Keep up to date with our latest news below.

• Wear an Easter Hat Day 24th March 2016

  Thu 24 Mar 2016

  We were overwhelmed today with the response to our charity "Wear an Easter Hat Day" in aid of The Brains Trust. Children and staff throughout the school put their creative thinking into action and donned some fantastic hats, all of which were original and fun in their designs. The day began with a parade through the hall where over half of the school proudly displayed their hats. Mrs Eggleton, one of our LSAs along with her daughter Keira had the very difficult job of judging the hats and 12 winners were selected, 3 from each year group.

  Year3 winners: Charis Crellin, Khirah Knowles and Teddy Rosser

  Year 4 winners: Massimo Seah, Jake Marsden and Kersensa-Lily Stokes

  Year 5 winners: Ruby Lavers, Saffron Riddlington-White and Harry Gibb

  Year 6 winners: Dominic Hobson, Oliver Perrin and Emily Barker

  Well done to everyone and thank you for your generous contributions which have totalled an enormous £492 so far!

  

• Cake Sale in aid of Thames Hospice, March 2016

  Thu 24 Mar 2016

  Emilia Williams, inspired by the Denham Support Group brought together a team of her ten year old school friends Sophie Ratcliff, Emilia Williams, Abbie Cheshire, Maahi Parikh and Imani Kotecha. The girls proudly baked cupcakes & cookies and sold them on the last day of the spring term…all in aid on Thames Hospice!

  Over 200 items sold in just 15 minutes to their school mates and £105 was raised for Thames Hospice. We are all very proud of them for working hard to make a difference.

  Well done girls!

  

• Easter Service in Church 23rd March 2016

  Wed 23 Mar 2016

  Today we went to church for our Easter assembly which this year, was led by some of our Year 5 children. Together we explored the "sounds of Holy Week" as members of 'The Wings' provided an orchestra of sounds which helped to retell the story of Jesus' time in the lead up to Good Friday, accompanied by our readers who described the events.

  All children were invited to receive a palm cross from Reverend Charles Overton and Reverend Jim King whilst Victoria sang a beautiful solo, accompanied by Mrs White on the piano. Oour service concluded with a resounding hymn, "My Jesus, My Saviour" followed by a blessing.

  On behalf of all the children, staff and governors of the school, may I wish you a very happy and restful Easter.

   

  Mrs Underwood

  

• Sport Relief March 2016

  Fri 18 Mar 2016
  he children had the opportunity to raise some funds for Sport Relief today with a basketball challenge.  They worked in their house teams to score as many baskets as they could and we are delighted to announce that we have raised £89 for Sport Relief.  The CSPA sports leaders and house captains were fantastic in encouraging the children and we plan to send our donation to Sport Relief, a very worthy cause. 

• Chiltern Decorative Fine Art Society Competition Prize Giving

  Fri 18 Mar 2016

  During the Spring Term Yr6 participated in The Chiltern Decorative and Fine Art Society’s Spring Themed Art Competition.  I am delighted to say that our academy won several awards:  Silver Medal: Fei-Bi Allen, School Prize: Daina Jenkins, Highly Commended: Abid Zaman, Holly Runeckles, Laila Duhig, Sienna Bignell and Ella Culver.  A presentation of the prizes will take place on Saturday, 19th March at 2 pm at Chalfont St Peter Library. 

  Congratulations also to the following children who were awarded: Commended: Maahi Parikh, Tia Bnager, Barney Prentis, Daniel Honman, Charlotte B, Lilly Frost, Verity Burgess, Lucy Ziegel, Arun Pitrola, Emma McCullagh, Erin Camp and Victoria McMullen.  Innovation and Style: Emilia Williams, Sofia De Brito, Poppy Shaw, Evie Harrison and Amber-Rose Kayrouz.

  

• Table Tennis Jamboree ‘A’ March 2016

  Thu 17 Mar 2016
  he final district table tennis fixture of the season proved to be a thrilling event.  The match was against our local rivals, Farnham Common and as expected it was a very closely fought event. Winning two matches a-piece, it left one to play. Sonny Dalston battled against his opponent, both winning two games each. With the final game to play, it couldn’t have been closer! Sonny held his nerve to strike two wonderful passes across the net to win 11-9. A special mention for Luca Mailey who stepped in at the last moment for the injured Oliver Evans and managed to win the match.  CSPA finishes the season by winning both jamborees. Our next hurdle is the National regional Finals this coming weekend. Our girls’ squad will be playing in Bournemouth on Saturday and our boys will be playing in Bristol on Sunday. Good luck CSPA!

  

• Chess News March 2016

  Thu 17 Mar 2016

  On Saturday, two of our Year 4 chess players, George Driscoll and Arthur Page, took part in the under 9 qualifier for the national finals of the English Primary Schools Chess Championships. Congratulations to both George and Arthur who have won through to the national finals - a tremendous achievement!

   

  The annual school chess tournament has now ended after 7 rounds of hard-fought chess games. The winners are: Year 3 - Joe Sloan, Year 4 (joint) - George Driscoll and Arthur Page, Year 5 (joint) - Connor Heath and Laurie McGrath, Year 6 - Lukas Ross. The best performing girl in the school was Katherine Driscoll. These children have all qualified to take part in the Buckinghamshire ‘Megafinal’ stage of this national chess competition which will take place in June. Well done to all the chess players who took part for their efforts!

  

• Commonwealth Day: Monday 14th March

  Thu 17 Mar 2016
  n Monday we focused our attention on Commonwealth Day which this year had the theme of “an inclusive Commonwealth”. After a whole school assembly to introduce the theme for the day, year groups investigated various countries within the Commonwealth with a whole school feedback assembly on Wednesday which enabled children to share their learning with the rest of the school.

• Cross Country Update March 2016

  Mon 14 Mar 2016

  Members of the CSPA cross country squad represented the school for the final time last Saturday at Lowndes Park in Chesham. It was a bright, sunny morning and the children ran superbly well! We had a number of individual successes as well as gaining some team medals. Well done to all of those children involved- - you were brilliant! A very special well done to the Year 6 children who ran at this match for the very last time. Some of the children have been part of the cross country club since they were in Year 3. Congratulations to the Year 6 boys who managed to gain a gold team medal and to Matthew Aldred who has won every race this season and has in fact won the gold medal at the last 6 races. A fantastic way to end their time as members of the cross country team.

   

  Our final cross country club session was also held this week. Once again, the Year 6 children marked their final training session by organising and running a number of activities for the other children. They were very encouraging and supportive and also gave prizes to those children who did particularly well. The session ended with an Easter treat for everyone. Thank you once again to Mrs Ratcliff and Mr Jackson who support us with running the club.

  

• National School Team Gymnastics Finals March 2016

  Mon 14 Mar 2016
  Representing the South of England, our mixed team and boys’ team performed at the highest level last weekend. Competing against 19 other teams our mixed team finished in a group of 6 teams all within tenths and hundredths of each other. Alongside the South’s other qualifying team, Stokenchurch, we won the gold medals ahead of West Midlands and the north of England and our young boys’ team won bronze. Well done to CSPA! We are very proud of the performance of our teams. A special thank you to Mr Underwood for his continued hard work, time and enthusiasm for coaching our gym squads and to their parents for their wonderful support throughout the day.