Upper Sixth, we hope everyone has had a much deserved rest and a great summer so far!
Are you ready for results day on Thursday 15th August? Please arrive at school to collect your results between 7am-10am
Below, we’ve put together a few potentially useful links for what to do on results day. Good luck!
Merchant Taylors’ School is investing almost £1.2m in upgrading its property and estates this summer.
The school is undertaking a full redevelopment of the dining halls and kitchen facilities at both the Boys’ and Girls’ School sites. The £500,000 design-led scheme is being delivered by CDS Wilman alongside the school’s catering partner, Chartwells.
The Williams Hall, which sits at the heart of the Grade II-listed main building of Merchant Taylors’ Boys’School, is also undergoing a major overhaul. The £260,000 works, led by Amspec, will see a full refurbishment of the space, including new stage and audience furnishings, revamped flooring, enhanced lighting and internal redecoration.
Theatre specialist Torpedo Factory Group is also installing a suite of new high-specification audio-visual production technology, funded in part by the school’s Old Boys Association.
Meanwhile, the school is spending almost £350,000 enhancing its fire alarm and detection provision across the estate. The safety works, delivered by Sefton Arc, include the installation of a category L2 ‘Life Protection’ fire alarm system.
The school is also upgrading its IT infrastructure and revamping many of its student facilities ahead of the new autumn term in September.
Lynn Hill, finance and operations director at Merchant Taylors’ School, said: “The level of our investment over the summer reflects our determination to ensure that Merchant Taylors’ remains the finest school in the Liverpool city region.
“The majority of this work consists of one-off special projects that we feel are crucial if we are to fulfill our ambitions and continue to provide the very best environment and education for our students.
“We are also proud custodians of this magnificent estate and its historic buildings, so we are working diligently to make sure that this legacy is not only protected, but enhanced, for generations to come.
We would like to wish a huge congratulations to Merchant Taylors’ pupil, Lewis Lambert, who has gained a place at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Lewis however has not only gained his place at the academy; he has also been awarded a prestigious Army Officer Undergraduate Bursary. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, commonly known as Sandhurst is where all officers in the British Army are trained to take on the responsibility of leading their soldiers. During training, all officer cadets learn to live by the academy’s motto: ‘Serve to Lead’.
Lewis has been a member of the school’s Combined Cadet Force and has built up experience in a number of areas such as first aid, navigation, methods of instruction, shooting and military skills.
Lewis will be joining some notable names such as Sir Winston Churchill, Prince William Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex who have all previously attended the academy.
Everyone at Merchant Taylors’ wishes Lewis the very best of luck!
The 2019 British Judo National Team Championships took place in Scotland at the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility in Motherwell over the weekend. At this year’s event it was the first year using a new format of team composition that saw teams comprising of males and females. Callum Davidson (Year 10) was again selected as part of the North West Squad and following a number of contests the North West Cadet Squad came away as bronze medallists.
This follows a strong performance in the British Schools Judo Championship earlier in the year where Callum finished a creditable fifth narrowly missing out on a bronze medal.
On Sunday 7th July, MTGS staff (and some of their family members!) came together to run another Race For Life at Sefton Park in loving memory of our colleague and friend Sian Tickle. Thank you to the staff at MTGS for their continued support either through donations to Cancer Research or by cheering for us on the day! Well done, Team Tickle!
Earlier this year, students were encouraged to enter Sky’s Ocean Rescue Competition. The girls had to write a 600-word blog to inform people of the problems that plastics can cause in the oceans. We are delighted that Sophie Ennis in Year 9 has been chosen as one of just five runners up in the competition. The judges praised Sophie’s writing for its great emotive language, interesting facts and detailed writing. The blog is currently on display on the Eco Committee board for you to read. Well done Sophie!
Orders for Team Kit can now be placed with our Kukri MTGS Team Kit Shop.
The Kukri MTGS Team Kit Shop will be open until Friday 19th July 2019 with a delivery time of 7/8 weeks. Players should receive their new kit by mid-September. Please take care when ordering as once placed, the order cannot be changed!
Any girls who represent MTGS in any sport including swimmers, athletes, cross country runners and badminton players as well as our hockey and netball players, can have items from the Team Kit Shop. For Hockey, the only compulsory items are the home and away hockey socks and the team shirt. For Netball, the only compulsory item is the team shirt. Girls should only order team kit once they are regularly playing for a team.
Optional items available in the Kit Shop include a Gortex Fleece Lined Jacket and a compression base layer which do help to keep players warm. Girls may also buy track pants, hoodies and skorts which have their team number (hockey players) and name on them. These are the same design and colour as the standard PE Kit and therefore it is your choice whether to purchase these as a replacement or as an addition to their PE Kit. Team Shirts MAY NOT be worn in PE lessons but can be worn at training sessions as well as during matches. All other items in the Team Kit Shop can be worn in lessons as well as for training and matches.
The hockey socks are a stock item at Kukri and therefore must be ordered separately and will arrive much earlier than the rest of the kit which is bespoke and made in China for us. Please make sure that you quote the code given on the sock ordering page so that you are not charged for delivery of the socks.
Girls ordering kit for the first time should email Mrs Barker using the following email address [email protected] to check on their team number for hockey.
Please click here to take you directly to our MTGS Team Kit Shop at Kukrisport.
Please click here to take you directly to the MTGS Stock Items Shop (for hockey socks) at Kukrisport
Merchant Taylors’ pupil Isaac Lancel-Watkinson has been cast in the revival of hit Broadway musical, Mame.
Isaac, who is a Year 6 pupil, will be joined by Harriet Thorpe (Absolutely Fabulous) and Olivier Award winner Tim Flavin (On Your Toes) for the show, which is opening in Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester and continues around the country.
Isaac will be playing the role of ‘Young Patrick’ in the musical, which is set in New York City and spans the Great Depression as well as World War II. Mame Dennis and her intellectual and arty clique are disrupted when her deceased brother’s 10-year-old son, Patrick, is entrusted into her care.
Rather than bow to convention, Mame tries her hand at several jobs with comically, disastrous results but preserves with good humour and an irrepressible sense of style. A funny yet touching show includes the title song; Mame which is potentially one of the most spectacular chorus numbers ever to be performed.
Mame will run from 27th September to 9th November 2019 at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester. Everyone at Merchant Taylors’ is very proud of Isaac and wishes him the best of luck!
Year 4 attended the Aztec Calmecac school this week to learn to become an Aztec priestess!
A fun day was arranged where pupils learnt about Aztec schooling, tasted Aztec food, made a lucky charm and performed an Aztec dance, culminating in two Aztec sacrifices to please the Gods.
Luckily, the Gods looked favourably on our two girls, Karinne and Emily and they were reborn!
The Middle School Music and Music Theatre competition took place in the Centenary Hall on Thursday, 27th June 2019 to a packed audience including Years 7 to 9 and parents and friends of the contestants.
The morning featured 22 performances of a very high standard in front of adjudicator Mr Holroyd, Director of Music at Merchant Taylors’ Boys’ School. The Classical Music Cup was won by Year 8 pupil Eeva de Winter and the Music Theatre Cup was won by Year 9 pupil Lydia Baldwin. Well done to everyone who participated in the event.
