Goodbye Class of 2024!

On the 24th May Notre Dame celebrated the upper sixth class of 2024, giving them a goodbye and wishing them well for the future.

Students arrived in their impressive fancy dress, with costumes ranging from Where's Wally to the cast of Toy Story, plenty of sportsmen and women, and a couple giant aliens. Students admired each others outfits whilst signing their yearbooks to remember their time within the Notre Dame community. 

The assembly began by showcasing everyone's beloved Cedar pictures as well as messages from the principal Justine Barlow, the Senior Tutors and the Student Executive team, including Tian, who was this year's president. This was followed by the coveted awards, which you can find below - 

Staff Awards
'High Flyer' Award for Academic Excellence - Matthew Burnell (Maths), Oliver Speight (Spanish), Peace Lekakis (Health and Social Care), and Dilara Iletmis (Combined English)
'Rising Star' Award for Most Improved - Thomas Vinter (Applied Science), Leeroy Moyo (Psychology), Jason Lac (Digital T Level), and Sabrina Weatherhead (Acting)
'Sara Djoudi' Award - Erika Da Costa Miranda. Aoife Rowley, Mariyama Sillah, and Mehdi Redha
'Study Superstar' Award - Evan Amanfo
'Attendance Hero' Award - Bartosz Packo
'Eco Warriors' Award - Timea Iyizoba, Althea Gela, and Hannah Oakley
'Reading List Foundation' Awards - Blessing Amponsah and Edward Pearson
'International Student of the Year' - Matthew Lam
'ND Legends' - Julia Asante, Thomas Marles, Will Eshelby, Favour Asouare, Jasmine Voller, Marwa Farah, Tian Liu, and Max Crompton

Student Awards
'Best Fits' - Edith Dransfield
'Comedy Genius' - Celeste Gerald
'Future Prime Minster' - William Eshelby
'Most Dramatic' - Aya Jaff
'Most Likely to Win an Oscar' - Oscar Miles
'Best Hair' - Skye McCann
'Most Likely to be an Influencer' - Bella Cunningham
'Cutest Couple (that never was?)' - Oliver Speight and Alice Cammegh
'Life of the Party' - Peace Lekasis
'Best Dancer' - Ella Maltz
'Most Likely to get ID'd When They're 30' - Eugene Towo
'Best Bromance' - Shreyas Sreekhumar and William Eshelby
'Cutie Patootie' - Dilara Iltemis
'Most Likely to be Late' - Alex Tamlyn
'Most Likely to Win an Olympic Medal' - Esme Astbury
'Most Likely to Brighten Up Your Day' - Polina Dmytrenko
'Most Likely to Win a Grammy/BRIT' - Elodie Parsons
'Notre Dame Royalty' - Tian Liu and William Fforde

Confetti canons were released to mark the end of the assembly and the upper sixth cohort's two years at Notre Dame. The celebrations continued in the upper study area and a sunny St Joseph's Court with our very own resident DJ, achievement tutor Louis Tooth, providing the send-off soundtracks. It was an emotional day with lots of pictures taken for everyone to remember the day, those taken by the marketing team have been shared with the upper sixth students but check out some highlights below!

We wish a final goodbye to a fantastic upper sixth, hoping all the best for your future and the best of luck in your exams.

Class dismissed!