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Evie and Imogen in Y10 joined Mrs Skeels to give a talk to the Thetford Business Forum about their experience of setting up and running their own business as part of the enrichment activity for Business Studies. The girls were outstanding — delivering a confident, engaging and genuinely inspiring presentation, before heading to their stall in the Garden Centre where they sold out of every product they had made. 🌟💼 We were also incredibly proud of our talented Year 7 pupils, who performed festive songs for members of the Forum. Their singing was absolutely beautiful and created a wonderfully warm Christmas atmosphere — a real highlight of the event. 🎶✨ The Forum Chair, Will Bridgman of Warren Services, was so impressed with our students that he has already begun discussing plans to develop a Young Persons Business Forum in Thetford to inspire and support future young entrepreneurs. A huge well done to Evie, Imogen and our amazing Year 7 singers — you represented the school brilliantly and made us all very proud! 🌟👏

✨ Year 6 Creations! ✨ Year 6 have been busy designers, completing their stunning Moroccan-inspired lanterns just in time for the holidays! Using computer-aided design and our laser cutter, pupils created intricate patterns and assembled their lanterns with incredible care and creativity. We also found time to make beautiful Christmas tree ornaments inspired by African patterns, adding a vibrant and meaningful touch to our festive decorations. The lanterns and ornaments look absolutely amazing 🎄⭐🕌

📸✨ House Photography Competition Results – Reflect/Refract ✨📸 We are excited to announce the placed entries for this year’s House Photography Competition, themed “Reflect/Refract.” A huge congratulations to all the students whose photographs were awarded 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and Runner Up! 🏆📷 The standard of entries this year was truly exceptional — thank you to everyone who took part and shared their creativity 👏✨

✨ A wonderful Friends of Thetford Grammar School Social Morning! ✨ We recently enjoyed a super festive Christmas calligraphy workshop with the amazing @clarewarrencalligraphy. Some of our younger pupils even popped in to see the beautiful writing and gift tags being created with the “special pens and ink” — their excitement was priceless! We are so lucky to have such a fantastic community of parents, families, and friends supporting TGS through Friends of TGS. We’re already looking forward to their upcoming pop-up Elfridges Christmas Shop ✨ and the Winter Fayre 🎄 — festive fun is definitely on the way! #thetfordgrammarschool #norfolkschool #schoolcommunity

TGS Sports Roundup 🏆 A busy and exciting few weeks of sport for TGS! ⚽ Y5/6 battled hard against Redcastle, with Tobi scoring 4 and earning Player of the Match. ⚽ Y7/8 dominated at Stoke College with an 11–0 win! Issac and Joseph shared Player of the Match after scoring 4 each. ⚽ Y4 Mixed Team showed great determination at South Lee - George and Sienna were joint Players of the Match. ⚽ Y10 edged Abbey College 5–4 thanks to four goals from Zachary, who earned Player of the Match. ⚽ U18 worked hard in a tough match against Abbey College, with Ellis and Bertie scoring. 🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ Cross Country: Fantastic effort from all runners, with standout finishes from Samuel (3rd, Y4) and Tobi (5th, Y6). 🏐 Y7/8 impressed in the cold at Stoke College with a brilliant 21–1 win—Immy was Player of the Match. 🏐 Y9 competed brilliantly at the Norfolk County Tournament, securing two strong wins and narrowly missing the semifinals. 🏐 Y9/10 defeated Abbey College 36–7, with captain Alexia earning Player of the Match. Well done to all teams for their effort, sportsmanship, and brilliant performances! 👏

🎄 A Festive Friday at Thetford Garden Centre! 🎶 Our wonderful Years 1 and 2 children were invited to Thetford Garden Centre after school on Friday to sing - and what a magical time we had! The children were so excited to perform for their parents, relatives and friends, who made the most amazingly supportive audience. Their smiles (and singing!) lit up the whole garden centre. They performed a selection of lovely festive songs, including a special sneak preview of two pieces from our upcoming Pre-Prep Christmas show. ✨ We are also thrilled that Years 1 and 2 will soon be decorating the Christmas tree that Thetford Garden Centre are kindly gifting to us. We can’t wait to see it sparkle! Thank you to everyone who came along and to Thetford Garden Centre for such a warm welcome. 🎄

🌼 EYFS Adventures at Church Farm! 🌼 Our EYFS children have been busy looking back at all the lovely photos from their trip to Church Farm. 🐄🐑🐐 Each child chose their favourite animal from the visit and created a beautiful drawing to show it, along with some fantastic supported writing to label their pictures. ✍️🎨

🎉 Prep School Break the Rules Day! 🎉 Today, our wonderful Prep School children took part in a very special ‘Break the Rules’ Day to raise money for their chosen charity, the RSPCA 🐾💙 The children had the chance to break a selection of fun rules, including: ✨ Crazy hair and/or hats 🧦 Odd socks 🌀 Funky tights or leggings 📚 No homework for a day 🍫 Chocolate for snack Thanks to their amazing enthusiasm (and some truly brilliant rule-breaking!), they have raised a fantastic £135 for the RSPCA.👏