Category: Prep News
On Monday morning the whole school was treated to a feast of festive dancing. Particular highlights were a ballet routine danced to a song from ‘Frozen’ performed by Year 3. Years 5 and 6 performed a zingy and energetic routine from ’Grease’ and the tap-dancers were on amazing form.
A lovely note just in from a glowing mother about her son, Arthur Green, who followed up a letter to Barclays Bank that he wrote in the Summer Term. He had a ‘meeting’ with the Bank Manager yesterday after school. Arthur was given a tour of the branch and allowed to help cash up a till. He was also given the opportunity to ask lots of questions throughout his visit.
Arthur was very impressed that his initial letter had been posted on the staff noticeboard and when we went to make an appointment all the staff knew his name! The staff were very welcoming and Arthur learned a lot! He was a credit to all of us!
Well done Arthur and many thanks to Barclay’s Bank!
Result: Win 4-1
The Junior 2 hockey team played a highly competitive match against RHS. Woodbridge came out on top winning 4-1. The first half was end to end with both teams having opportunities to score. Beth Turner was up to the test in goal when RHS broke through, making numerous important saves during the match. Lack of composure in the circle from Woodbridge meant that the score remained at 0-0 at half time.
During the second half Woodbridge managed to transfer play more effectively, creating more space and moving the RHS defence. This very quickly resulted in more scoring opportunities. Captain Emily Buchanen was rewarded for her work up and down the pitch when she shot from the left for the ball to sneak into the far corner of the goal to open the scoring.
Katherine Bye made a welcome return to the team after injury, starting off in her usual defensive position. In the second half she tested the waters up front and what a revelation she turned out to be. She controlled possession that came her way, passing the ball and repositioning. Katherine scored a hat-trick in 10 minutes calmly finishing passes into her in the D!
Charlotte Dinwiddy and Sarah Barker had very good performances in defence, making important tackles and marking very well. Charlotte provided a player of the match performance, showing good decision making, distribution and making crucial tackles and interceptions.
Player of the match: Charlotte Dinwiddy
The Year 4 children enjoyed a wonderful morning last Friday learning about Woodbridge Tide Mill and their local heritage.
Love in a Box is an exciting idea that gives children in the orphanages of the Ukraine and Moldova, who don’t normally receive Christmas presents a box full of marvellous gifts. Every year pupils at The Abbey and Queen’s House are given a leaflet with ideas of what to put into the box and an option of what age they would like to send gifts to. This year a total of 103 boxes have been given in and as we speak they are being loaded onto lorries to start their journey abroad. An example of items you can put in the box are toiletries, stationery, toys, sweets, hats and gloves. I think Love in a Box is an amazing idea that gives under privileged children a Happy Christmas.
By Amy Goddard 5E
The Reception children took part in their first Harvest Festival last week. As the service began they carried their fruits and vegetables into chapel to present to Reverend Wilson. The chapel was well attended with parents, grandparents and siblings all joining in. The children particularly enjoyed singing “Oats and Beans” with accompanying actions.
At the festival we raised a fantastic £315.54. The good news is that it will be doubled by the UK government as part of their Hunger Stops Here Appeal, this means our donation will make twice the impact for helping to stop hunger! We therefore raised the grand total of £631.08.
Year 4 had an exciting time at Tesco Martlesham, discovering just how far some of their food could have travelled. They loved the cheese tasting as well as having a good look at the fish display, but the best part had to be filling their own doughnuts and rolling them in sugar!
Our Year 6 pupils have just come back from an amazing journey through time – back to the Victorian era. They were servants for the day at Audley End House. They were taught how to do the laundry, lay the table and even iron the newspaper. Perhaps they can try out these new found skills at home!
Our first match was against Old Buckenham Hall where we drew 1-1 (Tom Martin). Our second game was against the hosts (New Hall) we won 1-0 with a try from Tom Bradley. We finished off our group with a 2-0 loss to the eventual winners Colet Court.
We progressed to the third place competition. In our semi-final we played Loyola Prep, and The Abbey team was required to defend really well in the first half; in the second half it was the Abbey’s turn to apply the pressure and we eventually scored with a try from Freddie Simpson.
In the final we were up against Felstead. After a tight first half, The Abbey scored first with another try from Tom Bradley. Felstead drew level with the final play of the game. The game went to 5 mins of “golden try”; With neither team scoring, The Abbey were deemed the winners as they scored first.
In our group of 4 we came third on points difference, winning the Shield. A great day, and congratulations to all players!