Abingdon News www.abingdon.org.uk 7 Model United Nations In February, the united forces of St Helen and St Katharine and Abingdon came together to debate the issue of the Rights of Protesters. The resolution, submitted by the delegate of Turkey, sought to prove that the country deserved to deal with its internal affairs without the interference of foreign powers. Initially, there was some backlash due to the slightly Turkey-oriented resolution, but after a rather zany joint amendment from the delegates of Brazil and the USA, the debate widened to include other countries on the question of how they ought to respond to an invasion of their capitol buildings. The amendment, which included protesters having to ‘run laps’ of an unspecified ‘field’, was passed and the floor was handed to Bangladesh, who wanted to minimise ‘mass’ gatherings in numbers greater than 5 people. After some more fruitful debate, the amendment was passed with immeasurable appraisal. To conclude the session, the delegate of Italy bargained to speak against the resolution as a whole, but was unable to win over the favour of the majority and, in the end the resolution, with rather unnerving repercussions, withstood the scrutiny of the general assembly and was passed. At the beginning of February, we were transported back to the 1950s and Rydell High School as a cast of 38 Abingdon and St Helen and St Katharine students took to the stage of the Amey Theatre for the production of ‘Grease’. They performed to sell out audiences every night and stirred up an incredible atmosphere - the standing ovation to the tune of ‘Greased Lightning’ at Friday’s performance was a particular highlight! Mr McDonnell, said of the production: “It has been a pleasure working with such a talented group of young actors - I cannot fault the commitment they have shown to the whole process and I’d like to thank them for all their hard work.” Everyone’s mad for Grease Showcase Before half-term, the 2nd Lower School Work Exhibition of the year took place. Giving pupils the opportunity to show their peers a recent piece of work of which they are particularly proud. There were some great examples. Well done Lower School!
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