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Chauncy Rocks 2020!
The countdown is on. Friday 3rd July from midday we will start a watch party for people to watch the acts that are in Chauncy Rocks 2020. We have dance acts, singers, pianists and a lot of staff having a boogie.
The videos will be kept on Facebook and Vimeo for people to see at a later date too.
We look forward to showing off the talents our students have.
The Music Department
YEAR SIX INTO YEAR SEVEN TRANSITION 2020
Although the schools have been closed to most students over the last few months, our Year Six into Year Seven Transition Team have been working harder than ever to ensure that every Year Six child coming to Chauncy has a full, although mostly virtual moving up experience.
Mr Crawley, the transition team and I have set up a website in Google Classrooms and throughout June we have posted daily videos, activities and messages to help the students become familiar with our school and how we work in Year Seven.
I have visited most students in their primary schools or have met them online via video conferencing. We have also spoken to year six parents and teachers using video technology to make sure that we are fully informed of each child’s abilities and needs.
Students have already chosen the Modern Foreign Language that they wish to study next year and are currently designing and creating their personalised ‘shields’ which will inform us of the things that are most important to them. The best ones will earn House Points ahead of September.
This week students will learn which form class they have been assigned and they will take part in a series of live lessons with their form tutor, including a virtual tour of the school.
In July students will come into Chauncy School for either a morning or an afternoon face to face session, as we have designed a safe, socially distanced programme of activities which meets government and Public Health England guidelines.
Hopefully, we will return to school as usual in September and I am sure that our Year Seven students will be well prepared, enthusiastic and ready for an exciting first year at Chauncy.
Claire Matthews (Primary Transition Co-ordinator)
BAGS OF HOPE FOOD PARCELS FROM JEDIDIAH.ORG.UK
Each fortnight throughout the lockdown, Chauncy staff have hand delivered over 360 food parcels to families who are entitled to free school meals. Bags of Hope food parcels have been generously provided by Cynthia Stroud and her Jedidiah UK organisation who have distributed over 12,750 food parcels so far across Hertfordshire. Jedidiah.org.uk have also delivered feeding & cookery classes for the homeless at YMCA hostels. We would like to thank Cynthia and Jedidiah for the amazing work they are doing in our community during these challenging times. For more information please visit: www.jedidiah.org.uk/
Steve Walton (Deputy Headteacher)
www.jedidiah.org.uk
Jedidiah UK is a Non-Profit dedicated to Feeding the Hungry. 100% of all funding goes towards feeding.CHAUNCY LIBRARY - OPEN ON TUESDAY 30TH JUNE 2020
We will be allowing students and parents the opportunity to borrow books from our library on Tuesday mornings.
We will be opening from 10.00am until 12.00pm on Tuesday 30th June 2020.
We will be insisting that students and parents stick to strict social distancing rules, so we will operate the following system:
1. There is a 2 meter queuing system from the bottom playground to the student entrance. Please follow the red and white marker lines.
2. Only one family group will be admitted at a time. You will only have access to the library - the rest of the school will be closed off. You may have to wait whilst people choose their books.
3. Hand sanitiser and latex gloves will be available upon entry to the school.
4. Students \ parents must leave the school site immediately upon exit.
5. Upon returning books, they will be cleaned with an anti-bacterial solution and stored for a period of two weeks before being returned to the library shelves.
Regards,
Chelsea Paris (Librarian)
AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMPTY SCHOOL LOCKERS
We are going to allow students \ parents to come into school to empty lockers before the summer break. We will do this in a controlled manner, with a programme of year groups attending on set days, social distancing applied and thorough cleaning before and after each session.
Year Nine and Ten - 10.00am - 1.00pm on Tuesday 30th June 2020
Year Eleven and Sixth Form - 10.00am - 12.00pm on Thursday 2nd July 2020
Lockers should be completely emptied and padlocks removed as we will be doing a deep clean of all locker interiors.
Please line up on a white dot on the bottom playground when you arrive at Chauncy. You will be asked to use hand sanitiser upon entrance and exit. You may wish to bring a carrier bag if your locker is full. Please do not come onto the school site unless you have to.
Steve Walton (Deputy Headteacher)
CHAUNCY AWARDS: WEEK THIRTY EIGHT: MONDAY 22ND - FRIDAY 26TH JUNE 2020
Congratulations to: ALFIE ROBERTS (7 ASH), MEGAN ANSELL 97 HAZEL), ABI SPROGA (8 ASH), HARTER FLETCHER (8 HAZEL), RILEY HUCKLE (8 PINE), OLIVIA BRANT (9 PINE), GEORGIA MORGAN (9 MAPLE), JACK GINN (9 OAK), ESMEE LANE (10 ELM), GEORGIANA MEGER (10 OAK), ALEXANDER NUNN (10 PINE), KEELAN PEAKE (11 ASH), HEIDI ATKINS (11 ELM), BOBBY CULLING (11 PINE), SAMUEL DONGER (11 ELM), LOUISA SMITH (11 ELM), BRADLEY COLLINS (12 ELM), ALEX GAFNEY (12 ELM), JAMIE BRIGHT (12 OAK), FABIEN LONG (12 OAK), FELIX MEAD (12 ASH) for achieving the most Chauncy Awards in their respective year group.
Our weekly Chauncy Awards bulletin can be found on our website here (Microsoft PowerPoint required):
chauncyschool.com/chauncy-awards/
PE students of the week
Well done to our PE students of the week, a Gold Award is on its way to you.
Millie Lane - Year 9
Charlie Cox - Year 9
Zak Wiggins - Year 10
William Neal - Year 7
Rhys Ortega Murrell - Year 13
Keep up the great work.
Mrs Mason
Head of PE
ARTIST OF THE WEEK 26.06.2020 - EVA KEEN (& ASH)
Eva Keen (7ASH) The Art and Design Hotel Project task this week was upcycling. The ideas behind the table centrepiece and hard work put into it's creation was exceptional.
Lisa Smith (Head of Art)
"I decided to create 2 upcycled products for the hotel this week. To start with, I collected some twigs whilst dog walking and cut them down to a size I was happy with. I then took a used glass coffee container as the centre of my vase. Then I took some natural string/ twine and tied the twigs together to encase the glass jar. This is my natural, eco-friendly vase which could be used as a centrepiece at a table or the reception.
My second upcycled product is handmade tea light lanterns. Firstly, I took used tin cans and cleaned them out. Then I filled them with water and placed them in the freezer for the water to solidify over night. In the morning, I removed them from the freezer, found some stencils I liked which I then celletaped to the tins. Very carefully, I took a small screwdriver and a hammer to tap into the stencil designs which creates a small hole in the tin. I waited for ice to melt in the sun, dried out the cans and then sprayed them with spray paint to create a pretty effect keeping the colours elegant to fit in with the Hilton Hotel. Lastly, I added a little twine to the bottom of the white cans, and added the lit candles (making sure the twine was on safely so there is no fire hazard- you could always use battery operated tea lights for safety.)
Hope you like them."
Eva Keen.
CHAUNCY VIRTUAL SPORTS DAY 2020
Mr O'Sullivan and Mrs Carey did six laps of the 800m track this afternoon.