us each Friday morning to celebrate with us.

  
  Yours Sincerely,

  Rob Bothma
  Headteacher

  

• Five Alive April 2016

  Tue 17 May 2016

  I wish to begin my first contribution to Five Alive by saying a huge and immensely well deserved ‘Well done’ to all the pupils and staff at Cropthorne for producing such a successful and enjoyable performance of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at the end of the last term. I was lucky enough to attend one of the showings and was hugely impressed with performance. I left Number 8 feeling even more excited to begin working with such a talented group of children & staff. I am also fully aware of just how much hard work, commitment and creativity goes on behind the scenes of such a brilliant production from all the children, staff and helpers to achieve such an amazing feat! I am sure I am not alone in wishing an enormous thank you to all at Cropthorne for putting on such a great show.

   

  Personally, I am absolutely delighted to be here at Cropthorne with Charlton C of E First School and feel privileged to become part of the school community. I have received a wonderfully warm welcome from everyone and it is with great excitement that I look ahead to a fantastic Summer Term which includes a whole range of activities from Athletics, to Bellboating, to the Relay for Life as well as a residential visit for our Year 4&5 children and also experiencing a whole variety of firsts for myself, such as the Cropthorne Walkabout. Our school will be open as in previous years for this Walkabout, with our PTFA providing tea & coffee on Sunday from 12.00 and on Monday from 11.30 until 4.30 with a variety of stalls;  BBQ serving bacon and sausage baps, Adult and Child Tombola, Name the Panda, Face Painting and Craft stalls including “Made by Einir”, Carice Prints, Toe to Top silver jewellery, Phoenix Cards, Usborne Books and Sam Morris Cow Art. There will also be a swing band playing in the afternoon. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for great weather!

   

  It is with great enthusiasm that I look forward meeting and working with our school community to continue the Cropthorne journey together and providing the very best experiences for the children at our wonderful school. 

   

  Rob Bothma
  Headteacher

  

• Multi-Academy Trust Press Release

  Mon 16 May 2016

  We are continuing to work towards forming a Multi-Academy Trust with 6 other schools in the area. The intention is for the MAT to contain 7 schools:

   

  Ashton under Hill First School

  Church Lench CE First School

  Cropthorne with Charlton CE First School

  Eckington CE First School

  St Andrew’s CE First School

  St Egwin’s Middle School

  Prince Henry’s High School

   

  Schools in the Evesham area, Worcestershire and nationally are all having to exist in an ever-changing educational system and are continuing to face increasing educational and financial challenges, coupled with the decline of Local Authorities. The schools within the Prince Henry’s pyramid are in the fortunate situation of all being rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted and despite the difficulties faced, continue to provide top quality education to the children in our care. The desire to preserve the pyramid in its current form and retain the relationships between the schools has driven the creation of the MAT from the beginning. The additional freedom and flexibility granted by Academy status whilst preserving strong local governance and the individual ethos and values of Cropthorne with Charlton School are also key factors.

   

  With these reasons in mind, the Governors of Cropthorne with Charlton School held a consultation with staff and parents which informed their decision to apply to convert to Academy and join the MAT. The work to enable conversion will complete this year with the establishment of The Prince Henry’s Multi-Academy Trust of which Cropthorne with Charlton School will be part.

   

  In terms of the process of applying for schools and the route children take through various schools to the end of their school education very little will change but working even more closely together will enable the educational experience of children in the MAT schools to be enhanced.

   

  We believe Academy conversion is in the best interest of the long term future of our school, offering the best opportunity to our pupils to progress and achieve.