Sixth Formers learned about recognising anxiety and dealing with it today as Oliver Nutt spoke on mental health and his struggle with anxiety. His message to the students was that there is help out there, they just need to ask for it. Now working as an engineer, Ollie visits schools on a voluntary basis to raise mental health awareness.
A hive of activity for Day 3 of Feeling Good Week. Today students were able to buy a posy of Spring flowers to say ‘thank you’ to someone. Sweets were being sold for WAY (Widowed and Young), one of PSHE’s First Give charities and postcards were written with messages of appreciation.
Join us on Wednesday 19th June at 6.00pm when Holocaust Survivor Ernest Simon from the Holocaust Educational Trust will be sharing his testimony. Click here to book - this event is open to all not just Gordon's students.
Feeling Good Week kicked off under the arches at lunch time today where postcards were available for students and staff to write a kind message to friend. A photo booth added further fun and even more of a feel good factor.
National Boarding Week - find out why boarding is great. To book your place at the Gordon's open days, click here for main school and here for Sixth Form.
Shirt signing – the rite of passage for all Gordon’s GCSE students – taking place on the Front Field as the majority celebrated the end of exams. Over 183 different exam papers have been turned over during this current exam period. Just German to finish off the GCSE’s on Monday then it's the long wait for the results on August 22nd!
Changing the face of travel for wheelchair users, our TeenTech boys have come up with a mobility device that allows the user to be in a standing position and takes up less space than a wheelchair. The group of boys in Year 7, 8 and 9 will enter their prototype in the forthcoming TeenTech Awards.
The consequences of problem gambling and addiction were explained to Sixth Formers this afternoon by Patrick Foster from EPIC Risk Management. The former cricketing professional spoke about how his gambling had spiralled out of control and the huge impact the addiction had on his life. Mr Foster is one of a number of speakers who will be coming in over the next few weeks to talk to the Sixth Formers on a range of topics including mental health.
The forecasted rain for tomorrow has resulted in the Inter-House Athletics and Tug of War being postponed until Wednesday 19th June at 1.30pm.
The annual Patron's Parade was held at Gordon's on Saturday to honour our Patron HM The Queen on her official birthday. The school was founded in 1885 as The Gordon Boys’ Home after Queen Victoria insisted that a fitting memorial be created in General Charles Gordon’s honour. Queen Victoria was the first in an unbroken line of Sovereign Patrons. Inspecting Officer of the Parade was Colonel Colin Francis, Regimental Colonel of the Royal Logistic Corps and a Gordon's parent. Leading the Parade was Head Boy Oliver Henderson.
Patron's Parade today will start at 10.30am with Colonel Colin Frances, Regimental Colonel of the Royal Logistics Corps as the Inspecting Officer. The Parade will be followed by the GSPA Fun Day.
Congratulating Britain’s Got Talent winner Colin Thackeray in the 2019 final were students from Gordon’s. The students were attending the Founder’s Day Parade at the Royal Hospital Chelsea when they met the singing war veteran and Chelsea Pensioner who triumphed on Sunday with the song ‘Love Changes Everything’. Each year representatives from Gordon’s are invited to attend this special event which remembers King Charles II who issued a Royal Warrant for the foundation of the hospital and commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to design it on the 66 acre site. Dressed in their ‘Blues’ marching uniform, the group is selected due to their marching skills. This year the Annual Review was performed by HRH the Duke of Sussex.
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