www.abingdon.org.uk 13 Abingdon News Quizzical? Congratulations to Mark Taylor, Matty Rolfe, Sam Wormald and William Walters for winning the 1st round of this year’s Schools Challenge (online) against King’s Taunton by 320 points to 200. The largest quizzing competition in the UK, Schools Challenge, motivates and rewards students based on their love of continued learning and the advancement of education. Best of luck to Abingdon in the next round. In March, School House students held their annual work showcase. Each student brought a piece of work that they were particularly proud of and presented it to a group of their peers from the 3rd Year to Upper 6th. Each group was led by an Upper 6th house prefect and the range of work showcased was tremendous - from paintings and DT to English poems and revision notes. Joint thinking supper In February, 1st Year academic award holders met up with students from St Helen and St Katharine to discuss the use of technology in the classroom. Attendees divided themselves into smaller groups to look into the pros and cons - both from the perspective of students and of teachers. After a pizza dinner, the fruits of the evening’s research were presented. Lower 6th French workshop During the Lent term, 3 teachers from the Alliance Française in Oxford gave a 2 hour workshop to the Lower 6th students. They looked at film techniques and discussed the film ‘The Artist’, before exploring the role of charity organisations in the French speaking world. The final session, on French phonetic exercises, allowed the pupils to practise a variety of tongue twisters. UK Linguistics Olympiad Abingdon’s top linguistics competitors recently took on the fiendish advanced level of the UK Linguistics Olympiad to battle against the best brains in the country. Only a small proportion of these are awarded a medal. Abingdon did outstandingly well and secured no fewer than 11 medals including 2 gold which went to Louis Chan and Nelson Chan who have been invited to compete in the final round against the top 50 students in the country. Enterprising young people On 25 January, team Ox Enterprises took part in a Young Enterprise online Dragons Den style event. Three team members gave a detailed outline of their products, the marketing strategy and accounts to date. The judging panel was particularly impressed with the sustainability of the products, the partnerships the students have developed and the considerable sales successes they have had. Later in the term, they learned they had won the award for Innovation, with the fact that the products were also manufactured from upcycled materials contributing to the award. Annual work showcase
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