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Dear Parents
I hope this newsletter finds you well and you are enjoying the company of your children as we start the Easter holidays. For many pupils, this will be a period of intensive revision for the upcoming summer examinations; others will be involved in school trips, and for some the holiday provides a chance for them to engage in their own interests at a more leisurely pace. Whatever the holiday holds, I hope that your children, along with yourselves, have a chance to take a break and recharge batteries ready for the Trinity Term.
These newsletters give me a chance to reflect on the school’s progress each term, and report back to you some of the many highlights. However, before I embark on this, I would like to take a moment to share with you some of the work which has been taking place this term behind the scenes. As you may be aware, the school reaches the significant milestone of the 400th anniversary of its founding in 2029, and it is therefore an opportune moment to develop and refine Chigwell’s strategic vision for the years leading up to this. We are consulting with many key stakeholders including staff, pupils, feeder schools and the local community; and it is of course also vitally important that we include you, the parent body, in these discussions. I will be holding a series of forums early next term to give you an opportunity to discuss your thoughts on the school: what we are getting right, and what we might improve on or prioritise going forwards. In preparation for those forums, I will be sending a questionnaire to all parents, and would be grateful if as many of you as possible were able to complete this.
It has been a pleasure to see a Chigwell Lent Term for the first time, and I have been struck by not only the sheer number of activities which have taken place, but also the willingness of pupils to take advantage of the opportunities presented to them. What I am most pleased to see when I have attended many of the events that you will read about below is how strongly the Chigwell values come through from both the pupils and staff.
If you would like to follow the activities at the school in real time, then our school social media pages can keep you updated.
Damian King Head
dking@chigwell-school.org
Contents
Page 1Climate & Biodiversity Action Committee
Shrove Tuesday Supper
Page 2 Staff Appointments
Driving on Site
Page 3Festival of the Foreign Word
Page 4World Book Day
Visit of Jenny Valentine
Page 5 Netball
Page 6 Netball
Page 7 Cross Country
Page 8 Swimming
Girls’ Football
Page 9 Boys’ Hockey
Page 10 Boys’ Hockey
Page 11 Boys’ Football
Page 12 Battlefields Trip
Page 13 Battlefields Trip
Page 14 FPQ Presentation
Linguistics Olympiad
Page 15 Drama
Page 16Music
UCAS Presentation Evening
Page 17 Careers Convention
International Womens’ Day
Page 18 Middle School Public Speaking Competition
Sixth Form Induction
Page 19 Staff News
Page 20 Message from the Chaplain
Page 21 Message from Mrs Janey Foster
