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Latest News
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Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
Fri 27 May 2022The school held a red, white and blue themed-day today as part of our celebrations marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
A picnic lunch was provided for the children consisting of among other delights, a coronation chicken wrap!
During the week pupils honed their design and technology skills to make royally themed objects such crowns, carriages and thrones. One year group went as far as to make crown-shaped pizza!
Towards the end of the day some Year 5 pupils presented a special assembly they had put together to Reception and Key Stage 1 pupils celebrating the Queen's Jubilee. Aside from leading prayers and worship, the children made reference to another special queen called Esther whose story can be found in the Bible.
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Gilwell Park - Year 6 Residential Trip
Fri 27 May 2022Year 6 pupils returned to school this week following their residential trip to Gilwell Park. Although the weather was not kind, the children had a great time. Here are some of their comments:
"I really enjoyed the experience and would like to do it again." ( Koray 6P )
"It was a safe environment and the Gilwell staff were very friendly." ( Erika 6P )
"It was worthwhile experience. I particularly enjoyed the raft building and 3G swing." ( Evan 6P )
"I enjoyed Gilwell because I conquered my fear of heights." ( Rhazel 6P )
"Gilwell helped me develop the school's Christian values such as tenacity, service and tolerance. I was also struck by the diversity of the staff there. I met people from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico and South Korea." ( Herbie 6P )
" It was good to have the opportunity to engage with my adventurous spirit." ( Lara 6P )
"I would recommend the trip to other pupils as it is full of adventurous fun." ( Micah 6D )
" It was brilliant to escape from everyday life and to do things you don't normally do." ( Lola 6D )
"The activities were enjoyable. I particularly liked the zip wire." ( Kaden 6D )
"The 3G swing was an exhilarating experience." ( Romeo 6D )
"The accommodation was modern and clean. It was the most memorable school trip I've been on." ( Rose 6D )
"I made new friends from 6P whom I don't normally talk to." ( Oliver 6D )
The Y6 pupils who didn’t go to Gilwell had 3 days of Forest School activities with Miss Habershon and Mrs Eve, our trained Forest School leaders, taking part in activities including tree climbing and shelter building in Epping Forest.
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Cricket coach impresses children
Thu 19 May 2022Pupils on the Junior site have received cricket training taster sessions this week from Hasan Malik who coaches at Chingford Cricket Club in Kimberley Way.
Tommy from Year 6 enjoyed his coaching session saying, 'Although I'm really a rugby person, I found the sessions fun and challenging.' Toby from Year 5 was equally enthusiastic commenting, 'Hasan is a really good coach who gives clear instructions.' Isla, also from Year 5, added, 'I like the way Hasan encouraged us to work as a team.'
The club are currently on the lookout for boys and girls for their U9 and U11 teams - contact Chingfordcricketclub@gmail.com or visit chingford.cricketclubwebsite.co.uk for further details.
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Tri-Golfers to represent Waltham Forest
Thu 19 May 2022Our Year 3 tri-golfers had a great round at a recent tournament held at the Peter May Centre making their way to the nineteenth hole with smiles on their faces and medals around their necks. The children took part in a tournament involving 7 other local schools and won the competition outright. The squad now go on to represent Waltham Forest against other London Boroughs at the Redbridge Sports Centre on 16th June.
Jubilant Thomas from 3 Potter described the tournament as 'well organised fun'. Classmate, Daniel, added, 'I am happy and proud about winning the competition.'
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Chingford Village Festival Art Display
Wed 11 May 2022There will be an art display by our pupils at the Parish Church during the week leading up to the Chingford Village Festival which takes place on Saturday 11th June. The children's work will have a Royal Jubilee theme as can be seen by two pieces submitted by Isabelle from Year 2 and Esme from Year 5. Please pop along to the church to see what the children have produced and take in some of the other events taking place during the day.
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Infant Sensory Room finds new home
Wed 11 May 2022Thanks to the efforts of our hardworking School Site Officer, Mr Bygrave, the sensory room on the Infant site has now moved home to a more prominent location in the school that backs on to our Billy Goats Gruff atrium, an open space in the centre of the school.
The school has sensory rooms on both of its sites specifically designed to provide an enjoyable or calming multisensory experience for children. They’re often used for children with autism or sensory processing disorder but they are beneficial to all children
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Art Makes Children Powerful
Thu 05 May 2022We are so lucky to have Sue, our Art Therapist, in school 3 days a week.
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Professor teaches Year 5 pupils magic tricks!
Thu 05 May 2022Paul Curzon, a Professor of Computer Science in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary University of London, visited Year 5 students this week armed with a number of magic tricks up his sleeve!
"The fun part of our computer science sessions," said Paul, " is that we are able to teach magic tricks and link them to computing. The exercises we explore are really about problem solving and how
maths, science and engineering underpin everything."
Paul went on to add, "The kids in both classes were really, really enthusiastic throughout and
a joy to teach. They all worked hard to try and work out how the tricks worked, coming up with creative ideas and running little experiments to narrow down what could be happening, before we went through the secrets. I hope they now enjoy putting on their own mini-magic shows but remember to keep the secrets they were taught!"
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Year 5 Pupils attend LSO concert at the Barbican
Wed 04 May 2022Pupils from Year 5 were entertained by the London Symphony Orchestra today at the Barbican. A concert was staged to educate children and expose them to the work of fabulous forgotten or neglected female composers from across the centuries.
5 Bronte students, Jah Kai, Hayden and Ivy, were very enthusiastic about seeing the LSO. Jah Kai declared, "I don't usually like classical music but I enjoyed this show." Ivy commented, "I was surprised at how many different instruments were being used by the orchestra. My favourite instrument was the flute." Hayden enjoyed the harp saying, "It makes such a beautiful sound I could listen to it for hours."
Molly from 5 Hawking enjoyed the audience participation and said she would really like to go again. Classmate Jessica added, "I really enjoyed listening to the orchestra play the Dr Who theme tune."
