Centenary of the School’s Magazine – Writing Competition & Autumn Poems from 1927

With this autumn marking the centenary of the school’s magazine the school launched a writing competition on what ‘Non sibi sed Omnibus’ means to you!  

Thank you to the many students who submitted entries of no more than 500 words.  The deadline has now passed and entries are currently being judged by Miss Calvert, Head of English Department and adjudicated by Ella Dove, MGGS Alumni and published author.  Winning entries will be published in the News & Blog and authors of winning entries will receive a £30 book token.  Good luck everyone!

Keeping with the theme of literature and our centenary we are delighted to share with you two poems published in the school’s Newsletter from 1927:

AUTUMN

In Autumn when the leaves are brown,

And Travellers’ Joy has silken down,

A little fairy comes to ground

And does her work of tinting.

Then all the leaves are turned bright red,

And bushes yellow from foot to head.

When all the plants have gone to bed,

Come winds of winter hinting.

C. Elphee – Upper III ii.

AUTUMN

The Summer days are fled,

The trees are green no more,

And leaves of rusty red

Fall fast about my door.

Swallows are preparing

To seek a warmer clime,

The woods no longer ring

With Songs of Summer-time.

M. Meadmore – Upper III ii.