Co-Curricular Events
Activities Week Despite the unpredictable weather, the entire school enjoyed an eventful Activities Week filled with exciting talks, events, excursions, and residential trips. Students engaged in a variety of workshops…
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Field Day 5
Students across the school took part in a variety of enriching and diverse activities for Field Day 5. The Art in Context group stayed at school to work with clay,…
OG Events
Headmaster’s Cricket Another well attended Headmaster’s cricket match against the OGs on Sunday, expertly led by captain Alex Sweet OG’16 once again. It was clearly a day for batsmen and…
A Visit from Dr Marilyn Corrie
The English Department was delighted to welcome Dr Marilyn Corrie from University College London to deliver a highly engaging lecture on Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale…
Reflection: Competition
Competition is an integral part of life. In the natural world, plants and animals compete for resources, and it is competition which gives a lion its strength and a gazelle…
Field Day 4
On Field Day 4, various student groups engaged in diverse activities across different locations, making it a day of enrichment, fun and learning. The ‘Art in Context’ class embarked on…
Royal Academy Young Artists Online Show
Congratulations to Lower Sixth student, Joe Thorneycroft, whose painting has just been selected for the Royal Academy Young Artists Online Show. This year there were 21,500 submissions, so this is…
Surrey Hills Young Composer 2024
Upper Sixth student, Oscar Trott, was awarded a Third Prize at the prestigious Surrey Hills Young Composer Competition 2024. Julia Pearson, Chairman of the Festival and of its international jury,…
Physics Olympiad
The organisers of the Physics Olympiad hosted a Year 7 and 8 challenge for the first year. 55 schools and 3581 students entered. RGS students made up the fifth largest…
Reflection: Teamwork
The theme for this week is teamwork: something we rely on so often but frequently fail to recognise and appreciate. It’s important that we reflect on team work and really…
Lower Sixth Biology Fieldtrip
31 Lower Sixth biologists ventured to the Pembrokeshire coastline for their A Level ecology practical. From Friday to Sunday, the weather was perfect for outdoor learning and exploring rockpools to…
Reflection: Mentoring
“Do or do not. There is no try.” A quote from Yoda, a character in the 1980’s Star Wars film, Empire Strikes Back. Where Yoda shows great wisdom to teach Luke…
Senior Prefects
The Headmaster is delighted to announce the Senior Prefect appointments for 2024/25. School Captain is Charlie Everitt and he is supported by the two Deputy School Captains, Thomas Bull (who is also House Captain…
