Chace Community School

18 Chace students joined other Enfield students at Oasis Enfield Academy last week to meet the author, Rick Yancey.
Rick Yancey introduced the first book in his trilogy entitled 'The 5th Wave' which is being made into a film with Tobey Maguire who starred in 'Spiderman'.

I am pleased to report that OFSTED is visiting to inspect us on 13/14th June 2013. This inspection is an opportunity for us to check the map and review how far we’ve travelled towards our aims to be the best we can be, celebrate successes to date and identify targets for further improvement. OFSTED inspectors will be talking to students about their learning and progress and observing teaching and learning in lessons. They also want to hear parents'/carers' views about Chace. Please complete the questionnaire online at http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/

Our 2013 Youth Philanthropy Initiative winners were students in 9NL whose excellent presentation secured £3000 for the local charity, Enfield Vision.

Why is our chef in a History lesson? Year 7 classes found out what medieval life was really like when they took part in workshops about food in the Middle Ages. The History team and Mr Brooks, our chef, collaborated to give students a taste of authentic medieval recipes. “It was a really interesting way to learn,” said one Year 7. Mr Brooks and Ms Powell, who ran the sessions, were very impressed with the enthusiasm and knowledge of Year 7s. Well done and good luck in your assessments on Medieval Life!

Intrepid Chace Geographers from Year 8 to Year 12 experienced the Blue Lagoon, volcanoes , glaciers, geysers, amazing waterfalls, whale watching and a visit to the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik. The students were resilient, undeterred by the weather - 4 days of rain and wind! - and had a great adventure. Miss Cross and Miss Charlebois described the students as outstanding ambassadors for Chace - well done.

Well done to our Year 8 boys football team who won the Enfield League undefeated winning 11 out of 11 matches - The Invincibles!!
Well done to Mr Saunders and the team.

44 élèves et 5 professeurs sont allés à Boulogne en France vendredi 24 mai.
Nous avons visité une boulangerie où nous avons preparé et mangé des croissants et des pains au chocolat. Puis nous sommes allés au centre de Boulogne pour visiter des cafés et faire du shopping.
C'était une longue mais excellente journée!

Our students have successfully put STEM activities into action using electronics to get things moving - amazingly there's a tidy corner in Mr Lance's workshop to give these projects a test run!

Year 9 are currently studying wealth and poverty in RE, including the IF campaign, aiming to end world hunger. After studying some of the causes of hunger, students have considered ways to beat poverty. They have come up
with plate-fuls of suggestions that will be sent to the world leaders in time for the G8 summit in June. I hope they listen to our sensible, thoughtful, mature young voices.

Congratulations to this successful Y12 BTEC student whose photo appeared on Good Looking Optics' interweb on her last day of work experience with the comment 'She has been excellent to have here and we wish her success for the future!" All Post 16 students have now finished their placements with many doing very well earning good references and for some part time employment. Thank you to Good Looking Optics and all our work experience employers for giving Chace P16 students the opportunity to gain confidence and experience the world of work.