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Thursday 24th March 2016: Issue No. 41

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Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

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Joseph & the Amazing

Technicolor Dreamcoat

186 pupils, from Years 1 through to 8,

took to the stage in this flamboyant,

energetic and upbeat production.

Throughout the performance the cast

thrilled the audience with superb singing

and dancing, psychedelic costumes and set. Joseph had a magnetic

‘stage presence’, the hippy styled narrators sang their lines with

clarity and confidence and the brothers were charismatic and

filled the stage with energy.

There were so many delightful details to cherish at the time and

fondly remember afterwards: the camel arriving in sections at the

beginning of Poor, Poor Joseph; the dancing hobby horses in the

Country & Western themed One More Angel in Heaven; Potiphar’s

Gatsby-style residence with its cleverly-choreographed battle

between Joseph and Potiphar’s man-eating wife; the darker num-

ber Close Every Door with the arrival of a multitude of visitors

carrying atmospheric little candle lights; the explosion of sound,

movement and colour as the actors break into dance on Go, Go, Go Joseph; the interval singing and dancing of those vibrant ‘mini-

dreamers’; the King (Elvis/Pharaoh/Sebastian Milbank)’s white-

suited crooning;Those Canaan Days’ Gallic café/cabaret culture

with Breton tops and an impressive can-can dancer (India); the

visual spectacle in Grovel, Grovel as Joseph stands in the back-

ground while his brothers “grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall, worship,

beg, kneel, sponge, crawl”; the Mexican twist to the Caribbean Ca-lypso; the chariot of gold, a.k.a a VW Camper Van.

However, the most powerful, resonant highlight of this production

was the spectacle of the entire cast appearing on stage at the end

to perform the Joseph medley. It was a fitting finale and allowed

us a wonderful moment to reflect on this impressively arranged

feast of sight and sound.

Rodney Marshall

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20 Credits Nimal de Silva Jupiter

Archie Miller Mercury

10 Credits Freddie Ackroyd-Cooper Saturn

Javier Aragon Jupiter

Joseph Bates Jupiter

Isadora Cutler Mercury

Charlie Drake Mars

Indie Hart Mars

Charlie Lock Saturn

Archie Rook Mercury

Austin Carroll Jupiter

60 Pluses: Javier Aragon Jupiter

Thomas Berryman Mercury

Xander Brown Saturn

Maya de Silva Jupiter

30 Pluses Joseph Bates Jupiter

Charlie Bidwell Saturn

Freddie de la Rue Mars

Indie Hart Mars

Charlie Hayhurst Mars

Isabelle Lock Saturn

Alexander Meredith Saturn


Oliver Pryce Saturn

Alfie Robson Jupiter

Archie Rook Mercury

Ralph Surguy Mercury

Molly Warren Mars

Hugo Harrison Mars

Pre-Prep Pluses Otto Reeve Mars

Noah Etherington Mercury

Willow Seymour Jupiter

Casper David Jupiter


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obh.mail Matters of the Moment……

Joseph pictures (stills) To order ‘photos from the Joseph production please go

the OBH website Home Page and click on the link:

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Summer Uniform

Please can all children in both Prep and Pre-Prep return

after the Easter holidays in summer uniform. The girls may

wear navy socks or tights.

Second Hand Uniform

The second hand shop will be open on 18th April from

2.00 pm—4.00 pm.

The Friends of OBH Quiz Night!

Friday 6th May

7.00 pm for a prompt 7.30 pm start

Tables of up to 8 – create your own team & choose a suitable

team name; or we can add you to a group.

Bring a picnic & test your general knowledge.

Tickets £10 per person to include a complimentary glass of

wine.

Contact Caroline Wheeler – [email protected]

Team ‘Photos The team ‘photos are now ready for parents to purchase

from Bentley Photographic—the order form is attached or

please use the following link to their website:

www.bppix.com/OBHFeb2016

‘Photos need to be ordered by 17th April

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Middle School News……

Well done to all the children in Years 3 and 4 for a wonderfully

hard working, positive and fun term. I was so proud of them all in

the two performances of Joseph and although there are many

tired children, it was definitely worth it! Well done to everyone

involved. It is amazing what can be achieved with time, practise

and talent.

We had our final celebration assembly of the term and well done

to William Wright, Ilyssa Hills and Molly Warren who received

certificates for courtesy and good manners.

A reminder that Year 3 and 4 are going to the School Farm and

Country Fair on Thursday 21st April. I will write a letter nearer

the time with full details of the day.

I wish you and your children a very relaxing holiday. Please do

encourage your children to read a little every day and perhaps

leave a little time to practise their times tables too.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Mrs Warren

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News from the Music Department

ABRSM Exam Results that are in so far!!:

Oliver Raymond Grade 8 Singing Merit

Freddie Garfoot Grade 6 Trombone Distinction

Freddie Raymond Grade 5 Singing Pass

Maisy Webster Grade 5 Violin Pass

Charlotte Rowland Grade 4 Piano Merit

Evalina Hills Grade 3 Violin Merit

Fenella Jewers Grade 3 Violin Merit

Charlie Martin Grade 3 Clarinet Merit

Charlie Martin Grade 3 Piano Merit

Flossie Myers Grade 3 Viola Merit

Marina Crawshay Grade 3 Violin Pass

Evalina Hills Grade 3 Piano Pass

Scarlett Simmonds Grade 3 Violin Pass

Francis Topham-Smith Grade 2 Piano Merit

Emily Banks Grade 2 Piano Pass

Harry Bidwell Grade 2 Piano Pass

Francis Topham-Smith Grade 2 Singing Pass

Francis Topham-Smith Grade 1 Violin Distinction

Charlotte Allen Grade 1 Piano Merit

Clara Middleton Grade 1 Saxophone Merit

Cecilly Jewers Grade 1 Piano Pass

Magnus Kelly Grade 1 Piano Pass

Well done to everyone who took an exam. You should be very proud

of your achievements!!

A particular mention to Ollie Raymond who has achieved Grade 8

Singing with Merit , this is a tremendous achievement which is

testament to his dedication and application to all things musical.

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Well done to all of the performers at last

Friday’s Informal Concert. It was a really

varied concert which showed off so much

musical potential.

The performers at the concert were:

Oliver Raymond and Henry

Bevan (Percussion), Jamie Dilnot

(Trumpet), Freddie Garfoot (Trombone),

Thomas Gregory and Nicholas Warren

(Tuba and Trombone), Josh Hearn (Piano),

Madison Haworth-McKenna (Piano),

Vivian Wang (Piano), Harry Bidwell

(Piano), Ben Luttman-Johnson (Drum Kit)

and the Concert Band (Jamie Dilnot,

Freddie Garfoot, Barnaby Anderson,

Henry Luttman-Johnson, Charlie Martin,

Anthony Doggett, Henry Bevan)

Informal Concert

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News from The Library……

The school library has quickly

become a popular place for the

children to come and spend some

quiet time enjoying all the new

titles we now have available.

It was lovely to welcome the Reception children into

the library for a special Thursday afternoon story.

They were captivated as Lottie (Yr 7) read ‘Claude in

the City’. The children then spent some time happily

looking at all the beautiful picture books.

Thank you to everyone from

Years 5-8 who have volunteered

to be Librarians. All the children

are incredibly keen to help

organise the books and to make

recommendations!

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obh.mail Boarding News….

With excitement building last week for Joseph, we had two

super birthday parties which created lots of enthusiasm with

the Year 7 and Year 6 boys in the boarding house.

Barney Anderson and Sam Collins celebrated their big days

with pizza and party food. This was followed by the custom-

ary screams when the cakes were cut. These screams rivalled

the screams by the Year 5 and 6 girls for ‘Elvis’, or should I

say ‘Pharoah’!

The week before last, Vivian Wang had her birthday party at

OBH, and she had an amazing time with all of the Year 7 girls.

She was kind enough to let her friends choose her cake,

which was a big yummy chocolate cake!

It has been an action packed term and we hope you find time

to rest and recharge your batteries during the Easter break

ready for the Summer term.

Dates for the Diary:

Saturday 23rd April: St George’s Day celebrations – board-

ers to come dressed as knights, dragons or fair maidens for

an evening of duelling and medieval festivities.

Sunday 24th April: Jimmy’s Farm – a tour of Jimmy’s Farm in

Ipswich followed by making and tasting all kinds of different

sausages. Please ensure you have wellies and warm clothes.

Have a lovely holiday and see you all again next term.

Rob & Jen Miller

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Dear Parents,

We have enjoyed our week in Pre-Prep and have been very busy

with lots of rehearsals, activities and class work.

Our school production of Joseph was a huge success with our

lovely Y1 and Y2 children as star singers and dancers. We have

lots of tired children but a wonderful experience for them all.

We have been involved with lots of Easter activities in class this

week, including making stained glass style crosses, Easter egg

decorating, colouring and Easter cards. Thank you for taking the

time to make Easter bonnets and hats at home. The children

looked amazing and we really enjoyed our day.

Congratulations to all our Stars of the Week this term!

Thank you to all parents for your continued support.

Have a peaceful Easter break.

Mia Cross and the Pre-Prep Team

Congratulations to our Stars of the

Week:

Year 2 Florence Rook & Hettie

Brown

Year 1 Cosima Vaughn

Reception Otto Reeve

Nursery Gus Burstow, Imogen

McVittie, Charlie Neil &

George Firth

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obh.mail News from the Sports Department

Next Term

We are very much looking forward to seeing the appearance of

the sun next term. Please see below details of the sporting

activities the children will be doing.

Girls U13 Cricket & Rounders no extra equipment required

U11 Cricket & Rounders no extra equipment required

U9 Cricket & Rounders no extra equipment required

Boys U13 and U11 Cricket Box pants, box, pads, gloves bat,

helmet and thigh pad.

The school does have a limited supply of spare equipment that the children may use.

U9 Cricket cricket bat only.

Athletics

Alongside the Athletics programme in PE, we will be running

two additional athletics clubs on Monday and Thursday

starting from 6.30pm-7.30pm. All children are welcome and I

would ask that if you would like to sign your child up please can

you email me directly so that we can book them into boarders

supper.

Mums’ Tennis Lee Tweed and his team will be running the ladies’ morning

again at OBH on :

Monday 7th, 14th, 21st March, 25th April, 2nd, 9th, 16th ,

23rd May i.e. for 8 weeks. The cost is £9 per session, £72

until half term at the end of May.

The coaches will be Lee, Josh Bolt & MC Tweedy beginning at

8:30am until 10.00 am.

Please email Lee Tweed if you would like to

attend: [email protected]. Cheques

payable to Lee Tweed.

What a tremendous effort from the

OBH community! I am delighted to

announce that as of Wednesday 23rd

March we have raised and astonishing

£6980!

Thank you to the parents for helping

support the children, and to the

children themselves for taking tome out

of their busy lives to help others in

need. A real community spirit, well

done.

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obh.mail Woodbridge Cross-Country Nine pupils travelled to Woodbridge School last

Sunday to compete in the East Anglian Prep Schools

Cross Country Championships.

After registration we all walked the course to familiarise ourselves with

the route for the relevant age group. Maisy Webster and Primrose

Ackroyd-Cooper were first to run in the U12 section. Both got off to a

great start and looked comfortable. There were 33 girls competing in this

age group and the girls came 18th and 15th respectively, great running!

Our U12 boys ran immediately after the girls, Ted Pryke,

Barnaby Anderson and Harry Bidwell were competing

against 33 boys. Ted ran hard and finished 18th, Barney

21st and Harry finished an amazing 10th. Charlie Bidwell

and Jasper Ackroyd-Cooper were running in the U11

section against 39 other runners and finished 31st and

28th.

The U10 boys closed the morning of running and OBH

had Edward Marsh and Freddie Ackroyd-Cooper

representing them. This age group had the largest number of competitors

of 47, both Edward and Freddie ran well and crossed the finish line in 39th

and 36th position.

All of the children showed great

determination and worked hard over the

difficult course; it was a really enjoyable

morning. Thank you to all of the parents who

supported the children and provided us with

amazing chocolate brownies!!!




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obh.mail And finally………

The Lent term is always the most challenging at any school. The excitement and anticipation of

Christmas has gone, the glorious long sunny summer evenings are yet to arrive and there is a huge

amount of work to be done. That the school has reached the end of term and is still so vibrant and

buzzing says a great deal about the energy and enthusiasm of both pupils and staff. The quality and

quantity of academic work that has gone on throughout the term has been very pleasing, as has the

progress each child is making. The variety of awards and school entrance successes already achieved

provides strong external evidence of this, but the real evidence is inside each classroom every day.

To further enhance the strong team at OBH, I am delighted to announce that Lorna Wakerell will be

joining us in September as our new Head of Pre-Prep. Lorna has a great deal experience in both the

Pre-Prep and middle school world. She joins us from Moreton Hall and was appointed after coming

through a very rigorous three day interview process. She was the outstanding candidate and will lead

the Pre-Prep extremely well over the coming years. I am also pleased to announce that Alex Thurlow

will be joining the Girls’ Games department in September. Having been a Director of Sport at both

Ipswich and Culford Schools, she brings a depth of experience and current playing knowledge to OBH

and we very much look forward to welcoming her to the team.

Continuing on the sporting theme, the term is, of course, not quite over for many of our Year 7s and

8s who will be off to the Netherlands next week to take part in a hockey tour. I am sure that all

those going will represent the school and themselves well and will enjoy the experience immensely.

Finally, I would like to say an enormous thank you to everyone involved in Joseph. The children all

worked their socks off and deserved every bit of applause they received. I hope that they

remember the experience for many years to come. Nothing brings a community together like a show

and to see the extraordinary efforts of the whole staff body to support them and allow them to

perform as they did, says everything about the entire OBH community. It is such an honour and a

genuine pleasure to be part of such a special place.

Thank you for all your support over this last term and have a relaxing and enjoyable Easter break.

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PREP CREDITS

Lent Term 2016 Charlie Hayhurst Mars

Freddie Bidwell Mars

Jonathan Etherington Mercury

Ilyssa Hills Jupiter

Arabella Richardson Mercury

Molly Warren Mars

Gregory Cutler Mercury

Violet Mayhew Jupiter

Lemmy Phiri Saturn

Rupert Pooley Saturn

William Roberts Mercury

Oliver Stanton Mars

Alejandra Leal Mars

Nimal de Silva Jupiter

William Wright Jupiter


Rufus Harrison Mercury

Lukas Finster Mercury

Rufus Harrison Mercury

Anthony Haworth-McKenna Mars

Madison Haworth-McKenna Mars

Cecilly Jewers Mercury


William Cardozo Mercury

Elle Jeffery Mars

Hamish Sugden Mercury

Francis Topham-Smith Saturn

Nicholas Warren Mars

Harry Bidwell Saturn

Charlie Harrison Mars

Jemima Banks Jupiter


Freddie Ackroyd-Cooper Saturn




Charlie Drake Mars

Indie Hart Mars

Charlie Lock Saturn

Archie Rook Mercury

Austin Carroll Jupiter




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PREP PLUSES

Lent Term 2016 Ella Pryke Jupiter

Fenella Jewers Mercury

Oliver Stanton Mars


Thomas Berryman Mercury

Alejandra Leal Mars

Hamish Sugden Mercury


Jasper Biggadike Saturn

Xander Brown Saturn


Edward Marsh Saturn

Charlie Lock Saturn

Violet Mayhew Jupiter

Charlotte Allen Mercury

Otto Bagshaw Saturn

Thomas Bates Jupiter


Jasper Biggadike Saturn

Charlie Drake Mars

Ilyssa Hills Jupiter

Cecilly Jewers Mercury

Arabella Richardson Mercury


Freddie Ackroyd-Cooper Saturn

Primrose Ackroyd-Cooper Saturn


Clara Middleton Saturn

George Whitelaw Saturn

William Cardozo Mercury

Ben Stokes Saturn

William Roberts Mercury


Charlie Harrison Mars

Jonathan Etherington Mercury

Charlotte Rowland Mars

Emily Banks Jupiter

Gregory Cutler Mercury

Thomas Gregory Jupiter


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Georgie Goswell Jupiter

Charlotte Mayhew Jupiter


Charlie Bidwell Saturn

Freddie de la Rue Mars

Indie Hart Mars

Charlie Hayhurst Mars


Alexander Meredith Saturn


Oliver Pryce Saturn

Alfie Robson Jupiter

Archie Rook Mercury

Ralph Surguy Mercury

Molly Warren Mars

Hugo Harrison Mars




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PRE-PREP PLUSES

Lent Term 2016 Maya Guthrie Mars

Rose Pooley Mars

Ismene Johsnon Saturn

Matty Barberini Mercury

Flossy Morgan Saturn

Hettie Brown Saturn

Isabelle Baudains Jupiter

Tabitha Banks Jupiter

Arthur Dunham Mars

William Phillips Saturn

Johannes Steinberg Saturn

Orlando Wells Saturn

Harry Burstow Mars

Theo Cross Jupiter

Oscar Wright Jupiter

George Roberts Mercury

Hugo Finster Mercury

Jack Barton Mars

Manu Gosling Mars

Edward Ackrill Saturn

Daniel Rice Mars

Monty Harrison Mars

Claudia Price Jupiter

Florence Rook Mercury

Charlie Hearn Jupiter

Sophie Pryce Saturn

Edmund Hills Jupiter

Trixie Morgan Saturn

Amelia Drake Mars

Darcey Reeve Mars

Zachary Fowles Mars

Cosima Vaughn Saturn

Algy Biggadike Saturn

Rose Baker Mercury

Otto Reeve Mars

Noah Etherington Mercury

Willow Seymour Jupiter

Casper David Jupiter


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