The pupils in Years 5-8 have been treated to three insightful and inspiring talks during the Lent Term’s ‘Inspire 2 Inquire’ sessions on Friday afternoons from three Prep School parents. At the beginning of the term, we welcomed Ms Alison Bell, who gave a fascinating talk on Scottish culture and traditions around the time of Burns Night. After half term, the pupils learned about the principles and application of artificial intelligence from Mr Alex Pim and asked interesting questions relating to a career in this area. To conclude the term, Mr Peter Ormosi delivered an intriguing session on how economics helps you understand the whole world – a complex notion that Peter delivered in an engaging way. On behalf of the Prep School, we would like to thank these parents for their time and effort in supporting the Inspire 2 Inquire programme and its aims in broadening the knowledge and cultural capital that our pupils have. Next term, we look forward to welcoming more visitors to speak to our pupils.
Well done to our U13 girls cricket team who won the indoor County finals of the ECB Lady Taverners national competition at UEA . They will go on to represent Norfolk in the regional finals in Cambridge in April.
To summarise their Lent term learning, Year 9 pupils studying Mandarin have enjoyed their first Chinese dumplings (jiǎozi) making session. This is excellent practice of what they have already learned in their food topic. It is also good practice for them to learn some cooking skills. More importantly, they have learned that the reasons behind Chinese dumplings wraps being round is to represent family, being together and reunion. Well done to Sophia as she made most jiǎozi and she was very pleased about her well-made jiǎozi shapes.
Year 12 pupil Ben has written about the recent success of the Gresham’s Enterprise:
“We are happy to announce that Gresham’s Enterprise has successfully raised £1,000 for the Opalagilagi school in Kenya. This was made possible by the sale of various Gresham’s Enterprise products, such as dog collars, calendars, signet rings, pins, and sports bags.
Although the Gresham’s dog collars and Gresham’s calendars brought in the most revenue, we are proud to say that we also sold a lot of our other items, which enabled us to meet our goal. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who purchased our products and enabled us to contribute to this meaningful cause.
We are also thrilled to share that Miss Gathercole will be visiting the school on the upcoming Kenya trip. She will get to witness first hand how Gresham’s Enterprise’s funds are put to use to improve the lives of the people in Opalagilagi.
Finally, we would like to express our sincere thanks to all those who contributed to this fundraising effort. Special thanks go to Liam, Boaz, Willem, Jason, Bruno, Max, Nikita, Alfie, and Ben for their commitment to this project and hard work.
We appreciate everyone’s efforts, and we look forward to continuing our support for this wonderful cause in the future.”
The CCF has enjoyed another highly varied and exciting programme this term. Cadets have been involved in expedition training, preparation for DofE Bronze events, weapons training, first aid, fieldcraft, pool kayaking, archery and command & teamwork tasks.
Looking ahead there is a packed programme of summer camps and courses with an afloat camp, adventure training camp and all the courses offered by the MOD. There will also be a full contingent parade and formal review when we return in April, as well as a special parade to mark the King’s coronation. In addition, Year 9 have now been briefed on their options and will join as recruits for their tri-service programme in the summer term.
GAP YEAR INFORMATION SESSION
The Careers department held a Gap Year information session for Year 12 pupils and parents, giving insight into a variety of programme options. The session was joined by Think Pacific; The Orchards School of Cookery; Ski instructor & snow boarding company, All Tracks. There were also presentations on Gappie opportunities at The Geelong College near Melbourne and OG Hector Robb gave an informed presentation on organising his Gappie placement in Sydney.
VISIT TO LOTUS TO MARK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Lotus Cars invited Gresham’s to bring female pupils inspired by Science, Technology, Product Design and Engineering to their headquarters at Hethel in celebration of International Women’s Day.
Seven pupils attended the morning event where they interacted in quizzes with other schools and Lotus employees; listened to a variety of employer talks about their roles, education and career journey and had success in a quiz win, with year 10 pupil Mathilde being a 6 answer winner.
A very interesting and inspiring visit for the next generation of designers, engineers, technicians.
sixth form business breakfast
Sixth Form pupils attended the Business Breakfast to meet and network with a diverse variety of local business. It was a super well attended event by both business and sixth formers with a real busy and purposeful vibe. The pupils were briefed and coached the day before during enrichment so were well prepared and confident to meet and make the most of the opportunity to network.
The Economics Society held an evening lecture on the topic of “Inequality and Universal Basic Income” lead by the Year 13 pupils. Oli R, Boaz VdM, George B and Cameron H all presented well and it was great to welcome back Mr Tim Chaloner, our past Economics Master, as a guest speaker. The presentations were given to a packed CLT and were followed by a Question Time style panel discussion on all things “Global Inequality”.
On Wednesday March 15th, Wars of the Roses Year 13 A level historians were treated to an online conference on the Wars of the Roses hosted by the Richard III Society. Throughout the day, they listened in to live presentations from leading academics in the field such as Hannes Kleineke, Lauren Johnson, Matthew Lewis, Anne Curry, Sean Cunningham, James Ross and Jo Laynesmith. Topics included Henry VI’s troubled relationship with Richard Duke of York, the reputation of Queen Margaret of Anjou, the relationship of Edward IV with his nobility and the short and failed reign of Richard III. Throughout, the group were given practical experience of using contemporary sources to make sense of the complex events of the late fifteenth century.
Year 3 were lucky enough to have a visit from Hobgoblin Theatre Company last week. The children watched a performance of Perseus and Medusa and took part in a drama workshop based on the play. The children were an attentive audience and eager participants in the activities. It was a very enjoyable morning and a fantastic way to bring alive their studies of the Greek myths.
Phoebe W, president of the Auden Society, reports on their latest meeting:
‘The Auden Society were in full force last Wednesday, with Beowulf, Miranda, Kitty, Libby, Summer and Phoebe (Auden President) presenting on a wide range of topics all linking back to women in literature to celebrate International Women’s Day! The evening also saw some Year 11 pupils in attendance too, those looking to get a taste of what further study might involve.
Beowulf opened the evening with a talk on Anglo-Saxon History and why he’s applying for the ASNC course at Cambridge. Summer and Phoebe spoke about their coursework text – The Little Stranger – and how their chosen texts – Rebecca and Wuthering Heights – explore the female gothic genre. Miranda then presented on Caryl’s Churchill’s Top Girls and its message of individualism vs social responsibility. We also had a great display of performance poetry, with Libby sharing some of her own work. Kitty finished the evening with a talk on The Buddha of Suburbia and the themes of post-colonial literature.
Thank you so much to Mrs. Sharrock and all our speakers for such a wonderful evening!’