International Week

This week we are celebrating International Week at school. We have such a diverse range of nationalities amongst our students and staff that it was an opportunity to show off our diversity and explore the extraordinary range of cultures within the Chigwell community.

To start off the week’s celebrations we had an assembly presented by members of the Lower Sixth, including some of our international boarders giving a short presentation about their home countries. We had students from all across the world including Moldova, Hong Kong, Georgia, Poland and many more. We aimed to provide students with a small insight into the life and traditions of another nation.

We wanted to discover the range of cultures within the school, and so the leadership team came up with a survey containing three short questions which would allow us an insight into the variety of languages pupils could speak fluently in, and the countries which students were from. With a large number of pupils being bilingual, and some even being able to speak five or more languages, we can proudly say that we are a very diverse community.

Towards the end of the week, we aimed to raise money by hosting a ‘Cultural Dress Day,’ encouraging students to come into school wearing traditional national dress or the colours of their own flag. Through this event we intended to raise money to support the International Rescue Committee Charity.

Furthermore, Chartwells have helped us to celebrate International Week by providing us with delicious dishes from across the world to allow students to explore interesting new cuisines.