Chelford Primary School

Friday 21 March 2025 Music Mark Award As families will be aware, one of our aspirations over recent years has been to develop aspects of our music provision through the curriculum, extra-curricular and use of peripatetic tutors. Since the appointment of Mr Scarterfield in 2023, the curriculum has undergone a significant development which has enhanced our offer to pupils. This, alongside the wonderful work already in place through Miss Cocks’ piano tuition and our Love Music Trust collaborations has led to us achieving the Music Mark recognition. Music Mark is awarded to schools to recognise their commitment to providing high-quality music education offering benefits like access to resources, training, and networking opportunities.

Saturday 15 March 2025 Chelford Globetrotters! Well done to our Y3/Y4 and Y5/Y6 basketball teams who have recently represented the school in a couple of basketball competitions with our friends from the Holmes Chapel sports partnership. Peoples impressed with their positive attitude, teamwork and competitive spirit.

Saturday 15 March 2025 Maya visitor Class 3 pupils were delighted to welcome Dr Diane Davies into class this week to share her expertise and experiences as a Mayan archeologist. Pupils hung on to Dr Davies' every word as she shared her stories of her visits and research. Pupils loved analysing and evaluating the many authentic artefacts that Dr Davies shared, which further increased their understanding of how the Maya lived thousands of years ago.

Friday 14 March 2025 World Book Day 2025 Pupils and staff have enjoyed a splendid day celebrating World Book Day. Staff joined the fun supplementing the wonderful array of costumes on show, as characters from Julia Donaldson’s texts.

Friday 14 March 2025 School minibus We are delighted to have received a donation of a school minibus which will be used to help enhance our curriculum and why are opportunities for pupils. The minibus will shortly be rebranded school logos and we invite local businesses to contact us if they would be interested in sponsorship opportunities. Please contact Mr Brady: head@chelford.cheshire.sch.uk to express your interest.

Friday 14 March 2025 Wellbeing Week Pupils, staff and families enjoyed two wonderful weeks of activities designed at encouraging positive mental health and well-being throughout the school community. After enjoying a range of different workshop activities during school, the theme continue during the half term break with children completing a range of activities from our 'well-being menu'.

Friday 7 February 2025 Young Voices 2025 Pupils, parents and staff enjoyed a spectacular Young Voices concert last night, held for the very first time at the Co-Op Live arena in Manchester. As families readers will be aware, pupils, ably led by Mrs Nuttall, have been practising songs and dance routines for some time in preparation for the concert and to see our children dancing, smiling, cheering and singing along to songs from a variety of musical genres was a fabulous sight! We are sure that the experience will live with our pupils for many years to come!

Friday 31 January 2025 Holy Trinity artwork - Class 3 We are delighted to see examples of Class 3 pupils' artwork, inspired by the Holy Trinity on display in school this week. We think they look great! Well done children!

Friday 31 January 2025 Class 1 - special visitors!

Friday 31 January 2025 Lego Club Update Some of our fantastic Lego engineers have been completing some incredibly ambitious projects over recent weeks at Lego Club. Mr Brady was especially impressed with Frank's incredible spirograph machine, which was programmed to draw repeated patterns - how clever (see image below).

Friday 31 January 2025 Netball Y5/6 Congratulations to our Y5/6 netball team who enjoyed competing against our friends from the Holmes Chapel Sports Partnership in a netball tournament this week. Mrs Roberts was incredibly proud of their efforts and the teamwork on show.

Saturday 11 January 2025 Fun in the snow! It has been a testing first week back for our staff and families, dealing with the snow and the challenges of the icy weather. Mr Brady and governors would like to express their appreciation of the endeavours of staff who have once again gone ‘above and beyond’ to keep school open for our pupils - including covering staff absence, clearing snow and gritting paths, helping out with lunchtime duties and ensuring that school remains a safe and happy environment for pupils. A very special mention to Mr Moore who has worked tirelessly to keep the pathways and carpark safe this week. Thankfully, the temperatures are forecast to rise next week which will hopefully enable us to return to our usual routines.

Saturday 11 January 2025 C3 - Financial education This week, colleagues from MyBnk visited school to begin delivering a programme of financial education with out Class 3 pupils. Over the course of the coming weeks, children will be learning all about financial planning and management including managing budgets, resisting impulsive spending, recognising the benefits of developing positive saving habits and learning about how interest rates and investments work.

Saturday 11 January 2025 Let the drumming commence! Families may recall that we recently reported that the school had been successful its bid to acquire an electronic drum kit. This week, we were delighted to receive delivery of the kit which has now been assembled. Not only will the kit support musical celebrations and performances, but we are now in the position to begin to explore what peripatetic opportunities may be available for our aspiring drummers!

Friday 20 December 2024 Great Chelford Bake Off - Winner! Mince pies were the order of the day today as our Bake Off competition drew to a close. This week’s star baker was Jack (Y5), scoring a terrific 9/10 points.

Thursday 19 December 2024 Santa Claus came to town! We welcomed a very special visitor into school to spend some time with children this afternoon, reminding them of the importance of an early night on 24th December! Pupils were thrilled to have the opportunity to discuss their Christmas wish lists and to learn all about how Father Christmas manages to deliver so many presents across the world in a single night!

Thursday 19 December 2024 Autumn Concert What an incredible way to end the term! Many thanks to all who came out to support our end of term concert - and what a concert it was! A huge amount of talent on show as pupils performed duets, solos and whole class pieces, combing elements of the work undertaken in music lessons this year with some seasonal performances to get us in the mood for Christmas.

Thursday 19 December 2024 Recycled art - Class 2 project Class 2 pupils have loved their recent 3D art project - making sea animals and creatures from recycled waste - we think they look great (as seen below). Well done to the children for such wonderful creativity and teamwork.

Thursday 19 December 2024 Sensational stockings! Class 3 pupils have completed their DT projects this week - designing their very own festive stockings! Pupils have impressed in joining materials using a number of different stitch techniques and even managed to learn a few tips on the sewing machine thanks to Mrs Roberts’ mother who spend the day with children yesterday.

Thursday 19 December 2024 The Landlord's Cat - KS1 Nativity All staff and families were thoroughly impressed and proud of our KS1 pupils who put on a two fabulous nativity shows this week. The singing, acting, dancing and speaking was of the highest standard and pupils loved the opportunity to showcase their talents to appreciative audiences. Many thanks to all who turned out for the shows and of course to Mrs Baker, Mrs Jackson and Mr Scarterfield for preparing the children so well.

Thursday 5 December 2024 Anglo Saxon Jewellery project Class 3 pupils undertook an ambitious art project this term, designing and constructing their own ceramic jewellery pieces, inspired by the art of the Anglo Saxons. The pieces were returned from the kiln this week with incredible results. Visit our gallery to observe all the pieces children produced: https://www.chelford.cheshire.sch.uk/News/Galleries/?SSID=2743&password=#GalleryListHolder

Friday 29 November 2024 Cheshire East Family Hubs - Chelford visit 10th December 2024 Cheshire East Family Hubs - Chelford CE Primary School parents’ information session 10.12.24

Friday 29 November 2024 Great Chelford Bake Off - update (week 2) The second week of the Great Chelford Bake Off had pupils perfecting their butterfly cakes this week - and as always, pupils' entries illustrated just how talented the bakers of Chelford are!

Friday 29 November 2024 Sean Perkins author visit We were once again delighted to welcome author and illustrator Sean Perkins to Chelford on Wednesday afternoon. As families may remember, Sean enjoys visiting Chelford to share his latest instalment of his Oscar and Ben stories and to give our aspiring writers encouragement and advice. Pupils were absolutely gripped by Sean's wonderful performance of his latest book, hanging on his every word!

Friday 15 November 2024 Children in Need 2024 Chelford CE Primary School was awash with yellow and all manner of spotty clothing today in support of the annual BBC Children in Need fundraiser.

Wednesday 13 November 2024 We Remember On Sunday 10th November, members of the School Council joined Mr Brady in representing the school at the Remembrance Service. In a poignant service, we gathered to remember all those that have aid the ultimate sacrifice in enabling us to enjoy the freedoms we are afforded today. It was also lovely to see pupils past and present representing scouts, guides and brownies.

Friday 8 November 2024 Diwali Week Classes 2 and 3 were extremely lucky to receive a visit from Mrs Vaja (Gautam and Rohini’s mother) on Wednesday as part of our Diwali week. During the session, the children learned about why Diwali is celebrated, the importance of Diwali and the types of things different families do to celebrate.

Friday 8 November 2024 Class 3 - ceramics project update Hilly Kerr returned to school to help Class 3 pupils to complete the next step in their Saxon-inspired jewellery project. Regular readers will recall that pupils had previously sketched out and constructed their designs with clay. We were relieved that all pieces survived the initial firing in the kiln - which turned the clay from a soft, malleable brown into a rigid, white piece. On Wednesday, children applied their glazes. The next stage of the process is for the pieces to be fired once again before they are threaded and ready to wear. We can’t wait to see the finished jewellery pieces. As always, our heartfelt gratitude goes to Hilly for inspiring our pupils’ love of ceramics and providing such an enjoyable learning experience.

Friday 8 November 2024 Football update 9.11.24 Our Y5/6 football team took part in a ‘B’ team football festival this week. As always, pupils embodied the school values of aspiration, resilience and kindness in all matches and it was great to welcome some new competitors into the team for their first matches. Well done to all involved, and to tournament winners Brereton CE Primary School on being crowned champions! We also thank Mrs Downer and Mrs Jones who were on hand to lend their guidance and support.

Thursday 24 October 2024 Eco Club update Eco Club rounded off the half-term by sampling squash soup made from squashes grown in our raised bed. It seemed to go down well and not a drop was left by the end of the session. Our thanks to Mrs Wilson for supervising operations at the hob! Eco Club will return after the February half term break. As always, we extend our thanks to Mr Norman and Mrs Wilson for kindly leading the club this term.