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abingdon.org.uk/prep 15 Abingdon Prep Pre-Prep Pre-Prep Dramas The children in Reception have had great fun acting out the play of Cinderella and improvising with all sorts of props! There were some incredibly bossy wicked step sisters, who insisted on ensuring Cinderella didn’t stop for a minute. With an exciting invitation and a ball at the palace, everything ended happily with the prince requesting Cinderella to marry him! Pre-Prep also used their imagination to visit the jungle in a drama workshop below. Pre-Prep held their annual Summer Concert and prize-giving afternoon. We sailed the seas with pirate songs, sea shanties and a stop in the ports of three different continents to sing traditional songs from Africa, Australia and Japan. There were solo performances by a number of boys on a variety of instruments including; the drums, cello, piano and ukulele as well as a fabulous rendition of Pirates of the Caribbean by Year 2. The children dressed to represent their countries, received prizes and said thank you to many people for their help and support. Our Year 2 Ambassadors passed over their jackets to the new Year 1 boys with promises to train them by the end of the term. This was all rounded off with a fabulous Teddy Bears’ Picnic in the garden. Pre-Prep Summer Concert, Prizegiving and Teddy Bear’s Picnic Tea in the Teepee Y1 and the Great Explorers From Captain Cook and Christopher Columbus's voyages across oceans, to Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mount Everest and Neil Armstrong's mission to the Moon, Year 1 have explored the world in their history and geography topic. Our ‘Mound’ Everest!