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GIRLS ACHIEVE BRONZE IN THE HSSSP GIRLS’ FOOTBALL COMPETITION!
On a beautifully mild and sunny afternoon, nine of our key stage 2 girls went to Hartismere High School for the High Suffolk girls’ football tournament.
These games were short (12 minutes), seven-a-side and with no half-time change. In the first round, Fressingfield played six games, aiming for enough points to go through to the next round. For each game, the girls needed to quickly sort themselves into a team of seven, working out who was attack, defence and goalie, and who would be substitute.
In the first game, Imogen scored two goals in rapid succession. What a positive start that was! Quite near the start, we realised that the sun was bright, and this affected the goalkeepers’ ability to see. As a consequence, we decided to make sure our goalies got to the right end of the pitch for each game!
Harriet and India both took it in turns to be in goal, and did a great job defending the goal mouth. Amy was also in goal once, making a magnificent save! Jasmine was an absolute little terrier – wherever the ball was, Jasmine seemed to be there. What incredible fitness that player has! Bonnie was very enthusiastic, and did a good job of marking some strong opponents. Ella’s strength was strategy, and she played a great role in deciding who was on or off, and what position they played. Sophia used her match experience in hockey to be in the right place, at the right time. Eden and Imogen used their experience as local club players to make some great tackles, and move the ball nicely towards goal.
In the first round, Fressingfield played six games. They won four, drew one and lost one. They even felt proud about losing the one match, as some of the opponents were clearly very experienced players. Because of the points scored in those games, Fressingfield went on to the play-offs, for bronze medal position. A confident, early goal from Jasmine meant that, from the start, Fressingfield had the edge. They held onto the 1-0 lead until the final whistle, to gain a well-deserved third place.
Mrs Scott and Ms Perry were so impressed by the girls’ attitude throughout the entire afternoon. Showing all our sporting values of honesty, respect, determination, passion, teamwork and self-belief, our girls’ team made us proud!
END OF YEAR CELEBRATION SERVICE
The End of Year Celebration Service at St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church on Friday was a really special moment. Each class contributed with a song or a dance or with an entertaining reflection on the year, and the service was punctuated with memories of this year and key moments from their journey through our school provided by the Year 5 and Year 6 children in Yangtze Class.
As well as celebrating the achievements of the children in the school as a whole, the service was also an opportunity to celebrate some individual achievements, and those are listed below. Well done to them and well done to all.
Mrs Tuthill’s Award for Good Manners: Adaline and Emily-Aliza
Mary Lewis’ Award for Reading: Jude, Rosa, Alby, Daniel, Luke, Caleb and Bella
The Pastor Steere Cup for Contribution to School Life: Tobie
The Elliot Hopkinson Cup for 100% Attendance: Ella, Daisy, Jayden and Oscar
The Lomax Trophy for Sports: Oscar
The Mary Webb Award for Art in the EYFS: Eva
The Mrs Spice Award for Art in KS1: Theo
The Mrs Spice Award for Art in KS2: Lydia
Mrs Fennings Award for progress in the EYFS: Iris
The Fox and Goose Cup for progress in KS1: Barclay
The Chase Cup for progress in KS2: Niall
The Year 6 vs Staff Rounders Match and the Water Fight
We had a such a fun afternoon on Thursday when the Year 6s took on the Staff in the traditional Leavers’ Rounders Match. The children started the game full of confidence and quickly notched up an impressive first round innings of 26 thanks to some dubious fielding on the part of the Staff. The staff were only able to come close to this in their own first innings, scoring 23 rounders. But, with their pride somewhat dented and their tails up, the fightback started in the second innings with some impressive fielding which limited the children’s second innings to just 47 in total. It all came down to the teachers’ last innings, and the children’s own fielding display, which was, admittedly, impressive. However, helped on by a magnificent display by Mrs Tooley, the teachers eventually (as is customary) won.
The water fight needs no further report. Everyone got, as you can imagine, very wet.
JRSO Speed Check
The Junior Road Safety Officers were excited on Thursday to invite Mr Green to our school. Mr Green, who retired from being a Police Constable earlier this year, still works for Suffolk Police but in the capacity of a Speed Reduction Officer. He led an assembly on the importance of driving within the speed limit which the whole school found very interesting.
Following the assembly, Mr Green took the Junior Road Safety Officers to check the speed of vehicles on the Stradbroke Road. Thankfully, they didn’t record any incidents of drivers exceeding the limit.
NORWICH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB PENNANT RAFFLE WINNER
The school librarians yesterday drew the prize for the Norwich City Pennant that had been signed by members of the Norwich City Football Team. The raffle had been hugely popular, with many people buying large numbers of tickets in an attempt to win the extremely desirable prize. The prize was drawn by our special visitor, Speed Reduction Officer Mr Green and the winner was Norwich City fan Ella, who was absolutely delighted (and, by all accounts, so was her dad!).
The money raised is being put towards the School Library Project. This project, which has been launched by the Year 5 and Year 6 Librarians, aims to transform our tired-looking library into an inspiring space that will help instil a love of reading in all our pupils.
We are very grateful to Norwich City Football Club for their generous donation, and to the Framlingham and Halesworth Book Shops who donated the second and third prizes, won by Oliver and Eden.
Rock Bottom
Wow! What a great couple of nights! The children of Congo and Yangtze Classes really gave us a treat on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th July with their fabulous performances of Rock Bottom, a caper through the Stone Age.
The Tuesday evening’s performance seemed to walk a delicate tightrope between control and chaos which added to its charm. The audience enjoyed watching the children navigate their way through the very ambitious production and there were some very funny moments when things seemed to almost go wrong. Wednesday evening’s show was far more polished and just as entertaining. On both nights, the children performed magnificently: the singing was heartfelt and lusty, the acting fantastic, the delivery of the jokes very well-timed, and the physical comedy all worked really well too. We absolutely loved it, so thank you children.
We’re keen to say thank you to all who helped make it such a success: the children, of course; Lydia and her mum for the fantastic dinosaur, mammoth and sabre-toothed tiger; parents for helping their children learn all their lines and for the costumes; and the staff for staying on late and helping with make-up, props, back-stage support and all the other little things that made the show successful. Thank you.
Footgolf Tournament 2024
Yesterday, we took an enthusiastic team of 14 children to the HSSSP Footgolf Tournament at Hartismere High School. The children, selected from each year group from Year 1 to Year 6, were split into pairs to complete with a randomly selected pair from another school. As very few of the other schools chose players from across their schools, this made for some interesting mixed-age match ups! Harry and Amber in particular, had the pleasure of being picked to play against a sporty pair of Year 5 children from Mellis. Needless to say, the Fressingfield pair gave them a real run for their money because they are both incredible at kicking the ball really, really, really far!
The game was played over 18 holes. The children had to kick off towards a point a hundred or so metres away being careful to avoid the water features and the sandy bunkers on the way. Pairs had to take alternate shots, so it was really a good team effort. And the team that got around in the fewest number of kicks was the winner. The whole event was managed by the Hartismere Sports Leaders, and we were really impressed by them. At the end, the Sports Leaders awarded many of our children sporting values awards. Well done to each pairing: Rory and Stanley, Florence and Verity, Dexter and Alfred, Eden and Amy, India and Sol, Harry and Amber and to Archie and Niall who finished in second place overall.
Hinduism
Sights, sounds … and the heady smell of incense; welcome to Congo and Yangtze classes, Mrs Rughani, and thank you so much for your amazing, multi-sensory talk on Hinduism. A practising Hindu, Mrs Rughani brought in a variety of Hindu artefacts to enhance her lesson. Following a ‘questions brainstorm’ from the children before the event, Mrs Rughani talked to the children about Hindu gods (and how similar they are to the Christian Trinity) and also about Hindu shrines.
The children made books to record their work in. They also drew some Hindu symbols and found out about their meanings. Lots of the children also enjoyed trying on the Rakhi bracelet, which has some similarities to the friendship bracelet, which most of the children are familiar with.
Thank you, Mrs Rughani, for a really interesting and informative talk.
DANUBE’S CLASS VISIT TO BANHAM ZOO
Danube class really enjoyed their trip to Banham Zoo! Highlights of the day included visiting the meerkats, travelling around the zoo on the zebra train and learning some really interesting facts about giraffes. Did you know that giraffes have black tongues because it stops their tongues from getting sunburnt whilst they’re chewing the leaves off the trees!
