{"id":14330,"date":"2019-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abingdon.prod.twkmedia.eu\/prep\/2019\/03\/14\/science-week\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T17:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T17:13:08","slug":"science-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/science-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>14 March 2019<\/h3>\n<p>Schools all over the UK are celebrating Science Week, an annual event with STEM activities promoted by the British Science Association (BSA).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We&#39;ve been busy at Abingdon Prep!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We got off to a gooey start, when Reception visited the science lab to make green slime with help from some Year 8 boys. 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