Over £1,500 has been raised by staff, students, parents and friends of Gordon’s who supported the Macmillan coffee morning events and the ‘wear it pink’ mufti day in aid of Breast Cancer research. Thank you for your generosity towards two such worthy causes.
Students have been flocking to the library this week for the Scholastic Book Fair where they can buy books for as little as £2.99 each.
Students from Year 10 have started their cross country running challenge to raise money and awareness for the eye research charity Fight for Sight. Each of them will cover 2.5 kilometres in their PE lessons for a combined total of 250 kilometres. Fight for Sight is the UK’s largest charity funding pioneering eye research since 1965.
Congratulations to Klintworth from Woking, reading History at Exeter University, who correctly answered the question on last night's University Challenge: 'Writing in 1885 for whom did Tennyson provide the epitaph - 'Warrior of God, man's friend not here below, but somewhere dead far in the waste Soudan'?'' The correct answer? General Gordon. The full epitaph:
Warrior of God, man’s friend, and tyrant’s foe; Now somewhere dead far in the waste Soudan; Thou livest in all hearts, for all men know; This earth has never borne a nobler man.
The annual Inter-House debating competition is now in full swing with students competing throughout the week for the coveted title. China House presented with an impassioned performance on genetic engineering and designer babies.
Sixth Formers collected eight hampers full of kitchen equipment and new mum kits for the Besom Charity in Camberley. The charity provides a link between those who want to give time, money, things or skills to those who are in need. They delivered the hampers today to St Paul’s in Camberley.
The U15 Rugby took on Salesian College on Saturday in an action-packed home game. Picture by Bailey Welch.For further pictures, please click here and here. To view the sports results over the weekend, please click here.
The Book Fair opened in the Library today and will run until Thursday (15th November). Students will be able to choose from a selection of titles starting from only £2.99 and each one bought will help get free books for the school!
Please click here for video of the Remembrance Parade at Gordon's on Sunday 11th November.
One hundred and fifty five former Gordon's students were killed in action in the First World War, represented by the students in the Chapel this morning. At today's Remembrance Service and Parade we remembered them together with those killed or injured in subsequent conflicts. Please click here for a video of Remembrance Sunday.
Pipe Sergeant Edward Lee began the commemorations across the county for the end of the First World War by piping 'Battle's O'er' at 6am from the Tower at Guildford Cathedral. Gordon's Remembrance Service and Parade will start today at 10.45am.
Poets David Gomina and Darcy Watson have been shortlisted for the Armistice 100 Prize for Schools Poetry Competition. The Gordon’s students competed against entrants from all over the country aged between 11 and 18 years old in the competition which is supported by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and the Winner of Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, Imtiaz Dharker. They will be invited to a performance poetry event at Lincoln University where the winners will be announced. Their poems will also be published in a collection called Armistice 100. Please click here to see David’s poem and here for Darcy’s.
