Latest News

• September return to School!

  Sun 01 Sep 2013
  Mon 2nd Sept school reopens for staff training only; 9am in the Hall on the junior  site. School reopens for children on Tues 3rd Sept!

• Juniors achieve Gold Kitemark

  Fri 19 Jul 2013

  Chingford CofE Voluntary Controlled Junior School has achieved Gold Kitemark!

   

  Following a recent visit from an auditor from the Sainsbury's School Games Team the school was awarded the prestigious Gold Kitemark and earned the following comments:

   

  "The school met all the assessment criteria for the gold award. The school is offering excellent opportunities to pupils at Chingford C of E with evidence of very good intra-school and inter-school activity. There are areas of very good practice and it was good to see the School Games being linked into the broader school curriculum in imaginative ways. "

  

• Forest School Open Day

  Wed 10 Jul 2013
  "Forest School's Open Day this year will be held on Saturday 21 September 2013 between 8:30am and 1:30pm. Tour os the School will be offered and parents and pupils are invited to speak informally with teaching staff, Forest pupils and current Forest parents. We will for the first time be running an admissions room, where parents and pupils can access all the infromation they need on admissions at 11+ and 13+. The full programme will be available for download from our website approximately four weeks in advance." 

• Junior Library is transformed!

  Tue 25 Jun 2013

  A team of volunteer workers from the Balfour Beatty Company recently came to the Junior site  to refurbish the library.  Inspired by the children's desire for a jungle themed environment, the team set to work following plans that required  a patchwork elephant, a cobra, exotic birds, stuffed monkeys galore and a vast jungle canopy.

   

       Ably assisted by a group of specially chosen pupils, the library was quickly transformed as you can see from the attached photographs. Year 6 pupil, Evie, described the transformation as, " Amazing - it's so different from other libraries." An impressed Jamie, also from Year 6, commented, "I thought it would be imposiible to get the changes done in one day. It was a great experience working under pressure."

  

• Dog Week Report

  Wed 12 Jun 2013

  This term the school is supporting The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.  Our aim is to raise £1500 which will go towards the cost of training a guide dog.

   

  Our reward for raising this sum of money will enable us to support a puppy on its amazing journey to become a guide dog for someone with a visual impairment.

   

  During the week commencing Monday 3rd June  a number of events took place across the Infant and Junior sites aimed at educating the children about blindness and how dogs have become ‘man’s best friend’.

  These events  included visits from ‘Daisy’, a guide dog and her owner, two working police dogs and their handlers, plus a talk from a local veterinarian on dog care.

   

  Several groups of children  raised money by selling such things as ‘dog biscuit’ snacks at playtime and raffling a doggie hamper.  In addition, Miss Curtis, from the Junior site, organised a very successful sponsored dog walk on Chingford Plain.

  The week culminated in a non-uniform ‘Silly Shirt Day’. So far we have raised over £1500!
  
  Click here to see some of our Dog Week pictures!

• Pupils Praise Professor

  Mon 10 Jun 2013
  Paul Curzon, Professor of Computer Science in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, at Queen Mary, University of London, visited Chingford C of E Junior School on Monday 10th June to give a talk to Year 6 pupils about Artificial Intelligence.
  
  Prof. Curzon presented a 2 hour workshop to the children which covered indepth topics such as what is intelligence and can machines think or is intelligence something only humans have? The children also had fun playing with computerised toys including a voice sensitive parrot and a robot vacuum cleaner.
  
  Enthused pupil, George, described  the lesson as,  'Really fascinating - I really enjoyed the part of the talk that covered optical illusions and how the brain can be easily tricked."
  
  Deputy Headteacher commented, 'Professor Curzon has been a regular visitor to the school over the past few years. His talks are always well received and thought provoking.'
  
  The attached image shows Prof. Curzon seated with some of the equipment he brought in to school to support his talk on artificial intelligence.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

• Van Cols Class and Group Photography

  Mon 03 Jun 2013
  All orders for the Juniors need to be returned to school by 3:40pm on Monday 17th June.
  Any orders received after this will need to be returned direct to Van Cols and will incur a £3.50 additional charge.

• School Ofsted Report in the Papers

  Tue 21 May 2013
  Please click the link to see the News story from the local Guardian Newspaper!
  
  Head teacher praised by Ofsted wants school to be outstanding

• School Council Visits City Hall

  Mon 20 May 2013

  On Wednesday 20th March our School Council visited City Hall and were able to observe Boris Johnson answering questions from other council members.

  
  Watch the video clip below to see our School Councillors or click here to see the entire Question Time session!

   

  Here are some pictures!

• Sainsburys Voucher Appeal

  Mon 20 May 2013
  Please remember to get you Sainsburys vouchers for School in as soon as possible after half term! Thank you to all those that have already posted theirs!