Month: November 2015

A great start to our golf this year in the ISGA matchplay golf competition where we won 2-1, beating St Joseph’s College in the first round. Round 2 is against Langley to be completed by end of term.

Results
William Morcombe won 10 and 8
Guy Maynard won 2 and 0

On Monday, the children at The Abbey came back to school to find a mysterious object had landed in the grounds. Shrouded in mist, it was all very dramatic! Mr Brett explained to the children in assembly that there had been a disturbance in the night and some people had seen bright lights and heard a strange humming sound. Whatever it was had landed in the grounds of the school and the visitors had vanished, leaving just a few clues.

The children got a chance to investigate and have a good look at the site, then they were asked to write the story of what they thought had happened. The government were investigating the landing, but were a bit stumped and wanted the children’s ideas. And they had lots of ideas! Some told of aliens having to leave their imploding planet in a terrible rush and choosing Earth as a place to seek refuge; some described aliens searching the galaxies for other life forms and finally finding us here on Earth; some believed that the aliens were here to teach us about looking after our planet; and some described aliens burrowing beneath the grounds of The Abbey, building an underground city.

It was such a fun day and one that the children will certainly remember.

Due to our U14 Girls qualifying to Next round of County Netball Tournament on Saturday 14 November, we are cancelling U14A Hockey v Culford on that day.

U15A Hockey v Culford (Home) on Saturday 14 November will now start at earlier time of 2.30pm.

RUGBY remains the same as advertised in red book.

Saturday 21 November
– Langley School (A) 11am

Tuesday 1 December
– Thomas Mills (H) 2.30pm

Saturday 12 December
– Kings Ely (H) 11am

Tuesday 15 December
– RGS Colchester (A)way 2.30pm

It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our Assistant Director of Music, John Stafford.

John was an incredibly talented musician and teacher with a wonderful, subversive sense of humour. His work with our students, particularly as an accompanist, was of the highest order and invariably helped them to give of their best in very stressful situations, often inspiring them to excel well beyond their own expectations. There can have been few better than John able to perform the most complex music, often at very short notice, with such amazing skill and authority.

John passed away peacefully on Wednesday 28 October.  His sparkle around the music department, his warmth, his friendship, and his complete commitment to others will be sorely missed by us all.