CFS Chichester

**** School Photograph Order Closing Date is Tuesday 10 October ****

Please be advised if you have NOT yet placed your School Photograph order, the order closing date is Tuesday 10 October.
Please either return your Order to the School or visit www.smileYellow.com using the passwords on the Proof card.

Many thanks

We are so delighted to showcase the amazing wraps that we've had installed in our Primary and Secondary entrances. Huge thanks to HD Wraps UK - Wall wrap experts

What an amazing evening we had last night at our Prospective Year 7 Open Evening. The biggest turnout we've ever had and what fantastic parental feedback we received. Huge thanks to all the pupils that helped in the classrooms and as tour guides.

We look forward to welcoming more prospective parents and pupils to our open mornings next week at 0930. See our website for more details:
www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk/open-weeks

We can't wait to welcome you all to our Prospective Year 7 Open Evening on Wednesday from 5.30pm until 8pm.

Remember that school closes at 1.50pm for all Secondary pupils and their Primary siblings on this day. No after school clubs either for the whole school.

We would like to thank you all so much for your kind donations in support of Chichester District Foodbank. The donations were collected today by the wonderful volunteer team who wanted to pass on their thanks too.

The season has begun. 2 new freshman Ceaser and Fergus coming in along with the ‘originals’ and two Year 8’s took on the might of a team that has been undefeated since Year 7 in the Saints (Phillip Howard).

Kick off as usual and Joe minus his Alice band went stampeding like a Rhino into the opposition bowling over players to get to the opposition centre smashing him to the deck and forcing a knock on. Could this be the game that topples the Saints was the question in everyone’s mind. Many phases, many hits, many carries but CFS could not get over the white line. Half time approaching and 3 tries to nil was the cry from the home crowd.

Half time talks done, it was clear that we needed to look back in time, we needed something. I remember looking in history text books and seeing a Roman Stood behind Ceaser, it was such a moment in time. CFS brought it to real life, early in the second half Ceaser rampaged into war, 4 players trying to bring him down, Roman right behind screaming to push on for his quest to the try line, could this be that moment we needed. It was, quick ball from Thomas feeding the speedster Jamie and CFS did something no team has done this year and scored against the ‘saints’. During the game it was clear how connected we were as a team, standing head and shoulders above was Ewan, Year 8, what he lacked in height, he made up for in his tackles as no one got past him and every tackle bought a cheer from his team mates.

Genuinely massive praise is needed to our team as they never gave up, they never moaned and worked so hard, Yes they were beaten but they took a chunk out of the ‘Saints’ ego, they also have realised that when they play, they can really compete.

Team:
Joe C ©, Fergus M, Sam B, Oscar G, Ceaser TC, Finley G, Thomas K, Jamie C, Finn-Lee M, Harry C, Ylan LS, Craig S, Roman B, Year 8, Ewan H, Year 8

Match report: Mr Tilling.

Tomorrow is the last day for bringing in your donations to Chichester District Foodbank. To support this wonderful cause and help your House win the first competition of the year, donations can be brought to main reception or the Primary entrance.
Thanks so much for your support.

Next week we are collecting for Chichester District Foodbank. Items can be left in the Primary entrance or Main School reception and we can't wait to see which House brings the most donations in.
Thank you for your support.

It was wonderful to welcome all the various Sixth Form schools and colleges to meet our Year 11 pupils today at our Futures Afternoon.
Huge thanks goes to Sph Sixth Form Bishop Luffa Sixth Form Brinsbury College Chichester College HSDC Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Felpham Community College for coming along and talking to our pupils. We look forward to seeing parents and pupils back in the Carmelite Hall this evening at 18:00.

Secondary pupils, remember to bring 50p in tomorrow to buy one of the amazing cookies or cakes the pupils have been baking.

Next week we are collecting for Chichester District Foodbank. Items can be left in the Primary entrance or Main School reception and we can't wait to see which House brings the most donations in.
Thank you for your support.

With every organisation there are always inspections, for the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) we have the Biennial Review and today, we had our very first.

We had the privilege and honour to host as the Reviewing Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Ben Powell (Retired), recently retired as the Chief of Staff, Grenadier Guards, Field Army Command Group, Army HQ, part of the Strategy Directorate, Future Plans, Field Army Command Group.

On arrival, he was meet by Captain Cook, the Contingent Commander, Sergeant Evetts, Cadet Training Team and the School Staff Instructor.

The review began with a series of stands demonstrating the scope and breadth of what the school offers our young people, these included Drill, First Aid, Command/Team Building and Fieldcraft.

The Lt. Colonel observed the contingent staff and cadets undertake a series of activities, selected to demonstrate and showcase a small element of what the CCF has to offer within the school grounds. At each stand he was able to observe the activity, ask questions of the cadets and staff and gain feedback from the cadets directly on how they enjoyed the CCF.

Then the escorting team went with the Lt. Colonel to meet the Executive Principal and hear how the school and CCF combine and synergise to support the young people. Discussing the recent rapid expansion of activities that we were able to offer throughout the year.

The review ended with a formal photograph and the Lt. Colonel saying a few words.

The CCF staff were, again, so proud of the cadets, their turn out and confidence when talking to the Reviewing Officer and showing what an amazing opportunity the CCF is, through the wide range of activities it has to offer our pupils.

A very big well done to all of our cadets and staff.

Mrs New was delighted to host the first Principal's Award tea party this afternoon. The pupils from across the whole school that were invited have been recognised for doing some amazing things either inside or outside of school.

Their reward was a visit to Mrs New's office to play Uno, drink hot chocolate and share stories with each other. Well done to them all.

This year's World Language Celebration will be next week with lots of exciting activities happening throughout the school. On Monday we will sell some international snacks at Secondary break time for 50p if anyone would like one. There will also be themed food available all week in both Primary and Secondary.

Pupils will have the chance to answer the register in different languages during the week and to do some cross curricular work or language quizzes.

There is a bake-off competition where pupils will need to combine research skills and baking prowess to create a show-stopping bake to represent a choice of language, culture or country. Pupils should bake and decorate nut-free CUPCAKES OR BISCUITS and bring them to school on Tuesday 26th September. They must provide either a list of ingredients or a recipe so that we can comply with allergy laws. It would be fantastic to see this in English and in the language you are representing. Remember to include your name so the judges can award points!

At Secondary break time on Wednesday 27th, there will be a Bake Sale. Proceeds will go to various fundraising causes with everything priced at 50p. Prizegiving will be on Thursday 28th at the evening event and judging includes: the language theme, how technical the bake was, how attractive it looks, smells and tastes what the texture is like.

We can't wait to see you all at the evening celebration at 5pm in the canteen.

Providing opportunities for our pupils to develop their leadership skills has always been of great importance to us at CFS. There are a range of opportunities across both phases, including Sports Leaders, Playground Leaders, Beat Bullying Ambassadors, Librarians and House Champions. As well as this, pupil voice is also so important to us – enabling our pupils to reflect on their experiences both in and out of school and to support us in ensuring that we are supporting them in the best way possible.

For further information about how we approach pupil leadership and pupil voice at CFS, please do have a look on our website page via this link https://www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk/pupil-voice-and-leadership/ And of course, any opportunity a pupil engages with, will contribute to their CFS passport - https://www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk/cfs-passport/

This week we are launching the Pupil Ambassador elections. This is open to all pupils from Year 1 up to Year 11 and we ask that parents encourage their children to put themselves forward to be their Primary Class or Secondary Tutor Group Pupil Ambassador for 23-24! Good luck.

It's Quiz Night time on Friday 29th September. Tickets are now on sale via Main Reception. It's a great fundraiser and really good fun so please come and support this wonderful event.

****** School photo day tomorrow *******
Please make sure all Primary pupils come to school in their full uniform tomorrow and if they have PE or Forest School, please bring their kit in a named bag. CCF cadets may wear their CCF uniform or school uniform for their photo.

Thanks

We were so excited to welcome the wonderful RepTylers to our Year 2 classrooms this week. The pupils got to hold these amazing creatures - we thought they were so brave!

So lovely to see our wonderful Reception pupils join our CFS community today. They have had such a great day and we can't wait to see them all again tomorrow.

We can't wait to see you all at our Prospective Year 7 Open Evening on Wednesday 4th October from 5.30pm (no booking required). We also have 3 Open Mornings on the 9th, 11th and 12th October at 9.30am. Bookings can be made via our website www.chichesterfreeschool.org.uk

Primary pupils were thrilled to see a brand new play shed stocked full of games and activities to play which was bought from the fundraising last year. Thank you to everyone that supported our fundraising events, ranging from Quiz Nights, Christmas and Summer Fairs, music concerts and Bag2School donations. Here's to raising even more this year!

So wonderful to welcome all our Year 7 pupils to CFS today, together with our new pupils who have joined other year groups in Primary and Secondary.

Our Reception pupils have one more week to enjoy the sunshine and then we can't wait to meet them all on Monday.

Early this morning, the Class of 2023 nervously opened their GCSE results after months – years – of hard work. Smiles, hugs and even a few high fives could be seen across the Carmelite Hall, with pupils, teachers and parents celebrating another year of impressive achievements with utter pride.

It was also a moment to reflect on a very unusual Secondary school experience – these young people experienced the first lockdown in Year 8 and really only had a ‘normal’ school year again in their final year of GCSE studies. Executive Principal, Mrs New, said this morning, ‘I say it every year, but the resilience of our young people makes me utterly proud. The results today are testimony to the hard work of our Year 11 cohort, and of course the relentless support from our wonderful CFS staff. The Class of 2023 have approached these rigorous examinations with good humour and determination, whilst also displaying such kindness towards each other as they navigated the pressures of the last few months and years. After an emotional leavers’ assembly and stunning Prom, today is the icing on the cake – a true celebration of their achievements. Congratulations to them all! But of course, today is just the beginning - I wish all of them every happiness as they move onto pastures new, with many of our pupils leaving us after eight years at CFS.’

Whilst the national context is not yet fully known – our provisional figures show that pupils have made strong progress at CFS. We have also seen notable improvements in several subject areas from previous years, including in Modern Foreign Languages and Drama.

But today was, of course, about the individual pupil results and, as Mr Elliman (Head of Year 11) said, ‘Today I have watched with pride and emotion as young people I have had the pleasure of being Head of Year to for four years have received results that all tell their own individual stories. Positive surprises, success over adversity, personal successes that go even deeper than the numbers on their results slips. For the vast majority their results today have allowed them to make their chosen next step in education and I could not be more delighted for them. I really will miss the Class of 2023!’

Particular successes include Daisy Paget who was awarded seven Grade 9s and two Grade 8s amongst her results and Erin Li is celebrating seven of the top grades. CFS were also celebrating today pupils who have made exceptional progress since the start of Year 7, including Sienna Biscoe, Lucie Connolly, Talia Hall, Poppy Lyne, Ana Pogosian and Max Wright. Congratulations to them all.

Best of luck to all our pupils receiving their GCSE results today. We can't wait to see you and celebrate all your hard work.

What an achievement to reach the World Cup Final. Their best-ever finish at a FIFA Women's World Cup. What a team.

Please continue to support us at Tesco checkouts. The blue tokens aren't always very visible so do ask the checkout staff for one when you pay.
Many thanks

We are so excited to announce that we have been shortlisted to receive a cash award as part of the Tesco Community Grants Initiative.

Here at CFS we run a breakfast club for disadvantaged pupils and would be so grateful for some financial support to keep this invaluable club running for the next academic year.

Voting opens at the beginning of July until the end of September in the Chichester South Street store, Chichester Extra store and the East Wittering store and you can cast your vote using a token at check out every time you shop.

Huge thanks in advance for your support.

What an amazing last week we've had at CFS. From Primary Sports Day, our whole school prizegiving and the Year 5 & 6 production of Alice, it's been jam packed. We've got Secondary celebration trips at Paulton Parks and Go Ape today and Primary are having an amazing activity day too.

One more school day to go! Remember we break up early tomorrow (exact times are in the weekly bulletin and website).

Have a wonderful summer.

******* Residential trip to France – Paris 2023 *******

Early morning on 4th July Years 7-10 set off for a four-day residential trip to France. We arrived in Dover to catch a ferry on a beautiful sunny morning. Therefore, we had a peaceful crossing!

We arrived in Paris in good time for our first excursions on les bateaux Parisiens, then the next day we visited the Royal Palace of Versailles followed by the climb of the Eiffel Tower. Dinner was in a nice restaurant followed by a walk down the Champs Elysées. On day 3 we visited Parc Astérix: All shows, animations and instructions were in French, I think the pupils understood these pretty well as they had an amazing time. On day 4 our final visit was the museum Le Louvre, pupils were very excited to be able to see the Mona Lisa and wondered why it was such a famous and fascinating painting. Many were asking how much it was worth, priceless obviously!
Everyone had a great time. The pupils learnt so much and put their language skills into practise at every opportunity.

Many thanks to Mr Wallis, Mrs Halton and Mr Newman for their help and support during the trip.

from Mrs Agate MFL teacher and trip leader

Wonderful Forest School events over the summer to keep the little ones busy!

Woodland Wonders Forest School We are a forest school company that offer woodland experiences, outdoor learning through play, bushcraft activities and outdoor cookery for children and young people.

Prom photos are now available to download. Please keep an eye on your emails for the password to access the gallery.
https://timhillsphotography.shootproof.com/gallery/21844520/
The photos really are stunning. Enjoy!

Our CCF have just returned from an amazing Summer Camp in Crowborough. The cadets took part in activities such as shotgun, escape rooms, obstacle course, paintball, kayaking, paddle boarding, wall climbing, mountain biking, ambushes, section attacks, basha building, axe throwing and much more. The cadets had an amazing time and progressed well over the week. We even got a silver medal for the escape room competition and a bronze for paintball.

To conclude the week, all those that have passed their basic training were promoted to Cadet Corporals. Our contingent continues to go from strength to strength with cadets that should be immensely proud of all they have achieved this year.

What a night.... The class of 2023 celebrated in style at Chichester Golf Club last week. The pupils have worked so hard this past year and truly deserved a Prom to remember. Huge thanks goes to Mr Elliman, Mrs Godfrey and the CFS team for ensuring the pupils had the best night.

We are so excited to announce that we have been shortlisted to receive a cash award as part of the Tesco Community Grants Initiative.

Here at CFS we run a breakfast club for disadvantaged pupils and would be so grateful for some financial support to keep this invaluable club running for the next academic year.

Voting opens at the beginning of July until the end of September in the Chichester South Street store, Chichester Extra store and the East Wittering store and you can cast your vote using a token at check out every time you shop.

Huge thanks in advance for your support.

Thank you all so much for supporting our Summer Fair on Saturday. Everyone had such an amazing time, playing lots of games, watching the dance shows, winning prizes and eating ice creams. A special mention goes to the Tebbs family for guessing the weight of the cake! Congratulations.

Thank you again.

We'd be so grateful if you could vote for CFS to win this wonderful prize. It takes less than a minute to cast a vote.
Huge thanks for your support.

https://www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools?utm_source=nbt&utm_medium=email&utm_content=footer-banner&utm_campaign=20230606_schools -your-school-title

We are so excited for our Summer Fair on Saturday. Please come along and support this important fundraiser.
We'd love more donations for our tombola, whether it's a bottle, chocolates or a gift, all donations are welcome.
It's Inset Day tomorrow but we can still accept donations via main School reception.

Thanks so much.

***** Donation Update *****

Thanks so much to all those wonderful parents that donated bottles today. The bottle tombola is such a popular stall at the Fair and we would love some more please. Bottles can be brought in anytime today, tomorrow and Thursday.

We won't be doing the teddy stall this year now so no need for teddy donations.

Thanks again for your support.

It's our wonderful Summer Fair this Saturday from midday until 3pm and we can't wait to see you all there. We would be so grateful for donations please to help support this important fundraiser. They can be brought to the pupil gates or main reception please.

Tuesday is bottles
Wednesday is Teddies and Tombola Items
Thursday is Chocolate and Jolly Jars

Many thanks

Don't forget it's a non-uniform day tomorrow to help raise funds for the School's Summer Fair which takes place on Saturday. Minimum donations of £1 can be made on the pupil gates or to the class teacher or tutor please.
Many thanks for your support.

Our second hand uniform sale is in the Carmelite Hall, via the Chapel Entrance tomorrow (cash only and bring a carrier bag on the day.)
To minimize traffic congestion, we'd be grateful if you could try and stick to the following times:
Reception parents and those not doing a school run please come between 2pm and 2.30pm.
Brand new parents of children joining in September, please come after 3.45pm.

Many thanks for your help.