New Year celebrations at Prize Giving
Our annual Prize Giving ceremony took place on Tuesday, 6 January, with current students and recent leavers awarded prizes to celebrate success in a huge range of fields during the past academic year. The evening began with form prizes for students who have demonstrated kindness and helped their form to cohere, improving the experience that their fellow students have at school. This was followed by subject prizes (for students who consistently demonstrate hard work and dedication to the subject, fully exploiting their natural talent and enthusiasm) and prizes for sport, music, CCF, chess, service to the school and resilience. Many of the prizes have been endowed by old boys and former parents and this event gives a strong sense of the rich history of the school.
Our guest speaker for the ceremony was Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns, KCB, CBE, KStJ, DL, a former senior officer in the Royal Navy, and Governor of Gibraltar between 2009 -2013. His warm and entertaining speech focused on the wide resonance of our school motto and the ways in which one generation can serve the next. With a lavish buffet for recent leavers and their parents, as well as music provided by Skiaull folk group and Hayden Le on the piano, this was an invigorating and happy evening – and an excellent way to start the New Year!
