Month: February 2016
Our boys played a good, patient game against Gresham’s recently, much to their credit. The match started perfectly with a good penalty corner variation which allowed Ben Kilburn space to score at the post. However, an unfortunate corner after some slow decision making just before half time allowed Gresham’s to draw level. Soon after the restart, things got worse as an unstoppable strike at goal gave Chris Moody little chance, and the boys something of a challenge to overcome. They did so at first thanks to George Williams who showed a bit of individual brilliance, beating three players whilst travelling nearly half a pitch, before a brilliant behind the back lay-off to Myles King, who shot from the left, and then pounced on the rebound from a great save to score. A fantastic bit of play by both George and Myles: 2-2 the score!
One minute before the end Woodbridge earned a series of penalty corners, the final one resulting in the ball running loose in front of goal, and there was Ben Kilburn to pop it in. 3-2… but straight from the restart Gresham’s won their own corner… the Woodbridge defence held strong… and the final whistle signalled victory.
Hugo Kelleway was voted player of the match by his peers. George Williams, Ben Kilburn and Myles King also played very well. Ben Spence also impressed with his leadership upfront, being in the right place, at the right time.
Congratulations to Cam Smith who has received the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award and Katja Longbon, Olivia Davis and Adam Wildbore who have received their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Awards.
Year 12 reports: Emily Hauser OW offered an enchanting window into the life of a classicist, and all that has come her way – quite unlike what this teenager might have expected. An afternoon classics lecture at the end of a long week sounded pretty daunting, but the reality was quite otherwise. Emily quickly captured our attention with her anecdotes from Cambridge as an undergraduate and Yale as a post graduate, before launching into a concise summary of her first book, For The Most Beautiful, which gripped the audience from the first. Those who had not pre-ordered were soon regretting their inefficiency. Emily’s decision to retell the story of the sacking of Troy from the perspective of two minor female characters was compelling and empowering, and gave the lie to the belief that Greek mythology had to be about war and men. Her audience left enthralled and entertained, and with her name and that of her book the subject of intense conversation for many hours thereafter. We thank Emily for her time and her passion for her subject – truly inspiring.
Mr Brett presented certificates today to the children in Queen’s House. Effort certificates were awarded to Lois, Annabelle, Asha, Poppy and Aurelia. Table Manners certificates were awarded to Scarlett, Lucas, Dominic and Charlie. Freya received the Karate certificate. Well done to you all!
Mr Brett presented certificates today to the children in Queen’s House. Effort certificates were awarded to Alex, Anand and Henry . Year 2 were awarded special class certificates for their participation in all the activities at the Abbey School. Table Manners certificates were awarded to Annabelle, Anthony, Asha, Charlie and Edward. Alex and Annabelle also received Karate certificates. Well done to you all!
