Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who was involved with Friday’s Upper School Speech Day and Year 7 Team Building Day. The weather was sadly not on our side, but despite wet conditions Year 7 still had a good time getting to know their fellow Maidstonians, and the guests and prize-winners at the speech day still valued the opportunity to celebrate. It was a good day for MGS.
With
last week starting in a phased way, this week is the first full week of school
for everyone. On Wednesday we welcome
year 12 students and their parents to the Year 12 Information Evening: an event
for Year 12 to understand more about what is to come as they embark on two
years of A-level study. On Friday we
wish a number of our students well as they leave for the weekend to complete
their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Assessed Expedition. And on Saturday we look forward to the first
Saturday rugby fixture against Gravesend Grammar School. Good luck to all the walkers and players, and
thank you to the staff who will be accompanying them.
Finally,
huge congratulations must go to Carys of Year 13 and Corpus Christi House who,
over the summer, competed in the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in
China. She competed in three events: the
Team Pursuit, the Individual Pursuit and the Madison. Her team placed 1st in the Team Pursuit - achieving
a world record time of 4 mins and 20 seconds for 4km; she won a gold medal and
achieved a PB in the Individual Pursuit; and also won another gold medal in the
Madison with her partner. Well done
Carys – clearly someone to look out for in the future.
