16
April 2016
Abingdon
Parents’ Association
Second-Hand
Uniform Shop
The Second-hand Uniform Shop (SUS)
provides a means for parents to buy
and sell good condition, second-hand
Abingdon School uniform. 60% of
the sale price will go to the parent/
carer and 40% to the School to
purchase extra items for the boys to
use. Uniform must have the name
removed and be clean and pressed
ready for sale. The shop is open most
Saturdays and Wednesdays during
term time.
At the time of writing, SUS were keen
to let parents know that they have a
large stock of track suits (tops at £25
and trousers at £20) as well as blue
and white shirts (£2 each) and 5th Year
striped shirts (£5 each). Additionally
they have lots of cricket pads, bats and
helmets in stock. All dates and times
of opening are available on the school
website and enquiries to:
Quiz, Quiz, Quiz!
Congratulations to the following three teams
who came top at last term’s Quiz Night: 2P
or not 2P (2nd Year parents), Pang Valley
Ponderers (3rd Year parents) and the Orchard
Lane Originals (parents from various year
groups). We were challenged this year by a
professional quiz company who got a massive
“thumbs up” from the parents who attended
on the night. Thanks to Suzanne Mara for
organising the event, to Harriet Woollard and
Heather Atkinson for running the bar as well
as to the Catering Team who delivered some
delicious Mexican fare on the night.
Pink ties and tiaras at the ready!
ASPA’s Pink Tie & Tiara Dinner & Disco promises to be a sparkling evening of great
food, fun and entertainment. Taking place on Saturday 21st May at Abingdon School,
the event kicks off with a drinks reception, followed by a four course dinner and Grand
Auction, presided over by OA, Garth Lewis, of
Cash in the Attic
and
Antiques Road Trip
fame. Tickets are selling fast but if you are still interested in booking your place, there
may be some available via the Abingdon School online box office. Proceeds from the
sale of the ties and tiaras will go towards helping the charity,
Blue Skye Thinking
.
Supporting innovation in the
Lower School Podcasting Club
With the help of a recent donation from ASPA, among a range of other funded projects, the
School bought equipment to start up a Podcasting Club. Initially for boys in Lower School,
the Club will be expanded to Middle School in the years ahead. The Club meets each week
and boys work in teams to create short digital audio features on subjects that interest them.
Through both teacher instruction and their own trial and error, they learn how to conceive,
plan, and produce an interesting podcast of a high technical quality. With the help of ASPA,
Su McRae, the biology teacher who set up the Podcasting Club, purchased two professional
studio recording microphones, headphones for iPad minis, and related accessories.
