This week's mailing is:
Letters:
- To parents of Third Year boys – Parents' Evening
- To parents of Third year boys studying Latin and/or Ancient History – Hadrian's Wall Trip
Notices:
Parent tours of the Yang Science Centre: Saturday 6 February, 10.30am and 12.30pm
Parents are welcome to come to see the Science Centre, and the recently-installed sculpture by Matt Lane-Sanderson, on Saturday 6 February at 10.30am and 12.30pm. As part of our partnerships programme the Saturday Science Club will be in the Partnerships Laboratory throughout the morning.
5th Year Parents
On Monday Mr May (Deputy Head Academic) spoke to 5th year parents about 5th year mocks, Easter revision and the Sixth Form Curriculum. PDF copies of his presentations are here and here.
For Lower Sixth boys and parents: UCAS
UCAS1: Introduction to the university application process: Friday 26 February 2016, 7pm, Amey Theatre. This is an important opportunity for boys and their parents to be introduced by experts to some of the key features of university application and admission processes.
Programme:
7pm: Katherine Pagett, Student Recruitment Manager at Birmingham University, will give an overview of the application process from a university admissions perspective (Amey Theatre);
7.45-8.00pm: Refreshments (Amey foyer and Cafe);
8pm-8.45pm: Boys and parents choose to attend EITHER Dr Elizabeth Peachey, Head of Student Recruitment at Oxford University, and Dr Bernard Randall, formerly a Director of Studies at Christ’s College, Cambridge and currently Chaplain at Trent College, will identify the particular issues involved in an application to Oxford or Cambridge University (Amey Theatre) OR Question and Answer: a panel of current Upper Sixth boys will talk about their own experiences of university applications (Ingham Room).
Music
Abingdon Bielefeld 50 Anniversary Celebration Concert Tour – Wednesday 8 to Wednesday 15 February 2017
We are delighted to announce that we are planning an orchestral tour to Bielefeld in February 2017 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Abingdon-Bielefeld exchange. The orchestral party will shadow the Abingdon linguists and we plan for the boys to be hosted by families from the Ratsgymnasium, if possible, in order to reduce costs. I will be writing to parents of musicians about this shortly.
Chilingirian Quartet Concert – Wednesday 10 February
Tickets are selling well. Parents are requested to book in advance
