14 September 2024 News Abingdon Une vie de Chat A group of keen Lower School linguists enjoyed a screening of the Oscar nominated animation Une Vie de Chat in June. Pupils really enjoyed how the film was both moving and humorous and found it helpful in being able to extend their knowledge by learning some new French expressions as well. In June, Mike Windsor broke the ground as we joined the Boarding Schools Association (BSA) Orchard project. The initiative set up in 2014 is supported worldwide by over a hundred boarding schools. It seeks to raise environmental awareness by encouraging students to plant fruit trees and today it is the largest global orchard by distance. Ideas bearing fruit Stock pitch competition On 14 June, the Abingdon School Investment Trading Club hosted a stock pitch competition. Over twenty five students pitched their proposed ‘Best Stock to buy' to a team of expert judges. The winners were Chetwin and Ryan (both Fourth Year), who each won a £50 Amazon voucher. Congratulations also to Clement and Luke in the Lower Sixth who were runners up. Well done to all who took part and many thanks to student organisers, Dylan and Gordey. The annual Lower School pool tournament culminated in the Grand Final, held in June. First Year winner Fergus took on Second Year champion Nadim in what was a very tense and nervous match. Nadim took an early lead managing to hold on to the overall Lower School crown. Pool tournament In June, 18 Lower Sixth prospective engineers travelled to London to visit Kirkaldy Testing Works. They saw vintage testing machines, measured Young’s modulus of materials, Measured hardness of steel with Brinell’s hardness tester as well as the dynamic pendulum measuring toughness of samples. After lunch, they examined the Millennium Bridge looking at the retro-fitted dampers that cured its resonance problems. Engineering visit to London
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