12 Abingdon Prep • January 2026 CHARITIES AND GIVING As part of our support of the Nasio Trust, we have continued to sponsor four children in Kenya. Earlier this term the Senior Section helped Lorna celebrate her 12th birthday with a gift of a family food parcel and a girl’s teen pack. This photograph shows her receiving her gifts. It’s a privilege to be a part of such beneficial work. COLOUR RUN On the day before half term, APS pupils and staff took part in our first ever colour run. As APS’ contribution to Abingdon’s Giving Day programme, parents sponsored pupils to run in aid of our Other Half activities, raising nearly £3,500. Thank you to all who gave so generously. The weather held, and with parents cheering on the runners, Pre-Prep went first, loving becoming rainbows. Years 3-8 followed swiftly and even our Chair of Governors and both Heads joined in. A glorious riot of colour, enjoyed by all! NASIO TRUST CHARITIES ROUND-UP This year we are supporting two whole school charities. My Vision Oxfordshire and Flexicare. We started the fundraising efforts with a ‘wear it green to be seen’ day, which was a blend of their logo colours of yellow and blue. More recently the school hosted an ‘Astro adventure’ community event including a planetarium and many fun activities for children of differing ages to take part in. Money raised from this event went towards Flexicare. Another event will take place in the future for My Vision Oxfordshire. Our wonderful end of year concerts, productions and Tycoon sale have also raised money for both charities and our total is now well over £1500! The fundraising will continue into the new year with events planned such as the annual Silver Coin trail and Sponsored Swim, which was a huge success last year. Representatives from both charities have visited the school, sharing details of their work in whole school assemblies, both of which were extremely interesting and insightful. Further work with the charities in school will continue over the coming months. Finally, House Charities have been chosen and fundraising events for them will take place over the Spring and Summer terms. Plenty of time for children, parents and staff to get their thinking hats on and come up with some exciting fundraising options! Thank you to everyone for their continued support with all things ‘fundraising!’
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