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"Find a way or make a way." A leading independent education for boys and girls aged 4-18.
Chigwell, Essex, UK
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We are thrilled to share that Mrs Gill Punt has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen’s birthday honours list 2019 for services to Charitable Fundraising
#queensbirthdayhonours
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"Thank you to our DT staff who have worked hard over the weekend to make PPE for local GP surgeries, NHS trusts and volunteer groups. We hope they are useful and help to keep NHS staff who are doing so much on behalf of all us, safe". Michael Punt, Headmaster
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Our DT dept; Mrs Chan, Mrs Jermyn and Mr Garth, and Deputy Head, Mrs Savage, have been busy this Saturday on the (socially distanced) PPE school 'production line'! Visors have been supplied to Oakwood Pharmacy, Churchill Medical Centre, St Clare Hospice, Abridge Surgery & more.
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We are thrilled that Old Chig, Henry Bird, will be a contestant on this year’s Great British Bake Off. Congratulations Henry, we can’t wait to see what masterpieces you create.
#GreatBritishBakeOff
#ChigwellSchool
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Queen Elizabeth II's inspirational leadership and immense personal integrity have been examples to successive generations; a true stateswoman, who has steered her family, the nation, the Commonwealth and its people, guided by her Christian faith. Rest in peace, your Majesty.
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We are proud to announce our 9th place in the ‘Sunday Times 100 Best Primary and Prep schools’ list. Parent Power identifies the 2,000 highest-achieving UK schools, ranked by their most recently published examination results.
#ParentPower
#ChigwellSchool
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Cricket success for Sally, Year 11. We are delighted to say that after 4 trials over 10 hours of cricket (including a session at Lords), Sally has been asked to be part of the Sunrisers Regional cricket Emerging Players Programme for 2021. Well done Sally!
#ChigwellSchool
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Congratulations to Gill Punt
completing
@LondonMarathon2019
in 03:59:22. She ran for Gill ran her first London Marathon for her father twenty years ago.
#LondonMarathon2019
#CancerResearchUK
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Sixth former and army cadet, Stella, just completed part of the Lord Dannatt Round Britain Challenge 2018, sailing on the Lord Nelson from Edinburgh to Belfast. The challenge commemorates the end of The First World War.
@JubileeSailing
#sailing
#ArmyCadets
#voyageofremembrance
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Congratulations to Mrs Gill Punt who was presented with the British Empire Medal by Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Essex, Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst, at a ceremony held at the County Hall in Chelmsford recently. Read more at
#BritishEmpireMedal
#BEM
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Chigwell led a stunning Christmas Inspire service at St. Margaret's, Westminster Abbey, in aid of 'Kids Inspire.' Readers included the BBC's Vassos Alexander; author, Dr. Michael Scott and musician & chef, Levi Roots.
#Christmas
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Our Chapel Choir has the honour of singing today for the memorial service of Rt. Hon James Brokenshire MP at St. Margaret’s, Westminster Abbey,
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellChapelChoir
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Chigwell School friends and Staff always loved Henry’s bakes and we are excited to support his debut tonight on The Great British Bake Off. Tune in at 8pm on Channel 4 and read more about him here:
#ChigwellSchool
#GBBO2019
#GBBO
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Nepal Trip update: They did it! Our amazing trekkers reached Mt. Everest base camp! Mr. B says these students are the youngest group there in 18 years of Himalayan base camp expeditions. More images to follow.
#tiredbutproud
#toughtrekkers
#basecampachieved
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After a busy Easter creating 180 PPE visors, we are very proud of our D&T department who are preparing to manufacture even more this weekend. If you have a request for visors, please get in touch by emailing social
@chigwell
-school.org
#ChigwellSchool
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Congratulations to Year 11 cricketer, Sally, who has been selected for the Essex U17's County squad. What's more, Sally has also been nominated to trial for the Sunrisers winter training program. Read more at
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellCricket
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Congratulations to Mrs Punt & Ben who took part in the
#TwoPointSixChallenge
- in what might be the first ever Chigwell Marathon around the school fields. Mrs Punt ran 26 miles & Ben joined for 2.6 miles but actually ran further. They have raised over £1k for Cancer Research UK.
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Year 11s were smile-sharing today with friends, parents and teachers over their stunning GCSE results. 73% of all grades were the equivalent of grade 7 (A) or above. Nearly a quarter of candidates averaged at least a grade 8 (A*) in each subject.
#GCSEResults
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The Chigwell School community stands united, grieving the passing of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber, and Ian Coates. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families during this challenging time.
Grace's close link with our school means that we very much feel her loss,
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A Farewell Walk of Honour for HM Michael Punt, who, after giving his final assembly, was cheered by Senior School students as he leaves New Hall for the last time. Mr Punt will be the next HM for Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire.
#ChigwellSchool
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Students and staff enjoyed the first lunchtime in our new Dining Hall extension. The glass surround room is full of light - a welcome change since construction began in July.
#chigwelldining
#lunchwithaview
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A triumphant time in the
@BritishBakeOff
tent for our Old Chig, Henry Bird: from a famous Paul Hollywood handshake to becoming Star Baker of the Week. Now that his current dreams have come true, what’s next for Henry? Stay tuned
@greatbritishbakeoff
#ChigwellSchool
#GBBO
#GBBO19
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15 intrepid students set off this afternoon with Mr. Bewick (Head of outdoor pursuits) and Mrs. Jermyn (Head of D&T), for Nepal -destination:
#MtEverest
Base Camp! The 18-day trip includes 14 days of trekking (5-6 hours/day) to an altitude of 5,340M at base camp.
#thankyousherpas
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Beth and Stephen’s beautiful wedding reception took place at Chigwell School in May. We are delighted to share some of the official photographs from the day and we wish them every happiness.
#ChigwellSchoolWedding
#ChigwellWedding
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Speech Day was particularly poignant this year as we said goodbye to Headmaster, Michael Punt, who has given 15 years of unstinting devotion and energy during which we have grown in size and academic success. He will become HM of Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire.
#ChigwellSchool
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Students from Years 4 -13, Old Chigs and Woodford Green Prep sang in London’s prestigious Cadogan Hall for ‘A Celebration of Choral Music.’ Soloists included Lucas Abrams-Gill, the 2019 Young Musician of the Year. Music from Vivaldi to the Beach Boys.
#ChigwellSchool
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The girls on the India Trip have already visited a number of Chigwell School funded projects including a crèche, a girls’ training school and the multi-purpose hall in Verambur. From this experience they get to see how their charity work at school matters.
#educationforall
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We miss Old Chigwellian, Henry Bird, in the Bake Off tent as well - so proud of all he achieved. It's heart-warming to see the close 'ties' he made with his fellow bakers and how much positive energy he gave to the programme. Well done, Henry!
#ChigwellSchool
#GBBO2019
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Today we say farewell to two remarkable colleagues and educators. Mr Gower, our Deputy Head, and Mr Stubbs, Head of Junior School, have collectively spent 62 years at Chigwell School. During their time with the school, they have supported, inspired and made a difference to so....
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Parent Power: The Sunday Times School Guide 2020 Ranks Chigwell School the fourth best independent school in East Anglia. Read more at
#ChigwellSchool
#ParentPower
#SundayTimesSchoolGuide
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Mt Everest Base Camp expedition group has arrived safely at Heathrow. We are so proud of their perseverance and achievement. Welcome back!
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Congratulations to students & staff for excellent A level results: 80% at B grade or above; nearly half with A or A*, almost double the national average. Of those who took the additional Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) 2/3 achieved an A or A* grade.
#ALevelsResults
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The entire school: students, teachers and non-teaching staff united to honour those who fell in wartime during our remembrance ceremony. We especially remembered our own Old Chigs: 79 perished in WW1 and 50 in WW2.
#LestWeForget
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Nepal: Day Four. Despite the difficulty in sending images from 3,000+ metres, we finally have some!Here’s how our trekkers have been getting on. Sunday will find them in Namche Bazaar where they can wash and shop.
#MtEverest
#basecampbound
#justkeepclimbing
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Year six (upper twos) have arrived safely
@Kingswood_
in South Yorkshire and have already begun their adventures: laser, 3G swing and bushcraft. Check back soon for more!
#adventure
#chigwellschool
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We are delighted for Sixth Former, Julia, who has accepted an unconditional scholarship offer for Stanford in the US. She was also accepted to Amherst, Haverford, Northwestern, NYU, Duke and Vanderbilt, with merit scholarships to Duke and Vanderbilt. Congratulations Julia!
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Cricketing kudos to Ben, a Year ten student, who won a place with
@UPF160
National Fast Bowlers Academy to train at residential cricketing camps. He now enjoys the opportuntity of working with top coaches and professional cricketers.
#Cricket
#sportingachievement
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Lateral flow testing has gone smoothly ahead of the return to school tomorrow. Thanks once again to everyone involved in making this happen and to all our pupils and staff who have taken part in the testing.
#ChigwellSchool
#SafeReturntoSchool
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Hundreds of visors have now been produced by our D&T department. They have been distributed directly and via volunteer lead, Mr Shamik Ghosh, as mentioned on BBC's The One Show this evening. Catch a glimpse of our neon orange visors on BBC iPlayer at
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Congratulations to five 6th formers who have received offers to study at Oxford (Suli & Aleksandra) or Cambridge (Poppy, Georgia and Adrianna). Overall, out of their class of eighty - 80% are holding offers from Russell Group universities so far.
#gogirls
#talent
#diligence
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The school is buzzing with excitement for our annual Speech Day which takes place tomorrow. The marquee is up and ready to welcome our guest speaker, Dr Charlie Laderman OC and all our wonderful guests, staff and pupils.
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellSchoolSpeechDay
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A virtual farewell to Mr Guy Kaye this morning with thanks and best wishes from all of us. Having overseen many catering changes at Chigwell with both calm and poise, he will be sorely missed. We wish him all the very best for the future and his continued work for Chartwells.
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House Music 2018: Each house had nearly everyone onstage for the big number in item three - glammed up and singing wth gusto! All winners for their sheer enthusiasm, but it was Swallows who left as this year’s trophy cup winners.
#cantstopthefeeling
#HouseMusic
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Bright lights pierced the darkness of our Drama Centre Car Park this morning with a new service from
@Chartwells_UK
coffee and pastries to sweeten the early morning school run.
#ChigwellSchool
#lattestogo
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The Headmaster’s welcome dinner for our new international boarders joining us from Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Hong Kong, Ukraine and Poland; also celebrating the return of those in Year 13.
#ChigwellSchool
#iloveboarding
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Nepal Trip: Day 8.
Two days of acclimatisation in Dingboche, Breakfast, before ascending a local hill 400m to 4800m - then back down to the tea house for lunch. Mr B says the views are amazing with daytime temps to 25, down to -12 last night!
#teahousetrekking
#basecampbound
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On a chilly but clear evening tonight, our Sixth Form centre was beautifully captured by twilight, with the moon above the chapel. Photo credit to Miss Darkin.
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellSixthForm
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Chigwell's Prep and Primary Music Festival welcomes children from local schools. The warm up.
#musicfestival
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We are very proud to reveal our newly restored roof and delighted that the oldest part of the School is now returned to its former glory.
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellRefurbishment
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Behind the scenes of filming Speech Day 2020. Parents, pupils & staff, the Headmaster invites you to celebrate Virtual Speech Day with us on 4th July. Video link via SchoolPost at 2.30pm. We would be delighted to see your photos - please share to social
@chigwell
-school.org
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Non-stop rain did not deter our leaving sixth formers from coming in to have one last chance to be together - comparing A- level results, uni choices and year book entries.
#goingtouni
#gapyear
#negotiations
#clearing
#whatcomesnext
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We are thankful that rain or shine Colin, Robbie and the rest of the Grounds and Maintenance Teams attentively care for our School campus, keeping our school looking beautiful all year round.
#ChigwellSchool
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Congratulations to our Sixth Form students on their A Level results. We wish them every happiness in their next steps and look forward to hearing about their future successes.
#ChigwellSchool
#ALevelResultsDay2019
#ALevelResults
#ChigwellALevelResults
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Thank you to Mrs Rooprai in our Admissions Team, and her husband, for joining our PPE production efforts. Together they finished off the visors with elastic donated from Chigwell parents and the community.
#ChigwellSchool
#PPE
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Fantastic news for Chigwell Boarding Student, Jacek Podlaski, who has received an offer to read Biomedical Science at St John’s Oxford. Congratulations!
#Oxbridge
#ChigwellBoarders
#ChigwellBoarding
#ChigwellSchool
#BBSN
#iloveboarding
#britishboardingschool
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Congratulations to 6th former Abi who has been awarded a prestigious Arkwright Engineering scholarship with sponsorship from Rolls Royce
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Historic Hainault House; Did you know that our Gothic girls boarding house has existed since 1086, when it was mentioned in the Domesday Record? Completely rebuilt in a grand Victorian Gothic style in 1874, it was purchased by the School in 1917.
#FridayFacts
#iloveboarding
#BSA
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Thank you to Mr Long for these beautiful frosty images of our school on a very quiet morning.
#ChigwellSchool
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We are so proud of Cancer Research runner, Mrs. Gill Punt, who completed yesterday’s NYC Marathon in 4:16. Thanks to supporters who donated £10,000 for CRUK. Mrs Punt said the crowded course was ‘windy, hilly and hot!’.
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‘Stunning’ Northern Lights were spotted across our 100-acre site last night by our Head, Mr King who captured these brilliant photos!
The Northern Lights were visible due to an “extreme” geomagnetic storm caused by “large, complex” sunspot cluster 17 times the diameter of earth.
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Nepal Trip catch-up, day 10: Our trekkers arrived at Lobuche yesterday. Later today they will reach base camp. So close…
#basecampbound
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Mr Garth and the D&T department have been using our 3D printers to support the NHS staff; producing prototype connectors that will enable viral filters to be attached to domestic face masks. The equipment was whisked away too quickly to get a photo, but here is the CAD image.
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A big thank you to all of our Grounds, Maintenance and Housekeeping staff, who worked so hard to ensure the site was spotlessly clean and well-kept for the return to school this week.
#SafeReturn
#ChigwellSchool
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Chigwell Speech Day 2019: Chapel Choir set the tone at St. Mary’s Church in the morning while in the afternoon, the Big Band captured the buzz of activity in the marquee, highlighted by our eloquent guest speaker.
#ChigwellSpeechDay2019
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28 students, family members and staff made the annual trip to Saccidanada Ashram in Tamil Nadu. They visited Ashram-run projects, toured temples and the Tim Pruss School, where they engaged with pupils and took part in their Speech Day.
#ChigwellSchool
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In torrential conditions last weekend, Mrs Punt and Mrs Corey completed the London Virtual Marathon. Mrs Punt endured (too many to count) laps of the School's astro and Mrs Corey braved a hilly Loughton route; both raising thousands of pounds for charity.
#VirtualMarathon2020
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Thanks to Mrs. Punt & all parents, staff and friends running and walking on behalf of school for Cancer Research UK today.
#cancerresearchUK
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Mr Gower is digitally-ready for remote teaching. He shows us how it's done best; with a plate of biscuits to hand!
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellOnline
#ChigwellELearning
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Congratulations to Poppy, runner up in the senior science category of the Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition 2019. Poppy’s entry showcased her research on tracheal stem cells from her Nuffield placement last summer.
#nuffieldfoundation
#BigBangCompetition
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Lateral flow testing is fully underway, with our Senior school students arriving throughout the weekend to test for Covid-19. A big thank you to all our volunteers for their help!
#ChigwellSchool
#SafeReturn
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Following on from our latest
#FridayFacts
, thank you to Old Chigwellian, Edward Cearns (far left, front), for sharing this photo and newspaper article depicting the Queen Mother's visit to open our art department in 1981.
#ChigwellSchoolHistory
#ChigwellSchool
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There was much excitement in School yesterday (from both pupils and staff!) as the lovely reindeers visited the Pre Prep.
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellPrePrep
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Congratulations to the Chigwell pupils who worked so hard to achieve such excellent GCSE results. We are very proud of them and look forward to their ongoing success.
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellGCSEresults
#GCSEresultsday
#GCSEresults2019
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Congratulations to Head Boy, Tomasz Cienkowski, who has an offer to study at prestigious Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Tomasz plans to read the Grand Strategy Program - a new course combining history, philosophy and strategic management.
#Yale
#university
#USA
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Moved by a book about a homeless teenager, 'Stone Cold' by Robert Swindells, fourth formers (8E) decided to raise money to support a homeless charity
@centrepointuk
Several cake sales, sponsored reading and a sponsored sleep out have raised nearly £5000!
#Homeless
#hope
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Congratulations to Mr Richardson, who completed the
@LondonMarathon
yesterday in memory of his mother. He raised nearly £5K for
@macmillancancer
.
#ChigwellSchool
staff have been sending good luck messages but he's been supported by his 'biggest' fun-his daughter!
#LondonMarathon
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The 24th Chigwell Open Art, Design & Technology Exhibition was officially opened today at a bustling private viewing. Celebrating pupils' artwork from 25 schools, their families had the opportunity to share their joy at seeing their work professionally framed and exhibited.
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We're very proud of Year 13 student, Chris Collins who has received an offer to read Classics at Corpus Christi, Oxford.
#Oxbridge
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellSixthForm
#CorpusChristi
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Thank you to everyone who has donated materials, enabling us to produce even more visors this weekend, including Oaks Park High School in Newbury Park and Stephen Metcalfe MP.
@OaksParkHighSch
@Metcalfe_SBET
#ChigwellSchool
#PPE
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While this is how Chigwell appeared yesterday - today we are open as normal. Drive safely.
#snow
#schoolopen
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Classics Trip to Athens - Day One:
Thirty of our Classics students (Years 9-12) travelled early Saturday to Greece. They battled the early morning rain to see their first sites: the Theatre at Thorikos and the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
#Classics
#Greece
#Classicslive
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Nepal Trip day 11: a side trip earlier, with six of our students, to climb Kala Patthar (‘black rock’ - 5,643m) above Gorakshep. Fine views of
@MtEverest
from there. Everyone finished the long day back at Dingboche. Tomorrow, back to Namche Bazaar for a rest day.
#thuts
#Sherpas
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On the first truly cold evening of the autumn, Fireworks Night was a dazzling success! Thanks to those who came and supported it - and congratulations to Friends of Chigwell Parents who organised it brilliantly and to our catering and teaching staff who helped.
#bobbydazzler
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The School’s flags are flying at half-mast to mark the passing of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. We express our gratitude for the establishment of the DofE award scheme that has taught generations of Chigwell students about outdoor skills, resilience and teamwork.
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Congratulations to all those receiving A-Level results today! Nearly two thirds of Chigwell grades were A* or A with the average set of results AAA or higher. We are proud of our leavers and wish them every success and happiness in their future endeavours.
#ChigwellSchool
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No matter where we find ourselves next week, staff and students are ready to carry on teaching and learning; putting our e-learning and digital training into practice. If it’s possible to be ready for these challenging times, we are.
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellElearning
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Great to see one of our families practising a socially distanced games lesson this week - using their 'one exercise time a day' to maximum effect!
#ChigwellSchool
#ChigwellSports
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#FridayFact
: Along the Medical Centre is a memorial garden created by Sarah Inch for Chigwell nurse, Eluned Hodgkins, who cared for countless students during 25 years. "Wise and always good spirited" - one of many tributes paid to her when she left us in 2012.
#ChigwellSchool
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Congratulations to the U11s cricket team who played exceptionally well in the England Schools Regional Hard Ball Tournament. They won 2 out of 3 matches and a match against Wilford Lodge which was classed as the Essex final.
#cricket
#chigwellschool
#Essex
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The blossoms are holding up, as Chigwell’s grounds are being put to rights, preparing for the start of Trinity Term. Cutting the grass on Top Field and resetting the stones in The Quiet Garden, where children can sit and reflect.
#rollonTrinityTerm
#Essexindependent
.
#springtime
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An outstanding New Year concert launched our busy musical season from reflective Debussy, cool jazz to a whole lot of rhythm going on with & without instruments!
#inthegroove
#percussion
#drumline
#swinginsaxes
#tothebeat
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Nepal Trip: Day 7. Mr. Bewick reports the group is ahead of schedule & so have 3 days to acclimatise in Dingboche. Daytime temperatures 25 degrees, but at night it dips to -10! Super strong, super fit Sherpas slowly carrying heavy loads - perfect. All good.
#tripofalifetime
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Well done, Sally (Yr 13), awarded Essex Cricket Women’s U18 Player of the year, finishing as the top wicket-taker and third-highest run scorer in a team that finished runners-up in the ECB Royal London 40-over competition.
#ChigwellSchool
@EssexWomen
#womenscricket
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Out with the old gym and in with the new Sports Centre. Razing and building side-by-side, with a third of the school a major construction site through the summer. Although it will take another year to complete, it's exciting to watch this transformation.
#ChigwellSchool
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A lively but relaxed air of calm over our year sevens, enjoying a special treat of ice cream and lounging on top field. Four solid days with thirteen end-of-year exams - done and dusted!
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