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www.abingdon.org.uk 5 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