Saturday 28th July was a great day for the CLC community!
Throughout the morning, students took part in House Athletics and House Dance before heading into Community Day where they were joined by friends, family and staff.
Everyone took part in outdoor games, listened to musical performances from the students, enjoyed the sunshine and so much more.
Thank you to everyone who came along for a wonderful day.
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During the last week of term, SFC2 Leavers gathered in College Gardens for the annual Leavers' Drinks hosted by Guild.
Principal Eve Jardine-Young introduced the Class of 2025 to the Chair of Guild, Sam Culhane, who then welcomed them to the amazing network of CLC alumnae.
The leavers were also presented with a Daisy pin badge to signify their transition to Guild.
The Princess Hall was full to the rafters for the Summer Concert on Thursday 3rd July. The audience were certainly not disappointed - the programme was a tour de force showing off the many, and diverse groups who performed.
The concert began with a rousing burst of the National Anthem, before getting under way with an exciting and accomplished performance of Rossini’s overture to The Barber of Seville, played magnificently by Symphony Orchestra.
The high quality music making continued unabated for the next two hours, whetting the appetite of the audience with performances by College Choir, Percussion Ensemble, String Serenaders, Symphonic Wind Band and many more, all of which showcased many different styles and genres from Scriabin to Duke Ellington!
Mr Lloyd, Director of Music
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Last Friday, College gathered in the Princess Hall for Leaving Prayers led by Reverend Helen Wood, to mark the last day of term.
Staff, students and families enjoyed readings, music from the College Choir, hymns, prayers, a blessing and the traditional Cornelius March by Felix Mendelssohn, arranged and played by SFC2 Leavers.
Read below to hear Reverend Rosie's reflection of the year and Leaving Prayers:
In Leaves’ Prayers we heard the poem Walking Away by Cecil Day-Lewis, and the words “and love is proved in the letting go”.
Letting go is a fitting way to end the academic year. To realise that the year is complete – with all the goodness that it has involved – kindness, hard work, giving, prayers, music making and everything in between. And yet any academic year is also fraught with the normal and many human emotions - even the odd explosion or falling out! And so as we let go we need to both take stock of all that is good and maybe forgive somethings that we would rather let go.
Transitions give us the opportunity to reflect and to pay attention to both of these. Both on all that has gone before and of all that is to come – on who we are going to become as we arrive back in September.
However, for our leaving class of 2025 they don’t return to the school day, but go on to take something of what they have loved and cherished here at CLC into the world. In our Leavers’ Prayers there was also an invitation from the book of Colossians “As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another”. That simple invitation — to bear with one another — holds a quiet, powerful truth. It invites unity and kindness, qualities that are precious and all too easily overlooked. My prayers go with all the girls as they live out something of this journey alongside all the incredible things that they will inevitably achieve.
And so as we all have this opportunity to end and begin again may we enjoy the rest, be thankful for all that has been and look forward with hope for all that is ours to come.
College was delighted to gather together for Speech Day 2025, to celebrate the achievements of our SFC2 leavers, alongside friends and family.
This year's keynote speaker was Professor Dame Sarah Springman DBE FREng, Principal of St Hilda's College, University of Oxford.
Sarah was the first female Research Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and in 1997 was appointed as the first female Professor of Geotechnical Engineering in Western Europe at ETH Zurich, later serving as Rector from 2015 to 2021.
She also served as Vice-President of World Triathlon, championing gender equality in the sport, receiving the Sky Sports Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.
Alongside also hearing from Principal Eve Jardine-Young, Chair of Council Meryl Webster and Senior Prefect Maayan, the College community listened to an inspiring talk from Dr Fiona Pathiraja. Dr Pathiraja spoke about philanthropy and living a life of service, as well as reminding pupils to not stay in their lanes and to chase their dreams. Read more about Dr Fiona Pathiraja, and her wonderful donation to College.
Our SFC2 leavers, along with their parents and guests, enjoyed a spectacular evening on Friday 4th July at the Enchanted Forest-themed Leavers’ Ball. They enjoyed welcome drinks and canapés in the gardens entertained by live music - and some living trees! - before partaking in dinner in the marquee. This was followed by dancing in the Princess Hall. We were blessed with perfect summer evening weather and a great night was had by all. A heartfelt thank you to our catering and commercial teams for making the event such a success.
Mrs Cook, Executive Assistant to the Vice Principal
We would like to say a huge thank you to Mrs Cook for the vast amount of work she put into the organisation for this event.
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