Abingdon News No.55

6 July 2020 Donnelly’s vegetarian week Donnelly’s House has been thinking about their impact on the environment and the third year tried a vegetarian week including cooking a vegetarian pasta dish for their families. The boys also thought about where our food comes from and what they can do as a House to reduce their environmental impact. The Donnelly House boys also had the opportunity to connect with themselves, and each other in a morning’s yoga and meditation class, under the guidance of Mr Barnes. It provided a different and beneficial start to a day of virtual learning. Abingdon News Dark Materials in German As a language project, first year pupil, Samuel Price, has been adapting Philip Pullman’s Dark Materials into a beautiful comic book with German speech bubbles. A group of keen linguists has also begun learning Russian on Wednesday afternoons as part of the Other Half programme. Lower School ASPA quiz Over 60 lower school families joined Zoom for an ASPA quiz night. Hosted live by quizmaster, Mr Jenkins, the teams tackled a series of fiendishly difficult questions on topics as diverse as famous movie lines, Abingdon anagrams, and chocolate bars! Two “bonus breakout room rounds” allowed some sociailising between the families. Congratulations to The McRae-zies who narrowly pipped The Brinsons to victory by 1 point.