Latest News
Latest News
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Culture Day
Fri 03 Feb 2023Pupils and staff celebrated a special cultural day today where everyone was encouraged to take part in a range of activities that enabled them to embrace different cultures and learn about others. The day was also marked as a non-uniform day with the children encouraged to wear traditional clothes to represent their family heritage.
A huge thank you too to all the parents/carers, relations who gave up their time to come and read stories in their mother tongue. We really appreciate your time, the children loved having you in school!
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TEACHER STRIKE DAY - WEDNESDAY 1ST FEBRUARY 2023
Fri 27 Jan 2023Dear parents/carers,
As you are aware the NEU(one of the teachers’ unions) have declared strike action, which will take place on Wednesday 1st February 2023. The strike is happening because of a national dispute between the unions and the government over teachers’ pay, and not because of any issues at our school.
I am writing to inform you that Chingford Cof E Primary will be closed to all pupils on Wednesday 1st February.
We have not taken this decision lightly. We remain committed to providing a safe and secure environment for our pupils, and feel that we would be unable to provide this with the staff we have available.
I’m sorry that you will have to make alternative arrangements for your child on that day. I understand that this situation may be frustrating, and ask that all members of our school community continue to treat each other with respect.
We are working closely with our staff union representatives to keep up to date with the situation, and I will inform you as soon as possible about the following strike dates of 2nd March, 15th and 16th March 2023.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
Lindsey Lampard
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Collective Worship Club New Song Launch
Thu 26 Jan 2023The school's collective worship club run by Lizzy Shaw from the Red Balloon Foundation have produced a sing-a-long video which will be used in future acts of collective worship. The song, performed by Rend Collective, is called 'Fun' and is proving very popular with pupils. Members of the collective worship club presented the song to the Juniors at an assembly they were leading about the parable of the Good Samaritan.
Layna from Year 2 said, "I think the the song is awesome because I really like the actions that go along with the music." Greta, also from Year 2, was equally enthusiastic saying, "When I saw the video I wished I had been there to perform the song as it seems so much fun! It's a bit like the song we sing called 'My Lighthouse' but I think I prefer this one."
The Red Balloon Foundation is a charitable organisation that supports the school in a range of activities including collective worship and prayer, Year 7 transition and promoting positive mental health.
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Conductive Music Workshops
Fri 20 Jan 2023Year 5 & Year 6 pupils received lessons this week designed by following the STEAM (STEM subject through art) approach. The lessons are planned for learning complicated concepts through creative fun experiments.
This activities led by Franziska Lantz from Conductive Music, linked music and computing, mathematics and science (STEM).
Year 6 pupil, Austin, thoroughly enjoyed the sessions saying, “I loved the workshop because I like coding and working things out through debugging.”
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Year 3 Winter Games Festival
Thu 19 Jan 2023Just as temperatures were beginning to drop last week, selected Year 3 pupils were invited to participate in the Waltham Forest Schools Sport Network Winter Games Festival. The enthusiastic pupils took part in a number of Winter Olympic sports including kurling, bobsleighing, the biathlon and alpine skiing. Frankie, from Bowie class described the event as 'great fun.' Ethan, from Potter class added, "My favourite activity was the bobsleigh which involved a lot of team work.'
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Year 6 Crossover Meal
Wed 11 Jan 2023Each term a cohort of Year 6 pupils receive secondary school transition preparation sessions from the Red Balloon Foundation team. The course is known as 'The Crossover Club' with the children meeting up with their instructors every Wednesday lunch time. The club culminates in a Red Balloon funded celebration meal where the pupils are given a set budget to plan their celebration meal and the opportunity to shop along the high street to buy their foodstuffs etc.
Oliver, from Darwin class, really enjoyed 'Crossover Club, "The sessions really built up my confidence about transitioning to secondary school. I have been a bit nervous about going to secondary school but I now feel a lot more prepared.'
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Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2022
Fri 06 Jan 2023Our selling of poppies for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2022 raised £259.56. Well done everyone, especially the children who stood outside in the cold selling poppies.
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Christmas Church Service
Fri 16 Dec 2022Our annual Christmas church service at the Parish Church of Ss Peter & Paul was sadly cancelled due to the treacherous conditions on the footpaths outside the school sites. Despite this disappointment, the service went ahead at the Junior site where a streaming link was set up ensuring our pupils on the Infant site took part.
Father Justin welcomed everyone to the service, gave a talk and led us into the Lord's Prayer. He also finished the service with a Christmas blessing.
Some shepherds from Year 3 carried out the readings while the school choir sang 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'. Pupils from our Infant Prayer Club also pitched in with some prayers they had written.
The whole school joined in with the singing of three carols - 'Starry Night', 'Silent Night' and 'Mary's Child.’
Year 6 pupil, Toby, who set up the video link and who was also in charge of the sound system, said, "It was a shame we didn't manage to get to church but it was a successful event with a good message preached by the vicar."
Ivy, also from Year 6, added, "I enjoyed the service. I'm glad we didn't walk to church as I'm sure someone would have slipped in the icy conditions which would possibly ruin their Christmas."
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Reception Nativity
Thu 15 Dec 2022Our two Reception classes combined this week to perform their rendition of the Nativity to packed houses of parents, carers and their families who were not put off from attending despite the very seasonal weather we have been experiencing. The children thoroughly enjoyed performing in front of their enthralled audiences.
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Christmas Festivities
Wed 14 Dec 2022As Christmas beckons and with snow on the ground, our children have busied themselves with a number of Christmas themed activities this week including Christmas cake baking, sculpting angels, card and decoration making and learning about the true meaning of Christmas courtesy of the Red Balloon Foundation who supplied each class with a Christmas themed resource box and accompanying PowerPoint presentation.
On Wednesday, pupils wore their Christmas jumpers and partook of their Christmas lunches.
Former pupils, Ollie and Evan, even got in on the act. With the icy cold weather meaning their secondary school closed early they visited the school and helped out with some Year 6 Christmas cake making. Ollie said, "It was good to see some familiar faces and watching the children have fun." Fellow Year 7 student, Evan, added, "There was a nice Christmassy feeling about the old place."
