Abingdon News No.40

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4 January 2016
Abingdon News
Community Service
The eagerly anticipated Christmas tea
party for residents of Abingdon capped
a very busy term for the Community
Service volunteers. They have been
visiting five residential homes, Abingdon
Hospital, Older and Bolder and the
Oxfam shop. Boarders have been
involved in many activities, including
creating Christmas cards to send to the
places we visit to bring seasonal cheer.
ISI Inspection
The Independent Schools Inspectorate,
ISI, inspected Abingdon and Abingdon
Prep School during the second week
of November. We hope to receive the
findings from the inspection early in
the New Year. We will of course notify
parents as soon as we are able and
the report will be put on the website at
Congratulations to third year Jason Ng who gained a distinction in his professional piano
performance diploma, ATCL. This is a remarkable achievement in such a young musician.
Promising Piano Performance Congratulations also to Bryce Jersing in
the 5th Year who won gold in the U15
Quick March category and bronze in the
U18 category of the 9th Independent
Schools Bagpipe Competition.
Bagpipe
Gold
Annual Chess
The Chess Club has had a strong term and
are joint 4th in Division 3 of the Oxford and
District Chess League following a recent win
against MCS Blackbirds. The Club welcomed
Matthew Rose, Oxford City Chess Club’s
best player and the Oxford Times Chess
correspondent, to take on 20 of our players
at the annual simultaneous display. After 2.5
hours Mr Rose came out on top but many
congratulations to Ray Ren who put in a very
impressive performance to win his match!
Strictly Abingdon Style Competition winners
Regina Engel-Hart
(Modern Languages)
and John Davies (English) Teachers took to the stage to wow an
audience of pupils, fellow staff and
friends with electrifying dance routines.
Competing for the title of “Teachers
Come Dancing Champions 2015”
were Olly Deasy and Emily
O’Doherty, Victoria Pradas and
Andrew Hall, Victoria Griffiths and
Nick Fieldhouse and Regina
Engel-Hart and John Davies.
The judges, including Miss Lusk,
awarded scores, Strictly-style, and the
cheers from the audience were also
taken into account. The winners, with an
impressive 49 points and a huge cheer,
were Regina Engel-Hart and John Davies.
The evening raised approximately £1000
for Blue Skye Thinking.