Well done to the Prep School runners who took part in the East Anglian Prep Schools’ Cross Country Championships

The Gresham’s runners gave their all and we had some fantastic results:

Year 5

Arthur B – 1^st place

Harry B – 24^th 

Mollie A – 4^th 

India C – 9^th 

Year 6

Stanley B – 6^th 

Oscar B-W – 12^th 

Mollie O – 19^th 

Beattie F – 7^th 

Year 7

Finley S – 1^st place

Alfie V-P – 12^th 

Andreya G – 7^th 

Jack H – 2^nd

Zac D- 7^th 

Sophie D – 1^st 

Gresham’s came in 3^rd place in the team competition for Years 5 & 6, and in 1^st place in the team competition for Years 7 & 8.

It was a pleasure to take everyone, they represented Gresham’s brilliantly and supported each other from start to finish. We have a trophy to defend next year!

Year 5 have been practising their fire-lighting skills

Year 5 have been practising their fire-lighting skills in the School woods as part of their own Outdoor Wild Learning School (OWLS) programme. Although it has been difficult with all the recent rain, things now appear to be drying out!

World Book Day was celebrated by Prep School pupils as they dressed up as their favourite book characters

Can you guess which books the characters are from?!

Prep School pupils were treated to some fantastic author talks

Years 3, 4 and 5 were treated to a fantastic talk about the creation of the ‘Einstein the Penguin’ series by children’s author and Old Greshamian, Iona Rangeley. Also Year 6 – 8 had a wonderfully inspiring talk from Dr Jess French about writing for different purposes and audiences taking us into the depths of rainforests and beyond!

Year 5 enjoyed a trip to the Tower of London

Year 5 enjoyed a trip to the Tower of London to consolidate what they have been learning about the Tudors. They had a guided tour from one of Henry VIII’s wives, Katherine Parr, and they also saw the crown jewels. Fantastic!

Good luck to Prep School pupils who have competed in the qualifying round for the IAPS Swimming Competition

Our Prep School swimmers travelled to Culford School to compete in the area qualifying round for the Independent Association of Prep Schools Swimming competition. The top 20 swimmers from around the nation will be invited to swim at the National Finals in June. For the last few years we have had swimmers from Gresham’s Prep at the National Finals and we are very much hoping that some of our pupils might swim fast enough to make the cut in 2024. Good luck to all and thank you to Culford for hosting!

The Prep School Green Team challenged pupils to decorate recycling bins

The Prep School Green Team set a challenge to all Prep School pupils last week to decorate their recycling bins and raise awareness in our school community of ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’. The hotly contested competition was judged on Friday and ‘5TH’ are the winners of a fully recycled and recyclable prize – well done to all! 

Author Scarlett Clark visited the Prep School to speak about her book, ‘The Smart Girls Handbook’

Scarlett spoke to parents on raising daughters and she also did a workshop with all of our Year 7 and 8 girls which the HSMs from Oakeley, Queens and Edi attended with representatives from their Houses. 

Scarlett is the author of The Smart Girls Handbook and is the CEO of Smart Girls Tribe. She is a fantastic ambassador and has some incredible achievements for a woman in her twenties, including being the host of top rated podcast Smart Girl Tribe, a TV commentator on women’s issues, and an ambassador for the NSPCC and Childline.