This week sees Maidstonians go to the polls in the big election: The MGS Mock Election. To coincide with the general election, we are running a mock election in parallel where a number of year 12 students have put themselves forward to stand as candidates for the various parties. Hustings will be taking place the day before, with polling taking place on Thursday 4 July. As Returning Officer, I will announce to the school that afternoon the results of the election. Good luck to all candidates.
Also on Thursday, as well as the mock election, we welcome our newest and youngest Maidstonians to attend a day in school at the Year 6 Induction Day. In just over eight weeks these students will be fully-fledged Maidstonians who will begin their MGS journey for the coming years, and so spending a day with us will show them what being associated with this school is all about.
At the weekend a number of Maidstonians will be jetting off to a variety of destinations to enjoy a week away as part of the Enrichment Learning Week programme. Whilst years 10 and 12 next week will be completing essential work experience, years 7 to 10 will be enjoying being outside of the classroom and taking part in an activity that they have chosen. Some are away on a school trip, whilst others will be in and around Maidstone doing a variety of different things. I hope everyone enjoys themselves, and safe journey to all those who are travelling.
Finally, congratulations to three students: Theo of Year 11 and Corpus Christi House, Clark of Year 12 and also of Corpus Christi House, and Liam of Year 12 and Barton House. Theo has just been accepted for the Arkwright Engineering Scholarship. His enthusiasm for all things design and technology has been regularly praised by Mr Alvarez, head of D & T, and so Theo’s success is very much deserved. And Clark and Liam have just been awarded gold for their participation in the recent Cambridge Chemistry Challenge. Well done to them all.
