6 April 2026 News Abingdon Top tanks In January, a group of boarders went on a trip to the Tank Museum at Bovington Camp in Dorset. They had a fantastic day looking at the world’s largest collection of over 300 armoured fighting vehicles, telling the story of tanks from WWI to the modern day. Abingdon's quiz team beat an excellent Bishop Stortford team 360-180 in the first round of the schools challenge plate in January. The team displayed excellent knowledge of Harry Potter and snooker, scoring 100% in these bonus sets. They also managed to answer a number of the bonus questions passed over by the opposition. All the team are looking forward to their next match in this prestigious competition. Schools challenge plate In February, our boarding community headed up to Birmingham to visit the National Sea Life Centre. They marvelled at the sharks, giant rays and Mo (the giant green sea turtle) in the centre’s 360degree ocean tunnel; watched Ozzy and Ola, the UK’s first Alaskan sea otters; and enjoyed the penguin ice adventure. They then fitted some shopping in at the famous Bullring before heading back. Lower Schools speaks up Lower School pupils have been flexing their rhetorical muscles over the last half of term in the annual public speaking competition. After some very fiercely fought inter-year group rounds, the grand final on the last day of term saw first year champions 1G take on second year winners 2C. The topics under discussion both had a technological theme with 1G discussing AI and 2C talking about social media. Mrs Keevil had a tough job as judge but named 1G the winners. Waters run deep
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