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The Spring Bulletin March 2018
End of Term Message by Miss Stanley, Headteacher
This has been a very successful term for the school, with highlights including the fantastic school production and the wonderful dance evening. These events again evidenced the significant level of talent our students have within the creative arts subjects, with the snow days and the snow day photo competition being further examples. Indeed, we are now at an early stage of investigating whether we can use some of the photos to create MGGS Christmas cards. We have also, this term, celebrated the achievements of some of our alumni. In particular, we were delighted when Lizzy Yarnold became the first British Olympian to retain her gold medal over two consecutive winter olympics. At the GCSE presentation, our guest speaker was Catherine Wyatt, who currently works at Reuters Newsagency, and who gave news of a number of her contemporaries.
Both Lizzy and Catherine were previous head students. The end of term 4 always sees the change from the current head students in Year 13, to our new head students in Year 12. I want to thank Beth, Bradley, Eleanor, Katie and Steph for all their hard work this year for the school, and to wish Abbey, Lily, Rhiannon, Lydia and Emily all the best for the coming year as they take on their extra responsibilities. As we continue to celebrate our 130th anniversary let me quote from Miss Barnes (Headteacher 19511970). Sixty years ago at the speech day in 1958 she told her audience on that occasion: “We need the best - in effort, in honest and hard thinking - that each of us can give.� Sixty years on, we agree with her wholeheartedly; the curriculum will have changed of course, but our core values remain very much the same. Finally, I am delighted to inform you that Mr Horstrup has been appointed as Headteacher of Dover Grammar School for Boys, with effect from September 2018. Our congratulations go to him on his appointment. He will go with our very best wishes. As a school we will be appointing a new Deputy Headteacher during next term. I wish you all a peaceful and happy Easter holiday.
Year 7 Easter Hat Parade Pictured here are some of the winners.
Congratulations to all of the winners and well done to the Year 7s for taking part!
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