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Abingdon
Preparatory School
The senior production,
Michelangelo
, played to packed houses. The audience was transported
back in time to the Italian Renaissance, courtesy of some modern-day tourists and their guide,
and duly learned about what life was like in Florence during the late 15th century.
Michelangelo
How the Body Works
The boys in the Junior Section were
enthralled by an assembly given by
Dr Lucie Winter and Dr Gabi
Rees. They talked about the role of
pathology as a science in looking
for cures for a variety of illnesses.
Boys were shown pictures of cells in
different areas of the body and on Bill,
the cut out human. They were also
asked to place the organs of the body.
For each body part they learnt its size,
weight and function and, in some
cases, talked about how we take
care of it: diet, exercise and avoiding
certain substances.
Congratulations!
It has been another excellent year for
13+ scholarships. Ashwin has earned
the Mercers’ Company Award, the top
academic scholarship to Abingdon
School. This is the record fifth year
in a row for this distinction to be won
by an Abingdon Prep pupil. Ashwin
was also awarded a music scholarship
to Abingdon. In addition Benjamin
gained an academic scholarship, The
Lady Wantage Award to Abingdon. In
other scholarship success, Freddie and
Nicholas both won sports scholarships
to Abingdon, while Harrison gained
a sports scholarship to St Edward’s
and William an art scholarship to
Cokethorpe. The boys and staff
can all be very proud of these fine
achievements across the curriculum.
Inter House Cross Country
The whole school turned out for this hotly contested event with Pre-prep starting
proceedings with the under 7 race. The Under 11 race was the most eagerly anticipated
of the afternoon and it did not disappoint. William and Quinn were ‘neck and neck’
throughout but William was the faster finisher and broke the Year 6 school record in
6:57sec. Quinn also broke the Year 5 school record in 7:01. The finale was the Under 13
race with a number of runners with good pedigrees including county representation. The
final outcome was Rowan (1st), Nicholas (2nd) and James (3rd).
IAPS Champions
The under 11 cross-country team won the IAPS National Cross Country Championships
beating 63 schools to take the title and William was the individual winner. William,
Quinn (5th), Johnny and Freddie all finished in the top 25 out of 384 runners. A superb
performance.
Cross-Country
Grandparents to Tea
Our annual tea party provided a
fabulous opportunity for grandparents
to share their experiences, games from
the past and wonderful memories of
times gone by. There were treasured
moments for all as the generations
came together to share old and new
skills, along with a delicious piece of
cake and a well-deserved cup of tea.
