What's happening @gordonstounschool

What is the collective nouns for matrons? A magic? A majesty? A photograph sneaked before a Matrons’ meeting - and a moment to say the most enormous of all thank yous to them for all that they do. We pride ourselves on the provision of pastoral care at #Gordonstoun - and matrons are absolutely and completely key to that. #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation

Another brilliant day out in the Cairngorms for our winter climbers this weekend - amazing as ever to have these conditions so close to school where the Spring sun was shining. If you would like to learn more about the amazing opportunities on offer to students at #Gordonstoun sign up for our webinar on Friday at #linkinbio. It would be brilliant to see you there. #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #winterskills #thereismoreinyou

How is this for a beautiful end to the weekend? The #Gordonstoun Chamber Choir performing Homeward Bound - hoping your Sunday was all you hoped for and that the week ahead is a good one. #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #schoolchoir #charactereducation

Huge congratulations to the #Gordonstoun robotics team who had a great weekend at the Vex National championships. After battling to 7th in qualifying they narrowly lost in the Quarter Final round of 16. The team won the innovation award for design - which is a major achievement of which they are justly proud. Kurt Hahn would be proud too - of the huge amount of character and resilience shown by the team over the last two days! #plusestenvous #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #robotics

Weekend socials are a highlight at a full time #boardingschool - and every Saturday there is something different to do, within and across the year groups and the boarding houses…. . #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation

At the half way point in the Vex National Robotics Championship the #Gordonstoun robotics team are sitting 13 out of 32 teams. There are 5 more qualifications games today which will hopefully lead to a rise through the rankings before the knockout rounds begin after lunch. Well done to the students for all of there problem solving under pressure! Amazing work! #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #roboticscompetition

Incase you ever need an illustration of why Gordonstoun’s location in the North of Scotland is a major, major advantage; when it affords such easy access to landscapes & experiences such as these for our students, as part of the uniquely broad curriculum on offer here. For more on #Gordonstoun see #linkinbio #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #thisismyclassroom

It’s Friday! And this week’s fantastic facilitator is Rache Wareing. Manager of the Healthcare Centre. The full piece will be up on Monday, but here’s a taster - What do you enjoy most about working at Gordonstoun? Caring for the students, looking after their physical wellbeing and emotional health, and the challenges that can bring sometimes. Every day is completely different in the healthcare centre, no day is ever the same. It’s great fun - hard work but great fun. What is your biggest challenge in your role? Working with international students and parents brings different challenges in healthcare, because how they treat someone at home may be different from how we treat someone here. I try to ask the student “how would you treat this at home?”. For example, we had a student recently who would treat their illness with a hot rice and soup dish, so I cooked it for them. It’s a tiny thing, it only took me about 20 minutes, but for them it’s really important, and psychologically it definitely helps them. I try to bring elements of their home environment into the healthcare centre, that attention to detail really makes a difference. It’s really important to learn about the student and what we can do to support them. 🙏 #thankyou to the whole Healthcare team at school for the incredible work they do. #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool

As ever some excellent basement taking place in the school kitchen in #Gordonstoun House - this week’s star bread bakers, Juliana and Victoria with Mrs Marsh, today and some scones yesterday. Classic sweet scones and a rogue batch of cheese scones! Sounds delicious! #thereismoreinyou #lifeskills #boardingschool #charactereducation #thisismyclassroom

Our Robotics team have arrived at the National Vex robotics competition in Telford - will keep you up to speed with developments but meantime, there is a link to the live stream for the competition in our bio #thereismoreinyou #thisismyclassroom #Gordonstoun #charactereducation #boardingschool

It feels spring like here in Moray with the arrival of March. But students were still able to enjoy the snow on the nearby Cairngorms in a winter skills expedition last weekend - they star in e in in Coire na Ciste and finished in Coire Cas. Along the way they learned a number of skills needed for safe travel in the mountains in winter. And patience, perseverance and teamwork as well! #Gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #thisismyclassroom #charactereducation

Beautiful Guardians’ supper for Gabriel and Lucie this evening - a chance to celebrate their tireless work for the school and also to thank them for it. And a chance here to thank the Refectory as always for all that they do on evenings such as these. #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation

More Community Service excellence yesterday when Kirsty, Lev, Thomas and Frau Ottens took part in the first of 4 training sessions to become volunteer co-pilots and pilots for the charity @cyclingwithoutage Scotland They learned how to prep the trishaw before handling it, how to guide mock-residents from a care home onto the trishaw and how to operate the bike. After 4 weeks of training they will working with the residents from Anderson’s Care home on a weekly basis, aiming to enhance and enrich their lives by giving them access to the beautiful outdoors. How cool is that? #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #BigCommunity #Boardingschool #charactereducation #servicetothecommunity

One of the #Gordonstoun Community Service’s favourite destinations is Anderson’s Care Home. Last week, they ran a lovely bingo session - with ‘legs eleven’s & ‘sweet sixteens’ aplenty. Always a privilege to spend time with the residents there. #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #BigCommunity

One of the #Gordonstoun Community Service’s favourite destinations is Anderson’s Care Home. Last week, they ran a lovely bingo session - with ‘legs eleven’s & ‘sweet sixteens’ aplenty. Always a privilege to spend time with the residents there. #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #BigCommunity

Congratulations to our #gordonstounpipeband on their fundraising concert this evening - with players from across the Junior and Senior schools, with varying levels of experience but nothing less than panache in every performance. 🙌 #gordonstoun #gordonstounjuniorschool #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #prepschool #charactereducation

At the start of this academic year we welcomed Darren McGarvey, author, musician and social commentator, to Gordonstoun to take part in the second episode of his new 3 part television series ‘The State We’re In.’ It was a privilege to be part of this important conversation and we hope his work will help challenge misconceptions generally about independent schools. “Gordonstoun school is not a school, it’s a village, where everyone from the Principal to the cafeteria staff, are all pulling in the same direction, and that is whatever direction is best for the child.” To see it on @bbciplayer see #linkinbio #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation

We are thrilled to be able to share that #gordonstounjuniorschool’s Mr K has been shortlisted as one of this year’s Moray & Banffshire heroes! Please vote at #linkinbio #thankyou #gordonstoun #prepschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #morayhero

Sometimes #timelapsetuesday can feel frustrating, you want everything to slow down. However, the dancers here will be grateful this is not possible - as the waltzing being undertaken, good natured as it may’ve been, was not exactly top notch 😂 #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou

How brilliant is this? A shot at bell ringing at Inverness Cathedral for students from Year 8-13! #thisismyclassroom #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #prepschool

The @gordonstounjuniorschool had some amazing visitors yesterday! For more on #boarding at our Junior School see #linkinbio - or better still, come and see us! #thereismoreinyou #Gordonstoun #boardingschool #prepschool #charactereducation @elitefalconry 🙏

The combination of fundraising for important causes and dressing up and dancing on a Saturday night is always a winner at #Gordonstoun #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #dancedancedance @waterforsouthsudan 🙏

Last Sunday the #Gordonstoun Fire Service were proud to take part in a ceremony of passing on the Boys Brigade 140th anniversary memorial baton. This was coordinated by the Refectory’s Jamie Campbell who is the Boy’s Brigade Area Commander, to whom thanks as always. #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool

And the second ball of the evening - Year 11-13 - with waltzing, dancing, and - the worm - 🙌👍🙏 With all proceeds for ticket sales going to @waterforsouthsudan #dancedancedance #boardingschool #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #gordonstoun

First ball of the evening - Years 9 - 10 - raising money for @waterforsouthsudan - and there was some waltzing! #dancedancedance #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation

Year 10 today did a fantastic job in chemistry on a tricky experiment which involved carefully lighting a propane flame (under strict supervision!) to allow the reduction of copper oxide inside the tube into pure copper, to demonstrate how much oxygen was present. Here is some of the class, proudly next to their experiment! 🧪 #Gordonstoun #schoolchemistry #gcsescience #charactereducation #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool

Friday’s star 🌟 bakers - and the reasons why - which look so fantastic. Bread making by hand - another excellent life skill! Accompanied here by Grace from the Marketing Dept who either kindly helped judge or just wanted to be in the photo 🤔 Happy Saturday! #Gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #thisismyclassroom #boardingschool

This Easter #Gordonstoun is launching an exciting new Adventure Easter daytime programme. Adventure Easter is a week full of sports, adventure, challenge and fun for children ages 5-13. To find out more about Adventure Easter at Gordonstoun - and pre register - please copy #linkinbio into your browser! 🙏 #holidayprogramme #easterholidayadventure #thereismoreinyou

Happy National Dress day at #Gordonstoun! A chance to celebrate the dress of as many of the school community’s many nationalities as possible at the end of International week. Some great dress from all over the world from students and staff! #Thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #internationalschool

Today’s Friday’s Fantastic Facilitator is Jess Noakes, the Junior School’s Houseparent & a Yr 6 teacher. For the full interview see #linkinbio - but here’s a snippet! What’s your greatest challenge as a house parent? Can I say something really soppy? Saying goodbye when they’re ready to move on and go to the Senior School! What is something surprising about you? I am a qualified advanced scuba diver! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #gordonstounjuniorschool #boardingschool

This week Year 12 Geography went on a field trip to three varied destinations: Inverness, Tornagrain and Findhorn - in which they had a moment to create an image which might befit an album cover for a new indie Geography band….. #Gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #schoolfieldtrip

Baking!! Peanut butter cookies and they smelt so good! What is the difference between a biscuit and a cookie? Answers below please 🤔 #thisismyclassroom #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #gordonstoun

Is boarding school right for my child? Stay home or stay away? Experts, parents and students give their views on how to know if a boarding school education is right for your child at #linkinbio. For more on boarding at Gordonstoun and the Gordonstoun Junior School, see our website or better still, come and see us! #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #prepschool #charactereducation #gordonstounjuniorschool #gordonstoun

Cheese and wine tasting for our Year 13 tonight - a very civilised midweek break and a chance to learn a little about cheese and wine, how they compliment eachother - and to take some time to think about what they like, and don’t like so much, and why. The learning never stops at #Gordonstoun! 🧀 🍷 #thisismyclassroom #boardingschool #charactereducation

Happy International Mother Language day - a day to celebrate our ethnic & linguistic diversities and promote multilingual education. We are so proud of our globally diverse student body - amongst whom we have Urdu, Tamil, Swahili, Norwegian, Italian, Bengali and Afrikaans speakers. To name but a few! #Gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #internationalboardingschool

Yes! We’re back and #timelapsetuesday coinciding lovely with swimming for the younger years in the #gordonstounjuniorschool - years 1-3 making excellent progress with their breaststroke… #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool

A huge welcome back to all our boarders and looking forward to seeing day pupils back in class tomorrow. Hoping half term was restive, restorative and - brilliant! #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #letsdothis #boardingschool

Don’t forget that parents with children aged 3-5 are invited to join us for Easter crafts, activities, snacks and fun at Gordonstoun Junior School. Join our friendly staff and students at no cost on 16 March 0930-1130. Younger siblings are very welcome, please just fill in the form - at #linkinbio - to let us know how many of you are coming and any dietary requirements. Please bring some warm clothes in case the Easter bunny leaves something outside for us to find.

Although #oceanspiritofmoray starts her intense sailing season next term, sign ups have begun for this Summer’s sail training voyage from Scotland to the High Arctic. A remarkable opportunity for staff, students (& parents) at #Gordonstoun #charactereducation #thereismoreinyou

It might be half term but there’s no stopping our celebration of our brilliant staff here at #Gordonstoun and this Friday’s Fantastic Facilitator is Richard Cavaye - our Head of Business, Economics & Enterprise. See #linkinbio for the full interview but a snippet here! What do you enjoy most about working at Gordonstoun? That’s easy - the students. What do you consider your greatest achievement? I’ve spoken in Chapel over 50 times - and I’ve never forgotten my lines once! What is your idea of perfect happiness? Listening to 80s tunes! I love 80’s music! What is something surprising about you? When I was in my final year at school, I ran 100 metres in 11.26 seconds. That’s quite fast! I don’t think people would expect that looking at me now. #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool

A date for your diary - for parents with children aged 3-5 who would like to join us for Easter crafts, activities, snacks and fun at Gordonstoun Junior School. Join our friendly staff and students at no cost on 16 March 0930-1130. Younger siblings are very welcome, please just fill in the form - see link in bio - to let us know how many of you are coming and any dietary requirements. Please bring some warm clothes in case the Easter bunny leaves something outside for us to find. #gordonstoun #gordonstounjuniorschool #thereismoreinyou #prepschool #charactereducation #easterfun

It’s pancake day - where eggs, flour, milk and sugar are traditionally used up before Lent. Have a good day and please go to our story to take part in another important scientific survey 🙏

Important scientific poll underway today - with the start of Lent and the need to use up all the eggs and flour and sugar in the house. Have a good day whatever one of pancake you do - or do not - favour. And if you feel like it, a DM picture would be awesome! 🙌

Love this from the Dance and Drama dept - ‘What magic is this? #Gordonstoun dance is @tiktok famous? A little of the Origins dance show taking social media by storm………😂 See the school account over there - gordonstounschool_ 🙌 #dancedancedance #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation #thereismoreinyou

Happy Women in Science Day! To our burgeoning scientists here at #Gordonstoun & the #gordonstounjuniorschool, to those OGs studying the sciences at Universities around the world & to the women scientists who are teaching or taught them here at school! #thereismoreinyou 🧬 🧪 🧫

On Feb 24/25 Director of Admissions, Sabine Richards & Director of GISS & Enterprises, Jo Shirriffs will be in Dubai & in Saudi Arabia on the 27 & 29, if you’d like to hear more about the unique education & experiences on offer at #Gordonstoun & our International Summer School

Shortbread for the last cooking project before half term. Easy to transport - and a delicious snack en route to the many and varied destinations for a fabulous half term! Happy travels everyone and have a brilliant holiday when you get where you are going! #gordonstoun #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool

Is there a better person for Friday’s Fantastic Facilitator before Sunday’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science? For more about Becky Cathro, our Chemistry Technician who is one of the secret weapons in #Gordonstoun’s Science Dept. For the full staff spotlight see #linkinbio. Here’s a taster: What do you enjoy most about working at Gordonstoun? I most enjoy working with the students, they are all so lovely and full of fun. What is happening in Science right now? We are looking forward to British Science Week from the 8th to 17th of March and will be holding our inter-house science competition again which we first held last year and it was a big hit. What is something surprising about you? I actually hated chemistry at school and loved biology. What is your guilty pleasure? I love chocolate

Meet the new #Gordonstoub RIB - making its maiden voyage out of Hopeman harbour yesterday. A fantastic addition to the school fleet of boats - for training and for safety 🙌 #thereismoreinyou #charactereducation #boardingschool #thismyclassroom

Just brilliant to be able to welcome Sara daBell to yesterday’s dance show, and to mark 30 years of dance shows at #Gordonstoun. Dance is a key element of education at school primarily because of Sara’s dedication, and to that of her successor Laura Paterson, current Head of Dance and Drama at Gordonstoun. As an OG, Laura was also a member of the first Dance GCSE cohort here at school. 🙏🙌 #gordonstoun #dancedancedance #thereismoreinyou #boardingschool #charactereducation