Cransleyfest 2024
Our fabulous annual festival, Cransleyfest 2024, opens the new academic year on the 31st August in the most exciting and enjoyable way possible.
You are invited to bring families and friends for an evening of fun with fireworks, funfair, food and the funkiest bands we can find - including the brilliant Gillan Edgar Band.
I am delighted to announce that the event will be generously sponsored and supported this year by one of our fabulous families - Storeys of Cheshire Estate Agents, marketing unique homes throughout Cheshire and beyond.
Tickets will be priced at £30 per person, inclusive of all activities and funfair rides, and will be issued for sale on ParentPay next week.
Cransley School Racing
Cransley will soon be driving its engineering and motorsport extra-curricular opportunities onto its next stage with a brand new opportunity for girls and boys in next year's Y8-10.
The provisional project, named Cransley School Racing, in partnership with BTCC Toyota Gazoo Speedworks Motorsport team, will be to create and operate a kart racing team, building and running two machines in local competitions and further develop our pupils’ love of motorsport and will work alongside our recent success in the national F1 in Schools competition.
Pupils would develop their new technology, teamwork and organisational skills, and develop a role which suited them within a CSR team - from Team Principal to mechanic, marketing officer to logistics expert and operations manager. They might even excel in our CSR driver development programme.
Please see the webpage for more information and complete this FORM to express your initial interest.
We will also be seeking sponsorship and if any families are keen to support the project, please email me.
Sports Uniform
It seems our pupils are wearing their PE kit more than their regular uniforms these days, such is the wealth of sporting activities available each day. Therefore I think our pupils deserve a minor improvement to the PE apparel on offer. We have a new unisex 3/4 midlayer on offer at Monkhouse with new matching (and far more flattering) track pants due shortly. I believe stock will soon arrive at the Monkhouse store in Altrincham, across the size range and pre-embroidered.
We are also preparing the design and purchase of new sublimated football and netball kits for stock in School for fixtures next year, incorporating the Cransley tartan. If you are interested in sponsoring our shirts please give me or Mrs Holt a call or email.
These are unlikely to be for general purchase unless there is huge demand, in which case we would be happy to arrange as such.
SPORTS Court
Our students and sports staff are thrilled about the refurbishment of our sport court at a cost of just under £50,000, funded by the Cransley Foundation. The fresh surface is non-slip, colourful, and versatile, addressing a long-standing need. Portable LED floodlights, also purchased with Foundation contributions, will provide a valuable asset for the darker autumn evenings. Your support at Foundation events made this possible, and we thank you all.
The Library and Study Area Project
The Cransley Foundation is also funding the transformation of our old Food and Nutrition kitchen into a study area and library for students and staff. A £10,000 donation alongside school funds will allow Phase 1 to be finished by September. Phase 2 will equip the library with books and workstations using funds from upcoming Foundation events. All the more reason to buy tickets for Afternoon Tea and Midsummer Ball!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Richard Pollock
Headteacher
Dates for the Diary
20 June - Sports Day and Picnic (9.30am Juniors, 1pm Seniors)
21 June - Reserve Sports Day
26 June - Cransley Foundation Afternoon Tea
29 June - Cransley Midsummer Ball
3 July - Prize Giving Ceremonies (2pm Juniors, 6.30pm Seniors) Refreshments on the Back lawn afterwards
4 July - End of Academic Year, 12pm
31 August - CransleyFest 2024
3 September - School opens for the Autumn term