There has been quite a transformation at the car park entrance to St Helen and St Katharine School from 2011 to 2016.
First there was the building of new science centre, and this year a new sports centre has grown up.
Abingdon School, further along the Faringdon Road in Abingdon, has seen a similar transformation with the addition of a sports centre, and a new science centre.
At the Community Free Space over the next three days there will be an Art & Technology Show put on by pupils from Fitzharrys School.
Fitzharrys School recently had an Ofsted inspection that found the school to be Good in all areas. Many congratulations to them on all their hard work.
Unicorn School pupil Millie-May is jogging the equivalent of a marathon to raise funds for The Unicorn School. Millie-Maye will be running a total of 26.2 miles in stages throughout the month of June 2016, and for Millie-Maye jogging is tricky so this challenge.
The Unicorn School celebrates its 25 year anniversary this year. In that time they have supported more than 500 pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia. As they enter their second quarter-century the next exciting development is the introduction of a GCSE programme, commencing this September.
To support Millie-Maye’s fundraising campaign donate via her Just Giving Page: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Ann-Haggar5
Many thanks to Graham for a follow up to his article, “The Pit”, that generated so much interest. This time he sends something quite different – extracts from an Abingdon Rag Mag called Murk.
The first edition is from 1962 where the writers predict what The Rag Procession in 1968 will look like.
The third edition of Murk is from 1964.
The fourth edition is from 1965. Graham says a lot of the jokes would create offence in this politically correct era. Here are a few carefully selected …
Also of interest are the adverts …
I assume the Rag Mags are from the newly formed Abingdon College, but Culham College was still going strong in the 1960s so I could be wrong.