Abingdon News No.54

6 May 2020 Abingdon News The Environment in Lockdown Fifth year students, Jacob Drew and Noah Chakravarti, who are on the School’s Eco Committee, have come up with some ideas and tips for considering the environment during lockdown. They have also made some thoughtful suggestions for how we can help. Learn more about their ideas . Run the world In order to stay active and connected, the Abingdon community set itself the challenge of running and/or walking the circumference of the world. Can we lap the globe as a collective? Circumference of the world: 40,075km Students, OAs, staff and families from the Abingdon community are all taking part. If you want to be part of the journey simply join our Strava Club - ‘Abingdon School Cross- country’ Once you have joined the club, each time you log a walk or run it will count towards the collective total. The ‘run’ set off from School on Monday 4 May, and the first stop was London. Take a look at the route and the landmarks, care of Google Earth, on the website . Weekly updates on our progress are available via the Abingdon Athletics and Cross Country Twitter account. ( @AbingdonTFXC ). n.b. Please make sure your exercise is carried out in a responsible way, adhering to the social distancing guidelines. Please also follow best practice privacy guidelines on your Strava account by clicking this link . Historical distractions First, second and third year historians have been encouraged to undertake optional tasks that will take them away from their screens during the lockdown period. So far we have had trench cakes and Motte and Bailey castles and some pupils have even been through the family archives to source original newspapers from Victory in Europe Day, 1945. Crescent House boarders and day boys enjoyed taking part in a Lego MOC (My Own Creation) competition, and submitted photos of their imaginative and clever designs. The Crescent tutors voted on all the entries, with the winner being Laurie Clark’s model of a house, closely followed by runner-up, Joshuah Ebner’s tanks. Lego MOC