16 Abingdon Prep • April 2025 AbingdonPrep News is the newsletter of Abingdon Preparatory School, Josca’s House, Kingston Road, Oxford OX13 5NX Tel: 01865 391570 www.abingdon.org.uk/prep Editor: Annabel Gaskell Abingdon School is a company limited by guarantee Registered in England and Wales Company No. 3625063. Registered Office: Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, OX14 1DE Registered Charity No. 1071298 CHARITIES Charities Update The APS whole school charity this year is ‘Down’s Syndrome Oxford’ (DSO), which is organised and funded by volunteer parents and supporters to provide information, support and activities for children and adults with Down’s Syndrome and their families living in Oxfordshire. Nasio Trust update We have continued to sponsor four children in Kenya through the Abingdon based charity, The Nasio Trust. Pre-Prep sent sponsor child Lorna an 11th birthday present, and the Senior Section celebrated with their sponsor child, Ahmed, who turned 12 in March, by sending out a handmade card and paying for birthday celebrations for him and his family; both also received food packs. Year 4 have taken part in an exciting book collaboration project, where Abingdon pupils and pupils from Musanda School in Kenya were tasked with writing short stories based on the theme of ‘Heroes.’ The stories from both schools will be combined and published in a book, with money from the sales being donated to the Nasio Trust. Lorna with her gifts Spring term has seen a blossoming of charity fundraising events! The term’s fundraising started with the sale of beautiful handmade Chinese New Year bookmarks, soon followed by the Year 3 & 4 production of Peter Pan. The ever popular Silver Coin Trail (held on World Down Syndrome Day itself!) and the Spring concerts created a huge flurry of donations, along with the APS Easter Eggstravganza with the latest DSO charity total being over £2250! House charity events have so far included a Tuck shop sale by Unicorn, raising money for Marine Conservation and a cake sale by Griffin raising money for their chosen charity, Oceana. Huge thanks go to the generosity of the Abingdon Prep School community for their support in all of these events. With best wishes, The Charities’ Team Griffin Cake Sale Silver Coin Trail March 21, the date chosen for our annual silver coin trail, coinicided with the 14th Down's Syndrome Day. APS celebrated with the children coming to school in odd socks, and the whole school taking part in the coin trail event. Each pupil was asked to bring in a handful of silver coins, which they laid on the charity's logo - a beautifully colourful poster which Sherrey made specially for the occasion - with the older pupils helping the younger ones with the 'aesthetics' of coin positioning! It was a fantastic event, made even more special by having Ellie and her young visitors, who work closely with DSO, in attendance to approve of our efforts. The final total from our Silver Coin Trail was over £ 270!
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