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The Summer Bulletin July 2017
End of Year Message By Miss Stanley, Headteacher We have seen many fantastic achievements from our students over the course of this year. Reading the weekly parent bulletins and the news items on our website and Facebook Page give a real feel for the tremendous and varied talents of our students. In addition it was a real pleasure to attend the recent Art Exhibition and Sports Presentation evening (to name just two recent events) which celebrated the achievements of our students in school. And as I write this I am also looking forward to watching this year’s KS3 celebration. At the end of this term we are saying goodbye to some members of staff. After 23 years at MGGS Mrs Farnham is retiring from teaching. She has had such an important role as Head of Year 7 to every student in the school and can probably claim that she knows more than anyone else about the students in our school. She will be greatly missed by staff and students. Mrs Fuller our Senior Science Technician is also leaving after 18 years at MGGS. She will be greatly missed by the Science Department and all students who have Science lessons. Mrs Kelly is also retiring and we wish all three of them the very best for a long and happy retirement. Mr Pidgeon, who has been at MGGS for eleven years is moving to a school nearer his home. During his time here he has been a strong advocate of the Prince’s Teaching Institute, which has been to the benefit of the school. Mr O’ Sullivan has gained promotion to Head of Physics at The Weald of Kent Grammar School. Both Miss Shohid and Mr Woolacott are moving to teaching positions outside of Kent, and Mr Hamilton has gained promotion to Head of Computing at Bethany School. Mrs Sherwood- Farnfield our Biology Technician has also gained promotion to a position at The Malling School. We wish all these colleagues the very best for the future and look forward to hearing from them in due course. I do want to take this opportunity to thank all the staff, both teaching and support staff for all their hard work this year. They give tirelessly of their time for the benefit of all our students and I am grateful to have such a team of dedicated professionals here at MGGS. It has been a busy term for students in Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 who have all been taking public examinations. We wish them the very best for their results and look forward to seeing them on results days. The weather this summer so far has been very good, but at times almost too hot! I trust the beautiful weather will continue into the holiday, and that everyone has a chance to really enjoy it. Please allow me to wish you all a happy and enjoyable summer holiday and I look forward to seeing everyone again at the start of term on Tuesday, 5th September.
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