Abingdon News No.54

www.abingdon.org.uk 5 Abingdon News Staff ‘upskill’ during lockdown: podcasting to language learning Many thanks to Dan Hughes and Mark Johnson from our DT department who designed and made visors for key workers. Spare masks from the Health Centre were also given to GPs running a fever clinic and goggles from the science centre went to the Haematology and Oncology Unit at the Cancer Centre at the Churchill Hospital. Helping out with PPE Mr Philips has taken up online cooking lessons Mr Gold’s inaugural rugby podcast with OA Theo Brophy Clews Staff as well as boys have been using the lockdown to try out new skills. These have been many and varied with Mr Broadbent, Mr Knowland and Dr Ambrose all learning new languages and doing extremely well in the MFL Duolingo competition, with Mr Broadbent picking up the first prize for the staff. Director of Drama, Ben Philips, has extended his teaching remit to online cooking lessons and Director of Rugby, Matt Gold, treated us not only to a rendition of ‘Yellow Submarine’ on the ukulele but is now also a dab hand at podcasting. You can follow this link to hear his inaugural podcast with OA and London Irish professional Theo Brophy Clews. Theo joined Abingdon in the Lower School and went on to captain England Rugby at U18 and U20.