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Latest News
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Girls' Football Tournament!
Tue 29 Nov 2022Mr Blake had the pleasure of taking 16 year 5 and 6 girls to goals on Tuesday for what turned out to be the largest schools football tournament ever within Waltham Forest for either boys or girls!
He was very pleased to report that the behaviour of the children, both on and off the football pitch, was impeccable, and they showed tremendous respect and sporting behaviour to both the opposition and the referees involved in the running of the tournament.
Both teams experienced on field success by winning their opening group games 2-1 against very good opposition. All the girls battled hard and showed some real quality on the ball and worked hard off the ball to help each other and try to prevent the opposition from having any shots on goal.
The Chingford CofE Green team did manage to make the quarter finals where they were narrowly beaten 1-0 by what looked a very experienced team, and we did have our chances but unfortunately it was not to be on the day! Out of 37 teams they should be very proud of themselves for making it as far as they did.
Well done to all 16 children involved, you were a huge credit to the school and Mr Blake had nothing but superlatives to say when he got back from the trip!
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Youth Parliament
Fri 25 Nov 2022Today, Zhion and Oliver attended Waltham Forest Town Hall in their role as Rights Respecting Councillors to join the borough wide Youth Parliament. They even got to sit in the Mayor's chair! They returned to school with lots of community action ideas for us to get involved with!
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Boys’ 5 a-side football team just miss out
Wed 23 Nov 2022The boys’ Year 5/6 football team suffered the heartbreak of losing on penalties to St John the Baptist Primary in the quarter final of the Qualiteach Cup held at ‘Goals’ today.
Following wins against Mission Grove, Halley House, Mayflower and Stroud Green in the group stage which saw them top their group, hopes were high that the team would proceed to the semi finals due to be held later in the season at the Breyer Group Stadium, home of Leyton Orient where four teams will fight it out on the pitch before an 0’s home game.
A tight, enthralling game against St John’s ended 0-0 with the referee signalling the game would be decided by the dreaded penalty shoot-out.
Sadly, C of E were beaten 2-1 on penalties and the disconsolate boys had to come to terms with the fact that their dreams of playing at a football league stadium had come to an end.
Despite the disappointment, the boys played brilliantly throughout the tournament displaying great skill, camaraderie and sportsmanship. Well done boys, the school is proud of you!
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Men's Football World Cup 2022
Mon 21 Nov 2022Watching the first game of the Men's England Team against Iran in the hall this afternoon.
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Bancroft Prep Debating Challenge
Thu 17 Nov 2022Six intrepid Year 6 pupils - Bethany, Melody, Eden, Molly, Thomas and Toby - represented the school in the inaugural Bancroft Prep Debating Challenge today.
Split into two teams, the children debated 3 motions - ‘This house believes that cars should be taken off the roads’, ‘This house believes we should become a meat-free country’ and ‘This house believes 10 year-old children should be given the right to vote’.
The teams were asked to either support or oppose the motions regardless of their own beliefs. Melody, for instance, found herself defending meat eating despite being a staunch vegetarian! Each child was given 2 minutes to present their argument in a debate against another school with an adult judge deciding which team won the debate overall.
In between each debate the teams were given a short amount of time to formularise their arguments.
Both teams lost their first round debates but with growing confidence they were able to chalk up three wins between them in the remaining four contests.
The school is very proud of the pupils’ performance against very stiff opponents which not only included teams from Bancroft Prep but other local schools namely Avon House, Forest, Snaresbrook, Wells Primary and St Aubyn’s.
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Sportshall Athletics
Tue 15 Nov 2022Some of our Y6 pupils recently competed in the Sportshall Athletics event at the Peter May Centre. Millie from 6 Darwin class thoroughly enjoyed participating saying, "I really liked competing in the relay race which we won. Another event I enjoyed was the 'Speed Bounce' where you had to bounce over a pyramid-shaped object as many times as you could in 20 seconds."
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PA Christmas Fayre 2022
Tue 15 Nov 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
Apologies, the Sign Up Volunteer Link didn’t link in the first email, please now find it below:
VolunteerSignup - Online volunteer signup sheets - Xmas Fair 2022 signup sheet
Many thanks,
The PA.
Dear Parents and Carers,
We are really looking forward to the Christmas Fayre this year and hope that as many of you as possible are able to attend this fun and festive event to help make it a success. The Fayre will take place on
Saturday 10th December from 12 – 4pm
There will be a Santa’s Grotto, fairground rides, games, crafts, Christmas Carols, Elfridges shop, Christmas shopping, mince pies, BBQ, a bar, an Elfy room, raffles, tombolas, snow, and much more!
We need your help!!
Please follow the link below and sign up to volunteer if you can – there are plenty of 1 hour slots so you don’t need to volunteer for the whole event. If you can’t help on the day, perhaps you can volunteer some time before the event? There are lots of options to choose from!
VolunteerSignup - Online volunteer signup sheets - Xmas Fair 2022 signup sheet
We cannot run this event without the help of parents and carers so anything you can do is really appreciated.
Friday 25th November - will be a Non uniform day. We would be grateful if you could bring a bottle for the bottle tombola and/or a teddy for the teddy bear tombola. There will be drop off points outside each entrance of the infant school and outside the junior school. If you are able to help collect donations on the morning of Friday 25th November, please e-mail emma.timothy2016@gmail.com
Elfridges – Our Elf run gift shop will be running again this year so that your children can buy a present for their family to put under the tree. Entry is strictly Children Only! Any donations of unwanted gifts or anything you have to donate will be gratefully received. This could be smellies, games, chocolates – as long as it is unused we will take it! Please bring any donations to reception at the infant or junior site and label them Elfridges if possible. Thank you.
Raffle Prizes – It’s not too late to donate a raffle prize, if you know of any businesses that are able to provide a prize for our main raffle please e-mail ccofepa@gmail.com.
Hamper Raffle Stall – This is a really popular stall and as per previous years we are asking for your support in providing donations so that we can make up the hampers to raffle on the day. We are asking each school year to donate towards a specific hamper so the children can come and see their finished year group hamper. Please see below the list for each year’s theme and some ideas for donations:
Reception – Men’s Hamper
Ideas: Wine, Beer, snacks, socks, smellies, gloves, coffee, chocolate
Year 1 – Ladies’ Hamper
Ideas: Wine, smellies, candles, chocolates, socks, coffee, teas, nail varnish
Year 2 – Children’s Hamper (infant school age 4-7)
Ideas: arts & crafts, books, small toys, chocolate coins, stocking fillers, colouring books and pencils
Year 3 – Children’s Hamper (junior school age 8 – 11)
Ideas: books, arts & crafts, chocolates, small games, puzzles, small toys, stocking fillers
Year 4 – Chocolate Hamper
Ideas: Boxes of chocolate, chocolate coins, hot chocolate, liquors, chocolate cake, truffles
Year 5 – Christmas Day Hamper
Ideas: Prosecco, wine, Christmas pudding, cake, crackers, mince pies, candles, boxes of chocolate, non-perishable relishes and packets of food)
Year 6 – Traditional Christmas Hamper
Ideas: Mulled wine, biscuits, cake, pickles, dates, preserves, panettone, mince pies
Donations are being accepted from today until Friday 2nd December. Please attach a note to your donation to say which year group hamper it is for. The hampers will then be made up and displayed at the Christmas Fayre ready to be raffled.
Thank you so much for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you on the day!
The Parents Association.
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Remembrance Day
Fri 11 Nov 2022On Friday 11th November the school remembered those who have given their lives serving our country in the armed forces.
The day started with an online assembly to all classes in Key stages 1 & 2 led by Ms Lampard which focussed on the importance of remembrance.
This was followed by a two-minute silence across both sites and then by a visit from a Royal Marine to Year 6 who spoke about his experiences and the history behind 'Poppy Day' as it is sometimes called. One lucky Year 6 student even got to dress up in a military uniform.
In the afternoon the same group of Year 6 students took part in a service held at Chingford Mount Cemetery where we laid a poppy wreath on the Cross of Sacrifice. The children also got to visit some of the graves of service men who lost their lives in The Great War.
Throughout the day children across the school were engaged in numerous Remembrance related activities including making poppies and poppy wreaths and learning about the futility and tragedy of war.
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PA Firework Display
Sun 06 Nov 2022This evening’s PA firework display attracted a large turn out despite the miserable weather we’ve been experiencing. Thankfully the rain held off for the display. Thank you to all those who lent a hand. 💥
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School Mascot's Mystery family member visits C of E
Thu 03 Nov 2022Mystery surrounds the sighting of a tiny hedgehog on the school grounds today. Rumours are flying around the playground that it could be one of the school mascot's own children! Other pupils suggest it could be a young relative who has come to stay with him.
Year 6 pupil, Toby, who first spotted the beautiful creature, thinks it could well be a younger brother or sister. "There's a definite likeness to Harry. And Harry's not that old so it's quite possible."
Paul, also from Year 6, has different ideas, "I think the baby hedgehog has come to visit Harry for Christmas. I'm sure I saw a small suitcase by the climbing wall the other day."
Harry himself is no stranger to travelling - before the pandemic he would regularly travel the world taking in such far-flung places as, Peru, Malaysia, Moscow, Vietnam and Lapland!
What do you think about the mystery visitor?
