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ChigwellSummer 2012

finD A wAy or mAKe A wAy

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07 results Day

Activities week

Charity Highlights

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HigHligHting tHe role of CHigwell SCHool in tHe Community

Another productive year at Chigwell School!

ACADEMIA

Despite the wet weather,Speech Day was a hugesuccess. the preacherthis year was the revdDr James gardom, Deanof Pembroke College,Cambridge and the guestof honour was oldChigwellian mr Stefangolaszewski. Stefan wasat School from 1991 to1999 and he is now avery successful andcreative scriptwriter. Hemade an inspiringspeech, much enjoyedby many parents andpupils alike.

mr Clive de Boer announcedat Speech Day that he will beretiring as Chair of governors innovember. He has been governorsince 1995 and Chairman since1999, and during that time theSchool has developedenormously. He will be succeededby mrs Susannah Aliker.

in the evening the rain did notprevent leavers, parents and stafffrom having a fantastic SummerBall in the marquee.

on monday 9th July theSchool said goodbye to thosestudents who are leaving themiddle Sixth. they will begreatly missed and we are allproud of what they have achievedduring their time at Chigwell. n

Speech Day 2012

Chairman of the governors mr Clive de Boer, Head Boy Joseph Chappell,Head of School Sophie Halls, guest of honour mr Stefan golaszewski andHeadmaster mr michael Punt. Sophie Halls gives her vote of thanks.

Junior School pupils receiving prizes. Praefects 2012.

the last photocall!

middle Sixth leavers.

middle Sixth formers get ready for the Summer Ball.

news from Chigwell | Summer 2012ACADEMIA

Chemistry Students in National FinalA team of lower Sixthstudents competed in thenational final of the royal Society ofChemistry Schools'Analyst Competition on 21st June.

luthien liu, Andrew Hankinsand nicole landon qualified forthe final having won the essexregional heat.

it was the second successiveyear that Chigwell wasrepresented in the national finalwhich was held this year at theuniversity of Bristol.

the trio battled for two daysthrough an undergraduate-standard

research project in the university'schemistry laboratories.

they had to plan very carefullyto read and absorb all thematerial provided and then workvery effectively on their own andas a part of a team to bringtogether the information that theyrequired for their final report.

they all agreed that it wasextremely tough but a very goodexperience and were verypleased to have taken advantageof this opportunity.

the team was highlycommended in the finalfeedback session and, as well as individual prizes, they weregiven a £100 cheque for theSchool. n

nicola landon, Andrew Hankins and luthien liu in the laboratories at

the university of Bristol.

The Salters’ Festivalsfour fourth form pupilswere selected to attendthe Salters’ festivals ofChemistry at uClChemistry Departmenton 25th April.

the festivals are one-day funevents held at universitiesthroughout the uK and irelandand are an initiative of theSalters' institute. their objectiveis to help promote theappreciation of chemistry andrelated sciences among theyoung. the fourth form pupilsrepresenting Chigwell were Sai

Hindocha, edgar Padfield,Charles Peck and Alex Slade.

the main focus of the morningwas ‘the Salters’ Challenge’.this was a competitive, practicalactivity, for which no advancepreparation was required. in theafternoon students tackled ‘theuniversity Challenge’, which wasa practical investigation chosenby the university. this wasfollowed by a ‘fun’ lecture withplenty of demonstrations filledwith ‘pops and bangs’. the dayended with a short prize-givingfor the winning schools and allparticipants gained prizes andcertificates. n

edgar Padfield, Sai Hindocha, Charles Peck and Alex Slade.

Top of the BenchNational Finalfour pupils representedessex in the annualnational final of theroyal Society ofChemistry top of theBench competition heldat imperial College,london on 31st march.

Chigwell was one of 30 teamsfrom all over the country who

had won through preliminaryrounds to compete in the final.

Chigwell’s team, consisting ofJuliette Aliker, James mulholland,neha Patel and Adam Cooper, sata 30-minute exam followed by a2-hour practical exercise in theuniversity’s laboratories. thepupils commented on how muchthey enjoyed the challenge ofhigh level chemistry. n

neha Patel, James mulholland, Adam Cooper and Juliette Aliker.

02 | 03

richard Stavri.

ACADEMIA

Polymath Competition

on the last two days ofthe trinity term,luthien liu (lowerSixth) and richardStavri (upper fifth)took part in thechallenging ‘Be APolymath’ Competitionrun by universityCollege london. we

are delighted to reportthat luthien’s team won a prize.

the competition is open tostudents who have a spark thatsometimes does not getmeasured by gCSe and A levels.

over the two days of thecompetition luthien and richardwere assigned to two differentgroups of five students each and

faced challenges relating tochemistry, engineering, physics,mathematics, biology andcomputer science.

in the last task, students wereallocated a two-hour time limitto design an air-pumpingsystem. luthien's team of five,who designed a tyre that doesnot go flat and inflates itself tothe right pressure using thekinetic energy from a movingcar, was adjudicated the winner

and awarded the James Dysonfoundation engineering Prize.

richard’s team did not win aprize. However, as richard said:“Participating in the competitionwas excellent fun. we spent two extremely busy, stimulatingand challenging days, andalthough my team did not win,we got a lot of freebies and abag and the experience was veryworthwhile. i would recommendit to anyone else!” n

Rotary Youth Speaks National Finalthe winners of thelondon and HomeCounties regionalfinal of the rotaryyouth SpeaksCompetition, JulietteAliker, Connor

marcelis and matthewScudder, travelled towrexham in wales forthe national finals ofthis competition, butdespite an excellentteam performance, they

just missed out on thenational prize.However, it was quite a feat to reach thislevel and all threelearnt a lot from theexperience in spite of

its somewhat nerve-wracking nature!Chigwell School willbe looking forwardeagerly to enteringteams in next year’scompetition. n

news from Chigwell | Summer 2012ACADEMIA

Chigwell’s Budding Poetupper one pupilDominic tunks wasamong the best in anational poetrycompetition. He camethird in the SAtiPS(Support and trainingin Prep Schools)competition in the year 3-4 group.

Dominic wrote a colourfulpoem inspired by Kit wright’s

‘the magic Box’. each yearChigwell pupils in the JuniorSchool are encouraged to enterthe competition and write inmany different styles of poetry.Dominic’s poem was one of acollection sent from the KS2classes.

the competition attracts about1,000 entries a year from schoolsacross the country. it is judgedby a highly respected poet eachyear with recent judges includingDavid morley, luke Kennardand gillian Clarke. n

Festival of the Spoken WordAn appreciativeaudience wasentertained by pupilsfrom the third and

fourth form whorecited poetry, proseand monologues in the Drama Centre on27th June.

Among the best performances

were Harry ross who was

commended and tom Bromwich

who was given the first prize in

Poetry and Prose reading.

michael Chamberlain was

awarded the first prize in the

monologue section, Portia Blogg

and raabia Hussain were

awarded the first prize for their

performance in The Applicant. n

Junior School Quiz Challengethe Junior School year 5 Quiz Challengewas held in may for the fourth year runningamidst great excitement.

thirteen local primary schoolsparticipated in this verychallenging event answeringtough questions on music andcurrent affairs.

Chigwell’s team, consisting oflower two pupils Jude Panter,Christopher Collins, AseerChowdhury and Piers Daniel, did not fail to impress and werecongratulated for their efforts. nChigwell’s Quiz Challenge team: Jude Panter, Christopher Collins, Aseer Chowdhury and Piers Daniel.

04 | 05

ACADEMIA

The Art of Storytellingthe acclaimedstoryteller, John Harris,came to the JuniorSchool in June to tellpupils the stories ofOrpheus in Love, A Boy

Called Patrick andWho’s got Yellow Socks?

Pupils were said to beamazed by mr Harris’capability to memorisepages and pages withoutmaking mistakes.

over nearly twenty years John

Harris told stories to great acclaim

in hundreds and hundreds of

schools all over the country as

well as abroad. He has also

published four much loved and

critically acclaimed children's

books, all of which have arisen

from his storytelling. n

Epping Forest Youth CouncillorsCongratulations toimogen Padwick andmax Albert who havebeen elected as our newrepresentatives on theepping forest youthCouncil.

in the area, forty candidates

(all aged between 13 and 17) from

eight schools stood for just twenty

seats and the total number of votes

cast was 5,350.

max and imogen will work

with local councillors to

represent young people across

the district. n

Storyteller John Harris with Junior School pupils.

TheWilliamsProjectTalksin the trinity termour quest forspeakers brought us closer to home.

richard Barham (oC)

spoke on the complexities of

corporate law, and our own

mrs Sheila Bint and mr Ben

wille on cheating in the

olympics, ancient and

modern. Dr gupta, a

Chigwell parent, spoke on

money, and the term ended

beautifully with two

colleagues sharing their

enthusiasms: mr Paul

eardley’s for Darwin, and

miss Charlotte Cantopher’s

for post-structuralism and

gender theory. n Pictured left: max Albert andimogen Padwick.

news from Chigwell | Summer 2012ACADEMIA

Chigwell Schoolstudents and staffcelebrated their bestever A level results onthursday 16th August.

Although nationally the

proportion of students receiving

top grades has fallen, at Chigwell

the number has gone up. this

year, 62% of all grades awarded

were A* or A grade (compared to

a national average of 27%) and

86% of grades were at B or

above. of the year group of 85

students, 34 achieved at least

three A* or A grades and sixteen

achieved four or more.

Headmaster, mr michael Punt,

commented: “these results reflect

the hard work put in by students

and their teachers over a long

period of time. they should feel

very proud of their outstanding

results which enable many to go on

to competitive university courses

including eight to read medicine,

Veterinary Science or Dentistry.

A small number of others have

secured places on prestigious

management trainee courses in the

City. this year group have been a

delight to work with, have

contributed a great deal to the life

of the School and we will miss

them. we wish them every future

success and happiness.” n

following on from the

outstanding A level results,

Chigwell gCSe students

celebrated their results on

thursday 23rd August.

92% of all grades were at least

a B grade, 68% of all grades

were at A or above, and one third

were A*. Amongst the successes

were Katie marshall who

achieved twelve A*s; Juliette

Aliker, Cordelia griffith and

richard Stavri who each

achieved ten A* grades; Shannon

Assaf, lauren Drabwell,

Kirthana Selvakumar, marianne

Schönle and Azura wicaksono

who all achieved at least nine

A*s; and matthewScudder and

Zoe garnish who achieved at

least eight A*s. out of the year

group of 78, thirteen achieved

seven A* grades or more.

the Headmaster, mr michael

Punt, said: “it is always really

pleasing to see students work

hard and achieve the success

they deserve. many have been

quick to comment on the

dedicated support of their

teachers and the vast majority

will now be planning to start

their A level studies at Chigwell.

we wish them and the other

students who will be joining

them continued success over the

next two years.” n

A Level Results

GCSE Results

06 | 07

DRAMA

trinity term was a very

busy one for the Drama

Department. the Junior

School play, The

Thwarting of Baron

Bolligrew, directed by

miss Janey foster,

was an opportunity for

the younger pupils at

Chigwell to perform

in this delightful tale

of barons and dragons.

the audience was transportedwith the unlikely hero, Siroblong fitz oblong, played byZoe wright, to the island ofBaron Bolligrew, played by laraCarter, to free the peasants andanimals from the Baron's wickedways. notable performanceswere: Stevie Southall and AliceCarter for their performances asmischievous magpies, tess Kellyfor her outstanding performanceas the wicked Dr moloch, andAlex Sugar for his hilarious SirPercival Smoothely Smoothe.

the Junior School musical,Bugsy Malone, directed by mrBen wille, followed swiftly afterthis and was a great triumph forall concerned.

the Sixth form Play, directedby the lower Sixth DramaScholar, Sophie Bishop, wasAmanda whittington’s Be My

Baby, a poignantly entertaininglook at the lives of a group ofgirls sent to a ‘mother and Baby’home for becoming pregnantoutside of marriage. As society’slabel of shame hangs over them,the girls realise that they mustgive up their babies. Set in 1964and performed with music of thatunforgettable pop decade, thiswas a touching finish to theyear’s productions.

the academic drama calendarwas rounded off by a series ofevenings of drama performanceswhich included the lower fifth

gCSe devised drama and thelower Sixth Drama monologues.

the standard of performanceremains exceptionally high in theDrama Department, the proudesthour this year perhaps being theA2 devised play, Watch Me Die,for which all six candidates wereawarded 100% for acting andtechnical work.

finally, the Drama departmenthosted its second Annual Dinnerand Awards night on 15th June,celebrating the best of Chigwell’sactors. it was once again aglittering occasion with areception and buffet before thepresentation of the awards. n

‘What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out?’ (Alfred Hitchcock)

Scenes from The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew.

news from Chigwell | Summer 2012DRAMA

Scenes from Bugsy Malone.

Scenes from Be My Baby.

08 | 09

this has been a veryactive, stimulating andsatisfying trinity termin art and design.

in the Senior School, there

has been a fascinating range

of subjects and topics explored

by the pupils and the work

they have made has been

superb, reflecting a great

sense of individuality and

independence. the variety of

work has been outstanding and

the integration of new

technologies with established

methods of creating art and

design is a real strength of the

department. the versatility

and flexibility of these

approaches continues to be

something that enables our

pupils to produce some truly

outstanding work that reflects

their interests and ideas with

amazing depth, confidence

and panache.

extra-curricular and

enrichment activities have

also made a great contribution

to the success of the

department and the pupils’

enjoyment of art and design.

many of the pupils have taken

advantage of the close

proximity of Chigwell to

london to visit some of the

finest galleries and museums

in the world. the joint Drama

and Art trip to new york

led by mr Joe maingot and

ms Sharon wales was also

a great success and it enabled

our pupils to see and

experience examples of some

of the best visual and dramatic

art in the uSA.

this year, a high number of

the pupils in the Sixth form are

leaving Chigwell to continue

studying Art and Design-related

courses at some of the

country’s leading Art Colleges

and universities. Subjects and

courses that they will be

studying include architecture,

fine art and advertising.

in the Junior School, upper

two pupils learnt how to turn

simple pencil cases into works

of art, whilst lower two

pupils experimented with

Aztec art. n

ART & DESIGN

‘Art is a lie that makes us realise truth.’ (Pablo Picasso)

upper two pupils with their terrific pencil cases!

lower two pupils experimenting with Aztec art.

At the end of thesummer term, anamazing array ofworks welcomedvisitors to the SummerArt & Design andDesign & technologyexhibition.

Among the younger pupils,prizes were awarded to ChloeSlatford (li), thomas Stride(ui), isabelle Seabrook (lii) and Stevie Southall (uii). in the Senior School, Connortempleman was the winner ofthe Sixth form Prize for Art;Sonali ohrie won the lowerSixth Art Prize; Safwaan imtiazand Juliette Aliker were awardedthe gCSe Prize for graphics. n

news from Chigwell | Summer 2012ART & DESIGN

in may, the Junior Schoolhosted a ‘terrific textiles’workshop for art teachersfrom local primaryschools run by artistemma Collins. emma is apractising contemporarytextile designer whospecialises in printedinterior textiles. Shesuccessfully runs her ownstudio and has alsodesigned fabrics for theConram Shop. At theworkshop the teachersdesigned fantastic calicopencil cases, which wereembellished with beadsand sequins. A greatproject to take back totheir own local schools! n

Acrylic artwork by Connor templeman.

Some of the winners at the 2012 Summer Art and Design and Design and technology exhibition: Chloe Slatford, Sonali ohrie and Connor templeman.

Some of the stunning Junior School pupils’ artwork exhibited at theSummer exhibition.

10 | 11

MusiciansPerform atChurch Concert

Six of Chigwell’smusicians gave aconcert at St John’sChurch, epping, in aidof the church’sDevelopment fund.

money raised through the

fund went towards new halls

and community space next to

the church in St John’s road,

epping. isabella Bird (piano),

Beatrice moore (violin), Alex

Bromwich (organ), Sophie Al-

mudallal (flute), oliver Albert

(voice) and Heather Cook

(recorder) gave a varied recital

of music ranging from

Buxtehude and Handel to

Debussy and monti’s famous

Czardas. mr Simon winters –

who accompanied the students

at the concert, which was held

on Saturday 19th may – said:

“it was fantastic to hear such

talented and musical

performances and for the

students to have the

opportunity to perform outside

the school environment. the

audience was bowled over by

all the performances.” n

forty students took partin the annual ChigwellSchool young musicianof the year competitionon thursday 3rd may.

the students, aged 11-18,

performed in front of

adjudicator Stephen rumsey,

a freelance conductor, chorus

master teacher and coach who

works principally in essex

and Suffolk.

After a total of fifty

performances it was decided

that flutist Brooke newton was

the winner of the Junior prize

and pianist isabella Bird the

recipient of the Senior award.

mr rumsey praised the way

in which all pupils gathered

round to support one another

and was particularly impressed

by the mature and professional

way the pupils presented

themselves.

isabella’s performance

captivated the adjudicator in the

final with a highly charged and

emotional rendition of franz

liszt’s liebestraum no. 3.

the other Junior finalists

were yasmin Antoniou (violin),

who was highly commended,

rowan Jones (clarinet) and

Aaran Vijayakumaran (violin).

the other Senior finalists were

oliver Albert (voice), Beatrice

moore (violin), who was highly

commended, Katie marshall

(piano), ellie Shum (piano) and

Jessica maton (voice). n

MUSIC

mr Simon winters with the six Chigwell musicians at St John’s Church epping after the concert.

Junior winner Brooke newton.

Adjudicator Stephen rumsey, Senior winner isabella Bird, senior finalist

Beatrice moore and the School’s Director of music mr Howard ebden.

Trinity Term Musical Highlights

Musician of the Year

MUSIC news from Chigwell | Summer 2012

SummerConcertthe Summer Concert ontuesday 10th July wasextremely well attendeddespite the bad weather.once again, this was anemotional evening as webid goodbye to ourmany talented leaverswho sang for the Schoolfor the last time. n

Junior School Musicin the Junior School, music-making is more successful than ever. the Concert on 17th may and tea-timeProms Concerts gave the opportunity for all pupils to develop their own performance skills and continueto offer a safe platform to perform for the first time. n

Pictured right:

Chigwell’s Sixth formers sing forthe last time at the Summer Concert.

Junior School musicians at the Concert and the tea-time Proms Concerts.

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oUT & ABoUT

Pupils, from lowerone to lower Sixth,were busy over theActivities week takingpart in activitiesranging from walkingand youth hostelling inthe lake District inrather mixed weather to taking a day trip toBoulogne and visitingthe Science museumand national gallery.

Part of the purpose of the

week was to strengthen the

School’s links with local

charities and our students.

Some of the lower fifth

pupils spent a whole day with

a number of charities doing

practical work or talking to

local residents. the younger

pupils raised funds through

sponsored laps of the running

track interspersed with some

time on an inflatable assault

course kindly supplied by the

friends of Chigwell.

Some Junior School pupils

tried water sports and juggling

in a week that provided fun and

a worthwhile break from normal

classroom routine. n

Activities Week

Pupils on a walk in the isle of wight.

Junior School Pupils on a visit to the national gallery.Pupils in mersea island.

Pupils on the day trip in Boulogne.Pupils visit Paradise Park.

news from Chigwell | Summer 2012oUT & ABoUT

forty-five removepupils travelled to the uSA over the easter Holidays to enjoy a fantastic ski trip on loonmountain, lincoln, new Hampshire.

many of the pupils in thegroup had never skied before,and they all picked it upexceptionally well. Annabel

o’reilly was awarded best skierin the advanced group and Ambertatum was complimented by theinstructor for her attitude andlevel of improvement throughoutthe week.

the group not only spent fivedays on the slopes skiing, butalso enjoyed many activities suchas bowling and ice-skating. theweek ended with a meal in alocal restaurant where tourawards were handed out andfollowed by a traditional campfire at the hotel. n

Ski Trip to the USA

Trip to Nice

remove pupils on the skiing trip in new Hampshire.

over the easter break,twenty-two pupils fromthe lower fifth, upperfifth and Sixth form –accompanied by mr Joemaingot, ms Sharonwales and mr Chrislord – flew out to newyork. on arrival theychecked into the ymCAon manhattan island andspent the next four daysexploring the sights ofthe ‘Big Apple’.

they visited the empire StateBuilding, grand Central Station,the rockefeller Complex, aferry cruise around the island,the museum of modern Art, atour of street art in SpanishHarlem, the musical Chicago

and the play End of the Rainbow

and the American museum ofthe moving image.

the party returned jet laggedbut with their heads stillspinning from an amazinglyexhilarating experience. n

Trip to New York

Students in new york.

Students from the lowerfifth, upper fifth andmiddle Sixth travelled tomonpellier in thelanguedoc roussillonregion of france over theeaster holiday.

the group visited ‘le Pont du gard’, the townof Avignon with its superb‘Palais des Papes’, as well asthe wonderful landscapes ofthe Provence region. Pupilsalso attended 20 hours ofintensive french lessons andalso enjoyed playing footballon the nearby beaches.

Alexandra Budd in themiddle Sixth enjoyed herwork experience in a localshop. n

Pictured right: Pupils in nice.

14 | 15

oUT & ABoUT

over the easter break,twenty-two pupils had an extremely successfulClassics trip to greece.

over the week they visited allthe major mainland sites, bothfrom the ancient past and the lesswell known but fascinatingByzantine period. Highlightswere Athens, Delphi, olympia,mystra, Sparta, mycenae, Corinthand the huge theatre at epidaurus.weather, hotels and food were allglorious, but the best of all wasthe unprecedentedly eager, matureand focused group of students: no early start was too early, notemple one too many. Staff wereso impressed that they plan to letthis group, and their friends, helpcontribute to the planning of thenext tour. n

Trip to Greece

year after year we haveseen an increase in thenumber of studentswanting to completetheir Duke of edinburghAward.

fifty-four of the lower fifthjoined at Bronze level at thebeginning of the year; theirexpeditions include practising

navigation around the wilds ofessex and completing theirassessed expedition in the newforest during activity week.

eleven silver participantsundertook their expedition onfoot in the South Downs fortraining purposes and in theyorkshire Dales to be assessedand four of them decided to trytheir hand at canoeing. thecanoeing took place on the river

Stort at Harlow and the studentscompleted their final assessed tripon the river thames in oxford.

the gold participants haveincluded six middle Sixth pupilscompleting their assessed canoeexpedition at the end of term, andeighteen lower Sixth completingtheir Silver Award and makingprogress on their skill, physicaland community sections for theirgold Award.

As ever, it is not without theassistance of several staffmembers here at Chigwell that D of e continues to grow and we will be starting the newacademic year as a directlylicensed centre for D of e which will help us manage andorganise our trips without essexcouncil supervision. n

The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

Samuel Harris, James Harrington, Kurrangujral, Alexander Bromwich in the yorkshire Dales.the group of eleven students completing the expedition section of their D of e Silver Award.

news from Chigwell | Summer 2012SPoRT

we have had anunusual start to theseason due to the bad weather andwaterlogged pitches.

Chigwell played their firsthome match on the 17th maywhich is incredible, as theseason was due to start on the22nd April. By the 22nd Junewe had only played 31 matchesand had cancelled 52, quiteastonishing in one season.

Due to exams, the weaker 1st Xi started their season withtwo losses against Bishop’sStortford and westminster.However, the highlight of theseason was the win againstenfield grammar. Batting first,Chigwell scored a healthy totalof 292 in 40 overs, with two ofthe Chigwell batsmen scoringover fifty. in reply Chigwellbowled enfield out for just 145.

in the 1st Xi HmC t20tournament (against St Albans),Sonal ohrie (u14) bowledbrilliantly, taking 3 wickets for9 runs in only 2 overs. this wasa great achievement forsomeone so young.

the u14s and u15s also had a reasonable amount ofsuccess throughout the season,including victories againstwestminster and enfieldgrammar School.

the u13A were Chigwell’smost victorious cricket team.they produced victories againstboth forest and Brentwood, andwon all their other matches.they also won the prize for the most successful Chigwellcricket team: tickets to lords to watch a t20 match, essex vmiddlesex (essex won)!

the u9s played their firstcompetitive game of the seasonagainst a strong Southloughton/essex metropolitan

team. Although Chigwell lost,the u9s definitely proved theywill be a very good team in the future.

the commitment and thedevelopment of the u8, u9,u10 and u11 teams have beenexcellent. they have progressedand improved as cricketers.

Chigwell School teaches alltheir students about the ‘Spiritof the game’ and the ‘etiquetteof Cricket’, particularlyclapping your opponents off thefield at lunch, tea or at the endof play, shaking hands withyour opponents after the game,and understanding that theumpire’s decision is final. n

Cricket

the Afghan refugee team v mCC in a rare dry day in June this year.

Junior Cricket.

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SPoRT

Boys’ Tennis

Both the u15s and u13shave played in thecounty cup competitionssponsored by Aegon.

matches are initially played in boxes of four or five teams.the u15s won two games but lost in the final encounter againstCoopers’ Coborn School fromupminster. this meant they justmissed out on a semi-final placeagainst Southend High School.five players made up the side:Conor Caplan, Ben good, Danielwhitehead, Joseph Deeks andJordan grace.

the u13s won all four of theirgroup matches with some veryclose encounters against SouthendHigh and Coopers’ Coborn. Bothmatches finished level after allfour singles and both doubles, butChigwell managed to triumph inthe playoff doubles winning bothchampionship tie breaks. thismeant that Chigwell hadprogressed to the essex Countyfinal. there Chigwell played newHall School from Chelmsfordwho proved to be a little too

strong for the Chigwell four,winning 5½ to a ½.the teamwere: liam and ryan farrant(upper two), Sam Jones (thirdform) and michael Chamberlain.All four must be commended fortheir efforts this season. n

Girls’ Tennis

unfortunately, due to thebad weather, the u18girls’ tennis fixtures atthe start of the term wereall rained off.

the middle school had somecompetitive matches and thelVth girls in particular showedsome very good results againstBancrofts and St edmunds. thisyear saw a new competitionlaunched, the Chigwell mothersand Daughters tennistournament, and on a (rare)sweltering Saturday the doublespairs took to the courts for avery enjoyable but competitiveday. Congratulations to mrsHalls and Sophie who werecrowned champions after aclosely fought final. n

Tennis

we are alwaysinterested to hearabout pupils’successes outside of school and so wewere delighted to hear that eight of ourpupils took part in the national Clubfinals over the easter break.

Six boys, Andrew macgregor,

Albert Padfield, william godfrey,

Chris Halls, Conor Caplan, and

matthew Higgins, played for the

old loughtonians u16s who won

their competition, and two girls,

georgia o’Connor and rayo

ladipo, played for the u16 girls

who finished fourth.

in addition, william godfreyand Conor Caplan represented the england Boys’ u16 team in

the four nations tournament inHolland and gained their fullengland Caps. Both boys have

gone on to make several notableappearances this season ininternational tournaments. n

Hockey

ryan farrant playing tennis.

SPoRT news from Chigwell | Summer 2012

this again was a verysuccessful year withtwelve matches playedand no defeats. the yearstarted with House golfand lambourne, with aparticularly strong team,won the event.

there was a staff fixture thisyear and although this was wellcontested the staff werecomprehensively beaten. ourJunior and Senior teams playedforest School twice eachthroughout the year and Chigwellwon all four fixtures. we alsomanaged to get our revenge onthe old Chigwellians this year bybeating them 3 matches to 1.

we entered a strong team forthe essex Schools’ golfChampionships. A total of 88boys and girls took part in thisevent from across the county andfour boys from Chigwellqualified to take part in thiscompetition, (Joshua Banfield,Harry Butler, william godfreyand tom Clapham). they allplayed well on the links Coursebut tom Clapham came runner upin the u14 competition, which isa very impressive achievement.we also entered a team of fiveplayers in the independent

Schools golf Championships atthe Shire in london. All playedvery well but special mentionshould go to Harry Butler whocame third scoring 81 on thisparticularly difficult course.

Due to the great interest in golfat Chigwell, we currently runboth a Senior and a Junior team.

this year, we had several rookies

playing, including owen

mcCausland, fergal mcCardle,

Joshua Klein, Chris everitt and

Patrick murphy. on our books to

date we have over thirty boys

with a handicap of twenty-eight

or less and another 12 players in

the Junior School who are aiming

to get their handicaps below 30.

our aim now is to see more girls

taking part in golf at Chigwell

and we were thus delighted that

third former maisy Howson

represented the School this year.

the inaugural golf weekend for

Chigwell golfers and their parents

took place in April at Barnham

Broom golf resort in norfolk.

there were nineteen golfers in

total, thirteen pupils and six

adults. the venue has two golf

courses and we played the Hill

course on the Sunday and the

Valley course on the monday.

the standard of golf was

excellent and the overall winner

was Joshua Banfield who scored

an impressive 4 over par gross on

the Sunday. n

Golf

the team at Barnham Brook golf resort in April.

the essex Schools’ golf Championship’s team. the Shire’s team.

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SPoRT

A number of pupils have

recently represented the

independent Schools fA

at the Bradfield College

development camp.

louis King, Dylan Bregman,Jake David, ryan farrant, JulianDackombe, tommy redheadnikhil mohindra, Chris everitt

and Alec osborn took part in theunder-11 and under-12development camp. the studentsparticipated in the course withother boys from all over thecountry and played small-sidedgames against wycombewanderers.

Jevan rana played for thenational under-14 side andscored against Aldershot town

but was unable to play in thesecond match against wycombewanderers due to injury.

tim lovett represented thefull national under-15 sideagainst leyton orient andwycombe wanderers and againstmanchester united and otheracademy sides at manchesterunited’s Carrington trainingground on Saturday, may 26. n

Football Highlights

Chigwell Schoolhosted an u9 footballfestival for 120pupils from localprimary schools onfriday 15th June.

the event was run inconjunction with the englishSchools football Associationand tesco. Schools taking partincluded Chigwell Primary,Churchfield Primary, StAnthony’s Primary, loyolaPrep, woodford green Prep andAvon House School. the pupilswere coached by the essex fASkills coaches and then playedboth 4v4 and 5v5 matches. the matches were overseen bya group of pupils from eastburyComprehensive School inBarking who were extremelyimpressive in their coaching ofthe pupils throughout the day.

the expected bad weatherdidn’t materialise and afantastic time was had by allpupils. the festival wasorganised by mike Spinks from the english Schools fAand mr Creag lawrence.

the event was a greatopportunity to bring togetherschools from the localcommunity and encourage asmany boys and girls as possibleto have a fun experience of thegame in a safe environment.

for some of the pupils thiswas their first experience ofstructured football and hopefullythis will inspire them to playmore regularly. n

U9 Football Festival

WilliamCooper-Renduwilliam Cooper-renduwas recently awarded theJack Petchey prize forPlayer of the year. Hewas nominated bywoodford rugby Clubfor which he plays, forhis contributions to theteam and club, as well asfor his performances atCounty level. the prize,a £200 grant, will beused towards the fundingof william’s team andhis club. william saidthat he is very proud ofthe award and will aimto build on all that hehas achieved. n

SPoRT news from Chigwell | Summer 2012

RoundersDue to the poor

weather, the u18

rounders fixtures at

the start of the term

were all rained off.

the u15 and u14 had

similar cancellations

but with the matches

that were able to go

ahead Chigwell saw

some very impressive

results including a

high scoring victory

against St edmunds. n

Netballthe netball seasonhas been one of themost successful withChigwell pupilsdeveloping a well-regarded reputation.

the Senior School hasexcelled with manyattending Satellite AcademyCounty netball trials, twoattending regional sessionsas part of the england excelprogramme and one pupildeveloping further into thetalent trials. the 1st teamcame third in the new Halltournament, alongside the

u13 team who came secondin the Brentwoodtournament, as well asreaching the final stages of the iAPS competition.the u11s have also beencompeting in an additionalleague at redbridge andperformed well at theirtournament.

the squads across theSchool have grown,becoming more competitiveand there are now a largenumber of girls from the 1stteam to u13 levelcompeting for clubs in themet league and the Premiernational league. we arelooking forward to furthersuccess next year. n

SwimmingChigwell’s youngerswimmers took part inour annual swimmingfixture againstCoopersale which washosted here at school.

Chigwell managed to beat a very strong opposition squad securing victory by just four points, with muchsuccess down to our relayperformances. All the childrenswam very well but the u9swere exceptional, especiallyJoseph and eleanor Ahernwho showed great talent inthe pool. n

the Dance Show tookplace on friday 4thmay. three Senior andthirty-seven JuniorSchool pupils took partin the event andperformed a variety ofdances, which they hadall choreographedthemselves.

robyn Schaffer and PippamcKenzie helped with rehearsalsand backstage at theperformance. All profits raisedwere donated to Chigwell ridingtrust for the Disabled. n

Dance Show

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CHARITY

Charity-giving has again reflected the values and beliefs of the community. A record sum

approaching £40,000 has been raised over the year by individuals and groups within the School.

Sixth former nicholasosborn raised over£3,000 for HavensHospices by completingthe london marathon.

nicholas crossed the finishingline in 5hrs 18mins despite stillrecovering from a sport-relatedinjury.

He decided to run for HavensHospices to thank the charity forthe care it is providing for hiscousin, laurel, who has a geneticdisease.

in preparation for the marathon,nicholas had completed two half-marathons in times of 1hr 48mins,however his pre-marathon trainingwas hampered after he sustained aknee injury which prevented himfrom training for six weeks.

Despite the aches and pains, theexperience has not put nicholasoff the prospect of entering again.

He said: “i would certainly do itagain, the journey of training andthe climax of it all on race daywas a unique experience whichshaped me hugely. i can’t wait toput the running shoes back on!” n

Some one-hundredremove pupils tookpart in the CommunityDay on 29th June.

this is a project unique toChigwell, where pupils aredivided between nursing andcare homes in the localcommunity including elHAP

and Chigwell riding trust. inaddition, there was a groupwhich had the task of carryingout various on-site enrichmentprojects.

the pupils worked hard on all the projects, whether it wasphysical labour, or entertainingresidents and patients withmusical pieces, sketches or poetry.

Although there werechallenging elements for manypupils, the day made a real

difference and the feedback from the projects and pupilsalike was very positive. n

Community Day

money raised by pupils,when they took part ina Bridges to Africasponsored walk inlondon earlier in may,was presented to thePeAS charity(Promoting equality inAfrican Schools) ontuesday 10th July.

Sixteen students raised £1,314which was presented to thecharity’s representative AbigailColley. the walk saw thestudents cover 10kms crossingten london bridges. they startedin Vauxhall and finished attower Bridge.

when Abigail visited theschool to talk to the third andfourth form pupils at thebeginning of the term, mrDamian rabbitte and mr robertogle decided a sponsored walkwould be a great way to get thepupils involved with the charity.

the walk itself was a greatoccasion and the pupils enjoyedlearning about how the moneywill be used to try to ensurewider access to education across Africa. n

A Walk in Aid of PEAS

Junior School pupils get ready for the tim Pruss sponsored walk in June. n

remove pupils at Vitalise and riding for the Disabled on Community Day.

Pictured above: remove pupilslily fox and Serena Bassipresent the cheque to AbigailColley from PeAS and thestudents who walked ten bridgeson the sponsored walk in may.

Nicholas osborn completesthe London Marathon

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news from Chigwell | Summer 2012

in August we learnt thatwe had been grantedplanning permission tobuild a Pre Prep School.this is an importantstrategic developmentfor the School as it will enable parents tohave children of all ages in differentsections of Chigwelland there has alreadybeen a significantdemand for places.

Currently Chigwell School,which was founded in 1629,admits pupils at the age ofseven. the Pre Prep will enable

the School to take girls and boysfrom the age of four. there willbe two classes of eighteenchildren in each of the three preprep years, reception, year 1and year 2, when the new schoolreaches capacity.

we have the perfect site for thedevelopment in a secluded spotright in the heart of the 100 acreChigwell campus, easilyaccessible from the car park. thePre Prep will be enclosed andself-sufficient above the all-weather pitch on what iscurrently the grounds yard. thebuilding will have its own hallfor assemblies, Pe and dining;there will be a library and otherspecialist rooms as well as sixspacious classrooms. outside,there will be plenty of play spaceof various types to stimulate

children to learn and discoverthroughout each school day.

the shape of these days will besuch that many pre prep childrenwill arrive and leave at differenttimes to existing Chigwell pupilsbut extra parking will also becreated as part of the project. the governors have invitedbuilding contractors to submittenders for the build and subjectto these tender responses, wehope to open the Pre Prep inSeptember 2013.

Headmaster mr michael Puntcommented: “this is a veryexciting project and animportant development forChigwell School. increasingly,busy families want to havechildren of different agesattending one school and thiswill enable us to make life

easier for them and to provide afirst class education for youngerchildren in a custom-builtbuilding in the beautifully greensurroundings that we are sofortunate to have. we have beenoverwhelmed by the number ofenquiries we have received andwill be providing furtherinformation over the comingweeks. we appreciate howimportant it is to give childrenthe very best start to their timeat school and we are lookingforward to providing anexciting, challenging supportiveand rich education that extendsto children of this age.”

if you are still interested in aplace at the Pre Prep, pleasecontact our Admissions registrar(mrs J. long 020 8501 5702jlong@chigwell-school.org). n

A Pre Prep School for Chigwell

in a recently strengthened

partnership, the old

Chigwellian Club, which

adjoins Chigwell School,

transferred its Clubhouse

and sports grounds,

amounting to 25 acres,

to the School.

over 30 years ago a group ofold Chigwellians bought theland as a permanent sportsground for old Chigwellians onwhich the roding laneclubhouse was built. over fiveyears ago the School and Clubcame together to try to find asolution to the problem of bothdeclining numbers joining theClub and lack of volunteers tohelp manage it. three years agothe old Chigwellian Associationwas formed, to which allChigwellians belong on leavingthe School. last year, the schoollettings company, Chigwell mitreenterprises, took over therunning and letting of the Club,and the facilities there have beenenhanced tremendously for thebenefit of old Chigwellians,those who let the facilities andfor current pupils. finally, lastmonth, an agreement was signed

whereby the old Chigwelliantrustees and members gifted theClubhouse and site to the School.

this is a hugely significantgift, comparable with the mostgenerous that the School has hadsince our foundation in 1629 andit expands the School grounds to100 acres. the ever improvingClubhouse and grounds are a

resource for existing and formerpupils and is increasingly usedby organisations from the localcommunity. we are very gratefulto the members and trustees ofthe Club as well as the originalfounders for having the vision toacquire the land which can nowbe enjoyed by futuregenerations. n

Chigwell’s 100 acres

old Chigwellians sign theagreement donating the Clubhouseand grounds to the School.

Chigwell School is an incorporated Charity, number 1115098.

Letters or Enquiries to:The Editor,

news from Chigwell,

Development office,

Chigwell School, High road,

Chigwell, essex, ig7 6Qf

Telephone:

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Website: www.chigwell-school.orgChigwell School is an Incorporated Charity No.1115098

Dates foryour diary5 September

michaelmas term begins

8 September

u11 football and netballtournaments

16 September

evensong at Pembroke College,Cambridge, 6.15pm

21 September

House music Competition

29 September

main open Day

10 october

An evening with michel roux Jr.,Drama Centre, 7.00pm

13 october

7+, 8+, 11+ and 13+ openmorning, 10.30am

20 october - 4 November

Half term

8 November

Sixth form open evening,7.30pm

10 November

11+ and 13+ open morning,10.30am

22 November

Junior School Concert

29 and 30 November

Senior School Play, new Hall,7.30pm

3 December

Advent Procession, St mary’sParish Church, 7.00pm

11 December

Christmas Concert, new Hall,7.00pm

14 December

michaelmas term ends

the allotments and tree planting at Chigwell School.

Main Open DaySaturday 29th September

For entry into the Sixth Form, the Headmaster and Head of the Sixth Form will speak at1.00pm in the Sixth Form Coffee Shop.

For entry at ages 7+, 8+, 11+ and 13+, the Headmaster and Head of the Junior Schoolwill speak at 1.30pm, 2.30pm and 3.30pm in New Hall.

There will be tours of the School led by current pupils after each talk, displays andexhibitions in all areas of the School.

Additional 7+ and 8+ Open MorningSaturday 13th October from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

Additional Sixth Form Open EveningThursday 8th November from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

Additional 11+ and 13+ Open MorningSaturday 10th November from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

A wide range of bursaries and scholarships is available.

For details of Chigwell’s excellent ISI Inspection Report, please visit the School’s websiteon: www.chigwell-school.org

Chigwell School Open Days 2012