A Year 10 pupil at the Royal Hospital School, Suffolk, has won a prestigious award to attend school in the Australian capital, Canberra.

The Royal Hospital School Field Gun Crew have been awarded the Endeavour Trophy for the fastest non-military field gun run after being placed third in a tight final.

For the second year in a row GMC Prep sent a group of cadets to participate in a cultural exchange program at the Royal Hospital School near Ipswich, England. Later this month, GMC will welcome two RHS cadets who will spend about a month on the campus.

Former Head Girl and Secretary General of RHS, Issy Williams recently attended an MUN conference hosted by the University of Bristol with guests Bath and Exeter universities in attendance.

Year 7 pupils have reached the National Finals of an exciting STEM competition entitled Race for the Line which has been pioneered and sponsored by the Bloodhound Project.

At the end of the summer term, pupils were challenged to collectively cover the distance of 10,500 miles, the approximate mileage from Holbrook (Suffolk) to Sydney (Australia), to raise funds for the Suffolk Community Foundation and the local charities it supports.

The annual RHS Avenue Games is organised by the Suffolk-based charity, Avenues East, and assisted by Year 11 pupils; the event is now in its sixteenth year.

Pupils put in some superb performances on the track and field this summer with highlights at the Anglian Championships, English Schools Cup, county finals qualifications and Sports Day.

We wish our sailing pupils fair winds and following seas as they compete at various national and international events throughout the summer.

We were treated to a great view of the RAF100 flypast just behind the school over Alton Water as the aircraft began their journey towards Buckingham Palace.