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CHAUNCY SUMMER TERM UNIFORM 2025
In the summer term, we allow students to wear white polo shirts as an alternative to a shirt \ blouse and tie.
We encourage families to purchase plain white polo shirts, without designer or sports logos as a cheaper alternative to the embroidered Chauncy logo polo shirt.
The embroidered range of Chauncy polo shirts will still be available to purchase from Kids Connection Hertford however.
The uniform code at Chauncy is summarised in a letter here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1kialgcdARfvuBsLO-9ueRgmKbBI8oGYY9Ybm6ewXGbE/edit?usp=sharing
The letter will also update you on the recent consultation about blazers at Chauncy School.
docs.google.com
2nd April 2025 Dear Parent or Carer, In the summer term, we allow students to wear white polo shirts as an alternative to a shirt \ blouse and tie. We encourage families to purchase plain white polo s...
EASTER EGG EGG-STRAVAGANZA
at CAPEL MANOR GARDENS
Friday 18th April to Sunday 20 April 2025
Explore our 30-acre Gardens in beautiful spring bloom
as children take on our Easter-themed trail and enjoy
a variety of other egg-citing activities!
Book tickets online: capelmanorgardens.co.uk
SONGS & STORIES WITH DENNIS O’SULLIVAN - EPISODE 167 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY
Originally broadcast on Unite Radio on Sunday, 6th April 2025.
open.spotify.com/episode/3rS57py3oAIYVEqZdcqy3U?si=0fe4c21d773c498a
CHAUNCY WEEKEND REVIEW - 5TH APRIL 2025
A brief review of the Chauncy School week with Steve Walton (Headteacher). This week, we update you on another amazing week for sport with three teams winning district finals, our sports report, an attendance and Chauncy Awards update, summer term uniform and an an update on blazers at Chauncy School, a Year Seven Careers trip to Stansted Airport, Year Eight and Nine Take Your Child To Work Day, some fun and practical learning in Science, Geography and History, a GCSE Music trip to Gordon Craig Theatre, a reminder of Year Eleven & Thirteen revision sessions over Easter and an recruitment request for teachers of Science and History for September 2025.
Our Friday Sessions Artists this week are Mother and Sons, a Chauncy band comprising Katie Welland, Evan Ottery, Marshall Hall, Felix Flannaghan and Jack Harrington. Here, they brilliantly perform Wicked Game, a song by Chris Isaak.
youtu.be/qCYE7Y9KvBg
CHAUNCY AWARDS SPRING TERM 2025
Congratulations to Edward Hatton (7 BIRCH), Lucas Cox (7 HAZEL), Ebube Onwordi (8 ASH), Zoe Rapson (8 PINE), Jessica Stonebrook (9 HAZEL), Oliver Takacs (9 HAZEL), Chloe Freeman (10 ASH), Alfie Gray (10 MAPLE), Emma Walsh (11 ASH), Sam Gore (11 OAK), Olivia Frisch (12 MAPLE), Brandon Cummines (12 ASH), Chloe-Lilly Judd (13 MAPLE), Lenny Raw (13 MAPLE) 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 AWARDS WEEK TWENTY SEVEN: MONDAY 31ST MARCH - FRIDAY 4TH APRIL
Congratulations to Lucas Cox (7 HAZEL), Anna Sztybrych (7MAPLE), Noah Kay (8 OAK), Zoe Rapson (8 PINE), Charlotte-Rose Varney (9 WILLOW), Huey Ekins (9 WILLOW), Giacomo Pritchard (9 ROWAN), Louca Sobh (9 MAPLE), Oliver Takacs (9 HAZEL), Chloe Freeman (10 ASH), Finley Van Tonder (10 ROWAN), Sam Gore (11 OAK), Sarah Pottle (11 PINE), Emma Walsh (11 ASH), Olivia Frisch (12 MAPLE), Ellen Noble (12 ELM), Aaron Nicolaou (12 ELM), Phoebe Ademola (13 OAK), Jessica Crate (13 ASH), Arthur Jones (13 MAPLE), Amber Levy (13 ASH), Howard Ngan (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/
YEAR 7 AEROZONE TRIP
Year 7 Quiet Achievers (Ash to Hazel) were rewarded with an exciting trip to Stansted Airports AeroZone on-site education centre. It provided an inspirational learning environment aimed at children and young adults. Activities included behind the scenes, STEM, careers in aviation and the history of Stansted Airport. A guest speaker will attend. The students were fantastic and threw themselves into every activity, behaving impeccably throughout. Maple to Willow will be fortunate enough to visit later this school year.
MR RANNER (YEAR 7 LEARNING COORDINATOR)
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERS
9C have been learning about tectonics and today they constructed their own earthquake resistant buildings. Four buildings survived the earthquake test - this class of geographers are also excellent structural engineers!
DAISY DUFFY
GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
HOOP HEAVEN - YEAR TEN BASKETBALL DISTRICT CUP WINNERS 2025
Our Year Ten Boys' Basketball team are the LVSSA District Basketball Champions 2025!
In an outstanding game at Freman College, a very strong and talented home side raced into an early 10-2 lead with some dominant finishing and well-structured offensive plays.
Chauncy rallied to come back into it after initially finding it difficult to break down the Freman zone defense and took a slender 24-21 lead at halftime.
Chauncy pulled away in the second half with Titouan Vimeux and Liam Schertel hitting a series of valuable 3-pointers to build the lead. The Chauncy side was then able to close out the game by keeping the scoreboard ticking over while winning some outstanding turnovers around our own basket. Final score Freman College 33-49 Chauncy School.
This is another year group where we have entered two teams in the competition. A huge well done and thank you to all 19 Year Ten boys who have represented Chauncy this year.
Well done to coach Fabian Smith, who has collected his third trophy in four days after District Cup victories for Year Eight, Year Nine and now Year Ten, this week.
COLOUR IN CHEMISTRY
Year 7s investigated neutralisation of acids and alkalis. They varied the proportions of acid and alkali to produce a rainbow of different pHs to show the whole spectrum of the pH scale.
LUKE LAZAROU
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
EXPLORING HISTORY
Year 10 GCSE students are currently studying Anglo Saxon and Norman England. They have just covered the Battle of Hastings and to help them with their understanding they got to 'visit' the Bayeux Tapestry without even travelling to France.
JO BAYLEY
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
YEAR 11 LOYALTY SCHEME
As we approach the end of the Spring Term our year 11s have been working incredibly hard and attending intervention and catch up sessions. Congratulations to James and Soham who have completed three loyalty cards and are now the proud owners of a Chauncy mug!
JAMES STEVENTON
YEAR 11 LEARNING COORDINATOR
BASKETBALL BRILLIANCE - YEAR NINE WIN THE LVSSA U14S DISTRICT BASKETBALL COMPETITION
Congratulations to our Year Nine Boys' Basketball team, who are the 2025 LVSSA U14s District Basketball champions!
In an excellent final against Freman College, the Chauncy boys showed outstanding work rate, superb defensive organisation and fantastic finishing around the basket. Holding a narrow lead in the first quarter, Chauncy extended their dominance throughout the game to win the final 52-21.
A magnificent team effort, with all the players making a valuable contribution to the scoreline, with Charles Hoyle (17 points) and Ethan Fraser Evans (14 points) leading the scoring charts.
Such is the popularity of basketball in this year group, Chauncy entered two teams in the Year Nine competition this year. A huge well done and thank you to all 21 players who have represented Chauncy School over the course of the season. Thanks to coach Fabian Smith, who has coached two winning teams in the District Cup this week, with the chance of a third victory in the Year Ten final on Thursday afternoon. Well done boys!
GCSE MUSIC TRIP
Our year 10s visited the Gordon Craig theatre where Herts Music Service had put on a concert comprised of GCSE set work pieces.
Students enjoyed the live music which included our Beethoven set work, a mimalism clapping piece, a song from Wicked and some film scoring.
All students were a credit to the school.
NATALIE BROWNE
HEAD OF MUSIC
TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY
On Wednesday 26th March, our Year 8 & 9 students had an exciting opportunity to experience the working world. They spent the day learning about different careers and taking on a variety of tasks, gaining valuable insights into what their future could hold.
A huge thank you to all those who made these placements possible. Your support is giving our students a glimpse into life beyond the classroom—and in many cases, helping them discover what they might (or might not) want to do in the future.
THE CAREERS TEAM
SCIENCE TEACHER REQUIRED FOR SEPTEMBER 2025
We are looking to recruit a qualified teacher in Science to begin with us in September 2025. Chauncy is an Ofsted OUTSTANDING SCHOOL in all 5 categories and has a welcoming, cohesive and dynamic staff, committed to the education of young people in the local area. It is an amazing place to work and build a career.
The Science department is well established with a healthy mix of experienced and more recently qualified colleagues with a proud history of strong academic results over many years.
We have an experienced mentoring team to support Early Career Teachers and new colleagues who typically thrive with us, 90% gaining a position of responsibility within 2 years.
Suitably qualified and experienced applicants may be considered for a TLR award (TLR2a/TLR2b) with details to be negotiated at an interview.
Visits are very much encouraged. If you are interested and would like to visit, please contact Steve Walton, Headteacher on the school telephone number: 01920 411200. You may also take this opportunity to have an informal phone conversation about the position.
Email: jobs@chauncy.org.uk
Chauncy School is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER TROPHY CABINET - YEAR EIGHT ARE LVSSA DISTRICT BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS 2025.
Congratulations to our Year Eight Boys' Basketball Team, who were crowned LVSSA District Champions this afternoon. In a fast-paced and entertaining game, Chauncy beat Simon Balle School 31-13, having made a strong start and commanding a 6-0 lead after the first quarter. Simon Balle rallied to get back to 8-8 in the second quarter before Chauncy shifted gear in the match's second half, combining excellent work rate, regimented organisation in defence and clinical finishing around the basket.
Christian Krauss was the game's top scorer with 16 points, headlining a magnificent team effort with outstanding contributions from everyone involved today.
A huge well done to all of the boys who have represented our Year Eight team this year!
SONGS & STORIES WITH DENNIS O’SULLIVAN - EPISODE 166 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY
Originally broadcast on Unite Radio on Sunday, 30th March 2025.
Mat Pilates Classes✨
Chauncy School Dance Studio📍
Every Tuesday @ 6:30PM 📆
Any questions, and to secure your place please drop a message on Instagram to @bpilates_b, Facebook messenger to bpilates or WhatsApp 07862348253😊
CHAUNCY AWARDS WEEK TWENTY SIX: MONDAY 24TH MARCH - FRIDAY 28TH MARCH
Congratulations to Lucas Cox (7 HAZEL), Jacob Green (7 BIRCH), Edward Hatton (7 BIRCH), Lucy Morris (8 OAK), Arthur Brown (8 ASH), Oliver Takacs (9 HAZEL), Maisy Michelson (9 ROWAN), Jessica Stonebrook (9 HAZEL), Dylan Maisey (10 ROWAN), Izzy Morris (10 ASH), Jack Buse (11 ELM), Emma Walsh (11 ASH), Eva Keen (12 ASH), Ashton-Lee Read (12 PINE), Chloe-Lilly Judd (13 MAPLE), Archi Foxon (13 HAZEL) 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 - 28TH MARCH 2025
MOTHER AND SONS (KATIE WELLAND, EVAN OTTERY, MARSHALL HALL, FELIX FLANAGAN, JACK HARRINGTON)
VALERIE, SEX ON FIRE & WICKED GAME
CHAUNCY WEEKEND REVIEW - 29TH MARCH 2025
A brief review of the Chauncy School week with Steve Walton (Headteacher). This week, we update you on historic District Cup success in football, our Sports Report, our weekly attendance review, Chauncy Awards, our EPQ trip to Southampton, some clever revision strategies in GCSE English and a reminder of Year Eleven & Thirteen revision sessions over Easter. Our Friday Sessions Artists this week are Mother and Sons, a Chauncy band comprising Katie Welland, Evan Ottery, Marshall Hall, Felix Flannaghan and Jack Harrington. Here, they brilliantly perform Valerie, a song by the Zutons made famous by Amy Winehouse. Mother and Sons' full set from Friday can be found on our social media sites and our YouTube channel.
youtu.be/r3BoQcBH_is
PHONE LINES AND INTERNET ARE BACK ON!
Our boffins have been working all night to solve the issue and we now have the usual telephone and network service. Many thanks to everyone who has offered their support overnight.
Steve Walton (Headteacher)
YEAR NINE SPOT-KICK SUPERSTARS LIFT THE HERTFORDSHIRE UNDER 14S DISTRICT CUP!
A tense game was played out at Richard Hale School this afternoon as Chauncy faced Haileybury Turnford in the final of the Under 14s District Cup. Chauncy took an early lead with a well-taken goal from Jude Stewart but couldn't take advantage of their early dominance, and Turnford grew back into the game. Both teams played direct football, and Turnford used their height and physical strength to good effect to create a series of chances in the second half. A free kick 25 yards from the Chauncy goal was powerfully and accurately driven home by a Turnford midfielder to equalise spectacularly. Chauncy raised their game and created two good chances that went narrowly wide before scoring what was thought to be the winning goal, only for it to be disallowed for offside. Extra time couldn't determine a winner, so a nerve-wracking penalty shoot out ensued. Fortunately, Chauncy scored all four of their spot-kicks, whilst Turnford missed two of theirs. Strong penalties from Archie Honour, Jude Stewart, Jenson Hollingsworth and Jaxon Casey guaranteed a 4-1 victory, and Chauncy crowned District Cup Champions! Well done boys!
TELEPHONE LINES ARE DOWN AT PRESENT - PLEASE E-MAIL
Our telephone system is down due to an outage in our broadband service.
Please e-mail rather than call.
We have a very slow and intermittent connection to the internet and will respond to e-mails when they arrive.
If you need to contact us please use admin@chauncy.org.uk and we will be in touch as soon as we can.
Steve Walton (Headteacher)