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The Prep School Thoughtings Club met again last week to play with ideas of Philosophy through poetry. The poem 'Pencil Person' was beautifully read by Elysia and all pupils utilised classroom materials to make their very own pencil person. Discussions followed that included asking how many things made up the 'pencil person'. Pupils disagreed as to whether the pencil person was a 'whole' or made up of many parts. They also discussed what was important in deciding how many parts made up the pencil person. This led on to the overall philosophical question of 'what is human' and 'what makes a person a person'- a move beyond thinking just of the physical! Particularly impressive was Olivia who started to question if we should think of a person more in terms of their mind rather than their body parts. Well done all! #TGSTogether #TGSPathways #JourneyOfDiscovery #ThetfordGrammarSchool #Norfolk #Suffolk #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchool

CBC QR Food Project Representatives from the @charlesburrellcentre QR Food Project were invited to meet The Lady Dannatt MBE on Thursday 5th May to showcase their good work so far. The project involves 14 students but only a small number could be at the Centre for the visit. Students have a range of responsibilities from choosing recipes, to liaising with the Burrell Shop for supplies, to 'hands-on-deck cooking' and videography and voice-overs. First, the group met Rose Bray from 'Feeding Britain'. This is a national organisation, based in Westminster, responsible for lobbying parliament for positive change. The project is hugely supportive of over 130 food projects, including the Burrell Food Shop and help in ways such as passing on food and books, and have also funded the Charles Burrell Centre chillers. As well as this, they have funded 6 months worth of Citizens Advice one day a week. They are keen that food projects are not just about food but also about wrap-around-care ensuring a pathway beyond poverty. Following on from this, the 6th Form group enjoyed lunch with The Lady Dannatt MBE, discussing aspirations for further studies and careers. After lunch, the group were able to present photographs of their work so far, as well as their first QR-linked video recipe in action! #TGSTogether #TGSPathways #JourneyOfDiscovery #ThetfordGrammarSchool #Norfolk #Suffolk #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchool

A huge thank you to all those who have supported the wildlife area. Over the last couple of months we have planted over 200 saplings, erected a new fence and removed the old wire fence and planted 8 more established trees. There is clearly still much to do and as you can see, the ground vegetation needs to be controlled! Over the next month we aim to plant established native fruit trees, build more bird boxes and create raised beds. If anyone has any materials that could be used to create raised beds or planters that they would like to donate it would be very much appreciated. Once again a huge thank you to all those who have contributed in anyway. #TGSTogether #TGSPathways #JourneyOfDiscovery #ThetfordGrammarSchool #Norfolk #Suffolk #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchool

Harriet & Izzy's New Challenge! Harriet in Year 8 and Izzy in Year 10 were invited to meet The Lady Dannatt MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk, on Thursday 5th May at the @CharlesBurrellCentre. Harriet and Izzy have both been volunteering at the Charles Burrell Centre in their community shop, but more recently have taken on a new challenge for the Charles Burrell Centres Big Jubilee celebrations. They were invited to talk to Lady Dannatt about their volunteering and explain more about their current project. The challenge given to the girls is to design two art projects that will be displayed in the Charles Burrell Centre as a lasting memory of the Jubilee celebrations. One piece of art is designed to get local schools and community groups helping with before the jubilee, and the other is designed so that anyone attending the Big Jubilee Lunch at CBC could be a part of its creation. The projects are well under way and will be revealed at the Big Jubilee Lunch Sunday 5th June. Lady Dannatt is very interested in hearing from young volunteers in the community and was very impressed with the girls' work and commitment to the Charles Burrell Centre. We look forward to seeing the finished pieces soon. #TGSTogether #TGSPathways #JourneyOfDiscovery #ThetfordGrammarSchool #Norfolk #Suffolk #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchool

Congratulations to Arthur in Year 12 who has been selected to represent the Suffolk County Cricket Team for the first time. Arthur currently plays at Worlington CC and has been on the Elite Player Pathway (EPP) Programme. Good luck at your first match this weekend! #TGSTogether #TGSSports #TGSPathways #JourneyOfDiscovery #ThetfordGrammarSchool #Norfolk #Suffolk #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchool

Year 5 have been learning about global citizenship. Here are some of the things that Mrs Butler-Hand's class do to ensure they are respectful, empathetic and to promote sustainability. #TGSTogether #TGSPathways #JourneyOfDiscovery #ThetfordGrammarSchool #Norfolk #Suffolk #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchool

Congratulations to Seth in Year 11, our Artist of the Month for March. As part of his Photography GCSE Seth has created an artist book on his chosen topic of landscape. To create his imagery Seth took photographs of a local dilapidated barn, highlighting the beautiful textures in the crumbling walls and roof. He created a sculptural book to contain his pages and layered his imagery together using Photoshop. Seth has a keen interest in computing and is currently using coding to create imagery as part of his final piece. Great work, Seth! #TGSTogether #TGSPathways #Artists #YoungArtists #Graphics #ThetfordGrammarSchool #Norfolk #Suffolk #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchool

Inspired by World Book Day earlier this term, Year 7 have written children's books for our Reception class. They visited the group a few weeks ago and talked to them to find out about things they liked and enjoyed. They then wrote and illustrated books specifically for them, using these ideas to make them as personal as possible. They visited again last week to read their finished books to the children. It was a really rewarding project as they could see how much the children enjoyed hearing their personalised stories. They also worked hard to make them interactive, which the children really enjoyed! #TGSTogether #TGSPathways #JourneyOfDiscovery #ThetfordGrammarSchool #Norfolk #Suffolk #IndependentSchool #BoardingSchool