Speech Day Summer Ball

Speech Day

As you know, we are planning to go ahead with Speech Day which will follow the format below, although as you will appreciate, should Government guidelines change, we will have to think again. Friday 9th July 2.15pm Pre Prep, Lower On and Upper One service in the marquee 3.30pm Pre Prep, Lower One and Upper One Garden Party at the Pre Prep Saturday 10th July In a change to the usual arrangements, there will be a service in the marquee at 9.00am for pupils in Lower Two and above, to which all parents are very warmly invited. This will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity to visit the exhibitions that are open. We anticipate the prize giving, which will begin at around 11.30am, will finish by 1.00pm. 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. The preacher at the service on Saturday morning will be The Revd Charlie Kosla, the new team rector of the Benefice of The Vale of Roding. The preacher at the service on Friday afternoon will be Revd Gary Scott.

Summer Ball

A ticket order form and details of the Summer Ball to be held on the evening of Saturday 10th July have been sent out by SchoolPost. This is always a very popular event and you are urged to apply for tickets as soon as possible as they are allocated on a first come first served basis. Please contact Mrs Tina Page on 020 8501 5711 or tpage@chigwell-school.org