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U13 Essex hockey champions
On Wednesday 24th February, the U13 boys’ hockey team won the Essex rounds of the Yazoo National U13 Schools Cup and qualified for the East Rounds as Essex champions. In a round-robin tournament the boys won all their matches, including beating Bancrofts 4-0, Coopers Coburn 3-0 and, in what turned out to be the final, they beat Felsted 2-1, having been 1-0 down, with both goals coming from Conor Caplan. This is the first time that any Chigwell team has qualified as the best in Essex and the boys deserve huge praise for the quality of their hockey and the consistency of their performances throughout the day. |
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JS raises £3,100 for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal
We are absolutely delighted to report that £3,100 was raised in the Junior School on “Silly Hair Day”. The funds raised will go to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal. Donations included two West Ham tickets in the Directors' Box with dinner, which were sold to the highest bidder and one pupil raised almost £200 making and selling bracelets. Students and teachers enjoyed colouring their hair and sporting various eccentric and colourful wigs, all agreed that it was a fantastic way for raising money for the people affected by the Haiti earthquake. |
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Jazz evening
Those who were lucky enough to be at the annual Swing Band and Jazz Evening on Saturday 6th February enjoyed a wonderful evening of music-making. Following some fabulous numbers on the piano by our very own Head of School, Chris Wilson, the Swing Band had everyone’s feet tapping, and even succeeded in getting some people up to dance! In addition to these numbers, there were some fantastic jazz songs by many of our accomplished singers accompanied by the staff quartet, who also performed its own pieces.
With the informal setting of tables, a bar and a dance floor, this really was an evening to relax and catch up with friends and, most importantly, £881 was raised in aid of the Nordoff-Robbins charity, which specializes in music therapy for disabled children and adults.
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Chigwell's promising cricketers
Cordelia Griffith and Beth MacGregor, pictured here at the Super 4s Tournament in Wellington last August, are continuing to reaffirm their position as the best young cricketers in the country. From 27th March for two weeks, Cordelia will be touring South Africa with the England U17 Team, whilst Beth, who has been selected as a member of the England Women's Cricket Academy squad, will be attending a High Performance Training Camp in Bangalore, India, between 13th and 26th March. Beth is attending her second year at the Essex Academy and Cordelia is in her first year of the Essex Emerging Players Programme. On the boys’ cricket front, Saf Imtiaz has also been selected to attend the Essex Emerging Players Programme. |
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Oxbridge-bound
We are delighted to be able to report that eight Chigwell students have been given conditional offers by Oxford or Cambridge Universities. Those who hope to take up places at Oxford are: Wojciech Bazant (Mathematics, Somerville College); Yunlin Chen (Mathematics, Balliol College); Joshua Ding (Electrical Engineering, St Hilda’s College) and Xiaolu Liu (Engineering, St Catherine’s College). The Cambridge-bound candidates are: Oliver Midgley (Politics, Psychology and Sociology, St John’s College); Felicity Osborn (Theology, St John’s College); Egor Tsiaulouski (Engineering, Magdalene College) and Christopher Wilson (Land Economy, Fitzwilliam College). Headmaster, Mr Michael Punt, commented that a total of eight students corresponds to 10% of our Year 13 and we are very proud that once again such a large proportion have gained offers from these highly selective universities. Year on year, the competition for places becomes ever fiercer and the success of these students is a tribute to their hard work and ability as well as the preparation that they have received from their teachers.
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New Head of Junior School
When Mrs Jenny Gwinn, Head of Junior School, announced that she was going to retire at the end of the summer term, we knew that her successor would have a tough act to follow. We had a large and strong field of applicants and were delighted to appoint Mr Simon James who is currently Head of Junior School at Rossall School, Lancashire. Previously he was Junior School Director of Studies at the King’s School, Chester, Head of English at Cheadle Hulme Junior School and teacher at The King’s School, Macclesfield. Mr James visited Chigwell at the end of last week and spent time meeting with existing and prospective Junior School parents and staff. He is married to Jill and they have two daughters, Freya (aged 8) and Phoebe (8 months). They are looking forward to the move south and to meeting as many Chigwell families as possible in the near future. |
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