News from Chigwell - Spring 2020

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Message from the Headmaster Welcome to the Spring 2020 edition of News from Chigwell.

What follows is a sample of some of the activities and events that have taken place across the Chigwell community over the last six months. We are keen to enrich the pupils’ learning in the broadest sense, learning that takes place in the classroom and beyond. Read more about our pupils getting out and about on pages 17-19

including our Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award canoeists in Wales. However, we also believe that a rich and varied programme of co-curricular opportunities is important to develop character, resilience and the ability to work with others; these activities may become life-long interests and they are fun. It is also important for young people, and indeed the not so young, to work with partners in the community beyond the School. You can read more about our charitable

endeavours such as our Chigwell community running team raising considerable funds for Cancer Research UK on page 10, to helping the homeless in Harlow on page 12. Do remember that the examples given here are only a sample of what has taken place. Chigwell really is a very busy place in which pupils and staff work very hard together in support of each other and that in itself, helps strengthen the Chigwell community. n

The Sunday Times School Guide Chigwell School has been celebrating the excellent news that Parent Power has ranked them as the fourth best independent school in East Anglia.

This rating is based on their superb public examination results. Parent Power is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s best schools. The rankings in the secondary school league tables are determined by the percentage of examination entries gaining

A* to B grades at A-level this summer and the percentage of entries returning A* and A grades at GCSE. This is the 27th edition of the guide, which includes a national database for parents to compare the performances with other schools across the country. Chigwell School was only one of three schools in Essex to make the prestigious guide for 2020.

The Headmaster, Michael Punt, commented: “We were delighted that so many pupils performed so well in their GCSE and A level exams last summer. To have a quarter or more GCSE results at grade 9 and half of A level results at

A or A* is a reflection of the dedicated hard work of both students and staff. As a school we aim to develop the whole person through a broad range of co-curricular opportunities

and the majority of the students have made a really positive contribution to the wider life of Chigwell alongside their studies. We are very proud of them all.” n

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Chigwell Host London Academy of Excellence Students from London Academy of Excellence enjoyed a day of psychology presentations and personality analysis at Chigwell.

The School is one of a group of independent schools which work with LAET, a maintained selective sixth form college which opened two years ago in Tottenham. The college aims to offer support for A level students in the area hoping to go on to selective universities.

Some students and staff spent the day with Chigwell students working together and sharing experiences of starting A level courses in general and Psychology in particular. n

Award-winning Author Inspires Avid Readers Sarah Crossan, the current Children's Irish Laureate and Carnegie Award-winning author visited Chigwell School.

She spoke eloquently to our Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils, highlighting the need for them to carry on reading and enjoying poetry beyond their studies. Sarah explained that

they hear poetry all the time and it is not limited to just books. School librarian, Mrs Sara Bloomfield, commented that Sarah’s performance of a scene from Romeo & Juliet was

one never to be forgotten.

Later, Sarah also spoke at the Senior School assembly and then took a Q&A session from our Reading Champion and Book Clubs. n

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Learning+ at Chigwell Learning+ is a suite of initiatives designed to offer Chigwellians the chance to think for themselves outside the classroom.

We encourage participation and the most able particularly enjoy the chance to challenge and question, and to investigate areas beyond the curriculum.

The elements of the Learning+ programme include TICs (Top Institutions and Courses),

Andrew Pennington The CAN (Chigwell Academic News), Higher and Extended Project Qualifications (HPQ and EPQ) and The Williams Project.

Tomas Cvrcek

The Williams Project is a speaker society designed to give Chigwell pupils and staff the chance to learn from experts, outside the classroom and in an informal environment.

The Project is named after

Bernard Williams, one of the foremost British philosophers of the 20th century, and an Old Chigwellian.This year’s speakers have included Andrew Pennington (ex MI6) who gave a talk about the ‘Spies or Defenders?’ and Tomas Cvrcek OC who spoke on ‘The Joys and Burdens of Freedom: Eastern Europe 30 Years After the Fall of Communism.’ n

Higher and Extended Project Qualifications Year 11 and 13 students showcased their projects and research at the Higher and Extended Project Qualifications presentation evening.

Working on their own, each student had designed, researched and executed a project on a topic of their own choice. From their attentiongrabbing stands, students talked ardently about their chosen topic to an audience which included pupils, parents,

teachers and governors. HPQ and EPQ projects covered a huge range of disciplines encompassing science, medicine, law, economics, politics, art and history, as well as focusing on pertinent issues such as Brexit, plastic pollution, cancer treatments and even Ovid. The efforts of the Year 11 students will be rewarded with an extra GCSE, whilst for Year 13 students their projects allow them to develop their interest in a particular area and gain a qualification equivalent to half an A Level. n

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Howard and Mitchell Essay Presentation Evening

Congratulations to sixth form students, Zachary Edwards and Alice Chapman for winning this year’s Howard and Mitchell Essay Prizes.

These prestigious awards are in recognition for a wellresearched and written extended essay on science (Howard) and humanities (Mitchell). This year’s Mitchell essay prize was won by Zachary who wrote a piece entitled ‘To what extent

is a unified theory of physics possible?’ The runner-up for this prize was Benjamin Hamid who wrote an essay looking at links between mathematics and philosophy. This year was the first time that the essay prizes were opened for submissions

from incoming Year 12 students so it was particularly pleasing to see Zachary rise to the challenge and win in a contest with students in the year above him. The Howard essay prize was won by Alice who asked ‘Should the cognitive or behaviourist perspective be the primary focus when it comes to second language learning?’ in her piece. The runner-up in the humanities category was Julia Lasiota. Both Zachary and Alice presented the ideas contained in their papers at an event in the Swallow library which was attended by staff, students and parents. Assistant Head of Sixth Form, Dr Gillian Groszewski, would like to thank the judges for the essay competition: Mr Bryan Porter, Mr Richard Maynes, Mrs Emma Rea and Mr Simon Pepper. n

Meet the Future The Meet the Future series of informal talks are held frequently for current students to benefit from advice from recent former students (Old Chigwellians) now starting out in their chosen careers.

Harry Benjamin, who works in radio broadcasting and sports reporting, was one of the OCs to return. He discussed how studying Drama, English Literature and Geography as A-Levels before then going on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the University of East Anglia has led him into surprising professional directions. Another OC that gave a talk was Meera

Meera Ragha

Harry Benjamin

Ragha. She took A levels in Maths, English, Geography and Religious Studies at Chigwell, and went on to John's College, Cambridge to read Theology and Religious Studies. After university she completed her Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice

Course (LPC) and now is a Financial Regulatory lawyer working within the Clifford Chance London office. Other OCs have spoken about their careers to date in digital communications, medicine, the Civil Service to name just a few. n 04 | 05

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I Can Engineer Competition Success The Design and Technology department was delighted that ten Year 8 pupils were once again shortlisted for the annual I Can Engineer competition run by the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE).

As a result of their success, the selected pupils were invited to an Awards Day hosted by Jacobs Engineering Group, this year’s sponsors of the event.

During this day, the pupils were given the opportunity to engage in hands-on engineering challenges, view the work of the finalists from other schools and hear several engineers talk about their work both in London and overseas.

These presentations gave an

interesting and informative view of civil engineering, and ranged from the design of a children’s activity space in East London-designed by children and created by engineers to a high specification office building in Dubai, and even the construction of a swing bridge in rural Bolivia! The pupils also learned about the flood defence systems in place in London, which reflected the theme of this year’s competition, which was to design an innovative replacement for the Thames barrier. In response to this design brief the shortlisted pupils did exceptionally well; not only was it a huge

achievement to be a finalist in the competition, but several pupils were also given additional recognition. Thomas and Arjun were awarded the highly commended certificate in the Innovation category for their ‘ATLR’ barrier design, Sophie and Emily received a highly commended certificate in the Bazalgette Engineering category for their ‘Coast Busters’ design and Pranay and Merzi were also awarded a highly commended certificate in the Bazalgette Engineering category for their ‘ECCOW’, environmentally friendly flood defence system. Roma, Kayuki, Larissa and Eloise also did

fantastically well to receive their finalists certificates. Overall, all pupils enjoyed the day and learned a lot about the diverse work of civil engineers. n

Becoming Carbon Neutral

Chigwell School has successfully initialised the development towards a carbon-neutral future and minimised its environmental footprint.

reduced our energy, water and gas consumption by 15%.

Our actions are also being felt internationally, through the expansion of the Chigwellborn Project ‘Greener Schools’.

Filip, who is also the founder of the project is grateful for the support Chigwell School has given to him in the starting up of his project.

More information about Filip’s project can be found at https://greenerschoolsorg. weebly.com/ n

These successes are attributed to the actions of our studentled Eco-Committee and its Chair, Filip Novakovic.

Thus far, the Committee has implemented numerous environmental policies throughout the School and

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Annual Epping Forest Schools’ Parliamentary Debating Competition At a keenly contested debate about climate change protests, between eight different schools, the Chigwell School team of Nichita and Filip were judged runners-up.

The event was Nichita’s first debating competition and he

acquitted himself extremely well, backed up by the more experienced Filip. Chigwell debating students: Julia, Denys, Aleksa and Matthew all attended to give the pair their support. English teacher, Mr Roderick Lonsdale commented “Everyone agreed that it had been a most successful evening and that they had all learned a lot about different debating techniques”. n

Young Minds Quiz Local MP Candidates The School hosted a hustings-style event in which four of the candidates seeking to become the MP for Epping Forest answered a range of questions.

Chigwell students were joined by others from Roding Valley High, Epping St John’s and Davenant Foundation schools and together they asked candidates about the funding

of party policies, prevention of knife crime, the future of Trident, care for members of the LGBTQ+ community and any party policies with which candidates themselves do not agree. Thanks go to Rt. Hon Dame Eleanor Laing (Conservative), Steven Neville (Green), Dr Vicky Ashworth Te. Velde (Labour) and Jon Whitehouse (Liberal Democrat) for engaging so enthusiastically and to Year 13 student, Ziyad Chaudhary who was the chairman. n

PSHE Dinner Competition The annual house PSHE dinner competition saw Year 9 pupils preparing and serving their offerings to their families and teachers.

the evening, the menu, decorate tables, prepare and then serve the meal. The performance

of each group of pupils was then judged for the house competition. n

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ART & DESIGN

Alice Hume Exhibition The School Gallery displayed an exhibition of stunning textiles by artist Alice Hume.

For her show at Chigwell, Alice selected a number of

her woven textiles pieces, images of her studio and also development work from her sketchbooks. As well as presenting many incredible final pieces, the exhibition also provided a fantastic insight into Alice’s working methods

and the sources which inspire and inform her textiles. Head of Art and Design, Mr Edwin Aitken, said that “we were also delighted that Alice visited school and led a fascinating Art+ workshop for our KS3 pupils connected to basic

weaving techniques. This session was greatly enjoyed by all of the pupils who attended it, and they were really pleased that they could exhibit the final weaves that they completed during their workshop alongside Alice’s work in the school gallery.” n

Heavy Metal and Still Life Painting Art+ Workshop On Open Day pupils in years 7-9 had the opportunity to participate in a practical painting workshop led

by Dr Tom Cardwell.

For his workshop at School the pupils investigated new ways of representing the theme of ‘still life’ and produced a series of

stunning, collaborative paintings that reinterpreted images from contemporary visual culture.

Tom is a senior lecturer at Wimbledon College of Art and a recent graduate of the University of the Arts London (UAL). In 2017, he completed his practice-based PhD in painting and his doctoral thesis ‘Still Life and Death Metal:

painting the battle jacket’ where he employed painting practice to examine the customised jackets made by heavy metal fans. His research has been published in several academic journals and he recently presented elements of his work at the conference: ‘Teaching Painting; Painting the New’ at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. His own

meticulous and highly detailed paintings have been exhibited widely and in these images Tom has explored themes connected to Dutch still life painting of the Golden Age, subcultural symbolism and expressions of personal narrative and identity in popular image traditions.

In 2020 a book based upon his research will be published. n

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‘Owl in a day’s work’ for Year 3 Artists Wide-eyed Year 3 pupils had an enthralling Art lesson when they received feathered visitors from the Epping Forest Owl and Hawk Sanctuary.

Rita Wells brought along the ten stunning birds including Barn Owls, Little Owls, and even a great European Owl who was called Marlena for the pupils to study and sketch.

The spellbound pupils learned all about the owls, what they hunted and ate, and how they have excellent eyesight and hearing. One of the pupils commented it was the best art lesson they had ever had! n

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CHARITY

House Music

One of the high spots of the Senior School year is the annual House Music competition.

The event is designed to engender a really positive house spirit with all members of

each of the four senior houses, Years 9 to 13, rehearsing and performing together. The competition provides an enjoyable evening of musical entertainment. Each of the four houses perform three items together and all the arrangements are devised by the pupils themselves. The first

item is for small groups and the second is for ensembles.

Finally, in item 3, all members of each house danced and sang their chosen house song. Once again New Hall was packed with parents and returning Old Chigwellians, such is the popularity of the event. The entire evening showcased a good

Dancing for the NSPCC Chigwell pupils got active to raise funds for the NSPCC. All of our Key Stage 2 pupils took part in a charity dancea-thon and raised laughter as well as plenty of funds. Kiren Chima from the NSPCC visited School to say a huge thank you as our KS2 pupils raised a most wonderful sum of £4,700 with their energetic efforts. Mrs Jacqueline Botham, Deputy Head of the Junior School, commented: “It was delightful to see the synchronised moves of our coordinated pupils while raising awareness to such a valuable cause.” Thank you also to all parents, family and friends who so kindly donated to this cause. n

deal of musicianship and a lot of hard work from the Year 13 students preparing their Houses.

The evening raised £1000 for the Bede Griffiths Charitable Trust to rebuild a house for a family in the village of Veerambur near the ashram in Tamil Nadu that is visited by School each year. n

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Chigwell School’s Charity Runners Just under 100 Chigwell School parents, staff, and Old Chigwellians ran in the Royal Parks Half Marathon for charity again this year.

The team had a wonderful day running in the capital and the race took the athletes on a spectacular route past many of London’s most iconic sights.

All the hard work and fun saw them raise just over £87,000 for Cancer Research UK. The Chigwell team organiser, Gill Punt, commented that it was superb to see so many of our Chigwell community come together for an exhilarating and exhausting event which has raised such a staggering total again for such an important cause.

Selena Colmer, the Senior Manager Sports at Cancer Research UK, said, “Every year Chigwell School come out in force and fundraise enthusiastically for CRUK with a huge range of events that engages everyone: staff, alumni, governors, parents and pupils.

Congratulations to each and every one of you who have taken part in an event. Whatever you

have done – pulled on a pair of running shoes or supported someone else’s challenge, you are making a difference. You are helping Cancer Research UK to save lives and improve quality of life.

Thank you all for your support and every penny you raise is helping us to make faster progress towards our goal of three in four people surviving cancer by 2034.” n

Eren Pars Cup Match The annual Eren Pars memorial football match was fiercely contested once more between our Year 12 and the Year 13 students.

Eren died from cancer on 25th May 2012 three years after leaving Chigwell. His parents and the School inaugurated the match between the two sixth form teams in his memory and this year it was won by only one goal, by the Year 13 side.

This was after two successive Year 12 victories. Mr and Mrs Pars generously gave money to the School to be donated to the charity of the choice of the winners, and this year the Down’s Syndrome Association was selected.

Deputy Headmaster, Mr David Gower, commented: “The boys not only had a good game of football but also knew that they helped to uphold the memory of Eren at the School.” n 10 | 11

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Helping the Homeless in Harlow Sixth form students helped deliver Harvest Festival donations to Streets2Homes charity in Harlow.

A vast range of dried and tinned food, cereal, tea, coffee and bathroom products were brought to chapel for our harvest services. These gifts were donated by pupils from across

the whole School: Pre Prep to Sixth Form. Streets2Homes is a charity which manages a day centre, providing a safe and friendly environment for the homeless. All the donated items

CHARITIES WEEK…

▲ Carol singing

▲ Sponge throwing

▲ Scout cake sale

▲ T4U Christmas boxes

will be used to support those living on the streets or finding difficulty providing themselves and their families with the daily necessities of life. n

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Biennial Staff Panto Chigwell Staff took to the stage to raise money for charity in a version of Jack and the Beanstalk.

The staff panto contained the usual mix of slapstick comedy, audience participation and in-jokes that was greatly appreciated by the two packed houses. Sixth Form Drama scholars Immy Peck, Rosie

Singha and Emma Jones bravely undertook to direct the twenty or so members of staff and, through ticket sales and the generosity of the audiences, over ÂŁ2000 was raised for Haven House and Smiles with Grace, both local charities. Deputy Head David Gower who played the villain commented that it was amazing to see what could be achieved in such a short rehearsal period and was delighted with the amount of money raised. n

Stage Makeup Workshop Rosemary Swinfield, author of Stage Makeup, the text book that GCSE Drama pupils use at Chigwell, held a workshop for Year 10 and 11 pupils.

LAMDA SHOWCASE‌

Over two days, the group had introductory workshops on makeup and some advanced work on aging, wounds and special effects. n

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MUSIC

St. Paul’s Cathedral We are immensely proud of our Chapel Choir for their performance of Evensong at London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Evensong is a free and open service where visitors from all over the world come to experience a moment of serenity. More than six hundred were there to hear our choir’s glorious sound. It is always an

honour to be invited to sing in this world famous Cathedral with its magnificent acoustic sound. Director of Music, Howard Ebden said ‘There are exquisite moments at the end of musical phrases, listening to the notes reverberate around the nave.” This year, the Chapel Choir sang Like as the Hart by Herbert Howells, along with his setting of Psalm 26 and Charles Villiers Stanford’s Evening Canticles in A, op 12. n

Primary Schools’ Music Festival More than 100 children from local Essex schools spent an entire day at Chigwell School for 2019’s Prep and Primary Music Festival for children 7-11.

They took part in a variety of workshops, from music technology, song-writing, to introductory string experiences.

Parallel to this, children had a day of orchestral coaching, culminating in a late afternoon celebratory concert. Director of Music, Howard Ebden

remarked how harmoniously the day’s events blended together. It presented the children a chance to try out a new instrument, and it gave our own Music Scholars the opportunity to introduce and encourage their initial attempts.

Sessions were led by our music professionals including former students, who came back to share their expertise. James Botcher, choral lay clerk at York Minster, led percussion coaching and displayed his unique beat-boxing talents.

Rhea Gupta, Clare College Cambridge Choral Scholar, inspired enthusiastic children to compose original music. At the

end of the concert, the children formed one big choir to sing Julian Lennon’s song, a plea to

save the planet, ‘Saltwater’ and ‘This is the Greatest Show’ from ‘The Greatest Showman.’ n

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Junior School Concert The Michaelmas Term Junior School Concert was one of the strongest yet, featuring music from eleven of the larger ensembles.

Music ranged from a wonderful display of skill and technique in Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance from the Junior Percussion Ensemble; Haydn’s Finale from The Bird Quartet by the String Septet; Sticks and Tricks from the Junior Drumline; Abraham’s Woza Wena from the Modern Music Ensemble. In addition, we

had excellent and vibrant performances from the Boys’ and Girls’ Choirs under the direction of Mr Joel Goodman and Ms Susie Proctor. A medley of show stoppers from The Lion King from the enormous Intermediate Orchestra finished off what was a spectacular evening of music from the younger pupils in the School.

The Director of Music, Mr Howard Ebden, commented on how proud he was to be making such brilliant music with such young and happy minds and went on to congratulate the team spirit which this Music Department engenders among pupils and staff. n

Candlelight Service A big thank you to everyone who helped us fill St. Mary’s Church, Chigwell for our ‘Christmas by Candlelight’ Service.

The Chapel Choir sang a moving version of Once in Royal David’s City, along with Joubert’s There is no Rose, Part’s Bogoroditse Djevo, and Masters in the Hall by Willcocks. This year we were joined by two Junior School girls’ choirs; one

singing Bullock’s Scot’s Nativity and the other, Beck’s Someone Told the Geese. Parents, staff and guests joined together to sing favourite Christmas carols with organ accompaniment

by Mr Simon Winters. The evening was woven together

by Senior heads of Houses and the Headmaster, Michael Punt, reading through the story of the Nativity. We appreciate the generosity of St Mary’s for hosting our service. Money was collected to support the ‘Streets2Homes’ charity. n 14 | 15

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Senior School Concert

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OUT & ABOUT

Barcelona Football Tour Fifty Chigwell School footballers took part in a development tour to Barcelona.

Staying in the coastal resort of Salou, the group trained at the Salou Football Complex on 3G pitches. As always the highlight was the trip to the Camp Nou stadium where everyone was amazed and inspired by the trophies, changing rooms, and entire stadium. Over the course of the five-day visit,

the footballers took part in four training sessions, one self-conducted, as well as two training sessions with the Catalan Coaching federation and one with the La Liga side, Espanyol CF. The pupils took part in two fixtures and the standard of opposition was very good and all eight matches were extremely competitive. All members of the touring party had plenty of football over the five days and there was a dramatic improvement in all, especially their understanding

of the game. The group was complemented on its behaviour on many occasions during the

tour and were great ambassadors for their school both on and off the pitch. n

Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Eight Year 12 students completed their DofE Gold Canoe Training expedition in South Wales.

The first day was focused on paddling skills, rescue training and navigation which was carried out on Llangorse Lake on the edge of the Black mountains. Evenings were spent with lectures on camp craft

and route planning exercises.

As part of the trip, the group completed an overnight expedition along a 40 km route on the Brecon and Monmouth canal and they camped near Crickhowell. The students are now fully prepared to tackle the qualifying expedition in July where they

are planning to paddle the Great Glen in Scotland a 120 km paddle including the famous Loch Ness. n

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Other Activities…

Junior School at Loughton Synagogue

Junior School at Neasden Hindu temple

Junior School at Verulamiam

Scout and Explorers knot tying

Pre Prep Mobile Zoo visit

Junior School Colne Valley Railway trip

Pre Prep Outdoor Education

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Junior School at Stubbers Activity Camp

Fantastic FOC Fireworks The annual Friends of Chigwell (FOC) firework night saw over a thousand parents, pupils and friends battle the inclement weather to enjoy a fantastic display.

The captivated audience on Top Field witnessed a spectacular show of fireworks.

In addition, they were also entertained by the Chigwell Big Band and a variety of food and

other stalls, including, for the first time, a dodgems arena. The whole evening was organised by the parent volunteers of the FOC who work hard throughout the year to arrange events which bring Chigwell families together and raise additional funds for the School.

We are very fortunate indeed to have such a committed team of parents who are prepared to support us in this way and give of their time so generously. n

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SPORT

Primary Schools’ Football and Netball Festivals environment for young players to gain experience of the sport and to develop their skills and confidence throughout the event. Our festival is unique in this way, due to the support of coaches and the adaptations to the matches. Everyone had a fantastic morning and it was a delight to see so many young players enjoying themselves and being inspired by others.

Nineteen and twenty-four teams participated in the netball and football events respectively from a variety of local schools.

Each netball team played seven games over the course of the morning. They were placed in small groups as part of the first round of matches and then placed into larger groups allowing each team to play opposition of similar ability.

The aim of the netball festival

was to allow all players to gain experience, by playing in a variety of positions and in game play situations with the support of their team members and coaches. Chigwell School Head of Netball, Mrs Sam Lawrence, commented that “The netball festival provided a wonderful

The football teams were placed in three pools of eight teams and played seven friendly matches. The focus this year was on creating a learning environment where the pupils could play more freely enjoying their football and being more expressive without restriction.

The quality of football played was excellent. Chigwell School Head of Football, Mr Andy Bruce, said “The U11 Chigwell Festival is about giving the pupils the opportunity to play in an fun environment. It was another fantastic year with record participation, well done to everyone involved.” n

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