HM Letter to Parents January 2017

HEADMASTER’S LETTER JANUARY 2017

T0 PARENTS

Dear Parents I hope you have had a very happy Christmas and a good break, and that pupils are returning invigorated for the start of the new term.

Contents Page 1

Mark Stiles Calendars St Margaret’s Church, Westminster

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End of Term Football Match Universities Charities Week Bad Weather

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Staff News And Finally

Mark Stiles We are very sorry to have to tell you that Mark who worked at Chigwell for many years

as a chef sadly passed away just before Christmas. He was thirty four years old and

was diagnosed with cancer just over a year ago. He lived with his partner, Louise, and we send her and the family all our thoughts and prayers.

Calendars

As usual, calendars will be distributed

take advantage of and contribute to the

copies at Reception.

particularly if you sense they are less

broad

via Houses and there will also be spare Please do

extra-curricular

programme,

involved than they might be.

encourage your sons and daughters to

St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Shortly before Christmas, the Chapel Choir performed at St Margaret’s Church, Westminster Abbey, in the Christmas Inspire Carol Service.

The service was

conducted by Reverend Jane Sinclair, Canon of Westminster and Rector of St Margaret’s.

Readers included Mrs

Eleanor Laing MP, Reverend Tony

Miles, Deputy Superintendent Minister of Methodist Central Hall, Mrs Chantal-

Aimee Doerris, Chair, The Bar Council, and The Right Honourable James Brokenshire MP.

As we have come to expect, the

Chigwell Chapel Choir gave a stunning performance witnessed by close to

eight hundred people and the service raised £10,000 for Kids Inspire which supports vulnerable young people and their families in Essex.

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End of Term Football Match

The much anticipated football match between staff and boys was played on the last day of term. The first half was relatively even with the half term score 1-0 to the staff.

The boys came back strongly with two goals in quick succession from Justin Morse and Liam Farrant. A member of the staff side went on to score a hat trick and a good finish came from Ben Sanders bringing the final score to 4-3 to the staff.

Universities

Bad Weather

As I said in my last letter, in the event

Further news of university offers has filtered

through

over

Christmas,

of heavy snow or ice please consult

including news that Emma Cadman

the school website (www.chigwell-

has been offered the President’s

school.org)

Undergraduate Scholarship for Medical

for

confirmation

of

arrangements for the school day. We

Biosciences at Imperial College, London.

would always be very reluctant to close

the School, but are mindful of the safety of pupils and staff.

Charities Week

Thank you to all pupils and parents who

supported charities week which raised

ÂŁ5,700 for school charities.

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Staff News

This term we are welcoming Miss

Sarahjane Grimshaw who will be taking

over as Learning Support Co-ordinator when Mrs Jacky Osborne retires. We hope that she will be very happy here.

Congratulations go to Mr Andrew Lewis who married Amy just before Christmas; we hope they will be very happy.

On Christmas Day, Mr Ed Gamwells

and his wife Natalie became parents to George Luis who weighed in at 9lb 8oz.

We

send

them

congratulations.

our

warmest

And Finally

I hope all Chigwell families have a

healthy, successful, and peaceful New Year. The Lent term is always particularly

busy because it is a short term, but no doubt Chigwellians will rise to the

challenges that the coming weeks will present.

With best wishes Yours sincerely

Michael Punt

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TERM DATES 2017 Half term: Saturday 11th February to Sunday 19th February Term ends: Wednesday 29th March Trinity Term First day: Wednesday 19th April Half term: Saturday 27th May to Monday 5th June (INSET Day Monday June 5th) Term ends: Wednesday 12th July Michaelmas Term First day: Wednesday 6th September Half term: Saturday 21st October to Sunday 5th November Term ends: Wednesday 13th December