Gordonian Tori Andrews talks about her journey with EY, one of the largest accountancy firms in the world as an apprentice. Tori is in conversation with Maths teacher Mrs Colloff, who incidentally also worked for EY, although after studying for a degree. Join them both to hear their experiences and why Tori ‘….hasn’t looked back’. The video will be available from 5pm on Thursday 26th February on the Careers page.
Competitive sport returns with a challenge against the Royal Alexandra and Albert School for the furthest run, walk or cycle in 20 minutes. Open to all year groups and staff, entries opened today at 9am and will close on Sunday 28th February at 4pm.
On this, the 6th International Day of Women and Girls in Science, it emerges that Gordon's Sixth Form girls are bucking an international trend! According to UNESCO data, only 30 per cent of all female students selected STEM-related fields in higher education. Our statistics show that over 67 per cent of our female students in Years 12 and 13 are studying STEM subjects.
Over 200 students and staff took on the Gordon’s School KM Challenge, seeing how many kilometres they could cover between Monday 18th January 2021 and Wednesday 10th February 2021. Through rain, wind, snow and some sunshine the students and staff managed to cover over 19000km either running, walking, rowing or cycling! Fantastic to see so many people staying active and a new challenge is planned for after the half term! Individual results are available here: Gordon's School - LOCKDOWN CHALLENGES
Tributes to Captain Sir Tom Moore, who died last week from the Gordon's School Pipes and Drums in the form of a video recorded from their homes and back gardens and a poem written in his honour by a student in Year 7:
This poem was written by student A Goswami in Year 7 in honour of this inspirational character.
He may have been frail but his honour was strong,
His body was stooped but he kept walking on.
He earned his medals through bravery and service.
He earned our respect by battling through this.
When the pandemic started,
He wanted to act.
His charity plan went from dream to a fact.
His aim was 1,000 laps to make pounds.
But 32 million! By walking his grounds!
Though even heroes don’t live forever,
We can maintain his legacy and endeavour.
So what can we do to be more like Moore?
