On Thursday 12^th January, Woodbridge School hosted the County Schools’ cross country race. This race was the final competition for the County to select their cross country team for the Anglian Championships. After finishing in the top 50 at RHS in October and top 40 at Culford in December, this competition was going to be tough – however, having the home advantage gave each Woodbridge School runner the incentive, confidence and determination to do well. Coming in the top 12 would gain a place in the county team, so the competition was on!

37 runners made it through to this final round from Culford, but due to injuries and illnesses, only 30 ran – which was still a phenomenal number. 12 out of the 30 runners gained a top 12 place, which was just superb, and is evidence of the depth and level of performer we have at Woodbridge. The top 12 in each race will be selected for the County team to compete at the Anglian Schools’ and if a top 8 place is gained there, then the athletes will go on to represent the County at England Schools’ in March. Good luck to all!!

Special mention and congratulations must go to the following runners who all gained medals; Nathan Goddard, Sarah Barker, Amy Graham, Charlie Turner & Ruby Vinton. These athletes did the most amazing job gaining a top 3 place in their race, especially as they were all running a year up in their respective races. Well done to all the runners in what was an excellent and successful day.
Results:

Minor Girls: Ruby Vinton 1^st, Amy Goddard 4^th & Anna Jackson 32^nd
Minor Boys: Edward Rufford 5^th, Edward Buckingham 7^th, Tommy Burrows 17^th, George Na Nakhorn 29^th & Tom Martin 41^st.
Junior Girls: Bea Thomas 7^th, Molly Marshall 8^th, Sophie Graham 17^th, Issy Eaton 22^nd, Jess Elmer 24^th, Victoria Burrows 27^th & Emily Whyte 35^th.
Junior Boys: Charlie Turner 3^rd, Kit Evans Lombe 6^th, Thomas Harper 19^th, Nathaniel Gunn 20^th, Will Franklin 26^th, Tom Turner 33^rd, Mauricio Corfe 38^th & Billy Zhu 45^th.
Inter Girls: Sarah Barker 2^nd, Amy Graham 3^rd & Milly Buckingham 12^th.
Inter Boys: Nathan Goddard 1^st, George Rufford 17^th, Alex Evans Lombe 21^st & Daniel Davies 22^nd.
 
The event was brilliantly organised (a comment from the Suffolk Association Chairman), and the course was challenging and perfectly set out. Such a fantastic event could not happen without the help of so many people, so our thanks go to the following:

Mark Goddard, Parents and Volunteers on the day (and in preparation for the event – taping the course etc.), Grounds staff for excellent organisation of the course, and all our staff for marshalling.

INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO
 

Top performers in the senior national mathematics challenge are invited to sit the international Kangaroo paper. This year five of our top sixth form mathematicians earned the honour.  Top scoring with 65 were Jason Li and William Zhang, and Emily Barker and Catherine Hua close behind on 60, all four earning excellent merits, while Alexander Craggs scored a very impressive 50 to gain our fifth certificate.  Many congratulations one and all.

WILLIAM EMERY WINS NUTTY TILEZ AWARD



In December 2016 French, Spanish and German students in Years 9-13 took part in the national Nutty Tilez competition run by www.thisislanguage.com. Students had 48 hours in which to complete the qualifying round of 15 levels by matching up vocabulary of increasing difficulty. The final took place two days later and William Emery in Year 12 came 6^th out of 5894 students in the French competition, winning a certificate and an Amazon gift voucher. Many congratulations to William!

DANCE SHOW

We are delighted to announce the return of the Woodbridge School Dance Show!

Wednesday 1 February, 7.30pm
at The Seckford Theatre

To book tickets visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/seckfordtheatre


 

LUNCHTIME RECITAL: Y7-9
Woodbridge Library
Tuesday 31 January, 12.45pm

SIXTH FORM CHAMBER CONCERT
School Hall
Friday 3 February, 7.30pm

LUNCHTIME RECITAL
Music School
Tuesday 28 February, 1.40pm

FESTIVAL OF VOICES
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings
Wednesday 1 March, 7.30pm
Tickets £10 via www.ticketsource.co.uk/wbsmusic

SWING BAND CONCERT
Hollesley Village Hall
Friday 10 March, 7.30pm

 

YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2017