Month: November 2015

Last Saturday, Pelham Etherington OW played Mozart’s piano concerto in D minor, K466, in the Great Hall of Durham Castle, with the Durham University Chamber Orchestra. His performance was “in fond memory of John Stafford”. He gave an exciting and accomplished performance; dramatic in all the right places, reflective in others, but with an overall sense of the grandeur and architecture of this amazing piece. Well done to Pelham!

78 children from all over East Anglia competed in the Woodbridge Junior Open on Sunday in the Sports dome, including a vast number from The Abbey and Woodbridge School. The event was a qualifier for the London Junior Chess Championships. There were Woodbridge School winners in all sections:
Rowan Kent: Woodbridge Under 8 Winner
Marina Pommier: Woodbridge Under 10 Winner
Thomas Liddy and Jake Cartwright: Woodbridge Under 12 joint winners
Toby Cassy: Woodbridge Under 14 Winner
Cavan Fawcett: Woodbridge Under 16 Winner
Hugo Kelleway: Woodbridge Under 18 Winner

Congratulations to all those who played in the event.

Mr Brett presented certificates today to the children in Queen’s House.  Effort certificates were awarded to Rosie, Lucas, Connie, Tom and Hermione.  Table Manners certificates were awarded to Rowan, Sukie, Xan, Ernest, Annabelle and Sam.  The Karate certificate was awarded to Scarlett.  Well done to you all!

Sixth Form Open Evening

Tuesday 1 November From 6.30pm

Arrange a Visit

You are welcome to book an appointment for a personal visit to meet with us and take a look around the School. Please contact admissions to arrange an appointment on 01394 615041 or email admissions@woodbridgeschool.org.uk

Reports by Saffron Holliday
The match started slowly, with neither team doing particularly well. However as the match progressed the teams got further into the game and the play began to get more confident and exciting. Woodbridge was doing well to keep the ball down their scoring end and was having multiple shots. RHS also had a couple of break through where they would move towards their own scoring goal, but our defenders did well to pressure their shots and send the ball back to the other end. Towards the end of the first half Sophie Graham had an excellent shot at the goal and the ball went straight past the goalie and into the corner. The second half was full of great play and close-calls but no goals were made by either team, and the game ended a close 1-0 to Woodbridge. Annabel Yates was given player of the match for her excellent defence and decision making to come forward towards our attacking end. Also, praise must be given to the RHS goalie for her phenomenal saves, only letting one goal in from many. Well done to all who played.

After some end to end action St Felix unfortunately scored but we played well and there was some great link play between players who had only started playing hockey at the beginning of the term. We came very close to scoring a few goals but just couldn’t quite get it in the back of the net, nevermind! A good afternoon of hockey had by all with over 35 girls playing in a match.

Our B team put in a really good performance against St Felix this afternoon with some great defending by Lucy Hudson, Astrid Fauret and Jenny Clare. We had some shots on goal but kept St Felix under control in our attacking circle. Well done! There is lots to be worked on but there is improvement all the time!

U14A team played 20 minutes against St Felix and dominated the game. Amy Graham scored two excellent goals from the top of the circle while Kiya Smith scored another. Despite a very wet pitch the girls adjusted well to the conditions and were unlucky not to score more.

The U14A and B teams can be very proud of their excellent play at the weekend away against Ipswich School in very cold, wet and windy conditions. The U14A squad were missing five of the squad due to various reasons. Despite this the eleven players played some really good skilful hockey. With two goals scored against us in the first half the girls worked hard and Amy Graham scored a very good goal back. Despite most of the ball and lots of pressure on their goal keeper we were to concede two more one in the last 30 seconds! Katherine Bye played well as centre forward making good use of space and linking up well with her team. Millie Buchanan worked tirelessly down the left side of the pitch with Emma Hendry delivering some good passes. Joanne Garnett, always strong as left defence, also played some excellent balls across the pitch. We have begun to expect Captain Maud Peel to dominate in our defence and she did not disappoint. No player of the match as they all played out of their skins well done to the above and Emily Cook, Maddy Walmsley Stevenson, Millie Buckingham, Sarah Barker, Kiya Smith.

This match we finally made a break through; we won! We managed to do all the things that we wanted to.

The first half was a good sign. We were passing down the right side and getting shots on goal. For the entire of the first half we were knocking on the door. They only managed to bring the ball down our side of the pitch a few times due to clearances. The midfield were working hard and getting the ball to the attackers. We were getting the quick reactions that we wanted to after the ball went out of play. The half ended at 0-0 but spirits were high.

At the start of the second half we were finally rewarded with a goal from Nell. We continued the good form throughout the half and they couldn’t break through our defense. Near the end of the half we were again rewarded with a great goal from Cecily; she had been working hard to get one all match. Cecily though, was not the only midfielder working hard. Tori McCarrol, Grace and Amelia Kirkum were getting the ball to the attackers on the wing. Libby Martin was also finding space so that the midfield had someone to pass to.

The match ended with a score of 2-0. Man of the match for Woodbridge was Nell Pilkington. Everybody did a great job and worked hard, well done Woodbridge!