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BTEC Agriculture Student Heads off to Writtle University College

BTEC Agriculture Student Heads off to Writtle University College

Chengelo School is excited to have one of our alumni, Lance Vaughan (Class of 2019), heading off to the UK next month to study Agriculture at Writtle University College, near Chelmsford. Lance has always had a passion for agriculture and studying for...

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BTEC Agriculture Work Experience – Adam Sherriff

BTEC Agriculture Work Experience – Adam Sherriff

As part of their practical experience for the BTEC Agriculture course at Chengelo, students are required to spend time on a work placement in the agriculture industry. Here is an account by Adam Sherriff of his experience working on the family ranch:...

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BTEC Agriculture Field Trip to Linton Farm

BTEC Agriculture Field Trip to Linton Farm

Farmers can never sit back and relax and the glut of grass at this time of year needs to be conserved for leaner times to come during the dry season. Our BTEC Agriculture students spent a morning at Mr Siddle’s farm learning about how he makes grass...

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Chengelo Sixth Form Celebrates Phenomenal BTEC Results

Chengelo Sixth Form Celebrates Phenomenal BTEC Results

Following on from our recent success at IGCSE and A Level, Chengelo is once again celebrating outstanding achievement, this time, in our BTEC Agricultural Course. BTEC Extended Diploma courses are equivalent to studying three A levels and are graded with...

AdministratorJan 253 Comments

A Farming Adventure!

A Farming Adventure!

There’s only so much I can describe with words, if I could put you in a little box in my head with popcorn and a TV I don’t think you’d want to leave! I was the fortunate one out of the BTEC students that got to do my work placement overseas in...

AdministratorNov 092 Comments

BTEC Field Trip to Damast Farm

BTEC Field Trip to Damast Farm

Our BTEC Diploma in Agriculture students spent a day at Damast Farms in Mkushi! There, they enjoyed helping out with combining on Mr Daka’s wheat. The farm operates a Case 6130 combine, and each student was able to practice their combine driving skills,...

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Chengelo BTEC Agriculture students training to become AI Technicians

Chengelo BTEC Agriculture students training to become AI Technicians

Today’s agriculture students need to be equipped with skills that will enable them to be at the cutting edge of agricultural technology. This will give them the ability to employ the latest technologies when they go out into the world of work or in...

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Chengelo BTEC Agriculture Course Receives Glowing Report for Second Year Running

Chengelo BTEC Agriculture Course Receives Glowing Report for Second Year Running

The UK Education board, Pearsons came to visit Chengelo on the 7th of March to externally verify the quality of our BTEC Agriculture course. Ken Crafer, who is the Standards Verifier for Pearsons, spent the day inspecting the work submitted by our Sixth...

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BTEC Diploma in Agriculture Study Tour

BTEC Diploma in Agriculture Study Tour

At the end of Term 3 a group of nine intrepid BTEC Agriculture students set out on an epic study tour across Zambia, travelling over 1,300km in the space of six days, visiting eight agribusinesses in five different parts of Zambia! On their trip they...

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Our Swimming Sensation is Budapest Bound

This month, the best swimmers in the world will meet in Hungary for the FINA World Aquatics Championships....
Chengelo Sixth Form Students Do It Again!

After another year of unprecedented disruption to academic studies in 2021, Chengelo today received the...
Chengelo Immerse scholarship recipients!

Chengelo recently participated in the Immerse Education Essay Competition. The winners receive a full...
Drugs Education

Drug and alcohol abuse are serious problems that affect young people at earlier ages than in the past....
Primary Swimming Galas

Our lower school ‘deep sea adventure’ and upper school ‘fast and furious speedway’,...
School Opening Delayed

Today, the Zambian Government has directed that all schools delay opening until Monday 24th January 2022....
Incredible IGCSE results for Chengelo Form 5 students!

After facing the most disruption to their studies of any of our cohorts, our Form 5 of 2021 finally received...
Chengelo Sixth Form Scholarship Recipients

Chengelo is pleased to announce the recipients of the Sixth Form Progression Scholarships for 2022. New...
ISAZ netball returns to Chengelo!

After a long-enforced Covid hiatus, Chengelo hosted the Zone 3 ISAZ Netball tournament on Saturday, with...
Chengelo and Shiloh Rugby Clinic

What a great way to get back into our sporting calendar this year! On Wednesday 16th February, Chengelo...