Three months of preparation for the Ten Tors training in Dartmoor came to an end this morning. The hardy bunch of students have endured rain, snow and freezing temperatures – often before sunrise - three times a week throughout the term.
The enchanting voices of the Boys' Choir, recent winners in the Choir section at the Godalming Performing Arts Festival, rounded off Parade Sunday with a Choral Evensong in the Chapel.
A fantastic array of silverware was presented at the Parade on Sunday. Cups included those won at the Godalming Performing Arts Festival for individual performances as well as the Semper Fidelis choir; the Boys' Choir; Solo Strings category and the Jazz Ensemble. There were rosettes from national equestrian events and the Gordon's golf team received their European Schools Team Championships Golf Trophy. U16s rugby players scooped the Worth Schools Rugby 7s Trophy and Y10 netballers were crowned Surrey Champions for the fourth consecutive year.
The Easter holidays begin on Friday 29th March. Wishing all our students and their families a happy Easter.
Not only did they win their class at the Godalming Performing Arts Festival, scoring an outstanding 97 per cent, but the Gordon's Jazz Band - less than a year old - won the overall band category and returned to school with the Jericho Cup. Congratulations on a great performance.
The Boys' Choir, recent winners at the Godalming Performing Arts Festival, will be performing on Sunday (24th March) at 6pm in the school Chapel for a Choral Evensong. All welcome.
We wish our visitors from Khartoum International Community School a safe journey home and welcome seven students from Columbus State University, Georgia, enrolled on a course entitled 'A Comparison of Education Systems: USA and UK'. They have identified Gordon’s as ‘unique’ and have come to experience teacher-student learning here and observe best practice.
Congratulations to our actors; poets; singers; choirs and musicians for fantastic performances in the Godalming Performing Arts Festival. Over 60 students taking part in this annual event with three ensemble groups and 14 solo/duo entries. Semper Fidelis retained the Hydon Cup. Looking forward to the jazz tonight.
The Spring Serenade in the Gordon’s Chapel last night was enjoyed by all. The evening featured a selection of string soloists and ensembles playing a range of music from La La Land (Hurwitz) to Schubert’s Standchen. Visit the music page on the website to see videos of their performances.
They travelled over 3,000 miles to get to Gordon's in Woking from Sudan but for the students and staff from the Khartoum International Community School (KICS) it was 'home from home' as they helped plant a commemorative tree outside Sudan (the Science block) in the shadow of the Nile (Maths block). Last year a commemorative tree was planted at their school in Sudan to mark the Gordon's visit. The KICS guests also viewed the camel statue overlooking the Front Field, which stood in Khartoum until 1958.
Launched today, Gordon’s Girls STEM group is already proving popular with students with some 37 girls in Years 7-11 already expressing an interest in joining. One of the aims of the group is to tackle the problem of gender imbalance in STEM careers and empower girls to feel confident in these academic disciplines.
Welcome to our visitors from the Khartoum International Community School (KICS), who arrived this morning and are already developing firm friendships with students here. Last year Gordon's became the first European school to visit Sudan and KICS and we look forward to further strengthening the ties between the two schools over the coming week.
