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Social media is a fast-growing industry with no sign of slowing down. However, one of the most controversial developments in recent years has been the rise of the “reject and pay” model. This system forces users into an uncomfortable choice: either accept extensive tracking and data collection or pay a fee to protect their privacy. After all,…
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Over the first half of the summer term some of our students had been working away behind the scenes outside of lessons on their entries for the new Shakespeare Competition that asked students to design either a graphic novel page or a book cover inspired by a Shakespeare play. The standard of entries was exceptional…
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The Quarterly Gazette walked into The Law Society asking them to give us a rundown of a typical P7 in Law and here’s what we got… A typical P7 in Gordon’s School Law Society is always interactive and engaging. We usually begin by exploring a current legal case or issue in the news, where members…
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Recently, I visited Zero Carbon in Guildford with my family, and it was a very interesting and educational experience. I have always been interested in the environment, and this visit helped me understand more about how people can take action to reduce climate change in everyday life. Zero Carbon is a charity that works with…
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Summer. The word immediately makes you think of lazy days outside sunbathing, all the great end-of-year school events, a gentle buildup to the summer holidays. Yet there is always something just as distinctive signalling the start of the season: the white paint laid onto the Front Field, heralding the growing cheer of Sports Day. For each individual, there’s events to suit every possible strength. Track events vary between fast-paced, 110% effort sprinting (100m, 200m and even 300m), and longer, more vigorous events such…
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On the 6th of May, Miss Weeks, head of Academic Scholars, organised an Academic Scholars Day in the rec, for a day filled with many different problems to solve. All these Challenges were classified as either Bronze, Silver or Gold based on how difficult they were to complete. All three categories were filled with questions based on general knowledge. Depending on…
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On Saturday, 18th April, Year 9 students set off to complete their final Assessment for Duke of Edinburgh for two days and one night. Having been through the practice before, pupils were tasked in navigating their way through various routes and paths across the Surrey hills, hiking for hours upon end to reach their final…
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Looking back, it seems like almost yesterday when Key Stage 3s 2026 drama production cast were frantically checking their emails, looking for the tell-tale email title that would signal the start of a grand and glorious beginning. On Tuesday, the 28th and Wednesday the 29th of April 2026, the School of Rock sang, danced and performed to sold-out audiences at the Wynter Bee Theatre,…
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Feeling confused writing in Spanish? Struggling to understand what that native speaker’s saying in class listening tests? Don’t get verb tenses or what they mean? Now, brand-new Spanish tutoring sessions- with snacks included- are here para tu (for you). All of Year 7 and 8 are invited to attend. Show up consistently, and you could win…
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If you’ve been watching the news recently, you’ll have likely seen the same words show throughout the Easter Holidays: ‘Artemis Mission’, ‘NASA’, and ‘Moon’, to name a few. That’s because on April 1st 2026, the four-manned crew of the Orion spacecraft blasted off to the moon for the first time in over half a century. They smashed the record for furthest human space flight and became the first humans to see the far side…