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Teachers Hold their Nerve

Organ Scholarship

James Anderson-Besant in the Upper

Sixth has won the prestigious Organ

Scholarship to St John’s College,

Cambridge. James has a deferred place

and will spend 2016-17 as the Organ

Scholar at Gloucester Cathedral. At

Cambridge, James will be joining another

Abingdon musician, Hugh Cutting, who

went to the same college as a Choral

Scholar in October.

This year’s “Be the best you can be” programme was launched to the Lower School in September in spectacular fashion with the visit

of Mike Mullen, former World Champion and 2014 UK Champion in BMX halfpipe. Mike encouraged the boys to realise that “the biggest

challenges will teach you the best lessons” and that self-reflection and never giving up are crucial if your want to succeed. The lower

school staff found themselves more fully involved than they might have expected with Mr Jenkins learning how to do a ‘trackstand’ on

stage and the tutors volunteering themselves to be jumped over in an outdoor demonstration of Mike’s BMX skills!

Be the Best

32 teams of the best mathematics students from local schools and colleges tackled a

series of demanding mathematical challenges for over three hours in the regional final

of the Senior Team Mathematics Challenge, STMC, held at The Cherwell School in

November. At the end of three rounds of group problem-solving, team cross-number

puzzle and mathematical relay race, the Abingdon team was pronounced winners and

go through to the national final in London on 2 February. Many congratulations to Ben

Schneider, Angus Shen, Harry Lei and Jerry Yang.

The competition is organised jointly by the Further Mathematics Support Programme and

the UK Mathematics Trust and sponsored by Rolls-Royce plc. It is now in its 10th year

and attracts over 1000 teams from schools and colleges from around the UK.

National Maths Finalists