November 2015 - Chancellor`s School

30th November 2015
Chancellor’s
Newsletter
From the Headteacher
It has been another rollercoaster of a
month and I think everyone was
grateful for the Occasional Day last
Friday to recharge their batteries in
preparation for the last few weeks of
term.
Last Thursday, all teaching and
associate staff were involved in the
Staff Development Day on the theme
of student well-being. We welcomed
keynote speaker, Anesta Edge, the
chief executive of ‘Rephael House’
which provides counselling services
for young people, to highlight the
important issue of mental health. Our
pastoral team gave presentations
and led discussions on the issues of
low-level disruption, restorative
approaches and reflections on
gender to raise the achievement of
both boys and girls. It was an
extremely productive day and served
to reinforce our commitment to
insisting on the highest standards of
behaviour from our students both in
and out of the classroom. It further
reminded us of the importance of
building strong and positive
relationships between both staff and
students, and to help support
students in their relationships with
each other.
The ‘Chancellor’s Spirit’ was on
display for all to see and celebrate at
the whole school production of ‘Little
Shop of Horrors’ earlier this month.
The energy and enjoyment from all
the participating students, both on
and off the stage, was evident
throughout. I would like to
congratulate all of the students
involved and also to thank the staff
who worked so hard to make it
happen. In particular, I should like to
thank Miss Saunders, Miss Riley, Mr
Clarke and Mr Galton. The warm
words of the Year 13 students in their
speeches on the final night showed
just how grateful they were to all the
staff who have supported them in
productions during their time at the
school.
There have been a number of trips
that have taken place this month.
Sixth Form History and German
students are in Berlin as I write and
there has also been a Government
and Politics trip to the Houses of
Parliament. Other trips included an
outing to hear the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra and to see
‘Matilda’ the musical. Finally, Sixth
Form Sociology and Psychology
students attended a fascinating
Criminology conference in London.
Again, I should like to thank my
colleagues for organising and
accompanying students on these
engaging and worthwhile trips.
It is a busy time for Year 11 students
at the moment. They are currently in
the middle of their important mock
examinations and I have been
impressed by the careful preparation
made by the majority of students.
They will gain valuable exam
practice, and develop a clearer
picture of their revision priorities for
the rest of the year. Large numbers
of our Year 11s, along with a number
of students from other schools,
attended the Sixth Form Open
Evening which was a very successful
event. Other students had the
opportunity to visit Oaklands College
to find out more about alternatives to
A Levels, and in particular vocational
qualifications.
Four students from Years 9 and 10
represented Chancellor’s at the
National Team Swimming
Championships at the London
Aquatic Centre, finishing an
impressive 8th in both the medley and
freestyle races. Students across the
school took part in the District Cross
Country meeting and you can read
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about their successes and the other
sporting news later on in this
newsletter.
I am pleased to report that
Chancellor’s has finally joined the
twittersphere and you can follow all
the latest news and developments by
visiting @ChancellorsSch.
Finally, have you ever considered a
career in teaching? Chancellor’s is a
member of both the Herts and Bucks
Teaching Alliance and the St Albans
Federation. On Saturday 5th
December we will be taking part in a
recruitment fair for the Herts and
Bucks Alliance at Parmiter’s School.
We are always looking to recruit the
very best teachers at Chancellor’s
and that includes a commitment to
training the teachers of the future, so
if you are, or know of a graduate
looking for a second, or even third
career, then I would be delighted to
hear from you directly at:
head@chancellors.herts.sch.uk.
I will sign off with a quote:
Well-being cannot exist just in
your own head. Well-being is a
combination of feeling good as
well as actually having meaning,
good relationships and
accomplishment. - Martin
Seligman
Best wishes,
David Croston
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FOCUS ON: ART
Gifted and Talented Art Day
This year the ‘Gifted and Talented’
Art students from Years 7 -10 painted the set for the school production
of “Little Shop of Horrors.”
The day started out with all of the
people who had been chosen meeting behind the stage to register. We
then went onto the stage and Mr Galton allocated us all spots to paint.
We carefully followed the image that
the Art teachers had created using
Photoshop. We applied our individual
art skills to the pencil marks on the
walls and closely followed the colour
copies we were given.
As I am in Year 10, I did the set
painting all day on the Tuesday. This
was so that we could help the younger years if necessary. I thoroughly
enjoyed the set painting for this year,
as I have every year. I think that it
was good that the Year 10s could do
it all day and help the younger years
if they went wrong or needed help.
I recently helped to paint the set of
Little Shop of Horrors. I was proud to
be selected as part of the team. Apparently I am good at Art! The experience was very enjoyable. I got to
climb up a scaffold which was quite
high but I made myself brave. I
worked with poster paint and my task
was to paint the top of the set purple.
Overall, I think that the end design
for the set looks amazing this year
and that it really ties in with the production itself.
I am grateful to have been given this
opportunity and I hope the production is a success, as I am sure it will
be.
Lucy McCartney 10W
Isabella Grant 7B
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FOCUS ON: SCIENCE - Famous Scientist Competition
This term in Year 7 the Science Faculty has run a “Famous Scientist
Poster” house competition, for which
students were required to produce
an imaginative and engaging poster
about a famous scientist of their
choice.
Their posters had to include: information about the scientist’s life, what
discovery or work they are famous
for, how the scientist has helped our
lives today, as well as a picture of
them.
The posters produced were of excellent quality and it was a tough decision to pick the top three from the
year group. However, a decision
had to be made and the winners
were as follows:
First place went to Harvey Middleton
7S for his wonderful 3D poster about
Marie Curie.
Second place was awarded for a
colourful poster on the American
scientist Barbara McClintock by
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Luke Georgiou 7M.
Joint 3rd place went to a very informative poster on Edwin Hubble by
Grace Hedley 7B and an excellent
cartoon poster on Rosalind Franklin
by Jack Presho 7M.
Congratulations to the four winners
and to everyone that took part!
Mr C Holliday
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FOCUS ON: PERFORMING ARTS - Matilda
On 4th November 2015, 42 students
embarked on a trip to London to see
Matilda. We got on the coach at
about 12:20 and arrived in central
London nearly two hours later. There
was a buzz in the air and lots of
chatter about the show as we lined
up, waiting to be let in.
The first part of the show had many
songs and great acting as well as the
second part with more songs. Louise
Knight played Matilda in the matinee
show and she had a very strong
voice, even without the rest of the
cast. During the interval, many of us
got up to stretch our legs and buy
refreshments and Matilda merchandise.
The only technical difficulty was that
during the song ‘Revolting Children’
a paper aeroplane got caught in the
table mechanism rising through the
stage floor! A “tech” lady had to
come on stage and retrieve the
plane, but when the problem was
fixed the whole audience cheered in
excitement as the show recommenced.
As the show finished, the lights came
on and the curtains closed. 42 very
happy students walked back to the
coach in wonder, still marvelling at
the awesome cast’s singing and the
massive auditorium. It was a great
experience for everyone who went,
even the teachers!
Thank you to Miss Saunders, Mr
Clarke and Miss Pemberton for organising and taking us to see a stunning musical.
Pray for Paris
13th November 2015, a day we won't
soon forget. As many of you have
heard, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks consisting of mass shootings, suicide bombings and hostagetaking occurred in central Paris and
in the northern suburb of Saint-Denis
in France.
Beginning at 21:20, there were three
separate suicide bombings outside
the Stade de France an nearer central Paris, there were mass shootings
and a suicide bombing at four different locations. The deadliest of those
attacks took place at the Bataclan
Theatre, where attackers took hostages and engaged in a stand-off
with police which ended at 00:58 on
14th November.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) claimed responsibility for
the attacks and over 128 people
have been confirmed to have died
and many more seriously injured.
Although the people guilty for these
truly despicable acts are the main
focus for some, we must show respect and support as a
school for those who are forced to
mourn the loss of their loved ones as
France begins to recover from these
atrocities.
The support that has been shown
thus far around the world has been
unparalleled and we thank all students for the maturity that was displayed during the sombre minute of
silence that took place on Monday
morning in memory of the innocent
lives lost.
‘Pray for Paris’.
Nick Pedraza 13P
‘Christmas Cut for Cancer’
One of our Y7
students Lara
Decaro has selflessly decided to
cut her hair on
Christmas eve
and donate it to
The Little Princess Trust, which
provides real hair wigs to boys and
girls across the UK and Ireland that
have sadly lost their own hair through
cancer treatment
She told me that her sister Sophia in
Y12 already had short hair and she
liked the way it looked so she decided to cut her own hair but wanted a
good reason where, in doing so, it
would help others.
She spoke to her brother Elliot, a
former Chancellor’s student, who
suggested that she could also raise
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money for the Teenage Cancer Trust
and helped her set up a ‘justgiving’
page called ‘Christmas Cut for Cancer’.
If you would like to donate to this
worthy cause you can do so by going
to:
www.justgiving.com
Lara ‘s ‘Christmas Cut for Cancer’
Miss S Grant
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FOCUS ON: HISTORY - Battlefields Trip to Belgium
Just before the half term break, 36
Year 9 students went on the History
trip to the World War 1 Battlefields in
Belgium, following the work we had
been doing on World War One in our
History lessons. Four major battles of
the war were fought in the area we
visited around Ypres in northern Belgium, and more than 250,000 British
and Commonwealth soldiers lost their
lives there. On the tour of the battlefields we discovered the tragic and
heroic stories of some of the soldiers
who fought in the area.
We visited the city of Ypres, which
was constantly bombed during the
war, reducing it to ruins. At the heart
of Ypres stands the Menin Gate
which marks the route that many soldiers took on their journey to the front
line, where the actual fighting took
place. It is also the location of the
“Menin Memorial to the Missing.” The
memorial bears the names of over
54,000 men from the United Kingdom
and Commonwealth Forces who died
in the surrounding area and who
have no known grave. Each evening
the 'Last Post,' the traditional final
salute to the Fallen, is still played in
honour of soldiers who lost their lives.
This ceremony has taken place every
evening since 1928, and many thousands of people come every year to
participate, including many world
leaders. A group of Chancellor’s students and Mr Reid were very fortunate to be invited to lay a wreath during the ceremony on behalf of the
Chancellor’s School community.
After visiting various battlefields and
cemeteries in the area, we took a trip
to a museum with mock trenches. It
was very informative and gave us an
insight into the daily lives the soldiers
led: what food they ate, what they
wore and the weapons they used in
combat. As a final treat we were given some free time in Ypres and money to spend. A group of students and
I went to a local Belgian chocolate
shop which had special deals on especially for Chancellor’s School! We
then had some pizza and chips at a
local café, before heading back to
school on the coach.
The trip to Belgium was a valuable
experience and a great opportunity to
remember those who gave their lives
in World War 1. I had a great time
and was moved by the tragic and
inspirational stories I heard.
Sorcha Drumm 9H
FOCUS ON: ENGLISH - Literacy Update - Readathon
Students in Years 7 and 8 have been
taking part in Readathon – a sponsored read to buy books for children
who are seriously ill in hospital. Students chose their own targets –
whether reading chapters of books,
several books or magazines. The
aim was to read something they enjoyed, which fits in with the overarching theme for this year’s literacy focus: ‘Reading for Pleasure’.
Many students took part, getting
sponsored by family and friends, and
between them have raised a phenomenal £1,000 for the charity!
Readathon provides children's hospitals with regular storyteller visits, plus
a mobile bookcase jam-packed full of
brand new books which are replenished every six weeks. All students
who raised money for Readathon will
receive reward points, and the two
students who raised the most will
also receive a book token from the
charity.
‘Reading for Pleasure’ at Chancellor’s School kicked off on Year 6
Transition Day when the whole cohort had a literacy lesson resulting in
posters showing why they read and
the types of books they enjoy. The
students produced some lovely work,
which is now on display in the library
– please go and have a look if you
have the opportunity.
As you know, developing a love of
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reading is one of the most important
skills we can give our students, and
research has shown that parents are
the most important reading role models for children and young people.
The Institute of Education found that
10 to 16 year-olds who read for
pleasure do better at school and that
reading for pleasure is more important than either wealth or social
class as an indicator of success at
school. So why not pick up a book
and discuss it with your child?
Mrs C Jordan Jones,
English Teacher & Advanced Lead
Teacher; Literacy
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FOCUS ON: GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
On 20th November our Year 12 Government and Politics class, joined by
a handful of Year 13 Government
and Politics students, visited Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament.
We began by taking the tube to
Whitehall where we visited the Department of Energy and Climate
Change, and there we were given a
talk about the Civil Service.
It was fascinating to learn about the
roles within the Civil Service and the
issues faced when it comes to running the country. To illustrate this, we
were given a task about how to encourage people to reduce their carbon footprint. At first the task seemed
simple, however as we thought more
about it, it became more nuanced
and we realised that however we
chose to go about tackling the issue,
more issues would arise. It was clear
that much deliberation and research
has to go into every decision made.
After an incredibly short lunch break
we walked to the Houses of Parliament. Here, we were given a short
tour of the palace. Our first stop was
Westminster Hall, dating back to
1097, which we learnt was one of the
oldest parts of the building, as much
of the rest had been destroyed in a
fire. This has been seen a positive
thing in some ways, as it allowed the
palace to be rebuilt fit for purpose
during the Victorian era, from which
the majority of the building gets its
beautiful neo-gothic style.
Currently in Government and Politics
our class is learning about how the
government’s actions are scrutinised,
through means such as Prime Minister’s Questions and select committees.
Throughout the day we focused on
select committees and evaluated
their effectiveness. We were taken to
a select committee chamber where
we were given a talk on the history
and learnt more about them. In the
select committee chamber, a committee questions and cross-examines
witnesses and people give evidence
on a certain topic. The committee
then writes a report containing suggestions for the government. Committees usually scrutinise the work of
a particular governmental department, however in the House of Lords
their focus is much broader. An interesting point to note is that the seating
arrangement in the select committee
chamber is in a horseshoe, instead
of set up as two opposing sides as in
the House of Commons. As select
committees reflect the make-up of
the House of Commons in terms of
parties, this layout encourages the
different politicians to work together
more, instead of being pitted against
each other, which makes for a more
effective committee.
We then got to the part we had all
been waiting for: watching a debate
in the House of Commons. We sat in
the public gallery above the house,
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and watched part of a debate on a
Private Member’s Bill concerning
compulsory First Aid education in
schools. A Member of Parliament
(MP) was attempting to filibuster (talk
out) the bill and was consequently
talking very slowly and deliberately
for a long time. Although this isn’t the
most entertaining thing to watch, it
was interesting and funny to see the
Deputy Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle,
smack down a Tory MP as she attempted to call out a fellow MP for
being late to the debate.
Our tour concluded and we went on
to visit the Parliament Education
Centre, where we sat in House of
Commons style in rows facing each
other. The rows we were sitting in
became our parties as we were
asked to debate for or against the
effectiveness of select committees.
We had time to do some research
together and put together our ideas,
and then had a lively debate. Although the results of the debate were
fairly equal, many were swayed and
realised that select committees are
not as effective as they had originally
thought, leading to a victory for the
blue team (no relation to any political
party whatsoever).
Overall we had an exciting and interesting day which was valuable for
our learning, but was also a great
and fun day out for us all.
Julia Everett 12C
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FOCUS ON: PERFORMING ARTS ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
I feel so privileged to have worked
with the talented students here at
Chancellor’s School on this production. It has been great fun and they
have put in an immense amount of
hard work.
As for the show itself, I remember
first seeing Little Shop of Horrors as
a child and the comical characters,
This year our usual Christmas
school production was not a Christmas show, but it was still the usual
amazingly high-quality production.
The choice to perform Little Shop of
Horrors was definitely the right one
for this year’s cast. Although the
cast was considerably smaller than
in previous year’s, everyone worked
their socks off and as a result the
show was a great success. The rehearsals went very quickly and the
weeks of hard work and late nights
learning lines paid off. I think this
was the first year we actually finished early at weekend rehearsals!
rock ‘n’ roll soundtrack and of
course, that enormous, hilarious and
ill-mannered plant, Audrey II were
enough to send me head over heels.
We presented a term’s worth of
blood, sweat and tears. We hope
that you found the show entertaining
and had a great evening.
This year we were lucky enough to
be able to rent props and costumes
for the show. This has never been
done before, but I hope it carries on
in the future, because it helped make
the show as great as it was. The
people looking after and operating
the props were fantastic and picked
up the skills needed very quickly.
Although we couldn’t feed Mr
Croston to the plant on the final
night, Mr Clarke was happily
munched!
When it finally got to the very busy
and stressful show week, everyone
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Thank you so much for supporting
this great event
Miss L Saunders
Director
There are 150 photos available of
the cast in action on a photo DVD
available from the Performing Arts
Faculty for £3.50.
was very nervous but Miss Saunder’s calm attitude made the nerves
disappear. The whole cast has become one big family and the atmosphere of having the audience at the
show nights lifted our confidence
and we fed off their enthusiasm.
Being my last year in the show I am
very sad to leave, but I can definitely
say that I have left on a high. Little
Shop of Horrors will always stay in
my memory and I will never forget
our little family in the Arts Faculty.
Carla Husband 13T
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FOCUS ON: PE & SPORTS FACULTY
For a full round-up of all results please see the school website.
Y8 & Y9 Girls’ Football
Tabitha Mabbutt, Alexia Nicolaou and
Jess Moore.
The Year 7 Chancellor’s School Girls’
football team took part in their first
football tournament of the year in
November and it provided the first
chance to represent the school for
many.
In a tough group against some very
good opposition the girls managed to
stay undefeated in the pool stage,
drawing their three games with some
very solid performances. Unfortunately this was not enough to progress to the semi-finals, but the girls
still squeezed in a friendly game, winning 2-0 to end on a high. Well done
to Hannah Parkinson, Isabelle England, Lulu Chaps, Chichi Ndukwe,
Chancellor’s School also entered a
mixed Year 8 and 9 team into the
Under 14 tournament in November.
The girls performed well despite having a limited number of training sessions due to bad weather. In a similar
scenario to the Year 7s, the girls
managed to draw their first two
games against good opposition, before suffering a-last gasp defeat at
the hands of the eventual winners,
Owens. This meant we were unable
to get out of the group stage but the
effort and enthusiasm shown by all
involved was a credit to the school
and promises a better outcome in the
repeat tournament later in the school
year. Well done to Erin Smith, Cece
Gordon-Hill, Millie Rochford, Brooke
O’Donoghue, Aaliyah Harris, Marty
Dalton and Nicky Pari.
A fantastic start to the year for girls
football – well done all!
Mr S Hesling
Miss S Lynch
Basketball
The school’s basketball season got
under way this week with the Year 10
team taking part in the first of a number of District Tournaments.
Held at Stanborough School on 16th
November, the Year 10 boys competed in a round-robin style tournament
against six other schools. The students from Chancellor’s performed
exceptionally well, losing no games
in the initial stages, winning two and
drawing one. This was enough to
see them through to the final in which
they played the hosts, Stanborough
School.
Unfortunately Chancellor’s were defeated in the final by very strong opposition, losing 10-2. However, the
boys were a credit to the school in
terms of their attitude and effort and
did extremely well to finish in second
place.
Well done to Alex Strickland, Mark
Titley, Harry Rooney, Harry Hayes
and Dominic John.
Cross Country
Chancellor’s School had their most
successful year to date at this year’s
Mid-Herts District Schools Cross
Country Championships, held on
Wednesday 18th November at
Queenswood School.
Chancellor’s came second in the
overall standings out of twelve competing schools, and was one of only
two schools to have full teams across
all the year group races, with twelve
runners competing in each year (6
boys and 6 girls) from Year 7 through
to Year 13.
Notable performances came from the
Year 7 and Year 10 Boys’ teams,
who were both crowned district
champions. An outstanding performance from Ben Harrison (Year 10)
also saw him take the gold medal in
the Year 10 Boys’ race.
Team results were as follows:
Overall Boys results - 2nd
Year 7 – 1st (District Champions)
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Year 8 – 4th
Year 9 – 3rd
Year 10 – 1st (District Champions)
Seniors – 3rd
Overall Girls results – 3rd
Year 7 – 2nd
Year 8 – 5th
Year 9 – 2nd
Seniors – 4th
Congratulations to all students who
took part in the competition; you are
a credit to the school.
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FOCUS ON: PE & SPORTS FACULTY
Swimming
Chancellor’s School Intermediate Boys Swimming Team
Left to right: Thomas Stanbury, Anthony Smith, James
Blount Ben Harrison
A special mention must also go to
the parents of the boys, who demonstrate great dedication in ensuring
the boys are able to train and compete across the whole country, and
whose support is simply outstanding.
Thank you to Mrs Harrison, who was
poolside throughout the entire competition, passing on her expertise as
team manager to the boys and
providing them with excellent guidance to enable to perform at their
very best.
Chancellor’s School is very proud of
these four very talented and hardworking young athletes. Congratulations.
On Saturday 21st November, Thomas style heats saw them qualify for both
Stanbury (Year 9), Ben Harrison,
finals. The Freestyle heat was a parAnthony Smith and James Blount
ticularly impressive performance.
(Year 10) represented Chancellor’s
in the Annual National Team SwimThe final, which consisted of the
ming Championships held at the Lon- highest achieving swimming schools
don Aquatic Centre (home of the
in the country, and showcased the
2012 London Olympics). This was
next generation of Olympic hopefuls,
the third successive year a Chancelproved to be a hotly contested race.
lor’s team had qualified for the naAll four boys swam their individual
tional finals which is a fantastic
legs with outstanding determination
achievement. The four boys qualified and effort, resulting in a fantastic 8th
for both the 200m Medley and 200m
place finish in the Medley final and
Freestyle team events by competing
an 8th place finish in the Freestyle
Y7 Rugby
Team
in the divisional qualifiers in October.
final.
It was a real credit to the boys’
talent and hard work to see them
Each event consisted of thirty comlined up against the likes of Plymouth
peting schools, with the ten fastest
College and Millfield School, from
teams from the three heats qualifying which Olympic champions have been
for the finals. A fantastic swim by the
nurtured.
team in both the Medley and Free-
Earlier in the month, James Blount
Y10 competed in the East Region
Swimming Championships. He had
tremendous success, especially in
the 50m Freestyle, in which he succeeded in improving his personal
best time by nearly a second (quite a
lot in the swimming world), and in
doing so he broke the club record for
both a 14 and 15 year old. The 15
year old record had not been broken
for twelve years!
His biggest achievement, however,
was that he managed to qualify for
the English Nationals, in which he
will be competing in Sheffield in December this year. He needed a time
of 25:20 and he swam a fantastic
time of 25:14.
Well done James and congratulations.
‘Free Your Feet Week’ - 19th-23rd October 2015
Chancellor’s School supported national “Free Your Feet Week” in October. The aim was to encourage
students to walk at least part of their
journey to school every day, as part
of an initiative to be more sustainable
as a school and to promote a healthy
lifestyle.
We each received a postcard in form
to record the number of times we had
managed to walk to school in the first
week, with the aim of increasing our
walking the following week. This en-
couraged us to walk as much as we
could on our journeys to school.
“Free Your Feet” made me more
aware of the benefits of walking, as it
increases physical activity for health
and well-being. Walking to school
also reduces traffic congestion,
therefore helping the environment we
live in by reducing the level of emissions from vehicles.
It didn’t matter that I lived far away
from Chancellor’s School as I got
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dropped off early and walked for 10
minutes, increasing my walking rates
and reducing the amount of traffic in
Pine Grove!
Students’ postcards were collected at
the end of the week and entered into
a grand prize draw, with the chance
of one student winning a £50 shopping voucher.
Lucy Millbery 10A
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Chancellor’s PTA News
We have been very busy during the
first term updating and bringing the
PTA into the 21st century with a
brand new website , Facebook page,
revamped ’59 Club’ and much more.
We were present at the School Open
Evening on 17th September and active at the Y7 Welcome Evening on
8th October, serving wine and nibbles and recruiting new parents willing to help us raise funds for the
school . We had a successful evening selling many calendars, networking and recruiting additional help .
Thank you.
We served tea, coffee and snacks at
the Y7 Music Concert which raised
just over £80 in the hour preceding
the show. So well worth doing!
The PTA also served refreshments
and provided a bar at all three nights
of the School show and are very
pleased to say raised almost £500 in
doing so. We also sold a few school
calendars and £300 worth of Grand
Prize Draw raffle tickets, so well
worth the effort. Many thanks to the
five parents who made wonderfully
delicious homemade cakes for us to
sell and the ten or so parents and
active supporters of the PTA who
helped set up, serve and clear up
after all the shows. Without you we
couldn’t offer this service to the
school, which raises essential extra
funds for the benefit of all students.
GRAND PRIZE DRAW:
Please try and encourage your child
to sell their 10 raffle tickets to friends,
family and neighbours. Prizes are an
ipad Air, Beats Pill speaker or a fabulous collection of local shop vouchers. This is one of our best opportunities in the year to raise a substantial
amount of money for various departments to improve or add to the resources used by the students. All
stubbs and cheques/cash to be returned by 9th December. Draw will
take place on 16th December.
Forthcoming events :
Stall at the North Mymms Youth Project Christmas Fair at Brookmans
Park School - Saturday 5th December 2-5pm.
Disco Party - Date to be announced.
Comedy Night - Friday 4th March
2016.
Please visit our website which also
has details of our Facebook page
(please ‘like’ us to increase awareness and keep informed about
events we are supporting). We will
keep both these sites updated with
all relevant information about the
PTA and all events.
If you are interested in helping us
and want to give us your contact details please email us at
chair@chancellors-pta.org.
www.chancellors-pta.org
Y7 Rugby Team
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Headteacher’s Commendations
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
Catherine Allen
Luke Copsey
Louise Wootten
D&T
James Smith
Katie Coan
Rayhan Lalloo
Drama
Billy Barber
Ethan Daniel
Josh Over
English
James Smith
Cid Pask
Owen Millard
Geography
Catherine Allen
Yasan Pathirana
Jemma Munn
History
Louca Yu
Alice Armon
Amelie Johnson
ICT
Tamia Moyo
Chloe Leonidas
Archie Kane
Mathematics
Maya Nakajima
Esther Okoronkwo
Anna Shipman
MFL
Ellie Matthews
Molly Bacon
Olivia Coleman
Music
Nasiba Sharipova
Luke Copsey
Josie Copsey
PE
Louca Yu
Daniel Edmond
Ross Ford
RE
Chris Kuossev
Emily Tyler
Jemima Abbott
Science
Esme Flanagan
Isabella Maestranzi
Tilly Davies
How to Thrive
Demi Neocleous
N/A
N/A
Subject
Year 10 student
Year 11 student
Year 12 student
Year 13 student
Art
Emily Smith
Delia Walsh
Holly Kelly
Victoria Absolon
Business
Jack Pattrick
George Osborn
Laura Hill
N/A
D&T
Josh Hook
Kenny Chui
Lauren Marmoy
Jamie Rowe
Drama
Zoe Barth
Faith Martin
Emma Prior
Justine Arif
English
James Blount
Emily Chinnick
Ciara Sizer
Kuran Phull
Geography
Chloe Coughlan
Lydia De Matos
Lorna Proudlove
Chloe McKeever
History
Tomas Litherland
Andreas Christou
Sam Price
Kuran Phull
ICT
Rosy Vella
Jeyhan Davut
Humaira Rahman
N/A
Mathematics
Chloe Smith
Erin Murphy
Amy Clayton
Trisha Goel
MFL
Jonathan Lee
Aaron Sabine-Stimpson
Farida Ibrahim
Kim Basford
Music
Archie Povey
Tommy Molnar
Eva Povey
Victoria Absolon
PE
Andreas Haynes
Georgia Clifford
Grace Rowe
Harry Maddocks
RE
Ishey Alam
Millen Kaushal
Mary McGeady
Amy Thomson
Science
Matthew O’Reilly
Georgiana Chiriac
Daniel Small
Carla Husband
Sociology
N/A
Abigail Vinall
Grace Rowe
Briony Day
Psychology
Rebecca Evans
Alexander Pavlou
Jodion Broni
Louisa Wheaton
Computer Science N/A
Tom Fuller
Joshua Radin-Grant
Jonathan Munn
Media/Film
N/A
Katie Whitear
N/A
N/A
Economics
N/A
N/A
Andre Theophani
N/A
Photography
Jenna Hickey
N/A
Leyla Salih
N/A
Government/
Politics
N/A
N/A
Julia Everett
Anna Church
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