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NEW STAFF at GFS


Mr MacPherson


DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD BRONZE & SILVER EXPEDITIONS


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huge well done to all of GFS Duke of Edinburgh students, who are now in the final stages of their respective Bronze and Silver Awards. The only task now standing between the students and their certificates is to complete the logging of their physical, skill and volunteering hours on the online platform.


Both the Bronze and Silver students successfully completed their assessed expeditions over the last term. Our Year 10 Silver students completed their expedition in Eastbourne, finishing Day 3 with a walk along the famous Seven Sisters to Beachy Head. The Year 9s completed their two day expedition in and around Knockholt, with the highlight being an epic camp fire on the Friday evening, and finishing in super quick time on the Saturday!


Year 10 students can now look forward to being able to complete the Gold Award, at the post 16 provision of their choice, whilst our Year 9s have Silver to look forward to next year! A huge well done to all students who have completed the award this year, and to the staff who have given up their own weekends to make it possible.


If your son or daughter is in Year 8, you can still sign up to start the Bronze Award in September 2018, if you require further information please email the school and ask to speak to Mr Guildford.


Mr MacPherson joined the school in April 2018 as the Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for SEND and safeguarding. He completed a BA in French and Italian at the University of Cambridge and he is currently studying for the National Certificate of SEN co-ordination. Before joining GFS, he was Senior Head of MFL at Harris Academy Peckham and Assistant Headteacher (Academic) at North Bridge House School in Islington.


Ms Kane


Ms Kane is the new Key Stage 4 Coordinator in the English department and joined the school after Easter. She studied for her degree in Nottingham and has taught in secondary schools in the East Midlands before moving to London recently.


Mr Madgett


Mr Madgett joined Greenwich Free School at Easter. He is an NQT of Science after transferring from Longfield Academy. He has an honours degree in Chemistry at the University of Greenwich, where he also completed his PGCE and NQT status.


Miss Brooks


Miss Brooks joined the school in June 2018 as a cover teacher & Deputy Safeguarding Lead. Before joining GFS, she was an Internal Exclusion Manager at Harris Academy Falconwood and a cover teacher at St Columba’s Catholic Boys School in Bexleyheath.


Miss Fincham


Miss Fincham studied Biology, Chemistry, Psychology and English Literature at A Level at a school in Kent before attending University College London (UCL) and taking a degree in Biomedical Science where she specialised in human anatomy and developmental biology. After graduation she studied to become a teacher at Canterbury Christchurch University and has been teaching since 2005.


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