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• Waltham Forest Commonwealth Games Day

  Fri 24 Jun 2022

  Inspired by the upcoming Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the ‘Friendly Games’, Year 2 and 3 children from schools across the borough were invited to attend the Waltham Forest Commonwealth Games Day on Thursday. 30 of our Year 3 pupils attended this celebratory festival of sport, held at the Peter May Centre, and were able to participate in a range of sporting activities. This event was made even more special by the fact that Year 5 and 6 pupils, from a number of schools, led every one of the activities! 24 of our Year 5 pupils led sessions in archery, rugby, seated volleyball and lacrosse demonstrating fantastic teaching and leadership skills, inspiring younger pupils. It was a huge event, with 550 pupils attending in total! Thank you to Shona Gordon for organising such an amazing event.

  

• Gilwell Park - Year 5 Residential Trip

  Tue 21 Jun 2022

  Forty-five Year 5 pupils enjoyed two days of glorious sunshine at Gilwell Park this week experiencing activities such as raft building, outdoor wall climbing, 3G Swing, zip wire and a traditional entertainment evening around a camp fire. 

   

  

• Art Careers Event Week

  Thu 16 Jun 2022

  With temperatures outside soaring, pupils at Chingford C of E took time out from their normal routine this week to indulge themselves in artistic pursuits including street art, architectural design, puppet making, movie animation, graphic design and makeup / special effects. 

  To help them on their way, the pupils met up with a number of local artists during the week who either talked to the children in person or online about the careers as well as helping them with their art work.

  Year 6 pupil Liam. who was part of a zoom meeting with a make up artist, was excited to take some scary photographs. 'The guy who talked to us has done make-up and prosthetics for tv and movies.' he declared excitedly.

  Year 5 pupil, Jah Kai, was just as enthusiastic commenting, 'I really enjoyed working with the street artist decorating the outside classroom wall with graffiti. I learnt about a guy called Banksy who makes millions doing it.'

  A big thank you to Miss Greenberg who organised the event.

  

• Chingford Village Festival Art Display at St Peters & St Pauls

  Tue 07 Jun 2022

  To commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations the organisers of the Chingford Village Festival which takes place this weekend asked the school to provide a display of children's art work that has a royal theme. Please take time to visit the church on Saturday to view the incredible work the children have produced.

  

• Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

  Fri 27 May 2022

  The 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. 

  

• Gilwell Park - Year 6 Residential Trip

  Fri 27 May 2022

  Year 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.

  

• Cricket coach impresses children

  Thu 19 May 2022

  Pupils 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.

   

  

• Tri-Golfers to represent Waltham Forest

  Thu 19 May 2022

  Our 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.'

  

• Chingford Village Festival Art Display

  Wed 11 May 2022

  There 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.

  

• Infant Sensory Room finds new home

  Wed 11 May 2022

  Thanks 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