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January 2013
PARENTS ASSOCIATION
Second-hand
Uniform Shop
Opening hours –
Saturdays: 11 am – 12 noon
Wednesdays: 12.15 pm – 1.15 pm
January
:
Saturday 26th – Wednesday 30th
February
:
Saturday 2nd – Wednesday 20th
Saturday 23rd – Wednesday 27th
March
:
Saturday 2nd – Wednesday 6th
Saturday 16th – Wednesday 13th
Saturday 24th – Wednesday 28th
Please note, we have a large
amount of cricket kit in stock –
all garments are £5. We also have
pads, helmets, gloves etc.
It’s well worth coming to have a look
at our stock.
ASPA
Forthcoming Events
1 Feb
Fifth-year Parents’ Supper
7pm The Parasol,
Market Square, Abingdon
8 Mar
Lower School Parents’ Event
venue to be announced
17 May
All-School Quiz Night
Sports Centre Hospitality Suite
7 June
All-School End-of-Year Dinner
Pembroke College
Tickets £37.50 per person
book early, first come first served
See ASPA January mailing and
website for more details
SUS Fund Raising
The second-hand uniform shop (SUS) has raised £8,000 since December 2010,
which has been donated to the following School projects:
•
£1,000 will purchase an open canoe for the School Canoe Club. The Club is in
the process of moving away from sea kayaks to eight open canoes, which will allow
more boys to get involved and prevent the cancellation of expeditions (eg Duke of
Edinburgh) due to bad weather or tide times. The Club have already purchased six
canoes and SUS has awarded them a grant of £1,000 for another.
•
The Modern Foreign Languages Department will benefit from £2,000 to purchase
15 iPod nanos. These will be linked to a MFL department computer, so that boys
can upload files and practise their language skills. This type of equipment is now
used in the AS and A2 examinations.
•
£700 has been made available to the Computing Project for hardware such as
control circuitry, sensors and monitors. This project is part of the School’s Other
Half Activities, and enables boys to build computer controlled buggies and other
machines.
•
Hockey has been awarded £300 to buy four hockey rebound boards, which
can be used in or out of doors. These boards are very versatile and allow boys to
practise by themselves. They will be used in every hockey session.
•
Rugby needs a new set of rugby posts for the 1st XV pitch and an award of
£2,000 has been made to fund these.
•
The CCF has been awarded £2,000 to purchase 20 sets of service dress, which
is urgently needed. Not only is the School running very low on service dress for the
boys, but the Army service dress also changed recently.
All this has been funded from the sale of second hand uniform! We have had letters of
thanks from all the Heads of Departments expressing their great appreciation for SUS’s
work. Our thanks go to all the volunteers who man the shop – especially to Jackie
Bryant, Rosie Brown and SUS co-ordinator Marilyn Moore.
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ASPA Events
Last term we enjoyed the third-year parents’ Italian Supper held in the Charles Maude
Room where 80 people attended. The All-School Family Race Night, a new event, was
a resounding success in November with nearly 90 people enjoying a great evening of fun
and entertainment. Thanks must go to Peter Garrett and family for all their hard work in
organising this event. The sixth-form parents’ supper, held at the
Limoncello
in October,
was greatly enjoyed by all. In November, the parents of the fourth year enjoyed an evening
at
La Fontana
in East Hanney.
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Photograph
Competition
The annual ASPA Photo Competition
was won by Carl Cox (£50 prize) and the
runner up was Alexander Jefferies (£25
prize), both from Franklin’s House.
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Rosie Brown, Treasurer (L),
Marilyn Moore, Co-ordinator (R)
Pembroke College Dining Hall
