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Lord of the Flies
This year’s Upper School play was an ambitious staging of
Lord of the Flies
. The
emphasis was very much on the quality of the acting; there was quite literally nowhere to
hide as all the cast were on stage for the whole play. The lead roles of Jack, Ralph and
Piggy were taken by Jamie Sudlow, Darius Oraee and Ethan Sarphie. Their performances
were memorable, combining vulnerability and empathy with menace and anger. The
supporting cast were equally impressive: George Simonson displayed great sensitivity in
his role as Simon; Tom Hardy became frighteningly feral as Roger, while Oliver Beaumont
and Jasper Perry developed a telepathic relationship as the twins Sam ‘n’ Eric! Felix
Barber, Paddy Langdale and Edward Charter completed Jack’s gang and James Moore
was the wide eyed ‘little’un’ Percival. The lighting and sound added a haunting quality to
a powerful and poignant production, of which all the boys should be immensely proud –
they were, quite simply, brilliant.
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Abingdon Prep
on Top Form
Abingdon Prep School is celebrating
its best-ever scholarship results. 14
awards were won by boys to leading
senior schools including six academic
scholarships and drama, art, music
and sport awards to Abingdon School.
The six academic scholarships to
Abingdon were achieved in one
of the most competitive years for
scholarships with 54 boys competing
for the coveted awards.
Talking about the boys’ success,
Crispin Hyde-Dunn, Abingdon Prep’s
Headmaster, said:
“The boys have worked extremely
hard for these awards and these
achievements are a wonderful
accolade for the pupils and their
teachers. They are the culmination
of many years of hard work and
commitment from everyone at the
Prep School as well as our parents’
support from home.”
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Scholarships and awards:
Academic scholarships
-
Jonah Walker, Oliver Beaumont,
Rhys Humphries, Toby Collins,
Jake Pennington, Ethan Sarphie
Art scholarships
-
Jonah Walker, Andrew Marples
Drama scholarship
- Ethan Sarphie
Sport scholarships
- John Corran,
Max Smith, Jack Tomes
Music exhibition
- Tom Buckle
All Rounder scholarship
-
Zac Yellowlees-Bound
Pre-prep
super heroes
One February Friday Pre-prep was
transformed from normal Abingdon
school boys into superheroes from every
walk of life. All boys (and teachers)
came to school wearing their chosen
superhero costume and prepared to
take part in a fun Pre-prep event where
everyone was given the opportunity to
display their special powers.
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Year 5 performed an
entertaining show of
musical theatre
The Pepys Show