News Abingdon Footie and cake for charity Nine teams battled it out in the Lower School charity match but it was 2nd Year team N'golo N'golo who emerged victorious after a penalty shootout in the final against team Avocados on Toast with Butter. £154 was raised for The Meningitis Research Foundation and over £100 was raised for The Brain Tumour Charity by a cake stall run by members of 2C. In March, students visited to Portishead on the Severn Estuary to find out more about key moments in Britain’s geological history. They undertook a detailed inspection of the Carboniferous sediment at Battery Point, mapped the fold structures in Woodhill Bay, explored the Devonian exposures of Kilkenny Bay and inspected the evaporite gypsum veins at Aust Cliff. GCSE Geology visit Portishead Haileybury MUN On the 15 March, 15 students, representing Algeria, Argentina and Belarus participated in 3 days of rigorous debate, showing exemplary deliberation, discussion, and collaborative skills. Abingdon ended the weekend with 4 individual awards (3 highly commended; 1 distinguished); won best overall delegation for Argentina; with 5th Year Nathan winning the memorial award for an outstanding written resolution. 14 April 2024 Road relay The 52nd Annual Road Relay took place on a cold, windy and grey March day. Undeterred by the conditions, 174 teams of students came together to compete in what has become a firm favourite in the school calendar.
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