The U15 girls win by 3 wickets in Round 3 of the National Cup competition. 39 for Liv M, 35 for Georgia D and 2/14 for Amelie H. Thanks to The Perse School for a great fantastic afternoon of cricket, and well done to everyone involved!
On 22nd May, as part of the Year 12 Wellbeing Programme, Andy Nattrass from the Norfolk Roads and Armed Policing Team made his annual visit to Gresham’s to deliver the ‘Fatal 4’ Young Driver presentation. He explained how the four main causes of accidents and injury on Norfolk roads are: speeding, alcohol and drugs, mobile phones and not wearing seat belts. He also showed interviews with young people who had had lucky escapes, hospital staff and traffic police.
This is an excellent talk that seeks to inform young people of the potential risks and dangers involved whilst empowering them to make good decisions and responsible choices.
Andy returns to Gresham’s on 12th June with other members of his team for their lorry blind spot event “Can you see me?”
The School Charity Committee organised a House rounders tournament earlier this half term to raise funds for our school charity partner The Holt Youth Project. Lots of fun in the sun was had by all participants but Queens’ emerged as champions by the very smallest of margins.
Friday May 19th saw the boys of Tallis once more take to their heels for the annual ‘Farmer-Wright’ Run! Blessed with sunny skies, more than 70 pupils, 15 parents and Tallis OGs and 7 members of staff embarked on the dash from Gresham’s to Sheringham Esplanade in the early evening. Each were faced with a high tide and subsequently shingle to run on for the last mile of the 10k run! As ever Ben W was on brilliant form and took first place with Henry B and Seb W not so very far behind! However this is never about the finishing time and only ever about each boy crossing the line with a smile on their face on a sunny summer evening! As a House event it is without equal and of course it is made all the more special by the dash (shorter than usual this year) into the sea after the run! Well done to all the boys and to the parents that took them on – and in many cases won!
Today we have received excellent ISI inspection reports for Gresham’s Senior, Prep and Pre-Prep. Well done to all!
Please click here to read the Senior Inspection Report.
Please click here to read the Prep and Pre-Prep Inspection Report.
On Friday the 19th May we welcomed Paul Weston to the school to work with our most talented and gifted musicians. Paul is an award-winning expert in music technology and its uses within education. He spent the afternoon working with the pupils on various programs and devices ranging from an iPad rock band to a theremin, an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact, found in the Doctor Who and Star Trek themes. The masterclass developed the pupils’ understanding of music technology, creativity and its applications within creative music making.
The Pre-Prep Eco committee invited Jess French to their Key Stage 1 assembly today to discuss marine pollution and to support their action towards their Green Flag application.
Jess told them all about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and shared ideas of how we can all have an impact on helping our environment.
The children listened with interest and asked her lots of interesting questions.
Music and Munch in May displayed the great range of our Year 9 to 13 musicians in a lovely concert for our community. The concert opened with a mini-recital from Jimmy T, who gave assured performances of two vocal works by Fauré and Handel, showcasing an enormous vocal range. Next up was Arthur C, who had prepared thoroughly for his Music and Munch debut, with a trumpet piece by our very own David Stowell. Isadora A treated the audience to a beautiful solo violin Elegy by Jeffery Wilson, and Peter R gave a sensitive performance of Scarlatti’s Piano Sonata in G minor for his first Music and Munch performance; both were packed with musicality. The concert closed with a stunning performance by the Crickets, Gresham’s elite close-voice ensemble, singing Hey Nonny No and Small Rain from Humphrey Clucas Songs of Farewell. They were an outstanding ensemble – well done to Johnny D, Beatrice G, Jake O, Tamsin S, Freddie S, Ruby S and Jimmy T. Please do join us for the final Music and Munch of the academic year on Friday 9th June.
On Friday 19th May a group of Sixth Form pupils travelled to Norwich Puppet Theatre to see Sacré Théâtre’s’ performance of Chapeau Dani. The production was a homage to the late Dani Limon, UEA French lecturer, and performer in UEA French theatre over nearly 50 years. Gresham’s has watched Dani perform for many years now, and this year the performance consisted of a series of scenes and extracts that Dani performed in, or which in some way express her, woven together with text and music. It included scenes from plays by Feydeau, Genet, Giraudoux, Ionesco, Moliere, Sartre, and Voltaire. Carefully selected French songs performed by the cast accompany Queneau’s Zazie (dans le metro) as she travels through the whole production following ‘le chapeau’. This was particularly useful for our Sixth Form pupils who have and will study Ionesco, Molière and Sartre. Pupils involved were Daisy W, Honor S, Viktoria H, Hattie W, Kitty R, Beowulf O, Erik T and Phoebe W.
Year 5 have been developing characteristics through the use of Trestle Masks. They have developed the use of body language and gestures to enhance the performance of a character.
