Year 2 pupils are celebrating their final week at Pre-Prep with lots of exciting activities. They took part in a treasure hunt, got to try on their finished tie-dye t-shirts, which they dip dyed last week and left to dry over the weekend and enjoyed a team-building afternoon and party! The pupils worked together to solve challenges, like passing the hoop around the circle, and seeing how far a tennis ball could travel down drainpipes before falling to the ground.
On Friday 3rd July we would have been celebrating the Arts at Gresham’s in the annual Theatre in the Woods review; an evening to enjoy performances from Year 13 for the final time and revisit the best bits from Music and Drama over the year. Never shirking from a challenge, the pupils and staff from these departments have risen in quite spectacular style, in the face of adversity, to produce an evening of music in recognition of what is great about the School and to uphold tradition. It might be virtual, but from behind locked doors and isolation our pupils have found a way of bursting out.
All concerts will be live streamed from this link on the Gresham’s Media YouTube Channel. Glass in hand, tune in and celebrate the end of another glorious term. We look forward to sharing live music and drama with you all again very soon.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfAAgvAwHb-1iAld4j5IjdQ
6pm – In My Room
The concerts will bring you music, drama and art from our wonderful pupils across all three Schools. Featuring Prep School Chapel Choir, Edinburgh House Choir, Senior Concert Band, music collectives and solos, compositions, reviews of the year, monologues and artwork, we will take you on the journey from the isolation we have all experienced; in our rooms, changing how we learn and teach, through to finding a way to connect and come together to celebrate the journey we have all been a part of.
Overcoming the challenges of online rehearsals, pupils recorded on whichever devices they could get hold of. Over 120 pupils feature in the production and at least 240 different media files have been edited, spliced and coordinated to create this incredible collaboration.
7pm – Session with our very own DJ, smokey.t.
Teddy C aka smokey.t is a 17 year old up and coming DJ and Music Producer playing the best in Underground electronic music. He is currently studying Music Technology at Gresham’s and immersing himself in the London and Norwich music scenes. He began by creating mixes and demos from his bedroom and now performs year-round at private parties in London and Norfolk. He has since moved on to playing club nights throughout the UK, at locations such as Harry’s Bar in London, and the Karishma Club in Norwich.
Having already released five singles and one EP which are available to purchase on all major platforms, smokey.t has also released on labels such as South West Riddem and WOB records, and his music has reached 41st place in the Hypeddit top 100 drum and bass charts.
8pm – #happyorsad The Concert
Concluding our evening of music we bring you the best from the #happyorsad Studio.
At the start of lockdown, in March, the Pop Concert posse including a few OG’s started making music from home. It was a steep learning curve involving iphone videos, Microsoft Teams, Whatsapp, Garage Band, imovie and YouTube. To date they have released sixteen songs and they will share these with you alongside seven brand new tracks.
Gresham’s Virtual Speech Day 2020 will take place on Saturday 4th July and we invite families from all three schools to join us for the celebrations.
The ceremonies will go live online at 10 am and you can watch the Speech Day films and Leavers’ Service at any point throughout the day. A link will be sent to you the night before.
An important part of any celebration is the food! This year we have invited six renowned Norfolk chefs to design a different Speech Day three-course menu which you can order and collect or have delivered to your home on 4 July. The idea is that you can watch the Speech Day films together at home, then enjoy a fabulous lunch or dinner afterwards to celebrate.
Select your favourite chef’s menu from the brochure below and follow the ordering instructions included, by 26 June.
Speech Day ‘Stay at Home Dining’ Brochure
If you live further afield, we hope you are able to create a celebratory meal or order from local restaurants offering similar arrangements during lockdown.
You can order the Gresham’s fizz that we traditionally serve at Speech Day via several of the guest chefs and may collect it along with your ‘stay at home dining’ order. Please see the menu brochure for details:
Chapel will be open on Speech Day morning between 10 am and 12.30 pm. If you would like to pop in and enjoy a moment of reflection together with your family, please let Amy Pearce know so we can make arrangements for your visit: [email protected].
We look forward to celebrating with you.