An afternoon of pure sport as the Houses battled it out in athletics on the Front Field with running, high jump, long jump and discus events. Some great performances from every Year group with winners’ medals after every race and cups for the winning Houses - Main School, Victoria and Buckingham and for the Seniors, Sandringham and China. Congratulations all!
Pulling together for their Houses in the Inter-House Tug of War today on the Front Field. The noisy, colourful prelude to Sports Day saw Khartoum’s hopes for a hat-trick of wins, dashed by Balmoral’s brawn (although they did win the Main School competition!), and Kensington securing yet another victory to make it a whopping four wins in a row!
A celebration of the artistic talent among the GCSE students as their exam pieces were put on show in an exhibition for parents and friends last night.
The inaugural Gordon’s Model United Nations Junior (GMUN) involved 25 students from Years 7 and 8 debating the topics of the Chinese attitudes towards Taiwan, the historical conflict between India and Pakistan and the impact of rising seawaters on Pacific Nations. Early days for these MUN delegates but they are proving to be rising stars in this academic simulation of diplomatic decision making. While all were put forward by the chairs for ‘Most Improved Delegate’, the Best Delegate Awards went to Florence (USA) and Samuel (Canada).
Happy birthday Kensington House! The girls’ Day Boarding House, which was opened by His Royal Highness the Earl of Wessex (now HRH the Duke of Edinburgh) today, 25 years ago, celebrated its quarter of a century on Sunday by welcoming Gordonians and current students and their families for a birthday tea and cake. It also provided an opportunity for a tour of the House and School. Among those enjoying the celebrations were the current Head of House, Kate Connery, the original Head of House Jenny Wilson, Paralympian gold medallist Hannah Russell and her sister Alice.
Congratulations to Archie, Caleb, Harry, Oscar, Nana, Andrew, Cassius, Anthony, Lochlan, Fikunore and Isaiah, all of whom were confirmed yesterday by the Bishop of Dorking, the Right Reverend Paul Davies, in the school Chapel of St Edward the Confessor. Bishop Paul spent time with the confirmation candidates in January, as well as students from the Alpha Youth group and Easy Chapel and joined friends and families after the Confirmation Service for drinks and cake in the Library.
Introduced to hockey when she arrived at Gordon’s in Year 7, Phoebe Schollick has played for just three years yet is now turning out for the Gordon’s First XI, playing for the Ladies 1s at Woking Hockey Club (who recently awarded her their ‘Most Improved Player of the Season’) and England Hockey’s Talent Academy. This week she was offered a place in the Hockey Mentors Programme for players showing international/national hockey leagues potential. Luckily her training schedules are on different days so she is able to juggle her hockey commitments alongside her school day and homework!
The dream is to play hockey in the Olympics. The 14 year old who plays half back said: “I have made lots of friends and have such a sense of pride when I play” and she urged others to take up the sport – “Give it a go. You’ll surprise yourself!”
A mixture of culture, fun and of course speaking the language for 32 Year 9 and 10 students on a four day trip to France. The group visited the Vimy Ridge Memorial and Carriere Wellington yesterday while today’s main event is the Parc Asterix amusement park.
Two of the schools most successful sporting teams came head to head in a clash of the Titans as the boys 1st XV rugby team took on the 1st VII netball team in a game of netball! In this, their last school game, the stakes were high. Captaining the boys’ side, England U19 back row Elliot Williams, who led the school’s ACE Team to victory in the ACE League and played his debut game for Harlequins on Sunday. Summer, a member of London Pulse U19, who are consecutive national champions, led the girls, three of whom finished sixth in the country at the national schools’ finals last year. The rugby boys made valiant attempts at understanding the rules (and showed great promise with their terrifying passing!) but failed to counter the deftness and agility of the girls!
The majority were taking part in their first ever away Model United Nations (MUN) Conference but their lack of experience made no difference to their outstanding results at the Reigate Junior MUN with awards in four out of five committees and top places going to two of our delegates.
Congratulations to Best Delegates, Matthew (Disarmament) in his first ever conference and Zara (Environment) and to Highly Commended Delegates - to Ella (Human Rights) and William (International Disputes).
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A year ago Ollie Streeter was studying for his A Levels at Gordon’s. On Saturday his ‘dream came true’ as he played his debut game for Harlequins in their Big Summer Kick-Off 2025 against Gloucester. The tight-head prop, who earned a place at Gordon’s on the Gordon’s/Harlequins Partnership Programme, was capped for England at U18 and awarded a contract for Harlequins Senior Academy last summer. Family and friends, including students and staff from Gordon’s, watched his debut in the game that saw a resounding victory for Quins of 38-19. Click here for his post-game interview. For further information on the Gordon's/Harlequins Partnership Programme, please click here.
The three times a week early morning training in the cold and dark paid off! Team Gordon’s crossed the Ten Tors finish line at Okehampton Camp in 17 hours and 44 minutes after a 35 mile hike over Dartmoor’s inhospitable terrain. The six took on the challenge alongside 2,400 teenagers in 400 teams of six and were required to carry all they needed to complete the hike and camp out overnight. Congratulations all!
