ANOTHER busy and successful year for Queen’s College Junior School was reviewed by headmistress Tracey Khodabandehloo at the annual speech day.

She paid particular tribute to the Year 6 leavers as they moved up to senior school.

Mrs Khodabandehloo said: “Lots of grown-ups worry about what the world will be like in the future.

“But I can honestly say that if you, our Year 6 pupils, are anything to go by, the future is in good hands.

“I look forward to seeing you make your way in the world and hope that you will come back and see us in Junior now and again.

“We will never lose interest in what you are doing.”

Mrs Khodabandehloo said the Highgrove Nursery continued to be very popular, while the autumn term had seen a celebration to mark 30 years since the opening of pre-prep.

She thanked the staff in pre-prep, nursery school and Highgrove for “laying the foundations for our youngest pupils and their journey through Queen’s".

Moving on to the junior school, there had been many highlights during the year including the Pirates of the Curry Bean musical, as well as a string of sporting achievements.

Mrs Khodabandehloo also outlined various fundraising projects in which the children had been involved.

She thanked the Queen’s Parents’ Association for its support and paid tribute to junior school staff who were leaving at the end of term.

The prizes were presented by two of those staff – Sue Marston and Bel Hoskins.

The speech day also heard from chairman of governors Mark Edwards, who said the school was enriched by the diversity of its students and the support available was “central to what makes Queen’s College".

He added: “It is important to state that we do not consider nursery, pre-prep, junior, senior and sixth form to be separate schools.

“We are on one educational journey and I hope as many of you as possible will continue that journey with us.”