Keep up to date with all the news happening in school at the moment.

• Mystery of the Strange object SOLVED!!!!

  Tue 26 Nov 2019

  After a week of careful investigation by the children at Chambersbury school, it has been revealed that the strange object that crash-landed on the school field, is in fact a satellite! 

   

  In an assembly on Friday afternoon, Dr Rolfe spoke to the children via Skype, all the way from Bayfordbury Observatory, and confirmed the source of the mysterious wreckage.

   

  Full details of Dr Rolfe's message to the children is as follows;

   

  "After spending some time investigating the samples from the crash site, my colleagues and I came to the following conclusion:

   

  The samples are most likely from a satellite of European (including UK) or American origin.

  We detected no radiation and can be confident the crash site is not dangerous (of course, caution must be taken with the sharp pieces of metal).

   

  We know it was definitely not a meteorite, material of alien origin, or someone illegally dumping rubbish.

   

  Modern satellites are designed to safely burn up in the atmosphere at the end of their working life and would never normally reach the ground, but occasionally there can be malfunctions which cause satellites to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in an uncontrolled way.

   

  What happened at your school is a very rare event and is very unlikely to ever happen again, so do not worry about this.

  It is a fascinating event and you should be proud of the work you have done on investigating the crash site."

   

  Dr Rolfe was able to answer a few of the children's questions and showed them the telescope at Bayfordbury Observatory.

• STRANGE OBJECT DROPS IN FROM SPACE!!!

  Wed 20 Nov 2019 Miss Savage

  On Tuesday 19^th November, both children and staff at Chambersbury Primary School were shocked and alarmed to find that something had crash-landed on the school site; something which later turned out to have fallen from space.

   

  Children in Year 5 and 6 were first alerted that something was amiss when they heard a loud skidding and crashing sound coming from outside.  Children in the lower years, however, first noticed the crash site when they passed it on their way back from a cinema trip.

   

  An emergency assembly was called in the afternoon where the children were told, with the support of astrophysicist, Doctor Rolfe from Bayfordbury Observatory, that the mysterious object had crash-landed from space.

   

  Children will be investigating what the exact source of the object is throughout the course of this week.  What do you think it could be……????

  

• Beanstalk Bonanza!

  Thu 04 Apr 2019 By Arthur, Year 3

  During the last week of term, Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 at Chambersbury Primary School performed the play Jack and the Beanstalk, for parents to love.

  
  As usual, Middle School performed their play in Spring Term so that Lower School can perform the nativity at Christmas so the Upper School can do their play after their dreadful SATs have finished! This year, Chambersbury have chosen a classic fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk but with a few twists by changing the characters with some well-known faces from their school. The play was an amazing opportunity for them to build confidence and singing skills for the future.

  
  The children performed the play in the afternoon on 2nd April 2019 and on Wednesday 3rd April 2019. Year 3 made their performances as narrators, market sellers and orphans when some of Year 2 children were narrators but most of them performed a dance. Year 4 had the main roles of Joseph being Jack and the three aunts, Megan, Hannah and Alice being Jack’s terrifying aunts! The children used ordinary songs from the play, including ‘Crunch’, ‘Let There Be Music’ and ‘Crock of Gold’ but some more modern songs such as ‘I Just Got Paid’ and ‘A Million Dreams’.

  
  Michelle, Year 3 pupil, said, “My favourite part was when the bean seller checked his cow-culator.”

  
  The Middle School children hope that the parents enjoyed watching the show as much as they enjoyed making it!

• Science Week

  Wed 20 Mar 2019 Miss Savage

  Last week was British Science Week 2019 and although the official theme was ‘Journeys’, we decided on the theme ‘Science is Everywhere!’ to help our children understand how much science affects their everyday lives.

   

  We had a very busy week with all sorts of things packed in, like assemblies from special guests from Affinity Water and parents who used to work in Forensics, child-led science investigations in class, opportunities to research famous scientists and, most spectacularly, science workshops where we got to make our own slime to take home!

   

  In addition to the activities we did at school, many of us also completed some science challenges at home! The most popular activity was arranging a circle of skittles (or similar sweets) on a plate, pouring water on them and seeing what happened to the colours. We were blown away by how many parents sent in photos of their children having a go at the challenges at home so a huge thank you for your support.

• World Book Day

  Fri 08 Mar 2019
  The end of our book week was celebrated with a festival of colour and dressing up. Children across the school wore a plethora of fantastic costumes representing loads of different book characters. Some, such as Harry Potter, were more represented than others! Can you spot any characters you might know in the pictures below?

  

• Year 2 @ Sports Space

  Mon 28 Jan 2019
  On Thursday Year 2 went to Sports Space to take part in a sports fayre. It was a brilliant opportunity to work together to learn new skills, try new activities and have lots of fun. The children took part in a range of activities including; hockey, speed stacking golf, dance, archery, ball skills, an obstacle course and some fitness workshops. They had a great time and were complimented on their fantastic sportsmanship and good manners!

  

• School Journey for Year 6

  Fri 22 Jun 2018 Mr Guilder

  Year 6 have returned from their school journey, at Charterhouse, with lots of stories and great memories! You can catch up with tales of their adventures, including many photos, here.

   

  They also made some fun daily videos which are in our Video Resource Centre.

• Nursery Trip to DJs

  Wed 20 Jun 2018 Miss Alford
  Nursery enjoyed a free taster session at DJ's Play Park. The children did lots of climbing and sliding as well as acting out different roles in the shop and on the fire engine.

  

• Last session in the Woods

  Wed 13 Jun 2018 Miss Alford

  Reception Class had a fantastic time at Phasels Woods for our final 'Creativity in the Woods' session.

   

  The children all brought along a teddy from home for a teddy bears picnic. The teddies were well looked after with a story, games, food and even a turn in a tyre swing! We will miss our regular trips to the woods and will be writing some thank you letters to Mr Stack this week.

  

• Nursery & Reception Trip to Paradise

  Wed 06 Jun 2018 Miss Alford
  Nursery and Reception had a brilliant time at Paradise Wildlife Park back at the beginning of June. We saw some amazing animals including a white tiger! They also really enjoyed the new dinosaur area, the dinosaurs were enormous and even moved!