AN47

6 April 2018 Abingdon News History Society Victors Congratulations to Alex Mannix, Greg Davies, Kofo Braithwaite and Iwan Stone for picking up first place in the annual quiz chaired by Dr Zawadski. After fierce competition between teams from eight different teaching sets they emerged as clear winners. Lower school boys enjoyed an inspiring talk from serial adventurer James Ketchell who became the first and only person to have rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, successfully summited Mount Everest and cycled 18,000 miles around the world, a feat that was dubbed “The Ultimate Triathlon” by the media. The Ultimate Triathlete Atlas Moth Boys from the Entomology Club were excited to find one of the Attacus atlas moths that formed their cocoons six weeks ago had emerged. Pottery Throwdown A group of 20 primary school pupils joined the Art department to have a go at pottery. They learnt about the properties of clay and made their own pots and containers which will be fired and returned to the pupils for them to paint and decorate. Iris Festival of Imagined Worlds A group of lower school boys travelled to Cheney School in Oxford to visit the Iris Festival of Imagined Worlds. As well as hearing talks from best-selling children’s authors Alan Gibbons and Angie Sage, they had time to visit a range of stalls connected with the worlds of J K Rowling, where they were put into houses by the Sorting Hat, and J R R Tolkien, where they could learn more about the real history that inspired The Lord of the Rings.