Firstly, I would like to
congratulate the 1st XV rugby squad for beating Windsor Boys School
last Wednesday 55 – 0 in the quarter-final of the National Bowl competition. The semi-final is now not until March, and we
wait to see who we will be playing. The
players should be incredibly proud of themselves to have reached the last four.
Congratulations and thank you to the
entire cast, band, crew, prefects, refreshment sellers and staff for three
wonderful nights of Little Shop of Horrors.
It was one of the best school productions I have seen, and I certainly
went home singing the songs in my car.
Well done all and thank you to everyone who supported.
A big thank you to everyone who has
supported this year’s Salvation Toy Appeal.
Once again we have been amazed by the generosity of our parents and
staff who have donated so many gifts and toys for the children of
Maidstone. Thank you ever so much.
The end of term is nearly upon us,
but there are still two busy weeks ahead.
Tonight we welcome parents of year 12 students to attend the Year 12
Parents’ Evening. This will be the first
opportunity that parents hear from their child’s subject teachers about how
their child has progressed with their A Levels at the start of the sixth form.
Tomorrow and Thursday, boys from
Year 8 will be taking part in two careers days.
These days are to get the boys thinking about what their interests are
and what they possible might wish to do in the future. These days will also help with the important
decisions the boys will be making after Christmas about their GCSE options.
On Thursday MGS will be holding its
own Mock Election. Sixth form students
have, for the last three weeks, been campaigning for their parties and encouraging
us all to vote for them. We now can have
our say. The Election will be preceded
with a Hustings where all the candidates will be grilled by a hall full of
students. Good luck to all candidates.
On Friday Barton House will be
leading on their charity day to raise money for the NSPCC. The usual non-uniform day will be the main
fundraiser, with students being encouraged to wear a festive Christmas
jumper. Throughout the day there will be
of course stalls and events to further raise money.
And congratulations to Max Cardosi
of Barton House who successful won a boxing competition on Saturday. The competition was part of a boxing event held in Maidstone
at the weekend involving a number of clubs in the SE region. Max represents
West Tree Boxing Club and he defeated a boxer from a club in Essex.
