Friends of Chigwell Summer Ball

Friends of Chigwell

Sal’s Shoes

The FOC’s initiative to generate shoe donations for charity, Sal’s Shoes, was a great success. Supported by the Chaplain, more than 500 pairs were donated by Chigwell pupils. Thank you to Mrs Danielle Connolly (Acting FOC Chair) and her sons – who helped count, clean and pack up all the shoes, ready to be delivered to the charity, as well as to everyone who donated! Pre Loved Uniform Donations are still very welcome. Please leave unwanted, clean items in good condition, securely bagged, with any of the School’s receptions. Read more about the FOC: http://bit.ly/FriendsOfChigwell

New Staff

We are delighted to welcome Mr Samuel Topping who joins us as Head of Religious Studies at the start of term. He will be joined by Miss Phoebe Clark who will be a teacher of religious studies and we will also be welcoming Miss Joanna Roberts who will be the new Senior Librarian. We hope they will all be very happy here.

Speech Day

We are planning to go ahead with Speech Day on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th July, although you will appreciate that we will have to abide by the regulations in force at the time and so there is a chance that arrangements may change. We will keep you informed. The programme will follow this format:

Friday 9th July 2.15pm - Pre Prep, LI and UI Service in the marquee 3.30pm - Pre Prep, LI and UI Garden Party at the Pre Prep Saturday 10th July Time to be confirmed - Service in the marquee followed by prize giving The Guest of Honour at Speech Day this year will be Mr Shehab Khan who left Chigwell in 2012. Shehab attended Warwick and Cambridge universities and worked as a political commentator for The Independent. Since 2019 he has worked for ITV News as a political journalist and is co-presenter of the ITV News Politics Podcast. We look forward to welcoming Shehab back to Chigwell.

Summer Ball

Further details about the Summer Ball will be sent out in due course.

Chigwell School’s Charity Runners

A team of nearly 50 Chigwell School parents, staff, and Old Chigwellians ran in the Royal Parks Half Marathon on Sunday 11th April for charity again. Due to current government restrictions, the event became a ‘virtual’ one for the first time in its history. The team could run their own route and log their performance with the special event app. All the hard work and fun saw them raise just over £32,000 for Cancer Research UK to date.

Organiser, Mrs Gill Punt, commented that this is a wonderful example of our Chigwell community rallying once more for an important cause during these difficult times. I would like to thank all those who laced up their trainers and ran or who donated to raise such a superb total. Chelsie May, the Supporter Engagement Executive from Cancer Research UK, said, “Chigwell School truly are a force to be reckoned with and you really are a brilliant group of true fundraising heroes. The support that you provide to CRUK year in and year out is phenomenal, and it is so greatly appreciated by everyone here at Cancer Research UK. Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Virtual Royal Parks Half Marathon this year, thank you for pulling together even during such strange and uncertain times to complete the challenge and raise vital funds, which will help us to make faster progress towards our goal of 3 in 4 people surviving cancer by 2034. I have loved seeing all of your race day photos so thank you to everyone who sent some through. Chigwell School, you are a constant reminder of why I love doing this job so thank you for everything you do.” If you would be interested in participating in this event when it takes to the streets and parks of Central London in October, please contact Mrs Gill Punt at: development@chigwell-school.org

TERM DATES 2021

Half term: Saturday 29th May to Sunday 6th June INSET Day Monday 7th June Term ends: Wednesday 14th July

Michaelmas Term Staff meetings and INSET on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd September First day: Monday 6th September Half Term: Saturday 16th October to Sunday 31st October Term ends: Wednesday 15th December