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Gresham’s HOLT, NORTH NORFOLK
ounded in 1555, Gresham’s is an authentic boarding and day school providing a rounded education to boys and girls aged two to 18. The school has excellent facilities spanning a 200-acre site, just four miles from the breathtaking North Norfolk coast. Gresham’s provides a broad and enriching education, enabling pupils to discover their own talents and develop into confident, well-rounded individuals. THE DYSON BUILDING The Dyson Building opened at Gresham’s in September 2021. Sir James Dyson, a former pupil at the school, enabled the innovative new centre for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education. Building a dedicated centre for STEAM subjects disrupts the established narrative that young people must choose between science and the arts at an early stage of their lives. By teaching the subjects side by side, pupils will begin to see how the knowledge gained from one discipline can be used in a creative way in another. Creativity and original thinking have always been the cornerstones of a Gresham’s education; the Dyson Building establishes state-of-the-art facilities to see this continue into the mid-21st century. The building is becoming a hub for STEAM education across Norfolk and enables great opportunities for the outreach programme, which is run with local schools. Activities include robotics with Sphero bots; making electromagnets; building and racing balloon cars and creating model boats. Spaces are equipped with the latest technology, with art hubs, IT points and open-stair seating areas turning the spine of the building into an area for collaborative studies. Extra-curricular activities provide pupils with the opportunity to tinker and discover new ways of working. At Gresham’s, pupils are designing drones;
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building electric cars; working with VEX Robotics kits; 3D printing and Raspberry Pi programming. Sir James Dyson said: “By creating state-of-the-art spaces I hope that we can foster, inspire and educate more brilliant young minds. I am so pleased that Gresham’s will be leading the charge.” REMARKABLE ALUMNI The school has a tradition of producing outstanding achievers in all walks of life, including architects,
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Senior: Saturday 29 April 2023
26 AUTUMN/WINTER 2022
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