Keep up to date with our latest news below.

• National Schools Floor & Vault Finals 30th April 2016

  Sat 30 Apr 2016

  Congratulations to our boys' team and mixed team of gymnasts who competed in the National Floor and Vault Finals on Saturday 30th April in Stoke on Trent.

  The boys warmed up on the floor and vault from 8am in the morning, walking on to present to their judges at 8.45am. Competing first on the vault, the young team comprised of boys from years 4 and 5, performed brilliantly over long and side box. Moving on to the floor, the boys were all composed and neat in their routines and impressed the judges with their accuracy and confidence on the floor.

  Next came our mixed team of boys and girls from year 6 who used their experience of previous competitions to steady their nerves and give their best.

  A long wait followed whilst the remaining rounds of the competition took place with gymnasts from all regions around the UK competed. The results finally were announced at nearly 6pm where we were delighted that our boys managed to gain 3rd place and bronze medals and our mixed team were 5th place. Both teams competed against over 10 other teams so we are very proud of their performance.

  With two teams competing so well, in addition to Maltman's Green, also in Chalfont St Peter, we won the George Finney Trophy for the best performing region in the Uk!

  Huge thanks, once again to Mr Underwood for his dedication to the coaching of our gymnastics squads; indeed he has already started preparing for next year!

  Well done everyone and thank you to the parents for your great support.

• National Schools Floor & Vault Finals 30th April 2016

  Sat 30 Apr 2016

  Congratulations to our boys' team and mixed team of gymnasts who competed in the National Floor and Vault Finals on Saturday 30th April in Stoke on Trent.

  The boys warmed up on the floor and vault from 8am in the morning, walking on to present to their judges at 8.45am. Competing first on the vault, the young team comprised of boys from years 4 and 5, performed brilliantly over long and side box. Moving on to the floor, the boys were all composed and neat in their routines and impressed the judges with their accuracy and confidence on the floor.

  Next came our mixed team of boys and girls from year 6 who used their experience of previous competitions to steady their nerves and give their best.

  A long wait followed whilst the remaining rounds of the competition took place with gymnasts from all regions around the UK competed. The results finally were announced at nearly 6pm where we were delighted that our boys managed to gain 3rd place and bronze medals and our mixed team were 5th place. Both teams competed against over 10 other teams so we are very proud of their performance.

  With two teams competing so well, in addition to Maltman's Green, also in Chalfont St Peter, we won the George Finney Trophy for the best performing region in the Uk!

  Huge thanks, once again to Mr Underwood for his dedication to the coaching of our gymnastics squads; indeed he has already started preparing for next year!

  Well done everyone and thank you to the parents for your great support.

  

• BBC’s 500 Words Competition 2016

  Fri 22 Apr 2016

  We are delighted to announce that Emilia Williams, in year 5, has made it to the final of the BBC’s 500 words competition.  There were 123,000 entries and Emilia is down to the last 50 (25 in her age category).   Emilia has been invited to the final at The Globe Theatre on 27th May.  The six winners will be announced live on the Chris Evans Radio Show that day.  The Duchess of Cornwall and a team of Celebrity authors will meet the finalists.   Well done Emilia!

  We will keep you posted!

   

  Click here to read/hear Emilia's story!

   

  About 500 Words:

  In the year of Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, the final will be live from the home of British story-telling, Shakespeare's Globe, on the 27th May.

  Six years ago, Chris Evans had a dream: to get children excited about reading and writing. All children, no matter what their ability. 500 Words is now one of the most successful story-writing competitions for kids in the world. Nearly half a million pupils have written a story for us; that’s over 215 MILLION words!

  It’s very simple. Entrants write an original story on any subject or theme in 500 Words or fewer and submit it online. If they win, their story will be read live on the radio by a superstar celebrity…like Sir Kenneth Branagh, Jeremy Irons, Hugh Bonneville or Sherlock himself – Benedict Cumberbatch. Each year, 10 million Radio 2 listeners hear, read and love these stories.

  Winners will rub shoulders with the world’s biggest celebrities and massive pop-stars performing at the final. Plus in 2016, 500 Words is delighted to welcome back real-life royalty to the competition: Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall, who returns in 2016 to support the competition as our Honorary Judge! She'll be reading and debating the top 50 stories of the competition with our amazing author panel: Malorie Blackman, Charlie Higson, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Francesca Simon.

  AND in the year of Shakespeare's 400th anniversary, our final will be live from the home of British story-telling,Shakespeare's Globe, on the 27th May.

  Notes from Emilia about her story:

   

  1. My story has been inspired by my Grandy Clive and My Grandy Alan, I have combined the two of them to create my story. My Grandy Clive (my Mum’s Dad) is a great gardener, I love my Grand Parents garden in Scarborough it is so colourful and packed with so many types of flowers. Grandy is always busy in his garden planting something new. He is one of my inspirations and he also loves bird watching in his garden with my Nanny Dorothy. My other Grandy Alan, my Dad’s Dad passed away before I was born, so I never meet him. It may sound funny but whenever my family see a Robin, we always say “Hello Grandy Alan to it”; it is something we have always done. It is a way of us all remembering him. I think it is good for my Dad to talk about him, even though he has been gone for a very long time.

   2.  I love helping my Mum and Dad in the garden, it’s my job to fill up the bird feeders and recently I bought new birdhouses to encourage more birds.  I like to watch the birds in my garden and I have taken lots of photographs of them busy about their work. Watching the birds helped me come up with my idea of the Robin creating a new garden for Morgan.

  3. There is a family of Robins in my garden that are very tame, they get really close to you. Sometimes a Robin follows me when I walk my dog Horrace. My Mum and I whistle to him and he bobs along in and out of hedgerows watching us. This was also part of my inspiration for my story, as Robins seem to be very knowing.

  4.  I also used the seasons to describe how Morgan was feeling. When I started writing it seemed to just work. My story took me a few attempts and I worked hard on my descriptions to make them better. I tired to use all the things we do at school – metaphors and similes to improve it.

  5.  I am really proud of my story; I worked very hard on it to make it the best I possibly could. I will keep a copy of it forever. I hope you enjoy it?

   

  

• Rotary Club Schools IT Challenge April 2016

  Fri 22 Apr 2016

  This year the Rotary Club IT challenge was to design 'a poster to tell people about the Olympic Games 2016 in Brazil' or 'a poster to tell people about the Para-Olympic Games 2016 in Brazil'.  Out of over 1000 entries we had five worthy winners. Four of our winners attended the prize giving ceremony with their families last Friday. Very well done to Ben, Olivia and Jessica (Year 3) and Mariella and Kate (Year 5). Kate Knight, also a winner sadly couldn't attend the presentation as she was playing in a girls' football tournament for the school! Well done everyone.

  

• National Dressage Championships 22nd April 2016

  Fri 22 Apr 2016
  Olivia Parry (Y3) competed in the schools national dressage championships last Friday against really steep competition. She performed superbly to gain the highest percentage points out of the all the riders in the championships, including much older children and bigger ponies! As a result, Olivia won first place to become the dressage champion! This is fantastic for Olivia and Darcy, her pony. Well done and congratulations to both of you!

  

• U11 Football League Champions April 2016

  Fri 15 Apr 2016

  ur Year 6 8-aside football season has been a challenging one - a little like a rollercoaster journey. Our campaign started with a national school tournament where we were disappointed to be knocked out in the second round by Gerrards Cross with a break away goal after we had dominated the game.  
  A great experience for the boys was particpating in the Wycombe Wanderers Tournament where we played a group of schools which we had never encountered before.  Again, crucial experience playing a good level of school football.
  In the cup competition we played Little Chalfont in the Quarter Final beating them 5-2 very convincingly which set up a semi final battle against Stoke Poges. Stoke Poges have been great competition for CSPA over the years.  This semi final seemed to follow suit as we were beaten 2-0.  The boys were devasteated but we had a chance to redeem ourselves in the league.
  Our league campaign consisted of matches against St Josephs (5-0 win), Butlers Court (1-0 win) and Gerrards Cross (1-1 draw). This set up a league decider against our biggest challengers ...... Stoke Poges.  The winner of this game would win the league and we had a score to settle.  We were 1-0 down at half time and I reassured the boys that they were firmly in the game and we just needed to want it more than the opposition to come away victors.  Soon after the half time whistle, the tackles started flying in and things started to go our way.  From a George corner, Thomas volleyed with the outside of his foot to equalise.  The boys were buzzing but still focused.  Then, half way through the second half, Josh Tollafield picked up the ball on the corner of their box, turned and curled into the top corner!  An unbelievable goal that won us the game.  An incredible team performance that finished their football school journey in style.  So well done to: Jayden J, Louis B, Sonny D, Jasper G, Dom H, Josh T, George T, Ollie E, Joe T, Callum P and Thomas H for a wonderful season!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

   

   Mr Briant.

  CSPA Football Coach

  

• Dressage Results for Olivia Parry April 2016

  Tue 12 Apr 2016

  We had the last set of results today for the National Schools Equestrian Association intro level dressage league. 

   

  Olivia did amazingly and came second, getting 5 league points for the final league competition. This brings her league total to 11 points and places her 2 nd for the league! A brilliant result. 

   

  All the details can be found on the NSEA website. 

   

  http://www.nsea.org.uk/competition-information/pop

   

  The top 6 league point winners go through to the national championships at the end of April.

   

  Below is a picture of the smiling pair!

  Well done Olivia! Keep up the great work! We are really proud of you!