Month: June 2017
On Tuesday Year 2 enjoyed a wonderful trip to Southwold which was a fitting end to the topic on Victorian Seaside Holidays. All the pupils dressed up as Victorian children and greeted passers-by with a doffing of caps or curtsey and a’ “Good day sir, good day ma’am” much to everyone’s delight. We started off at Southwold Museum which was fascinating – full of exciting things such as fossils, a Victorian Doll’s House, cannon balls and Viking ship steering oars. We then walked through the churchyard and past the lighthouse to the Sailors’ Reading Room – a delightful room full of model ships from every era. After that we headed to Gun Hill. We had a climb on the cannons and a delicious Victorian picnic lunch. Next stop was to have a play on the beach and a quick sandcastle competition. Finally we had a walk along the promenade to the pier and some welcome hokey-pokeys to cool us down.
A huge thank you to Mrs Houston who welcomed 26 Reception children to her farm. They had a fantastic day finding out about where their food comes from. The highlight of the day was seeing the new born twin calves and watching Mrs Ihenacho feed one with a bottle. The children loved meeting the cows, scampering around the farm, measuring themselves against tractor tyres, counting the wheels on a drill, sorting different foods into animal and plant groups, playing games and making scarecrows. They talk non-stop about their trip and it has generated lots of lovely writing. What a fantastic opportunity to visit a working farm – the children will remember this hands on experience for years to come – thank you Mrs Houston.
The Reception children enjoyed a picnic with their parents today. This was the last parent session of the term and a chance for the children and teachers to say thank you to the parents for their wonderful support throughout the year. The children spent the day baking and decorating cakes, chopping salad and making sandwiches for the picnic, it was a very busy day!
EADT article “Woodbridge School pupils experience how to run a business with charity day” about The Abbey Prep School and its Stepping into Business programme for Year 6 pupils can be found here.
Coverage of the 20th Bridge Charity Cycle ride which took place on Saturday 24 June. 26 Woodbridge School teachers, pupils and parents cycled 89 miles from London to Woodbridge, raising £10,000 for the Bridge School in London.
The Abbey Musical, Joseph, is currently being performed by Years 5 and 6 at the Seckford Theatre.. The pupils have thrown themselves into this production. There have been some very impressive individual performances, but what is most remarkable is the spirited and animated singing and acting by the entire cast.
The pupils have very much enjoyed performing to huge audiences in the theatre. Well done to all!
A great way to finish the team athletics this season. The year 9 boys and girls having qualified at Northgate earlier this term, went onto competed at the Suffolk Schools Athletics County Finals at Bury yesterday. Both teams were crowned County Champions!
Points were awarded for placing’s and the girls finished on 111 points, ahead of second place Northgate on 104, County Upper 3rd, RHS 4th St Benedict 5th and Thurleston 6th. The Boys scored 95 points with Westborne second on 90 points, County Upper 3rd, Farlingaye 4th, King Edward 5th and Castlehill Manor 6th. A special mention must go to those who stepped into an event they were not expecting following absence or injury, without you we would not have won. Too many firsts to mention but all looks good for a few records to be broken tomorrow on Sports day.
Played 5
Won 4
Lost 1
V Hartismere won 7½ – 2½
V KEGS won 6½ – 5
V Chantry lost 5½ – 6
V Ormiston Academy, Sudbury won 8½ – 5
V Thomas Mills won 6 – 5
We travelled to Sudbury feeling confident but knowing that anything can happen during a tournament! We knew we had to try and score on every ball as there were only 20 good balls per innings. It was a very hot day but the girls were concentrating well and understood the tactics involved. Olivia Buchanan’s bowling was exceptional, the ball had very little pace and came in at a steep angle so the competition had real problems connecting with the ball so they were unable to hit the ball any distance. Clara Simpson made some excellent catches and was quick to cover 3rd post. On second post Molly Marshall was superb, flinging herself at every ball so she could stump multiple people out at second. At fourth post Ariane had good catches and managed to stop rounders being scored. As backstop Jess Elmer threw accurately and closed the game down quickly. In the deeps the girls covered any decent hits effectively, fielding the ball into second post or third post to prevent rounders being scored. Once in bat the girls were ferocious. Olivia, Clara, Ella Walker, Molly, Olivia Bedford and Emily White sending the ball miles. It was a very exciting competition with some interesting moments, but the girls deserved their victory.
We were delighted to welcome Olympic athlete Donna Fraser to Woodbridge yesterday. Donna spent the afternoon at The Abbey teaching pupils from Year 5 and 6 at The Abbey, and Year 9 pupils from the Senior School.
An amazing experience for them and a very enjoyable one for Donna who wrote to Mr Simpson to say how much fun she had working with our terrific pupils.
Played 5
Won 5
V Bungay Won 6.5 – 3
V Thurston Won 9 – 4.5
V Chantry Won 5.5 – 5
V Ormiston Sudbury Won 8 – 3
V Ormiston Denes Won 8.5 – 4
On the hottest day of the summer so far, we travelled to Sudbury for the U14 County Finals. We knew we were in with a good chance but anything can happen on 20 good balls!
We were put into bat against Bungay to start off with and Flora Pitt got us on the mark, followed by Victoria Burows, Saffron Holliday, Sophie Graham, Annie Yates, and Nell Pilkington, who all scored half rounders or rounders to put us in with a great chance going into the fielding with six and a half rounders to our name. Annie Yates took a brilliant catch behind, as backstop on ball 2 and then Ianthe Hill caught one of their players out, Saffron took a catch in the deep field, and then so did Victoria and Nell. Some great fielding and bowling by Victoria on a difficult and undulating pitch meant the opposition only scored 3 rounders and we were victorious
Next up was Thurston, and we smashed the ball around the park after they gave us four and a half to chase. Annie, Victoria, Libby Martin, Nell, Ianthe, Flora, Laura Golding, Saffron and Sophie all put their names on the score sheet and we finished with nine rounders and another victory.
We then faced Chantry, and knew from the South Suffolk round that this was going to be a tight game. We fielded and let a few slip through our hands, and the pressure was really on with Chantry hitting the ball well into the gaps we were leaving in the field. Annie and Libby were responsible for getting two of their players out, and we had five to aim for. We went into bat knowing that we had to put on a good performance and show them that we were determined! Flora started the scoring off and scored a total of two and a half rounders for us and then Emma Trebilcock, Ianthe and Victoria all put their name on the scoresheet. Some great catches by the opposition in the field meant we were certainly under pressure. Luckily for us a half rounder was all that was needed, and we had another win under our belts, yey!
Then we faced the hosts, Ormiston Academy, Sudbury, and we fielded with a renewed determination. Ormiston gave us a total of three to aim at, and this was after some tight fielding, great stumpings, backing up and catching. Nell, Ianthe, Victoria, Annie, Verity Hobday, Saffron, Flora and Libby all scored to enable us to win 6 – 3.
In the last game which could clinch the victory, we faced Ormiston Denes. We put on a great batting display with Saffron, Sophie, Victoria, Ianthe and Nell all scoring to give us eight and a half rounders to defend, even though their bowling was fantastic! We then fielded brilliantly with Annie catching two of their players out and Nell stumping girls out on second base. They only managed to score 4 rounders and victory was ours.
Well done to all the girls, a fantastic display of team work and skills, they should be very proud of themselves!