20 Abingdon Prep • January 2024 AbingdonPrep News is the newsletter of Abingdon Preparatory School, Josca’s House, Kingston Road, Oxford OX13 5NX Tel: 01865 391570 www.abingdon.org.uk/prep Editor: Annabel Gaskell Abingdon School is a company limited by guarantee Registered in England and Wales Company No. 3625063. Registered Office: Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE Registered Charity No. 1071298 CHARITIES AND JPA JPA NEWS We have had a very busy first term of this school year with hundreds attending Firestorm, beautiful Christmas Wreath making and gorgeous handmade Christmas cards, mugs and coasters making wonderful keepsakes. The lucky winners of our first ever virtual Christmas Raffle went home very happy and we finished the year with the annual Gifts for Grown Ups event. Our School charity this year is the Paediatric Diabetes Education Charity, part of the Oxford Hospitals Charity, for which we have already raised an amazing total of over £1500! We kickstarted our fundraising by wearing blue to school to celebrate World Diabetes Day on 14 November. Our Silver Coin Trail demonstrated some great collaboration, with the pupils all carefully placing their coins on the beautiful poster created by Sherrey. Retiring collections at our brilliant Year 6 pantomime, Junior and Senior Carol Concerts raised further generous donations. And finally, the Year 7 Tycoons held a mini market after school in the last week of term, selling their wares with great enthusiasm, future entrepreneurs in the making! A huge thank you to all those who have donated and contributed, and with more events in the offing, we look forward to raising more funds to donate to this wonderful charity. CHARITIES NEWS None of these would be possible without all your help and volunteering so, thank you for bringing your Josca’s Parent Association together. Sarah Dempsey, JPA Chair. DATES FOR 2023 Quiz Night - Friday 26 January Scalextric Fun - Friday 1 March Eggstravaganza - 20 or 21 March (tbc) It was a fun filled festive extravaganza at APS on the penultimate day of term, with festive jumpers, Christingles and our annual ‘Gifts For Grown Ups’ stalls - and that was only the morning! After a fantastic Christmas lunch, the afternoon was full of parties and the Year 7 Business Tycoon mini festive market stalls where an array of biscuits, flapjacks, popcorn, doughnuts, milkshakes and bubble drinks proved very popular. A wonderful way to end the term and particular thanks to Nicky, Sarah and their JPA elves for helping run such a successful event along with all the Year 7 parents and Alison Thomas who supported in the making of festive treats. CHRISTINGLES CHRISTMAS AT APS GIFTS FOR GROWN UPS YEAR 7 TYCOON MINI MARKET
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTUxNTM1