Past, Present And Future Headteachers Help Crescent Celebrate Founder's Day

Friday 16 January is Founder’s Day at Crescent School, with the school celebrating its 78th anniversary this year. To mark the anniversary, pupils came together for a special Founder’s Day assembly where the children enjoyed a fascinating Q&A with Crescent School’s past, present and future headteachers.

In a light-hearted and amusing role-play, Evelyn, Felicity, Vihaan, Jahnavi and Thato confidently took on the roles of Mrs Mortimer, Mrs Barrett, Mr Wren, Mrs Vickers and Mr Marshall respectively while current headmaster, Mr Thackway, and Mr Aston, who will take over as headteacher in September, were themselves. Interviewed in turn by the very excellent Q&A organiser and host, Mrs Dewes, the headteachers from across the decades shared their key achievements and proudest moments, and the watching pupils were interested and surprised to discover the similarities and differences between life at the school then and now.

Mr Thackway was given a particularly warm welcome when he stepped up on stage. He shared just how proud he is of the lasting impact of the Crescent School Promise, which was reviewed and relaunched after he joined Crescent, eight years ago.

Mr Aston was the last to be interviewed and warmly greeted all the children. Crescent’s pupils had all been given the chance to submit questions for Mr Aston and, in turn, a representative from each class stepped forward to ask one. The school community was impressed to find out that Mr Aston is a triathlete, that he speaks some Russian, that he has taught most primary year groups, has four children and can even tell funny jokes!

The children all enjoyed meeting Mr Aston and learning a little more about him alongside the history of their school. It was an engaging and enjoyable way to celebrate the history of Crescent School.