x~Goodbye and Goodluck~x

Who would have thought that you’d actually miss those noisy Year 11s when they leave? You’re looking forward all year to that moment where they walk out onto the playground on their last day with writing all over their shirts, and when it finally comes, your cheering and signing their already messy-enough uniform. You just can’t seem to get rid of them as quickly as you want to.

But then afterschool, you walk out onto the playground and expect to hear the loud rush of the noisy bunch, but you can’t hear them. Instead, you hear the Year 7 and 8 girls, screaming at the boys who keep throwing water at them, and the Year 9s talking about who they like and whether they’re gonna watch the football match that’s going to be on later on that evening. And then you hear the Year 10s and the sixth-formers and they seem all to busy thinking about how they wish they were in the position of the Year 11s-being able to go home early, going to the Prom in the evening-even if it means that you have to spend a week at home revising for your GCSEs.

And you can’t help but miss them. Their bubblyness, their loud-voices and even the guys running and jumping onto each other which seems…I can’t think of a word at the moment but I’m sure you catch my drift. So what do the Y11s think of it all? I asked three people about their time at Greenford High.

Lucia in 11G1 said that her favourite memory of Greenford High is her friends and the teachers (thinking that Ms. Thomas is the best). As a whole, she thinks that the school itself is “good” and the students are “nice”. But to all those future Y11s, she says “study and work hard”.

Gaganpreet in 11M1 agrees with her. She says that the best memory in Greenford High has to be her friends and the best teacher is still Ms. Thomas. She thinks that as a whole, the students and the school are both “OK” and to future Y11s, she says “revise now for your exams”.

Kyle in 11T1 on the other hand had a far funnier view of Greenford High. He says that the best part of being in Greenford High was “getting in trouble”. He too said that the students at Greenford were “nice” but as a whole, the school was: “Sh** lol only joking…alright” Kyle also said that the best teachers where Mr. Wakeford and Mr. Bekkles and his advice to future Y11s? “cause trouble before you get into Y10”.

So follow these simple steps (maybe not Kyle’s though-don’t cause trouble at all!!!) and you’ll see yourself as successful (and maybe even noisier) than this trouble-making lot.

So, finally: Goodbye and Good Luck Y11s, and don’t stay away too long, we’re missing you!!!
Hoping that you’ll be successful in whatever you all choose to do…
All our best

GREENFORD HIGH SCHOOL

Please note that this article was written for the current 12s.