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THE FRIDAY SESSIONS - 14TH NOVEMBER 2025
I'M FINE
ESME WILSON & BETHANY LINCOLN
AN ORIGINAL COMPOSITION BY ESME WILSON
youtu.be/MH293saDdW0
CHAUNCY AWARDS MONDAY 10TH - FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2025
We gave out 16,833 Chauncy Awards last week, including 13,845 BRONZE AWARDS, 2,846 SILVER AWARDS and 138 GOLD AWARDS. Look out for our weekly Chauncy Awards Bulletin, which is published by Achievement Coordinator Jo Bayley, over the weekend.
SENIOR MATHS CHALLENGE 2025
Well done year 12 mathematicians who competed in the Senior Maths Challenge 2025.
Results included 4 gold 🥇 6 silver 🥈 and 2 bronze 🥉 certificates.
A special well done to Sam Davies, Tommy Davies, Sam Gore and Ben Skidmore who have qualified for the next round!
EMILIA SOMERS
MATHS DEPARTMENT
🎉❄️ YEAR 7 WINTER WONDERLAND DISCO ❄️🎉
Get ready for a magical evening of music, games, treats & prizes!
📅 Tuesday 2nd December 2025
📍 Chauncy School Main Hall
🕕 6:00-8:00pm
✨ Tickets: £2 - includes one free drink + one raffle entry!
💙 Dress code: Blue & White (or just bring your brightest smile!)
🥤 Snacks and drinks available to buy on the night (cash only - coins preferred).
👨👩👧 Parents: Please remember to book your child’s ticket on WisePay.
Let’s make it a night to remember for our amazing Year 7s! 🌟
CHILDREN IN NEED & ISABEL HOSPICE - NON-UNIFORM DAY ON FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2025
We will have a non-uniform day on Friday 14th November 2025 to raise money for Children in Need & Isabel Hospice.
We ask for a voluntary minimum donation of £1.00 per person, which can be paid via the Donations section of Wisepay before Friday 14th November 2025.
Cash donations can be made at Reception on Friday too.
Our non-uniform rules are simple:
- All clothing and footwear must be sensible and fit to study in.
- More clothes than exposed flesh, please.
- No inappropriate slogans or imagery.
- No football shirts.
Further details about Children in Need can be found here: www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/schools/secondary/
Further information on Isabel Hospice can be found here: www.isabelhospice.org.uk/
CHAUNCY SCHOOL SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING
TUESDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2025
We will be holding a Sixth Form Open Evening on Tuesday 18th November 2025. The evening will start with a presentation in the main school hall at 6pm.
Application to the Chauncy 6th Form will be explained, information will be provided about the range of courses that we offer, and you will be able to visit our subject areas to learn more about our range of A Level and Vocational courses and the types of assessment required on each course.
Staff will be available throughout the evening to answer any questions you may have about our sixth form.
For further information, please visit our dedicated website here: chauncyopenevening.com/chauncy-sixth-form-prospectus or email Pablo Ardiles (Assistant Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form) via pablo.ardiles@chauncy.org.uk
🎃 SPOOKY STORY COMPETITION 2025 👻
Congratulations to our winners:
🏆 Maisie Wright (Y7)
🏆 Lottie Myers (Y8)
🏆 Neve Stemp (Y9)
Our 6th Form panel was thoroughly terrified by your spooktacular stories! 👏
A huge well done to everyone who entered, and special thanks to our amazing Sixth Form judging panel.
Our winners and finalists celebrated with a spooky ghost tour of Ware - plenty of scary sights were seen! 😱🕯️
Our 9A students have excelled in presenting their homework projects on biomes. From the rich biodiversity of rainforests to the icy expanses of the tundra, each project reflected impressive research, creativity, and attention to detail. 🌺❄️
Congratulations to 9A for their hard work on their projects.
ELAINE PAYNE
GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
🕰️ THE CLOCK PROJECT🕰️
Our Year 9 students have been hard at work creating acrylic clocks inspired by 1950s design. From bold colours to retro shapes, each clock shows off creativity, craftsmanship, and a touch of mid-century style.
HANNAH DELAMAIN
TECH DEPARTMENT
Thank you to students from Year 8 who have been selling poppies over the last week.
CHAUNCY SCHOOL REMEMBERS
Today, our students will attend a special assembly to reflect on the service and sacrifice of our veterans, current military personnel, and their families. Together, we will honour the memory of those who gave their lives in the line of duty.
We are also incredibly proud of the many Chauncy students who took part in remembrance parades across our towns and villages on Sunday, representing our community with respect and pride.
Lest we forget.
PE STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
Congratulations to Hayden, Emilia, Sam, Ella, Rose, Tiarni, Jack and Jessica for fantastic performance in PE.
MARISSA MASON
HEAD OF PE
CHAUNCY CHRISTMAS DINNER 2025
Christmas dinner tickets for 2025 are now on sale via Wisepay.
The deadline to purchase Christmas Dinner Tickets is Sunday 23rd November 2025, so that we can order the food in.
Tickets are £4.75 and both Meat and Vegetarian options are available.
For full details please login to Wisepay and go to Food and Drink Payments.
If your child is eligible for free school meals, the Christmas Dinner is free, of charge but you will still need to login to Wisepay and register for the dinner to claim a Christmas Dinner Ticket.
Please e-mail accounts@chauncy.org.uk if you have any further questions.
CHAUNCY AWARDS WEEK EIGHT - MONDAY 3RD NOVEMBER - FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2025
Congratulations to Lucy Cracknell (7 HAZEL), Ronnie Tillbrook (7 ELM), Dylan Morgan (8 CHESTNUT), Chelsey Howitt (8 OAK), Jessica Petrie (8 CHESTNUT), Eva Gray (9 MAPLE), Harry Childs (9 PINE), Grace Hardaker (10 WILLOW), Huey Ekins (10 WILLOW), Giacomo Pritchard (10 ROWAN), Bethany Lippiatt (11 OAK), Harry Lodge (11 WILLOW), Thomas Selby (11 CHESTNUT), Emily Dennis (12 ROWAN), Harry Hatton (12 ASH), Harry Lightfoot (12 ASH), Rhiannon Pack (13 HAZEL), Brandon Cummines (13 ASH), Aaron Nicolaou (13 ELM 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 MONDAY 3RD - FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2025
We gave out 16,441 Chauncy Awards last week, including 13,724 BRONZE AWARDS, 2,424 SILVER AWARDS and 293 GOLD AWARDS. Look out for our weekly Chauncy Awards Bulletin, which is published by Achievement Coordinator Jo Bayley, over the weekend.
THE FRIDAY SESSIONS - 7TH NOVEMBER 2025
THE BLUES - OWN COMPOSITION
Noah Kay, James Nicholls, Ollie Ryan, Kyran Agliata and George Barnes
youtu.be/lMw6ZSEesQE
BRINGING SCIENCE TO LIFE
Year 7 have been exploring the world of Animal and Plant Cells in Science. 7Y 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.
ALICE BERRY
SHARING THE JOY OF MUSIC
Six of our talented GCSE and A Level Music students spent time performing for the residents at Westgate House in Ware this week. 🎹🎸🎤
With beautiful performances on piano, guitar, and voice, our students brought smiles and music to everyone’s afternoon. The residents loved every moment and can’t wait for us to return! 💛
A huge well done to our wonderful performers: Kyran, Eleanor, Esme, Monty, Harry, and Bethany.
NATALIE BROWNE
HEAD OF MUSIC
ENGLISH MASTERCLASS
To help support GCSE English revision, Herts for Learning are offering 2 online seminars for Language Papers 1 and 2. These sessions focus on both 40 mark questions and will be an invaluable resource for all year 11 students. Please see below for further details and how to book.
CHILDREN IN NEED & ISABEL HOSPICE - NON-UNIFORM DAY ON FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2025
We will have a non-uniform day on Friday 14th November 2025 to raise money for Children in Need & Isabel Hospice.
We ask for a voluntary minimum donation of £1.00 per person, which can be paid via the Donations section of Wisepay before Friday 14th November 2025.
Cash donations can be made at Reception on Friday too.
Our non-uniform rules are simple:
- All clothing and footwear must be sensible and fit to study in.
- More clothes than exposed flesh, please.
- No inappropriate slogans or imagery.
- No football shirts.
Further details about Children in Need can be found here: www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/schools/secondary/
Further information on Isabel Hospice can be found here: www.isabelhospice.org.uk/
CHAUNCY SCHOOL SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING
TUESDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2025
We will be holding a Sixth FOrm Open Evening on Tuesday 18th November 2025. The evening will start with a presentation in the main school hall at 6pm.
Application to the Chauncy 6th Form will be explained, information will be provided about the range of courses that we offer, and you will be able to visit our subject areas to learn more about our range of A Level and Vocational courses and the types of assessment required on each course.
Staff will be available throughout the evening to answer any questions you may have about our sixth form.
For further information, please visit our dedicated website here: chauncyopenevening.com/chauncy-sixth-form-prospectus or email Pablo Ardiles (Assistant Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form) via pablo.ardiles@chauncy.org.uk
CHAUNCY SCHOOL NOVEMBER UPDATE - 1ST NOVEMBER 2025
A review of a very exciting October at Chauncy School with Steve Walton (Headteacher). Including highlights of engaging activities across the curriculum, updates on the Year Seven French and History trips, Black History Month, our Media Department Bring Your Pumpkin to Life competition, Chauncy Awards, attendance update, Sports Report and our Friday Sessions artists, Transindental Echoes of Flaming Stardust.
youtu.be/xb0MSDbIYKk
🦇🎃 BRING YOUR PUMPKIN TO LIFE – Vampire Edition! 🧛♂️🩸
This year’s competition was fang-tastic! We had an incredible number of creative, spooky, and downright terrifying entries/
Here are some of our spine-chilling runners-up and our blood-curdling winner!
A huge well done to everyone who entered — your imagination and effort were incredible. Have a frightfully fun and happy Halloween! 🧛♀️🎃🖤
MRS JENKS
HEAD OF MEDIA STUDIES
YEAR SEVEN WINTER WONDERLAND DISCO
6PM - 8PM ON TUESDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2025
Tickets are now available on WisePay.
EUROPEAN KARATE CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALIST
Congratulations to Chauncy student Zac Hashmi (11 ASH), who won silver and bronze medals in the Team Fighting categories at the World Union of Karate-Do Federations Championships, which took place in Latvia last week. An amazing achievement. Well done Zac!