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Mr Brett presented certificates to the children in Queen’s House in recognition of all their hard work. Effort certificates were awarded to Rosie, Matilda, Arwen, Dominic and Emilia. Table Manners certificates were awarded to Stephanie, Ike, Anthony and Hermione. Arthur and Oscar received Karate certificates. Well done to you all!

The Abbey U11 tennis team represented the school very well at the annual Framlingham U11 tennis festival. The team consisted of Beau Barrington Hibbert (only in Y5), Katie Norman, Iris Morton and Helen knight. The team finished sixth in a tough field and improved throughout the day, The morning started with a touygh match against eventual tournament winners, the Brandeston Alligators. Although the girls played well and singles and doubles games were close, The Alligators won the tie 6-0. Next up was Old Buckingham Hall. The Abbey grow in confidence and this time we didn’t lose a rubber. Beau and Katie won their doubles, and each also won their singles. While Helen won her singles and drew in the doubles, playing with Iris. The last pool game was against Holmwood House, who were too strong. Both Beau and Katie scored points for the Abbey by drawing their singles 3-3. This meant The Abbey qualified 3rd in the pool, playing for positions 5-8. A strong performance against the Brandeston Cheetahs followed in the first of the cross-pool matches.Beau and Katie again won their doubles while Helen and Katie won their singles. Iris and Helen (doubles) and Beau in her singles secured the tie for The Abbey when they drew their rubbers.

In the final tie of the day, we were up against Town Close, last years winners. Some great tennis was played during this fixture and both teams saved their best for last. Beau impressed in her singles, against a player two years her senior. Helen and Iris both drew their singles. Katie played a great match but was just beaten by a great come-back from her opponent.

Well done to all the players for good work throughout the long day and especially warm afternoon. Many lessons about technique and tactics were learned and the school can be proud of the team.

On Friday 9 June the Year 3 Girl’s tennis team travelled to Brandeston to play in the Suffolk School Mini Tennis League. The team was made up of Lara Zie, Georgia Pommier, Rose Jackson and Nina Chapman.

They played brilliantly and supported each other as the competition progressed. There were four schools in the competition and for each school the girls played one single and one doubles match. When it was time for the semi-final The Abbey and Culford had won three matches each and so it went down to points. Culford just beat us on points to gain a place in the final and we played Brandeston B team to decide third and fourth place.

The girls were a credit to The Abbey and played some great tennis. They came away with a medal for third place and they deserve to feel very proud of themselves. Well done girls!

The Abbey U11 tennis team represented the school very well at the annual Framlingham U11 tennis festival. The team consisted of Beau Barrington Hibbert (only in Y5), Katie Norman, Iris Morton and Helen knight (photo attached). The team finished sixth in a tough field and improved throughout the day, The morning started with a touygh match against eventual tournament winners, the Brandeston Alligators. Although the girls played well and singles and doubles games were close, The Alligators won the tie 6-o. Next up was Old Buckingham Hall. The Abbey grow in confidence and this time we didn’t lose a rubber. Beau and Katie won their doubles, and each also won their singles. While Helen won her singles and drew in the doubles, playing with Iris. The last pool game was against Holmwood House, who were too strong. Both Beau and Katie scored points for the Abbey by drawing their singles 3-3. This meant The Abbey qualified 3rd in the pool, playing for positions 5-8. A strong performance against the Brandeston Cheetahs followed in the first of the cross-pool matches.Beau and Katie again won their doubles while Helen and Katie won their singles. Iris and Helen (doubles) and Beau in her singles secured the tie for The Abbey when they drew their rubbers.

Well done to all the players for good work throughout the long day and especially warm afternoon. Many lessons about technique and tactics were learned and the school can be porud of the team.

On Tuesday 24 May, Year 4 spent a wonderful day at Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Carlton Marshes. The children had a fun-filled time learning about the invertebrate animals that live on the marshes and their surrounding habitat. During the Dyke-dipping session we were lucky enough to find a variety of animals living in the water, including a fearsome looking water scorpion, several ingenious water spiders (which carry a bubble of air as they dive under the water) and we were also lucky enough to find a dragonfly nymph! Following on from this we spent some time identifying some of the nearby trees and designing a key to identify their leaves. Finally, after lunch the children had a mini-beast hunt, collecting and grouping invertebrates from the marsh land this time. This time we found many crafty woodlice, hiding under logs, spiders and a rather beautiful soldier beetle. Year 4 would like to thank Mrs Carter and Mrs Deacon who kindly came along and enjoyed the day with us.

The Year 3 children spent a fabulous day as Ancient Greeks. We had an array of gods and goddesses parading around the Abbey building. Highlights of the day included being mathematicians and solving complex problems, even attempting Pythagoras’ theorem. The children particularly enjoyed food tasting and tried olives, yoghurt, honey, tzatziki and some delicious pomegranate juice.

The afternoon was spent decorating Medusa masks and finding out about the Trojan horse and the fall of Troy. It was a great day and really brought our topic to life.

Many congratulations to Fergus Gathorne-Hardy who came third in the 5-9 category of the 500 Words 2016 by BBC Radio 2. This morning Fergus received his award at the Shakespeare’s Globe and was interviewed live on the BBC.

http://bbc.in/1Ttqbfa (41:16)

Here is Fergus’s story:

THE SMOKING PIPE
The river smells different when it’s full or empty. As we approached the Thames, the old brick warehouses looming on either side, we caught the rusty, smudgy scent of low tide. My dad lifted me over the wall to check the coast was clear.

“I can see a way down’, I told him, and we dropped onto the stony shore. Only it wasn’t stones: under our feet lay a carpet of animal bones, broken pottery, shells and other treasures. Suddenly, I heard a crunching noise. A figure in black leather boots was moving towards us, the torn edges of his sweeping coat almost brushing the beach as he swept a metal detector back and forth, ticktockticktock, like an old grandfather clock. His head was bent low, but as he reached us, he looked straight into my face with a pair of brilliant blue eyes. ‘Mudlarking, are we?’ he wheezed. ‘Found anything yet?’
‘Er, not yet, no,’ I stammered. Fumbling with wrinkly brown fingers in a pocket, the man pulled out a magnificent white clay pipe.

‘Yours, if you want it’, grunted the man, thrusting it towards me. The pipe gleamed like moonlight against his muddy hands. I took it, and it felt smooth and cold, like a piece of fresh chalk. All of a sudden I noticed that a thin whisper of smoke had begun to curl out of the wider end. I whipped round to show Dad, but stopped in amazement. The skyscrapers and the Shard, and all the bridges had disappeared: there was just a thick, soft fog all around me, like being under my duvet in bed. And that’s when I noticed something else. The rumble of buses and taxis and planes overhead had utterly stopped. Instead, I could hear the strangest things: small splashes of water, a clinking of metal, and what sounded like horses hooves beating along. The pipe in my hand now felt warm.

‘Proper peasouper’ came a whisper right in my ear, though I could see nothing. ‘You don’t want to be out in those, all sorts of brigands and cutpurses and vagabonds about…’ A cold finger that stank of seaweed touched my cheek. I yelled, and fell backwards, and the pipe flew out of my hands. I heard the plop as it hit the river water. Pushing myself up from the grimy shore, I saw my Dad still waiting by the river wall. Behind him was the London Eye and red buses stacked at the traffic lights, and the winter sun was shining on a new office block. But there was no sign of the man in the coat. ‘Better hurry, the tide is turning’ warned Dad. I glanced back at the water, where the top end of the pipe was just poking out. Ripples were already edging up its neck. Soon, it would be covered.

The Abbey Y3 tennis team competed in the qualifying rounds of the county competition at Ipswich High School. The team was made up of Lara Zie, Georgia Pommier, Rose Jackson, Nina Chapman. With much enthusiasm the girls took on Ipswich High School in the first tie. This was a close affair with the girls playing well, and pushing nerves aside, this being their first competitive fixture. The fixture ended in a 3-3 draw but with a superior points difference, The Abbey were the winners. Next up was Brandeston in the finals of the day. Lara Zie proved she was one of the players of the day, beating her no.1 ranked opponent 10-7, after a comfortable win in the first round, and impressing the professional tennis coaches. The singles and doubles matches were close, and the girls impressed with how they improved from their first match, but The Abbey had to settle for second place on the day. With this they achieved qualification for the Y3 County Finals to be held at Brandeston in June. They showed good fitness and determination, running balls down and giving their all. Valuable experience was gained, which will be needed when they compete at the County Finals.

On a glorious sunny day The Abbey took part jointly with Y7 and Y8 and competed in an Athletics Meet at Newhall together with teams from IHS, Newhall and Holmwood House.
The results are as follows:
Y4 came 3rd
Y5 came 1st
Y6 came 2nd
Overall our team won this Athletic event. Well done to all the girls.