Abingdon Senior School

On a hot and sunny evening, a group of Lower School students enjoyed some delicious pizzas before watching Une Vie de Chat, a French award winning animation, in the welcomely air conditioned theatre. They all rated the film very highly and enjoyed the combination of humour and poignancy.

Lower School pupils had the amazing opportunity of attending hour-long workshops with former BMX halfpipe World Champion Mike Mullen last week. Over the course of the session, they gradually built up the difficulty and complexity of the tricks they attempted under Mike’s expert guidance, with everyone demonstrating an excellent growth mindset approach to the challenge.

Lower Sixth Geography students recently completed the annual fieldwork trip, gathering the primary data needed for their independent A Level investigations. Human Geography students carried out research in Birmingham and Wrexham, while Physical Geography students explored a range of environments including the scree slopes at Llangollen, the coastline at Criccieth, and the san...

First Year pupils have spent an afternoon learning about the early history of the school. After a fascinating introductory talk from Mrs Wearne, the school archivist, they walked in to Abingdon town to visit Abingdon Museum, St Helen’s Church, St Nicolas’ Church and the Roysse Room, the site of the school after its re-endowment in 1563.

It has been an action-packed and highly successful week for the U15A Cricket side, culminating in county cup glory.

First up was the semi-final away at St Edward’s. Due to the weather, the match was reduced to a thrilling 5-over shootout. Will spearheaded the bowling attack, completely shifting momentum by taking an incredible 3 wickets for just 3 runs in his single ov...