Maidstone Grammar School The MGS COTIDIE...final day. Their newly learnt skills were being used all over the court as the teams tried to score points, the teams had to score 7 points

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Maidstone Grammar School

The MGS COTIDIE

RAF

The RAF section has been

very busy this week; they

have done a multitude of

exercises and activities.

The cadets needed to re-

fresh their Weapons Han-

dling Safety Test (WHST)

in order to take part in live

firing and the DCCT

(digital range), let’s hope

they didn’t miss. On

Wednesday the cadets

also took part in flying,

which went down a treat!

Army

The Army section has also

been busy with their over-

night exercises and range

days. The cadets were

able to shoot rounds down

a 25, 100 and 200 metre

range to see who the best

marksman was. They also

took part in adventure

training. Canoeing and

paddle boarding were the

two most enjoyed sports

among the cadets. Some

cadets said that the over-

night exercise was the

most enjoyable part of the

week. The cadets had to

live and work in the field

by themselves for a whole

24 hours cooking, sleep-

ing and taking watches

exactly like the real armed

forces would! Hopefully

nobody got a cold.

RN

The Royal Navy section

has spent a week on the

river Clyde on a boat

called the SD Orensay.

They have slept and eaten

on their boat and have had

a great time doing it. They

have also experienced a

mixture of activities and

exercises. They have been

doing navigational exer-

cises such as chart work

and route plotting, to al-

low them to sail to multi-

ple destinations including

Rosyth, Tarbolt, Holy Is-

land and the Cock of Ar-

ron. After a hard day at

sea the cadets were al-

lowed some rest time,

they were allowed to go to

the beach, play games

such as snooker and table

football and some card

games. Hopefully they got

to bed on time.

Breaking news It’s a wet journey back

for Mr Tomkins as his

kayak capsized not

once, not twice but actu-

ally ... no it was twice!

Will there be excuses

such as ‘there was a

hole in the boat’ — take

it from us there wasn't.

1st July 2016

After enduring a grueling 15

hour coach journey, leaving

MGS at 5 o’clock on Saturday

afternoon, they finally arrived

in Ardeche at their PGL resort

at 8 o’clock the following

morning. Due to the lack of

experience among the stu-

dents they were slowly intro-

duced to the new concept of

canoeing, based upon what

they were taught at the resort.

“Everyone picked up the tech-

niques fast, which meant we

could quickly begin our de-

scent down the river” said

Elliot Year 10. They returned

to the PGL base unscathed

but very exhausted from their

first day on the water.

CLIFF JUMPER OR CLIFF HANGER...

ITS NOT ALL ABOUT THE EUROS

This activity is run for the

whole week by Mr Highsted,

Mr Holmes and Mr Hall on the

field. One part of the week is

competitive sports where the

students are in different

teams. During the events they

have to record the gameplay

and use it later on.

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They were set a target of

canoeing 12km through the

windy river and fast rapids

with the blazing sun beating

down on them—exhausting!!

As the day passed, they

managed to canoe with

much more ease and

smashed their target and

were on the coach back to

camp before 5. Whilst on

their journey along the river

they stopped twice; once

for a daring rock jump fol-

lowed by slip ‘n slide at the

bottom of the rapids next to

the limestone. “The slip ‘n

slide was great fun and was

enjoyed by everyone.” said

Charley Year 9.

Our favourite quote of this

trip: “It was truly amazing

taking in the scenery and

what surrounded it. It made

us really appreciate what

MGS offers for extended

learning week. We worked

as a team which was al-

ways going to be the best

option“ thank you for that

William number 1 and Wil-

liam number 2.

In conclusion , we know the

boys and teachers who took

part in this activity have

really enjoyed it.

Students will take on activi-

ties like Volleyball, penal-

ties, crossbar challenge, tug

of war, tag rugby, handball

and football. These activi-

ties all require different

skills and the students will

then analyse these skills.

The competition was fierce

when we visited as the yel-

low and light blue team

were neck and neck. The

students made new friends,

learnt new skills and built

up their confidence. This

will help them become bet-

ter people overall. Adedao

of Y9 said ‘Sky sports me-

dia week is amazing and I

would recommend this to

other people because you

don’t have to be very sporty

as the second part of the

week is for people who are

good at technology’.

When we visited, the

sporty students were

facing part two of the

week, the media. Whilst

the students were playing

sports, they had been

recording and taking pho-

tos of the activities they

had done on Monday and

Tuesday. The students

then used that data and

produced things like play-

er profiles, and edited

footage of the games.

After speaking to most

of the students we found

out that around 95% of

them would recommend

this activity to friends,

most of them enjoyed

their experience doing

both the sporty side of

things and the media. All

in all, very good!!!!

This was a 2.5 day activity and

on Day 1, the students learnt

different techniques on the

different game styles. They

were all working extremely

hard to improve their skills

ready for the competition,

which was taking place on the

final day.

Their newly learnt skills were

being used all over the court

as the teams tried to score

points, the teams had to score

7 points to win and then they

would go up or down on the

leader board. In the end the

blue team were the most dom-

inant, playing consistently well

and coming first. Well done!

BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE...

WHO NEEDS THE RYDER CUP?

The range is where you have a

wedge and have turns at hit-

ting the ball as far as you can

— we can tell you that it isn’t

as easy as it looks!

We asked ‘would you recom-

mend this activity and why?’ -

he said’ ‘I think that I would

recommend it as it has been

fun and you learn new things.

Also it is worth the money’.

‘You have to be good at coordi-

nation and power when hitting

the ball’ is what another stu-

dent said when asked what

you have to do to be good at

Golf.

Well done to Mrs Cook, Mr

Baker and Mr Williams, it

sounds like the students and

teachers have really enjoyed

themselves and would recom-

mend it to others.

This activity lasted for the

whole week run by Mrs Cook,

Mr Baker and Mr Williams

with some help from instruc-

tors. This took place at Tudor

Park which is a nice plush

hotel. There is a lot of field

room and there were so many

types of golf activities for the

students to try.

When we visited on Wednes-

day, they were all enjoying

themselves and having a great

time and it would seem they

are all pros at golf now!

During our visit we asked a

student a couple of questions:

“What have you done so far?’

- he replied ‘We focused on

Yoga, our fitness and also the

techniques in golf.’ We also

asked ‘What was the best

activity?’ - he replied ‘The

range’.


Again this is another activity

with almost 100% positive

feedback. Every time we visit-

ed the basketball everyone

had a smile on their face, well

unless they were getting

thrashed. Awesome activity

thumbs up for this one.

Play it Loud with Mr Hall

and Mr Friend, a technolo-

gy enhanced week. They

were making an array of

projects e.g. Speakers, ra-

dios, etc. They got to use

solder irons, wires, circuit

boards and other D.T. appli-

ances. Also, they had to

design their speakers, so

there was a lot of creative

factors in this activity. To

design the speakers they

got to use the laser cutter

for designs, cut pieces of

wood with a saw, use glue

guns to stick everything

together and also electric

saws to cut harder wood.

All of the students were

excited about the activity

and they all seemed to be

enjoying themselves with

the designing and the sol-

dering that they were do-

ing. However they were

also finding it challenging

as it was the first time that

they were doing this sort of

activity and they did not

have experience with it, but

this meant they were learn-

ing new things so the week

was helpful for them.

A TUNEFUL RACKET

MGS’TIVAL

Students from different

years have taken part in

the extended learning week

activity ‘MGS School Of

Rock’. Groups consisting of

different aged individuals

begun the week by select-

ing songs that they liked

and then learning their

songs on a particular in-

strument, ranging from

brass to electric guitar, or

learning the words in order

to sing it correctly.


After selecting their

songs they rehearsed

with their group, making

changes as the week

went on to suit their

needs. They have worked

closely with teachers; Mr

Gymer, Miss Mason and

Mr Martin, who are all

featuring in a band with

two pupils. They have

found that working along-

side those who have

more experience and are

able to share tips and

tricks helped immensely.

While learning their instru-

ments, the main hall has

been turned into an arena

where on Friday, during

school; each group will

perform their pieces to an

audience of fellow class-

mates and friends and

then perform a concert on

Friday evening , 1st July

in front of parents — tick-

ets are available on the

door for adults and stu-

dents.

This activity also allows

students to bond and can

create some friendships

among the groups they are

in while allowing them to

express their talent. Also by

sharing a passion for music

the teachers and students

can relate with each other

more. Josh of Year 8 said

‘it was great fun, I would

recommend it to others as

it is good to do such a rare

activity and it’s good to

learn a lot that can help

you improve.’

Bake off is a prime example

of working hard to get a

great reward. The students

have been working on iced

buns and stuffed their

mouths with the delicious

treats! The next day they

made some astonishing

cakes. The cakes were a

var iety of flavours! Mmmm… I wish I could have

some. We asked multiple

students about how they got

on and all responded that it

was great fun and they learnt

so much!” On Wednesday

the goodies were being

judged, oh how tense…

BAKE OFF OR CAKE OFF


They were faced by some

of MGS’s hardest judges,

the contestants were being

judged on everything, from

looks to taste.

The students have been

hard at work making all

kinds of goodies, from cup-

cakes to great big multi-

layer cakes, yummy!

Charlie, from 8H, took the

title as the Star Baker and

the title was well earned as

shown by the cake made.

Zach from 9S, took first

place as the best show-

stopper and Tommy from

9CR, took the runner up

but equally everyone’s

were absolutely amazing!

BAKE OFF OR CAKE OFF PART 2: WINNERS

LIGHTS CAMERA ANIMATE

Lights, camera, animate is

about animating your own

stop-motion movie! This

lasts for a week and brings

many skills to the table

such as computer skill,

planning and designing.

Over the week the students

will be making their story,

making and designing the

model and background. It

was a lot of work but at the

end of the week, it will a;;

be worth it!


Whilst questioning the

hard working animators,

they told us their stories -

from cute little monsters

to an action packed war

between terrorist and

Rambo. Some were imagi-

native, like a battle be-

tween a mutated tree and

dead pool to a fun and

quirky battle between

batman and the pringles

man! Whilst they were

going through the pro-

cess, they said they most-

ly enjoyed creating the

plot and the models and

said that it was “silly cas-

ual fun” and “an exciting

casual challenge”

JOE AND

HARVEY

8CR

BEN 9I

had varying damage,

spread, effective range and

rate of fire, we were very

impressed by this. Also they

have zombie spawners that

you can shoot in the maze.

The rate that zombies

spawn at varies depending

on the number of spawn-

ers. However, unless you

shoot them all they will

spawn infinitely. When you

destroy all the spawners

then kill the remaining zom-

bies you will go to the next

At let’s get digital the stu-

dents were using a soft-

ware program called ‘game

maker’. The boys we inter-

viewed were making a

maze game with zombies.

They said they were excited

to learn about computer

software. The next day

their game had progressed

massively and looked a lot

better and was very good.

Now they have 3 types of

gun (ak47, shotgun and

pistol) the different guns

level of which there are 4.

The next day they had add-

ed grenades, more types of

enemies and health boxes.

This was in 10 minutes!

They now have 6 levels,

many types of enemy and a

new boss with 2500 health

that is hard to defeat. Also

there are devils, zombies

and the player. The partici-

pants would recommend

this to other people.

♪♪ LETS GET DIGITAL, DIGITAL. ♪♪

CURTAINS UP - THE GREATEST PLAY IN MGS HISTORY

Midsummer Mayhem is a

play MGS are putting to-

gether to perform to Bruns-

wick House Primary School

at the end of the week. The

play is based on Ali Baba

and the Forty Thieves.

We went to check out the

play and managed to get a

short interview with one of

the Year 8’s performing on

Friday; here are some of his

responses:


‘The hardest thing will be

working and co-operating

with other students across

different year groups’

‘I am looking forward to

performing on Friday.’

On Thursday things were

getting really busy! They

were trying on costumes,

scenes and effects. The

group have been working

really hard to perform to

the primary school chil-

dren.

So that’s what the students

said, but what about the

teacher? Mr Saunders

when asked ‘How was it

going?’ replied “I am thor-

oughly enjoying it!” An

amazing example of stu-

dents and teachers sharing

an interest together.

Bridge had a mixed opinion

on whether it was going to

be a good activity or not.

However we can confirm

that everyone had a blast!

One member, Marcus stat-

ed “I found it very enter-

taining!”

Another participant, Riyaj,

said “I would definitely do it

next year if I had the

chance.”

Salou is a resort town along

Spain’s north-eastern Cos-

ta Daurada, in the Tarrago-

na province. Its beaches

range from small, craggy

coves to the busy main

Levant and Ponent strips.

It's popular for windsurfing,

sailing and golf.

The boys went to Salou

because they were interest-

ed in the culture of Spain

and also to have fun! On

Monday they travelled to

Barcelona and went in a

cable car to visit the Boque-

rón market and historical

town center. On Tuesday

they visited the codorniu

cava vineyard and cellars

where they make cava and

wine (hopefully they don’t

drink too much!). On

Wednesday, they went to

visit Nou camp and got to

have some yummy pizza at

plaza Cataluña. And finally

on Thursday and Friday

they went to the port Aven-

tura theme park!

This has been a very enjoy-

able trip, from the amazing

culture of Spain to the ex-

citement going to Port

Aventura, It seems like a

thoroughly enjoyable expe-

rience which many stu-

dents will do each year.

SALUTE TO SALOU

BUILDING BRIDGES

THEATRICAL PROP MAKING

said, “For next year we

need people who are crea-

tive and imaginative” The

event, which is run by Miss

Lang, provides major help

to the actors who will be

acting in the play in Room

60 with Dr Froud. If you

are not good at acting but

still want to be involved

then theatrically creative is

perfect for you!

This activity lasts for the

whole week and you spend

it creating props, sound

and lighting for the play ‘Ali

Baba and the 40 thieves’.

This activity is perfect for

people who are good with

technology to create the

special effects and for the

artistic and creative people

making all the props. The

students also create the

scenery in the background

to make the play realistic.

One student taking part


Walt Disney, Stalin to

name a few — these were

the people the students

were researching to find

out unique facts about

them. One person re-

searching Marvel had

bought in historic comics.

The students could use the

Internet and the many

books in the library to find

out facts. The students are

making presentations and

posters to show their re-

search with many pictures

and interesting facts. The

marvel research students

have been concentrating so

hard, they have printed out

character profiles for about

20 people, which must take

some dedication… “I am

doing my research on

WW2; so far I have done 7

pages of research.” This

sounds like hard work but

fun at the same time —

almost everyone we asked

said they would do it again

and would also recommend

to their friends…

with teachers Miss Mead

and Mr Moody. On Thurs-

day a group of Year 8’s

played a game of ‘Scotland

yard’ with Mr Moody and

enjoyed themselves, even

though they admitted it

hadn’t been their first

choice…

A Year 7 student has rec-

ommended it to those tak-

ing part in extended learn-

Students from Years 7 to

10 have been participating

in various activities and

games, ranging from short

spontaneous games to

those that take days to

complete. Some tried new

games that they hadn’t

previously known about

and others learnt new skills

such as how to play chess.

They have been taking part

ing week next year. He said

‘it is a refreshing change

and I have found it great

fun.’ The best element has

been getting engrossed

and interacting in competi-

tive games with the teach-

ers.

LIBRARY LONG AGO

BOARD GAMES AREN’T BORING

GET ME OUTTA HERE!

big snails. The boys were

watching what was going

on and seemed to be enjoy-

ing the demo. They all

wanted to hold the snakes

and they were quite slimy.

Yuk! Everyone we asked

said they would recom-

mend to a friend. Also every

time we visited them, they

always seemed to be smil-

ing, well apart from one or

two, but nothing is perfect.

Now to the important bit -

have the teachers been

behaving themselves? Well

we have to be truthful here,

we did hear a few

screams—whether they

were from a teacher, may-

be Mr Amin, or a pupil we

do not know.

On the first day everyone

got to hold and touch the

two snakes that were there,

and the snakes were calm

and safe, and no one was

bitten! We went over to the

sixth form common room

and saw a man who had

come in with a couple of

reptiles. He had two tortois-

es, (how long did it take

them to get out their cage),

two corn snakes (hiss),

cockroaches (yuk!). Taran-

tulas (aahhh!) and some


Some of the students at

MGS are enjoyed the week

doing Warhammer, the tac-

tical medieval game.

We interviewed one of the

students and here are

some of his answers:

‘The hardest thing is play-

ing the game tactically; you

have to think about it.’

‘I chose Warhammer as I

have played it for a while,

and enjoy it.’

His top tip for starting was:

‘Learn the basics first,

don’t go and buy everything

as soon as you start.’

Day 2: The Warhammer

students are still enjoying

themselves and are all en-

gaging in the game - if they

are not painting, they are

getting stuck into some

competition with other stu-

dents. They seem to be

abiding by the rules and

are looking forward to their

trip on Wednesday.

Day 3: The students are

back from their trip to

Games Workshop in Maid-

stone, the main supplier for

Warhammer figures and

sets. They said they were

shown how to paint and

play properly, and also

some bought some sets,

figures and scenes while

they were there.

As the week comes to a

close for them, they are

enjoying it by painting their

new figures, but they are

also still playing against

each over, and to the

rules…

Is Warhammer the new

game for MGS?

MEDIEVAL MGS

OUR VERY OWN WIMBLEDON WEEK

Mr Stone went to collect

what he thought would be a

few balls - he came back

with 82 balls. He said he

was “shocked but found it

quite amusing.”

When we visited everyone

was smiling and the sun

was shining - a perfect

recipe for strawberries and

cream! Every boy we spoke

to said they thoroughly en-

joyed the week which is

great however, will next

year’s ELW have to contend

with it…

The students participating

in the tennis activity were

first shown the basic swing-

ing moves to hit the ball,

after this they moved onto

strategic positions and how

to recover from running to

the net. They then moved

on to fun games such as

around the world and Texas

Tennis. They then learnt

some harder techniques

such as Serving and Vol-

leys. Then it got to competi-

tion time and the balls

were flying all over the

place. At one point when


Before the lucky students

went to Iceland, they had to

prepare and plan for their

trip to numerous sites

around Iceland. These sites

included but was not lim-

ited to the Kerio crater, an

active volcano, Skogafoss

waterfall which is more

than 200 feet high and the

Blue Lagoon. The group

arrived in Iceland at 15:10

and then had to embark on

a 1 hour and 15 minute

journey to their hotel where

they would stay for the next

three days. Hopefully they

were treated alright seeing

as England had just been

knocked out ice cold by

Iceland in the Euro’s! At

least the all you can eat

breakfast went down well.

The students have also

learnt about various things

such as the tectonic plates

that Iceland sits on, geo-

thermal power stations and

Gulfoss’s multi-tiered wa-

terfall system.

ITS NOT ONLY MUMS THAT GO TO ICELAND

MILANO

ranello and had a guided

tour. They also had the op-

portunity to try out the F1

simulator. After that they

roamed the town before

dinner.

On Wednesday they spent

the day in Milan and went

to the San Siro stadium.

After lunch they went to

Duomo Cathedral, they

climbed a huge flight of

stairs to the roof; the view

that could be seen must

have been amazing. After a

short break the boys went

to see Sforza’s Castle.

On the final day, Thursday,

before travelling home they

went to visit Leonardo 3 (an

exhibition of Leonardo Da

Vinci’s work) and learnt how

he completed his works.

After a quick lunch and a

coach journey to Malpensa

Airport they were on a plane

and back on British soil in

another 3 hours.

Monday, leaving early for a

long trip., the MGS boys

arrived at Mote Park Lei-

sure Centre at 3:50am,

starting a short coach jour-

ney to Gatwick Airport for a

3 hour flight to Milan. The

boys were tired yet excited

about the week ahead. A

second coach took them to

the hotel on the side east

of the town center after

visiting historical sites

around Milan, including the

San Ambrogio basilica.

On Tuesday, they went to

the Ferrari Factory, Ma-


The French Alps trip, led by

Mrs Van Mol, met late/

early at midnight at the

school last weekend. They

then drove all the way to

their resort by coach and

arrived around about

17:00. As you can see by

the picture on the right,

they were extremely lucky!

What a magnificent build-

ing they got to stay in. They

got a run through of the

building getting to know

where everything was and

they prepared for the next

day. Monday was an excit-

ing day for them as they

travelled to the sea of ice.

Hope they didn’t get cold

feet! They then went

through Mont Blanc just for

pizza! How I envy them.

Then to settle the lads

down they went for a lei-

surely walk and stayed in

yet another hotel. The next

day started even better

with water sports at Lake

Annecy for the whole day.

Hopefully they all had a

splash! They ended the day

with another short trek. On

Wednesday they travelled

to Geneva, Switzerland.

They visited the Hadron

Collider which is the world’s

most powerful, biggest par-

ticle accelerator! On Thurs-

day they did the last of

their activities and got

ready to check out and

leave for the overnight jour-

ney ahead of them. I’m

sure the teachers and stu-

dent all had a lot of fun. I

caught up with two mem-

bers via telephone who

went on the trip, George

and Matt, and they gave

me an insight on the trip.

When I asked if the trip was

going well, Matt said “Yes,

the trip is very good and

very relaxing!” and I asked

George the same question

and he said “It’s really nice

and the scenery is amaz-

ing!” They said the drive

was very long but it was

worth it!

FRENCH ALPS

MGS IN THE WILD

They went to a lot of different places, for example:

Mote Park Water Sports Centre

K&S Climbing, Groom Bridge, East Sussex

Quench Cycles, Bedgebury, Pinetum, Kent

This activity was full of adventures and sports that are all

fun, as well as tiring and sports that you would not usually

do, so these students were in for a treat!

The students had a lot of fun in this activity, “This has

been the best week for me, and I want to do this next

year” Most of the students said they would want to do it

next year if they could, and said that it has to be the best

activity out of all the activities. They even got barbecues

to enjoy, but the smell of the place near the lake was not

a thing to enjoy!

Adventure Kent run by Mr

Seymour, Mr Jones, Mr Wil-

mot and Mr Redmond was

a week full of adventures.

What Activities were they

doing?

Canoeing

Raft building

Windsurfing

Paddle boarding

Climbing

Mountain biking

Sailing


The Kent Messenger is a newspaper

and radio company that was founded in

the 1890s. It is Kent’s most popular

newspaper and we, the MGS cotidie

team, got to go and visit their Strood

location on the second day of MGS’s

extended learning week. We were given

a tour of the offices and got to talk to

lots of important people. It really

showed us that everyone gets a chance

in journalism. We also had a look at the

Kent Messenger online team and how

they process the news by constantly

updating stories to keep everyone up to

date. Our final treat was a trip to the

KMFM studios where we met Steve who

was actually presenting a live broadcast

while we were in the studios. We had to

be very quiet – it was all very exciting.

This experience really enlightened us

young students and has helped us to

produce this copy of the MGS Cotidie.

Everyone now seems to know how much

work really goes in to producing a news-

paper.

We all really enjoyed the whole experi-

ence and would like to say a huge

thank you to the team at the KM

and to Dr Everett for taking us there.

KMFM WIRED FOR SOUND


BIG BANG OR LITTLE FIZZ

The big bang lasted 5 days and they did

all sorts of science related experiments

ranging from launching rockets into the

air using a bottle, some water and air.

They also made ice cream and blew up

Methane CH4 balloons. When we went

to visit the big bang on Tuesday, one

group was performing an ink experi-

ment. The group were dropping ink on-

to paper at different heights, to see the

effects when dropped. Everyone looked

like they were still enjoying it, there

were some smiles amongst the group.

Some of the groups made kites out of

plastic bags, newspaper, sellotape,

string and garden robs. Wednesday

they went to the Big Bang Science

Fayre. Thursday they went to the Sci-

ence Museum in London. They had a

look at some planes and had a short

presentation on sound and vibrations .

The whole week was full of activities

and lots of fun.

AND SPECIAL THANKS TO...


Mr Rob Moss, parent and a journalist since 1998 who visited our

team on Monday and spent time advising on how to produce a

magazine. His advice included the 5 W and 1 H rule (who, what,

why, when, where, how) which, if all elements are included,

should make for interesting reading. Mr Moss, your advice was

gratefully received and we hope that the time generously given to

us has been reflected in our final product. Many thanks indeed.

Thanks also to the hospitality of the Kent Messenger and its staff,

a visit that supported us to complete this magazine (see written

article).

And finally, to the Office staff, for their time, support and advice

(the biscuits were a bonus!). The ‘In the News’ team thank you for

guiding us over the week and helping us to complete our mission

to produce the 2016 Extended Learning Week Newspaper.

CAN YOU FIND ALL 10 WORDS?


Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the

Battle of the Somme 1st July 2016

Representatives of the country and the armed forces, together with others who

fought alongside the British in this momentous battle of the First World War,

have gathered today at the Thiepval Memorial in France to pay tribute to the

many thousands who were killed and wounded in the Battle that lasted from

July to November 1916.

On the first day of the battle, the worst in British history for casualties, the

British and Commonwealth forces suffered 60,000 casualties, including

20,000 killed. In total during the 4 and a half months of the battle the British

and Commonwealth forces suffered 419,654 casualties, including 95,675

killed in action.

At MGS we should particularly remember those Old Maidstonians who were

killed in the battle. They were:

Guy Bracher – killed on 3rd July

Roy Duncanson – killed on 7th July

Garett Saveal – killed 13th July

L Blunden, - killed on 22nd July

Henry Waterman – killed on 28th August

Stuart Lawrence – killed on 17th September

Meet the team

ROMMEN

KIERAN, SYED

ROHAN, HARRY

TOM, SARNIE

JACK.B, JACK.W

OLLIE, DANIEL

Documents

Maidstone Grammar School The MGS COTIDIE...final day. Their newly learnt skills were being used all over the court as the teams tried to score points, the teams had to score 7 points