6 January 2023 What a show In the first Work Exhibition of the year, Lower School pupils each chose a piece of work they were particularly proud of to show to their classmates. Work from a wide range of subjects was on display and it was clear from what was shown that a lot of very good work has been produced over the first few weeks of the academic year. In October, Upper 6th Germanists visited the Rose Theatre in Kingston to see the first London production in 25 years of Bertolt Brecht’s epic masterpiece ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’. Our students were gripped by the adventure which was brimming with original songs and full of mischievous humour. Right on cue Feeling poetic On National Poetry Day, 2nd Year French students created some lovely translations of Robert Desnos’ poem ‘Le Crapaud’. They even managed to incorporate some of the rhymes by being inventive with the word order and vocabulary. Academic award holders in the 2nd Year met St Helen and St Katharine students in early November for a Joint Lower School Thinking Supper. They discussed issues related to the current COP27 conference in groups and then, after having dinner together, presented their findings. Joined up thinking Abingdon News Practice makes perfect Ten teams completed their Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Award practice expedition over the weekend. Conditions were ideal for a walking expedition and all teams successfully navigated through the dune systems and over the open moorland of the Gower Peninsula. Teams will now prepare for the assessed expedition to the Brecon Beacons next year.
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