![Image of 7AB Scientists Create Bespoke Animal Homes](/images/720x440c/news/IMG_2613%281%29.jpeg)
7AB Scientists Create Bespoke Animal Homes
7AB created model animal shelters as part of their Science topic.
More Great Success for Cheska and Hector
Year 7 Cheska has enjoyed great success with her pony, Hector, and they've now qualified for Equifest in August.
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Year 7's Recipe for Success
Students in 7b5 created their own Congleton High School Recipe for Success in their English lessons.
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7CMJ Spot the Spiders and Identify the Insects
7CMJ enjoyed classifying invertebrates in their Science lessons.
![Image of Ellie-Ann Earns her Black Belt](/images/720x440c/news/image1_%2829%29.jpg)
Ellie-Ann Earns her Black Belt
Year 7 Ellie-Ann H worked her way up to Black Belt status over five years.
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Year 7 Artists Gain Inspiration from Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Our Year 7 Artists visited the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in June.
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Bienvenue - MFL French Club for Key Stage 3
Our MFL French Club has now started and all Key Stage 3 students are welcome
![Image of Year 7 Scholarly Excellence in Science](/images/720x440c/news/Science_Revision.jpg)
Year 7 Scholarly Excellence in Science
Ms Figiel's Year 7 Science Class devised some really creative ways to revise for their SAS Exam.
Election Fever Comes to CHS!
Students will take part in our own Mock Election on Wednesday 3rd July and compare the results to the real thing!
![Image of Year 7 Lacie Signs for Wales](/images/720x440c/news/image0_%2838%29.jpeg)
Year 7 Lacie Signs for Wales
Year 7 Lacie F has signed a one-year contract to play for Wales.
![Image of Year 7 Charlie and Theo Celebrate their League Cup Win](/images/720x440c/news/IMG_4449.jpg)
Year 7 Charlie and Theo Celebrate their League Cup Win
Charlie H and Theo P, celebrated winning the league cup trophy in May with their Macclesfield FC Junior Academy team.
Rain Didn't Stop Play at the Cheshire Football Festival
We enjoyed a great day out at the Year 7/8 Cheshire FA Football Festival in May
![Image of Ms. Thurland Meets our New Year 7 Students](/images/720x440c/news/HT_Photo_adjusted_Sept_2023_crop.jpg)
Ms. Thurland Meets our New Year 7 Students
Ms. Thurland has been visiting our partner primary schools to meet with our new Year 7 students.
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Celebrating our Wonderful 2023-24 Year 7 Leadership Team
The Year 7 Leadership Team held their last meeting of the year in May, celebrating all their fantastic achievements throughout the year.
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7HV's Posters are Out of This World!
Mr Holmes challenged 7HV to work in pairs on posters about space.
![Image of Key Stage 3 Scientists Study Life in Miniature](/images/720x440c/news/IMG_1255.jpg)
Key Stage 3 Scientists Study Life in Miniature
Our Key Stage 3 Scientists compared animal and plant cells under the microscope in their after-school Science Club.
![Image of Celebrating South Cheshire Football Wins](/images/720x440c/news/IMG_9030.jpg)
Celebrating South Cheshire Football Wins
We celebrated South Cheshire Cup Football wins for Year 9 and 10 boys and Year 7 girls in March.
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A Great End to the Season for our Netball Teams
In March we ended the Netball season with South Cheshire Netball Tournament matches at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School.
![Image of Year 7 Raise over £100 for Cancer Research](/images/720x440c/news/IMG_1182.jpeg)
Year 7 Raise over £100 for Cancer Research
Our Year 7 Student Leaders' sweets and cake sale was a great success, raising £120.50 for Cancer research UK in March.
![Image of Celebrating our High Flying Key Stage 3 Artists](/images/720x440c/news/Overall_Winner_Mille_D_y9.jpg)
Celebrating our High Flying Key Stage 3 Artists
Our KS3 Art Exhibition was the perfect opportunity to share the high flying talent of CHS artists with our community.
![Image of Year 7 Girls are County Athletics Winners](/images/720x440c/news/image0_%2835%29.jpeg)
Year 7 Girls are County Athletics Winners
Our Year 7 Girls Sports Hall Athletics team won their county event in March.
A World Book Day Murder Mystery Challenge for Year 7
Our Year 7 students used their best detective skills to solve our World Book Day Murder Mystery Challenge in their LRC lesson.
![Image of Time for KS3 Students to Design a British Science Week Poster](/images/720x440c/news/Science_Poster_A3_MH_28_2_24_copy.jpg)
Time for KS3 Students to Design a British Science Week Poster
As part of our British Science Week celebrations, we're challenging Key Stage 3 students to design a poster on this year's theme of TIME.
![Image of Key Stage 3 Hot Air Balloon Art Exhibition](/images/720x440c/news/hot_air_balloon.jpg)
Key Stage 3 Hot Air Balloon Art Exhibition
We will be exhibiting a display of KS3 students' artwork in the Main Hall on Thursday 14th March
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Year 7 Students Challenged to a Readathon for our First House Competition.
To coincide with World Book Day UK our first House competition was a Readathon for Year 7 students.
![Image of Encouraging a Love of Reading](/images/720x440c/news/Blind_date_with_a_book.jpg)
Encouraging a Love of Reading
Valentine's Day gave us the perfect opportunity to celebrate our love of books in the LRC.
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Our MFL Club Presents: Una Viagem a Portugal
Our MFL Club Year 7 students enjoyed una viagem a Portugal (a trip to Portugal) in February.
![Image of Valentine Disco Raises another £547 for Gee's Foundation](/images/720x440c/news/IMG_3341.jpg)
Valentine Disco Raises another £547 for Gee's Foundation
Sales of tickets, refreshments and roses at our Year 7 and 8 Valentine Disco raised £547 for our ongoing fundraising for The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation.
![Image of St Valentine's Day Fundraising at CHS](/images/720x440c/news/Valentines_Disco_Poster_CE_31_1_24_copy.jpg)
St Valentine's Day Fundraising at CHS
Students can treat themselves and others this St Valentine's Day at CHS.
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Year 7 Go Silent!
Our Performing Arts team challenged their Year 7 classes to create their own 'Silent Movie' this term.
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Year 7 Students Guess the Employers
Year 7 students took part in our Guess the Employer Careers event in January.
![Image of Year 7 Scientists Make a Great Start to 2024](/images/720x440c/news/IMG_8356.jpg)
Year 7 Scientists Make a Great Start to 2024
Three of our Year 7 Scientists earned well-deserved Scholarly Excellence points for their great approach to revision.
![Image of Year 7 Work Together in Team Building Day](/images/720x440c/news/DSC04988_crop.jpg)
Year 7 Work Together in Team Building Day
Our Year 7 students really enjoyed their Team Building Day, which created strong foundations for a very successful and united cohort.