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• Waltham Forest Yr 5 & Yr 6 Girls’ 7-a-side Football Tournament

  Fri 04 Oct 2024

  C of E fielded two teams in today’s tournament at Goals, South Chingford.

  The ‘B’ team put in some sterling performances displaying a great deal of resilience and tenacity in the league stage of the tournament but just missed out on qualifying for the later stages of the competition.

  The ‘A’ team managed to win all their league games and advanced with ease through the quarter finals and semi final stages of the competition to earn a spot in the final.
  The final was a 3 way affair involving ‘round robin’ matches between C of E,  Ainslie Wood and St Mary’s RC.

  The ‘A’ team, made up of predominantly Year 5 players, ran out of steam in the final losing both of their games. However, to finish third in a competition that involved 36 teams is no mean achievement and the players were proud to take home with them some very well-earned bronze medals.

  

• DIY Volunteers needed!

  Fri 20 Sep 2024

  Can you spare even an hour on Saturday 5^th October to help us make the infant site as lovely as possible?

  Many hands make light work!

  We have been alternating improving both sites and it is the turn of the infant site!

  If you can help, please let either school office know, or email Jon Reidy , who is kindly co-ordinating the day for us: jonreidy@gmail.com

  We are focussing on washing, planting, and gardening in general, so please come armed with clippers, jet washers, forks, spades, loppers, ladders, secateurs, hedge-clippers to help! If you are unable to help on the day we would really appreciate donations of bedding plants or cash donations to buy plants as a previous DIY day created a lovely flower bed in the Y1/2 playground and we would love to plant it fully! We are especially looking for:

  • Curry plant (Helichrysum italicum)
  • Anethum graveolens (dill)
  • Camomile
  • Lamb's ears (Stachys byzantina) ...
  • Buddleia.
  • Lavender
  • Mock orange (Philadelphus)
  • Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

  We will be there from 9am to 3pm. Come when you can! We are providing a sandwich lunch for those who can stay across the day! Children are welcome although they have to be supervised!

  Hope to see lots of you on the day!

  Many thanks,

  Lindsey Lampard

  Headteacher

• What a whopper!

  Thu 19 Sep 2024

  Have you ever seen such a large pumpkin? When the current Y4 children were in Y3 they grew this enormous pumpkin at the allotment with the help of Ann and the allotment team! Tracey, our school cook is going to experiment with different pumpkin recipes! Please give her some suggestions of what she can cook as it is so large it will serve lots of ideas!

  

• Alana climbed the O2!

  Mon 16 Sep 2024

  Alayna, from Y2 climbed the O2 last night as part of a fundraiser to raise money for a charity called Forgotten Women:https://forgottenwomen.org/about/

  Forgotten Women is a charity run by women for women, a UK based organisation dedicated to helping women in crisis and emergencies, lifting them out of poverty and championing equality and rights for marginalised girls and women. The charity was set up after witnessing first-hand the ‘sex for aid’ violations and manipulation of women in vulnerable situations. 

  Forgotten Women have been delivering safe aid to women by women for 7 years now. The three areas of work they focus on are:

   

  1. Safe Aid: Delivering emergency aid to women by women
  2. Transforming Lives: Changing the lives of women in poverty with business start-ups
  3. Advocacy: Being the voice for women

   

  Alana was the youngest in a group of 22 participants, she showed a lot of bravery and confidence, despite being a little fearful of the height. In a short space of 2 weeks she raised £255.

  We are very proud!

  

• School Games Games days

  Fri 13 Sep 2024

  On Wednesday and Thursday this week we held our School Games Day. It was the juniors turn on Wednesday, and yesterday the infant site are thoroughly enjoying a range of activities!

  School Games day is an intra-school competition that takes place between pupils who attend the same school.  It is a great opportunity to try new sports, such as archery, or work as a team to win a tug of war, or build a shelter co-operatively, quicker than another group, and to generally celebrate our school's sporting success!

  We had a brilliant time! Thank you to Miss Watson and Miss Efreme for organising it!

  

• Gold RRSA Award

  Mon 22 Jul 2024 HN

  We are officially a Gold Rights Respecting School!  Thanks to all pupils, staff and the wider community who helped us achieve this.  Our Gold Rights Respecting Schools banner will be coming soon!

  

• T-Factor Finals!

  Fri 19 Jul 2024

  It started with 41 hopeful acts about a month ago. There have been rounds, judges' classrooms and today was the final of the Talent Show known as the 'T-factor' or more formally 'Chingford's Got Talent.' The standard was superb! Everyone who got to the finals should feel very proud of themselves!

  In the finals  were Indiana-Rose and Cassidy-Mea from Y3, Rose G and Frankie from Y4, Anthony, Nancy, Dexxi, Amelia and Molly from Y5. Sadly, Indiana couldn’t perform as she was unwell today (we wish you better!) India, Amelia W, Maya, Emma, Gracie, Ethan, Betsy, Issy, Milly, Lois, Lara and Riah from Y6. The Leavers from Y6 won with a rap they had written themselves! In second place were the Ex Wives from Y6 with Rose and Anthony coming joint third place.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the performances.

  A special mention must go to our top technician, Thomas P, who Miss Greenberg described as, “her right hand man” during all the stages and rehearsals and including the finals today. Calm and collected, behind the scenes Thomas can be relied on to get the right music on at the right time!

  

• The Finals of the Mini Euros!

  Fri 19 Jul 2024

  It was a very exciting final between France and Denmark this morning. At the end of the match is was one goal each! It went to penalties and with Hasan scoring the winning penalty, France took the cup!

  In addition to the winners medals there were medals for Gracie and Lois as recognition for all their hard work this year organising various football competitions, playing very well and being excellent referees!

  A huge thank you to Mr Blake for giving up so much of his free time to arrange the tournament.

  

• We are a GOLD standard Rights Respecting School!

  Thu 18 Jul 2024

  I am pleased to confirm that the Accreditation and Standards Committee agree that sufficient evidence was provided in the report to award Chingford CofE Primary UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School Award at Gold: Rights Respecting.

   

  Please see the newsletter section for the full report!

• Year 3 pupil crowned chess king

  Thu 11 Jul 2024

  Finlay from Year 3 won the school’s inaugural chess championship beating Year 5 pupil Makayla  in a thrilling final which climaxed an exciting tournament involving pupils from all the Key Stage 2 year groups. 
  Finlay proved a formidable opponent and a worthy winner and looks set to dominate chess at the school for years to come bearing in mind his young age.

  Congratulations are also due to Makayla, one of a small number of girls who took part in the tournament, who displayed tremendous flair and skill in getting through to the final.