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A Message From Mrs Barker

Yesterday afternoon Mrs Barker took 'advantage' of her leaving gift by spending the day at Wimbledon watching the drama unfold. She would 'love' to pass on the following message:

'I would so like to say a big thank you to everyone for my Wimbledon tickets! I had a fantastic day, they were fantastic seats behind the royal box so I had a great view. Mo Farah was in clear view as were Bruce Forsyth and Stephen Fry. And Federer losing too - what an historic day to be there!'

One of our eagled-eyed parents snapped her soaking up the atmosphere...

Rounders Tournament

What a great bunch of kids we have at Earl Soham!

We set off to the rounders tournament this morning with hopes of bringing back the trophy for a second year. Unfortunately it was not to be, but I cannot fault the way the children played today and the great sportsmanship they displayed. We played five matches in total and faced some tough opposition from some of the teams. Our first match against Stonham was an excellent way to start, with a clear win and cutting the game short by getting out all the opposition's batters.

Our next match against Charsfield's A team was a more hard-fought affair. In this match we made some early fielding mistakes which allowed Charsfield to gain a lead, and despite picking up towards the end of the match, they beat us by half a rounder.

We faced Occold in our third match, and this was a comfortable win for the Earl Soham crew. It was in our fourth match of the morning that we faced our toughest opponents in the form of Mellis's B team. They were skilful fielders, and strong batters. Our team held their nerve even when faced with some indifferent umpiring (in my opinion) during the first half of the game. But when we came into bat, it was a hard job to score and Mellis sealed the win.

Our final match of the morning was versus Wortham, who were very sporting opponents. Overall, we won three out of our five matches - a worthy result.

I am enormously proud of all the team, and though we came third in our group and didn't make the play-offs, they were gracious losers and most importantly had a lot of fun.

The Emerald Crown

Rehearsals are now well underway in the rainforest - The monkeys are in full swing, the bats are going barmy and the birds are out of their tree. But will the humans succeed in destroying the animals' homes to build a great highway? Join us on 16th and 17th July to find out.

Vouchers

Thank you to everyone for supporting us with our recent voucher collections. Pictured below are the 'goodies' we have received which include stopwatches, skipping ropes, bean bags, rounders balls, swimming hats and discus.

High Suffolk Primary Schools' Athletics

This morning the rain held off as a large contingent of pupils from Years 3 - 6 took part in a morning of track and field athletics. Thomas Mills High School were the hosts for this event which included Year 3 & 4 children for the first time.The competition was fiercely contested and all of the Earl Soham athletes should feel proud of their achievements in such a competitive arena.