Year 7 time travellers
Starting early, forty-nine Year 7 students left school to begin their day out to the Black Country Living Museum
in Dudley, in the Midlands.
Starting early, forty-nine Year 7 students left school to begin their day out to the Black Country Living Museum
in Dudley, in the Midlands.
On Tuesday 18 July Dan Freedman, author of the ‘Jamie Johnson’ books and the CBBC ‘Jamie Johnson’ television series, was welcomed by Year 7 students to our school.
On Friday 14th July 2017, Year 12 students were off timetable to take part in a programme called ‘Learn to Earn’. The idea of the day was that students would be provided with information on career options to help them to make informed choices about their futures. The day was perfectly timed ahead of the launch of UCAS and their work experience the following week.
Look for ‘School News’ in your app store and keep up to date with the latest news and events at the college. We are now using the app to push through PE cancellations, job/apprenticeship opportunities as well as all our other everyday news.
On the 21st June the Chalfonts Art Department welcomed parents, students and staff to the annual A-level sixth form Art and Photography Exhibition.
On June 23rd a group of fifty Year 7 students spent the day in the north of France.
All of the engineering diploma students were able to visit ATG Training on 6th July. They took part in robotics workshops and saw CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacture) in action with during the visit to the design studio and the CNC (Computer Numerical Control) laboratory.
Year 7 & 9 have recently had their Sports Days, where they competed in Capture the Flag, Cricket Rover, Handball and Lineball.
A group of year 12 students were invited by Royal Holloway College, University of London, to attend a conference on ‘Exploring Mathematics’.
A Brush with Fame was organised by Bucks Open Studios who invited high schools across the county to nominate a sixth form student to take part in a live event in Milton Keynes. Students would be paired with a celebrity and given five hours to paint their portrait whilst being watched by members of the general public.
In 2015 Sammy Farnfield was invited to join the English Talent Programme for Modern Pentathlon, having achieved qualifying times in the British Biathlon Championships. She was warned from the outset that the fencing element would be the toughest, but undeterred she joined the East Region Modern Pentathlon based in Hemel Hempstead.
Chalfonts’ PE Department recently held the fifth annual Sports Awards evening at Denham Grove to recognise the
fantastic commitment, time and effort our students put into sports teams at the college.
The evening was once again, a great success!