16 September 2023 Abingdon School in Partnership Pond dipping In May, children from Marcham, St Swithun’s and Caldecott Primary Schools enjoyed sweeping the pond and its well established plants with nets and then placing their finds carefully into sample trays. Having found a good assortment of snails, leeches, water boatmen, caddis, damselfly larvae and even a small frog (!), they selected a few specimens to inspect more closely under microscopes in the lab. Whilst their pupils were ‘pond dipping’, their teachers were undergoing a training session, organised by Abingdon Science Partnerships and led by Laura Deacon of the Oxfordshire Science Learning Partnership. Let’s communicate Our let’s communicate event in May saw 60 primary school children participate in workshops in sign language, secret languages, Mandarin, German and body language. Abingdon students helped lead several sessions and were delighted by the enthusiasm and confidence shown by the children as they tried out the new phrases and skills that they had learned. Oxbridge Club On 9 May, 6 students from the 5th Year and Upper 6th participated in the Oxbridge Club, held at St Helen and St Katharine. This provides young people across the partnership with the opportunity to speak to older students about the Oxbridge application process and to ask questions about their experience. ‘The Good Life’ In May, the primary school partnerships team put together colourful boxes filled with easy to grow seeds. These were then delivered to our partnership schools, along with a comprehensive set of instructions, so that younger pupils can enjoy growing their own herbs and vegetables.
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