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The Friday Sessions - 17th October 2025
Esme & Bethany
Cliche by Machine Gun Kelly
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DIFFUSION DECODED
Today year 9 studied the effect of temperature on the rate of diffusion, timing how long purple potassium permanganate crystals took to travel over a grid in cold water and hot water.
SAMIA NICOLAS
SCIENCE TEACHER
BONJOUR LA FRANCE!
Our Year Seven students have departed for our weekend trip to France. You can catch up with their adventures on our dedicated Facebook Page here:
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Photos and updates from our Annual Year Seven Trip to France.
JUST CHAMPION ... GOOD LUCK AMY!
Good luck to Chauncy sixth form student Amy Liddiard, who is on the bench for Arsenal in the UEFA Women's Champions League tonight. The match is being played against Benfica at the Estádio da Luz stadium.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the "Unsung Heroes: Celebrating Black Scientists Who Changed the World" competition.
Every participant has been given a bronze award. The top 10 of entries has been given a silver award.
The top 3 entries have been given gold awards.
Winner - Luke Kilighan, 7 Pine
Making your entry about Dr Charles Richard Drew look like an old newspaper clipping was a fantastic idea and showed so much creativity! Congratulations on winning the competition!
Second place - Bella Brown, 7 Ash
Well done and thank you for highlighting the work of a female black scientist who saw her revolutionary work published without receiving any credit.
Third place - Tommy Crumlish, 7 Oak
Thank you for highlighting the work of Dr Patricia Bath whose work was crucial in cataract surgery and restored the eyesight to people who had been blind for decades.
MALVINA GEISS
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
A BUZZ ABOUT BOOKS 📚
Through the BookTrust we have signed up to the Bookbuzz scheme where all our Year 7 students have chosen a free book to keep📚
Each pupil selected their favourite from a list of 16 fantastic titles, and today their books arrived.
At Chauncy, we believe reading should be a joy for everyone, so we’ve proudly subsidised this initiative. We hope every student enjoys their new book and continues to discover the magic of reading. 📖
CHELSEA PARIS
LIBRARIAN
CHAUNCY AWARDS MONDAY 6th - FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2025
We gave out 15,401 Chauncy Awards last week, including 12,628 BRONZE AWARDS, 2.475 SILVER AWARDS and 297 GOLD AWARDS. Look out for our weekly Chauncy Awards Bulletin, which is published by Achievement Coordinator Jo Bayley, over the weekend.
WAKE UP WEDNESDAY - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MEMES
BY THE NATIONAL COLLEGE
HARVEST FESTIVAL FOOD COLLECTION EVENT 2025
Thank you to all those who have donated so far. Throughout October 2025 we will be supporting the Hertford, Ware & District Foodbank and Jedidiah in collecting boxed and tinned foods to help families in need.
If you would like to make a donation there are items that are a priority:
Cereal, Pasta, Pasta Sauce, Rice, Tuna Tins, Corned Beef Tins, Tinned Tomatoes, Tinned Vegetables, Tinned Sweetcorn, Tinned Peas, Baked Beans, Box of Tea, Long-Life Milk and Jam.
Please drop off any items at Reception and we will get them to the two charities.
The deadline for donations is Friday 24th October 2025.
If you have any questions, please email admin@chauncy.org.uk
SIXTH FORM GALLERIES DAY IN LONDON
The Year 12 and 13 Art and Photography students had a great time in London on Monday visiting a mix of the Photographers Gallery, National Gallery and the Tate Modern, as part of their coursework content.
Art galleries and museums are fantastic places for students to learn about artistic styles, movements, and artists, and we're fortunate that we live just a train ride away from London.
The students are looking forward to taking what they learnt today and implementing it in the work that will contribute to next summer's exhibition.
REBECCA WILLIAMS
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH & NATIONAL POETRY DAY
In celebration of Black History Month and National Poetry Day, Year 10 students have been conducting projects on a selection of works by Black literary icons. Insightful analysis took place on Hollow by Vanessa Kisuule (former Bristol City poet), which has been lauded as a response to the tearing down of the Colston Statue (slave trader) as part of the city's involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement. In groups, presentations were prepared on a thoughtful comparison of Agard's Checking Out Me History to Angelou's Million Man March, which address the historical trauma, oppression and erasure of Black stories.
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
ON COURSE FOR SUCCESS
Congratulations to Luca Lancaster who has finished 3rd overall in the 2025 British Junior Golf Season. ⛳
It’s been an incredible year filled with talent, hard work, and determination. Competing in the 13-14 age category, Luca not only secured 3rd in the Order of Merit, but also celebrated three brilliant round wins at:
🏆 Ely City
🏆 Collingtree Park
🏆 The Royston Classics
His journey this season has been nothing short of inspiring - always learning, always practising, and always chasing his dream of becoming a professional golfer. With his handicap now down to 3, Luca continues to show what passion, focus, and perseverance can achieve.
Well done Luca on an incredible season and a phenomenal achievement.
CHAUNCY AWARDS WEEK FIVE: MONDAY 6TH OCTOBER - FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER 2025
Congratulations to Ella Djemal (7 OAK), Sam Hardaker (7 ROWAN), Ruben Ibbott (8 WILLOW), Joshua Rooke (8 ROWAN), Lottie Myers (8 ELM), Kyran Agliata (9 MAPLE), Eva Gray (9 MAPLE), Huey Ekins (10 WILLOW), Naomi Preston (10 OAK), Alfie Allsop (11 ROWAN), Erin Kahyaoglu (11 ASH), Bethany Lippiatt (11 OAK), Daisy Niebank (11 ROWAN), Lily Camp (12 HAZEL), Andrew Hallett (12 OAK), Rhiannon Pack (13 HAZEL), Brandon Cummines (13 ASH), Charlie Hammond (13 BIRCH) for achieving the most Chauncy Awards in their respective year group.
Our weekly Chauncy Awards bulletin can be found on our website here: chauncyschool.com/chauncy-awards/
THE FRIDAY SESSIONS - 10TH OCTOBER 2025
TRANSDIMENTIONAL ECHOES OF FLAMING STARDUST
NO ROOTS & BAD IDEA, RIGHT?
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Well-being portal
GENERATION HERTFORD 2025
A large group of our year 11 students attended Generation Hertford at The Beam. The event, organised by Hertfordshire Futures, highlighted a varied range of job opportunities and gave our young people an insight into local employers, colleges and universities.
This is the second year that our students have had the benefit of attending and again, students were a credit to our school engaging in meaningful conversations with all the employers.
CAREERS TEAM
A LEVEL BIOLOGY WITH A DIFFERENCE!
Our year 12 students took an alternative approach to get to grips with the structure of the cell membrane. A bit of creativity ensures they won't forget the structure.
KATE BRANSTON
HEAD OF SCIENCE
CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS
Some amazing runs to finish the cross country league. Senior Boys won Gold after the three events. Tillie Thorpe came third overall as an individual in the senior girls. Year 8 students, Josh Maiden and Eli Rooke both took individual medals in the year8/9 boys league. Josh came first and Eli second. The year 7 teams both finished strong and will hopefully gain some medals next season.
Well done to all the runners and thank you to the parents for cheering us along!
HAYLEY DERRICK
PE DEPARTMENT
WAKE UP WEDNESDAY - DEALING WITH TRAUMATIC AND CHALLENGING EVENTS
BY THE NATIONAL COLLEGE
BRINGING SCIENCE TO LIFE
Year 7 have been exploring the world of Animal and Plant Cells in Science. 7S and 7P have created some fantastic Cells Project Presentations.
From colourful models to thoughtful explanations, the students were able to show what they had learnt.
Well done to the students for some brilliant projects.
BETH GRAY & HAYLEY DERRICK
CHAUNCY SCHOOL OPEN EVENING – WEDNESDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2025
Chauncy School’s Secondary Transfer Open Evening will take place on Wednesday 8th October 2025 from 6.15pm until 9.00pm.
The Headteacher’s talk will take place in the Main Hall at 6.30 pm, 7.15 pm and 8.00 pm.
Additional parking is available in the Westfield Carpark until 9pm (formerly GSK carpark on Park Road a short walk away from the school.
We also have a limited number of morning tours available and you should ring 01920 411200 if you wish to book a tour.
Any questions about the admissions process should be emailed to Headteacher Steve Walton via admin@chauncy.org.uk
You can be assured that we are part of the Hertfordshire Admissions process and are committed to helping our local families secure their desired secondary school place.
Further information can be found on our dedicated open evening website here: chauncyschool.com/online-prospectus/
We look forward to meeting you all in the next few weeks.
CHAUNCY AWARDS WEEK FOUR: MONDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER - FRIDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2025
Congratulations to Leon Collins (7 ELM), Ella Djemal (7 OAK), Ethan Lovett (8 CHESTNUT), Isla Collins (8 ELM), George Barnes (9 OAK), Daisy Dean (9 ELM), Skye Hollingsworth (9PINE), Lily Mills (10 CHESTNUT), Teddie Fletcher (10 ROWAN), Ethan Fraser-Evans (10 ELM) John Adebajo (11OAK), Belinda Paul (11 WILLOW), Harriet Pereira (11 BIRCH), Harry Lightfoot (12 Ash), Lily Weaver (12 ASH), Rhiannon Pack (13 HAZEL), Roisin Spendiff (13 ASH), Charlie Hammond (13 BIRCH), for achieving the most Chauncy Awards in their respective year group.
Our weekly Chauncy Awards bulletin can be found on our website here: chauncyschool.com/chauncy-awards/
CHAUNCY SCHOOL OCTOBER UPDATE - 4TH OCTOBER 2025
A review of a very busy September at Chauncy School with Steve Walton (Headteacher).
Including highlights of exciting activities across the curriculum, updates on Open Evening, Black History Month, Media Pumpkin competition, Chauncy Awards, attendance update, sports report and our Friday Sessions artist, Eleanor Brignall.
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STEPPING BACK IN HISTORY
🛡️ On Friday, Year 7 stepped back in time for an action-packed History Day
Our students explored medieval England with a visit to Mountfitchet Castle, discovering what life was really like inside a Motte & Bailey castle. Back at school, they brought history to life in a brilliant medieval drama workshop led by Aesop’s Theatre Company with some fantastic scenes acted out. 🎭⚔️
HISTORY DEPARTMENT