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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. The DDR Museum, a building which from train station - on foot - to weather was clear and sunny and recreates what life was like the hotel. The accommodation so we were able to see for miles. for those living in the former was clean and cozy; with several According to the lift operator, you East Germany. There is a fully students to one room. Easy to get can see for 60 kilometres on a furnished apartment, with settled, but not so easy to get a clear day! kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms, quiet night’s sleep. We were really a television broadcasting news well looked after at the hotel, a The third day saw us move from programmes from the era, nice selection of dishes, lots of the Second World War to the Cold and the change to ‘drive’ a typical German food to try, and War as we took in our first view Trabant - the East German car loads of different breads! of the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint of the people! We went from Charlie. We had a traditional there to Alexanderplatz for an The first day saw us wander to photo with the ‘border guards’ opportunity to buy souvenirs, the Brandenburg Gate, the iconic and looked into the stories behind presents or a tasty currywurst. We symbol of Berlin, for a coffee the rise of Communism in Eastern then walked along the East Side and the first of many photo Europe and the subsequent Gallery, a section of the Berlin opportunities. After a night’s rest building of the wall, which Wall which has become a gallery we took the train to Oranienburg, divided families and communities. full of creative murals. The and then walked from there to the The German Historical Museum, final stop of the day was taking memorial at the Sachsenhausen later that day gave us an insight in the Bundestag - the German concentration camp. The camp into the history of the German Parliament building which we was in operation from 1936 to nation - but we also found a climbed up - just in time to see 1945, and an estimated 100,000 moment to visit the Rausch the sun set over the city. All in people were said to have died Schokoladenhaus - 3 floors of all was a fantastic experience full there. We had a fantastic tour chocolate paradise, including a of discovery and culture. Our guide, who explained the events model recreation of the centre of students were a credit and took and the history which unfolded Berlin made entirely out of dark in all that was offered - plans for within the camp’s fences, with chocolate! next year are already underway! our students asking questions and immersing themselves in what We then took a trip out of the Mr A Blagona was a harrowing experience. As city, to Wannsee a suburb to the 4 Respect Resilience Honesty Positivity Happiness Confidence Berlin Have Your Say It was a great experience, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it, and cannot wait to do it again next n Wednesday the 20th year. We all demonstrated the OMarch, 22 students took part values “positivity”, in a language competition called “resilience” and in particular a lot ‘Have Your Say’. This is where of “confidence”. two students act out a role play in either French, German or Mrs Frid and the other MFL Spanish. teachers are all extremely proud First of all, we were given an of everyone and the students 8-line role play in our chosen should be proud of themselves language of French, German or too. Spanish, and we then had to come up with four extra lines of our Students through to the regional own. The MFL teachers final in May 2019 are: helped us to perfect our last four lines before we started learning Vahan Rickards (Y7 French) them off by heart. Thorunn Bubb (Y7 French) When competition day came, we Jake Morris (Y7 German) waited in the Lightwell for the Finn Morris (Y7 German) other schools to arrive: St Maisie Young (Y8 German) Benedicts, Colchester Academy, Ruby Marsh (Y8 German) Gosfield, Finborough and Stour Rosy Morelli (Y9 German) Valley. Mr Blagona gave a Megan Turner (Y9 German) few brief words and then we were taken to our classrooms by Well done to everybody who took helpers. We performed our part! role plays to the judges and to the other competitors in our age range Megan Turner and language, which although we Kaitlin Riddle were quite nervous beforehand, actually turned out alright! After everyone had finished, we went back to the main hall and waited for the judges to count up the scores. Respect Resilience Honesty Positivity Happiness Confidence Respect Resilience Honesty Positivity Happiness Confidence 5 experience, as did the staff. A the show being the success it was. Grease was a sell- special thank you to the band, A big thank you to the staff who who were outstanding. Schools helped and supported and special out success! often rely on backing tracks for thanks to Nick Reynolds and their shows, but not at TGS. Amie Hunter whose contribution he leather jackets and poodle The music department worked and support were invaluable. skirts are packed away in T extremely hard, alongside the the costume cupboard...Grease students in the band and the result We're already thinking about has come to an end, but what a was fantastic! what's coming in 2020! success it was! It was so fantastic to see so many students on stage, Thank you again to the cast...the Mrs J Arrow over 100 TGS students involved whole cast, no matter your part, in total, our biggest number yet. you were all excellent and vital to Students thoroughly enjoyed the 6 Respect Resilience Honesty Positivity Happiness Confidence () .) + .!( + ! )0 +% !( )( )!!+( )!! 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Following the rules of the East Anglian School Challenge, itself inspired by the long running TV programme University Challenge, the competition is an on the buzzer quiz where teams representing our five houses face rounds of tough questioning on their general knowledge. The standard was incredibly high. The questions were posed by Mr Welsh supported by Mr Alexander each round beginning with Final Score: 310 2nd a starter question that the team quickest on the buzzer would