Prep Archives - Gresham's School

News > The Bold Voices ambassadors visited the Prep School to raise awareness of gender stereotypes

On Monday 11^th March, the Bold Voices ambassadors (a group of Year 12 pupils) visited the Prep School to deliver workshops to pupils in Years 7 and 8 to raise awareness of, and encourage discussion about, gender stereotypes. This project was the culmination of a 6-month programme run by Bold Voices, to help students tackle issues of gender inequality within schools. The student ambassadors fully immersed themselves in the programme, attending regular webinars and working collaboratively to raise awareness and educate about gender stereotyping. Their final project was ambitious, and was very well received at the Prep School. Well done to Albert, Alma, Amelia, Iciar, James, Reva and Sarah on their excellent work.

News > 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!

News > The annual Pet Blessing Service celebrated our wonderful friends from the animal kingdon

Animals are a very important part of our Gresham’s family and on Saturday we welcomed creatures of all shapes and sizes to our annual Pet Blessing Service. This special event brought all three Gresham’s Schools together to celebrate our wonderful friends from the animal kingdom. Dogs, chickens, rabbits, horses, snakes, tortoises, goats and many cuddly toys were in attendance and a great time was had by all.

News > 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!

News > 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?!

News > 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!

News > The Pre-Prep and Prep schools had a great time raising money for Red Nose Day

The Prep School had a theme of ‘normal school uniform with a splash of red’ in aid of Comic Relief and had lots of fun welcoming their families for a fun Friday, and the Pre-Prep raised £240!

News > 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!

News > 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!

News > 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!