{"id":56582,"date":"2026-05-07T16:49:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/?post_type=weeklymailing&#038;p=56582"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:49:39","slug":"weekly-mailing-7-may","status":"publish","type":"weeklymailing","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/weeklymailing\/weekly-mailing-7-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Mailing 7 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Message from the Head<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BwEsRiaL5r8?si=qNdCFjwI2xCQxLBc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Letters<\/h3>\n<p>Letter to Parents of Pupils in Y4 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/Year-4-2026-Camp-Out-Weekly-Mailing.pdf\">Camp out information, 18-19 June<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Notices<\/h3>\n<p><b>Christmas Fair \u2013 Stallholder Applications Open<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abingdon Prep School Christmas Fair is due to take place on Saturday 21 November 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are currently inviting applications from stallholders offering high-quality, unique, and festive goods. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your products to our local community of families and visitors in a warm and welcoming setting. Further information is available <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/whats-on\/christmas-fair\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or by contacting: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:communications@abingdon.org.uk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">communications@abingdon.org.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Message from Richard Sutton, Careers Afternoon<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are in the process of organising a Careers Afternoon for all of our pupils currently in Year 8.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are very keen to offer our pupils a wide canvas of opportunity and so would like to invite parents and relatives from as many workplaces as possible to come into school. This would be on Tuesday 9 June 2026 at 13:50 in our school hall. It would be a time to share experiences, qualification paths, the work involved and to offer a general and positive taste of what to expect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would be interested in supporting us and coming along to take part, please complete this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/FaYSHsEPNyQTg7qa8\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best wishes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Richard<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Message from Elliot Birkbeck, Fixtures<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For team sheets and sport fixture information please click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socscms.com\/login\/3734?e=4&amp;logout=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are able to sync your phone calendar to SOCs which will mean you are alerted to any teams your child is selected in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday Thought<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know where our rubbish goes? What can we do to reduce the amount of rubbish we produce?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please have a think and discussion about this over the weekend. The children can then join Lenka on Monday at morning break after half term to discuss. Ahead of this you might want to read this week\u2019s edition of First News which is available in the library.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from the Head Letters Letter to Parents of Pupils in Y4 &#8211; Camp out information, 18-19 June &nbsp; Notices Christmas Fair&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56582","weeklymailing","type-weeklymailing","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Weekly Mailing 7 May - Abingdon Prep School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weekly Mailing 7 May - Abingdon Prep School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Message from the Head Letters Letter to Parents of Pupils in Y4 &#8211; 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