News & Info > Weekend Activities - an unrivalled offer at Milton Abbey Weekend Activities - an unrivalled offer at Milton Abbey Milton Abbey has always been an interesting and fun place at weekends but this year under the direction of Mr Wilson, the weekend activities programme reached dizzy new heights. Max Thompson, a pupil in the Lower Sixth, says "weekends at school are far from dull, mainly because everyone is always around, even the day pupils come on trips over the weekend and get involved. Regardless of whether you are doing one of the extensive activities on offer or just relaxing at the end of a busy week it is a happy, energetic and enjoyable environment to be in with your friends" When so many boarding schools can be almost empty at weekends, we thought the level of take up from pupils, and the sheer range of activities on offer, warranted some recognition. We've been totting up the number of pupils who have been involved in different activities this academic year and the results surprised even us. So here goes, the numbers relate to the number of pupils who took part in each activity: 1208 Internal Social/ Fancy Dress Parties / DJ nights 656 House BBQs 520 Inter School Socials 514 Meal Trips 326 Cinema Trips 318 Town visits - Bath, Bournemouth etc. 250 Inter-House Music nights 245 Open Mic night 245 Inter-House Sport 200 Quiz Night 120 Paintball 118 Bowling 96 Pizza making 89 Water Park 81 Laser Tag 75 Trampoline Park 67 Surfing 55 6 Nations @ Twickenham 54 Climbing 53 Fireworks 50 Kayaking 40 Point to Point 28 Skate Park 25 Summer games 22 Dry ski slopes 12 Sea Fishing 10 Touring car 10 Kite Surfing We'd like to know if any other boarding school, especially one of our size, can offer such an extensive range of activities and such high take up - we think this is one area where we have an unrivalled offer.