Stunning designs in the Winter Arts competition, won this year by Emily Hunter with her snowy forest season. Genevieve Giraud’s owl made second place and Florence Jones’ Santa on his sleigh was third. Congratulations all!

The fundraising efforts of students and staff in Angus’ Army featuring on Greatest Hits Radio news this morning. Angus’ Army, formed to support Sandringham student Angus, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in the Summer, has now raised almost £20,000 for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. This has been achieved through running in the Oxford Half Marathon and 100 miles of the South Downs. Earlier this week, students Will Bowe and Rojhe Rowe (pictured above right and Alex Duke)and school Chaplain the Reverend Graham Wright were interviewed about their fundraising by Gordonian Alex Duke of Greatest Hits Radio.

Rojhe, who took part in the South Downs run said: "at Gordon's here we're all one big family, especially as boarders where we constantly live with each other, we go through our highs and lows with each other. That sense to be able to stand up and say 'hey, my friend is going through a rough time, I need to really support him' I think that's a good value."

Will described the South Downs run as incredibly difficult - "It was probably the most hilly terrain I've ever been in before. There was not a single segment of flat ground, it was constantly uphill, downhill - at one point there were a couple of people running through some rivers".

Please click on this link to donate to Angus’ Army Team Marsden Fund.

Every Saturday morning our students have the opportunity to give back and share their enjoyment of art with others, through the Common Ground Collective. These students are rapidly becoming core to what the charity offers and through their work showing leadership, patience and kindness.

The last half term they have been learning the skill of ‘lino printing’ and were able to share this with a Frimhurst Enterprises, a local charity. Students facilitated a workshop for young adults with learning difficulties, running a demonstration and working 1:1 with the team from Frimhurst. Together they were able to create lino print Christmas cards, which are being sold on the Common Ground website to raise funds for the charity. To buy the cards, please visit https://www.commongroundcollective.co.uk/shop