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September 2017
Abingdon
News
Lower sixth geographers have been
honing their geographical fieldwork skills
and techniques in different environments
in preparation for their own Independent
Investigation, worth 20% of the new A level
specification. Locations included Studland
in Dorset, East Hanney, comparative
studies of Jericho and parts of the Cowley
Road in Oxford and finally a visit to
Stratford in East London, the site of the
London Olympics, and an area that has
been transformed over the last decade.
Geography Field
Studies
Lower school boys enjoy their new breaktime activity –
Trilliards - a cross between billiards and Connect 4.
First years enjoyed a design challenge constructing a bridge using
only uncooked spaghetti and glue. The bridges were then tested
to see which could withstand a load - not all survived!
First year DT Challenge
The
Physics
of
Scalextric
4th year physicists thoroughly enjoyed their “Physics
of Scalextric” project with tasks including determining
maximum speed and acceleration, the energy used and
the cost to run. More complex challenges were designing
and building an automatic controller that will get the car
to travel exactly once around the track and to design and
3d print your own car.
Many thanks to the SUS for the donation for this project.
The Martlet, the School’s student
newspaper, won the ‘Best Newspaper
Front Cover’ category in the national Shine
Media Awards with the judges commenting
on the ‘thoughtful and intelligent’ design
of the paper. It was also the Highly
Commended runner-up in the ‘Best Newspaper’ category. It was
one of 22 school publications shortlisted out of hundreds of entries
and three members of the team, Blake Jones, Ben Ffrench and Ben
Hutchison attended the awards ceremony.
Success for ‘The Martlet’
Photo: Richard Chapman Studio