Chess team win silver at national finals
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During the Easter break, our CJS chess team competed in the National Schools Girls' Chess Championships Finals organised by ECF (English Chess Federation).
The CJS team played exceptionally well, and finished in second place in the Under 11 section - just one point behind Bancroft School.
Throughout the seven-round tournament, Amelie, Liana and Liya showed great strength and incredible maturity as they competed against many strong chess players. Many congratulations to our CJS chess team, and huge thanks to our school chess coach, Mr D'Costa.
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Hannah Gold visiting author
On Wednesday afternoon, author Hannah Gold came to talk to Year 5 and 6 about her book series.
On Wednesday afternoon, author Hannah Gold came to talk to Year 5 and 6 about her book series.
Hannah Gold (author) has written three books, The Lost Whale, The Last Bear and Finding Bear (which came out yesterday!). On Wednesday, she came to visit us! Everyone was very excited, we couldn’t wait to meet her and get our books signed! It started off with Hannah telling us about the book, where it was set, who were the characters and a run through of the plot. Fortunately, she didn’t tell us everything, like will they solve the problems or not because we can find out when we read it! After that, Hannah picked two volunteers (one to be April,…
Year 3 London Eye trip
Year 3 have been exploring the city from the water and sky, as part of their humanities topic on London.
Year 3 have been exploring the city from the water and sky, as part of their humanities topic on London.
The children enjoyed a river cruise before hopping on board the London Eye. They enjoyed learning more about the many landmarks in the city. Aahaan said: "I loved it when I was at the top of the London Eye and I could see the hospital where I was born." Claudia added: "When we were at the top of the London Eye it was a little bit scary but really fun!"
