Chelford Primary School

Friday 27 February 2026 Wellbeing Week 2026 It was brilliant to see children completing so many different activities as part of our Wellbeing Week - exploring what brings them happiness, joy and tranquility. We were thrilled to learn about pupils' interests in bike riding, spending time with family and pets, baking and visiting new places amongst other activities. A huge thank you to all who contributed images for today's front cover, celebrating a range of wellbeing activities undertaken over half term.

Friday 27 February 2026 Burwardsley 2026 Class 2 pupils had a wonderful few days at Burwardsley Education Centre this week, where they enjoyed a range of activities. Pupils loved spending time in each other's company and developing closer friendships and relationships with their peers and teachers. During the visit, pupils enjoyed a den-making workshop, walk to the top of Willow Hill, Stone Age to Iron Age workshop as well as the obligatory camp fire! Our thanks to Mrs Downer, Miss Ellen, Mr Norman and Mr Frodsham who accompanied and supported the children throughout the visit, helping them to recognise just what they could achieve beyond their daily comfort zone.

Friday 27 February 2026 Thank You Dr Latchford Today, we say a huge thank you and ‘see you soon' to Dr Michelle Latchford, who leaves Chelford CE Primary School to embark on a new career with Ofsted. Michelle's contribution to the continued development of our school over the past 5 years is immeasurable. She has served and supported our families with unwavering dedication, optimism and kindness. Michelle will be missed not only for the professionalism and expertise she brought to the role of school bursar but mostly for the wonderful human qualities she possesses that have enhanced our school in so many ways. To show our thanks and appreciation, our school community came together this afternoon to present cards and gifts and to give Michelle a fitting send-off. Everyone connected to Chelford CE Primary School wishes her the very best in her new endeavours.

Saturday 31 January 2026 Building works - January update Significant progress made on our new classroom since our last update. Exterior brickwork is now almost completed, giving a sense of the size and scale of the new classroom. Our construction partners have also changed the internal layout and are now beginning the process of removing the existing external wall, which will then enable the team to construct the roof over the coming weeks. During this week's progress meeting, timescales were shared and it is anticipated that the project will be completed by the end of the first week in May. Once again, we thank you for our continued patience for any inconvenience caused during the construction period.

Saturday 31 January 2026 Food Standards Agency We are delighted to share that following an unannounced inspection from Food Standards Agency earlier this week, our school kitchen was once again awarded 5-stars. We would like to thank Mrs Winter and Mrs Mort for their hard work maintaining excellent standards when catering for our pupils. This achievement is a wonderful accolade for their commitment and dedication.

Friday 16 January 2026 Burwardsley presentation Mr Brady and Miss Ellen welcomed parents to an information session regarding our upcoming residential visit to Burwardsley. Alongside this, a kit list and the model Cheshire East contact / medical form was sent home with pupils yesterday.

Friday 12 December 2025 Panto fun! It wouldn't be Christmas time without a pantomime and our pupils enjoyed a fantastic morning watching a visiting theatre workshop company perform ‘A Christmas Wish'. Pupils hung on the characters' every word and enjoyed singing along to some well-known and popular songs.

Friday 12 December 2025 KS1 Nativity success Huge congratulations to our fabulous KS1 pupils who put together two brilliant performances of The Three Kings this week. Pupils loved taking to the stage to share their performing arts talents and the standard of acting, dancing and singing was, as always, absolutely fantastic! We thank staff for helping to put together such a memorable show, especially Mrs Baker and Mrs Jackson. Thanks too to our PTA who were on hand to provide refreshments and to Mr Wilson, our Chair of Governors, who introduced the show in Mr Brady's absence. We hope that families enjoyed the show!

Tuesday 9 December 2025 Building update The foundations and grains have been install for our new classroom and it is great to see how quickly the project is taking shape.

Tuesday 9 December 2025 Welcome Miss Ellen We are delighted to welcome Miss Ellen to our staff team. Miss Ellen will be covering Mrs Jones' maternity leave in Class 2 for the reminder of the school year on a part-time basis.

Saturday 11 October 2025 Vacancies We are excited to advertise a position to recruit a new teacher to cover a maternity leave. Details can be found: https://www.chelford.cheshire.sch.uk/Vacancies/

Friday 19 September 2025 Try Something New - Y5/6 Y5/6 pupils enjoyed a fabulous morning at Brereton CE Primary School on Wednesday, where they joined with other Y5/6 pupils from our Holmes Chapel Sports Partnership for a morning of inclusive sports activities. Pupils enjoyed activities such as boccia, fencing and archery. We thank Miss Wood and the team at Brereton for their hospitality and as always, the team at Thrive and Sports Coaching Group for organising and leading the event.

Friday 19 September 2025 Significant developments at Chelford Chelford CE Primary School is delighted to share the exciting news that Cheshire East Council has committed to building a new classroom at Chelford CE Primary School that will enable the school to move to a 4-class learning environment for the 2026 / 2027 academic year.

Friday 19 September 2025 Thank You Kath! After many years of dedicated service, Mrs Kath Gildon has taken the new school year as an opportunity to step back from our Governing Board.

Saturday 13 September 2025 Premises upgrade Over the course of the summer, we have had a new internal wall installed to enclose Class 3, making a more purposeful, quieter learning environment. This week, Chelford graphics were added to the glazing to provide a touch of sophistication to the overall aesthetics.

Saturday 13 September 2025 Fantasy Football Premier League Fantasy Football - get involved!

Saturday 13 September 2025 Shed installation It has been a busy summer at Chelford CE Primary School and we are delighted to have install our new shed, funded by the PTA. Shelving is to be added next week before we can start to make use of the additional space - our thanks go to our PTA for supporting this project.

Saturday 13 September 2025 Welcome Back! We are absolutely thrilled to welcome back children and families for the start of what promises to be another exciting academic year. We hope that our families have enjoyed a relaxing and enjoyable break and that children are enjoying being in their new classes.

Thursday 3 July 2025 Peter Pan Production Huge congratulations to pupils and staff for putting on two fabulous shows on Wednesday. It was a joy to see pupils' talents showing so brightly - what a bunch of gifted singers, dancers and actors we have at Chelford! A special mention too, to Rory for arranging all of the lighting and sound for the show!

Thursday 19 June 2025 Cheshire Show performance

Thursday 19 June 2025 Railway 200 project Pupils started work on their art projects which will produce an array of artwork to be displayed at Chelford Station as part of the 200 years of the railways celebrations which are taking place across the country this year. We hope you enjoy a sneak peek of this piece produced by Class 2 pupils, inspired by the work of pop artist Jim Dine.

Friday 13 June 2025 Sports Day 2025 Our school community came out in force on Wednesday to celebrate pupils’ sporting talents. We were incredibly lucky with the weather - the clear blue skies offering the perfect backdrop to a lovely afternoon. It was wonderful to see pupils’ encouragement of each other and to see them having such fun!

Friday 13 June 2025 Class 2 - dragons! We were thrilled to receive a delivery from our friend and artist Hilly Kerr, who returned to school to pass on pupils’ final ceramic Chinese dragons, which had been produced over the course of several weeks. Regular newsletter readers will recall how children had previously moulded their dragons from clay before pieces entered the kiln for their first biscuit firing. After this, glazes were applied and pieces were returned to the kiln for the final firing. We are absolutely overwhelmed with the breathtaking results - a really impressive body of work as you can see from the images below. View all pupils’ dragons here: https://www.chelford.cheshire.sch.uk/News/Galleries/

Friday 13 June 2025 Class 2 residential visit - Tattenhall Class 2 pupils enjoyed a fabulous residential a visit to Tattenhall this week. Pupils participated in a number of workshop activities including Jungle Camp, which focussed on survival skills, tying knots and making shelters, and a STEM workshop which challenged children to dismantle and re-assemble vehicles and build a bridge without the use joining mechanisms such as nails or screws.

Friday 23 May 2025 Star Badges - summer half-term 1 2025 As usual, we marked the end of the half-term by awarding a child from each year group with a star badge in recognition of their efforts over the course of the half term. A huge congratulations to all recipients.

Friday 16 May 2025 Pollock workshop Class 3 pupils, inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock, experimented with capturing their emotions and feelings through an abstract expressionism workshop. Children made use of the good weather to work outdoors, working around canvases on the floor, dripping and throwing paint to make their own ‘action’ paintings. We are so impressed with the results! Have a look at our gallery here: https://www.chelford.cheshire.sch.uk/News/Galleries/&quest;SSID=3196&password=#GalleryListHolder

Friday 16 May 2025 Class 2 Science - Sunflowers In their science session this week, Class 2 were excited to check on the latest progress of their ‘sunflower seed in a bag’ studies. After observing closely and making careful measurements, the children completed the latest page in their seed diaries. This week they have taken their seedlings home to nurture and, if all goes well, plant out. Mr Norman is looking forward to receiving photos of some magnificent Chelford sunflowers in the summer!

Tuesday 13 May 2025 Laying foundations! A huge thanks to parent helpers for assisting in laying the foundations for our new PTA shed which we are going to install soon. Volunteers came into school last Saturday to finish the job - we think the results look fantastic! Thanks to all involved!

Saturday 12 April 2025 Spring Concert 2025 Our end of term concert was another fabulous opportunity to celebrate and share the diversity of pupils’ musical talents. As always, it was a joy to hear from our peripatetic students, who performed a number of impressive pieces on piano, trumpet, baritone and trombone and pupils’ whole class pieces were equally impressive; Class 1 pupils had us ‘waking up and shaking up’ before taking us on a trip into the jungle; Class 2 pupils impressed with their fabulous raps and Class 3 pupils provided a Latino vibe with their incredible samba band performance. The concert was expertly concluded with our school rock band who performed ‘Teacher’s Pet’ from the School of Rock movie.

Saturday 12 April 2025 Star Badges & Values Awards - Spring 2025 Congratulations to pupils chosen to receive a star badge / values award for their endeavours this term.