Kiddie's Swimming
Kiddie's swimming takes place every Tuesday during the Autumn and Spring terms after lessons and activities. The session starts at 4:30pm and lasts until 5:00pm and we will take the staff's children swimming with the help of Mrs Barton and a school lifeguard....more
Autumn Term House Expedition
On Friday at 4pm we left for house exped. We arrived at the campsite called Auchratillan. We put up our tents and it was to dark to make dinner so instead we went for fish and chips in Nairn...more
2007-2008
Race for Life Fun Run
One hundred and twenty students turned up to compete in the recent 5km Race for Life, an event to raise awareness and money for Cancer Research, which is organised every year at Gordonstoun...more
Dance Show
The Windmill Dance show was greatly anticipated this year as always. The entire house had been working hard all term to get the dances perfected and ready for the two shows....more
Autumn Term Exped
Years 9 and 10 recently set off to Aberlour for our House Exped. We set up camp and settled down for the night but rose bright and early the next morning and cooked a spectacular breakfast on our Trangias. We then headed off for Aberlour....more
House Barbecue
On the first Sunday of Term we all congregated at the back of Mrs. Beaumont’s flat in anticipation of the approaching House BBQ, always a source of great entertainment within the house!....more
2006 - 2007
House Barbecue
As one of the most important traditions in the house, we held the Windmill BBQ last Sunday. Everyone was very excited as we saw all the food that had arrived in Mrs Black’s car, the Pimms from Mrs D’s flat and most of all, the presents that Mrs B had previously taken so much time over for Mrs D, as she is leaving at the end of this term....more
Summer Term Expedition
The atmosphere was buzzing with the excitement from the year 9’s and 10’s as they boarded their mini-bus’s for the house expedition....more
In-House Evening
A great evening enjoyed by the whole House. It started with Pinata Games - the House divided into teams, bashing piñatas to gain all the goodies....more
Inter-House Tennis
The Inter-House Tennis competition took place on the first weekend of term. It was also the first nice day of the term and therefore a perfect beginning for the tennis season....more
On Exchange in New Zealand
From my arrival in New Zealand I was made to feel very at home and everyone was so friendly from the start. I flew in on 28th January and was met by my exchange family, with whom I’d be spending a lot of time as I was to be a day pupil at Rangi Ruru....more
Dance Show 2007
When we were told about the Dance Show, many of us were very excited but, as a new student to the Sixth Form, I and a few others were also a little apprehensive as we were not sure what to expect....more
Inter-House Cross-country
On the 30th January, the annual inter-House cross-country race took place. This was participated in by a variety of students -from those running the route seriously to those running in a lighter competitive spirit, oh and a few rather keen teachers....more
Impressions of Windmill
One of the pillars of education at Gordonstoun is Internationalism and therefore it is no wonder that our exchange students from New Zealand and Africa as well as two students from Germany wanted to share their impressions of Windmill Lodge....more
Hallowe'en Party
This October the In-House weekend in Windmill had a Hallowe'en theme. Many of us dressed up and the House meeting that started our Hallowe'en party was full of laughs....more
Canoeing
Two Windmill girls and members of the Canoe Lifeguards - Katie and Kate - have decided to branch out to the community side of service and are now taking a girl-only session on Friday evenings....more
Chapel Service Our Service in Sunday Chapel was a wonderful way to get together as a house. It was simple but meaningful with the message being the importantance of individuality....more
House Expedition We woke up at 6:45 and got ready to leave. We then drove to Roseisle Beach for a delicious cooked breakfast and a quick sand castle building competition....more
Year 9 Expedition
Last weekend the whole of Year 9 went on our first Expedition. We arrived on Friday and in our groups (with Year 9s from different Houses) we spent the afternoon pitching our tents and cooking supper....more