COUNTDOWN TO CHAUNCY!
TOP TIPS FOR JOINING YEAR SEVEN IN SEPTEMBER
READING FOR PLEASURE
We think one of the best things you can do to improve your literacy skills is to read for pleasure each day. Whether you enjoy fiction (invented stories that are not factual) or non-fiction (information-based books based on fact), reading each day will help you improve spelling, punctuation and grammar. Reading will develop your vocabulary (the number of words you know and can use), and whilst you are enjoying a good book, your brain will subconsciously learn about sentence and paragraph formation, how to construct an argument and how and where to use certain words. We have lots of books in our library, and if there is a particular book you are interested in reading, or if you are not sure what to read, librarians Mrs Paris and Mrs Fredericks are there to help you. We have a reading challenge which rewards students with trips to Gravity Active in Stevenage and Adventure Island in Southend for students drawn from our book review raffles in the Autumn and Summer terms.
FROM WARE TO WAVE - LAILA SIGNS FOR SAN DIEGO
Congratulations and good luck to former Chauncy student Laila Harbert, who has signed a year long loan deal with San Diego Wave FC, to play in the National Women’s Soccer League. Arsenal midfielder Laila hopes to make her debut for Wave FC on Friday, when they face Denver Summit FC. We wish Laila every success in her American adventure.
COUNTDOWN TO CHAUNCY!
TOP TIPS FOR JOINING YEAR SEVEN IN SEPTEMBER.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION & SPORT
You will get to experience lots of sporting activities at Chauncy, from trampolining to tennis, swimming to shot put, basketball to badminton, rounders to relay and many, many more. Your PE teacher will tell you what activities you are doing for that half term, and you will need to bring in the right kit for that particular sport. For example, boots and shin pads when you are doing football. We also run lots of sports clubs at lunchtime and after school, and we also participate in competitive district and county competitions. We do a weekend football and netball tour each summer term, and we have interhouse sports competitions at the end of each term. There is something for everyone.