20 September 2024 in Partnership Abingdon School In March, students from across the county came together for the Oxfordshire RoboCon finals. Since November, teams have worked to design, build, programme and test their robots and now came the test; how would they perform? Assisted by students from Abingdon who were running the competition, the day was a great opportunity to showcase key engineering skills. Congratulations to all who took part and especially to the winners, Gosford Hill. Robocon 2024 Let’s communicate In May, we welcomed fifty primary school pupils to our Let's Communicate event. They participated in workshops on body language, sign language, Mandarin, German and Italian. Several sessions were run entirely by our student language leaders who were impressed by the primary school pupils' enthusiasm and confidence. In turn, the pupils gave really positive feedback and had a fun day. On 30 April, over a hundred students participated in a number of collaborative and challenging tasks at a ChallengED event hosted by Larkmead School. The morning was made up of two IBrick challenges which involved designing and testing two brick builds with a focus on teamwork and engineering. Mixed school groups encouraged students to meet new people and take on different roles within their teams. ChallengED All go for go-karts The Motor Sport Club took their Greenpower go-karts to Castle Combe Race Circuit on 2 June. It was a successful (if very hot and sunny) day and the teams impressed everyone with their hard work and determination over the past year. Congratulations go to one of the teams in particular for winning the Best Portfolio trophy. Well done to all! Model United Nations In July, Year 10 students from five schools enjoyed an exciting practical challenge - to make a clock reaction change colour precisely within 20 seconds. Meanwhile, their Year 9 counterparts researched the Chemistry Nobel Prize, later presenting their findings. What a great way to collaborate and learn together. Co-operation in Chemistry The OX14 MUN conference, held on 2 July saw forty students (including from Kingswood in Bath) to discuss topics ranging from tackling modern slavery; the Yemeni civil war; and the grand Ethiopian renaissance dam.
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