HT Blog – Tuesday 18
March 2025
Huge
congratulations to Year 9 who won the final of the U14 Kent Cup. Many Maidstonians gathered on Friday evening at
the Gallagher Stadium in Maidstone to watch the players play St Colombus School
and compete for the prestigious title of being called Kent Champions. Well done to the players, and huge thanks to
Mr Cooper for coaching the players throughout the season.
Thanks
to the dry weather and the members of staff who slept out under the stars as
well, Year 9 had a good weekend trekking across the footpaths of Kent
completing the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Practice Expedition. There were not too many tired faces on Monday
morning!
Good
news within the D&T Department. Anthony in Year 11 and College House
successfully got through to the interview stages of the Arkwright Scholarship,
which is a fete in itself, and Theo of Year 12 and Corpus
Christi House, who in previous years achieved an Arkwright Scholarship,
recently secured sponsorship with a major engineering company. Well done to them both.
On
Wednesday this week Maidstone Grammar School acknowledges 100 years of
rugby. Back in March 1925 MGS played its
first ever rugby fixture against Dartford Grammar School, beating them 59 – 0! So, 100 years later, we are welcoming
Dartford back to MGS to play us once more to commemorate this special
occasion. Many Maidstonians and Old
Maidstonians will be gathered on the side line cheering on the players. Good luck to everyone involved, thank you Mr
Saunders and Mr Seymour for coaching the players, and thank you Mr Walker for
delving into the school archives to find out more about that match 100 years
ago.
This
Friday is the annual Comic Relief Appeal that MGS always supports. Led this year by Corpus Christi House, much
will be going on. There will of course
be the usual non-uniform and cake sale across the school, but this year we have
a darts competition taking place at lunchtime in the Big Hall, and after school
there will be a staff vs. students football match on the all-weather pitch. Much fun will be had by all. Following the charitable events during the
day, MGS hosts another of its successful Battle of the Bands events where
students and staff who love a bit of rock music will be performing for the
gathered crowd and aspiring to be crowned the Band of the Night. Thank you, Mr Martin, for organising.