Information
This section of the MGGS Website is for parents and students seeking advice on a range of matters to do with general school administration and organisation of the curriculum.
Recent letters sent home with students will be placed on this page. At the end of each term these letters will be moved to the Archive area.
Don’t forget to inform the school office if you move house or change your telephone numbers, including your mobile phone number or your Email address. It is important that we have up to date contact details for all students of the school. Please make use of our Fax machine facility or the school office Email to update information if these methods are easier for you to use. These contact details are available at the administrative link.
ParentMail
The school now has the facility to Email out to parents all student letters via ParentMail. This system will ensure that information and school letters are sent straight to you. The school would like all parents wherever possible with Email access to join this scheme. This will not only cut down dramatically the amount of paper used in the school but also the necessity of searching those bags at the end of the week for letters that were ‘forgotten’. If you have not already returned a completed ParentMail form then please contact the school office or click on the link below for a registration form. We can register you immediately with ParentMail.
As of July 2010 - 91% of parents are currently registered with ParentMail
If you have not already registered in school for ParentMail and would like to do so click here for a registration form. Return the form to school and we will register you immediately.
Recent Letters
Yr 7 ACF Bore Place Farm Visit Letter July 10
Yr 7 GNS Bore Place Farm Visit Letter July 10
Yr 8 N & S Horniman Museum Trip Letter July 10
Yr 10 French Activity Holiday Letter July 10
Yr 10 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Letter July 10
Yr 12 Carroty Wood Trip Letter Jul 10
Yr 8 A & C V&A Museum Trip Letter Sept 10
Yr 11 New York Trip Letter Feb 11
Yr 12 New York Trip Letter Feb 11
Public Noticies
Privacy Notice - for pupils in school- (Layer 1)
Privacy Notice - What the DCSF does with pupils' data- (Layer 2)
Privacy Notice for Pupils In Secondary Schools
Newsletter
Letters Archive
Swine Flu Letter From Health Protection Agency July 09
Swine Flu Leaflet From Health Protection Agency July 09
Yr 12 Carroty Wood Letter Sept 09
Yr 7 D&T Materials Letter Sept 09
Yr 7-9 Mouthguard Letter Sept 09
Yr 8 D&T Materials Letter Sept 09
Yr 8A & C Horniman Museum Trip Letter Sept 09
Yr 9 D&T Materials Letter Sept 09
Yr 10 Science Revision Guide Letter Sept 09
Yr 11 Work Experience Letter Sept 09
Yr 13 Parents' Evening Letter Sept 09
Yr 10 GCSE Target Grades Letter Oct 09
Yr 11 Mock Examination Letter Oct 09
Yr 11 Tate Britain & Tate Modern Trip Letter Oct 09
Yr 11 Lille Trip Letter Oct 09
Yr 12 Geography Field Trip Oct 09
Yr 12 Tate Britain & Cork Street Galleries Letter Oct 09
Yr 12 A Level Minimum Target Grade Letter Oct 09
Young Engineering Enterprise Letter Oct 09
Yr 7, 8, 9 Science Mentoring Letter Oct 09
Yr 7 - 11 Speech Day Letter Nov 09
Yr 13 Speech Day Letter to Parents & Students Nov 09
Yr 11 On Line Application To 6th Form Up Date Nov 09
Yr7-11Mary Glasgow Language Publication Letter Nov
Yr 12 & 13 Life Drawing Lessons Letter Nov 09
Yr 7 A C F Music Enrichment Day Letter Dec 09
Yr 10 Cake Decorating Workshop Letter Dec 09
D&T Clothes Show Live Trip Letter Dec 09
Yr 7G, N, S Music Enrichment Day Letter Jan 10
Yr 10 Cambridge Challenge Day Jan 10
Yr 13 Theatre Trip Letter Jan 10
Whole School - Let's Get Cooking Jan 10
Yr 8F & 8G Horniman Museum Trip Letter Feb 10
Yr 9 Trip To Globe Theatre Letter Feb 10
Yr 11 Mosque Visit Letter Feb 10
Yr 11 GCSE Poerty Live Day Letter Feb 10
Sixth Form Paris Trip Letter Feb 10
Whole School INSET Day Letter Feb 10
D of E Silver Expedition Letter Feb 10
Yr 7 Natural History Museum Trip Letter March 10
Yr 7 Medieval Fayre Evening Letter March 10
Yr 7 - 11 PFA Non Uniform Day March 10
Yr 7 Food Technology Competition March 10
Yr 8 Mosel Trip Letter March 10
Yr 11 French Revision Day Letter March 10
Yr 11 Port Lympne Field Trip Letter March 10
Yr 11 GCSE Drama Woman In Black Trip Letter Mar 10
Yr 13 Macbeth at The Barbican Theatre Letter Mar 10
Whole Sch Science Specialist Sponsorship Letter Mar 10
Whole Sch Programme of Employer Engagement Mar 10
6th Form Down House Trip Letter March 10
Yr 12 Higher Education Convention Letter April 10
Yr 8F G N S La Tasca Visit April & May 10
Yr 7GNS Music Enrichment Day Letter May 10
Yr 7ACF St Omer Trip Letter May 10
Yr 7, 8 and 10 Important Curriculum Info Letter May 10
Yr 8 La Rochelle Trip Letter May 10
Yr 9 Study Visit To Normandy May 10
Yr 9 Important Curriculum Information Letter May 10
Additional Non Contact Day Letter May 10
Whole School Trips & Visits Letter June 10
Yr 7 Walking Visit to Maidstone June 10
Yr 8ACF Rye Trip Letter June 10
Yr 8GNS Rye Trip Letter June 10
Yr 8 World Language Day Letter June 10
Yr 8 Health Day Letter June 10
Yr 10 Chemistry At Work Event Trip Letter June 10
Yr 10 & 11 Spanish Trip Letter June 10
Yr 10 Geography Data Collection Letter June 10
Yr 11 Examination Information Letter June 10
School Uniform
School Uniform - Year 7
The following should be obtained from the listed outfitters only:
A new uniform is being phased into the school. This new uniform is compulsory for Year 7 students in September 2009 and for students in all succeeding years.
The following items may be obtained from Pages of Maidstone in Pudding Lane Maidstone or Simmonds online www.simmonds-ltd.com and in Tunbridge Wells only (and not at John Lewis):
- Dark brown jumper with double gold stripe at neck and school crest.
- New school specific dark brown polyester skirt with button waistband and pleat detail. No other design may be worn. Skirts should be of reasonable length, no longer or shorter than 4 cm above or below the knee.
Or dark brown trousers of two specific designs only, with embroidered MGGS initials. No other design may be worn.
- Plain white shirt embroidered with the MGGS logo
- A compulsory blazer will be added for 2010
The following items may be obtained from any supplier:
- Plain (not patterned) brown, black, beige or white socks or tights
- A coat which must be of a dark colour and plain. Denim or leather jackets are not acceptable, neither is an alternative sweater instead of a coat
- Shoes may be black or brown and must not be slingbacks nor have platform soles nor heels higher than 4 cm. Shoes should not come above the ankle. Trainers are not acceptable. Except in extreme weather conditions, school shoes should be worn to and from school.
School Uniform - Years 8-11
The following items may be obtained from Pages of Maidstone in Pudding Lane Maidstone or Simmonds online www.simmonds-ltd.com and in Tunbridge Wells:
- Dark brown jumper or sweatshirt with MGGS logo or the new school jumper with double gold stripe at neckline and school crest. (Please note that stocks of the old jumper and sweatshirt will not be replenished)
- Plain dark brown skirt (straight or pleated only, no wrap around skirts) or tailored trousers (not needlecord or denim or jeans style). Skirts must be of a reasonable length no longer or shorter than 4 cm above or below the knee. All students are welcome to wear the new jumper, skirt and/or trousers
- Plain white shirt embroidered with the MGGS logo
The following items may be obtained from any supplier
- Plain (not patterned) brown, black, beige or white socks or tights
- A coat which must be of a dark colour and plain. Denim or leather jackets are not acceptable, neither is an alternative sweater instead of a coat
- Shoes may be black or brown and must not be slingbacks nor have platform soles nor heels higher than 4 cm. Shoes should not come above the ankle. Trainers are not acceptable. Except in extreme weather conditions, school shoes should be worn to and from school.
School Uniform for Physical Education - Years 7 - 11
The following items of PE kit may be obtained from Pages of Maidstone in Pudding Lane Maidstone, Simmonds online www.simmonds-ltd.com and in Tunbridge Wells only:
- Light blue hooded sweatshirt with the school emblem
- Navy blue tracksuit bottoms with the school emblem
- Navy blue skort with the school emblem
The following items may be purchased from any supplier:
- Sky blue aertex polo shirt with student initials embroidered on front top left
- Plain navy shorts for athletics/gymnastics/dance
- White trainers
- Knee length sky blue socks for hockey
- Short white socks for other games
- Shin pads
- We strongly recommend that you purchase a mouth guard for hockey
Student initials should be embroidered on the left hand side of all items of the PE kit underneath the crest. Pastel embroidery should be used on navy blue items and navy blue embroidery should be used on pastel blue items.
Overalls
Science/Technology
A plain coat overall with long sleeves, preferably cotton (but not nylon) with initials embroidered on the front.
We now ask that initials on Science Overalls are embroidered in a specific colour for the academic year 2010-11: Year 7 – Orange, Year 8 – Pastel Blue, Year 9 – Lilac, Year 10 – Red, Year 11 – Yellow, Year 12/13 - any colour.
The same overall must not be worn for Science and Food Technology.
Food Technology
Any colour cotton full length apron may be worn.
A school designed apron is available to be purchased from school.
The same overall must not be worn for Food Technology and Science.
Art
Any suitable covering with long sleeves and preferably opening down the back. A long shirt may be worn back to front.
The Outlet
The Outlet is an office situated in the main building of MGGS for the students’ convenience to:
- Pay in money
- Collect goods such as revision guides, books, art packs and equipment
- Drop off reply slips
The office is open Monday to Friday before school from 8.30am–8.50am and again at morning break from 11.05am–11.25am.
The office is staffed by a member of the school’s finance team who can also be found in the finance office on Monday to Friday from 08.30am-4.00pm for when the Outlet is closed.
We strongly recommend that students use the Outlet whenever possible.
Below is a price list for the items currently stocked by the Outlet:
MFL Revision Guides |
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Collins French Dictionaries |
£3.80 |
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English Books / Revision Guides |
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Othello - Shakespeare |
£5.50 |
Spies - Michael Frayn |
£5.00 |
| Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte | £2.00 |
| A Street Car Named Desire - Tennessee Williams | £6.50 |
| The Annotated Alice - Lewis Carroll, edited by Martin Gardner | £8.00 |
Miscellaneous |
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CGP AS-Level Business Studies |
£5.50 |
| CGP Headstart to Chemistry | £2.50 |
| CGP GCSE Core Science Revision Guide | £3.00 |
Art Pack |
£14.00 |
| Art Sketchbook MGGS | £1.20 |
Fx-83ES Casio Calculator |
£5.50 |
Parent Guide to GCSE’s |
£2.50 |
MGGS Apron |
£4.00 |
| Art Palette (8) Well | £1.40 |
| Oil Pastels | £2.00 |
| Lakeland Painting Pencils (12) | £1.75 |
| Colour Blocks Primary Colours & Black | £2.00 |
| Paint Brush - Size 4 | 50p |
| Paint Brush - Size 8 | 75p |
| Paint Brush - Size 10 | £1.00 |
| Geometry Set | £1.00 |
Transparent Pencil Case (suitable for exams) |
50p |
| Parent Guide To GCSE's | £2.50 |
| Technology Folders | £2.00 |
