Keep up to date with our latest news below.

• Year 5's Space Morning

  Mon 31 Oct 2011

  On Monday morning our Year 5 children had a visit from 'The Learning Dome' - a mobile planetarium.

   

  The children and staff enjoyed every moment of their journey in space and built on their knowledge of this fascinating science topic.

  

• International Schools Award 2011

  Thu 20 Oct 2011

  I am delighted to inform you that for the second time, we have been successful in gaining the International School Award which is accredited for three years until 2014.

   

  Our congratulations go to all the staff for making this possible through their commitment to delivering such an impressive range of work, giving your children such a fantastic insight into the world around them. Particular thanks go to Mrs Roffey who has co-ordinated the whole school approach to global education together with compiling the evidence required for the application and also to Mrs Downie who has spent considerable time coordinating the aspects of the work connected with the delivery of French and interaction with some of our partner schools.

   

  Well done Chalfont St Peter Academy

   

  Mrs Underwood

• St Peter’s Church’s new Flood Lights

  Sun 16 Oct 2011

  On Sunday 16th October Reverend Overton conducted a special Songs of Praise service held at the church.  The service, themed around ‘light’ celebrated the new illumination of the church provided by the eco-friendly flood lights recently installed. A packed church joined in song, sharing some favourite hymns of both parishioners and of the school.

   

  We were delighted that Mr Underwood was able to join the service and be witness to the official turning on of the lights by Oliver Sansum (Opticians) and John West (Stationery Store).

   

  As the lights grew to full power, the church looked magnificent as a centre piece for the whole village and the lights seemed to pick out perfectly the different colours and patterns of the bricks. It was a wonderful occasion and we look forward to seeing the church being lit up as we enter the darker, earlier evenings, as we draw in to late autumn.

  

• Service at Westminster Abbey Celebrating 200 years of Church Schools

  Fri 14 Oct 2011

  Having won the competition run by the Oxford Diocese to design a banner which would be paraded at this special service, the year 6 children worked extremely hard with Miss Downie to create it over the last few weeks.  On Friday 14th October 30 children ‘picked out of a hat’ travelled up to London to attend the service which was attended by children and representatives of dioceses from around the country.

  Stepping into this impressive setting certainly filled us all with awe and wonder! We sat marvelling at our surroundings in seats quite near the altar, recalling the recent Royal Wedding which took place not long ago. We were joined by Anne Davey, the new Director of Education for the Oxford Diocese and Lesley Turville, our diocesan schools adviser.

  Soon the service began, conducted by the Dean of Westminster and echoes of a wonderful choir sang ‘Exulte Deo’ before a packed Westminster Abbey congregation of school children, teachers, church and education leaders joined in singing, “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation,” whilst the banners from 48 dioceses were paraded down the centre aisle.

   

  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams spoke of the importance of church schools in providing an environment for children to become good citizens. He said that whether pupils were of the Christian faith or not, church schools provided the vision for them ‘to see the biggest possible picture of humanity and the world they live in.’ The Archbishop praised the founders of the National Society.

   

  The service continued with some dancers from Croydon and readings by performers from York and we all joined in song and prayer before the service concluded with a final blessing.

  It was a spectacular day for our school and a memorable one for the children who participated in it.

   

  Mrs Underwood