24 Abingdon Prep • September 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 At the end of the summer half term, we held a sponsored swim at Abingdon’s pool in aid of our whole-school charity, Down’s Syndrom Oxford (DSO). We were delighted with the turnout and the general buzz the event created amongst children, parents and staff alike. SPONSORED SWIM On a scorching hot day in Frilford, where temperatures reached 33C on the hottest day of the year, Dragon House staged their “Splat the Teacher” charity event in aid of the Woodland Trust. The event was great fun and well supported by all the pupils. Many staff volunteered to be splatted and were all duly pelted. Pre-Prep really enjoyed The icing on the cake had to be our guest swimmer, Hannah, who joined us from DSO, with her mum Sally. Hannah has represented Great Britain at various national Down Syndrome Swimming events, winning an array of medals from Bronze to Gold! She was inspired by our event to join in and couldn’t believe how many children were in the pool raising money for such a good cause. A total of 1660 lengths were swum, with five swimmers achieving 100 or more. All children that took part received a certificate, awarded to them in a special assembly, a few weeks later attended by Hannah’s mum Sally. themselves, targetting Liam in particular! Having been on the receiving end of a few sponges, it was a perfect occasion as it allowed everyone involved to cool down! At 3 sponges for a pound, over £180 was raised for the Woodland Trust during the morning break. This was a fantastic effort, and thanks to the ‘splatees’ and Dragon House for staging the event. SPLAT THE TEACHER! Phoenix House ran a brilliant ice cream sale on the then hottest day of the year at the end of the school day, allowing all those picking up children the opportunity to buy an ice cream in support of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust Charity. It was a perfect end to a summer’s day, and thank you so much to all of the parents who supported the event by buying ice creams for the children. Thank you also to all the pupils who managed to eat them all before getting on the bus! PHOENIX ICE CREAM SALE This event alone raised a whopping £4,527.81 and in total, over the course of the year we have raised a staggering £7,309.05 for this wonderful charity. Thank you to everyone that has contributed and supported either this event or one of the others over the course of the year, your generosity will make a huge difference.
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