Donations given at the Harvest celebration enabled us to pay for a latrine to be built in Kasonga, Democratic Republic of Congo. We have received a certificate with a photo, showing us exactly where the latrine has been built.

The village had to walk 5 km to the nearest water source and  and the latrine Challock school provided is part of a larger project to provide fresh water on tap. What a fantastic privilege to be a part of making lives better!

Challock entered a Y6 team into the Ashford Schools' Handball tournament on Tuesday, 4th October, held at the Towers School. The team played incredibly well, especially since this is a sport the children are learning about without much prior experience. Our first two games ended in 4-0 victories against a St Mary's team and a Furley Park team. This meant we won our group and went into the main semi-finals! In a closely-fought match against Furley Park A team, we went 1-0 down before equalising after great team play. Furley Park, however, got another goal back and went on to win 2-1, before winning the overall event. We played Furley Park B in the 3rd place play off - this was a fantastic match, enjoyed by the players and spectators alike, which ended in a 4-4 draw! The team went into a 'golden goal' scenario, and Challock, despite not starting with the ball, managed to strike first to win 5-4 and thus win the bronze medals for the tournament.

This was a fantastic event - all the teams entered played well and in great spirits, and for the Challock team, it was an added bonus to come home with medals. Well done to the squad of Harry, Elliott, Ella, Libby, Zach, Drew, Ben, Dylan, Imogen and Puck

Congratulations to Kingfishers Y5/6 and Woodpeckers Y3/4 for winning their races in the Interhouse Cross-Country event which took place on the Lees this week.

The first four members of each house to cross the line had their positions added together to create a combined score, the lowest score being the winning team.

Ben, Zach, Rhys and Gracie were the first four Kingfishers across the line, with Zach winning the Y5/6 race.

Aubrey, William, Nathan and Carter were the first four Woodpeckers across the line, with Nathan winning the Y3/4 race.

Team results are:

Year 5/6

1st - Kingfishers - 28 points

2nd - Robins - 35 points

3rd - Woodpeckers - 36 points

4th - Goldfinches - 41 points

Year 3/4

1st - Woodpeckers - 20 points

2nd - Kingfishers - 25 points

3rd - Robins - 49 points

4th - Goldfinches - 76 points