Category Archives: Senior Boys News
Old Boy donates equipment to DT department
The DT department of the Boys’ School was grateful to receive a very kind donation of equipment from Old Boy Geoffrey Brazendale. Mr Brazendale (1949 – 58) made the donation personally in October 2017 having travelled from his home in
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Boys Win Merseyside Schools Table Tennis Team Championships
Our boys performed well at the Merseyside Championships last Saturday – they began with an emphatic 8-0 win over Formby High, dropping no sets and Harry Griffiths earning the decisive point on his 13th birthday. The final match against Sacred Heart
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Madagascar Trip Summer 2017
On the 5th of July 30 students and 4 teachers departed from Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School for their expedition to Madagascar. The group consisted of 22 students from year 11 and 8 students from year 12. This was a new
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Callum takes Gold
Callum Davidson has taken gold at the North West Area Closed Ippon Judo League, Lancashire fixture, held in Blackburn earlier in October. This new format has been introduced to decide the County and Area Champions and select those fighters who
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MTBS History Teacher Discusses the Partition of India on BBC Radio Asian Network
This year, the BBC has been marking 70 years since the Partition of British India, through a series of documentaries, debates and interviews, intended to evaluate the impact of this incredible event in British, Indian, and Pakistani history. On the 18th
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Mental Toughness Week
Over the next few weeks leading up to half term the Schools have dedicated two weeks to assemblies, activities, lunchtime meetings and visitor presentations for pupils, staff and parents that address issues relating to Mental Toughness. For example, yesterday’s assembly at
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Mental Toughness Fortnight – Parental Talk, Centenary Hall MTGS – Thursday 12th October 7-8pm
Steve Oakes is the Director of Education at AQR International, where he leads the work on mental toughness in education. Steve has 17 years teaching experience, prior to which, he spent six years in the Armed Forces. He successfully completed
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Old Boy elected Master of the Merchant Taylors’ Company
Old Boy Peter Magill has recently been elected as the Master of the Merchant Taylors’ Company in Threadneedle Street, London. It was Crosby sheep farmer John Harrison who first went to London and joined the Company as an apprentice to
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Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School shows support for Sri Lankan Charity
It is thanks to a Merchant Taylors’ Old Boy, Mark Edwards, that rural school cricket in Sri Lanka is getting a boost of much needed equipment. Tragically Mark recently lost his life following a short illness and, in his honour,
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Head Boys 2017-18
We are proud to introduce our new Head Boy Team 2017-18. Welcome Thomas Barker-Weinberger (Head Boy), Matthew Johnson (Deputy Head Boy), Michael O’Sullivan (Deputy Head Boy), Harry Maitland (Senior Monitor), James Redpath (Senior Monitor), Vyas Burra (Senior Monitor). We wish
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