Fitzharrys School

On Saturday 23rd May, members of the Abingdon community came together in a bike donation drive, to equip our new bike lending library. We were overwhelmed by people's generosity, and finished the day with nearly 30 bikes, in great condition and different sizes, checked over and serviced, ready to lend. This is a new initiative for us, designed to promote and support active and sustainable travel choices and support a reduction in school traffic in particular. We are extremely grateful to Abingdon Fire Station, Oxfordshire County Council, and Colin from Slime Cycleworks, for helping us to get started. Watch this space for details about the lending process!

Today, some of our year 12 students spent time with Balfour Beatty, having a tour of the site and hearing about the range of different opportunities in the construction industry.

Over half term we had the first races of the year for the Fitzharrys F24 team of year 9-13 students in collaboration with Abingdon school. There was epic problem solving fixing flat tyres, replacing motors, batteries, and pit stops. It was hot and the students were fantastic!

It was wonderful to have Dr. Bike in school this morning fixing bikes for students and staff with the help of our sustainability reps. Despite the rainy conditions, over 40 bikes were serviced.

This Saturday, we are supporting a bike donation event at Abingdon Fire Station. This is part of our preparations for a forthcoming community bike library. We look forward to receiving donations on Saturday. Details are on the flyer.

Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh bronze students did superbly on their practice expedition this weekend. Despite rainy conditions, they navigated well and then honed their camping and cooking skills on the school site. Next up is the expedition in July!

Throughout May, The Wellbeing Hub are focusing on new resources about social development and social skills. This week they have a new podcast all about social-emotional developme​​nt in the early years, you can access this and a wide range of other resources to support young people through adolescence here: https://club.teentips.co.uk/

We provide unlimited free membership to The Wellbeing Hub for all parents of pupils at Fitzharrys (usual price £7.99/month), so if you have not yet signed up to access this and wide range of free resources to support your children through adolescence please fill in this quick form and we’ll get you connected: https://forms.office.com/e/hR3PNuGk3j

Fitzharrys hosted the first training session for the new cohort of OX14 Peer Support Leads. They will be a brilliant team across the partnership schools, supporting and mentoring younger students.