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Keep up to date with all the exciting things happening in our school community — from on-site activities and music performances to educational trips abroad and thrilling sports competitions. Explore the latest events, discover what our students have been up to, and enjoy a glimpse into school life through regularly updated news and photo galleries.
Year 12 Art and Photography students were joined by the Art and Digital Art Year 10 Curriculum Leaders on a journey through the eyes of world renowned artist Stanley Spencer. Students spent the day at The Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham for a gallery lecture, guided tour around Cookham and then recreated some of Spencer's famous artworks.
On Thursday, 21st June 2018, parents, students, staff and friends came to celebrate the work produced by our extremely talented Fine Art and Photography A-Level students at their annual Art Exhibition.
The A level History group recently travelled into London to visit the London Docklands Museum at Canary Wharf.
The Chalfonts Community College Drama department invited students from across the college to participate in an ‘Introduction to Screen Acting Workshop’ run by Middleweek Newton Academy of Film & Theatre. They are one of London’s leading acting agencies for young, raw talent.
Fifty-seven school teams from all around England took part in the national STEM competition at RAF Wittering, Lincolnshire on Thursday 28th June.
Congratulations to Aleksandar Pavlov (Year 8) who entered the ‘Young Writers’ Poetry Competition’ and did brilliantly.
His inspirational poem, ‘The Unearthly Chasm’ has now been published in the Young Writers’ Anthology, ‘The Poetry
Games.’
If the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, ‘resilience’ was built at the battle of the Coleshill cauldron.
Last term we elected a new Head Girl and Head Boy, plus their deputies for the sixth form.
Head girl: Priya Dhatt, Deputies: Lucy Magor, Lucy Brooker
Head boy: Adam Day, Deputies: Chaydine (Hance) Do-Oma, Jamie Woods
The following students were also nominated by their teachers who felt would make great student ambassadors:
Ella Casey-Priday, Rahul Kapur, Rosie Monger, Jack Pittman, Emily Warren and Hannah Yates.
All those involved in the process made a “campaign” speech to the teachers and sixth formers who voted
for them. Well done to them.
As part of the A level History British Empire module, Year 12 students visited Hughenden Manor just near High Wycombe on a glorious sunny summer’s day.
On June 13th 2018 we took 12 students to a new charity accessible water sports day which was hosted by The Rivertime Trust at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre.
The Chalfonts Community College PE Department recently held the sixth annual Sports Awards Evening at Denham Grove. Designed to recognise the fantastic commitment, time and effort our students put into all the sports teams here at the school, the evening was once again, a great success.
We all met outside school to a welcome of the dawn chorus and at 4.30am we boarded the coach and headed for the ferry port of Dover. Following a smooth crossing of the English Channel, we travelled through France and into Belgium to Tyne Cot, the largest British and Commonwealth cemetery. We spent time searching for long lost relatives who travelled here 100 years ago but never returned. Mr Leybourne read the last post poem.