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CHAUNCY AWARDS WEEK TWO: MONDAY 9TH - FRIDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2024
Congratulations to Lucas Cox (7 HAZEL), Elsie Peters (7 WILLOW), Joey Cracknell (8 WILLOW), Serenna Ashbourne (8 ELM), Jaxon Casey (9 WILLOW), Bella Bishop (9 WILLOW), Lily Mills (9 CHESTNUT), Freddie Holtby (10 WILLOW), Star Aulis (10 PINE), Francesca Capel (11 OAK), Rhys Nottage (11 MAPLE), Brandon Cummines (12 ASH), Olivia Macleod (12 HAZEL), Ellen Noble (12 ELM), Chloe-Lily Judd (13 MAPLE) and 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 WEEKEND REVIEW - 14TH SEPTEMBER 2024
A brief review of the Chauncy School week with Steve Walton (Headteacher).
DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD
Our silver award students are out on their practice expedition. All groups are doing well and navigating the route correctly. 🗺️ 🧭 🥾
JO BAYLEY
DUKE OF EDINBURGH COORDINATOR
SCIENCE IS GOLDEN
Congratulations to Sarah Ali (8 ASH) for being the first student to be awarded a GOLD AWARD in Year Eight. Sarah has produced a magnificent extended writing piece entitled 'What Science Means To Me?' for a recent Science homework for Mrs Nicolas.
STEVE WALTON (HEADTEACHER)
KS3 are enjoying their practical lessons. Making use of the new DT classroom and learning how to use our machines and hand tools. Practicing before they start making some exciting products in their courses.
LISA SMITH
HEAD OF ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY
MAINSTREAM VS INDEPENDENT FILMS
The year 12 media students have been studying two comparative films 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Black Panther' after researching both, they decided which film was more successful, based on economic factors.
LAURA JENKS
HEAD OF MEDIA STUDIES
BOUNCING INTO FRIDAY...
Year 7 Trampolining club started today.
A fantastic way to start the day and warm up for a day of learning 😊
HAYLEY DERRICK
PE TEACHER
SHUTTER SPEED
Yr8 students have been learning some new camera skills this year. They have begun by experimenting with slow shutter speed and painting pictures with light today, culminating in a group piece where they all worked together to time it just right.
REBECCA WILLIAMS
ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY
CHAUNCY CHALLENGE - TRIP TO GRAVITY, STEVENAGE
Students who met our Year Ten Chauncy Challenge last term were rewarded with an afternoon trip to GRAVITY in Stevenage for an afternoon jump session. These Year Eleven students met all of the targets set including attendance, punctuality, Chauncy Awards and academic review grades, during the summer term.
MOB RACE VICTORY
The first district cross country event was held at Chauncy on Wednesday.
A great event with some excellent runs from all students. Well done to Joshua Maiden for winning the boys competition. A fantastic effort from Joshua.
Congratulations as well to Joshua Maiden, Braden Mchugh, Sam Ward and Acer Wray-Howard for coming second overall in the team competition.
Well done everyone for taking part.
HAYLEY DERRICK
PE TEACHER
WORKSHOP WONDERS
Our Year Nine students had a challenging, but successful, practical lesson in the new Design & Technology workshop on Wednesday. They successfully designed, refined, measured and cut a logo out of MDF. The new benches and tools saw 24 students working together harmoniously. We are looking forward to moving onto the electronic saws tomorrow.
HANNAH DELAMAIN (DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY)
GOLD AWARDS FOR EXEMPLARY EFFORT IN ENGLISH
Congratulations to Archie Foxon (13 HAZEL), Ruby Watkins (13 ROWAN) and Daisy Reid (13 ASH) for being awarded the first GOLD AWARDS in Year Thirteen. These four English Literature students have worked hard over the summer and have been rewarded by their teacher Katie Huttlestone for submitting excellent first drafts of their A-Level coursework.
STEVE WALTON (HEADTEACHER)
YEAR 7 NETBALL CLUB
A fantastic start for the year 7s. 21 girls attended the club on Tuesday showing real enthusiasm. Huge thanks to our year 12 coaches, Evie Segust and Maggie Doran.
HAYLEY DERRICK
PE TEACHER
MUSIC CLUBS
Our music clubs have begun. Take a look at the timetable and come along. If you have any questions about music at Chauncy please contact the music department. 🎼🎹🥁🎸🎺🎷🎻
NATALIE BROWNE
HEAD OF MUSIC
Good luck to Amy Liddiard (Year 11) who has been selected for the England Under 17 squad. Their season starts with two fixtures in Alicante. We wish Amy and all the team the best of luck.
#YoungLionesses
SONGS & STORIES WITH DENNIS O'SULLIVAN - EPISODE 142 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON SPOTIFY
Originally broadcast on Unite Radio on Sunday 8th September 2024.
open.spotify.com/episode/3IRlpjAWDsTWIRk2xg6ngf?si=5372f972374e4120
PE CLUBS
Our PE clubs start 9th September 2024. We look forward to another positive term of sport at Chauncy. If you have any questions about the clubs please speak to your PE teacher.
MARISSA MASON
HEAD OF PE
CHAUNCY AWARDS WEEK ONE: MONDAY 2ND - FRIDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER 2024
Congratulations to Joseph Elwin (7 HAZEL), Jessica Lewis (7 HAZEL), Rohum Atashzaran (8 ROWAN), Sophie Tom (8 BIRCH), Jessica Stonebrook (9 HAZEL), Freddie Whittick (9 ELM), Flora Dunlop (10 BIRCH), Tony Foulger (10 CHESTNUT), Chloe Freeman (10 ASH), Alfie Gray (10 MAPLE), Aden Kilighan (10 WILLOW), Samuel Gore (11 OAK), Emma Walsh (11 ASH), Diego Alba (12 OAK), Freya Edwards (12 OAK)Hollie Knight (12 PINE), Archie Foxon (13 HAZEL), Daisy Heath (13 HAZEL) and Miya Rogers (13 PINE) 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 WEEKEND REVIEW - 7TH SEPTEMBER 2024
A brief review of the Chauncy School week with Steve Walton (Headteacher).
youtu.be/nwx9JjGG9VU?si=l0wspTbxHFEOqiwD
CHAUNCY SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING - TUESDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2024
Advanced notice of our Sixth Form Open evening.
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.
PABLO ARDILES (ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER)
A SIGN OF THE TIMES
Thanks to our good friends Matt and Nick we have had our external signage updated in readiness for the new term. I am sure you will agree that they look fantastic. We just need to have a word with the pigeons now.
GOLD RUSH
Congratulations to Year Nine students Joseph Reed (9 WILLOW), Reggie Cole (9 MAPLE), Jake Poleykett (9 MAPLE), Jaxon Casey (9 WILLOW) and Freddie Burnett (9 MAPLE) who earned the first Headteacher's GOLD AWARDS in the year group. All five boys exceeded their targets in a Year Nine assessment this week. Well done!
Steve Walton (Headteacher)
GO FOR GOLD!
Today, I gave out my first two GOLD AWARDS as Headteacher to Willow Martin (7 ASH) and Callum Bowden (7 ASH) for winning our Year Six Induction Day Shield Competition. Well done to both students and to everyone else who produced some stunning creations. Tomorrow, I will be visiting Year Nine students who have performed exceptionally well in their PE assessments this week.
Please look out for the weekly Chauncy Awards e-mail highlighting the BRONZE, SILVER and GOLD AWARDS that have been earned this week. This is an automated e-mail that is sent out to parents on Friday evenings. Please check junk or spam folders if you do not receive the e-mail on Friday.
STEVE WALTON (HEADTEACHER)
AN INSPECTOR CALLS
Year 11 enjoyed an afternoon at an explosive presentation of JB Priestley's epic allegory 'An Inspector Calls' at Alexandra Palace. Stephen Daldrey's production gave the students plenty to consider as they move towards revising this key text and fortunately, they seemed to enjoy it, calling it ‘A good watch; very entertaining' and commenting ‘the impressive effects really brought the play's message to life'
Unsurprisingly, they were all excellently behaved and were a credit to Chauncy.
LINDSAY BAILES
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
REGULATING FILMS
Today, year 12 media students considered the importance of regulating films in the UK. They also had a go at rating trailers using the BBFC guidelines.
MRS JENKS
HEAD OF MEDIA STUDIES