Category: Woodbridge News
What a season this team has had! Although a couple of their matches were cancelled, due to the inclement weather conditions, we still managed to play some extremely competitive matches. The first league match was against Ipswich High School and we knew from the tournament back in October, that this was going to be a tough game as we had beaten them in the past and vice versa. To say this game was a nail biting one is an understatement… Although we went ahead in the first quarter, the High School soon caught up until the score was level pegging. Every centre mattered as well as every goal. In the final quarter, the score was 20 all with only 2 minutes to go. Luckily, we managed to convert our centre which took us one goal ahead and then we turned their next centre over and scored…yes! A great win which was deserved. Next was another tough team: Ipswich School. Yet again, this game was nail biting until the end, particularly as we were behind going into the fourth quarter. The girls cannot be faulted for their sheer determination to ensure they came away with another win to secure a good position in the South Suffolk League. Farlingaye were next – again another team we wanted to gain success against…and we did, by quite a big margin. The last league games were against St Jo’s A and B teams.
We faced the B team first and secured a 57 – 2 win…now currently competing for 1st in the league with rivals St Jo’s. They had won all of their fixtures, so this was the match of all matches! Definitely the best game of the season, the team focused from the starting whistle and gave 100% from the off. At the end of the first quarter we were 8 – 5 up, but unfortunately we were unable to hold this lead and we were trailing behind by 1 at the end of each quarter. Going in to the final quarter, the team knew they had to continue to focus and give everything they had if they were in with a chance of winning. With one minute to go, the score was 25 all…we intercepted St Jo’s centre, but unfortunately could not convert it. St Jo’s then sneakily scored to go one up and with our centre; it was all to play for. The ball reached our attacking circle, where a shot was put up but the opposition gained possession just before the final whistle. A really emotional but positive end to the season, particularly playing a team who compete in the BUCS league every Wednesday afternoon. I am so proud of you all with how you conducted yourself against some feisty competition…an excellent game to end Year 13 on for some of you.
Thank you to all the parents and students who came to support the girls – it was amazing having such a big crowd and people to encourage the team as I was umpiring!!
The ‘Have Your Say’ competition is organised by the Essex and East Anglian Branch of the Association for Language Learning.
It gives linguists across East Anglia an opportunity to speak and read in a language that they are learning.
With over 160 participants from ten different schools, competition at the regional preliminary round was fierce.
Congratulations to the following pupils who represented the School: Chloe Macmillan, Amy Thornley, Isla Richardson and Caitlyn Maggs (Year 7 Spanish); Jacob Cranfield and Malin Wijesinghe (Year 8 French); Chloe Dixon and Jade Soames (Year 9 Spanish). Chloe, Amy, Isla, Caitlyn, Chloe and Jade did fantastically well and gained a place in the final in May. Special thanks to Mrs McGlennon for accompanying the group.
A group of our students, a Young Enterprise team, have created a recipe book ‘East Coast Eats’ inspired by local eateries. And word is getting out there!
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In a week during which ironically we sadly lost one of the UK’s most celebrated modern Scientists, pupils from across the School have been celebrating all aspects of Science and Technology during British Science Week.
Senior School pupils sampled a fascinating insight into BT’s Adastral Park, visiting the innovation showcase during the first half of the morning, followed by hands-on workshops during the second half. The innovation showcase proved fascinating for pupils, giving insights into themed environments of the future such as the shop of the future, with interactive mannequins and displays designed to tailor adverts according to the viewer’s social media preferences, and the bank of the future, complete with ATMs which use vein recognition systems far more accurate than the currently used fingerprint biometrics. The good news is that thanks to technology, our lives will be much simpler, with parking space finder apps and drone Domino’s Pizza delivery to look forward to!
The hands-on workshops offered pupils the chance to code robots to undertake specific tasks, such as moving objects or exiting tricky environments. Pupils were also able to use virtual reality to experience life out at sea and practise CPR and using a defibrillator.
“I really enjoyed going round the visitor centre, finding out about the technology that we might use in the future.” Josh Bell
“One of the best parts of the BT science week event was the vast number of stalls to go to, each of which had something interesting to do with science or technology.” Livia Grey
“It was really inspiring to see how people are creating new technology to help us overcome current barriers in the future.” Medomfo Owusu
Pupils have also enjoyed a fantastic space themed session with Paul Hill of Sirius Astronomy, an elected fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Paul taught pupils about the history of space and what is involved with becoming an astronaut! They enjoyed a chance to try on a replica of the Sokol Pressure Suit as worn by Tim Peake during his Principia Mission. This workshop covered aspects of human biology, the physics of pressure and the engineering and design of space suits, as well as a look at the history of human space flight. They took part in several hands on experiments and some lucky students were able to take a Space Suit selfie!
The Rocket and Spacecraft workshops held by Paul allowed pupils the opportunity to build their own spacecraft and recovery systems as they learned about how rockets actually work. Explosions and rockets, what a fantastic way to round off British Science Week!
Please click here to find the running times for the equestrian One Day event taking place at Poplar Park on Sunday 18 March 2018
As part of our World Book Week activities the children were immersed in exciting workshops run by a professional storyteller. Through the use of drama and improvisation the children recreated the tale of the Wild Man of Orford.
They looked at the story from various different points of view and explored the feelings and emotions of the Wild Man and his reactions to being treated as an ‘outsider’. Hopefully the children will be able to use some of these creative ideas and concepts when completing the Stig Of The Dump inspired Big Write this week.
The visit from the police coincided with our postponed World Book Day and Graham and Sally-Anne were amused to find tigers, Little Red Riding Hood and the Gruffalo in the classroom instead of Reception children.
The children had prepared some questions to ask the police officers and the one that was the most interesting was, “Do you use booby traps?” The answer was yes! Sally-Anne described ‘stingers’ to an intrigued audience. The children tried on uniform and then had a look around a police vehicle – Burglar Bill enjoyed sitting in the driver’s seat, attempting to make a quick getaway.
The final thrill was listening to the siren which we learnt has four different sounds.
The Year 12 Woodbridge School Young Enterprise team has produced a fantastic cookbook, East Coast Eats, as part of its first business venture. Inspired by restaurants, cafés and companies across Suffolk, the cookbook celebrates both East Anglia’s renowned produce and its producers. The book features recipes from big local businesses including Stokes Sauces, Munchy Seeds and Purely Pesto, as well as popular cafés like Honey + Harvey – even Delia Smith has shared a recipe. You can pick up your copy today in Browsers’ Bookstore, the Woodbridge Emporium, or come along to The Abbey book fair on Wednesday 14 March, where copies will be available to purchase for £14.99.
Callum Sycamore, Managing Director for the Young Enterprise team at Woodbridge School, said “We loved the idea of a business which incorporated the strength of our local area and that by choosing a product which represented the region; we would have an increased passion for it, and greater success with it.”
After all the snow, Woodbridge School was finally able to host The Skinners’ School in the second round of the National U18 Plate Competition. Woodbridge dominated the opening minutes but could not capitalise in creating a clear cut chance. Momentum slowly started to shift as Skinners’ grew in confidence, but player of the match, Joshua Graves came into his own leading the defence as Dom Ellice-Freeman, Toby McNally, James Martin and captain James Meakin all tackled well outside the D and dealt with scrambles within it to clear the danger. Meanwhile at the other end a Woodbridge attack led to a penalty corner and Alex Weir-Simmons put his drag flick on target, forcing a double save from the goalkeeper only for Oliver Buchanan to pounce on the rebound and score.
The second half saw Woodbridge much more dominant as they moved the ball to all corners of the pitch to great effect. Hugo Kelleway, Alex Weir-Simmons, Oliver Bacon and Patrick Frebel worked tirelessly and the forwards led, rotated, pressed and worked back zealously. Chances flowed and nine minutes into the second half James Phelan was rewarded for all his hard work with a very good goal, and shortly after Charlie Mayhew scored the first of his two. With a healthy cushion Woodbridge continue to grow in confidence and play with freedom. The Skinners’ goalkeeper played very well but couldn’t stop Alex taking our tally to 5-0.
This was a very good team performance in which each player can be very proud of their own play and contribution to the positive outcome. Gutsy defending gave the attackers confidence and the team must be commended for keeping a clean sheet in this end to end, physical game.
Many congratulations to Eleanore Fitzgerald, Annie Nicholass and Alice Sharratt who have all been successful in the recent auditions from a large field of dancers from across the region for the English Youth Ballet’s production of Cinderella In Hollywood (Theatre Royal Norwich 25-26 May).
They are all pupils of Sandra Hartley at the Saxtead School of Dance.
This promises to be a dazzling production with stunningly striking costumes and wonderful dancing, with international principals in the leading roles. Celebrating its 20th anniversary year, English Youth Ballet’s policy is to perform full length ballets outside London, and to give young dancers the chance to perform in a professional setting.
For more information visit https://secure.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk/Online/default.asp.