Talk:Gravesend Grammar School

message: An Old Boy here (graduated in '99). Thought the article could do with expanding, so have added some stuff. If any of this is out of date, please update! 
I've changed the 'Building' section to 'The School' so it can serve as a general overview of the school and it's history, rather than just focussing on the school building and facilities. I'll be adding some stuff in here about the school accepting pupils at aged 11/12 in 1992 when the 11+ was reinstated, but need to find out about how long before that the school had not been accepting boys at this age (if that makes sense!). Kantiandream 10:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I got the text for the school song from a post on a message board at the Friends Reunited website. As far as I recall, it's accurate, though obviously you should feel free to correct if I'm wrong! So you're up to 1000 fellows now? I figured 800 would be out of date by now! Kantiandream 08:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Additions 

message: Some stuff that the article could do with including. Kantiandream 10:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Remove the school song? Sacrilege! I'm not sad to see the school prayer gone though. Kantiandream 08:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Good stuff; is it still managed by Mr Dunne, or has he left now? Kantiandream 08:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

text: No, he's still here and organising everything like that. Its hard to imagine him ever not Ariasne 13:49, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Interesting. In my day (God I hate that phrase!) the students got to vote, but the senior teachers decided who won, and the student vote only operated as a guide to what we thought, not necessarily influencing the final choice at all. Kantiandream 08:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I've moved the image to the right of the screen for presentation. Kantiandream 08:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

text: thanks. i added this at school and didn't have time to work out how to move it across the page Ariasne 13:48, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggested Sections

message: There was a school prayer that the deputy head (who I see is still Mr Simpson!) would read out at the start and end of the school year; is this prayer still in use? If so, perhaps someone could get hold of the text to put here. Kantiandream 10:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Remove the school song? Sacrilege! I'm not sad to see the school prayer gone though. Kantiandream 08:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  School Prayer 

message: Is this still in place? Kantiandream 10:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Good stuff; is it still managed by Mr Dunne, or has he left now? Kantiandream 08:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

text: No, he's still here and organising everything like that. Its hard to imagine him ever not Ariasne 13:49, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prefect System 

message: How does this work now? Kantiandream 10:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Interesting. In my day (God I hate that phrase!) the students got to vote, but the senior teachers decided who won, and the student vote only operated as a guide to what we thought, not necessarily influencing the final choice at all. Kantiandream 08:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Head Boy & Deputies 

message: Could someone get a digital copy of the school badge and place it at the start of the article (top right)? There's one on the school website, but I imagine just lifting it would be against wiki procedures. Kantiandream 10:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've moved the image to the right of the screen for presentation. Kantiandream 08:41, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

text: thanks. i added this at school and didn't have time to work out how to move it across the page Ariasne 13:48, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  School Badge 

message: Can it be said that "under the leadership of ..." "results have declined dramatically"? Not many leaders would want this said about them! If I were the head I would take extreme exception! And how much is "dramatically"? - 5%? 10%? Is it just the statistical results, which are becoming more and more a cause of scepticism? It strikes me as a good example of POV. 
One wonders how many US school articles would be written this way. My experience of reading them is that all is sweetness and light - never would an adverse criticism creep in, I am quite sure! Peter Shearan 08:16, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Opening paragraph

message: Does the very short article Old gravesendians refer to old boys from this school? If so, it could be linked and enhanced. Welsh 21:37, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Old Gravesendians

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 10:16, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: Removed line referring to radio logic, as it is currently defunct.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.55.131 (talk) 21:15, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Radio Logic

message: "Master in charge" --> Never EVER heard that term used before...
Master in Charge was the title used up until a few years ago for those Masters who led various sports. So there was a MiC for Hockey, Rugby, Cricket etc and sometime a 2iC for the deputy. They are now known as Subject Lead(er)s.Mithrandir1967 (talk) 21:42, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Sport

message: Substituted at 16:37, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: So where do girls go who pass the 11+ in Gravesend? Not to Gravesend Grammar until they are at least 16, to judge by the opening paragraph… Paul Magnussen (talk) 00:45, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Girls???