Hard fought to the very last, Gordon’s First XI Football Team ended their journey in the English Schools’ Football Association U18 Trophy, bowing out to Hampton School yesterday afternoon 5-4. Some 364 teams had entered the prestigious national competition, which has seen Gordon’s achieve a place in the semi-final two years in a row.
Another string to the Creative Arts Department’s bow has been added now it has joined the Artsmark community and is working towards an Artsmark. The creative quality standard for schools is accredited by Arts Council England and provides a clear framework for planning, developing and evaluating arts, culture and creativity across the curriculum.
In this, their first major test as a squad, Gordon’s U18s VII side beat Shiplake College to become trophy winners in the Worth 7s Competition at the weekend by 17 points to 12. The team is now concentrating on the Surrey U18s Festival this week and the Rosslyn Park National Schools 7s.
Over 44 organisations have signed up for the Gordon’s Careers Fair tomorrow from law, engineering and project management to the NHS, creative arts and event management. As well as being able to visit stands, visitors will be able to listen to careers talks. For further details and to book, please visit the box office.
Eight students took part in a Model United Nations Conference at the weekend in Reigate. Three were chairing at the event and one student, at his first conference, won highly commended delegate award.
Competing in their first ever piping competition and the only English school there, the Gordon's pipers were placed 9th overall in the quartets of the Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships on Sunday.
Looking forward to welcoming over 40 schools to the Parwood Equestrian Centre on Sunday for the Gordon’s Show Jumping Event. Spectators welcome to what promises to be another competitive and enjoyable day in the equestrian calendar. Please click here for programme.
Lights off for a tale of ghostly goings-on by author G P Taylor who is visiting Gordon’s today for World Book Day. The best-selling writer of the novels Shadowmancer and Tersias is enthralling his audiences here with his macabre tales and will also be delivering a workshop.
As part of their BTEC Business Course, Y11 students ‘applied’ for the position of Kitchen Assistant at Gordon’s, supplying a letter; CV and application form. To prepare them for the process, they were shown around the kitchen by Catering Manager David Mason. As well as learning about the importance of the application process, they came away much wiser about the nature of the catering industry - and how much work goes into their meals every day!
ESFA Semi Final takes place on Wednesday 13th March from 2.30pm at home on the Front Field. Please come and support our First XI against Hampton School.
Two categories; two choirs; two first places! The Boys’ Choir, formed just six months ago, sang their way to first place at the Godalming Performing Arts Festival yesterday. Also hitting the top spot at Surrey’s biggest Arts event, was the Semper Fidelis Choir.
The SBF Tournament at Steyning Grammar scheduled for today has been postponed due to poor weather.
