During the Prep School’s Monday assembly, the green team delivered a presentation all about Earth Day. The pupils came in wearing pre- loved clothes and brought donations to Friends of the Earth, and they raised a grand total of £219! Pupils also brought in books they no longer needed for a book swap and took part in a litter pick on the school site on Wednesday.
On Monday 11th 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.
The Gresham’s runners gave their all and we had some fantastic results:
Year 5
Arthur B – 1st place
Harry B – 24th
Mollie A – 4th
India C – 9th
Year 6
Stanley B – 6th
Oscar B-W – 12th
Mollie O – 19th
Beattie F – 7th
Year 7
Finley S – 1st place
Alfie V-P – 12th
Andreya G – 7th
Jack H – 2nd
Zac D- 7th
Sophie D – 1st
Gresham’s came in 3rd place in the team competition for Years 5 & 6, and in 1st 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!
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.
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!
Can you guess which books the characters are from?!
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!
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!
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!
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!