15 abingdon.org.uk Our Eco Committee has been busy encouraging fellow students and staff to recycle empty pill packets this term. To date, they've collected over 3,500 blister packs. These have to be recycled separately to other recyclable waste. By collecting them and taking them to the local pharmacist, our students have managed to recycle 7kg worth which might otherwise have gone to landfill. Now that’s really something to be proud of. News Abingdon Fourth Year students joined in the celebrations of this traditional Chinese festival in June. Working alongside students from St Helen and St Katharine, they participated in cultural and linguistic quizzes; crafted their own dragon boats; took part in Pitch Pot - a game dating back over 2,000 years; and made the traditional food Zongzi. It was an afternoon which blended history and culture in a modern day context. A Level Geography field trips In June, Geography A Level students collected the necessary data for the completion of their projects. Human geographers visited Wrexham and Birmingham; with physical geographers heading to Llangollen scree slopes, Criccieth beach and Harlech sand dunes. Everyone enjoyed a trip up the Nant Ffrancon Valley to see some spectacular glacial landforms left after the last glacial maximum 25,000 years ago. Dragon boat festival Recycling champions Parent quiz On 10 May, ASPA hosted a parents quiz night in the School pavilion for some quizzical and competitive fun. With five teams in attendance, it was described by one of the guests as “the best quiz I’ve ever attended”. Lower School pupils from Abingdon and St Helen and St Katharine enjoyed meeting up for a joint debate on the evening of 24 June. The proposal that community service should be compulsory was proposed by Abingdon. After excellent speeches on both sides, and some interesting points from the floor, it was narrowly defeated. A quick balloon debate in which everyone had to argue why a randomly assigned piece of clothing was indispensible followed and the evening concluded with a barbecue. Let’s debate
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