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News > World Book Day 2023

The English Department held the Literary Bake Off Competition for World Book Day – well done to Bea C L and Emilie G for their wonderful ‘Matilda’ inspired cake. As the book tree in the corridor grew with contributions from the pupils, the classrooms buzzed with chatter about books and book recommendations!

Pupils at the Senior School impressed their tutors when participating in a fun World Book Day quiz, testing their knowledge of children’s and classic books, Netflix re-workings and pixelated book covers. Our ‘Masked Reader’ activity, which launched on World Book Day, continues, with pupils guessing which members of staff are reading in disguise. Hamster, Tiger, Smiley and Dog have made an appearance so far, with more staff characters to come!

News > Well done to Year 5 and 6 pupils who took part in Maths competitions

Last week our Year 6 and 5 pupils entered teams of 4 into maths competitions in Norwich.

On Friday, the Year 6s competed in a 3 round Maths Dash using problem solving skills and team work against 52 other pairs. Eddie B and Ben M finished in a solid 20^th position with Cameron M and Ignacio H coming an impressive 5^th place.

On Wednesday it was the turn of our Year 5s who took part in a five round multi-Maths skill competition working with cards, tangrams, numbers and dominoes.

Santiago O and Olivia M finished in a pleasing 19^th place out of 47 pairs, but the highlight of the week was Hansen W and Ella P who finished in 1^st place and so took home brand new scientific calculators.

All pairs worked well together and really enjoyed the experience.

News > Year 7 practised their language skills in a French café role play

Year 7 had fun ordering drinks and snacks in a French café role play using menus they had created themselves.

News > Well done to pupils who took part in the English Speaking Union Mace Debating Regional Finals

Many congratulations to Miranda, Georgie and Tillie in doing so well in the English Speaking Union Mace Debating Regional Final at Bishop’s Stortford, where they faced the five other strongest debating teams in the East Anglian region. The Gresham’s team proposed the motion ‘This House would introduce a 100% inheritance tax’ and performed really well, only narrowly missing out on qualification for the national finals of the ESU competition. Tillie was singled out in feedback for the quality of her summary speech.

News > 33 Prep School swimmers competed in the IAPS qualifying round

33 Prep School swimmers went to Culford School to compete in the IAPS qualifying round. Thousands of swimmers from across the country compete, and those with the 20 fastest qualifying times in each event are invited to the IAPS National Swimming Championships, which will be held at the National Aquatic Centre in June.

News > Charles Spicer delivered a talk on his debut historical account to Sixth Form pupils

Charles Spicer, Author, company director and charity trustee delivered an absorbing enrichment talk to Sixth Form pupils on his debut historical account, ‘Coffee with Hitler’, which reveals the bold attempt of a handful of British intelligence agents to infiltrate and civilise the Nazi hierarchy. It is an outstanding narrative of a complex tale.

News > The STEAM Outreach Competition 2023 has begun

The STEAM outreach competition 2023 started this week, with Reepham Primary being the first of over 30 Norfolk primary schools attending. The pupils were fantastic and fed back that they were all ‘excited and inspired’.

News > Well done to Henry, who excelled in his recent gymnastics competition

Year 3 pupil Henry recently competed in a gymnastics competition, and achieved some fantastic results. He achieved gold for vault, bar and parallel bars and silver on the floor.

The competition was quite a step up for him, as he had to compete in the 9 – 11 year old category due to the age splits for competitions later in the year. All of the boys in the team performed brilliantly and supported each other.

Well done to Henry, who now waits to see if he is selected to go forward to the Norfolk County Competition.

News > Our debating team have made it to the National Finals of the Oxford Schools Debating Competition

Gresham’s fielded four teams in the online regional heat of the Oxford Schools Debating Competition on Friday afternoon and evening. 8 debaters (Tillie, Miranda, Georgie, Kitty, Mojo, Arthur, Pablo and William) took part in two back-to-back debates in the British Parliamentary Style, in an event that lasted four and a half hours. The teams had just fifteen minutes to prepare their case on motions related to digital start ups and the abolition of private schools. This is intense and difficult debating and all four teams acquitted themselves very well. Many congratulations to the Gresham’s A team of Miranda and Tillie who were selected as one of the best eight teams in the competition and now progress to the national finals day at the Oxford Union on Saturday 11^th March.

News > Our Schools’ Challenge quiz team have made it to the regional final

Well done to the Gresham’s Quiz Team of Guy P, Wulfie O’D, Cerys D and Erin O’D on winning a close semi-final match away at Sheringham High School, by 280 points to 190. They have now qualified for the regional final where they have a chance to defend Gresham’s title as holders of the Schools’ Challenge East Anglia North Quiz Trophy. This was a great team effort where all four quizzers played an important part in the win.