24 Abingdon Prep • September 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 Pre-Prep held a craft sale, selling items they had been making over the past few weeks. This was our final charity event and raised a significant amount, to be donated to the Oxford Food Hub. This, added to our incredible total for the sponsored read and summer concert donations means that we raised over £1000 this half term. PRE-PREP CRAFT SALE We have had a great year raising funds for our amazing local school charity, the Children’s Diabetes Education Fund, part of the Oxford Children’s Hospital at the JR and provides invaluable information and support for children diagnosed with diabetes and their families. APS events have included ‘Wearing Blue’ for World Diabetes’ Day, a Silver Coin Trail, Year 7 Tycoons’ enterprises, Chinese New Year Envelopes, an amazingly successful Pre-Prep sponsored read and generous collections at events and concerts to name but a few, raising over £3200 for the Children’s Diabetes Education Fund! In addition to our main fundraising efforts, pupils raised £180 selling poppies for the Royal British Legion and a PrePrep summer craft sale raised over £200 for the Oxford Food Hub. Around the Houses, a competitive fundraising spirit resulted in Dragon’s Bake Sale raising £215 for Sobell House Hospice; Unicorn and Phoenix Tuck Shops raising £328 and £334 for George’s Rockstars and The Oxford Animal Sanctuary, respectively. There was even a Griffin ‘Beat the Goalie’ challenge, which raised £109 for the HEG Community Larder! An enormous thank you goes to all those involved in organising and taking part in these activities throughout the year, as well as to all the wonderful parents, who have brilliantly supported their children with these important community projects! CHARITIES ROUND-UP GRIFFIN PENALTY SHOOT-OUT PHOENIX TUCK SHOP During the Summer Term, the children in Pre-Prep undertook a sponsored reading fundraiser. The children were challenged to read as much as they could while supporting the Children's Diabetes Education Fund. Many children participated in the event, which raised over £900! When asked about the event, Orin in Year 2 said, "I thought it was a really good event because I like to raise money for charity and help people." Leonardo in Year 1 said, "I wrote letters to my friends asking them to sponsor me and in the cards I said that I love reading!" Hugo in Reception added, "My favourite book to read was Pet Rat! It's a funny book because he eats all of the birthday cake! I love reading!" (Text from the pupil newsletter ‘Making a Difference’.) PRE-PREP SPONSORED READ A MESSAGE FROM YOUR JPA Thank you to everyone that came to our first, but by no means last, Summer Picnic. Around 200 people enjoyed the glorious sunshine along with strawberries and cream. Also a massive thank you to the Class Reps and all the helpers, who have volunteered to make all of our events over the last 12 months such successes. We hope you enjoyed your summer holidays!
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