St George's Weybridge Always Georgian

We are very excited to be hosting our City Networking Drinks on Thursday 16 November at the Sky Bar in London!

For further details and to purchase your tickets: https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/CityNetworkingDrinks

We are excited to invite the Class of 2023 and their parents to the Class of 2023 Graduation & Reunion Night on Friday 5 January 2024!

For more information and to book your tickets: https://register.enthuse.com/ps/event/Classof2023GraduationandReunionNight2024

They did it! Congratulations to the Kennedy Club for winning the BBC's Make a Difference Together Award last night.

We are delighted to announce that our Kennedy Club has won the Together Award this evening!

The Kennedy Club has been recognised for its support and friendship of relocated teenagers from places like Afghanistan, which includes meeting weekly for games, conversation and sport.

Our Kennedy Club Presidents are pictured receiving the award. Well deserved!

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Big Leaf Foundation

Good luck to our College student Oliver who has been chosen to accompany the England Rugby team onto the pitch at the World Cup England vs. Chilie match on Saturday afternoon at 4.45pm.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Oliver was selected from thousands of entries in a global competition run by the team sponsor Land Rover titled "Defenders of Tomorrow", a programme that aims to inspire future generations to effect meaningful change on and off the pitch.🌏

Oliver's video entry eloquently described his weekly meetings with the elderly community through the College's SVP club. He shares how these interactions allow him to connect with the past by hearing their stories, offering him a unique perspective on history. He believes that this insight into the past is a valuable tool for shaping a brighter future.⭐

Well done Oliver, we are all so proud of you, enjoy your moment at the match on Saturday!🏉






Landrover

It's back to the late 50s - early 60s this week on Way Back Wednesday as requested by Peter Kieran. If there is a time frame you would like us to revisit, please let us know.

St George's celebrated 100 years of rugby in style on Friday afternoon with a 26-0 win over St Benedict's. Many members of our Old Georgian community were there to enjoy the match, catching up with old friends and the refreshments afterwards. Match photos will follow when they are available.

Good luck to our Kennedy Club students as the final of the BBC Make a Difference Awards gets closer.

We are now just a few days away from the final of the BBC Make a Difference Awards later this month.

and will be broadcasting interviews from our Kennedy Club Students next week at the following times:

Mon 11th Sept at 7.45am
Tues 12th Sept at 11.50am
Weds 13th Sept at 3.20pm
Thurs 14th Sept at 6.20pm
Sat 16th Sept at 3.20pm
Sun 17th Sept at 7.45am

You can tune in via on this link:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_surrey

Good luck to all the finalists! 🎉

Mr Antony Hudson announces his retirement after an outstanding 20 years as Headmaster at St George's Junior School.

As we approach the start of a new academic year, we have some important St George’s news to share.

Mr Antony Hudson, our Junior School Headmaster, has announced that he will be retiring in two years’ time. His announcement comes as he celebrates 20 outstanding years in post, and we’re sure you’ll join us in extending our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mr Hudson for his dedicated service.

Mr Denis Nowlan, Chair of Governors, shared the news by email with parents yesterday, and which you can also read in full on our website here: https://www.stgeorgesweybridge.com/news/37.

Within his letter, Denis movingly wrote: “Antony’s Headship has been characterised by his total dedication to pupil well-being, giving each child a sense – in the Josephite, Catholic tradition – of ‘coming home to school’. On behalf of the whole Board of Governors, I wish to record our heartfelt gratitude and admiration.”

St George’s have engaged Perrett Laver, an outstanding executive search agency, to support the search for a successor and anticipate an appointment by July 2024.

It's back to the early - mid 80s this week on Way Back Wednesday. Is there a Georgian era that you would like us to feature? If so, please let us know and we will see what we can do.

We go back in time to the mid-late 60's this week on Way Back Wednesday as requested by Micheal Henry Brouder. If you would like us to feature photos from a particular time period or genre, please drop us a line 😀.

Good luck to our ‘new’ Old Georgians! We are so excited to hear about their next steps.

Good luck to our A Level students collecting thier results tomorrow morning. We look forward to seeing you at 11am for your results day breakfast.🍍🍀🍍

It's back to sport this week on Way Back Wednesday. Do any of these photos bring back any memories?!

Congratulations to OG Anthony Watson who has been selected for the England squad for the Rugby World Cup in France this September.

Slade left out of England's Rugby World Cup squad Henry Slade and Alex Dombrandt are among the notable absentees from Steve Borthwick's England squad for the Rugby World Cup.

This week of Way Back Wednesday we take a look at our wonderful history of St Maur's

Leaving a gift in your Will enables St George's to plan for the future and provide a perfectly balanced education so students can be the best version of themselves. Find out more by enquiring here: https://forms.office.com/r/VvEzFq8wjU

This week on Way Back Wednesday, we have a selection of buildings from St George's College & the Junior School. It is fascinating to see!

Students from the Junior School and the College having been helping the local community through our Georgian Outreach programme, GO!

It was a real treat to see both the Men's and Ladies OG teams in action at the School Regatta yesterday. The OG Men beat the Boys VIII but the Girls VIII managed to defeat the OGs! The challenge has been set for next year!

It was wonderful to host past pupils of St Maur's at the Junior School on Sunday for a tour by Headmaster Antony Hudson. Many memories were shared as they walked the corridors once again.

Thank you Georgians for coming to Henley Royal Regatta - it was a pleasure to see so many of you! A special thank you to Avril who made it all happen. A special day too as it is Head of Rowing, Gareth Walters last week at SGC.

This week on Way Back Wednesday, we have a selection of adverts that have appeared in The Georgian over the years. How times have changed!

🎉ST GEORGE'S GIRLS' CREW QUALIFY FOR HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA!

⭐For the first time in St George's history, our Junior Girls 8+ crew have qualified for Henley Royal Regatta, which commences tomorrow in Henley on Thames.⭐

The girls will race side by side in the Prince Phillip Challenge Trophy against Latymer Upper School on Wednesday. Race time will be released on Tuesday evening, which we will publicise, along with the link to watch the live stream on Youtube.📺

The crew on Wednesday will be:

Stroke: Jess
7. Savannah
6. Sophie
5 Lizzie
4. Charlotte
3 Anabel
2. Hope
1. Martha
Coxed by Cameron.

A special mention to Sophie K who is sadly unable to race due to injury but has been a key part of the crew all year. Thank you to Hope for stepping up in her place.

The crew have been training hard all season to achieve this fantastic result and we are already so proud of them. Through sun and rain and a very heavy A-Level schedule for those in the Upper Sixth Form, it has been an intense journey so far.

Thank you to all the coaches for their hard work and guidance, and to our parents for all their support.

Go George's we are all cheering for you!💥

The new Sixth Form Journal, Labor Amoris is out now. Congratulations to our students on a fantastic publication.

Our latest edition of Labor Amoris, our Sixth Form Journal created by students, was launched last night at our Scholar's Fair. It features articles written by students from the fourth year to Lower Sixth Form, raging across a broad spectrum of topics including climate, culture, language and literature, politics and STEM, illustrated with stunning artwork from our talented art students, and it's a beautiful piece of work.
Click on the link for your digital copy. https://online.flippingbook.com/view/747234792/

We had the pleasure of hosting Year 10 students from Chertsey High School and Jubilee High School at our Sixth Form this week. The students had a fantastic day with engaging lessons, informative lectures, fun games, delicious donuts, and hot chocolate.⭐️⭐️🥯

Our Sixth Form did an excellent job of welcoming and taking care of our guests, it was a fantastic day.🍍

Huge congratulations to OG Sir Richard Moore, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), who has been knighted for his “outstanding contribution” to British foreign policy and national security in King Charles's first birthday list. Sir Richard said, "This is a huge honour and a proud day for me". You can read an interview with Sir Richard in the Always Georgian magazine at the link here https://online.flippingbook.com/view/399333237/20-21/

📣We are very proud to announce that our Kennedy Club, run by our Sixth Form students, has been selected as a finalist in the BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey's Make a Difference Awards.💥

The Kennedy Club, our weekly evening session where our Sixth Form students welcome displaced teenagers from countries around the world to enjoy their hospitality and build relationships, was among thousands of groups and people nominated for the awards, so we are overjoyed to make it to the final.💫

The prestigious awards have been running for 12 years; they allow local people to recognise those who improve their lives.
Congratulations to all our Kennedy Club students, our Chaplains, Head of Sixth Form Jon Carr, and Big Leaf Surrey, who all help coordinate and contribute to this wonderful club.🍍🥰🍍

Big Leaf Foundation

This week on Way Back Wednesday we go back in time to look at some of our wonderful sporting images from the past. Do you recognise any faces?!

We had a lovely time catching up with over 80 Old Georgians/Maurians yesterday, at our Annual Over 60s London Lunch at the Royal Thames Yacht Club.

Photos are available via http://georgianfamily.co.uk/event/over-sixties-london-lunch-thursday-8th-june/

Saint Joseph's Africa Aid (SJAA) is a UK charity with a close affinity to St George's having been established by Josephites to offer support to communities in Africa. Father Robert was there at the start and has spoken to Karen Potterton, Development Communications Manager in a new Georgian Voices podcast about his experiences of working in Africa and seeing first-hand how the charity has made a difference to the relief of poverty, sickness and distress and the advancement of education in Cameroon, DR Congo and Gabon. Please have a listen to the podcast here
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ETnk5agrt2ppH2j6G6WoZ

We were delighted to win Runnymede's Business Award for Sustainability last Friday. It's brilliant to have our ongoing commitment to making St George's a greener, more sustainable school recognised. From our major projects, like the Ground Source Heat Pump and the introduction of Solar Panels, to LED light installations and using unbleached paper, we are constantly looking at how we can make improvements. 🍍🌍🍍

Sean Birchnall, Head of Facilities, and Greg Cole, Bursar, are pictured receiving the award from Cllr Tom Gracey, Leader of the Council last week. 😊

This week on Way Back Wednesday it’s time to take a look at music photos from the archive. Within this collection we have images from tours and performances dated back to 1966.

The Class of 2013 celebrated 10 years since departing SGW on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who came, we hope you had a lovely time!
If you'd like to organise your own reunion please email [email protected] and we would love to help!

This is going to be a wonderful celebration!

New date for your diary! 🎉

We would be delighted if you saved Friday 15th September to help us celebrate 100 years of Rugby at St George’s College.🏉

The celebrations will begin at 4:30pm with a St George’s College 1st XV v St Benedict’s 1st XV, along with good food, the chance to catch up with old teammates and more. 💥

We would like to extend the invitation to the whole Georgian community, especially past players and parent supporters.🍍⭐🍍

"Experience the thrill of the game and cheer alongside fellow Georgians as we celebrate 100 years of rugby at the College". Ben Johnston, Head of Rugby.

Please contact the development@stgeorgesweybridges for further details.

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