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Leavers’ Speeches
Read extracts from the Head Prefects’ speeches from 2025.
Becca Earl Hattie Maddocks
My childhood consisted The dreams I had about my
of hot chocolate, toast, time at Moreton were just
climbing trees, watching as perfect and quirky as I
lacrosse from the side, imagined.
decorating countless dorms,
dancing behind the curtains Mrs Dennison once said
during the shows, and so to me that it is the stuff
many memories. If it wasn’t you grumble about at the
already clear—my childhood time that makes the best
was Moreton Hall. memories. Compulsory fun
would, unknowingly at the
It wouldn’t be a leavers’ time, be one of them.
speech without remembering some of the best
bits of the past couple of decades. The Year 6 Our Packwood reeling social was possibly one
leavers’ trip took us to Surf Snowdonia, where we of my fondest memories, followed by book
were glamping in pods. I think you can guess how reports in Upper Fourth, in which I would
many keys were lost by a group of 20 ten-year- scramble to find books days before, and proceed
olds. to talk about how much I loved the first chapter
(clearly ChatGPT wasn’t available at this time).
The 2019 Circus—in which, as Removes, we
were given the role of Cossacks dancing on hay The Upper Sixth production of The Importance of
bales—was unforgettable. Both Bronze and Gold Being Earnest was one of the funniest memories.
DofE will stay with me forever, mainly because After swearing to my friends that there was no
my friends still remind me, four years later, how chance the play would go on—especially as no
shaking the tent at 5 a.m. after the rain somehow one had learnt their lines, with only two weeks
resulted in them having an early shower! Gold to go—we swiftly got the good news that the play
came with some very high mountains… and a few was going full speed ahead. And it was a roaring
white lies about how far we had left. success.
I was once told that Moreton allows you to be Our time at Moreton has seen revolutionary
whoever you are—at least for a couple of years. things: winning National Schools, as the smallest
That freedom is only possible because of the team from a field in Shropshire, was a feeling
extraordinary people who hold this community that is completely indescribable. The dedication
together. and passion from each of us were seen in every
match, and the pure happiness can be seen in
each picture.
Beginning lacrosse with the same girls that you
become national champions with is something
that will never be able to be put into words, and
I will forever be grateful to Moreton for giving us
every opportunity to win that championship—for
the first time in history.
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