Category Archives: Latest News
Year 6 Shakespeare Week
Recently Year 6 pupils have been very busy preparing for their performances of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. In just one week, they have learned dances, poems, lines, created films and programmes, taken photographs, whilst also learning all about Shakespeare
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Reel fun for Spanish students
Spanish students in Year 12 and Year 13 travelled to Manchester to attend the Spanish and Latin American film festival, ‘VIVA’, which was celebrating its 28th anniversary. After some excellent parking by Dr. Goodwin in the minibus, students enjoyed a
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Supporting the female scientists of tomorrow
As the news cycle once again discusses the issue of fewer girls studying Physics and other sciences, we take great pride not only in the opportunities we offer to young female scientists, but also their achievements while at school and
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XMaS Scientist Experience
The MTGS Physics Department received the amazing news that Year 12 pupil, Emily, has won a place on the XMaS Scientist Experience. This means that in June, she will be jetting off to Grenoble to take part in the Synchrotron@School Programme in the European
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Keshav Joins National Schools Symphony Orchestra
Congratulations to Year 6 pupil, Keshav, who was successful in auditioning for a place in the prestigious National Schools Symphony Orchestra Academy which is designed for his age range. The competition for a place is high with hundreds auditioning from
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Oxford Physics Challenge Success
In the Spring term, a number of Physics students entered the Oxford Physics Challenge, a national competition designed to stretch and challenge the best students from across the country, with difficult problems set in unfamiliar contexts. We are delighted to
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Poetry by Heart Competition
Over the past few weeks, a number of boys in Year 7 entered the nationwide competition, Poetry By Heart. Will from Stevens House, Isaac from Harrison and Noah from Waring made it to the final three, performing their poems by
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CCF Inspection Day 2022
On Friday 22 April, Merchant Taylors’ hosted its CCF Inspection Day for 2022, the first time the event has been held since 2019. The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is one of the largest contingents in the country and celebrated its
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March Into Spring Concert
With over 100 performers and artwork provided by the Year 10 GCSE pupils, our spring concert treated a full house to an evening of fantastic music just before the beginning of the Easter break. Guests enjoyed a drinks reception afterwards,
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We don’t like Cricket.. We Love it!
As the Summer term approaches, we have an abundance of cricket action to look forward to across the entire school. Merchant Taylors’ has a proven record of producing county cricketers at youth and professional level, with the likes of Ben
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