When I left school, back in the stone-age, we just used to get all the other kids and the teachers to chisel their signatures into our 'Highroads Dictionary' (stone tablet edition) and then it was goodbye and we'd be off into the wide world to fend for ourselves, hunting woolly mammoth! Things have changed over the millennia however and it is nice to see that in 2005, school leavers have learned to say 'goodbye' in style.

This year's leavers from John Kyrle High School held their Leavers' Ball on Thursday, 12th May. Arriving at the Chase Hotel in big limousines, even bigger limousines and in one instance, a Ferrari the young people emerged from their carriages like film stars and looking every bit the part. Dinner was followed by an evening of entertainment provided by Nigel Gaudion and his disco and no doubt, parties lasting well into daylight hours the following day.

Wyenot News would like to wish all JKHS school leavers a successful future and from a personal point of view, I still have that 'Highroads Dictionary' and it is now among my most treasured possessions, so keep those signed polo shirts somewhere safe!

Some photographs of the event are shown below but all are available to view in the gallery.