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On Friday 29 June, the College will come together to celebrate the academic year and all its achievements. Year 13 will prepare to move on to new adventures and paths, and the Shiplake community will wish them all the best in their future endeavours. Parents, pupils, staff and governors are warmly invited to celebrate this momentous occasion with the annual Prize Giving ceremony.
The event will include awards being given out for a variety of individual successes, from across the 2017-2018 academic year. Each year, the College welcomes a Guest of Honour to deliver a motivating and unique address to the Shiplake community. This year, we are delighted to announce that we will be joined by the most decorated female British Olympian Dame Katherine Grainger DBE.
Having won a gold and four silver Olympic medals Dame Katherine is Britain’s most decorated female Olympic athlete of all time. Alongside rowing for Great Britain, Dame Katherine graduated in law from Edinburgh University, then went on to achieve an MPhil in Medical Law and Medical Ethics from Glasgow University and in May 2013 she completed a PhD in the sentencing of homicide at King’s College, University of London. Dame Katherine is also Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University and is currently the Chair of UKSport – having been appointed for a term of four years in April 2017 with the approval of the Prime Minister. Oh, and did we mention that she’s a six-time world rowing champion?
The timings for the event are as follows:
10.45am: Arrival on Front Field. Guests are invited to take their seats in the Prize Giving marquee
11.00am: Prize Giving ceremony commences
12.00pm: Canapé lunch and drinks reception on the Front Field
2.00pm: Event ends
Parents and guardians are not required to RSVP for this event. We once again look forward to seeing the marquee full to capacity to celebrate another superb year at Shiplake College.