The Earth (well the floor of the Music Room) shook to the sounds of 14 drummers after school last week as the new cohort of Whack Attack got off to a great start.
Mrs Weyers was mightily impressed with everyone’s concentration, learning some tricky rhythms and making sure we were using the correct hands and sticks and also with great team spirit. To quote Oscar when he was picked up ‘I loved it!’
I think we can expect great things from this group!
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Oxford calling…
Madeleine, our current School Captain and editor-in-chief of The Student Circle, has this week been offered a place to study Chemistry at Oxford University from September 2022. After reading a huge number of additional textbooks, going through a series of practice and mock interviews, and undertaking work experience placements at MRC Stem Cell Institute in Cambridge and at the Chemistry Department of Imperial College in London, Maddy was thrilled to receive her offer from Lady Margaret Hall College.
Maddy said "Having spent many hours perfecting my personal statement and preparing for interview, I feel very honoured to have been selected for a place. The interview process was challenging but rewarding; it really made me push the boundaries of my A-Level knowledge further".
Now, Maddy just has the unenviable task of securing two A*s and an A grade in her A-Level exams before she can take up her place. We would like to congratulate Maddy on this fantastic achievement.
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This month's artist of the month is Kezia in Year 10 GCSE Art. Kezia has created this work by painting a watercolour self-portrait and then printing an etching of the same image over the top. This work has been inspired by selected artist Guy Denning as part of her coursework and shows great refinement and skill. Great work Kezia!
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📖 This week members of the Prep School represented their class in the inaugural Poetry Reading Competition. 📖
It was judged by the Senior School Head of Drama, Mrs Cornell, who was very impressed with all of the children.
Her final decisions were:
📚 Runner Up: Thea in Year 3, with The Sound Collector by Roger Gough
📚 Winner: Elysia in Year 5, with Smile by Spike Milligan
All entrants were awarded a bag of chocolate coins and Thea and Elysia each received a book of poetry too!
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Mrs Settle was delighted to welcome teams from each House to Old School for the first House Lit Quiz in a while last week. Enthusiastic responses could be heard as the teams answered questions about The Christmasaurus, Harry Potter, fairy tales, carol lyrics and historical questions in this festive-themed quiz.
Second place was closely contested by Cronsheys and Coles with Cronsheys taking the place by half a point. Congratulations to the winning team from Millingtons. The team included James and Lauren from Y6, Jensen & Jonathan from Y7 and Bailey & Dev from Y8.
Well done to all those who took part!
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Cassie in Year 12, and Annie in Year 13 were selected to represent TGS at the 2021 Model European Parliament (MEP).
The MEP has been running for over twenty years, with Sixth Formers from all the member countries of the European Union and Accession States meeting twice a year to discuss and debate a variety of current issues that are relevant to countries across the European Union.
TGS was invited to send Sixth Form students as part of the United Kingdom’s delegation of five to the 54th international session hosted in Berlin, Germany. This was a great honour, as they have represented our country at international level.
Cassie took part on the committee for Agriculture and Rural Development; while Annie was part of the committee for Environmental and Food Safety.
Both students have said that the experience has boosted their efficiency and confidence levels and are looking forward to writing up on their experiences.
A huge congratulations to both students for their achievements!
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Last week our Y12 and Y13 students took part in the UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge. It was a 90 minute paper and this was the first year it was done online. We shall update you when we have the results!
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When in Year 11 last year, Maia entered and won the National Book Tokens design competition. Not only did Maia win the 13 - 16 category but her design was the overall winner and will be available as a book token in bookshops before Christmas.
Maia's prize was a book token to spend for herself and £250 for the school. In a visit to Not Just Books in Thetford Maia chose books with fellow students of all ages in mind. Helping her was keen reader Dev who has represented Thetford Grammar School in events such as last year's National Reading Champions Quiz and who also chose books for the Prep School and Senior School libraries.
"I'm so pleased for Maia that she was able to combine her artistic skills and love of reading to win this competition" said Mrs Julie Settle, School Librarian, "and I am grateful to her that we can boost the shelves of our two libraries with these new books. It's marvellous that we have such an inviting and inspiring independent book shop just around the corner in Thetford." Mrs Settle expressed her gratitude to Mrs Jane James of Not Just Books for offering a discount to help stretch the tokens further.
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🎨 Artist of the Month 🎨
Congratulations to our Artist of the Month for September, Jonathan in Year 7. Jonathan has completed a beautiful sketchbook page on his current topic of 'Line'. He has experimented with different styles of lines, creating a mark-making border around his page. Well done, Jonathan!
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📚 In English, Year 8 have been reading the absolutely gripping book called Darkside by Tom Becker.
📚 Jonathan Starling stumbles upon an alternative world of vampires and the underground horrors of Darkside. Discovering his own heritage as partially Darkside, Jonathan becomes haunted by some evil power-hungry villains. Mostly guided by a gruff werewolf detective, Carnegie, Jonathan will uncover some dark secrets about himself and Darkside....
📚 They have been creating a timeline of events along with character studies and seem to be hooked on what will happen next!
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"The support and camaraderie that I experienced at TGS allowed me the confidence to pursue a career path that at times felt out of reach, and in my opinion that is the greatest service a school can provide a student. I am forever indebted!”
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We asked our Alumni to share how their time at TGS helped build their professional lives.
"Without the support, extra hours and the personal touch offered by the teachers at TGS, my story could have been very different. Thank you, TGS!”
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D of E: Day 3 Horton to Stainforth. Day 4 Stainforth back to Markham. All finished, a really good expedition and well done to all. Enjoying a meal in the Buck Inn at Malham.
Year 11 had a great first afternoon on their Silver Duke of Edinburgh Expedition in the Yorkshire dales on Thursday 11th April. They did a four mile familiarisation walk around Malham. On Friday they set off on the first full day of the Expedition. All are doing well.
On Tuesday 26th March Foxes class visited the Ancient House Museum to attend a Roman workshop. The pupils first looked at Roman artefacts, then they had the opportunity to make mosaics. A Roman soldier... https://t.co/drhkFJdjEQ
This time last week the whole school were preparing to make their way to St Cuthbert's Church for our Easter Service.
It was such a lovely afternoon and a big thank you to everyone that attended the service. A special thank you to Rev Tony Heywood.
Can you believe it's been two weeks since our Prep School performed Wiz Wham Alakazam! If you were lucky enough to watch the performance I'm sure you'll agree how fantastic it was. A huge well done to everyone involved!
Well done to the U14 Boys Rugby team for coming Runners Up in the Norfolk Plate competition. They narrowly lost 38-24 to Framingham Earl in the Final at Thetford Rugby Club this week. Ollie and Ryan were joint players of the match.
Well done to the U13 Boys Football team for their recent hard work and success. The boys have been working hard all term and have shown tremendous progress. This led to a fantastic 7-0 win in their final game of the season with Elliott being player of the match.
Thank you Friends for organising a fantastic night and to all the families who came. Well done Mr Brewer on running a very successful bar and Congratulations to the Wortley family on all their prizes! https://t.co/bxF6qapBjM
One of our students is fundraising for the Cats’ Protection League and would like donations of cat food – wet/dry/pouches/tins/boxes etc.
If you could help in any way and would like to donate please bring... https://t.co/OYUK6jc6sG
We have been very excited to establish a new link with a school in Germany this academic year. Since last Tuesday, ten students and two teachers from Hermann-Lietz-Schule Haubinda in central Germany have... https://t.co/mN9lSQcfZP
