Abingdon News No.55

www.abingdon.org.uk 11 Abingdon News Extreme housework Lower School Taskmaster Challenge 5 was to demonstrate an extreme form of housework! Congratulations to Ned Coombs for his winning entry. Watch the video . Lower School Exhibition Lower school boys held an online exhibition with their tutors in which they showcased a piece of academic work or something that they have done in the Other Half that they are particularly proud of. A very wide range of subjects and activities was discussed and it was particularly encouraging to see so much creativity and reflective writing on display. Primary Science Club continues undaunted The team of Science Ambassadors, who faithfully run the Primary Science Club for local children every Tuesday in term time, has continued with determination to bring fun science to their customers, lockdown or not. They continue to meet remotely every week, discussing and allocating tasks, testing activities and then writing up instruction sheets to be shared via a dedicated Primary Science Club page on the Abingdon Science Partnership website. ASiP Peer Support training Fifty lower sixth students from John Mason, Fitzharrys, St Helen’s and Abingdon met for an ASiP Peer Support Lead virtual training session with Debbie Lee from King Alfred’s Academy, Wantage. The training involved looking at listening skills and ideas around the impact of school closure on loneliness. Members of staff were enormously impressed with the contributions from the students and the excellent quality of training from Debbie Lee. Slowing down the Lower School The sixth task master challenge for the lower school boys was to “do something really cool in slow motion”. Congratulations to Matthew Stone for his winning entry, an impressive reverse egg drop! Watch the video .