The inaugural Student Ambassador trip to Nanjing was a great success. The Lower Sixth formers who attended the trip returned full of excitement and lessons learned. Communicating across cultures can be challenging; the resilience and adaptability on the part of Guildford and Nanjing students was impressive as they learned how to overcome barriers of language…
Volunteering, most commonly understood, refers to giving unpaid help to groups or clubs out of your own volition. I have no doubt that this sort of volunteering is important to building a community and maintaining a society. In fact, volunteers are necessary for maintaining a society; a study done by London Economics found that UK volunteers annually…
71 Third Form students, accompanied by members of the Geography Department, set off on the annual Geography field trip to the Lake District. Combining academic study with outdoor exploration, the visit provided an invaluable opportunity for students to experience first-hand many of the landscapes and processes they have been studying in the classroom. Educational visits…
The final of this year’s 200 Seconds Competition took place in May, bringing together some of the School’s most talented young presenters for an evening of intellectual curiosity, creativity and confident public speaking. An established and much-valued part of the Scholarship for All programme, the competition provides students in the First and Second Forms with…
“Houston, we have a problem!” Five words that, 56 years ago, signalled one of the most dangerous moments in the history of space exploration, and one of the greatest examples of teamwork the world has ever seen. When the oxygen tank on the Apollo 13 module exploded, the crew had no choice but to retreat…
It was a privilege to hear the astonishing array of talented musicians perform in our annual Concerto Concert with Southern Pro Musica in Holy Trinity Church. The repertoire, performed by 11 of our most outstanding soloists and singers, was wide-ranging and demanding, included a complete performance of the Kabalevsky Violin Concerto played by Robin Moggs…
In early May the Lower Sixth biologists woke up bright and early to travel to Dale for the famously celebrated Bioliday. We departed bright and early in the morning from G Live by coach and arrived in Pembrokeshire around lunchtime. On our first day we visited Jetty Beach where our guide introduced us to the…
Why are we afraid to say the word Mental Health? Why is it that as intelligent, confident young men we’ll passionately debate topics of politics, discrimination, and even war, yet we are so easily silenced by mentions of depression, self harm, or suicide? I think it’s because the problem seems far more real – far…
The spirit of community, compassion and resilience was on full display as 65 Second Form students, supported by eight members of staff and four Lower Sixth helpers, took part in the School’s fifth annual Sleep Out in support of the local homelessness charity, Transform. in classic British fashion, the event began with an unexpected challenge…
