8 September 2023 Budding Lower School journalists had a very busy month in May as they found themselves hard at work writing their articles for the latest edition of The Blazer. Topics currently under consideration include Formula 1, role-playing games, best milkshake flavours, and whether anything rhymes with orange! We can’t wait to see what made the final cut! Ready for Fleet Street? Outdoor pursuits The Lower School Assistants took full advantage of the May sunshine to organise a whole host of outdoor activities for Lower School pupils during their lunch break. Great opportunities The breadth of extra-curricular activities undertaken by Lower School pupils was celebrated in May during the Other Half Exhibition. Each pupil prepared a short talk about an activity that they have been enjoying and presented it to the rest of their tutor group - hopefully, as a result, many of the pupils will be encouraged to try out something new next term! Good for them and good for the environment Our gardening club students have been focusing this term on producing nutritious, seasonable produce. Most recently, they have planted French beans, leeks, Brussel sprouts and broccoli; and have harvested radishes, rhubarb and lettuce. Delicious! Holocaust survivor, Henry Schachter, visited Abingdon in June to give a talk to 4th Year history students. He brought the atrocities of the Holocaust to light by providing a general overview of the persecution of the Jews but he also shared his own personal and very tragic story - from being smuggled across the German border and having to go into hiding; to having to change his identity and be put into foster care; to losing his own parents who died in the labour camps and being reunited after the war with his uncle. The students were left with a far deeper understanding of the barbarism of the Nazi regime. Holocaust survivor talk Abingdon News
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