Abingdon News No.50

www.abingdon.org.uk 7 Lower School work exhibition The second exhibition of the year gave the boys the chance to show a piece of work, that they are particularly proud of, to their peers and to reflect on the effort that it had taken to achieve it. Abingdon welcomes England’s National Squad Abingdon played host to some famous sporting faces when three members of the England Six Nations squad visited the school. Owen Farrell, Manu Tuilagi and Ben Te’o were filming a promotion for their upcoming World Cup campaign in Japan in the autumn. Shanghai High School At the start of term the School welcomed visitors from Shanghai High School, including their Principal, Mr Feng. The schools signed an agreement that paves the way for future collaboration and cooperation, including exchanges of pupils and teachers. Shanghai High is considered to be one of the leading schools in the Shanghai district. Gold Awards Congratulations to the OAs and Mr Dempsey who all received awards at St James Palace - the OAs for achieving their Gold Award and Mr Dempsey for 11 years of service to DofE. from left to right: Mr Dempsey, Jonny Fieth, Henry Isherwood, Harry Venables, Jai Sidpra and Oliver Honeyman