TGS Visit Berlin
Thomas Gainsborough School TGS visit Berlin PORTRAIT Issue 23 Contents include: Grease, Berlin, House April News, Enrichment, Alumni, Sixth Form, Careers & Sport 2019 4 5 6-8 Berlin Have Your Say Grease 9 10-15 18-19 House House Year 11 Quiz News Leavers 20-22 26-27 34-39 Enrichment Wall of Careers Day Excellence 40-47 48-51 Sixth Form Sport Contents Contents 2 Respect Resilience Honesty Positivity Happiness Confidence Grease Success! Respect Resilience Honesty Positivity Happiness Confidence Respect Resilience Honesty Positivity Happiness Confidence 3 Berlin n early start on a cold the group got together afterwards, south-west of Berlin to visit the AFebruary morning saw the it was noticeable how subdued house were the famous Wannsee a group of 18 linguists catch the and reflective our students were Conference took place. This flight from Stansted to Berlin about what they had just seen, memorial recounted several stories for a long weekend of culture, and how such a place can leave of those imprisoned by the Nazis history and language set against a lasting impression on visitors. and sent to the concentration the backdrop of one of Europe’s In the afternoon we were able to camps. Again the details were most vibrant and ever-changing get tickets to go up the Berliner stark and graphic, and the visit cities. Berlin is only a short Fernsehturm - the TV Tower! At provoked lots of questions flight away, and as we got to the 368 metres high it dominates the regarding the politics of the time. airport on both sides without any skyline of the city and the views delay, the trek across town began, from the observatory lounge at The final day saw us visit the from airport to train station, and 200 metres are fantastic.
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