October 2014 - Chancellor`s School

24th Ocober 2014
Chancellor’s
Newsletter
From the Headteacher
After a hectic start to the term, there
has certainly been no let-up this
month!
At the start of the month, we held the
extremely successful 50th Anniversary
reunion event, organised by Miss
Loader. It really was a fantastic evening, attended by more than 400 former staff and students. It was lovely
to see old friends meeting up again,
reminiscing about their happy times at
Chancellor’s and many people spoke
to me about how proud they are be
former students. We were delighted
to welcome back a number of VIP
guests, including Mr Maynard, the
founding Headteacher and Mrs
Wormleighton, widow of Mr Wormleighton, Mr Maynard’s successor.
After receiving a lengthy standing
ovation, Mr Maynard spoke movingly
about the early history of the School,
when there were only 72 students, the
Headteacher, 4 teachers and as many
additional part-time teachers as were
necessary to deliver the curriculum.
The sense of community and pride in
the school that evening reminded us
why we are so proud to be associated
with Chancellor’s. The evening raised
approximately £5000, which we plan
to use to start a makeover for the
School Hall, starting with new curtains.
We have been fortunate with the
weather which has enabled the builders to press on without disruption. I
am pleased to report that the work is
currently ahead of schedule and we
are hopeful that, weather permitting,
when students return after half term,
much of the scaffolding will have been
removed as we reclaim school buildings. A new covered walkway should
also be closer to completion.
I was asked by the Local Authority to
host a delegation of secondary
headteachers from Hertfordshire to
share our experience of the Ofsted
inspection process and I was delighted to welcome colleagues from ten
other schools. I talked about the hard
work of the last two years and the
many improvements we have made.
It has been another successful month
for our PE faculty. I should like to
congratulate our under 14 netball
team who are Hertfordshire County
Schools Netball champions, beating
Goffs in the final. The swimmers
have also continued to enjoy success
in the pool, winning a regional gala
and qualifying for the national schools’
championship.
Many students have had the opportunity to enjoy experiences away from
school. Year 8 geographers have
carried out fieldwork at the River Lea,
A Level Textiles students visited the
Knitting and Stitching show at Alexandra Palace and Year 11s visited ‘The
Clink’. I should like to thank all my
colleagues involved in the organisation of these invaluable trips.
Many of you will have been lucky
enough to attend last night’s Autumn
Concert. It was another varied and
exciting programme which seems to
get bigger and better every year.
The orchestra was excellent, performing
movements
from
Sibelius’
Findlandia and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and the Year 7 choir of over
100 wowed the audience with their
rendition of ‘We Will Rock You’,
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‘Alright’, and ‘Baggy Trousers’. Once
again, I am indebted to the staff of the
music department for their dedication
and inspiration.
Finally, I am very pleased to share
with you the news that our wonderful
sixth form body has been asked to
present the prestigious ‘Young Person
of the Year’ awards at Moor Park.
Following a training session with a
professional toast master and master
of ceremonies, 30 students have been
selected to host the evening at which
numerous mayors and the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire will be attending.
“Success is a science; if you have
the conditions, you get the result”
Oscar Wilde
Best Wishes,
David Croston
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VIEWS FROM THE INSIDE - ‘My Last Year At Chancellor’s’
Well, what can I say? After 7 years, my
time at Chancellor’s School has come
to an end. And I can honestly say that
my time here have been the best years
of my life.
There is a large emphasis on student
voice at Chancellor’s, where the students’ thoughts are listened to in order
to continuously improve our school,
making it a better place to be for all
students. The school council and the
newly developed house system are
vital in ensuring this happens.
In May 2013, I was elected to represent the school as Head Boy. This is a
major role that I was very passionate
about taking on. Primarily, the most
important thing was to welcome the
new Year 12s, to make them feel comfortable and settled in their new environment as quickly as possible. A number of events enabled this to happen,
including the welcome party and charity sports matches between the two
year groups. This enabled Sixth Formers to get to know their peers and
make new relationships with people
they wouldn’t have necessarily thought
they would have. What I am specifically
proud of was the integration between
the two year groups. If a visitor came
into the Sixth Form common room, I
am certain they wouldn’t have known
who was a Year 12 and who was a
Year 13. On the first day, we were just
two separate year groups, however, by
the end, we had flourished into one big
community.
At the start of the year, I was asked by
Mr. Croston to present a speech at
Open Evening, expressing my feelings
about my time at Chancellor’s. As it
was my first big speech, I was obviously slightly nervous, however I was ecstatic to convey my passion about the
school and what it meant to be a student there. Also, at the start of the
year, we introduced the Sixth Form
‘Twitter’ account. This was to improve
communication between the Prefect
team and other Sixth Form students.
The private account fed students with
notices on upcoming events so everyone was aware of what was going on
during the year. This further strengthened the student body of the Sixth
Form.
In total, the Prefect Team organized
around 40 events, whether that was for
the Sixth Form, the whole school or for
charity. These events included ‘Battle
of the Bands’, a Sixth Form dodgeball
tournament and climbing Mount Snowdon for Haven House Children’s Hospice. This is what makes us different to
other Sixth Forms and colleges. As
well as aiming to endlessly improve our
academic success, we also believe the
social side to Sixth Form life is essential in ensuring Sixth Formers enjoy
their time here. In total, we raised
around £8000 for charity, which is an
achievement we are immensely proud
of.
I will forever be grateful for what Chancellor’s School has given me. The
teachers go the extra mile to support
students in everything they do. A massive thank you goes to the Head of
Sixth Form, Mr. Whitelock, who is the
heart and soul of Chancellor’s Sixth
Form. I have learned many new skills
and qualities that have made me into
the person I am today. I am and always
will be proud to be a student at Chancellor’s School.
Elliott D’Souza
FOCUS ON: English - Y11
Below is a short extract taken from
my first book ‘The Elementals’.
However something had changed, it
felt different and didn’t feel right. It
was as if the atmosphere had
darkened.
Slowly the conversation died down.
The other Elementals from the Haven
were staring beyond the two of them.
Incantus, Alexis, Demi, Caeli and
Blaze turned around towards the
forest.
Standing up was Mortem drenched
with sweat, his eyes like daggers and
fists bunched like hammers. The evil
shadows coming from him were
sharp, all pointing crazily in different
directions.
"You think you've won?" He
screeched, breathing heavily like a
madman. He started clenching and
unclenching his fists which was
strange as Alexis did that whenever
he was angry.
"You've won NOTHING! You may
have won this battle but you will lose
the war!" Mortem’s robes were smouldering. "Even with your new powers
you still won't be a match for me", he
continued, his voice shrill. "I have your
Leaders and I have an army and once
the solar eclipse is upon us I will personally come down on you like nothing you have ever seen!
I will destroy your Haven and will tear
your magic and powers away from
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you, then I will kill each and every one
of you. I'll turn your bones to dust, will
tear the skin from your body and I will
make you watch," he screamed, pointing at Alexis, "just as the world you
love crumbles to dust and plunges into
darkness.
I promise that I shall kill your friends in
front of you and there will be nothing
you can do about it! I will also get rid
of the people that stole you, whom
you believe to be your parents but
they are not!
Mark my words boy, I will kill you,
slowly and painfully until I see the
whites of your eyes! Then no one will
be able to stop me!" He started jittering and glowed black. He then menacingly said, "I'll see you soon."
With that, he vanished in a cloud of
darkness.
Andrew Theophani 11S
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FOCUS ON: Performing Arts - The PiXL Club Choir
well when taking their GCSEs. At the
award ceremonies, as well as prizes
being handed out, there were keynote
speeches providing praise and inspiration and a number of superb performing arts performances, including the
PiXL choir.
Chancellor’s A* Students
On 24th of September Xavier Guerra,
Alistair Fitton and I performed at the
Westminster Central Hall, amongst
other members of the PiXL Club Choir.
Our performance was a selection of 4
songs,
‘Man
in
the
Mirror’,
‘September’, ‘The World’s Greatest’
and ‘Seasons of Love’. We had attended Saturday rehearsals during September to bring our final performance
together, ready for the afternoon and
evening. We were very honoured to
have Bazil Meade, alongside other
leaders of the London Community
Gospel Choir, to make learning the
songs so enjoyable and exciting.
The PiXL Club is a large collaboration
of schools working together to raise
achievement. It has an award ceremony to celebrate the achievement of
students who have done exceptionally
Our performance was a showcase to
show what students gathered from
different schools around the UK, as a
choir, could do. We also entertained
the packed hall which included former
Year 11 students from around the
country who had been specially invited
to attend the evening.
The opportunity for the three of us to
perform on the stage alongside likeminded students was very fulfilling.
Even though we were all from different
schools, there was a tremendous feeling of togetherness as we sang as one
big choir. This was a truly honourable,
fun and happy experience and I would
love to have the opportunity to take
part in something like this event again.
FOCUS ON: HUMANITIES - RE
2014 Nationwide School RE Essay Project
The following students’ essays for the
Bible Project received special prizes
because his or her work was of special
merit, of a high standard, and deserved
to be recognised, even though they
were not the main prize winners:Erin Bracken
Alfie Burton
Hazel Hassan
Amelie Johnson
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Hannah Mae Johnson
Amy Mason
Caitlin Orrow
Josh Over
Eliza Ruben
Jenny Turner
Ruby Turner
Ariane Welton-Gregory
Well done!
Mrs Shum
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FOCUS ON: D&T - Y12 and Y13 Textiles Visit
On 9th October Year 12 and 13 textiles
students visited The Knitting and Stitching show at Alexander Palace. The
show was such a great opportunity to
find inspiration and to learn more about
the textile industry, which will help with
our coursework.
There were hundreds of exhibitions,
including some amazing creations from
university students and outfits by famous designers.
“The show inspired me with different
techniques. I watched a demonstration
on Batik, this technique looked elegant
and it is completely unique. I watched
many embroidery machines stitch your
own design onto fabric, this was very
precise and accurate.”
Jessica Waterhouse
“I found the show inspirational and I
liked the atmosphere. Although not everything related to my project I found the
show helpful and a good experience.”
Emily West
“There was a lot of unusual techniques
which I want to investigate further”
Shannon Lee
“I couldn’t believe the size of the exhibition and I gained a lot of knowledge and
inspiration for my coursework.”
Annie Thorn
We would all like to thank Mrs Nicholas
for providing this fantastic opportunity to
introduce us further into the textile
world and allowing us to have an amazing day out!
Sixth Form Charity Events
On the 24th September, the Y13s
played the Y12s in both football and
netball to raise money for the Willows
Foundation. The events started at
lunchtime, with the girls playing netball.
The match was closely contested in the
first half, ending 5-2 to the Y12s who
then stormed away to win the match 10
-3 overall. The event was very popular,
attracted many spectators and raised a
fantastic amount of money.
just couldn’t find the back of the net.
The match ended at 5-0 to the Y13s.
This event raised a wonderful amount
of money to support the Willows Foundation.
After school there was a football match
between the boys. The Upper Sixth
took an early lead within the first 15
seconds and continued to put on pressure until halftime. In the second half
the Y12s looked like the better team but
A special thanks goes to the P.E department and Sports Prefects, as well
as everyone who turned out to play in
and support the matches.
The event was a brilliant and memorable experience, and raised a fantastic
amount of money for the Sixth Form.
On Wednesday 15th October, 8 teams
James Clarke 13F
The events, as always, were a great
success and we look forward to hosting
many more over the course of the year
to fundraise for the ever growing list of
charities that the Sixth Form supports.
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from the Sixth form competed in a
dodgeball tournament after school.
Each team consisted of 6 players, who
took part in a ‘Round-Robin’ style competition. The event was very entertaining and enjoyed by everyone who took
part. Team ‘Animals’ were victorious in
the end, finishing with a total of 4
points, closely followed by teams
‘Average Joes Gym’, ‘Punctures’ and
‘Praise Jeejus’ with 3 points each. In
third place was team ‘Andreas’.
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Visit To The Houses Of Parliament
Committee Room (the third chamber of
the Houses of Parliament) where many
debates are held and important issues
discussed. Like all chambers of Parliament the room contained many cameras as debates and votes were filmed.
Grant Shapps gave us an interesting
talk on the history of the Palace of
Westminster and Parliament, and his
typical day as an MP.
On 21st October I took part in a private
tour of the Houses of Parliament with
our local MP Grant Shapps. We arrived
at 6:00pm and went through a rigorous
security system to get into the building.
We started in the 900 year old Westminster Hall where Guy Fawkes, King
Charles I and William Wallace were on
trial. We then went up to the Grand
Mr Shapps then escorted us to the
Central Lobby where MPs meet before
going into the Lords or Commons. It
was very grand with huge statues of
past PM’s; Winston Churchill, David
Lloyd George, Margaret Thatcher and
Clement Attlee and an ornate ceiling
and windows. From here we were escorted into the House of Commons! It is
much smaller than I imagined and how
it looks on TV. Microphones were hanging from the ceiling scattered everywhere with speakers built into the actual green leather benches. We got to
see the table and the golden box where
the PM or MP’s lean on to address parliament and it states ‘present from New
Zealand’. We saw the red line that must
not be crossed by the MP’s facing each
other and the very grand Speakers
chair, with a huge felt bag hanging from
it where the MP’s put their petitions or
questions. It was amazing to stand in
the chamber that we see on TV and
somewhere the Queen can never go
due to Parliamentary rules.
It was a fantastic evening and I felt very
glad that I had the opportunity to experience it.
Joaquin Guerra 11B
Y9 Art - My Inspiring Visit to Brick Lane, London
On the 19th of October I went to the atmospheric Brick Lane art market. The
bustling environment gave off a creative
vibe amongst the street laden with market stalls. Although this was composed
of the aromas of authentic street food
from around the world and exotic goods
for all to see, the main indicator of creativity was the street art. During the past
half term, Y9 have been studying this
interesting topic in their art classes.
One of the main questions that arose
was “Is street art, art or vandalism?”
What became noticeable in these artistic streets of London is how there are
two different types of street art. First of
all there are meaningless and more
common stylized words plastered and
layered everywhere. These are called
name tags as they are usually to mark
or dominate territory. They are much
resented in society as they are considered ugly and pointless.
On the other hand there are also the
powerful images that are either aesthetically pleasing, clever, humorous or
communicating a political message.
The messages behind these artworks
are mocking the corruption in modern
society, relating to the large issue of
shoplifting. Many people think graffiti
without a purpose should be classed as
vandalism, although others fail to see
the creativity and would rather art
stayed on canvas.
Many places around the wide world
have embraced street art wholeheartedly, finding a world filled with art far
more pleasing to the eye than a world
of brick and grey. Urban areas in general are described as “a concrete jun-
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gle” which means that street art can
make everyday city scenes more interesting.
Upon my visit, I was lucky enough to
meet a street artist named Ian Stevenson at work. He was creating a large
scale piece of street art featuring a play
on Disney’s Mickey Mouse’s catchphrase, ”That’s all folks.” After getting in
touch with the thought-provoking artist I
later found out what inspired him to create street art. He said, “There is no better way to express your thoughts than
to place them where everyone can
see.” “This piece was created to communicate how the real meaning of life is
lost. All that anyone cares about today
is money which is mainly thanks to our
advanced technology.”
Lucy Prigmore 9M
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YOPEY - Young People’s Achievements
The privilege of presenting YOPEY
this year has been awarded to Chancellor’s School. The Sixth Form have
been selected to present at Moor Park,
Rickmansworth on the evening of the
13th November. YOPEY recognises
young people’s achievements –
(Young People of the Year Revealing,
Recognising and Rewarding Positive
Role Models).
The event which will be attended by
many dignitaries and VIPs has been
well supported by the Sixth Form stu-
dents, who were asked to volunteer if
they wanted to take part. In excess of
sixty students applied to participate
and this is nearly double the number of
places available. This wonderful response was clearly appreciated by the
trainers who came into the school on
13th October “My colleagues have
come back blown away by yesterday's
response from Chancellor’s School.
60 volunteers – wow!”
To start training students in the various
roles they are going to perform for the
evening’s events, the students will film
the event, organise and interview
those nominated, technically support
the evening, meet, greet and seat and
six students will take turns to present
throughout the evening.
The 13th November will see students
attending the venue from 1pm, where
they will receive further training. There
will then be a dress rehearsal and the
event itself will start at 7.30pm.
Mr J Whitelock
Sixth Form - Student Information Presentations
Each year we ask outside speakers to
come and meet the students and parents of those in the Sixth Form. This
month we had a focus on ‘Student Finance’.
Earlier in the month Y12 students were
asked to attend a talk from a member
of the government Student Finance
Team to listen to a presentation on
how to finance yourself through university. The speakers are ex-students
who graduated last year, so they have
first-hand experience of managing a
student’s budget.
The talk provides helpful advice and
information about budget management, student finance and key insights
into the area of bursaries and grants
provided by universities and their departments. A similar talk will take
place later in the month for parents.
We will be inviting Y12 and Y13 parents to a talk, in order that they are
provided with the most up to date infor-
mation to ensure that all parties are
aware of applying for a student loan,
bursary or grant.
University provides wonderful opportunities, however it is not cheap and we
try to provide information of the best
quality to students and parents alike so
an informed decision can be reached
about going on to study at degree
level.
Mr J Whitelock
Academic Review Day
Every year, around this time the Academic Review takes place for students
within the Sixth Form. It is an occasion
where progress can be discussed with
students, the fact that it takes place
after just six and a half weeks into the
term, provides a really good opportunity to discuss what is going well and
perhaps what needs to be worked upon.
Encouraging good practice from the
very beginning of the course, or looking for improvement and providing ideas on how to adjust to the standards
required at AS and A2, is immensely
valuable.
The meeting is arranged with the students’ mentors and it is an opportunity
to discuss progress in each subject
the students are taking. Discussing
and evaluating comments that have
been made concerning how students
are managing.
It is, for many, an excellent opportunity
to reflect and for some to celebrate
their successful move into the Sixth
Form. The number of students who
have completed this year’s transition is
very pleasing. These students will
have a letter sent home to
acknowledge their excellent start. A
similar process takes place for those in
Y13.
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From the feedback we get, students appreciate this time to reflect
and suggest it provides a real opportunity to react to comments
and suggestions made by staff. Students are encouraged to talk to their
subject teachers, when they feel it
is required.
Communication is so important in the
Sixth Form, to try and ensure that each
student has a positive experience and
an successful year. Above all they
should feel happy, confident and able
to thrive, with clear personal goals and
targets for achievement.
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Extended Learning Day Y11
On 7th October we had our first ELD
day of the year. This is an extended
learning day where we have the opportunity to learn about things which
aren’t part of our day to day learning.
We were taught about good revision
strategies, planning your time carefully, coping with stress, relaxation techniques and making a revision timetable, which we did on the day.
game where we were given an instruction, for example sit down, although
this really meant something else. It
was funny seeing people get confused
and James catching people out.
The theme of the day for the whole
school was ‘risk’. As Year 11 is such
an important year we had a motivational speaker come in and talk to us all.
We also discussed our future plans
and what we need to do to achieve
them. We had an assembly for the
whole year and the motivational
speaker - James Veness played a
Overall, I found the day really useful
and a lot of fun.
Lucy Ford 11H
FOCUS ON: Performing Arts - Drama Y12/13
Y13 Drama students have been working hard this term to create a unique
piece of drama from scratch. This is a
challenging task and they have approached it with dedication, commitment and enthusiasm.
to deliver a workshop to all sixth form
drama students in order to give the
students more knowledge, skills and
ideas to develop their examination
pieces. The students had a fantastic
morning and so did the staff.
Y12 will be in the same position next
year and therefore we had a professional theatre company ‘Frantic Assembly’ come into Chancellor’s School
Miss L Saunders
HOUSE EVENTS
YEAR
EVENT
MONTH
DEPARTMENT
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World Religions Project
September
RE
7
Famous Scientist Poster
Competition
October
Science
8
Rivers Assessment Competition
Oct/Nov
Geography
8
Inspirational People Poem
Competition
November
RE
9
Buddhist Competition
November
RE
9
Mince Pie Competition
December
Food Tech
9
An Article/Poem/Artwork to
commemorate WW1
November
History
10
Gingerbread House Competition
December
Food Tech
KS3 Technology Logo
Competition
November
Technology
October
Maths
Week After 1/2
Term
PE
December
PE
Y7-9
All
Spot The Numeracy Competition
All
Lunchtime House Fitness
Challenge
All
House Matches
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House News
ARUNDEL
BECKET
The new Heads of Houses have given their first assembly and the competition calendar is well underway.
Already the Y7s have been completing a ‘World Religions Project’ in the
RE faculty and in science they have
been researching and designing a
poster for who they view as the most
‘famous scientist.’
Year 8 are embarking on writing up
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their ‘River Assessment’ for Geography and their ‘Biodiversity Project’ for
Biology.
The Year 13 Heads of Houses all
have now got the support of a Y12
Junior House Prefect and at the time
of writing this is being strengthened
by the appointment of Y11 Prefects
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SOMERS
WOLSEY
and House Captains from Years 710.
All these appointments and winners
will be confirmed in the next newsletter. Thank you to all the staff involved and good luck everybody!
Mrs D Burke
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FOCUS ON: Physical Education & Sport Faculty
Herts County Schools Under 14 Netball Tournament – CHAMPIONS!
As pool overall winners we then
played Broxbourne School who were
runners up in their group in the semifinal. Having heard their results from
their pool matches we were confident
we could make the final. 8 - 3 up at
half time led to a 13 - 6 victory and a
place in the final where we again had
to face Goffs.
On October 11th, sixteen schools
competed in this year’s County
Schools Netball Tournament, divided
into two pools. Our 8 players (plus
parents and others) arrived for an early start at Stanborough School Welwyn Garden City ready for all kinds of
weather and some highly competitive
matches.
Our first match was against St Edmunds College. The girls were anxious at the start, nervous about being
part of this big tournament. At half
time, we were 6 - 5 down. With some
fantastic play, the girls turned the
score around and came out winners
with a 14 - 8 result.
The next five matches however followed a different pattern. Every match
was dominated by Chancellor’s. At
half time, against Haberdashers Askes, we were 3 - 0 up and won 8 - 1.
Against St Albans High we were 7 - 2
up and won 12 - 7. We were 9 - 1 up
against Presdales winning 15 - 3 and
8 - 2 up against Haileybury College
winning convincingly 17 - 2. Our fifth
match was against Queenswood and
we won 10 - 1 after being 5 - 0 up at
half time.
This brought us to our last pool match
(‘the grudge match’!!) against one of
the County’s renowned strongest
teams, Goffs. Having played them in
friendlies last year and with both
teams winning one apiece, the girls
were keen to win. Remaining composed and continuing to display effortlessly fluent skills, tactics and cohesion we were 4 - 2 up at half time and
eventual winners at 9 - 4.
As the finalists, both teams had already won through to represent the
County in the East of England Schools
Tournament, so for the girls, they
wanted to ensure we went all the way
to the next round as overall winners!
This match was the most hard fought
and with the score at 2 - 2 at half time,
the girls had to draw on all their reserves and play their best netball of
the day. They rose to the challenge
and won 7 - 5 to be crowned Under 14
Hertfordshire County Schools Tournament Champions 2014!
Mrs Moore, Miss Lynch, Miss Todd
and I would like to thank all the parents and other supporters on the day,
it was an amazing atmosphere and a
great tribute to our players for working
together and having lots of fun.
Well done to Lucy Millbery, Georgia
Lee, Scarlett Rowe, Rosy Vella, Evie
Herrick, Mia Dunsmuir, Olivia Bacon
and Louise Rogers and roll on the
next round in Essex in January!!
Mrs N Seabrook
Head of Girls PE/2nd in Faculty
GB Canoeing Talent Identification Programme 2014
Following phase 2 of the testing programme, five of Chancellor’s students have successfully got onto the
GB Talent Identification Programme
2014-2016.
have already entered competitions at
the end of the current season, which
runs until October, and have been promoted to Division 3 in Kayaking.
Well done, keep up the fantastic work!
They are Dan Hearn, Katie McDermott, Erin Smith, Maia Harrison and
Eren Yalkin. The students now train
most nights at Lee Valley White Water centre being coached by Team
GB coaches. Dan, Maia and Katie
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Mrs L Moore
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FOCUS ON: Physical Education & Sport Faculty
Rugby
The rugby season is now in full swing
with three games played across Y8
and Y9.
The Y8 rugby team have made an
impressive start to their season with
an opening game victory against
Thomas Alleyne’s School, winning 28
- 10, followed by a second victory
against Stanborough School 40 – 0.
As current Hertfordshire County
Shield Champions, high expectations
have been set for the Y8 team with
some friendly fixtures scheduled in the
future against some stronger rugby
schools.
The Y9 rugby team started their season with a very hard fought encounter
against a strong Hertswood side. After a tough and physical game Chancellor’s took the win by a one point
margin, 28 - 27. Some excellent performances, particularly from Ben Har-
rison and Aiden Bracken help to secure the victory.
Y7 have been turning out in good
numbers for Monday night training.
Remember, training is open to all students, 3.15pm – 4.15pm every Monday, with Y7 rugby matches scheduled for after half term.
Please keep an eye on the website for
results and up and coming fixtures.
Swimming - James Blount 9B
Last weekend James Blount, Y9 swam
at the Inter–County National Finals
held in Sheffield. James was selected
to represent Hertfordshire County in
the 100 metre freestyle, medley relay
team and mixed ages freestyle events.
girls from each age group, for each
stroke, so for James to be selected for
his own individual race was not only a
huge achievement but also recognition
of him as a good swimmer and his
potential for the future.
Each county picked the best boys and
James swam with great determination
and commitment finishing seventh
overall in Britain. He also achieved a
fantastic time of 26 seconds on both of
his other relay races.
Well done James, a fantastic effort
and great result!
Regional Secondary Schools’ Team Swimming Championship
Team
Swimming
Championships.
The junior girls’ team was made up of
Katie Harrison, Anna Shipman, Amy
Mason and Millie McGrath. They
swam fantastically and worked really
well as a team. They finished 6th in
their heat of the freestyle and medley
race.
On 17th October, eight students represented Chancellor's school in the regional round of the Secondary Schools
The intermediate boys team, made up
of David Shipman, Ben Harrison,
James Woodward and James Blount
achieved great success by winning
both the freestyle and medley races.
They were overall winners in both of
these events and have subsequently
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qualified for the National Finals, which
are being held at the London Aquatic
Centre on Saturday 22nd November
2014.
Intermediate boys’ Medley time –
1:59:97
Intermediate boys’ Freestyle time –
1:45:86
We wish the boys the best of luck in
this event.
Mr D Welch
Head of PE
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LIBRARY NEWS: Patron of Reading
to have secured local author Sarah
Crossan as our school Patron of Reading.
As Patron of Reading, Sarah will be
establishing a special relationship with
our school and, amongst other things,
has undertaken to visit our students
regularly, donate new and autographed copies of her books and keep
in touch with us via newsletters prepared specially for our students. She
will be popping in to visit our Year 7, 8,
9 and above book clubs very soon!
We are very lucky here at Chancellor’s
We have had an author visit with Sarah previously which was very positive-
ly received by students and staff alike.
I am very excited about this new relationship for our school and the opportunity it brings to enhance the profile of
reading at Chancellor’s. To find out
more about Sarah Crossan and her
books, please visit:
www.sarahcrossan.com.
To find out more about the Patron of
Reading
initiative,
please
see:
www.patronofreading.co.uk
Dr K. Pammenter
Head Librarian
Author Visit - Alex Sparrow
We were lucky earlier this month, to be invited to bring a
small group of students to participate in the Hertford Children’s Book Festival at Haileybury College, where we were
entertained by Alex Scarrow, author of the ‘Time Riders’
series of books.
Alex gave us a fast paced and exciting tour through his
books, and we had the opportunity to buy books and have
them signed by Alex. We are now waiting with baited
breath for the last book in the series to come out!
To find out more about Alex Scarrow and the Time Rider
series, please visit: www.time-riders.co.uk.
Replacement 880 Bus Service
We still have limited availability on the
880 replacement bus service, the GB4
service that is now run by Golden Boy
Coaches from the Cheshunt/Cuffley
area.
If you would like your son/daughter to
use this service after half-term, for the
remainder of the 2014 -15 academic
year the cost will be £544.
For further information please contact
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me on 01707 621081 or via e-mail:
tarrantt@chancellors.herts.sch.uk
Mrs Telié Tarrant
School Business Manager
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‘Meet A Teacher’ - Mr B Fa’avae - Teacher of English
land having graduated from The University of Otago with a degree in English. I took English as it was the subject that I enjoyed the most and got
good marks in.
Why did you become a teacher?
I became a teacher to gain
the professional skills to help young
people from difficult backgrounds learn
coping skills. At the time I was working
in the community sector in New Zea-
What did you do before coming to
Chancellor’s
I have worked for the past fourteen
years teaching in different schools in
New Zealand, the last of which, Ao
Tawhiti, is a designated special character school based around selfdirected learning. Just before coming
to Chancellor's I married Enna, my
partner of nine years, in a ceremony at
Motunau, a fishing village one hour
north of our hometown Christchurch.
Highlights of my time so far at
Chancellor’s
The highlights for me are meeting and
getting to know the staff and students.
I am really impressed by the conviviality and manners of the student body.
Another highlight is the support I have
received from within the English department,
and
from
throughout
the wider staff. Staff are very encouraging and helpful. I have been surprised at how much time staff will
spend with me when I know they are
busy themselves. I am grateful to my
colleagues for this. The school is very
organised and well run.
What I like about Chancellor’s
I like the focus on supporting students
to learn and make progress. There are
really passionate people here who
care that the students are learning.
My hobbies and interests are:
Song writing, sport, reading, and at
present travelling around UK and Europe.
‘Spotlight on’ - Mrs J Davenport-Pleasance - Teaching Assistant
What is the role of an Teaching
Assistant?
My role as a teaching assistant means
I work alongside teachers to support
the delivery of the curriculum. I sometimes support specific students but
also support the class as a whole. I
also work with individual students on
booster sessions for maths.
You have been at Chancellor's
since September, what did you do
before?
Before starting as a teaching assistant
at Chancellor's I was teaching in primary schools for 30 years. I decided
that I wanted a new challenge. So I
took the brave step of leaving a job I
knew very well to step into the unknown. I had a few months of working
in the library at Chancellor's whilst also
working at a health food shop. I enjoyed the secondary school atmosphere so much that I decided this was
just the challenge I needed so I applied for a teaching assistant’s job and
here I am!
tants and the teachers I work alongside. It has been very rewarding working with the students and hopefully
making a difference to their education.
The atmosphere at Chancellor's is so
positive and friendly that it makes it a
happy environment to work in.
What are your hobbies & interests?
I have many hobbies which keep me
busy when I am not working. I go to a
water colour art class. I play badminton and do a tap class. I run an adult
book group so I obviously spend quite
a bit of time reading. I also like to go
on country walks.
Which bits of your job do you enjoy
most?
I have really enjoyed my time at Chancellor's so far. It has been great getting to know my fellow teaching assis-
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Chancellor’s 50th Anniversary Reunion
October 4th saw the great Chancellor’s
50th Birthday Reunion, involving a cast
of what seemed like thousands, (just
over 500 actually), an army of helpers
and some famous old faces; it was a
night of wonderful nostalgia, millions of
photographs (see Facebook) and reminiscence.
The meal option changed from fish and
chips to baked potatoes and chilli without so much as a blink and the bar got
through forty litres of vodka! The Badger Beer was also appreciated as was
the Prosecco that went down so fast it
seemed like it was going out of fashion.
Past pupils toured the school, had their
pictures taken sitting at desks, beside
the lockers, playing basketball in the
gym and disco dancing. All of this was
organised and led by our wonderful
sixth form who squired them around
with joy and a level of professionalism
that had some of their elders mistaking
them for current teachers!
Was the highlight of the evening the
food? Perhaps it was the cake? Or
even the film of Sports Day 1966?
No...the highlight of the evening was
the man they all came to see... Mr
Frank Maynard – the first headmaster
of the school, who gave a speech that
was received in perfect silence and
achieved a standing ovation.
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Long live Chancellor’s!
We will have another reunion (once
we’ve got over this one). Keep your
eyes on the school website everyone.
I would like to thank so many, far too
many to list here, but suffice it to say
that I couldn’t have done it alone and
the success of the reunion could not
have been achieved without a fantastic
team effort. Chancellor’s has been
and will continue to be the strongest
team there is.
Here’s to the next fifty years.
R Loader
Head of Geography
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Headteacher’s Commendations
“Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result” Oscar Wilde
KS3
A Headteacher’s Commendation has been awarded to a student for sustained effort and achievement.
Here are the award winners for this month.
Subject
Year 7 student
Year 8 student
Year 9 student
Art
Harry Saward
Jaynie Awcock
Lewis Salmon
D&T
Louisa Costa McFadden
Ruby Turner
Molly Dyer
Drama
Harry Saward
Amelie Johnson
Fabio De Luca
English
Kendra Addy
Edward Carr
Amy Thompson
Geography
Sacha Coughlan
Jaynie Awcock
Scarlett Miles
History
Alice Armon
Carmen Livingstone
Oliver Salmon
ICT
Kieron Lee
Mathematics
Thomas Tallon
Ruby Dyer
James Blount
MFL
Will Fuller
George Cole
Ceyda Balci
Music
Ethan Daniel
Daniel Hearn
Scarlett Miles
PE
Ella Cockayne
Murray Austen
Mia Bracher
RE
Henry Follett
Neev Kohli
Jessica Maccarthy
Science
Alexander Chadwell
Hannah-Mae Johnson
Zain Siddique
Citizenship/PHSE
Lucy Evans
Adam Naish
Heather Woodcock
Psychology
KS5
KS4
Subject
Year 10 student
Year 11 student
Subject
Year 12 student
Year 13 student
Art
Anastasia Liepina
Lauren Hyde
Art
Saffy Lamrhari
Shannon Lee
Business
Thomas Cox
Zachary Samiotis
Business
Carina Harrigan
Hannah Jones
D&T
Taylan Yalkin
James Whybrow
D&T
Saffy Lamrhari
Emily West
Drama
Sean Wright
Bradley Webb
Drama
Megan Roper
Laurence Debnam
English
David Shipman
Henry Peters
English
Alex Haines
Alexis Clare
Geography
Lydia De Matos
Katharine Chadwell
Geography
Jayden Constable
Xavier Guerra
History
Dunhya De Silva
Laura Kelly
History
Megan Roper
Beth Foster
ICT
Shashvitha
Dharmapuri
Adimchinobi
Ndukwe
ICT
Kieran Bett
Andreas Yiannaki
Mathematics Mollie Whitley
Mathematics Stefano Said
Jordan Day
MFL
Cristina Hemmett
Emma Large
Music
George Hartley
PE
Laurence Clement
MFL
Samatha Over
Music
Lucy Mellenfield
Elliot Decaro
Lewis Beat
PE
Annabella Thorn
Nicholas Tetlow
Francis Villarin
Megan Cooper
RE
Karen Henman-Acker Beth Foster
RE
Louis McDermott
Tayla Coull
Science
Mollie Whitley
Tommy Ellingham
Science
Barney Grice
Antonio Duduianu
Sociology
Naomi Parker
Emily Hewson
Sociology
Grace Bush
Kate Moody
Psychology
Suzy Palmer
Hannah Stock
Psychology
Tom Weldon
Sian Hartley
Citizenship
Citizenship
Chloe Harris
Economics
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Aditya Maroo
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