Getting their first taste of life at Gordon’s School! Year 6 Pupils from Holy Trinity C of E Primary School in West End visited Gordon’s today and made (and ate!) Chinese spring rolls as a prelude to their coming to the school full time in September.  Gordon’s laid on a China Day to welcome the new arrivals, which also involved learning Mandarin; Chinese music; making Chinese dragons and a Lion Dance! We are looking forward to meeting them all again at other events in the Summer.

While Her Majesty the Queen attended the Trooping the Colour in London to mark her official birthday, Gordon's commemorated it with the annual Patron's Parade. This year the Parade also celebrated the RAF's Centenary year and was inspected by Group Captain Peter Cracroft. It was led by Head Boy Max Beken. The Drum Major was George Whiteman; Pipe Major Zara Cracroft and Trumpeter is Andrew Milne.

Following in the footsteps of his great-great-great uncle General Gordon, Tom Gordon a Gordon Foundation Trustee meets a descendant of the Mahdi in Khartoum during Gordon's School inaugural visit. The trip by Gordon's School to the Sudan - believed to be the first by a European school - forged links with the Khartoum International Community School (KICS) and the Women's Education Partnership in Khartoum. It featured a boat trip along the Nile and to the Meroe Pyramids; tour of the National Republic Museum; camping in the desert and tea at the British Embassy. Letters from HM the Queen (Gordon’s School Patron) and the Lord Mayor of London (Vice President of the Gordon Foundation) were presented to KICS as well as a model of General Gordon on his camel. Tom Gordon planted a tree in the grounds of the Khartoum school to commemorate the visit.

Last minute revision for Gordon's AS and A2 Drama and Theatre Studies Students at the Almeida Theatre to watch Sophie Treadwell's Machinal.

They set themselves the target of raising £300 by running, walking, swimming or cycling a distance of 6.5km each to raise money for the Samson Centre for MS. Now Y9 PSHE have overtaken this and increased it by £230! The philanthropic students undertook the challenge as part of their PSHE First Give project.  In total the group completed 200km to raise awareness of the fact that around 200 people are diagnosed with MS each month. Further donations can be made via their JustGiving page. 

Y9 French exchange Students ready to take to the high seas for a trip around the Bay of Nice. Then it's back to the markets and possibly the odd crepes or two!