ℯnews January 20, 2023
The children have had a positive week. I am pleased to see hats, scarves and gloves keeping our children warm as they arrive each morning.
As I write this, we have a team of CHS pupils competing in the opening round of the annual Quiz Club General Knowledge tournament. The children, accompanied by Mr Garvey and Miss Pluskowska, have taken the short journey to The Hall School in Hampstead to pit their wits against twenty other teams in a series of challenging questions. Riddhi is captaining the side, which also features Eleanor from Form Five, Mimi from Form Four and James from Form Three. There are thirty questions overall, with points allocated depending on the difficulty of the question. Knowing the moons of Jupiter or when Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address would be a distinct advantage. We will find out soon whether the team has scored high enough to get them through to the semi-finals held in the Spring. Good luck CHS!
Junior One
The children have had an exceptionally busy week starting with a tasty trip to Pizza Express where they loved becoming chefs for the day. Later in the week the children were visited by Yasmin an Emergency Services call handler to talk about her important role. Moving from their project on professions Junior One started Chinese New Year celebrations when Thyra’s mummy came in to talk to them this afternoon. What a lovely end to a special week.
Form Six
There has been a lot of coming and going this week with children heading to their various 11+ interviews. We have all been so impressed with their maturity and stamina through this process and look forward to receiving the results shortly.
In addition, two of our Year Six Mathematics took part in the brain-twisting Oxford University Computing Challenge this week. These tests are not for the feint hearted and feature a series of taxing Maths questions which focus on computational skills and logical thinking. We await the results with interest.
Dress up Day - Thursday, 2 February
We are looking forward to celebrating story week in February. Giving parents as much notice as possible that the children are invited to come to school on Thursday 2nd February dressed as a book character.
Art Work of the Week
Miss Foster has chosen Oli in Form One for fantastic use of line, shape and colour, inspired by Paul Klee. Well done Oli!
Star of the Week
Junior One - Veda for using a confident voice during group discussions.
Form One - Ari for his positive attitude, work ethic and inquisitive mind.
Form Two - Luca for putting so much effort into his work and completing some fantastic pieces of writing, including a newspaper report on the Great Fire of London.
Form Three - James for all his hard work this week
Form Four - Charlie for making a great effort with long division
Form Five - Oscar for working hard to improve his handwriting.
Form Six - Olimpia for 100% effort throughout the week
Dates for your diary
24 January - Headmaster, Stephen Mellor, Kensington Park School visit
30 January - National Story Telling week
1 February - Author visit - James Sellick
2 February – Dress up day
10 February – Carnival - Key Stage Two pupils
