Welcome to our new Gordonian Officer Sue Parkin! Mrs Parkin has a background in marketing and event management and returned to the UK in the summer having spent seven years in Japan and the USA. She is looking forward to working and strengthening ties with our alumni.
Welcome back to all our Day and Residential Boarders. While the students can look forward to a packed programme of events this term, so can parents! As well as productions and events featuring our talented students such as ‘Dr Faustus’ and an informal concert, there are Insight Talks and a chance to see award winning comedy of Dinesh Nathan; Ben Norris; Max Fulham; and Matt Brown. For further information, visit the Box Office or click here. An overview is also available from our Sports and Arts Calendar of Events available from the Houses and Reception.
We look forward to welcoming back our residential boarders on Monday 6th January and our Day Boarders on Tuesday 7th January for the start of the Spring Term. This term’s packed programme of events includes the Memorial Weekend; concerts; art trips; performances of Dr Faustus and Insight Talks by Doug Gillen (Hidden Canvases: Street Art and the City) and the Reverend Jonathan Aitken (The Passion; The Prison). In addition, Heathcote's Comedy Club comes to Gordon's on 7th February. For further information and to book public events at Gordon’s, visit the box office (or click here).
Welcome to a New Year and new decade! Over the past year, Gordonian Adam Quelch has put together a snapshot of the school in action (shown below). Term starts Tuesday 7th January with Residential Boarders returning on Monday 6th January.
Happy Christmas from all at Gordon’s School.
Our new Head Boy and Girl – Jack Bodell’s and Emily Jones’s names have just been added to the boards in the Rec. The two, whose deputies are Euan Ayles and Olivia Adcock, will take up their duties from next term at the Guildford Cathedral Service during Memorial Weekend. Wishing them the best of luck in their new roles.
One term; eight sports and 411 fixtures for our PE Department. But for our First XV Rugby Team, their match in the Sovereign’s Cup against Royal Alexandra and Albert was their last as a team. With a tour of South Africa; win at The Stoop; two of his players turning out for the county and two in squads for their country, coach Chris Davies invited parents, who have supported throughout, to join in a final team talk. Speaking of his squad, Mr Davies commented: “I see these boys as an extended part of my own family. I want them to turn out to be the best versions of themselves and achieve their aspirations. When we play, we judge performance on the effort, not the result.”
The Liberal Democrats swept to victory at Gordon’s School in the G-Elections.Students and staff voted overwhelmingly for the school’s candidate Teah Jasani, who clinched 264 votes with the Conservative second with 182 and Labour, Green and UKIP trailing with 76; 69 and 30 respectively. The turnout was 57.5 per cent. Bucking the national trend once more, Gordon's students and staff voted overwhelmingly in the G-Election for their Liberal Democrat candidate Teah Jasani. The hard fought campaign saw four of the five Surrey Heath parliamentary candidates visit during the lead up to the General Election. As well as the sitting MP Michael Gove, the school welcomed Sharon Galliford of the Green Party; Brahma Mohanty, Labour and Alasdair Pinkerton, Liberal Democrats. All stayed for lunch with the school’s student ‘party’candidates and gave a talk about their party’s policies and aims to students and staff as well as answering their questions. UKIP were also invited.
Hundreds and staff and students voted in G-Election. The campaign has seen four of the five Surrey Heath candidates visit the school for talks and question and answer sessions. Each our our candidates has spoken in Assembly on their party's policies.
Teddy bears and hampers full of food and clothing winged their way to the Lighthouse in Woking and Camberley All Night Café. Items for the boxes have been donated by parents, students and staff to support those in our local community needing a little extra help this festive season. Sixth Formers helped to distribute them this morning.
They made speeches for and against resolutions and succeeded in getting many of their amendments passed. Representing the only UK school in the Costeas-Geitonas School Model United Nations Conference in Greece, our students were involved in some fascinating debates on cyber governance, the theme of the conference. Guest talks included the vision of using technology in the future and keeping safe online.
Sixth Formers on the campaign trail took over this morning’s Assembly in this, their final week of trying to win votes before our G-Election on Thursday. Each of the five political parties with candidates in Surrey Heath are being represented by a student. Today, as students across the year groups starting receiving their G-Election polling cards, party candidates explained the voting process and an outline of each of their party’s policies to their younger peers. Over the past few weeks, candidates representing Surrey Heath’s political parties of Green; Labour; Liberal Democrat and Conservative have been visiting for talks and question and answer sessions.
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