Guestbook

Hey, Guys! How you doing? I see Christ Church has been a great success - well done Mr Botten !!!!! Hanham High is amazing to but missing the old place :)

the old school =D
miss those days

I have just read your OFSTED report and want to say a big well done to everyone. Your hard work has paid off and I am so proud of you. Have a lovely Term 2 and enjoy all the Christmas activities,

Hi every1
I am enjoying the half term holidays and am kinda looking forward to going back to school to c my friends i am going trick or treating on saturday

Fantastic effort displayed by all the boys at the Football Tournement this afternoon. You did Christ Church proud. Well Done.

My son has just started in reception and i have just shared school lunch with him and would just like to say how polite and friendly the year 6 children were who were looking after not only the reception children but me as well, they are a great credit to the school and are one of the reasons why we chose christchurch.

Reply: Excellent Work Year 6! And thank you Mr Wheeler for mentioning it.

Wishing you all a productive and enjoyable 2009/10.

Camp was amazing but i felt really tired when i went back home. I just wish we can do it again!

Heyy ChristChurch !!! My Brother Jordan Gilbert has Gone To camp ,I am following the updates on the camping in the online journal of the camp seems like their having fun Having a good brother free life 4 the week but also missing him loads :( MISSIN U JORDAN G

Reply: Jordan and the others had a great time.

hello mr botten i cant wait to go back to school.

Reply: That's the spirit Toby!

Website is getting more exciting. Please open the school so we can see everyone before we leave.

Reply: You're welcome back any time Nicole.

What a wonderful display of work in your gallery. I hope you're all very proud. I've been a teacher for years and I think your work is some of the best ever. Have a wonderful and safe holiday.
Mrs Anne Botten (Mr Botten's Mum)

Reply: Mums! What can you do!?

Loved Cultures week and I most of all liked the street dancing with hanham high. I have learnt a lot of facts about Bristol that I never actullay heard before.

I loved the cultures week
we have to do that again one week.
When are we going to do maypole dancing
again because at Hanham fair - it was amazing?

Reply: We aim to please Kirsty!

Mr botten can you please put us on the webside
going to town.

Reply: As soon as I get the snaps from Mrs Williams.

Hey, Mr botten when are the girls gonna have a football match? I hope we have because I have been practising a lot lately.

Reply: Glad to hear it - I'm sure we'll get some more fixtures organised for the Autumn - keep concentrating on your running for now!

can you put some games on the website because it would be fun and can we do the maypole again because it was so fun. We still loving the laptops - it was a great idea to have the laptops, so thank you.

Reply: Thank you Sophie

Hey! I am missing you all loads - apparantly you're having a cultures week and I'm coming to do a dance for you (I am in fever dance company and coming to do it).

Reply: Looking forward to it Lucy

Hey Mr Botten ... What did you think of the cross country race? I had a bronze medal but the pain took away the excitment!!!!!

Reply: No pain, no gain Mamjarra!

I really miss you all I hope I see some of you around Mrs Daone i loved all the songs
Mr Botten
you are very funny
and all the rest of you how could I forget you all I cant for get lots of people but i really miss you all.

Good maypole dancing

Hi Mr Botten
i heard Mr.Moran is'nt coming back :(
I'm really gunna miss his face .
see you sooon
xxx

reply: We'll miss all of him Georgia.

I was a pupil at christchurch that left in 1971/72 and know that our football team played in the small schools cup final at staple hill.My memory tells me that we won but now after seeing the press reports i am beginning to think that perhaps we lost.does anybody have any records that can let me know the result.I think it was against the tynings school but not to sure.

Reply: How interesting - thanks for letting us know.

Many Congratulations to the football team! Great to see Mrs Wilson putting her green-fingered talent to use with the children. Enjoy terms 5&6.

I heard Mr Botten and Will Brant on the radio.


5/4/09

hi
mr.botten
i really miss Christ Church and I always will.
Has much changed since I've left ?
all I've seen is the outside of the school .
Please say hello to mrs Doane andGregory for me . I hope she get's well soon.

Georgia (Kelseys older sister)

Reply: Pop in and say hello some time!

My two children really enjoyed Play Rangers. Will they be back next term or sometime in the future?

Reply: We are looking at funding and extending the play club ourselves next year.

please can u put more things of mrs.williams class please and the website is fab by the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply: Check out the gallery Nicole.

Can you confirm if the School is due to be closed for a day in June due to the local elections taking place and if so what date this it. Thanks

Reply: You are right - the school will be closed for polling in June - date to follow.

It's so lovely to see the children's work in the gallery. Thank you

Reply: They make it easy for us!

hello mr botten and school.
i heard that mrs say is leaving school and mrs britton is comming back . tell her that joshua morton is very sad to hear the news . he will miss her very much. but joshua will have you /mrs young and miss britton to look after him.from lucy and josh.

Reply: Consider it done..

Hi

On Friday my friends[from out of school] and I went to a park and made a igloo!!!
Anyway I hope everyone else is having a good snow days

by
Franklin

Reply: Sounds fun!

Hi

On friday my friends [from out of school] and I went to the park and made an igloo!!
I hope everyone else is having a good winter

by
Franklin Adams

Thanks Mr Botten for cancelling school, please do it for friday.
Callum

Reply: That depends on the snow Callum!

let it snow

REPLY: I guess your wish is granted Tom.

hi


It's the winter and I've built a snow man. It's so cool and you took a picture of it. It would be nice to put it on the website.


from
Emma

The school website does not seem to be updated regularly?, the gallery does not contain any new work. Its a shame, when the website was introduced it was very informative. Last update was 12th Dec!.

Reply: My apologies - as 'webmaster' as well as Head, sometimes the website has to come lower down the list of priorities than I would like. I will strive to update it in the next couple of days.

Dear Mr Botten. lucy my older sister is writing . have a verry merry christmas and thanks for putting up with me. Reply: Happy Christmas to you and all the 'old Years 6's Lucy!

HI MR BOTTEN
JUST WANTED TO SAY HI TO MRS DAONE&MRS GREGORY
DOING FINE IN YR7! Reply: We bet you're doing brilliantly Matthew!

HELLO MR BOTTEN AND THE SCHOOL . CAN WE ORGANISE A DAY WHEN I CAN COME AND HELP AT THE SCHOOL I AM MISSING YOU ALL VERY MUCH . I MADE IT INTO FEVER DANCE COMPANY AND ARE DOING A DANCE AT HANHAM FAIR ON FRIDAY THE 5TH OF DECEMBER 08 AND DOING SOME DANCES FOR YOU LATER IN 2009 SEE YOU ALL SOON . BY P.S PLEASE WRITE BACK SOON WOULD LOVE TO HERE SOME THINGS THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON . HOPE JOSH AND SOPHIE MORTON ARE BEHAVING WELL UNDER STAND THAT JOSH KICKED A LITTLE KID IN RECEPTION LOVE THE SCHOOL BYE WRITE BACK.

Do you know where i can find the diwali pictures of when i painted henna patterns on the childrens hands?

Reply: Sorry for the delay - they can be found in the 'Gallery'.

HELLO MISSING YOU ALL IT IS COOL AT HANHAM HIGH. SEE YOU SOON. MIGHT COME AND HELP SOON. WRITE BACK.

Reply: Glad you're enjoying your new school!

HELLO MR BOTTEN .THANKS FOR THE LAPTOPS THEY ARE SO COOL. LOVE FROM SOPHIE WRITE BACK. Reply: Our pleasure, but it really should be your parents you thank.

Hello -

I went to thiis school from 2000-2006

I would like to pass on message to Mrs Gregory/ Daone and Mr Moran/ Charlsworth.

I'd also like to ask if there are any photos from year 6 camp in 2006?

Reply: Hi Molly, not sure if we've got any photos from 2006 but thanks for getting in touch.

Hi Mr Botten

I'm having a great half term and it's only just started. I've went to see high school musical 3. it was brill much better than 1 and 2. And on Halloween night after I've went trick or treating I'm going to a Halloween party I'm going to be a devil.Anyway I'm sure a Hanham teacher will tell you but me,Rhea,Olivia and Marni are doing dance and doing a Christmas dance show. Sally our dance teacher said we are going to show our dances to all the different schools.

Reply: Sounds like you're having a pretty good half-term. Looking forward to seeing the dance.
from
Nadia

hi Mr Botten these laptops are so cool thank you for giving these to us
Rhys

Reply: looking forward to seeing the Victorian presentations you've all been making.

Hello! I went to this school two years ago
- it's really good but there's no pictures on camp or any thing.

Reply: Sorry Jodie, we don't have any pictures from camp 2 years ago, although there are some other pictures of your year on the site.

Hi

I attended Christchurch between the years of 1988 - 1996.
I work in Norfolk for a childrens activity centre and was wondering if you wanted to recieve any information about this.

Also can you please pass on my hello to Mrs Daone.

Reply: Good to hear from you - I've passed your message on.

Dear Mr Botten,
Please can you register our school with the "Flora cooking for schools" on www.cookingwithschools.com"
Many thanks
Caroline

Reply: I'll mention this to Miss Griffith and Mrs Young who are leading our 'Healthy School' initiative.

Hi Mr Botten - the laptops are amazing!
Thanks a lot.
Josh

Reply: Glad you think so Josh - you wait until you see the projects Mrs Williams has got lined up for you to use them on!

Camp was brill, thanks for taking us! Can we go again?
Please!!!!!!!!!

Hi Mr Botten, Thank you to Ms Bressington and yourself for looking after me at camp, I had a brilliant time. I especially enjoyed the Raft Building and the Fencing. My mum use to do Fencing also, which she loved.

Hi mr botten,

camp was absoulutly amazing. Thank you for taking us!
I would like to do that again some time

Reply: My pleasure Faye - you were all brilliant!

We are delighted to see all the smiling faces, (particularly the muddy ones!) at camp and being able to keep updated means we aren't missing you all so much. Have a great time and see you all on Friday.

Hi Mr Botten,

Can't wait until camp!!!!!!!!! :)

Fay

hello.
i went to this school 4 years ago.
it is a really good school, i loved it come back
anytime :D , most the teachers i had are still here
but wouldnt remember me ive changed alot!!!

bye

hi mr.botten

just asking when is the laptops coming to us

thanx...josh

Reply: Hi Josh - I will be configuring them next week and you should get your hands on them in the first week in September.

hi mr B

i'm enjoying the summer holidays i had to go to hospital because of my ear my ear trums are all red i can't wait until i go into year 4
from
nadia

Reply: Sorry to hear that Nadia - hope you're feeling better now

I thought I'd send a quick message from George and Freddie who some Yr 4 and 6 pupils might remember - they left 2 years ago! Freddie's just finished Yr 4 at Yatton Juniors - last day of term today! George is moving into Yr7 at Clifton and Samuel (their "baby" brother) is going into Yr1 in Yatton. Did anyone recognise Freddie on the front page of the Evening Post in May? We'd love to hear from anyone and you can keep up with us on our webpage www.tall.org.uk

Hi mr botton thanks for up dating the website can i ask you a question i would like to say do you no why they dont have the letters on the keyboard of a computer alphebetical order?please reply as quickly as possible?

reply: Indeed I can - the QWERTY keyboard was designed about 130 years ago for typewriters. At the time the typewriters kept jamming and having the letters ordered this way stopped that happening. Keyboards still have this layout now simply because no one could be bothered to change them!

Dear Mr Botten, is there anymore news to add to the childrens visit to Hillcrest, all the family have so enjoyed reading about the childrens exploits, it really did sound as if everyone had a great time. Thank you

Reply: that's it for now I'm afraid - but we do have 100's more photos of camp and we are thinking about the best way to make them available to parents.

joseph was sensational and everyone was brill did you or hanham high video it

if you or them did can you see if they are going to sell copies of it.
to everyon ewho took part?

Reply: It was indeed fantastic - but you'd need to ask Hanham High about a video.

thanks so so much for taking me on camp it was great fun and i hope all the teachures and other people had fun to so thanks again!!! i loved tripeeze and zip wire they were great. TA
bye -x-

reply: Very good of you to say thank you! It was our pleasure!

i saw the infants at the zoo :) my schoool was there aswell hi to everyone i knew at christchurch biiiiiibiiii

Hello everyone,
just wanted to say have enjoyed looking at this great website,
happy end of term and enjoy the holidays.

Hello

I'm doing GREAT in Oldfield - really missing the lessons at Christ Church.

Dear Mr Botten,

Can't believe you let 'Mrs Wilson' make excuses to stay off the website. Shame on her.

Elizabeth

Reply: There's still time - she won't avoid my camera for ever!

Hi its Emma (the student who was helping out in Mrs Mathias's class).

The site looks amazing, its good to see all the pictures and to hear about what your all up to. I'll be visiting you all soon so I'll be seeing you soon.

hi, Mr Botten
hope you had a great week off

see you Tomorrow

josh

Hi Mr Botton
thanks for letting me take part in last weeks cross country competion it was brill!!!!!
Hope to do another one see you in school next week Billy

Hi Mr Botten!

That picture of me running, was wicked. That's the best picture ever!

Fay T

Hi Mr Botten!

My sister Fay was brill at the race, she was very fast.
Thank you for holding the event.

Kate T

Callum thoroughly enjoyed the Running Competition yesterday, he still had more energy after the race and went to football training. He's asked me to say a big "Thank You" for a fun day.

Hi Mr Botten!!

The big cross country race was brill!!!
Callum and Will were wizzy, wizzy, wizzy!!!
I would love to do that again, again and again!!!

Fay T

I used to go her in year 4 then moved! I love this site it is amazing some of my old teachers!
Mr. Charlesworth do you still have that squigy apple? lol

Hi Mr Botten

Do you know if we are definately getting the mini laptops.
Hope you had a good half-term.

Josh

Reply: Yes you are Josh - I ordered them today!

Hi,
I was a pupil at this school and left in 1994. My first teacher was Mrs Mathias and Mrs Daone was my last teacher. Its nice to look back and see what the school is like now.

Mr.Botten the website is very good

Mr.Botten the web sites great you must be working very hard.

Hello its Emma Mcintyre, i am callum Mcintyre's sister from hanham high, And Where are the pictures of the world book day? because i want to see if my brother is on there. thanks
Emma Mcintyre x

Reply: You should find them in the 'News' area.

Greetings from Canada!

You have a terrific website. My favourite part is the Gallery where your wonderful work can be viewed.

All the best.

Mr. Manning
Technology Coordinator
Ontario, Canada

Congratulations to Christchurch Quiz team & wishing them all the very best in the South West Final. Go get 'em!

Hi Mr Botten do you know how i can download revalation natural art on to my computer for the zone?

ps.this is a great website,

Reply: Sorry Joe, you have to buy Revalation Natural Art - but try searching google for 'Tux Paint' - it's a really good free art package which you can download. Make sure you bring your artistic creations into school!

Hello mr.botton

I like the site!! Brilliant, must have been hard!!!


Olivia

Hi Christ Church this is Dannielle. I love Hanham High but I am missing Christ Church loads - all my freinds are at different schools except from one - bye.

Jordan G :Hi Mr Botten reach for the stars - I can be anything I wanna be - like me being in Christ Church! Thank you Mr Botten for being the best head teacher please reply.

Reply: hi Jordan & Danielle - very kind of you. Glad to hear you're 'Reaching for the stars' - Christ Church children can do pretty much anything!

Hi, I'm in yr 7 at John Cabot now. I have lots of new friends & I am a member of the ACES.

I thought I would look up my grandchildren's school web site and found this wonderful site. What an excellent source of information. I enjoyed the pages of the children's work. Well done.

Hello again.. I visited christchurch last year (I was a pupil in year 6, 2006) and I think the basketball court is very cool!! :). Nice to see the school has a website !!

Can you put some yr6 lit adverts on site please.

Reply: Of course, bring them over to the office and we'll pop them up.

Hiya..x
Missing Christ Church but loving Oldfield!
Made lots of new friends!

Hi Mr Botten -
this is a really exciting website!

Hi everyone - i think the website is a great success !!!! Well done Mr Botten.

Please may you put some games on the website.

I having a lovely time at Oldfield. I have been looking at all the pictures reminds me of the old days. Missing you all hope to see you soon.
xx

Hi, I went to Christ Church about 2 years ago.I'm now in year 8 at Oldfield -
Hi to everyone I knew and to the teachers!!

Dear Mr Botten

This is a AMAZING website, you could include some games to make it more intresting.
see you around school

From chloe / Y3 Mr Moran class 6

Mr Bbotten what was the picture software we were using in the zone? Reply: It was called 'Revelation Natural art'

Hu Mr.Botten...What did you think of the match on friday? I was the keeper...
Reply: I thought you were all excellent Callum and you made some great saves towards the end!

Stratford was really good - I had a brilliant day. Thank you for the oppotunity to take part in such an interesting trip.

I had a great day at stratford and learning about William Shakespeare.

Hi, I like the site but you should have some games - anything will do - please. Reply: Games Lucie? I'll see what I can do, Mr Botten

HI Mr Botten
It was great on the day when we went
to Stratford-upon-Avon. Shakespears house was cool.

Reply: It was a really good day wasn't it - Mr Botten

Miss you all especiallly Mr Moran, I miss all my friends at Christ Church who are all at different schools. Well done on the play - really good I have heard see you all! See you soon Dannielle.

Hi! I'm missing Christ Church. Doing great in year 7 at Oldfield made GOOD friends, like the link- I hope to see you all soon byexxx jade

Hi Christchurch! It is lovely to see everyone again. Hanham High is much diffrent to there. My brother says he likes Christ Church, I miss all the teachers!

I'm not from the school but a friend of Frankie and Eloise Adams. I have enjoyed looking at their and the other children's work and it is nice to know that we have such a lovely school with such enthusiastic pupils and staff in the locality.

Hey guys!

We wanted to write a comment to you to say we really miss the school but we are getting on great in year 8 :)

hope you are all well

you sincerely

Molly and Courtney x
p.s say hi to Mr Charlesworth, Mr Moran, Mrs Gregory and Mrs Daone.

I didn't know that there was a website until me and my mates (Matha, Gabe, Emily - all ex-pupils) found it!
It's very good and it brings back some good times and memories.
Kerri xxx

Dear Mr Botten, please could we have some year 3/4 work on the website. I really love the website, and enjoy looking around. From Daniel.

Hi Mr.Botten - MERRY CHRISTMAS!

There's only one Mr Botten, I love this web-site.

this websit is good (:

DEAR MR BOTTEN YOU ARE A FAB HEAD TEACHER!
WE REALLY ENJOYED YOU TEACHING US ON 12TH DECEMBER.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH US HA HA
LUCY & SOPHIE

Hi Mr. Botten please can you put some Year 5 things on.
Please can you reply back.
Reply: Ask Mr Charlesworth to send some bits of work to me and I'll scan them in.

Hey Mr Botten, I just wanted to say Crossways will not be the same without you - thank you for everything you did for me in yr 5. You were a fab teacher - none of teachers at Castle is as nice as you. We hope you're enjoying your time at the new school.

What a great web site. May be a good idea to let parents know about this as it took me a while to find the address through Google. I hadn't even thought of looking until Mr Botton mentioned the web site at the end of this morning's Wriggly Nativity. (Well done to everyone involved, it was Brilliant)

hi mr botten its a great website but you could put some more year 5 stuff on it from Nicole.

Reply: I'll do my best Nicole.

I didn't even know Christ Church had a website until me Martha & Emily found it in school! It's good & I saw my sister's comment too. Very good! :]

the school web is cool could do with some school games i do like it see all of u back onmonday

Hi Mr Botten, I like the website but could you put some year three work on there please. I would like to see some of our history work on world war two.
From Frankie

Reply: We've got the scanner working now so I will be able to get lots more children's work up on the site.

Hi Mr Botten, I like the website but could you put some year three work on there please. I would like to see some of our history work on world war two.
From Frankie
Reply: Bring it down to my office and we'll scan some in.

lots of people want there claymation movies put on the website . also will the photos of the house captains and prefects on the website.

Reply: I'm having a few technical problems getting such large files onto the site. However, we've now bought a TFT monitor for the school entrance hall to showcase such work!

Very good web site would like too see more information about the friends though.

Reply - I'm trying to twist a few arms on the Friends and Governors to contribute to a page!

hi everybody hia i love the website

hello mr.Botton and staff the site looks fabulous but could us y5/6 girls have are own football team like the boys please?

Reply: Mr Charlesworth is sorting this out as we speak.

Hello its Danielle - just to say missing everyone at Christchurch

xDaniellex

Loved Year 5/6 town planning model. I work in the Planning Inspectorate and we're always looking for Planning Inspectors so maybe there are some potential recruits in the school.

HI mr Botton and all the other members of staff thank you for taking us to camp. It was fab! thank you so much i had a great time ---x---

Brilliant idea to let us know how the year 5/6 are getting on at camp. Sounds like they are all having a fab time.

YEAR 3/4 CONCERT - WONDERFUL THE CHILDREN SANG BEAUTIFULLY I WALKED AWAY VERY PROUD!

just like to say how much i enjoyed the year 3/4 sing assembely this morning it was very well organised and made a nice change

Love the new website but very unhappy that my poem never made the year 6 poetry page! lol!

hi, i thnk website is great but could do with some games.

hi mr botten please can the year 5s have their claymation videos on here?
Reply: working on it Holly, just got a few technical issues to sort out :)

I use EducationCity.com at home to help me with my school work. Lots of schools use it too, why don' t we?
By Rhea Burton
Year 2 Class 3

Reply: Not heard of that one - maybe you could show me one lunchtime?

Harry & Shannon - well done for looking at the website!!!

I AM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE NEW WEBSITE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEING MORE THINGS ADDED AS TIME GOES ON...

Exellent site. Keep up the good work.

Hi mr.Botten, liken the website. Please put some more pictures of this year's year 6.

Dear mr botton i like the website but the years 5's havn't had their clay videos put on.

I will try and put these on Lee - Mr Botten

Very informative Website, looking forward to new items being added. Maybe a link to Term Dates and prospective "in service days" could be useful.

HI mr Botten how are you? I heard that you had moved - crossways will never be the same

ALice w (6j