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An Interview wth Sir John Armitt CBE
Sir John Armitt CBE, who is the Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, the body charged with the building of the facilities and infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic Games, spent more than an hour with four of our pupils answering their questions about the design of the Stratford site and how it has changed East London. The pupils were honing their reporters’ skills for the Chigwell BBC School Report, which will be aired on Thursday15th of March, when classrooms will be turned into newsrooms. |
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Annalise Armitage Wins Award
We are delighted to report that, at the end of January, Annalise Armitage was presented with the Jack Petchey Award for her contribution to the local community through her work with Epping Forest Youth Council. Representatives from the Youth Council, who are school pupils from the Epping Forest District local community, had to nominate each other for the award and her peers voted for her. Annalise said that she felt “honoured to have been voted for by her peers as it shows how much they must value the work she has done for Epping Forest Youth Council”. |
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Linguistics Olympiads
Over forty pupils took part in the School’s entry in the UK Linguistics Olympiad on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th February, coordinated by Mr Paul Fletcher from our Modern Languages Department. Organised by University College, London, this is a national event designed to get students thinking about the process of language acquisition, and in this year’s papers entrants were asked to deduce vocabulary and grammatical rules in tongues as diverse as Dutch, Welsh and Haitian Creole. We were amongst the first schools nationally to enter some pupils from Years 7 and 8, our Third and Fourth Forms, this year.
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The Rotary Youth Speaks Competition
On Thursday 2nd February, four teams, two senior and two intermediate, took part in the Rotary Youth Speaks competition. We were delighted to learn, after the judges had deliberated, that two teams have got through to the regional finals at City of London Boys’ School on February 23rd. The winning teams were: Matthew Scudder, Juliette Aliker and Connor Marcelis (senior) and Lawrence Brooks, Amirah Chaudhary and Annabel O’Reilly (intermediate). Connor was also adjudged Best Vote of Thanks and Gabriella Leadbeater, Best Speaker. |
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Depression - the Curse of the Strong
Dr Tim Cantopher spoke to both branches of the Williams Project about depression: about its chemical origins in the reduction of transmitter chemicals in the limbic region of the brain, and possible evolutionary explanations for how it might have once been (and might still be) a beneficial adaptation to shut things down in unsustainable environments (lower primates have a similar “hibernation response” when things get too much). He also explained how the effects of drugs such as alcohol are precisely reversed when used to excess. He explained how anti-depressants work, and how psychotherapy has moved somewhat from psychoanalysis into areas such as cognitive therapy. But his main point was that the kind of people who might suffer from clinical depression are driven, able, successful types who ‘go the extra mile’ - sometimes a mile or two further than is sustainable.
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Boys' Hockey Success
Chigwell’s U14, U16 and U18 Boys’ Hockey Teams took part in the Essex National Schools Championship and all three squads were successful in qualifying for the next regional rounds. The most impressive display, however, was produced in the U16s’ competition with Chigwell entering their talented U15 team with a view of developing the boys for future years. The team played some stunning, free flowing hockey, scoring over 16 goals in their first four matches. Despite their impressive record, the boys went into their last game needing a win in order to secure qualification to the regional rounds. It was a tense final game, however, Chigwell saved their best performance until last, delivering a clinical 2-1 win over Felsted School. This means that they progress to the next round as Essex U16 Champions. |
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