Vacancies
Facebook
TwitterNews Feed
-
Thursday 27th March 2025 Year 5 WOW - Ancient Greek Day Our fantastic visitor began the day by sharing stories about Ancient Greece and their gods by getting children involved in some drama. Each class then had a chance to complete a quiz about the Ancient Greeks, completed an Archimedes puzzle and played an Ancient Greek board game.
-
Friday 21st March 2025 VI - Careers Week The Building Inspector, Mr David Gibson, came to inspect the VI Provision pupils' environmentally and disability-friendly model homes today, as part of Careers Week. The children created and planned their buildings. They had lifts in, solar panels, wind turbines, water storage, working lights and more! Each house safely passed inspection and three pupils had a special mention for their amazing features.
-
Thursday 27th February 2025 Year 3 WOW - Whipsnade Zoo Year 3 had a fantastic experience at Whipsnade Zoo taking part in a hands-on workshop informing them all about the importance of teeth and types of teeth. Afterwards, they were able to see a variety of animals around the zoo.A great opportunity to start their science learning this term!
-
Thursday 27th February 2025 Year 4 WOW - 'Why Should We Save the Planet?' Year 4 began this half term with a local area walk, during which children were asked to identify the environmental issues that our community faces. They completed a survey and used this information to produce informative presentations on how they would begin to tackle some very difficult environmental issues. This has continued into our foundation lessons, where we are answering the big question, 'Why should we save the planet?'
-
Tuesday 25th February 2025 Year 6 WOW - Science Workshop Year 6 has kicked off their science topic on adaptation with a hands-on science workshop! Discovering how birds have adapted their beaks to suit their environment and discovering camouflaged moths were a few of the activities. The day finished with an exciting demonstration of different chemical reactions leading to many 'wows' and 'ohhhs'. Everyone is very keen to continue our learning back in the classroom.
-
Friday 7th February 2025 Voices of the East 'Big Get Together' SEND Conference Members of our VI Provision attended the Voices of the East 'Big Get Together' SEND conference in Stevenage.
-
Wednesday 5th February 2025 VI - The National Theatre, London We had an absolutely brilliant day at The National Theatre London watching Ballet Shoes! The children tackled busy tube trains, and escalators, explored the stage props, sat right in front of the stage in row 3 and had audio description headsets. They also met their role model Eleanor again, who starred in the CBBC show with our children last year. We are hoping she will come and visit us at Chantry later this year.
-
Wednesday 11th December 2024 VI - Visit to Poplars Garden Centre Our VI pupils practiced their life skills today when buying and paying for a drink and snack at the Poplars Garden Centre cafe. They also enjoyed a sensory winter wonderland in the Christmas lights and displays section. Staff and customers at the centre complimented the children’s polite manners and lovely attitudes. A brilliant trip out today all round.
-
Wednesday 13th November 2024 Luton Foodbank 'Reverse Advent Calendar' Filming It was a pleasure to work with Salma from Luton Foodbank, and her film crew, to create the promotional video for the Reverse Advent Calander. Our parent and child actors were amazing – talented and professional! We are proud to support such an important charity and are looking forward to seeing how many items can be collected across our town!
-
Thursday 24th October 2024 VI - Practising Independent Living Skills This afternoon the VI pupils practised their independent living skills by making sandwiches, biscuits and washing up afterwards too. This is a great skill to start learning young, as I was told by some students at the Royal National College for the Blind during my visit earlier this half term.
-
Tuesday 15th October 2024 VI - Adventure to Big Rock Climbing Centre, MK Our brilliant and brave Year 3 VI Provision pupils reached dazzling new heights today at the Big Rock climbing centre. All four children made it up to the very top of the climbing walls on more than one occasion!
-
Thursday 26th September 2024 A Day in the Life of a Visually Impaired Student The pupils in our Visual Impairment Provision have created a brilliant short film, showing a day in the life of a visually impaired student a Chantry. The video stars our fabulous VI pupils and is narrated by them too. This short film is the brain child of Zuzanna and Maryam who have been attending a SEND Voices of the East group on behalf of all of our SEND pupils. The girls wanted to raise awareness of visual impairments in our community and further afield.
-
Tuesday 17th September 2024 Year 6 WOW - African Drumming Year 6 had a fantastic experience taking part in an African drumming workshop. They enjoyed learning different drumming techniques and developed their collaborative skills by performing together. During the session, they also learnt about refugees and different African cultures which will help with their understanding of this term’s text, Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah.
-
Tuesday 10th September 2024 VI - Swimming Lesson As part of our VI enrichment programme we took our 3 fabulous KS1 pupils to their first swimming session at Inspire, Luton.
-
Tuesday 25th June 2024 VI - Bouncy Castle Fun The VI provision children had an amazing time this morning bouncing on their very own bouncy castle! We love giving our pupils enrichment opportunities that others may take for granted as a normal activity to access. Today everyone was smiling and laughing with enough space to bounce safely.
-
Tuesday 11th June 2024 Year 5 WOW - Visit to Celtic Harmony Year 5 enjoyed a thrilling day at a Stone Age village! At Celtic Harmony, they followed the footsteps of our early ancestors: learning how to hunt and gather, building a shelter out of wood and foliage, preparing plants and herbs for cooking and listening to a storyteller by the fire. The children took advantage of the opportunity to learn from the experts and were excellent values and role models for our school out in the community.
-
Thursday 6th June 2024 VI WOW - Visit to Keysoe International Horse Centre Some of our lucky VI pupils visited the amazing Keysoe Horse Centre today and were allowed to groom and work with the beautiful miniature ponies. The Keysoe Horse Centre is hosting the Olympic equestrian team members for their important training sessions before they attend the Paris Olympics this year. We are so excited to have been able to set up a great relationship with the Centre and we will be revisiting them for a horse care course in the next academic year.
-
Thursday 9th May 2024 Reception WOW - Mead Open Farm Visit Chantry Primary Academy's Reception classes recently had a fantastic day out at Mead Open Farm. The children loved to see all the wonderful animals and had a great time learning about them.
-
Tuesday 30th April 2024 Year 2 WOW - Whipsnade Zoo This term, Year 2 has been reading 'The Paper Bag Prince', an inspiring story about sustainability and looking after the planet we live on. To support this, they had a fantastic day at Whipsnade Zoo, learning all about how we can care for all of life on Earth and how we can ensure that we have a positive impact on the world around us.
-
Thursday 25th April 2024 Year 3 WOW - Author Visit Year 3 were lucky enough to meet the amazing Chrissie Sains who is the talented author of their current class story 'An Alien In The Jam Factory'. They had a great time, sharing story ideas and even coming up with an exciting story about a giant brussel sprout that wants to take over Easter and replace eggs with sprouts! They are very much enjoying the story and are looking forward to writing their own!
-
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 Year 1 WOW - Hindu Mandir Visit Year One had one of the most amazing experiences on their visit to the local Hindu Mandir (Temple).
-
Monday 22nd April 2024 Year 4 WOW - Houghton Hall Walk Monday morning saw Year 4 take part in a nature walk around Houghton Hall Park, taking note of the different plants and animals they could see on the way. The walk finished at the Kitchen Gardens where they learnt about the different plants and vegetables they grow, the different insects and creatures that try to eat the vegetables and the planting process. A great time was had by all with a lot of facts and information being learnt.
-
Wednesday 17th April 2024 Year 6 WOW - Macbeth Workshop Year 6 students were joined today by West End in Schools for an exciting Macbeth Workshop. The workshop aimed to immerse students in the world of Shakespeare's infamous play, allowing them to explore themes, characters, and language using dance to retell the story.The collaboration with West End in Schools offers students a unique opportunity to delve into the world of theatre and literature in a fun and interactive way!
-
Tuesday 16th April 2024 Year 5 WOW - Hazard Alley Safety Centre Year 5 have visited Hazard Alley Safety Centre for their WOW this week. Here they were able to learn all about keeping safe in an interactive and memorable way. A great time was had by all.
-
Wednesday 27th March 2024 Bedford VI and HI Sports Festival at the Bunyan Centre Some of our pupils attended today's brilliant Beds Borough VI and HI Sports Festival with other children from around Bedfordshire. They took part in sports specifically adapted for children with sensory impairments. The pupils were incredible and played table tennis, football, goalball and more and they were so fast and competitive, yet showed great support and encouragement towards each other too. This is a great example of how to be inclusive in PE and life to build healthy happy young people.
-
Wednesday 28th February 2024 Year 6 WOW - Atomic Abbie! Year Six children had a fantastic day during their WOW! ‘Atomic Abbie’ has really enthused their learning with some superb chemical reactions, followed by a ‘hands-on’ workshop on evolution.
-
Tuesday 27th February 2024 Year 1 WOW - Chicks Year 1 followed the journey of some fertilised eggs and watched them hatch into wonderful chicks.
-
Wednesday 24th January 2024 VI Theatre Visit - The Witches, The National Theatre, London
-
Tuesday 9th January 2024 Year 1 WOW - Puppet Workshop Year 1 had a visit from Pirate Ron who presented a pirate show that they absolutely loved! They used their voices to join in with the show and help his puppet companion navigate the seas. Later, they went back to their classrooms to create their very own puppets using a paper bag. These were brilliant and they used them to act out their own plays with their friends. This was a great start to Year 1's History unit all about toys and their Design Technology lessons where they developed their sewing skills to create a puppet. Lots of fun and learning took place!
- View archived news items