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| Associated Board Music Exam Results - Summer 2010 | ||
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 It's not everyday that you get to meet a person that has travelled over 30 million space miles, performed a 7 hour space walk and can say he has completed over 1000 orbits of the Earth! But this is what Tom from Year 1 got to do this Monday... | ||
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 The Chafyn Grove Chess team has just competed in Wiltshire's biggest
Junior Chess tournament. Eighteen teams of four players each from
schools all around Wiltshire took part in the all day competition at
Highworth, beyond Swindon. | ||
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 Pupils in Year 4 at Chafyn Grove School have recently returned from their annual 'Pioneer Camp'. Every Summer Term the whole year group along with their intrepid teachers, spend two nights camping in Knighton Wood near Broadchalke. | ||
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 Children in the Early Years Department at Chafyn Grove
School have been exploring different cultures and countries in the
topic 'Around the World'. Last week the children explored France,
sampling French food, learning some simple phrases, and playing some
traditional games such as boules. The highlight of the week was a mini 'Tour de France'
where children brought their own bikes in to school for a cycle ride
around the grounds, circumnavigating some famous landmarks including
the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Arc de Triumph and ending with a
climb up through the Alps. | ||
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 The Chess team from Chafyn Grove School are seen
celebrating their recent success in the regional round of the 'British
Land UK Chess Challenge'. | ||
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 At the beginning of May the children in Years 3, 4 and 5
had a visit from Annabel Claridge, a local author who has written two
books based on the adventures of a dog called Bo. The books tell the
story of Bo's time travelling exploits and are full of well-researched
historical detail. | ||
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 Pupils from Chafyn Grove are seen celebrating their recent success in the 'Monkton Combe Maths and Science Challenge'. Eight children from Year 6 spent a fun filled day in the newly built Maths and Science Centre at Monkton Combe Senior School, competing against ten other schools in a range of challenges. | ||
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 At the end of April, a team from Chafyn Grove School competed in the 'Dorset Schools Score Championships' at Moors Valley. This event was the last in a series of 8 events, which made up the Dorset Schools Orienteering League. | ||
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 There was great excitement at Chafyn Grove School when
'The Black Knights', the official parachute display team for the The
Royal Artillery, quite literally 'dropped in' after lunch. | ||
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