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Sixth formers who travelled to Moldova in July raised funds for the summer camps they organized for local children by running, cycling,
rowing and climbing in the Sports Centre. One group used the climbing wall to scale 430m, the equivalent of the highest geographical
point in Moldova, Balanesti Hill, while another used gym equipment to cover a total of 398km, the length of the River Dniester as it flows
through Moldova. A total of over £1000 was raised.
Scaling the heights for Moldova
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
粽子
duan wu jie
Audiences thoroughly
enjoyed the lively
and often improvised
entertainment with James
MacLennan coming out
on top and Emma Gabriel
and Ana Couzens from St.
Helen’s coming 2nd and
3rd respectively.
This year the Festival
was celebrated in
the School House
kitchen with the 4th
year learning about
the traditions and
language
by preparing and
sharing typical festival
food “
粽子
zong zi”.
This is exactly how a
family would celebrate
the festival in China.
The boys absolutely
loved it!
Abingdon’s Got Talent
returned this year with
eight acts raising money for
Médecins Sans Frontières.
Abingdon’s
Got Talent
Lower sixth formers Adriano Matousek and
Aravind Prabhakaran were both shortlisted for
the BAFTA Young Game Designers competition
for the phone games they have designed and
created. Although the boys were competing
in the same “game making” category there is
only friendly rivalry between them with both
preferring to share ideas. Aravind and Adriano
learnt to code in their spare time using blogs
and videos, before going on to design their
own games, Cosine and Evade, available from
Google Play and the App Store.
Shortlisted for BAFTA