A Zoom Christmas Tea Party for our VIPs

Every March we host a Tea Party for our senior alumnae, an event that is a highlight in the Ivy Link calendar.  Regrettably, we were unable to go ahead with our traditional gathering earlier this year for obvious reasons.

Some very important guests, who left school in the 1950s and early 1960s, joined us on Tuesday afternoon for a Zoom Christmas Tea Party. Sadly we could not offer our usual delicious afternoon tea served by our marvellous caterers. Nonetheless, each participant had a freshly made cup of tea and some even made cake for the occasion! One drank tea from a Croydon High 1974 anniversary mug and another from a 2014 anniversary mug, these ladies are still passionate about their school some 70 years on.

Mrs Pattison gave a warm welcome including a slideshow of photos giving the full flavour of activities and learning that continue to take place despite constraints. We shared an excerpt from the Christmas Concert of the Sixth Form singing ‘Santa Baby’ followed by a visit from our Head Girls Analisa and Emily who talked about what school life is like as a student during this strange and challenging year. After more chat and laughter we finished with another excerpt of the whole school singing ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’

We were delighted to see that all looked well and are facing life with true Croydon High resilience, humour and care. We cannot wait to see these remarkable ladies in person when restrictions are lifted.

Mrs Roe

Alumnae Relations and Events Manager