Stop watching, start doing

“Don’t measure yourself against others, be yourself” – the message from Air Vice Marshal Elaine West CBE RAF, as she presented awards to girls at the school’s annual prize giving ceremony on the afternoon of Saturday 5 July.
Despite the challenging weather the whole school, along with their families and guests, came together to celebrate the many academic, creative and sporting successes over the past year of all girls from Pre-Prep to Sixth Form.

During Air Vice Marshal West’s speech she talked about how the media attention on her being the most senior ranking female officer in the British Armed Forces was a bit strange, but to her it was “business as usual”. She went onto describe how success can be measured and that it comes in many different shapes and sizes but as long as you are yourself, act with dignity and personal pride you will be hugely successful in anything that you do. Hearing words like this from someone who has worked hard and achieved so much served as great inspiration to the girls as they look to the future and the next steps that they will be taking in their own lives.

During the celebrations Head Girl, Grace G, gave a fantastic speech urging all year groups to “stop watching and start doing”. She listed the three most important things that she will take away from Pipers and into the next stage of her life – confidence, gratitude and the knowledge that it is ok to make mistakes. She went on to give examples from her time at school demonstrating how she has learnt these important aspects and urged the other girls not to waste opportunities to participate and do something amazing – whatever that might be.

At the end of the ceremony, the new Senior Prefect team and the Head Girl and Deputies for the next academic year were announced. Congratulations go to Harriet D (Head Girl), Sophie G and Megan H (Deputy Head Girls).

Headmistress, Mrs Helen Ness-Gifford, also addressed the audience with a snapshot of the amazing year Pipers has had. She also looked ahead to the years to come and the exciting developments both in the physical changes to the school with planned building projects, including a new theatre, library and Sixth Form Centre, as well as the opportunities to develop and enhance teaching and learning. Mrs Ness-Gifford finished by speaking about the girls about to embark on a World Challenge expedition to Uganda and wished them well in their adventures. She went on to say that she hoped that opportunities like this would serve to inspire and excite those around the school and in the wider community, making Pipers, and Pipers Girls, fantastic.

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Air Vice Marshal Elaine West CBE RAF address | Upper Sixth Senior Prefects | Year 6 performing songs from "Bugsy Malone" | Prize Giving

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