Firstly, welcome back following the long weekend. The May Day Bank Holiday weekend has always been my favourite bank holiday weekend of the year, and with the good weather, particularly on Saturday, it made for a pleasant extra break in the middle of a busy term.
Last week we enjoyed the
last three inter-house football tournaments for years 7, 8 and 9. Like all of the others they were strongly
contested and played in good spirits. Congratulations to Barton House for
winning both A and B competitions in Year 9; to Corpus Christi and College
houses in Year 8; and Corpus Christi and Barton houses in Year 7. All of these results get plugged into the
overall House Cup Competition that will be awarded at the end of the academic
year. Thank you once again to the PE
Department and to Mr Highsted for overseeing the events.
This week we welcome back
Year 13 for their last three weeks of school.
During that time they will complete essential final assessments in each
of their subjects before jetting off for a long summer holiday. The hard work is not yet over, but some light
at the end of the tunnel is slowly becoming visible.
We also say goodbye this
week to Year 11 who have come to the end of their time at MGS (for the moment). They will complete all assessments by Friday
and then leave having 17 weeks of holiday ahead of them! Use it wisely, boys.
Finally, Haydn Price of Year
13 will be doing a 1.4 mile open-water swim in the Bournemouth 'Pier to Pier'
on Saturday 3 July. Haydn has started
training, and gratefully welcomes donations towards the British Heart
Foundation here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/haydn-price1?experiments=b2c_054_show_hide_fitness_totaliser%2Cb2c_059_donate_to_yourself_v3&isMobile=true&successType=StaticDonateButtonClick
