Firstly, I would like to thank the members of staff who led and supported the numerous activities during last week’s Extended Learning Week. The theme of the week, following two years of being stuck indoors, was MGS Outside, and so seeing hundreds of Maidstonians being allowed to be children once more was wonderful. I hope they all had a great time.
As we approach the summer holiday, this week is a busy one. Yesterday we welcomed parents of Year 8 into the school to attend a newly created event that acknowledged the two years their sons had been at MGS. Sadly, due to the pandemic, yesterday was the first time many of them had actually stepped foot into the school, so having them all together and hearing from us was a good thing to do. Thank you all for coming.
Tomorrow we formally say goodbye to Year 13 at the Year 13 Leavers’ Prom, which this year is being held at Leeds Castle. The weather is looking to be glorious, so it will be nice to see the leaving Maidstonians in their finest in the early evening sun.
On Friday we acknowledge the founding of the School at our Founders’ Day Church Service, and celebrate a number of academic achievements of years 7 to 10 at our Lower School Speech Day. We have not been able to do this since 2019, so it will be good once again to bring the whole school community together to recognise an important day.
Finally, from Icarus in the Archives, did you know in 1888 the Archbishop of Canterbury awarded a Doctorate of Music to Mr. Henniker (the master who wrote the music to the school song). And, after 134 years, we are still singing it.
