Highfields will bid a fond farewell to Year 11 students from lockdown with its first ever virtual leavers assembly.
The virtual assembly will take place from 1.30pm on Wednesday 24th June, giving the class of 2020 the chance to celebrate their school life as they prepare to move on to the next chapter.
As part of the celebrations, awards will be handed out to honour special achievements or particular events, whilst old photographs and videos will be shown documenting students’ time at Highfields.
The event has been organised by Head of Upper School, Mr D Treble, Year 11 Manager, Mrs C Meese, Raising Achievement Manager, Mr C Rhodes, and Academic Guidance Manager, Mrs B Harrison.
Students will be sent an email via Microsoft Teams to log in to the virtual assembly. Many are planning to wear shirts they signed for classmates before schools shut in March.
Mr Rhodes said: “This has been the strangest term any of us can remember, but especially so for our students in Year 11 who had been working so hard towards their GCSE exams.
“Coronavirus has obviously disrupted examinations, but we wanted to make sure students still got a proper send off, even if we could not organise a face-to-face event.
“It will be a celebration of their time at Highfields, with prizes awarded for special achievements.
“It has been a pleasure to see them mature, grow and develop into such confident, talented and skilled young adults as they move on to the next chapter in their lives.”
Despite examinations being cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, GCSE results will still come out on Thursday 20th August.
