It has been a good first week. Everyone has settled into the new year well
and we are all enjoying the freedom we now have moving around the school site
following the completion of all the building works. Space!
As for the new buildings, they are already making a big impact. Thank you again to the contractors for
completing them on time and to such a high spec.
The process of looking to next year’s
September intake began at the weekend when we welcomed a number of Year 6
students into the school to complete the 11+ Kent Test. It is that time of the year when students
aspirational for a grammar school place sit the Kent Test and very soon
afterwards we will be having our open mornings and evening inviting interested
boys and their families into MGS to see what we do.
Also at the weekend the senior rugby squad
enjoyed a day of team building exercises before beginning the season this
coming weekend against Gravesend Grammar School. We look forward to the year ahead.
Despite it only being the second week of
term this week is a busy one. Last night
the Extended Senior Leadership Team had their first meeting which was followed
by the first Parents’ Association meeting of the year. Today, teaching staff remain after school for
their first twilight training session.
This year’s focus is the development of ‘Teaching Tuesdays’ which
hopefully will provide an impetus for teaching staff to try new and exciting
things in their classrooms.
Tomorrow evening we welcome parents of
Year 12 into the school to attend the Year 12 Information Evening. It will be chance to set out our stall and
share with everyone what they can expect from us over the next two years. And Friday is our annual Beginning of Year
Church Service and Upper School Speech Day when we invite the outgoing Year 13
cohort back into school to receive recognition for the exam success and wish
them well as they progress on to the next chapter of their lives. It always makes for a wonderful occasion.
Finally, congratulations to Joseph Harmon
of Tonbridge House. Over the summer he
successfully auditioned for a small role in a new TV series and then found
himself on set filming alongside David Tennant. The new series is called “There
She Goes” and will be aired later this year. Joseph plays the role of Jamie. Do look out for it, and well done Joseph.
