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13 Mar 2024

Sporting successes: girls triumph in both netball and football

St George’s School Windsor Castle’s ‘Sport for All' philosophy is certainly reaping dividends, with two Under 11 teams gaining medals in the space of just a week!

13 Mar 2024

Sporting successes: girls triumph in both netball and football

Last Friday Year 6 students took home the winners medals at the IAPS Small Schools Under 11 Netball Tournament at Framlingham College in Suffolk. The seven-strong team won all seven of their matches on route to the final, before displaying impressive skill and determination to win 5-4 in the event’s nail-biting conclusion.

This week the girls tested their mettle again, this time at the Under 11 Football Tournament organised by Newland House, taking home the silver medals after winning four of their six matches at Bushey Park, Teddington.

Aimee O’Donovan, Assistant Director of Sport at St George’s, said: “I’m so thrilled for the girls. Our unique 4Ps sports pathway programme takes the students on a journey through play, participation, progress and performance, both to discover and nurture individual talents and also to develop a real love of sport - both of which were clearly on display throughout both tournaments."

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13 Mar 2024

Celebrated authors inspire students on World Book Day

Students at St George’s School Windsor Castle enjoyed visits from two acclaimed authors during their World Book Day celebrations this year.

13 Mar 2024

Celebrated authors inspire students on World Book Day

Award-winning illustrator and author, Petr Horáček, led three workshops for the school’s youngest students, inspiring the children from Kindergarten to Year 4 with interactive tales from his childhood and explaining how his experiences had contributed to the stories in his books. He then led Years 1 and 2 in creating a giant collage of artwork, with each child developing a unique character to add to the background he had painted.

One of Horáček’s books, Blue Penguin, struck a particular chord with Year 2 children who had extensively researched the birds after adopting a penguin at Christmas. One Year 2 student, Harvey, was excited to tell the author what he had discovered: “I could tell him a lot of things about the blue penguin. I knew it was from New Zealand and it is the smallest penguin in the world. It can even fit inside a shoe box!"

The school’s older children attended talks with Rupert Attlee. Describing his extensive travels across the rugged landscapes of Patagonia, Attlee used a series of images of his experience to illustrate how he developed his books on the subject, exploring the elements of plot, character and setting. In addition to inspiring the students’ future creative writing, he instilled a sense of adventure through his many anecdotes.

Beyond World Book Day, St George’s continues to champion reading throughout the year with regular whole school reading sessions and a wide range of books to choose from across the three school libraries. To help inspire their future choices, the children made book recommendation postcards on the day, sharing descriptions of their favourite books with their friends.

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27 Feb 2024

Remembering an inspirational educationalist

In the presence of various members of the Royal Family, the choristers sang today in St George's Chapel at the Thanksgiving Service for the Life of His Majesty King Constantine II.

27 Feb 2024

Remembering an inspirational educationalist

The choristers of St George's Chapel had the honour of singing at the Thanksgiving Service for the Life of His Majesty King Constantine II of the Hellenes on Tuesday, 27 February, attended by Her Majesty The Queen and other members of the Royal Family.

The service was of particular and poignant significance to St George's School Windsor Castle thanks to the school's membership of Round Square, a vibrant network of over 250 schools in 50 countries which share a commitment to character education and experiential learning built around six ideals drawn from the theories of the educationalist Kurt Hahn: International Understanding, Democracy, Environmental Stewardship, Adventure, Leadership and Service.

His Majesty King Constantine chaired the first meeting of the seven schools that would form the Round Square movement, named after the building at Gordonstoun where the first conference took place in 1967. For half a century, His close involvement continued, first as Chair, and later as President of Round Square, and over that time, countless students have participated in international conferences, service projects, exchange visits, classroom collaborations and a range of other activities which St George's School Windsor Castle continue to benefit from today.

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