HM Letter to Parents March 2017

HEADMASTER’S LETTER MARCH 2017

T0 PARENTS

Dear Parents Once again, in the blink of an eye it seems, the end of term is upon us. As always, Chigwell pupils have packed a huge amount into the last few weeks and they should feel very proud of all that they have achieved, some of which is outlined in the following pages.

Contents Page 1

Drama

Page 2

Drama An Ideal Husband

Page 3

Music Drug Awareness

Page 4

Choral Concert

Page 5

Netball

Page 6

Netball Girls’ Football German Exchange

Page 7

Boys’ Football

Page 8

Boys’ Hockey Sixth Form Induction Days

Page 9

Charlotte James-Pajwani & Zoe Wright BBC School Reporters

Page 10

Festival of the Spoken Word

Page 11

Public Speaking Reading

Page 12

Trip to India

Page 13

Careers Convention Puplic Examinations The School Shop

Page 14

Howard and Mitchell Essay Prize Oxford Schools Debating Finals at the Oxford Union

Page 15

Poetry Society Trip

Page 16

Physics AS Olympiad Challenge and Finally

Page 17

Message from the Chaplain

Page 18

Message from Sarah Innocent Chair of the Friends of Chigwell

Drama

and costume and make up in what were sometimes

disturbing,

sometimes

hilarious but highly inventive pieces of theatre.

Since half term, the drama department has been busy with a number of shows.

The A level group performed three

devised pieces in the style of Bertolt Brecht and Antonin Artaud. These were highly experimental pieces about a game

show,

domestic

racism

violence

and

and

sexism, abusive

relationships. Students offered acting

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Drama

feature of the show. Very well done to all concerned.

Don’t forget that next term we will be performing “Snow White” (KS2 Play)

and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Junior School Play).

An Ideal Husband

The English department put on an

excellent performance of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband just before half term.

Co-directed by Middle Sixth student

Angus Brown, the play enabled Sixth Form literature students to immerse

Next the Upper Fifth GCSE groups

themselves in one of the A level set

performed three scripted pieces. These

texts. Gabriel Kelly, Henry Bird, Ellie

were a range of shows looking at

Sibley, Christine Lee, Moyo Awolesi and

anorexia and bulimia as well as a fast-

Angus himself took on the main roles;

paced comedy spoof of Hitchcock’s

they were ably supported by Daisy

famous film, “The 39 Steps”. “14th

Mansfield, Tom Bromwich, Tom Lockley

October”, written by our very own Mr

and Imogen Osborn.

Joe Maingot, was a comic and yet

moving account of the disaster at

Balham station during the Blitzt of

WWII. This production was notable, not only for its outstanding acting but also

the wide range of technical and design students offering light, sound, costume, make up, set design, props, stage

management and puppetry. Indeed, this last option was a particularly entertaining

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Music

The Chamber Concert gave “the whole

youngest musicians and their groups,

making in the fashion of chamber music.

the Trumpeteers, many of whom were

particularly the Junior Flute Group and

school” the chance to exhibit music

giving their first public performances.

It involved pupils from the age of seven

New Hall overflowed throughout and the

through to eighteen years joining

audience helped provide a wonderfully

together collectively in smaller units and

supportive atmosphere.

predominantly unconducted. The music

ranged from sections of Bach’s ‘B Minor

On a more informal note, the Third Form

Mass’, ‘St Matthew Passion’ and ‘Jesu,

prom concert, closely followed by the

Joy of Man’s Desiring’, Palestrina’s

Upper Two prom concert offered pupils

‘Madrigal’, Franz Liszt’s ‘Ave Verum

the opportunity to perform in front of

Corpus, music from Mendelssohn’s

friends and family. The Pre Prep Hall laid

‘Elijah’ as well as from Corelli’s ‘The

host to a wide variety of over sixty musical

Christmas Concerto’ through to the

solo, duet and ensemble performances

lighter music of ‘Can You Feel the Love

with more classical pieces from the cello,

Tonight’, ‘A Thousand Years’ and

flute, piano, trombone, recorder and

Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’.

clarinet, to the upbeat contemporary performances on voice, drums and

There were performances from a wide

electric guitar.

range of ensembles, from the Chapel

memorable

Choir with strings and continuo to a

There were many

performances

across

a

spectrum of ability and musical styles, all

Bassoon Trio, Trombone Quartet, String

enjoyed and supported in a safe and

Quintets and a Cello Ensemble of ten

welcoming environment.

cellists. Amongst the highlights were the

Drug Awareness

Last week, Mr Bob Tait of Drugs Education U.K. spoke to pupils in the Lower Fifth, Upper

Fifth and Lower Sixth about the dangers of drugs, illegal and legal. He later spoke to staff, and some parents attended a further talk in the evening in which Bob also gave

advice on teenage parties. The feedback was very positive and we will repeat the event in the future.

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Choral Concert

The annual Spring Choral Concert in the fabulous venue of Christ Church,

Spitalfields provided a musical blend of

great colour and vibrancy; providing something for all to enjoy. The choir gives a unique opportunity for the whole Chigwell School community to come

together, including parents, staff, pupils and Old Chigwellians. The evening

started with Karl Jenkins’ Te Deum; the flowing choral lines doubled with enthusiastic rhythmic punctuations

For He shall Give his Angels started the

Aaran Vijayakumaran then presented

of phrases and melodies. The finale to

second half, with beautiful dovetailing

from the trumpets and percussion.

the evening was Bernstein’s wonderful

Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor

setting of the Chichester Psalms. The

Op. 26, the highlight being the

performance was brought to life with

tenderness and passion of the middle

the singing in Hebrew, using the melodic

movement. Mendelssohn’s double quartet

and rhythmic contours of the Hebrew language with the added timbre of strings, brass and woodwind and the

modern sonorities and harmonies of Bernstein’s imagination. Congratulations to all who made this event so special.

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Netball

The netball term has been a tremendous

The U13s have again built upon their

expectations once more. The 1st, 2nd

busy with a large number of matches

success and the squads have exceeded

skills from last year and they have been

and 3rd squads have been unfortunate

and tournaments. The A team reached

with injury, but being very young

the IAPS national finals for the second

squads, they have continued to build on

year in a row, with only sixteen teams

their results and shown improvement

qualifying in this age group across the

each week. We have been very fortunate

country. They were fantastic and played

to have a large number of girls wanting

some wonderful netball throughout the

to participate and, therefore, for the

day, just missing out on the semi-final

first time we have been able to include a

places. Both the A and B teams took part

4th team fixture.

in the Kelsall Tournament and again performed well with the U13A team

The U15 squads have continued to play

finishing in second place.

to an exceptionally high standard and

they remain unbeaten. It has been a

As with the U13 squads, it has been

delight to see such an improvement

great to have three or more teams

following the Orlando netball tour and

taking part on a regular basis in the U12

these squads will continue to develop as

age group. The U12s hosted their own

they move into the senior teams for next

festival, with the A team finishing

year. The U14s have taken part in the

second in their group, the B team third

Georgia Cordery Cup at Brentwood this

and the C team fourth. The U12 IAPS

term, as traditionally Chigwell pupils at

squad narrowly missed out on qualifying

this age show great support for the

for the IAPS national finals this year, but

charity. The girls were fantastic and

the improvement has been tremendous

finished an impressive third place

and this certainly bodes well for next

overall. The squad has impressed over

the

last

few

weeks

and

year.

made

The U11 squads have played in the

improvements which we look forward to

Bancroft’s

seeing next year.

tournament,

IAPS

and

regular local matches each week. The A

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Netball

Girls’ Football

start of the year and the B team finished

Udat represented the South-Central

team also won their own festival at the

Charlotte James-Pajwani and Amarah

third in the plate competition at

Region in this year's ISFA U18 Girls

Bancroft’s.

Football Regional Championship. The tournament was held at Harrow School

The U10 girls have been as successful as

and showcased the best U18 girls across

the U15s winning all of their local

ISFA in England. Their team finished a

matches this term; with only eighteen

close second in a very tight and keenly

girls in the year group this is a wonderful

fought competition. Both girls were very

achievement. The A team finished as

proud to represent Chigwell School in this

winners of the St. Aubyn’s tournament

prestigious tournament and put in good

and third at the New Hall tournament.

solid performances.

It has been a pleasure to witness this

level of commitment and success across

the range of age groups and we look forward to seeing further development next year.

German Exchange

Once again, we welcomed our exchange

Covent Garden and Windsor. Liebe

from Hamburg arriving during the last

Chigwell.

guests from Germany with our friends

Freunde aus Hamburg, willkommen in

week of term. Maintaining and building bridges between different countries

and nations has never been as important

as today we are proud that the German

Exchange is in its seventeenth year.

Pupils enjoyed trips to Greenwich,

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Boys’ Football

The Upper One boys were excellent in

the

Woodford Green Prep 2-0, drew 0-0 with

ability that we have at Chigwell and the school again.

drew in the last game 1-1 to the winners St Edmunds. Having dominated all the

games we drew, and particularly the St Edmunds game, the boys were so

unlucky to lose by a point to the winners St Edmunds, so finishing second.

Over the past three weeks Leyton Orient FC Scholars have been completing their

youth modules as part of the Level 2 FA qualification. The sessions have been led

by former England Women’s Manager Hope Powell, CBE. Various age groups

have joined in, in a variety of different football practices aimed at exposing the

scholars to a variety of coaching and teaching environments. Some of the signed

professional

contracts already at Leyton Orient and are currently playing for the first team.

Hope Powell has enjoyed working with the

School

to

provide

on

the

looked forward to working closely with

Loyola, Forest, and St Aubyn’s, and

have

commented

exceptional behaviour and notable

the Forest Football Festival. They beat

scholars

players

these

opportunities as part of a Players

Football Association, which is looking at

providing young potential football stars

with further pathways should they not receive professional contracts. Hope and

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Boys’ Hockey

With academic pressures increasing and

and is a credit to our pupils. The Senior

School pupils following the half term

encouraging progress this half term. The

School

exams looming for many of the Senior

pupils

have

also

made

1st XI, despite not reaching the

break, this year trialled an increase in

impressive heights of previous seasons,

Saturday school fixtures for the Junior

saved some of their best hockey until the

School pupils. This proved to be a

later stages of the season including an

successful decision with several new

impressive victory over local rivals

block fixtures taking place for the U12

Bancroft’s. The 2nd XI continued their

and U13s, including matches versus

good form and proved a difficult team to

Haberdashers, The Perse, in addition to

play against. With a little more

over eighty pupils taking part in the

confidence in their own ability the

biggest block home and away against

nucleus of this team will prove to be a

Felsted Prep. The appetite for hockey

strong 1st XI next season. In the middle

amongst the pupils continues to grow

school these pupils, proved the most

and was once again highlighted by the

consistent performers this term. Both

significant number of KS2 pupils

the U15 and U14 year groups at times

attending the now established after

produced hockey above their years

school club on a Thursday. Whilst

recording near perfect seasons and

competition for places and stretching

should

the most able remains important,

be

very

proud

performances to date.

equally so is the base and breadth of ability which has significantly increased

of

their

Sixth Form Induction Days

There will be two Lower Sixth induction days as follows: •

•

Tuesday 4th July – Academic Induction (all day). Students will meet with AS subject teachers and receive AS work to complete over the summer.

They should wear uniform.

Tuesday 5th September – Team Building (all day). This is a non-uniform day.

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Charlotte JamesPajwani & Zoe Wright

BBC School Reporters

Last weekend Charlotte James-Pajwani

and Zoe Wright played for the U16 Girls’ Essex Hockey team which won the East Regional Championship at Redbridge

Sports Centre. The competition took

place over two weekends and Essex

beat Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and

Bedfordshire to become the East Region Champions. Zoe was solid in defence

Mrs Eleanor Laing MP visited recently to

Charlotte scored five goals in the

some Government and Politics students.

meet some BBC School Reporters and

controlling play from the back and

Questions from Sixth Formers, Macy

tournament. Charlotte captained Essex

Desborough, Isabelle Kearin and Rohan

and collected the championship shield

Sharad, included whether the voting age

on behalf of the team. We send our

in England should be lowered to sixteen,

congratulations to both girls.

as

for

the

Scottish

Referendum.

Meanwhile, the BBC reporters, Molly Moloney, Evie Tresadern and Olivia

Nicholas, asked Mrs Laing what she thought about a proposed salary cap

on earnings to narrow the gap between the highest and lowest paid workers.

The full BBC school report entry can be viewed

at:

http://www.chigwell-

school.org/Pages/BBC-School-Report2017.aspx

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Festival of the Spoken Word

Although the programme was comparatively

contenders. “Pocket-sized Feminism” with

was high on quality and started with an

Scatchard won narrowly over second equal

Imogen Halcrow, Toro Orimoloye and Suli

short, this year’s English department festival

placed “Fatal Beatings” with Jack Beadle and

excellent presentation put together and

Henry Bird in fine comic form and a very

delivered by Henry Bird, “Demise of the

powerful scene from “Frankenstein” with

Orator”. Henry went on to win the Performer

Angus Brown and Ziyaad Chaudhary.

of the Evening.

Helena Ravensdale and Tomasz Cienkowski

Both Swallow’s and Caswalls’ Removes

Nobel laureate, Wislawa Szyborska’s

Fest. The evening was very ably compered by

provided original performances for the House

recited, first in Polish, then in translation,

Angus Brown and Gabriel Kelly.

“Nothing Twice”. A series of monologues

followed; all of a very high standard. The

.

adjudicator, Mrs Juliet Boughton, had a real

challenge here, though she felt that Zoe

Wright’s Adriana monologue from “The Comedy of Errors” was outstanding. It was

deciding between the others, including Christine Lee’s powerful rendition of one of

Blanche’s speeches from “A Streetcar Named Desire”, that was more difficult.

Commended was Gabriel Kelly’s very moving monologue from “Hamlet”.

In the Original Writing section, Jack Beadle’s

“Acting” was most impressive. However, if the monologues were difficult to separate,

More Than One was even more challenging with a series of very well-rehearsed pieces with only one mark between the top

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Public Speaking

Public speaking is thriving at the School and we were delighted

when our public speaking team, consisting of Christopher Collins, Tilly Scarbrough and Ziyad Chaudhary, won the regional

final of the Rotary Youth Speaks competition in Ipswich earlier

this month. All of the other schools’ senior teams were comprised of sixth form talent but our Lower Fifth team more

than held their own in terms of maturity and presence. The team proceeds to the National Final in Telford.

http://www.thefa.com/get-

Reading

involved/national-literacy-trust

Over the Easter holidays the English

On our return from Easter, the Senior School

department is encouraging students to

will be running a mini reading week in which

continue to read as widely as they can for

we will promote the importance of reading

pleasure. Year 7 and 8 students should take

across the curriculum and within tutor time.

the opportunity to read towards their Amber

There will be a range of assemblies on the

and Sapphire awards if they have not yet

subject and a number of different activities

completed them and Removes students

aimed at raising the profile of reading. Please

should be working on their accelerated reader

note that all students in the Removes and

programmes. There is also the opportunity to

Lower Fifth should carry with them a reading

participate in the FA competition that the

book to every academic lesson in order that

school is running in conjunction with the

they may ‘Drop Everything and Read’ as and

National Literacy Trust, details of which are

when required. Thank you all for your

found here:

support.

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Trip to India

A group of twenty-two pupils, staff,

fully into this and it was fantastic to see

travelled to Tamil Nadu over half

They then joined in the cultural

them helping the younger children’.

parents, grandparents and friends

celebration of the Tim Pruss School at

term for the School’s annual visit to

their annual prize-giving the following

Saccidananda Ashram and the Tim Pruss

day, with the parents providing an

Memorial School, named after a former

energetic dance to Jai Ho!

pupil who died in December 2005 just months after leaving Chigwell. Apart

The last two days of the trip were spent

from Deputy Head, Mr David Gower,

resting in Sri Lanka.

and School Chaplain, Rev’d Simon Paul, none of the group had visited India

before. While they were there everyone was

able

to

participate

in

the

community living of the ashram, a

Catholic monastery, by helping to

prepare the meals and by joining in

some of the services. They were also

able to visit some of the social projects that the ashram runs for the local poor families and see at first-hand how

money sent from Chigwell School,

raised by its charitable activities, helps

under-privileged children and old people in poor rural communities. David Gower

said that ‘One of the highlights of the trip was to visit the Tim Pruss Memorial

School and see Chigwell pupils and

parents helping the school pupils with their reading and mathematics in English. All the pupils threw themselves

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Careers Convention

Public Examinations

again be holding our annual careers

Sixth and Upper Fifth are advised to

On Thursday 20th April, we will once

Students in the Middle Sixth, Lower

convention. As always, the aim of this is

print a copy of their finalised summer

to help older students consider the

timetable and place it in a prominent

possible future career options that are

position at home, such as on the fridge.

available to them and to allow them to

The

hear about different employment areas

marketing,

banking,

architecture,

year

surveying,

including

when their exams are taking place and

digital

avoid problems. Apart from listening

dentistry,

exams, all take place in the Sports Hall.

Morning exams start at 9am and

pharmacy, aviation and the army. We

afternoon exams start at 1.30pm. After

will also have representatives on hand to university

the Easter break, any students who have

applications,

an exam clash will be seen on an

requirements needed for specific careers

individual basis and handed a letter

and suitability of career choices.

stating the new order of examinations.

Upper Fifth pupils have been considering

The School Shop

their AS choices and this event presents

Over the Easter break, the shop will be

an excellent opportunity to discuss

open at the following times:

which subjects may be essential or desirable for particular careers.

For

27th to 29th March10am to 3pm

those in the Sixth Form, the event presents an opportunity to discuss degree

courses

and

been

This will help them to know exactly

insurance, IT, law, marketing, medicine, discuss

have

Portals since the start of the Lent Term.

have a wide range of careers being this

timetables

available on both the Pupil and Parent

from those working in various areas. We represented

exam

3rd to 6th April

10am to 3pm

18th April

10am to 3pm

10th to 13th April 10am to 3pm

postgraduate

training within the careers that students

may be considering. The evening will

19th April onwards 12 noon to 5pm

start in New Hall at 7pm and should end by 8.45pm.

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Howard and Mitchell Essay Prize

Over one hundred Chigwell pupils, staff

Oxford Schools Debating Finals at the Oxford Union

presentation of the winning essays in the

Chigwell debating team made it to the

and parents attended the annual

For the second time in two years, a

Howard and Mitchell Essay competition.

Finals Day at the Oxford Union. In a

This competition is open to Lower Sixth students

who

each

highly competitive and fiercely fought

independently

East London round Marija Marinovic and

initiate, research and write an essay for

Daniel Trickov were selected for the

either the Howard (arts and humanities)

national finals day.

or Mitchell (maths and sciences) contest.

The day turned out to be both stimulating and, at times, frustrating. In

This year’s winners were (Mitchell)

their four debates they showed great

Zuzanna Borawska, on “From Gutenberg

teamwork and delivered their speeches

to printing organs - the amazing story of

with real style. Competitors are given the

3D printing”, and (Howard) Olivia

topic a mere fifteen minutes before the

Mendel-Portnoy, on “To what extent

debate starts and each pair has a specific

was the improvement of treatment of

role within the parliamentary style

patients in Bethlem Royal Hospital from

format, whether opening or closing

1815-90, due to the York Retreat?” Both

government or opposition.

talks were expertly prepared and confidently

subsequent

delivered,

wealth

of

and

Although they did not make the final cut

the

of four teams, Marija and Daniel found

perceptive

the day very worthwhile and we

questions allowed the presenters to

congratulate them on reaching the finals.

reveal how much they knew beyond what they had said in their talks. The

presentations were followed by a dinner,

which ended with some wise and witty

words of advice from the 2006 Howard winner, and now TV screenwriter, Laura Neal O.C.

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Poetry Society Trip

Every Monday, the Poetry Society meets

instrumental in saving the St Pancras

read. To assuage the pangs of hunger

most famous poems there, “The Olympic

Hotel and station). They read one of his

to read and discuss poems that they have

Girl” and then moved on to have lunch at

caused by delaying lunch, tea and

the British Library.

biscuits are served. Some have been heard to rename the group ‘The Tea and

During lunch the group shared poems,

Biscuits Society’!

including Seamus Heaney’s translation

of Virgil, before perusing the public

Last week, the group made its annual

collection of manuscripts and scores.

trip into London with the British Library

They walked to the Cartoon Museum in

the destination. On the way they

Holborn, unaware of the terrible events

stopped by the statue of Sir John

taking place on Westminster Bridge.

Betjeman in St Pancras Station (Sir John was poet laureate (1972-84) and

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Physics AS Olympiad Challenge

Congratulations to Jerry Zhiyu who

achieved a gold medal and to Michael Newman who achieved a silver.

Ella

Gupta, Ellie Li, Jane Jiang, Lance Lan

and Leah Redmond were all awarded bronze medals.

And Finally

We wish those pupils participating in the

trips to Italy, Ghana and Iceland, or indeed the DoE expeditions closer to

home, a safe and fulfilling experience and we look forward to hearing all about

their adventures when they return. In the meantime, thank you for all your

support and I wish you all a very happy Easter.

With best wishes Yours sincerely

Michael Punt

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Message from the Chaplain As I write this article the horrific events of

which

No doubt some sad deluded individual

the possibility of the God who gives life and

completely

hold no religious beliefs. We come together

can hear the happy voices of Junior School Chigwell

can

have faith in a loving God and those who

freedom and democracy. At the same time I at

us

affirms goodness. We come as those who

carried out this appalling attack on life, on

arriving

of

comprehend. It is in this space that we seek

the attack in Westminster are still unfolding.

children

none

to celebrate life and to be challenged to live

School

in the most sustainable, the most generous,

excitedly joining friends in play and having

the most kind and considerate way possible.

fun, it is 8am, Thursday, 23rd March.

I was talking to a Sixth Former the other day

Is this a "bubble", or, is this the best

"bubble". Moving on to university brings

prefer to believe that the values that we

preparation for life that there can be? I

and we discussed life outside the Chigwell

espouse are the perfect preparation for

fresh challenges without the curtain of

living life to the full, of celebrating every

support and care of Chigwell School.

breath that we take, of marvelling at the

So is Chigwell School a "bubble" separate

magnificence of the world, and, of going out

from the world? The values that we aspire to

to make this world a happier, more tolerate,

here are freedom of speech and expression,

more caring place. We are not in a "bubble"

the intellectual exploration of philosophical

but a place where we learn that beauty is

ideas, and, open and respectful debate

something that you take with you wherever

about difference. At the heart of this is the

you go, whoever you meet, whatever you

basis of our understanding of what "Chapel"

do.

stands for. Chapel is about inspiring young

I wish you a very happy and peaceful Easter

people to explore the beauty and wonder of

holiday!

life. Chapel is about exploring the different stories of hope and redemption that all the

main world religions celebrate. Above all, Chapel is about exploring the mystery of life

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Message from Sarah Innocent – Chair of the Friends of Chigwell 2017 has kicked off with some lovely events, Film Night, Music Nights and the all new Junior Mother’s Day Pop Up Shop. We continue to work on new events, including planning for the introduction of a Pre Loved Uniform Sale.

Music Events - We are so very privileged at Chigwell School to have such a dedicated, diverse and talented musical offering amongst all of our pupils, from the Pre Prep to the Sixth Form. On Thursday 23rd February we saw all of these talents come together in the Chamber Concert. This was an outstanding evening of amazing music which the FoC were delighted to support, offering refreshments and snacks to the performers and audience alike.

Film Night - One of the most popular and eagerly anticipated events amongst our Key Stage 2 pupils! A regular feature in the FoC calendar which our younger pupils thoroughly enjoy. Over 120 children sat beautifully and watched Roald Dahl’s The BFG - the Steven Spielberg 2016 box office hit in the Pre Prep Hall. The children were entertained by How to Train Your Dragon, which fabulously complimented the classroom content that they were involved with at the time. Drinks, popcorn and a good movie with your friends, doesn't get much better than that!

Pre-Loved Uniform Sale - Need a spare PE top? Keep misplacing your tie or blazer? We all need an extra thing or two when it comes to school uniform. Watch out for updates of times and dates on Chigwell Parentmail and in the Chigwell Chronicle. In the meantime, thank you very much to those who have already very generously donated and please do keep donating items that your children have outgrown.

Summer or winter uniform, we will happily help to find it a new home. We very much appreciate your support in this new initiative.

Mothers’ Day 2017 - On Friday 24th March the FoC hosted their first ever “Mothers’ Day Pop-Up Shop”.

Pupils visited the shop throughout the day to purchase gifts for their Mums. From candles to mugs, cards and jewellery - all tastes and budgets were catered for and allowed the children to independently choose a little something special to present to Mummy on Mothering Sunday. Having received such positive feedback from parents, teachers and the children themselves, we hope this will be an event that becomes a Chigwell tradition.

Pre Prep Easter Egg Hunt - We are looking forward to hosting once again an Easter egg hunt, with a very

special guest for the Pre Prep children on the last day of term. This is a lovely event which involves the whole of the Pre Prep hunting for eggs in their house colours before receiving an Easter egg from the Easter bunny, who always manages to bounce by on the last day of term.

Coming up - We hope you’ve secured your ticket to our next theatre trip to see Miranda Hart in Annie the musical. Miranda, will be making her West End debut as the infamous Miss Hannigan in a revival of the favourite family musical Annie. The theatre trips are a great way to get to meet other parents within the School on a fun and social evening. Further theatres trips will be advertised later in the year.

New events continue to be discussed with the School; if there is anything you’d like to see us host or donate towards, please let us know at foc@chigwellschool.org

We would like to thank you for your continued generous support. Since September 2016, we’ve managed to raise a fantastic £9,528, and this would not have been possible without the support of all of our Chigwell families.

Thank you from all of the FoC team and best wishes to you all for a happy and restful Easter holiday.

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TERM DATES 2017 Trinity Term First day: Wednesday 19th April Half term: Saturday 27th May to Monday 5th June (INSET Day Monday June 5th) Term ends: Wednesday 12th July Michaelmas Term First day: Wednesday 6th September Half term: Saturday 21st October to Sunday 5th November Term ends: Wednesday 13th December