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Third year academic scholars
visited Bletchley Park to learn about
its codebreaking history. They tried
their hand with an original enigma
machine and the very one used in
the film The Imitation Game.
Good snow conditions and glorious
sunny weather helped to make a very
enjoyable week for the half term ski
trip for 37 students and five staff in
Saint Gervais in the French Alps.
Third year students from Abingdon and St
Helen’s enjoyed a pre-Christmas weekend
in Strasbourg, sampling the festivities,
seeing the sites and practising their French.
Bronze DofE practice sailing
expedition: Gosport-Cowes-Lymington-
Southampton and back in challenging
conditions with variable weather from
blue skies, sleeting rain and strong
winds to hail.
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Fourth year students
from Abingdon and St
Helen’s spent eight days
in Bielefeld improving
their German language.
The trip, planned
to coincide
with the
Golden Jubilee
celebrations of
the exchange
partnership,
saw students
spending time
in school,
sightseeing and
taking part in an
Anglo-German
theatre project.