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December 2018

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  • Semper fidelis

    Published 18/12/18

    Now available on the website, Semper Fidelis, incorporating The Gordonian Magazine is a great way to look back on every aspect of Gordon's life over the past year. Please click here to view the magazine.

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  • christmas art

    Published 18/12/18

    For his painting of the school Chapel at Gordon’s, student Jack Blamire has won a national competition. Jack’s watercolour of the Grade II Listed Victorian Chapel won the annual Christmas card competition organised by The Prince’s Teaching Institute. It is now being made into their official Christmas card. The card will be sent to HRH The Prince of Wales’ office as well as schools across the country that are members of the PTI, an organisation founded by The Prince of Wales for the professional development of teachers and school leaders.

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  • gordonians reunited

    Published 17/12/18

    The BBC's Sports Personality of the Year awards reunited three Gordonians - Paralympian medal winning swimmer Hannah Russell MBE (left) with England netball Commonwealth Gold winner Eboni Usoro-Brown (nee Beckford Chambers) who together with her England netball team clinched the ‘Sporting Moment of the Year’ and ‘Team of the Year’. With them was Hannah's sister Alice Russell.

    Gordonian sisters Alice (left) and Hannah Russell at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards last night.

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  • Christmas Jumper Day

    Published 14/12/18

    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas….especially with the multitude of jumpers being worn to Assembly in the school Chapel this morning. All money raised from this special mufti day will go towards Save the Children.

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  • admissions consultation

    Published 13/12/18

    Gordon's School is consulting on its proposed admission arrangements for 2020-21.

    The main proposed change is to add children of staff to the oversubscription criteria for day boarders.

    Please click here for the Proposed Gordon's School Admissions Policy 2020.

    Please click here for the Proposed Supplementary Information Form to the Main School Application for September 2020.

    Please click here for the Proposed Sixth Form Admissions Policy for 2020.

    We welcome your comments on the proposal.  Please send any comments to Mrs J Boorman by 25 January 2019, by email to jboorman@gordons.school or by letter to Gordon’s School, Bagshot Road, West End, Surrey, GU24 9PT.

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  • mufti day

    Published 13/12/18

    Mufti Day tomorrow (Friday) with Christmas jumpers if possible. Contributions of £1 per student will be donated to Save the Children.

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  • bound for germany and austria

    Published 13/12/18

    Over 100 students and staff left Gordon’s today for Germany and Austria. The largest ever ski party set off  this afternoon for the Austrian town of Obertauern where they will take to the slopes for a week of skiing and snowboarding. German students were looking forward to visiting Baden-Wurttemberg and reconnecting with the friends they made in the summer with their exchange partners from the Lise-Meitner-Gymnasium. Bon voyage all.

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  • hitting a high note

    Published 13/12/18

    Five choirs from Gordon's joined together this week to perform an unforgettable musical start to Christmas with the Carol Services in the school Chapel of St Edward the Confessor. The audience of over 500 parents, friends, staff and students heard from the newly formed Boys' Choir; Semper Fidelis Singers; School Choir and Men's Choir together with Music Staff and Ladies Choir. The magical services also raised over £1,700 for local charities. The money will be split between Camberley Youth for Christ; Children with Special Needs Foundation and Surrey Heath Age Concern.

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  • festive hampers

    Published 12/12/18

    Staff and Students at Gordon’s have amassed an amazing 40 Christmas hampers which will be donated to three local charities – Woking Food Bank; The Lighthouse and Camberley All Night Café – all of which support vulnerable individuals of all ages in the community.

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  • grinch steals competition

    Published 11/12/18

    The Grinch stole the Christmas Cake Decorating Competition as Gordon’s Sixth Formers set the bar to a new level today producing a fantastic array of designs and decorations. In the end it was Augusta with their Grinch who were crowned icing queens. In second place a jaunty Father Christmas by China and third place was Windsor with their penguin.

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  • carols by candlight

    Published 11/12/18

    The first of this year’s Carol Services in the school Chapel this afternoon, which will be followed by a festive tea in the Rec. Further Carol Services will take place tonight and tomorrow night.

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  • top team announced

    Published 10/12/18

    Congratulations to the new Head Boy Oliver Henderson and Head Girl Abigail White. The two of them were appointed after formal interviews with 20 Year 12 Students. Their Deputies are Tobias Johnson and Dina Khan. They will take up their duties from next term at the Guildford Cathedral Service. We wish them all the best of luck and hope that they enjoy their new roles.

    This year’s Gordonian Award Winners are Freya Keppel-Compton (Creative Arts, Music) and Ella Litjens (Sport). 

     

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