Keep up to date with our latest news below.

• Year 6 First Aid Training June 2015

  Tue 30 Jun 2015

  ear 6 received basic First Aid training today from St John's Ambulance, sponsored partly by Rotary "Matins" Club and partly by our PTA. The event was a huge success and a really important life skill for our children before they move on to secondary school.

   

  The representatives from St John's Ambulance, performed a superb job to coach our team of nearly 90 children in the skills required to assess a situation, put someone into the recovery position and deal with bleeding, fainting and bandaging.

   

  We hope that this will now become an annual event running alongside the Life Bus, also supported by the Rotary.

   

  Well done and thank you to all who made this possible!

  

• Raspberry Pi Workshops June 2015

  Tue 30 Jun 2015

  Thanks to the skills of one of our computer-expert parents, we have been able to run some introductory workshops, providing the basic information about the capabilities of "Raspberry Pi" units. In fact this small piece of electronics is actually incredibly powerful, being able to control motors, use face-recognition software in order to manipulate a pair of "googly" eys to turn and look at you when you walk in the room or re-create possibilities within the world of Minecraft!

   

  Our children were fascinated to investigate the amazing possibilities of this kit, some of whom have them at home already, but perhaps are not quite sure how to use them.

   

  The success of the workshops and the feedback from the children have perhaps opened up new possibilities for a club next year where children will learn how to use their coding knowledge from computing lessons within this extraordinary world of programming a Raspberry pi!

   

  A huge thank you to Mr Allen for his enthusiasm to inspire our children.

  

• Drum Concert 29th June 2015

  Mon 29 Jun 2015

  Chidlren who learn the drums in school with Vesa. performed for parents this morning, celebrating their talent for rhythm and music. Hats off to all of you parents who encourgae the practice it takes to reach this standard at home! We are working towards the purchase of electric drums/headphones in school!

   

  A great performance and so lovely to see children enjoying performing in front of their audience.

  Well done.

   

  

• Year 6 Games Winners! : 29th June 2015

  Mon 29 Jun 2015

  A team of 32 Year 6 children competed in a variety of team sports at the Year 6 Games on Monday 29th June against many primary schools from the local area.

   Winning several of the activities outright, I am delighted to report that CSPA were again the overall winners! Congratulations to the team for representing the school so well and thanks to Mr Briant and Mr Hagon for supporting and coaching the teams on the day.

• Science Week: June 2015

  Thu 25 Jun 2015

  The whole school enjoyed this 'feast' of science which took over our learning during the week commencing 8th June 2015. Teachers had prepared a wide range of science activities for children to engage with in thier journeys around the school. Feeding from the success of our Arts Week which is an annual occurrence in October each year, and by popular demand from our pupils, this week began to evolve slowly but surely as the year progressed.

   

  Children moved in their classes to different teachers in different year groups to explore the science within each activity. With workshops and science show included the week took off as a highlight of the year!

   

  On Friday, children arrived at school to find that a meteorite had landed in the playground and local police arrived to cordon off the area and interview witnesses who may have had some information. Finally, we assembled an exhibition of the children's science projects in the hall in time for the summer fete at the end of the week, so that all of our visitors could view their spectacular efforts.

   

  A fantastic week! Well done to all of our children and staff for making a momentous and another very successful week in school.

  

• Read for My School Winner 2015

  Wed 24 Jun 2015

  Read for My School Winner 2015 Isabella Rivas won this prestigious winner's position, being selected from 7000 entries across the whole of England and 1050 entries in the South East Region for the best book review entered into this nationwide competition. Isabella travelled to Crestwood College for the prize giving ceremony where she was presented with a certificate and selection of books to read! Well done Isabella, we are very proud of you and your achievement on behalf of our school!

  

• Year 5 Visit to Denham Country Park Wednesday 24th June 2015

  Wed 24 Jun 2015

  Year 5 visited Denham Country Park on this lovely Wednesday in June. The sun shone and the children had a great time wading through the river, measuring its depth, width and speed. They also used nets to find various creatures: shrimps, leeches and mayflies to name but a few.

   

  We all had a great learning experience and thoroughly enjoyed our learning outside classroom for the day with activities to support our topic "Living Planet".

  

• Guitar Concert 22nd June 2015

  Mon 22 Jun 2015
  Children who learn guitar in school with 'The Rock & Pop Academy' performed for parents this morning, celebrating their talent for music. We are delighted that so many children learn an instrument with a growing demand for guitar.

   

  Given this enthusiasm we are intending to set up a new guitar club next year to nurture the children's ability to play together and perform.

  

• Year 6 Residential French Trip June 14th-19th 2015

  Fri 19 Jun 2015

  Please visit this section of the website for regular updates about our progress in France.   Friday 19th June   7.00am We have landed in Portsmouth! The chidren slept brilliantly all night and are looking forward to our stop-off at McDonald's this morning. We will keep you updated of our progress and expected arrival time in Chalfont St Peter.   Thursday 18th June   8.00pm We have just enjoyed our final meal of the trip at Le Petit Normand and we are now making our way to the ferry port in Caen. We are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow morning and will keep you informed of our arrival time.   2.45pm A visit to the market in St Mere Eglise this morning meant the children could spend their remaining pocket money on some souvenirs and gifts. Outside the church, the children learned about the American soldier whose parachute became entangled on the church steeple during the course of D-Day. We then moved onto the farm museum just a few minutes away and the children explored the exhibits in order to learn a little more about French culture.   8am We are all packed and ready to leave the centre for the last time. Today we visit the market and church in St Mere Eglise with a trip to the Farm Museum at lunchtime. where we will investigate a little more about French culture. During th afternoon we make our way to the Battle of Normandy museum and the cemetery as our final reflection point. The week has just flown-by and the children have been a real pleasure to be with.   Wednesday 17th June 10pm We have had our final meal at the centre this evening - spaghetti bolognese which seemed to go down a treat with the children and staff! Our last evening gave us an opportunity for a quick talent show at the beach and then back to rooms to pack suitcases as we leave tomorrow morning. The children have been superb again today - we are very proud of them.   4.45pm We have had a spectacular visit today. The children have been superb climbing without any grumbles all the way to the top of Mont St Michel where we were able to walk 84 children into an ongoing service. There wasn't a sound and we received many compliments about the outstanding behaviour of the children. We then enjoyed our packed lunch with Mont St Michel in the distance which provided a perfect subject for our next watercolour painting and an opportunity to visit the biscuit factory to buy some souvenirs. We are now on the coach making our way back to the centre for our final dinner before a talent show on the beach.   8.10am We have woken to bright sunshine this morning for our journey to Mont St Michel. Children have had a good breakfast to prepare them for the long march up the 400+ steps to the top! Please check the gallery for new photos from yesterday. Tuesday 16th June 10.20pm This morning our visits began with the 360 cinema with a really powerful film about D-day in Arromanches and the Mulberry Harbour. Using Mr Underwood's painting of the panoramic view of the historic feat of engineering the children learned about how it was created and 'floated' all the way from the south coast of England across the Channel. Next, we walked through the town to St Peter's Church to make a comparison with our own parish church in Chalfont St Peter. The weather has been beautiful today with some lovely sunshine for our afternoon in Honfleur which included sketching and watercolouring of the harbour-side buildings. Sand sculptures on the beach was a popular end to the day followed by milk and biscuits before bed. Another great day and all are looking forward to our visit to Mont St Michel tomorrow.   7.50am We have woken to a bright sunny morning. The children all slept brilliantly - I think they were exhausted! We have just had breakfast and made our packed lunches and are looking forward to visiting the 360 cinema, learning about the Mulberry Harbour and walking to St Peter's church in Arromanches this morning. Everyone is in great spirits and doing well.   Monday 15th June 10.15pm Children are excited to have finally found out their rooms allocations and were able to shower and change (oh yes they have!). A popular dinner of chicken and chips, salad and a dessert of locally sourced apples for a tart to finish provided the energy we needed to walk along the promenade in very windy conditions to see the German battery which caused a lot of damage on D-Day but was taken eventually by the Royal Hampshire Regiment. All are settled in their rooms and will look forward to a good night's sleep in a bed after a long, long but really enjoyable day. Roll on tomorrow!   4.25pm We have enjoyed an amazing 3 cours e lunch at the Petit Normand - all children cleaned their plates! Walking through the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, listening to a commentary on the story of the Battle of Hastings, we received a wonderful comment about how interested and involved our children were. The children met their penpals on the green outside the cathedral and tried out their French, asking each other questions. Again, inside the cathedral a tourist asked which school our children came from as they were so well behaved - impressive! Afterwards we settled to some sketching of the beautiful building itself and some even began to apply their watercolour. We are on our way at last to the residential centre where everyone will have the chance to wash and change before dinner.   10am We have enjoyed our visits to Pegasus Bridge and the cafe where we were delighted to hear the personal memories of Mdme Gondree about the lead up to D-Day and her recollections of the German occupation. At the museum next to the bridge, our children were enthralled by the vivid stories given by iour guide. We saw the bullet holes and damage inflicted on the original bridge, now preserved next to the replica Horsa glider. We are now on our way to Bayeux for lunch at the Petit Normand which everyone is looking forward to! Children have been fantastic this morning - really attentive and interested. Photos will be added later this evening from our day's activities.   6.30am The children settled really well last night and with an early start at 5am, everyone has had breakfast, washed and boarded the coaches. We are travelling at the moment to Pegasus Bridge to visit the landing sites of the D-Day gliders and the Cafe Gondree before visiting the museum there. Weather is a little overcast, but we are all in good spirits and looking forward to the day.   Sunday 14th June 19.34pm (English time) Thank you for being on time everyone! We are en route to Portsmouth on the A3. Roads are clear and the children are all happy and very calm!

• Year 4 Conservation Week June 2015

  Fri 19 Jun 2015

  Year 4 have enjoyed taking part in lots of conservation themed activities.  The highlight of the week was the fashion show which involved the children working in teams to design and make an outfit using recycled materials.

   

  They then had a catwalk show to display the outfits. The children had great fun and certainly showed themselves to be very creative- maybe we have a few budding fashion designers in our school!