Speech Day

I look forward to seeing you all for speech day this year, where we will come together as a school community to celebrate the pupils’ achievements and say goodbye to those leaving us for pastures new.

Parents from all sections of the school are welcome to attend prizegiving, after which there will be refreshments. Due to the continued building work that is taking place on site, this year the event will once again take place at the Metropolitan Police Sports Club at Chigwell Hall. We look forward to hosting this event on the School grounds next year.

This year will see some changes to the format of the day. As you may know from previous years, the two important elements are the morning church services, and the main speeches, which take place in the afternoon. This year, I am delighted to invite parents to bring a picnic lunch to Top Field, where we can come together as a community and thereby extend the events of the day from the morning through to the afternoon. More information will be sent out after half term.

We hope that as many parents as possible will be able to attend our speech day celebrations. The programme for Speech Day and its related activities will follow the usual format:

Friday 7th July 2.15pm Pre Prep, Lower I and Upper I Service in St Mary's Church

3.30pm Pre Prep, Lower 1 and Upper 1 Garden Party

Saturday 8th July 9.45am Junior School Service at St Mary's Church

11.30am Senior School Service at St Mary's Church

10.30am – 2pm Picnic on Top Field

2.30pm Speeches and Prize Giving in the Marquee

This year’s guest of honour is YolanDa Brown OBE DL. YolanDa is a saxophonist, broadcaster, and entrepreneur. She has toured with artists such as The Temptations, Dave Stewart from Eurythmics and Jools Holland. She is Chair of the BPI (Brit Awards, Mercury Prize) and a champion for access to music education for all children.

The preacher at the service on Saturday morning will be Reverend Malcolm Macdonald, Vicar at St Mary’s Loughton, and the preacher at the service on Friday afternoon will be Reverend David Wilson.