Category: Woodbridge News
The Swing Band performed at the Seckford Almshouses last Tuesday. The residents were entertained in great style. After the previous visit last summer the residents had asked Mr Shepherd if the band could play some music by Glenn Miller and the band obliged with three numbers by the great Swing band leader of the 30s and 40s who disappeared in mysterious circumstances in a presumed air crash over the Atlantic during the second world war. This culminated in a performance of his greatest hit “Moonlight serenade” with Josh Cole starring on the clarinet solo part. The band also played later music by Dizzy Gillespie and the theme track from the 60s cartoon of Spiderman.
Former student Justin Tan had just achieved another remarkable feat, finishing tied for fourth (fifth on tie break) in the World Under 18 championships in Porto Carras, Greece. His last round win over second seed Grandmaster Kiril Aleeksenko from Russia (who finished with the Silver medal despite the defeat) secured him a podium placing in a gruelling tournament that lasted nearly two weeks. Justin finished with 8 points from 11 games.
The funeral will take place on Wednesday 25 November, 2.30pm, at St Mary’s Church, Woodbridge.
Family flowers only; donations if desired to Help Musicians UK, either via their website, or c/o E B Button & Sons, Funeral Directors, 24 St John’s Street, Woodbridge IP12 1EB
On Monday, the children at The Abbey came back to school to find a mysterious object had landed in the grounds. Shrouded in mist, it was all very dramatic! Mr Brett explained to the children in assembly that there had been a disturbance in the night and some people had seen bright lights and heard a strange humming sound. Whatever it was had landed in the grounds of the school and the visitors had vanished, leaving just a few clues.
The children got a chance to investigate and have a good look at the site, then they were asked to write the story of what they thought had happened. The government were investigating the landing, but were a bit stumped and wanted the children’s ideas. And they had lots of ideas! Some told of aliens having to leave their imploding planet in a terrible rush and choosing Earth as a place to seek refuge; some described aliens searching the galaxies for other life forms and finally finding us here on Earth; some believed that the aliens were here to teach us about looking after our planet; and some described aliens burrowing beneath the grounds of The Abbey, building an underground city.
It was such a fun day and one that the children will certainly remember.
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our Assistant Director of Music, John Stafford.
John was an incredibly talented musician and teacher with a wonderful, subversive sense of humour. His work with our students, particularly as an accompanist, was of the highest order and invariably helped them to give of their best in very stressful situations, often inspiring them to excel well beyond their own expectations. There can have been few better than John able to perform the most complex music, often at very short notice, with such amazing skill and authority.
John passed away peacefully on Wednesday 28 October. His sparkle around the music department, his warmth, his friendship, and his complete commitment to others will be sorely missed by us all.
A Suffolk School raised a generous sum for good causes in the first month of School. Following formation of the Charity Club at Woodbridge School, more than £1,300 was amassed from activities, including more than £170 on the school’s annual Speech Day for those affected by the Syrian refugee crisis and more than £400 from a bake sale in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. Caterer, Cilla Kindred also raised almost £200 from a coffee morning held at home.
Meanwhile, almost 600 gave a pound to take part in a charity cross-country run for mental health charity YoungMinds.
Headteacher, Neil Tetley said: “I am amazed and very proud of the kind-hearted dedication and generosity of pupils, parents and colleagues who have helped to raise such a fantastic amount.”
Our riders had a full day today at ‘The Jays’ in Bury St Edmunds, competing in the Schools Arena Eventing.
We achieved fantastic results at all levels, with 4 out of the 6 classes being won by Woodbridge individuals, and two team wins. All in all everyone did very well. The course consisted of 16 fences, very twisty with several very narrow fences and a difficult corner. A challenge well handled by the Woodbridge riders!
Full results-
50cm – 1st Olivia Lubbock, 3rd Oliver Reid
Woodbridge School team of Olivia Lubbock, Ada Marson & Oliver Reid WON
60cm– 1st Ada Marson, 2nd Olivia Lubbock, 3rd Oliver Reid.
Woodbridge School Team of Ada, Olivia, Oliver and Olivia Brown WON
70cm – 1st Olivia Lubbock
Team of Ada, Olivia, Olivia Brown were 3rd
80cm-No individual placings but
Team of Ada, Olivia & Olivia Brown were 5th
They were the youngest team by far competing at this level.
1m – 1st Tessa Lye, 5th & 6th Rowena Wilson-Smith
Harriet has been selected for the England Women’s Under-15 Training Camp taking place at Loughborough University at the end of October.
The 14-year-old midfielder is one of 24 players from across the country invited to attend the five-day training camp and will rub shoulders with players from Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Manchester United and Sunderland Ladies.
Harriet, who plays for Woodbridge Town Boys at Under-14 level, said she was delighted to receive an email from the FA informing her of her selection.
“I was shocked but really happy when I found out. I am really excited about joining up with the squad and will just see what happens.
“Playing for England has always been at the back of my mind, but this has happened quite suddenly,” she said.
Woodbridge School’s Director of Sport Ian Simpson said that Harriet is a talented all-round sports woman. He said: “It’s an incredible achievement for Harriet to be selected for the squad.
“She is a very dedicated pupil involved in lots of multi-sports, training two to three times a morning doing strength and conditioning. Harriet’s hard work has paid off which is great to see.”
Suffolk FA Girls’ & Women’s Football Development Officer Paige Shorten said: “Congratulations to Harriet on being selected for the England U15 Camp. It’s a great achievement for Harriet, Suffolk FA ACC staff, Woodbridge Town Boys and Woodbridge School.
“For this season we have been licensed to run the Advanced Coaching Centre which allows players to be involved in the FA Girls England Talent Pathway, as a result of this the East Region can support players like Harriet to play in mixed football but also be selected for the Regional Excellence Camp and even better the England Under-15 Camp.”
On Sunday 11th October eleven of our riders competed in an inter schools style jumping competition at Newton Hall, Swilland. It was the first time representing the school for several of them and what a great success it was too.
The team of Oliver Reid, Ada Marson and Eve Marson won the 60cm, with Ella Reynard, Olivia Lubbock and Maddy Ayres coming second. The Woodbridge School teams wiped the board with their third team gaining a 3rd position – Lily Waterer, Grace Childs and Zoe Newman. With a commendation to Lily for her riding on Poppy.
In the 65cm individual class, Woodbridge school held the top 6 placings – 1st Oliver Reid, 2nd Olivia Lubbock, 3rd Grace Childs, 4th Olivia Brown, 5th Ada Marson 6th Eve Marson.
Olivia Brown won the 70cm, with Ada in 2nd and Olivia Lubbock in 3rd place. The 80cm class saw Ada come 2nd on her new pony – Rolly Rascal, a 3rd for Olivia Brown, 4th for Olivia Lubbock and 5th for Lara Bell on her young horse. Lara is our Riding Captain for this year and it was great to have her there to encourage the younger riders.
Next weekend the riders will be off again to another competition. Good luck!!
