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.
Bringing some Christmas carols to The Lighthouse in Woking, Windsor House girls sang and played for those using the centre, which hosts a range of creative projects and practical help for those who find themselves on the margins. The centre has been chosen by Windsor as their charity for this year and already students, parents and staff have donated clothes for the organisation's 'Esteem Ahead' which exists to support women in all seasons of life.
Green-fingered students in our Gardening Club enjoyed a celebration day at RHS Wisley where they were given the chance to demonstrate what they have planned for their mindfulness garden next to the Medical Centre. Their Green Plan It Scheme garden will feature a gazebo, sunken garden and seating to provide a place for all to connect, appreciate, be active, achieve and give.
We welcomed Michael Gove, sitting Conservative MP for Surrey Heath today, as the last of our political candidates. Over the past few weeks, the Gordon's candidates have been meeting their Parliamentary counterparts (Sharon Galliford of the Green Party; Brahma Mohanty, Labour and Alasdair Pinkerton, Liberal Democrats) over lunch at school before listening to a talk by them to students and staff. A lively question and answer session has followed each visit. Next week our candidates will attend a hustings before Gordon's goes to the Polls on Thursday. Best of luck to both our candidates and those who broke their busy campaigning schedules to come and visit us.
A visit to the National School and College Leaver Show provided a great opportunity for our students to visit universities and learn about apprenticeships under one roof. For more information about the Careers Department at Gordon's, including our forthcoming Insight Talks, please click here.
Christmas decorations springing up all over the school and it's not even December! Don't forget the Gordon's Parents' Associations' Christmas Fayre on Saturday from 11.00am to 3.00pm.
Just for a change, a rosette that isn’t part of the General Election campaign! Our equestrian team brought back a clutch of 12 rosettes from the NSEA National Plate Championships. The group competed in Arena Eventing, Jumping with Style, Dressage and Show Jumping Classes both as teams and individuals. Congratulations to all of them.
Fascinating talk by Professor Winston to our students this morning. Lord Winston, Professor of Science and Society and Emeritus Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College London, spoke about genetics; mutations; screening and the pros and cons of technology.
We welcomed Sharon Galliford from the Green Party today as the first of the Surrey Heath Parliamentary Candidates invited to talk to students over this coming election campaign. On Tuesday 26th November Brahma Mohanty from the Labour Party will be here, followed by Michael Gove of the Conservatives on Friday 29th November and Alasdair Pinkerton of the Liberal Democrats on Monday 2nd December. All the candidates will be speaking at 12.50pm in the Library, with the exception of Mr Gove who will be in The Rec. We have five representative students of each of the Parties and they will be vying for votes in the lead up to the General Election when all students and staff will be invited to vote in the Rec. Please see below for list of dates, times and locations:
Introducing Childnet’s new Digital Champion Oyinkan. The school’s On-Line Safety Prefect so impressed the Childnet judges with her knowledge, maturity and social activism that they have asked her to join the dynamic Digital Champion team. Many congratulations!
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