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The subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths live comfortably together under the acronym of STEM. One of the big initiatives this year at Chalfonts has been to see all of Year 7 building rocket cars as part of the UK bid to exceed the land speed record with the Bloodhound car.
On Friday 16th March, thirty Year 9 STEM students attended The Big Bang Fair at the NEC in Birmingham.
Congratulations to Simar Singh from 9G2 who won the Gold medal in British Judo Championships at Chalfonts on 20th March.
After four months of rehearsal and with sold out performances, the cast of Blood Brothers (ranging from Year 7 to Year 11) stunned audiences with their mature approach to the GCSE text. Their professional approach and obvious talent as individuals and as an ensemble blew everyone away. Unfortunately snow stopped play and with the school closure, the postponement of the show was unavoidable leaving cast, crew and audiences devastated. But, as always, the show must go on, and on it will go; dates are to be confirmed after the practical drama examinations are completed this term. We send our sincere apologies that the show could not continue as planned and thank everyone for their ongoing support for the students and the drama department.
On Tuesday 6th March Yr7 students welcomed the debut author, Nicholas Bowling to our school. Nicholas’ book, Witchborn is set in the 1500’s and focuses on the country when it was deeply divided as medieval superstition has not yet given way to rational science.
On Thursday, 22nd February, the year 10 Curriculum Leaders put on an excellent Options Fair for our Year 8 students.
Austin Taylor is a four-time member of Team England and has won nine gold medals while representing the country. He has now won another gold medal while competing in a tournament in Holland against the best of the best in Europe. Averaging 225 over 16 games of ten pin bowling, Austin beat the best 50 bowlers, ranging up to the age of 25 and was able to surpass all of them to attain the gold medal at the age of just 16.
At the crack of dawn 46 Year 10 to 12 students and 6 staff arrived at Heathrow Airport with oversize suitcases and smiling faces. As parents waved them good bye, the first of many challenges awaited us. Firstly, at check-in, where some of us were over the 23kg limit. There was a lot of transferring of clothes amongst a frenzy of laughter and yes, Mr Howard did have the heaviest bag!
On Wednesday 7th February we took a squad of athletes to the annual Bucks Cross Country Championships at Cottesloe School, Aylesbury.
On Thursday 1st February, 187 students from Year 11 took part in a 6th Form Taster Day. They chose 5 different subjects and attended those lessons i to assist them in making their post 16 choices. Comments from the feedback forms included the words: ‘fun, interactive, informative, entertaining, enjoyable, interesting, practical and well presented.
A group of our Year 11 students visited the Langley Campus, which is one of three campuses under the Windsor Forest Colleges group. Students had previously registered an interest in a variety of courses. They were shown around the campus and experienced sample lessons. The facilities look new and very well equipped. The tutors who delivered the taster sessions made them interesting, fun and informative. Students were told about the courses, how they were assessed, entry levels and were shown around the learning areas.
On Sunday 28th January thirteen students from The Chalfonts Community College took part in the BSGA South Floor and Vault Championships.