Month: May 2015

Score: Won 13-8

This was a cool and calm display of rounders against St Felix’s year 10s and 9s. We put St Felix into bat and kept their scoring to a minimum with two of their players being given out on the same ball, which is a great achievement. One player was caught and then one was stumped at second. Harriet Spence and Mollie Biddle took some great catches during the game and our fielding was quick getting their players out at second and first post. They finished on 4.5 after their first innings but we responded with half or full rounders from Millie Cave, Flora Johnston, Chloe Outen, Maddie Felton, Mia King, Mollie Biddle and Katy Garnett. We finished 3 rounders ahead of them and it was all to play for in the second innings.

However, we dominated in the field and got all their team bar one out and there was some great quick fielding to stump a number of their players out. When batting, Eleanor Berridge scored a great half rounder and Zara Lye stepped up to the plate and scored a fantastic rounder (being a lefty has great advantages in this game!) amongst others scoring.

Although we need to work on our placement of the ball when hitting we can be very pleased with this result. Well done girls!

Happy Poem

Happy as a rainbow
happy as a bee
happy as a dolphin
splashing in the sea

Happy as bare feet
running on the beach
happy as a sunflower
happy as a peach

Happy as a poppy
happy as a spoon
dripping with honey
happy as June

Happy as a banjo
plucking on a tune
happy as a Sunday
lazy afternoon

Happy as a memory
shared by two
happy as me…
when I’m with you

James Carter

On Thursday, 23 April 2015 Year 5 became journalists for an afternoon and interviewed Noel Hunt and Zeki Fryers from ITFC.  Year 5 actually called themselves The Abbey Press!  The Abbey Press  asked them what they did when they weren’t training for their big matches. The reply from them both was the electronic game, ‘Fifa!’ They said it was weird to see themselves on the computer game.

Here is a scoop you wouldn’t find in The Sunday Times, The Sun or even The Daily Mail – neither of them thought of football as a sport they would be playing professionally.  It turns out Hunt wanted to be a vet and Fryers had a dream of being an athlete running against Usain Bolt!

We asked them many questions, but here is one more: we asked them who was the hardest player they had come across? Fryers replied that for him it was Falcao  and the old Italian Captain Callivaro.

To be up close to players we usually see from a distance was a privilege.  We were also lucky enough at the end of the interviews to be able to get their autographs. We would like to thank Noel Hunt and Zeki Fryers for coming to visit us at The Abbey and ITFC for allowing them to come.

By James Holliday, Harvey Garrard and Samuel Bolus

The Reception topic this term is “All Creatures Great and Small”. The children have been invited to bring their pets to school. This week Sukie and her Mummy brought their puppy, Bonnie, for Show and Tell. Sukie was able to tell the class how she looks after Bonnie. The children were very excited and learnt a lot about how to care for a dog.