Joining the debate 5 abingdon.org.uk First Year pupils have been having ‘My Mission’ lessons this term with Head of Career Guidance, Mr Triff. The children were challenged to select nine values which meant something to them from a list of 50. They then had to cut those down to the most important five and use them to write a mission statement. One pupil said: “My mission is to have a happy, loving family, and to give back to my parents. I would like to keep changing as a person and be someone that people can trust.” A team of debaters took part in the regional qualifiers of the Oxford Schools’ Debating Competition on 6 February. Fifty teams battled it out and, after two gruelling rounds, Isa and Will reached the top three and selection for the finals in August! On 1 February, the Abingdon Go Club went on its first ever excursion, with nine students from the senior school and one from the Prep entering the London Youth Go Tournament. For most, this was their first experience of playing in a tournament. There were some tough opponents but everyone played well and learned a lot from the competition. Particular congratulations to Clarence (Year 6) who won four of his five games and received a prize; and to Oscar (Fourth Year) who, up against some strong opposition, just missed out on a top three position. Go club Ben Kane, top 10 bestselling author of fiction set in the Roman world and beyond, visited Abingdon on Friday 21 March to give talks to students from the First Year through to the Fifth Year. Ben enthused students with his incredible knowledge of the Roman army, Hannibal's campaign against Rome in the Second Punic War, and his reflections on who would win between a Greek phalanx and a Roman legion (based on analysis of the Battle of Cynoscephalae)! As usual, Ben turned up in his Roman soldier's kit and, with an entire goody bag of replicas, from chain mail to oil lamps, which the students really enjoyed. When in Rome... News Abingdon My Mission
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