The battle for power between Fat Sam and Dandy Dan begun in earnest as rehearsals started this week for Gordon’s musical extravaganza Bugsy Malone. The all-singing, all-dancing gangster comedy, will be performed at the Camberley Theatre next year and promises to be another huge success.
Not only did Buckingham’s Head of House Jamie Sinclair complete the challenging Farnham Pilgrim Marathon, but he came in the top 20! Mr Sinclair completed the Surrey Hills event in 3:46 hours climbing over 700 metres over the 26.2 miles for Woking Hospice. Anybody wishing to donate can do so via his Justgiving page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jamie-sinclair7
Mane event: Make up and workshop with members of the Lion King crew yesterday. Today was the turn of singers, dancers and actors at Gordon’s who had their chance to learn the tricks of the trade from members of the hit West End musical. The songs were even more of a challenge as they were in Zulu! Click here to see how they got on.
A peek into how Rowena Hulme, Worldwide Associate Hair and Make Up Designer from the Lion King makes her transformations. The event, at Gordon’s was followed by the first career talk of the year which featured Ben Heathcote who is currently performing in the hit West End show. The two of them talked about a career in theatre, music, film and television, giving students an insight behind the scenes and how to progress into this exciting but also a highly competitive industry.
Year 7s start the Boys’ Cross Country running on the Back Field at Gordon’s in the first Inter-House competition of the year. Every boys’ year group will take part today with the Girls’ competition scheduled for tomorrow. Best of luck to all those running. Click here to see the start.
Now they really are part of the Gordon's family! Year 7 students learning to march for the first time outside the Library. They will undertake their first 'public' march in October.
What better way to get to know each other than a team building exercise in the September sunshine? The new Sixth Form Students were set a number of intriguing and enjoyable challenges before heading off for a well-earned BBQ.
Just 15 minutes into their first music lesson at Gordon's and the new Y7s are already showing promise! Click here to see them in action.
Fresh from Fiji where he worked with the National Men’s 7s team as their analyst and skills coach is Chris Davies who is Gordon’s new Head of Rugby. Mr Davies, who is also Khartoum's Head of House has already started working with the students during pre-season training and will be coaching the First Team and putting girls' rugby on the map at Gordon's.
Spare a thought this weekend for Buckingham’s Head of House Jamie Sinclair as he competes in the Farnham Pilgrim Marathon. The sporty science teacher is donning his marathon gear to take part in what is described as one of the prettiest (and challenging!) trail marathons in the UK. With a route that takes in the Surrey Hills, the event has 2,489 ft of elevation over the 26.2 miles. Mr Sinclair is running in aid of the Woking Hospice and has set up a Justgiving page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jamie-sinclair7
Netball teams at Gordon’s learned a few tricks of the trade today when Surrey Storm’s Jo Trip joined them for a masterclass. Trip, who plays both goal keeper and goal defence, made her Surrey Storm debut at the O2 Arena for the British Fast5 All Stars.
With a well-deserved reputation for producing delicious school meals, Gordon’s culinary wizards are also forging ahead with their aim of educating palates. Sugar has been cut by 70 per cent and school menus colour coded and feature nutritional values. Students and staff are now easily able to see exactly what they are putting in their mouths. Autumn menus are available on the website here.
