Abingdon News No.55

8 July 2020 Teams from each of the lower school tutor groups battled it out in the annual Countdown Challenge, demonstrating their skills with letters and numbers. The grand final saw first year champions 1J take on second year winners 2P. In a very close contest, it was still all to play for when it got to the final conundrum. 1J proved that little bit quicker on the buzzer and were crowned the victors for 2020. Countdown Champions Tasty Pre-U French lessons Fifth year boys enjoyed making and sampling macarons de Saint-Emilion in their last French lesson as part of their introduction to Pre-U French. Beating egg whites proved to be quite a challenge for some, but in the end, they all did a very good job and enjoyed eating their home made “macarons” with their family! Abingdon News Inventive Lower School The final Lower School Taskmaster Challenge of term was to make and demonstrate an invention. Joint winners were Benedict Donald for his water pistol washer up and Matthew Stone for his sibling swopper. Watch the video . Second year drama Second Year boys have been studying the work of Frantic Assembly and DV8 in drama lessons, and have been creating physical theatre pieces inspired by their work. Watch the video . Bruschetta Tutor​ial Mr Phillips’ ​third​year tutor group took part in a live cook a long in tutor period. They made a parma ham, mozzarella, basil, tomato and garlic bruschetta together, with some very inventive substitutions for unavailable ingredients!