MATT RAISES £750 FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPICE SOUTH WEST - Feb 2008
The bravery of Grenville College Music Technician Matthew White holds no bounds. In a personal effort to boost the College's charity fundraising, Matt had his head and beard shaved off during the school lunch hour by trusted friend and College Head Gardener Steve Puttick. He is seen here in "before and after" pictures.

TORRIDGE SCHOOLS ART EXHIBITION - Jan 26th to Feb 24th 2008
Grenville College presents "The Grenville Wall", a collection of work representing the complete age range of students passing through the Art Department from Juniors to Year 13. The exhibition is being held at the Burton Art Gallery & Museum in Bideford.

WOLFMAN VISITS COLLEGE
On 24th January 2008 we were very lucky to be visited by Shaun Ellis who, amid busy filming and research commitments, found time to deliver a spellbinding afternoon and evening of entertainment and education at the college.
The afternoon began with workshops for year 6, 7 and 8 who learnt about the roles found in the structure of a wild wolf pack and the behaviours associated with them. This was developed further by comparing the calls each member of the pack commonly makes and the students had a howling great time when they tried to form their own wolf packs and communicate with Shaun. Each session ended with a very intense question and answer session for Shaun ranging from "What did you have to eat when you lived wild with the wolves?" through "What injuries have you had?" to "How long do wild wolves and captive wolves live for?". The afternoons excitement was followed in the evening by "An Audence with Shaun Ellis" where Shaun and his assistants were joined by members of the College's wider community for an evening of behaviour, physiology, biography and good humour.

17th CENTURY SURGERY DEMONSTRATION FOR HISTORY CLASS
Character actors from Torrington 1646 visited Grenville on Wednesday 16th January 2008 to provide practical demonstrations of Renaissance surgery techniques to the two Year 10 GCSE History groups.

Shaun Saintey Year 10, reported in his assessment of the visit: "Every person was very interested and I think that everyone enjoyed it.......One of the most effective demonstrations was one of the actors showing how bladder stones were treated in the 17th Century. The explanation was very gruesome!"

RETURNING TO AID TANZANIAN ORPHANAGE -EASTER 2008
During the Easter holidays in 2007, 13 Grenville students, accompanied by Mrs Mingay embarked on a life changing experience to Tanzania. in addition to a five day safari, the group spent 4 days at the "Light in Africa" orphanage. The group had spent the previous year raising money to support a house building project.


Matt Howe, a current Y12 pupil is to return to Tanzania this Easter to carry on the good work. He is currently washing cars to raise funds and would welcome any contributuions from parents to continue our support for the orphanage.

PRIZES AWARDED TO PUPILS IN UK MATHEMATICAL CHALLENGE
Grenville students were rewarded for their mathematical genius in December 2007 in the UK Senior Mathemetical Challenge. Nigel Luk won a Gold Award and was named Best in School. Steven Au picked up Silver and Sam Petty, Lauren Kandasamy, Jessica Mill and Roderic Fan gained Bronze Awards.

YEAR 8 ELIZABETHAN ASSEMBLY - November 2007
In November Year 8 students presented an Assemby to the whole school on the theme of Elizabethan Ship Building and Sir Richard Grenville (after whom the school is named). Alison Boyle from Hinks Boatyard in Appledore gave an illustrated talk about building an Elizabethan Galleon, based on the Golden Hind, which was made in the 70's at the yard.
A replica section of the ship's hull was put together on the stage with the aid of Alan Waters, the College Carpenter whose family were boat builders in Appledore. Year 8 art students displayed a large wall hanging they had painted of The Golden Hind. The session ended with a poetry reading of "The Revenge" by Lord Tennyson and completed a very informative and enjoyable Assembly highlighting the history and heritage of North Devon.

SLAVERY PRESENTATION - November 2007
On Friday 30th November, Year 9 enjoyed a living history production by actors portraying the role of individuals like Richard Hawkins, who were actively involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. With the aid of artefacts such as chains, leg-irons and neck braces, students were shown how captured slaves were kept in captivity prior to being shipped to North America to work on the cotton plantations.The conditions on the slave ships were discussed, with students able to engage in role plays to help them empathise with the slaves.