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  • Year 5 & 6 Football Team are West Berkshire Champions!

    Posted: 16/05/13

    Our year 5&6 football team are the 6-a-side champions of West Berkshire!

    In the tournament held at Thatcham Town FC, they came through the group stage with only one loss to John Rankin who they later defeated in the final. Captain Izzy collected the trophy from England Ladies goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain and Millie was interviewed by former Reading captain Adi Williams for BBC Radio Berkshire.  

     

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  • Junior Football Coaching

    Posted: 13/05/13

    Year 3 were visited by the coach from Thatcham Town Ladies & Girls FC for a recent PE lesson.  They were taught some new skills and played some interesting small sided games. Some of the Year 3 girls will be representing the school in the forthcoming six-a-side tournament at Thatcham to try and retain the trophy we won last year.

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  • Marketing and Events Managers in the Making

    Posted: 13/05/13

    Years 9 to 13 had an exciting opportunity recently when Sarah Gregson of the Young Corn Exchange, a free arts events collective for 12 to 25 year olds, ran a fascinating marketing workshop. We heard how events are promoted at The Corn Exchange in Newbury and then had the chance to create our own marketing plan for an imaginary St Gabriel's event at the venue.  

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  • District Cross Country Championships

    Posted: 10/05/13

    Our cross country teams returned with medals from the district Cross country competition at Newbury Showground. The Year Three and Four team were placed third with Joanna Evans finishing in 7th place in her first run for the school. Meanwhile the Year Five and Six team also came third.

    Each race consisted of over 200 runners so we are very proud of the achievements of all the girls.

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  • Years 3 & 4 Sing Opera

    Posted: 07/05/13

    "On Thursday 18 April, the company Opera Brava came in to share some of their opera with us.  There was a man called Daniel who sang tenor, a lady called Evona who sang mezzo, another lady called Mandy who sang soprano and another man called called George who sang bass.

    Daniel told us how to stand and breathe while opera singing. After that we had a go at singing a song about Italian pizza, everyone got involved and had different parts. It was really fun.

    After the pizza song, they took us through the years of opera and how it evolved into lots of different styles of opera. They started in the 1700s and worked their way through the years.

    One of the performances they did was set in Austria. They sang ‘Do Re Mi’ which you probably know, but they got us singing it too!

     

    Another act they did was rock and roll from New York. It was good fun! Then when that was finished that was the end of the whole session. We got to ask questions and then they asked us which of their costumes our favourite was. They had really wacky costumes as well as pretty ones! I had a really fun day and I really enjoyed it."

    Milly D - Year 4

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  • Double Congratulations to 'Evolve'

    Posted: 26/03/13

    This year's Young Enterprise company, Evolve, won 2 awards at the Area Cup Presentation Evening - Best Business Plan and overall Runner Up. The students gave a confident and entertaining presentation on the night and were among a very strong field of competitors from a wide range of local schools. Running Evolve gave the Year 12 students a taste of the business world and taught them the importance of teamwork and effective communication, lessons that will pay dividends in years to come.

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  • Year 5 Take a Trip Back in Time at Ufton Court

    Posted: 21/03/13

    Year 5 had the time of their lives when they had a day at Ufton Court on 5th March. We experienced the life of a Tudor. We had to dress up as Tudors too: rich, poor, girl, boy, lord or lady. Also we had to have a Tudor lunch, so no chocolate or crisps!

    First we took part in a raid. We were split into two groups. One group were Catholics and lived at Ufton. The others were Protestants and were searching for a priest.

    After the raid, we explored the grounds. Later we made posy bags with herbs from the herb garden, did brass rubbings and made wattle with willow. We also did some Tudor dancing, historical photo mapping, and had a tour of the house.

    It was a great day; everyone enjoyed it and we were learning all the time without even noticing it!

    Fenella J & Amber W

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  • Year 8 Netball Team Victorious at Prior Park Tournament

    Posted: 20/03/13

    Congratulations to our Year 8 netball team who secured a tournament victory at Prior Park beating Cheam 5-2 in the final.  The whole squad, captained by Sophie N played exceptionally well throughout winning the tournament undefeated after beating Cheam, Dauntsey's. Prior Park and Cheltenham Ladies College on their way to the final where they faced Cheam for a second time.

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  • Victory in the Newbury Netball tournament for the third year in succession

    Posted: 14/03/13

    For the third year running the netball team were victorious at the Newbury netball tournament. Competition in the final stages was fierce with both Thorngrove and John Rankin pushing us to defend fiercely. Izzy A and Lucy T fortunately found their shooting eye in the final stages and missed very few of their shots under pressure. The girls deserve praise for their total commitment to their netball training this season; your success is well deserved.

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  • Year 2 Build Their Own Igloo

    Posted: 14/03/13

    Following the excitement of the real snow, early this term, Year Two embarked on a very exciting project to build an igloo as part of their Design and Technology work. The igloo is made of approximately 500 milk cartons, joined together with lots of hot glue. The girls worked as a team to collect, rinse, count and glue the milk cartons, promoting a range of mathematical and technological skills and a huge amount of team work.  Year Two are incredibly proud of their finished igloo and all pupils in Sandleford, Year One and Year Two are enjoying playing in the new, albeit temporary, structure in the playground.

     

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  • Football Team Victorious in Seven Goal Thriller!

    Posted: 04/03/13

    Our Junior Football team claimed a 4-3 win against John Rankin on Thursday. An well-taken early goal from Madi L J settled the rest of the girls into an excellent first half performance with a hat-trick from Millie Q. Resolute defending allowed the team of players from Years 4,5 & 6 to hold on for a well-earned victory. Player of the match was Saba K.

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  • RNLI SOS Fundraising Day

    Posted: 04/03/13

    Once again, the St Gabriel's Junior Department supported the national RNLI 'SOS' fundraising day on the 25 January 2013.

    The pupils and staff in colourful nautical outfits and 'Stripes and Spots' had an exciting fun sea-themed day. Through pupil's donations, a teddy bear raffle and a cake stall we managed to raise the fantastic sum of £277.

    As the RNLI is a charity which relies totally on the support of the public, our cheque was very much appreciated by the Penlee lifeboat station in Mousehole, Cornwall.

    The Penlee coxswain, Patrick Harvey 'Patch' is always incredulous that a school in a landlocked county takes time to help the RNLI. This year our fund raising efforts went towards buying helmets for the crew that go out on the inshore lifeboat, a worthy cause.

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  • 5 Star Food

    Posted: 28/02/13

    There is only one thing more difficult than achieving the top marks for Food Hygiene and Safety and that is keeping that grading, but that is exactly what the catering team at St. Gabriel's has just achieved.  Two years ago they were amongst the very select few who were granted 5 Stars by West Berkshire's Environmental Health team, and shortly before half term their inspectors returned, unannounced for a surprise inspection.  We are extremely pleased to announce that Alison and her Chartwell team passed with flying colours and retained their top award.

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  • Good Luck 'Team Jackie'! - Bath Half Marathon Sunday 3 March

    Posted: 27/02/13

    Good luck to all the runners in 'Team Jackie' taking part in the Bath Half Marathon or family fun run on Sunday, in aid of the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.

    Over 200 runners will compete in the half marathon in memory of Jackie who sadly lost her battle against pancreatic cancer last year.  Another 100 runners are taking part in the family fun run with a further 100 supporters joining them for the day. 

    If you would like to sponsor Team Jackie please visit http://www.justgiving.com/David-Orme1

    GO 'TEAM JACKIE'!

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  • Sixth Form Visit to Food Biosciences at Reading University

    Posted: 26/02/13

    A visit to the Department of Food Biosciences at Reading University provided the perfect opportunity to combine relevant knowledge and skills acquired over the previous term with an insight into student life.  Joined by former St Gabriel's pupil, Katherine Stephens (who is now carrying out a PhD at the University) the day began in the campus museum, and was followed by a tour of the microbiological research labs. 

    Following this, we spent time in a teaching lab where we had the chance to carry out some research and observations of our own.

    Many thanks to the Department of Food  Bioscience at Reading University, Katherine and the accompanying teachers, without whom the day would not have been possible.

    Zoe F - Year 12

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  • Success at first Modern Pentathlon!

    Posted: 14/02/13

    My trip to Millfield was great. I had the best experience learning how to do the modern pentathlon. It was awesome meeting Samantha Murray and I had my photo taken with her and her silver medal. Whilst I was there, a synchronised swimming camp was also taking place and two of the GB Team were hosting that camp, so I got to meet three people who were in the 2012 Olympics.

    The opportunity was great and I loved every minute of it. I had never done shooting or fencing before but found that I was a natural!! At the end of the camp they gave out trophies and even though I had never fenced or shot before I got a trophy for coming third over all in my age group. I felt very proud to be there and proud of my achievements.

    I would like to say thank you to Mrs P for giving me such a fantastic opportunity .

    Madi L J

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  • U11 Netball Tournament Winners!

    Posted: 14/02/13

    The U11 netball team were victorious at a tournament at Prince's Mead School in Winchester on Saturday. Izzy R took her captaincy role very seriously and soon had the girls running passing drills at a pace that started to intimidate the opposition.

    In the final we once again came up against St Swithun's for the second time. Mrs P said that they would be feeling extremely confident having already beaten us, but that we were very capable of turning them over. After the first half we were trailing by one goal, but after a small change to our formation we finally managed to get the one goal lead we needed to win the tournament. Well done and well played all of you. 

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  • Holocaust Survivor Gives Emotional Talk

    Posted: 14/02/13

    On Monday 4 February we were privileged to have a child holocaust survivor, Joan Salter speak to senior girls and parents about her experience. Her journey left many of the students feeling humbled; as Ellie O said “I think it made us realise how much we take for granted, not everyone was as lucky as we are today.”

    The talk gave an emotional insight into the life of children affected by the Holocaust, not only those who were in concentration camps. Mrs Salter told us how she narrowly avoided deportation to the death camps on a number of occasions and escaped from Nazi-controlled Paris in a laundry basket at the age of 3.

    Anne P - Year 12

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  • Hampton Court Visit

    Posted: 13/02/13

    On Tuesday 5 of February, a group of Sixth Form History students visited Hampton Court Palace in London. For the first half of the day we were taken on a guided tour of the Tudor exhibitions by an expert, who gave us a helpful insight into how life would have been for a Tudor King. We saw the Great Hall built by Wolsey and improved by Henry VIII, as well as the vast kitchens and the ‘Young Henry’ exhibition covering Henry VIII’s early life and reign.

    History came to life when we spotted a Henry VIII impersonator - a picture with him was the highlight for many of us, and I think we all forgot he wasn't actually real after addressing him 'My Lord' and feeling the need to bow before him. His heated fight with Anne Boleyn was also a high point!

    Ellie O - Year 12

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  • Oxford Music Festival

    Posted: 13/02/13

    On Saturday 2nd February, Junior Chamber Choir travelled to Headington School to compete in the Oxford Music Festival. The girls were both nervous and excited at the prospect of singing in front of such a large audience but they absolutely rose to the occasion and performed beautifully.

    It was a very close competition and we came away with second place, only one mark behind the winners. We also achieved a certificate of distinction, an excellent and well-deserved accolade for our very talented group of singers.

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  • U11's Win Thorngrove Cross Country Relays

    Posted: 13/02/13

    Commitment to training sessions paid off for our junior cross country teams when they competed in the Thorngrove relays recently.  The U9 team ran really well and the teams finally finished in 4th and 6th place.

    The U11 team decided that victory could be within their grasp and with some last minute repositioning of their race order, they decided to attack from the front.  Their tactics paid off with Miriam B crossing the line in 1st place well ahead of the next team.

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  • Cross Country Championships

    Posted: 12/02/13

    On Wednesday 30th January St. Gabriel's girls entered the Area Cross Country Championships which were held at the Newbury Rugby Club this year. The Area Competition saw our girls competing against schools in the Newbury area.

    Both the weather and the course were very demanding but all our runners competed extremely well in the conditions.

     The U13 team finished in 2nd place and the U15 team finished in 4th place overall.

    Following this event some girls were able to attend the Inter-Schools Cross Country Championships which was rescheduled due to the snow and finally held at Wellington College on the 2nd February.

    In this event the girls were competing against runners from schools across Berkshire and the competition was even stronger

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  • The skiing was INCREDIBLE!

    Posted: 04/02/13

    'The skiing was INCREDIBLE!  I was in skiing the beginner group 1, as I had barely skied before except for two dry slope lessons. I soon learnt the differences between dry slope and snow; snow is much faster, you slip more and it’s harder to stop! One thing I now know is that I love to ski down mountains at my own pace (which is rather fast….) and I love skiing with my friends'. (Anjelika R - Year 7)

    'We were truly lucky with the beautiful sunshine every day and fresh snowfall. After our skiing and snowboarding lessons every day there was no stopping, as each evening was filled with an activity! These included a pool party, karaoke, tubing and pizza night; as well as a shopping trip to the picturesque town of Courmayeur. I really enjoyed learning to ski in such a friendly and fun atmosphere where I felt safe yet challenged as I was encouraged to go out of my comfort zone'.  (Katie F - Year 10)

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  • Year 6 Maths Challenge

    Posted: 31/01/13

    On Tuesday 29th January Annabel , Ellie , Avani  and Inisa  took part in the Year 6 Maths Challenge which was hosted by Eagle House at Wellington College. The Challenge comprised of three sections, a mental arithmetic test, Counting Down and The Big Event. Counting Down was very much like the numbers section on Countdown where the girls were required to reach the target number using the four operations and the numbers they were given. The Big Event tested their mathematical knowledge in various different ways. Forty-seven schools took part, with each school sending two pairs. Each pair competed in a different section. The girls did particularly well with Annabel and Avani coming 3rd out of the 47 schools

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  • Snow Day Fun!

    Posted: 25/01/13

    Sandleford and Junior School children have had a super time this week enjoying the creativity and team-building opportunities presented by the snow.

    We have seen snow-men, snow-dogs and some very contemporary Modern Art pieces sculpted with painstaking detail in the playground!

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  • Young Enterprise

    Posted: 18/12/12

    Enterprise Week was a busy time at St Gabriel’s earlier this term.  As well as a wide range of cross curricular enterprise related topics being discussed during senior lessons, the students enjoyed a talk by Susie Freeman from Susie Freeman Travel, who shared her experiences of starting and running her own travel company specialising in holidays to Mauritius. Year 12 business students also enjoyed a talk from David Buckmaster of Natwest on the importance of effective cash management and how to put together a good business plan.

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  • Year 1 Visit Milestones Museum

    Posted: 18/12/12

    Year 1 had an exciting ‘hands on’ day at Milestones Museum learning about toys from the past and comparing them to toys from the present. They played various history activities in the morning such as ‘toy timeline’ and ‘toy box’, handling toys that were over 100 years old. In the afternoon session there was chance to explore the museum and play an ‘I spy’ quiz and dress up as people from the olden days.

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  • Latin Outreach Programme

    Posted: 13/12/12

    Recently Year 13 Latin students have visited Chieveley Primary School as part of a Latin outreach scheme. We have been teaching a group of Year 6 students, from local primary schools, the basics of Latin. This has been beneficial for both the sixth formers and the primary children, we have been able to develop our teaching techniques and by teaching others confirmed our complete understanding of Latin basics.

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  • Happiness Ancient And Modern

    Posted: 22/11/12

    This summer, Thatcham girl, Karina Field, who is studying A level Latin, English and Classical Civilisation at St Gabriel's entered the University of Liverpool’s Postgate and Walbank Competition.  The specific remit of this competition is to explore a contemporary question based on knowledge of the ancient world. 

    Karina’s essay, which combined Aristotleian ideas of human contentment with modern ideas such as the happiness index, received the following report from the judges, ‘We were enormously impressed (invigorated in fact) by the freshness and engagement of the work produced.  Karina's essay stood out in this field.  Putting together the ONS happiness index with ancient ideas of happiness was a really original idea, and one which she carried through with panache.  It was an enormously thought-provoking piece, both about the ancient and our contemporary world.'  As a result, the Postgate Prize for 2012 (£300) has been awarded to Karina Field. 

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  • Great Win for St Gabriel's Equestrian Team

    Posted: 13/09/12

    Outstanding individual performances resulted in an overall win for St Gabriel's at St Andrew's Show on 8th September and a super trophy to bring back to school!

    Izzy Ryder took 1st place in Class 1.  In Class 2 the team of Tatiane Mauree, Holly Hathaway, Izzy Ryder and Anjelika Ryder came 2nd with another win for Izzy and 5th for Holly individually.

    In Class 3 Grace McFarlane, Charlie Brind, Sophie Veal and Anjelika Ryder gained a team 2nd.

    In Class 4 Amie Payne, Charlie Brind, Sophie Veal and Jenny Bracey won the class.

     

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  • GCSE Results

    Posted: 23/08/12

    With over half of their total GCSE results at A*/A, our students continue to buck the national stereo-typical trends for girls.

    Principal, Alun Jones said he was delighted with the girls’ results where they enjoyed 81% of their grades at A*/B.  “With well over 50% of the girls’ grades in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics at A* and A, I am delighted that St Gabriel’s continues to completely overturn such gender stereotypes that limit girls’ interests and performance in Mathematics and Science in a society with a fascination with all things shallow”.

    All really does bode well for the girls’ future studies, for example:

    Ellie Oretti, achieved 10 A* and two A grades and will study French, Spanish, History and English in the Sixth Form. Louisa Lai gained 9 A* and 3 A grades and will study Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics and Further Mathematics at A level at St Gabriel’s.  Abigail Wooden achieved 8 A* and 4 A grades and has chosen to study French, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology next year hoping to fulfill her long time dream to study medicine in the future.

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  • A Level Results

    Posted: 16/08/12

    With 100% pass rate and 40% of the girls’ results at A* & A, St Gabriel’s students move on to the finest universities in the country.

    Lucy Meredith from Newbury, who achieved two A* and two A grades together with a Distinction in the AQA Baccalaureate, will study Law at Merton College Oxford.  Imogen Rolfe, from Beenham, also achieved two A* and two A grades and will read Theology at Durham.  Holly Laybourne from Bucklebury Village and Jess Scully from Hampstead Norreys both achieved an A* and two A grades and will study Theology at St Andrew’s and Psychology at Sussex, respectively.  Straight A students, Bianca Rodriguez and Naomi Wells, have chosen to study Psychology at Bristol and History and Archeology at Edinburgh whilst Emily Anderson from Bucklebury Alley, who achieved 3 A grades and a B, will study Mathematics.

    Principal, Alun Jones, said “of course I am delighted with such terrific results but I am also so pleased for the entire year group.  With 88% of the girls’ results at A* - C many have achieved results beyond their wildest dreams.  The ‘added value’ this year is outstanding and reflects the exceptional working partnership the girls enjoy with their teachers”.  He added, “the girls are guided to study a mix of highly academic subjects that enable access to the top universities.  They can all move on with confidence”

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  • Alumni Reunion

    Posted: 17/07/12

    On the 5th July the sun came out for one day only as we welcomed back ‘old girls’ from the last 64 years for a barbecue and evening concert performed by former pupils.  The barbecue was served in the late afternoon sunshine on the lawn and was for many the first time they have been able to eat outside this year!  This was followed by a showcase of superb talent in the Oval Room thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who attended. 

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  • GSCE Business Studies visit Vodafone

    Posted: 10/07/12

    Business Studies students in Year 10 enjoyed a visit to the Vodafone operations centre in Newbury recently. We heard about how Vodafone manages critical events on its network and how the company has prepared for the Olympics. The key purpose of the trip was to bring the business theory that we learn in the classroom to life; we heard about the importance of keeping customers happy and how this can impact on repeat purchase and overall brand image.

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  • Chad Victorious at Senior Swimming Gala

    Posted: 10/07/12

    Blessed with one of the only sunny days so far this summer Chad took the honours in the Senior Swimming Gala winning both Junior and Senior relays as well as the overall competition.  Results: 1st Chad, 2nd Alban, 3rd Bede, 4th Aidan.

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  • First Overnight School Trip for Year 4

    Posted: 10/07/12

    Year 4 boarded their coach bound for Lulworth on their first overnight school trip. We were all very excited about seeing Durdle Door and having fun on the beach. From the cliffs we sketched the caves, arches and stacks, and then went down for a paddle and some exploring. We then trekked over the hills to Lulworth Cove for an ice-cream and back to the hostel! We loved being taught outside instead of in the classroom and seeing all those coastal features for real was fascinating.

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  • Sponsored Barnados Toddle

    Posted: 10/07/12

    Nursery and Reception children took part in this year's ' Barnados Toddle' wearing superhero accessories.  They completed many laps of a route around the school grounds and were greeted by Mr Jones as they finished who rewarded their effort with badges and stickers.  A big thank you to all parents for our support and sponsorship, we raised over two hundred pounds!

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  • Senior Sports Day - Crookham Common Athletics Track

    Posted: 09/07/12

    The all-weather athletics track at Crookham Common was the new venue for Senior Sports Day and the top-class facility provided some outstanding individual performance this year.

    Despite the rain fantastic team spirit was shown throughout the day with Bede announced as the cup winners.

     

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  • Fun, Fantastic France!

    Posted: 09/07/12

    'That week, that extraordinary week was the most interesting week of my ten year old life!' 'After going to the market, I'm a lot better at speaking French to strangers.  It was exciting to find out what a French market is like and I definitely want to go again.' 'I loved my trip to the goat farm and France altogether.  It was a great way to learn more French and get to know some people in my year that I didn't know so well before.'

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  • Swimming Gala Victory

    Posted: 01/06/12

    Following on from our success last year at Cheam, St. Gabriel’s won this year's swimming gala by 98 points to 82.

    Girls from Years 5,6 and 7 competed in 1 length, 2 length and relay races in the event hosted by St Gabriel's and the competition was very strong. 

    Congratulations to all the girls who took part.

     

     

     

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  • Year 1&2 Upstairs / Downstairs Day

    Posted: 30/05/12

    No doubt you will be celebrating our Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee in some way. 

    Well, Year 1 and 2 were spun back in time on Wednesday 16 May to prepare for another queen’s diamond jubilee  - Queen Victoria’s in 1896.

    What a surprise we got when we walked into the Theatre!  It had been transformed in to the Big House with four Upstairs rooms (Dining room, Study, library and Children’s Nursery) and four Downstairs  rooms (scullery, kitchen, butler’s pantry and housekeeper’s room).

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  • Bucklebury Farm Park Visit

    Posted: 28/05/12

    Nursery and Reception children enjoyed a beautifully warm and sunny day on the 23rd May for their summer trip to  Bucklebury Farm Park.  They enjoyed a bumpy tractor ride to look at the deer.  The children were able to feed the deer, including Big Ron with his fine velvety antlers and we were lucky enough to spot three new baby deer.

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  • Psychology Conference - London

    Posted: 25/05/12

    World renowned psychologist Professor Philip Zimbardo gave an inspirational talk to A level students at this year's revision conference at Emmanuel Centre, London.  He spoke at length about this Stanford Prison Experiment on human obedience and discussed his new book 'The Time Paradox' which examines how we experience and think about time. 'A once in a lifetime experience!' Charity Rankin A level student

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  • Junior Football Tournament Victory

    Posted: 22/05/12

    St Gabriel’s Junior footballers enjoyed success at the recent West Berkshire Schools 6-a-side tournament held at Thatcham Town FC. Many of our girls have been attending the Arsenal Soccer School held here on Saturday mornings and their skill levels were clear to see in all their matches.

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  • Sailing on the High Seas

    Posted: 08/05/12

    On 27th - 29th April, 12 brave St Gabriel's girls took on the high seas and spent their weekend sailing on The John Laing, a 70 foot Ketch based in Southampton. Onboard not only did we take turns keeping lookout, hoisting the sails and steering the boat but we also had to prepare meals for all 18 crew members - no mean feat!

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  • Creative Writers Inspired by Award-Winning Novelist

    Posted: 01/05/12

    Our creative writers enjoyed a fantastic week with the Arvon Foundation at Totleigh Barton, Devon. Tutors for the week were Catherine Smith, who writes both prose and poetry and has adapted material for the BBC, and Tim Liardet, who is a lecturer at Bath Spa University and has published several poetry collections. We were also joined by award-winning novelist Tim Bowler for an inspiring evening of readings; he also gave us excellent hints and tips for our own writing.

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  • Young Enterprise Company win Best Trade Stand Award

    Posted: 26/04/12

    Forget Me Not this year's Young Enterprise company recently won the award to Best Trade Stand in the regional competition.  Students have taken on a variety of business roles and learned many useful business lesson including the importance of meeting deadlines, effective communication and team working.

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  • Year 9 Study Skills Conference

    Posted: 18/04/12

    Year 9 students working towards their Higher Project Qualification (HPQ), attended a “Study Skills Conference” on Saturday 24 March at St. Gabriel’s.  Students were treated to talks by two guest speakers, who delivered sessions on effective presentation and research skills. The students picked up many top tips from these two experts and will now go on to use their new-found knowledge, to conduct their own research.

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  • Double Success for Junior Cross Country Teams

    Posted: 28/03/12

    Congratulations to our Junior Cross Country teams who have finished the season by securing both the Years 3&4 and Year 5&6 titles at the West Berkshire & North Hants Primary Schools Cross Country Championships.  Well done to both teams!

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  • Pre-Prep Easter Egg Competition

    Posted: 28/03/12

    We had some fantastic entries from Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and 2 for our Pre-Prep Easter Egg Competition.

    Each class had the chance to look at the wonderfully decorated eggs on display in our library.

    Our judge took considerable time selecting prizewinning examples. It turned out to be difficult decision owing to the quality and obvious effort that had been made.  Well done to all the children who took time to create such lovely decorated eggs!

     

     

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  • Year 7 Wales Trip

    Posted: 28/03/12

    A fun packed, educational and tiring two days in Aberdare, Wales were enjoyed by Year 7 in March.  The geography and history curriculum were enriched with a nerve-racking 300ft descent in a shaky lift into a disused coal mine, a visit to the 'Museum of Welsh Life', taking measurements at the source of the River Dare and a trip to Caerphilly Castle. 

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  • Masterclass from GB Hockey Star for Sports Scholars

    Posted: 27/03/12

    As part of our Challenge and Extension programme, eight Sports Scholars took part in a Hockey Master Class delivered by Great Britain hockey star Rob Moore.

    Rob Moore, who has an impressive 190 caps for England and is a member of the Great Britain hockey team preparing for the Olympic Games, hosted an In2Hockey coaching session before answering questions in a specially arranged question and answer session.

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  • Big Bang Science Fair

    Posted: 26/03/12

    Our Junior Science Club enjoyed a fantastic day out at the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham recently.  The girls saw just how exciting engineering and science can be and learnt about the amazing opportunities that exist for women with science, technology, engineering and maths backgrounds.

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  • Cineclub West Berkshire Winner - The Inspector by St Gabriel's

    Posted: 26/03/12

    St Gabriel's have again been shortlisted for the Cineclub People's Vote after being named as the West Berkshire Winner.  To watch our film click here and please don't forget to vote!

    Votes from the website will be added to the votes cast at the Annual Awards ceremony in London, and the winner will be announced on the day.

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  • 3 Trophies in 3 Weeks!

    Posted: 22/03/12

    St Gabriel’s Junior School made it a hat-trick of netball wins with victory in the Finals of the Newbury Schools League. The team of Year Six pupils had already been crowned champions of the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS) Southern region, as well as winning the West Berkshire Schools Tournament – all in the last three weeks!

     

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  • Greece - Beautiful and Welcoming

    Posted: 21/03/12

    A wonderful trip which provided physical evidence to go with the tragedies, epic and history that are being studied from Year 10 GCSE to A level classics.  It is one thing to hear about Oedipus visiting the oracle of Delphi and learning of his fate (killing his father and marrying his mother) but to stand outside the very Temple of Apollo, the mythical centre of the world at Delphi, make the magic of the literature truly come to life.

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  • Year 5 Maths Challenge

    Posted: 19/03/12

    Year 5 girls Annabel Astley, Emerald Cundy, Isabelle Ryder and Lottie Swainston competed in the Year 5 Mathematics Challenge at Wellington College last week.  After seven rounds of mathematical tasks and with an impressive score of 134 out of 175 Annabel and Lottie finished in third place!  Well done to all of the girls

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  • BBC School News Report Day

    Posted: 15/03/12

    Thursday 15 March is the BBC School News Report Day.  Please click here to view our dedicated BBC School News page which will be updated with a video and news stories throughout the school day.

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  • Junior Cricket Masterclass

    Posted: 14/03/12

    England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) coaches from Newbury Cricket Club treated Year 5 & 6 girls to a cricket masterclass during their PE lessons.  Following the success of the England Women's team in recent years the club are keen to introduce cricket to girls through fun training sessions in schools and provide information about the provision for this sport in their local area.

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  • Sixth Form Geography Students 'Team Up' for Olympic Park Visit

    Posted: 13/03/12

    St Gabriel's Sixth Form geography students teamed up with Kennet and Mary Hare school for a field trip to London to study the similarities and contrasts of the Dockland and Olympic Park regeneration schemes in East London.  The trip provided a wonderful opportunity for the students to see the areas that they have studied in class and appreciate the planning processes in involved in such a large scale development.

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  • High Praise for Junior Chamber Choir's "fresh choral sound"

    Posted: 09/03/12

    On the 4th February, St Gabriel’s Junior Chamber Choir took part in the Oxford Music Festival at Headington School, Oxford. The choir sang beautifully, performing two pieces: “The Lord bless you and keep you” by John Rutter and “Spread a little happiness” by Vivian Ellis.

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  • 3G Celebrate World Spelling Day Success

    Posted: 09/03/12

    3G are celebrating after finishing 17th in the world on the annual World Spelling Day!  Each girl competed in up to 50 challenges and we are all very proud of their achievement and determination!

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  • Year 6 Netball Team Through to National Finals!

    Posted: 02/03/12

    Commitment and dedication to practice has seen the Year 6 netball team crowned champions of the South West England Independent Schools Netball tournament and will now compete in the National Finals on 10th March at Roedean School in Brighton.

    With fierce competition from 25 schools all members of the team upped their game and battled hard to secure the title ahead of previous winners Millfield School.

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  • World Book Day 2012

    Posted: 02/03/12

    Fanastic costumes were on show in the Pre-Prep and Juniors Schools during World Book Day this year. 

    Pre-Prep enjoyed a day of Roald Dahl themed activities and dressed as characters from his books.

    Juniors were able to choose characters from any books and showed real imagination and flair in their designs with a wide range of characters on show. 

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  • Psychology Students Go 'Behind the Scenes' of a Sleep Clinic

    Posted: 01/03/12

    Sixth form psychology students had a fantastic day out to the Sleep Centre at Surrey University in February.  It was a rare and exciting opportunity to see 'behind the scenes' of a sleep clinic.  The highlight of the day had to be the reaction tests which each of us participated in.  For those of us who had not had a very decent night's sleep the previous night; it certainly showed in our results!

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  • Great Teamwork Leads to 5-0 Victory for Football Team

    Posted: 29/02/12

    Great team spirit saw our Junior football team beat Speenhamland Primary School 5-0 recently with goals from Millie Quaintance, Elizabeth Hutton, Chiara Heneghan and Izzy Ryder.  The team can't wait for their next match!

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  • "Good Morning Miss Mistlethwaite!"

    Posted: 24/02/12

    Year 6 spent a wonderful day at Reading Museum and became Victorian children for the time they were there. We were all given Victorian names; ours were Bert Wakenshaw and Horace Willet. We met our schoolteacher, Miss Mistlethwaite, but we had to call her ma’am. As we stepped through the classroom doors and onto the creaky wooden floor we went back in time to 1885. There were enormous windows in the room to let in the light because there was no electricity in Victorian times.

    The doors closed and our teacher became as fierce as a lion, we are obedient and perfectly behaved. “Good morning Miss Mistlethwaite!”

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  • Making The Case For Humanities

    Posted: 23/02/12

    In 2011, following the government’s announcement that it would be cutting funding for university courses in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor Grayling founded and became the first master of the New College of the Humanities. 

    On Monday, Professor Grayling visited St Gabriel’s to talk to students about the importance of the Humanities and how they provide personal enrichment, intellectual training, breadth of vision and the development of a well-informed, questioning mind –all of which are essential for success in today’s highly competitive world.

     
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  • St Gabriel's Strengthen Links With Emzoncane Primary School

    Posted: 22/02/12
    Junior girls have been busy this term preparing a box of resources to send to our Link School in South Africa. We were fortunate to be given sets of stationery by Carte Blanche Greetings and decided to send half of these to pupils at the Emzoncane school who have become pen-pals.
    We will also be sending them a large grey teddy bear with “St Gabriel’s” on his foot – whilst we keep his “brother” here as a symbol of our link.
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  • Wellington Cross Country Relay Competition

    Posted: 21/02/12

    Despite freezing temperatures four members of the Year 9 cross country relay team braved the elements to compete in the Annual Wellington Cross Country Relay Competition. 

    With only 4 runners available for a 5 leg race (Lucia Mitchell, Harriet Griffiths, Laura Beardmore-Gray and Emma Lynch) Lucia stepped forward to run the first and last legs for the team who were placed 6th overall.  Well done to all the girls who took part!

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  • Perfect Trip: Educational and Fun

    Posted: 02/12/11

    Bath is the perfect trip: educational and fun!  As part of their Classics and Latin studies Year 9 enjoyed the company of an expert guide at the Roman Baths, explaining the remains of the Baths and the story of its discovery.  A chance to explore the site provided the perfect opportunity to throw coins into one of the pools and make a wish, in just the same way as the Romans did almost two thousand years ago.  One group of girls worked out that approximately 14 litres of was every second were gushing out of the hot spring!

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  • 'Immortals' Divides Opinion

    Posted: 29/11/11

    Opinion was divided among A level Classical Civilisation pupils as to the merits of the latest Hollywood blockbuster 'Immortals', though as Hattie Wheeler's review shows it had some strong support ''Immortals' is a film of truly breath-taking beauty and blood thirsty brutality.  'Immortals' is a film of stunning cinematography.'  Even it's biggest fans were doubtful as to the likelihood of Gods in fact being able to die...as long as they are killed another God.

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  • Profitable Enterprise Week

    Posted: 24/11/11

    Young Enterprise company Forget-Me-Not took advantage of an in-house selling opportunity at the St Gabriel's Christmas Craft Fair recently.  Sales of their mobile phone covers exceeded expectation and as a result they hope to diversify further to meet the needs of their target market in the coming months.

    The Year 9 Business Club company for 2011, Eskimo, successfully sold small festive gifts and cakes at the craft fair. Shareholders will be making a dividend on their initial investment so it was a positive experience for all.

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  • Junior Netball Team Rise To The Challenge!

    Posted: 22/11/11

    Teamwork and motivation saw our Year 6 netball team play extremely well when challenged to compete in a 2 day tournament with Year 7/8 in a recent netball weekend at PGL Liddington. 

    Teams from Year 6, Year 7, Year 8 and Under 14 and Under 16 all competed at a very high level, with the Under 14 County Team winning the cup for their age group and the Under 16 County Team runners up in their category.

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  • National Young Mathematician Award

    Posted: 10/11/11

    Four Year 6 girls recently took part in Round One of the National Young Mathematician Award.  Tara Conway, Kate Eastwick-Jones, Alex Phillip and Jenna Seal were asked to solve a multi-layered high-level problem.  They were assessed on their ability to be systematic in their approach, to work as a team and to use good recording systems and were delighted to have progressed to Round Two.

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  • Royal Academy of Art Outreach Programme

    Posted: 08/11/11

    A Level and GCSE students were encouraged to leave previous ideas behind them and explore creative approaches to image making during a Royal Academy Life Drawing Programme.  Artist and model encouraged initiative, curiosity and contemplation, whilst generating a relaxed atmosphere in which students explored their personal perceptions free from judgement.

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  • Henry Moore Foundation Trip

    Posted: 04/11/11

    Years 10-13 Art and Photography students recently visited the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire.  The 70-acre estate is the headquarters of The Henry Moore Foundation, an award-winning charity established by Moore in 1977.  The house and gardens also includes displays of Moore's outdoor sculpture, his former studios, and exhibition gallery and a medieval Aisled Barn with tapestries.

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  • Year 5 Corn Exchange Trip

    Posted: 03/11/11

    Michael Morpurgo's book  was brought to life when Year 5 went to see a production of Friend or Foe at the Corn Exchange in Newbury.  The trip complimented their reading of the book in class this term and provided further insight into what life would have been like growing up as a child during the war.

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  • Year 8 Visit Lulworth Cove

    Posted: 02/11/11

    Year 8 recently visited world famous Lulworth Cove as part of their study of coastlines.  The day included a talk from a ranger as well as a walk from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door to study Dorset's heritage coastline which receives over a million visitors a year.

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  • St Gabriel's Welcome Team GB Athlete Andrew Osagie

    Posted: 21/10/11

    St Gabriel's were delighted to welcome Olympic hopeful Andrew Osagie last week.  The Sports 4 All event saw the girls take part in a healthy lifestyle challenge which consisted of four exercise stations and was followed by a talk from Andrew Osagie and an opportunity for the girls to ask questions.

    We will all be cheering for Andrew as he competes in the 800m for Team GB in the Olympics next summer.

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  • Author Penny Dolan Visits Junior School

    Posted: 20/10/11

    We were delighted to welcome author Penny Dolan to the Junior School as part of Children's Book Week. 

    During the morning Penny gave a talk about the process of writing stories and how authors and illustrators work together, as well as giving an insight into the background of her latest novel "A boy call M.O.U.S.E" before a question and answer session.

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  • Year 2 Visit St Nicolas Church

    Posted: 20/10/11

    Year 2 visited St Nicolas Church recently excited to climb the tower.  On a beautiful autumn morning they were greeted with a spectacular 360º view over Newbury  and were able to sport Donnington Castle, the Kennet and Avon Canal and many other familiar landmarks.

    Following their preparatory lessons the children were able to confidently locate and name the pulpit, lectern and many other features of the church as well as learning about different services that take place at St Nicolas.

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  • John Laing Sailing Weekend

    Posted: 17/10/11

    Twelve Year 8&9 girls recently boarded the John Laing in Southampton and enjoyed a weekend of perfect sailing conditions.  During the two days the girls learnt to coil ropes, tack using the winch, tie different knots and had a go steering at the helm. 

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  • Eurotalk

    Posted: 13/10/11

    Once again our girls have shown their prowess in learning new languages with six girls competing in the Eurotalk semi final this year following their performances in the previous round having learnt Portuguese.

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  • Junior School Head Girl and House Captains Announced

    Posted: 12/10/11

    Amber Evans has been appointed Head Girl for the Junior School this year and was presented with her badge in assembly.  School Council Chair and House Captains were also announced as follows:

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  • GCSE Results

    Posted: 30/08/11

    St Gabriel’s girls have every reason to celebrate again this week with 60% of GCSE grades at A* and A and 100% of students achieving five GCSEs at A* - C.

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  • A Level Success

    Posted: 23/08/11

    With 80% of their results at A* - B students at St Gabriel's have every reason to celebrate and leave to study a wide range of courses including Archaeology, Classics, Medicine and Radiography. 

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  • Year 5 Visit France

    Posted: 06/07/11

    Year 5 visited Normandy for five days recently to experience traditional French culture and enhance their French language skills.  Highlights of the trip included a visits to a chocolaterie, goat farm, local market, a french school to meet their pen pals, and a talent show.  A great time was had by all!

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  • Junior Football Tournament

    Posted: 23/06/11

    In May, St Gabriel's Junior Department took part in a football tournament for local Primary schools.  Both teams showed considerable skill and determination with the Year 3&4 team reaching the semi-final and our Year 5&6 playing in the final and narrowly losing by just one goal.

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  • Ski Association Interschool Challenge Slalom Races

    Posted: 09/06/11

    St Gabriel's girls recently entered the Southampton Area Ski Association Inter-school Challenge Slalom Races.  All of our girls qualified for all three of their runs and a great day was had by skiers and parents alike, with the girls showing great team spirit supporting each others runs.

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  • Duke of Edinburgh - Silver Award

    Posted: 09/06/11

    Congratulations to Naomi Wardle who received her Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award from the Vice Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire at the recent awards ceremony held at Ufton Court.

    Naomi is hoping to do her Gold Award when she goes to University later this year.

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  • Junior School Sponsored Walk

    Posted: 24/05/11

    On Sunday 8 May six Year 6 girls organised a sponsored walk to raise money for our school in Africa, with which we are linked through the charity Bhubesi Pride, which links children in Africa through sport.

    It was a great day enjoyed by all!

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  • Swimming Gala at Cheam

    Posted: 12/05/11

    On 9 May St Gabriel's were invited to a Swimming Gala at Cheam  Girls from Years 6,7 and 8 took part in individual and relay races.  All 3 teams swam extremely well and came out on top overall beating Cheam 90 points to 72.

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  • History Off The Page

    Posted: 12/05/11

    What a fantastic epilogue to the Royal Wedding!  This year's History Off The Page Day combined the historic details of Coronation Day in 1952 with up to date facts about the recent Royal Wedding.

    The children enjoyed dressing up, handling historic artefacts and memorabilia, crown or flag making, pen and ink handwritten invitations, decorating commemorative cups and sewing embroidery mementos.

    Later the children, including our visitor from Elstree staged their very own Royal Wedding before tucking in to sandwiches and queen's cake.  Truly a day to remember!

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  • Junior School African Workshops

    Posted: 05/05/11

    At the beginning of term the Junior School enjoyed an African Link Workshop Day.  Each girl took part in four different activities, which including painting an African mask, playing the drums (taught by our guest Noah from Cameroon), African poetry and learning about different African countries.

    We all agreed it was a great start to the school term!

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  • Year 9 Hockey Team Become Area Champions

    Posted: 01/04/11

    Our Year 9 Hockey Team recently became Area Champions securing a 2-0 victory against Downe House in the final of the Area Tournament.  The team pulled together to produce a great performance despite missing a number of players on the day.

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  • Junior Inter-House Sport

    Posted: 30/03/11

    The end of term saw the Junior School competing for House honours in netball, hockey and cross country.  As usual all events were hotly contested with Alban triumphant in four out of five categories.

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  • St Gabriel's win the AWE Female Engineering Challenge

    Posted: 24/03/11

    On 23 March five Year 8 girls were stranded by the AWE on a fictitious desert island.  There were three challenges to be completed to get off the island and St Gabriel's were victorious winning the Overall Prize and the Teamwork Category, and were rewarded with a cheque for £300 to spend on the Science Department and a £10 New Look voucher for themselves.

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  • U11 Netball Become Newbury Schools' League Champions

    Posted: 23/03/11

    On Monday, St Gabriel's hosted the Newbury Netball League Finals.  Eight teams made it through their own league games, played throughout the winter season, to compete for the title of Newbury Schools' League Champions.  The girls played seven intense games against very strong opposition, winning six out of their seven matches to take the title.
     

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  • U11 Netball Success

    Posted: 21/03/11

    On Saturday 12 March, the U11 A&B teams and the U10 A team played in the Newbury District Netball Tournament.  All three teams played very well in their sections only letting in a handful of goals during their first five matches.  All the teams managed to get into the final eight with the U11 A team eventually beating Thorngrove and John Rankin to become area champions.  Well done to all the teams who played with full commitment throughout the tournament.

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  • Latin & Greek Oration Competition

    Posted: 14/03/11

    On 9 March The Reading Classical Association held its annual Greek & Latin Orations Competition at the University of Reading.  With performances full of energy and passion St Gabriel's took the honours in three out of five categories.  Similar competitions are run throughout the country, proving that Latin and Greek continue to thrive as vibrant languages which are brought to life when performed publicly.

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  • World Book Day 2011 - Author Visit

    Posted: 08/03/11

    On 1 March, the Junior and Pre-Prep Departments were delighted to welcome author Antony Lishak to St Gabriel's.

    In a lively and entertaining presentation, the Pre-Prep children helped Antony pack a suitcase full of things as she told them the story of 'Clickety Clack, Something to Pack'.  After signing books for us at lunchtime, Antony then gave a presentation to the whole Junior School, telling us how he drew on his own experiences to write stories.  We all agreed that we had a fantastic time!

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  • Year 6 Victorian Day at Reading Museum

    Posted: 08/03/11

    Year 6 pupils recently spent the day as Victorian children at Reading Museum.  They were all dressed in Victorian costume and given Victorian names before being taken back to a 1897 schoolroom and given lessons in History, Reading, Spelling and Arithmetic.

    After lessons the pupils learned about working children and child labour and were all given jobs, before learning about factories in Reading during Victorian times.   A great day was had by all!

     

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  • Classics Dept Visit to London

    Posted: 03/03/11

    In February the Classics Department went to see 'Lysistrata' at the Bloomsbury Theatre.  To make the day as Classical as possible, the trip included a visit to the British Museum and lunch in a Greek Restaurant.

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  • eMail diversion during Upgrade

    Posted: 18/02/11

     

    During the Spring half term a substantial amount of work is being undertaken to upgrade the IT facilities at the school to prepare for the new IT and Modern Language classrooms.   A Temorary email has been set up at stgabrielsschool@aol.co.uk during this period.
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  • St Gabriel's Ski Trip

    Posted: 18/02/11

    In January a group of 43 girls accompanied by 6 members of staff set out to Courmayer in Italy on the school skiing trip. 

    The first morning we woke up bright and early where we met our instructors and had a brilliant day of skiing in the sun.  For the rest of the week the skiing just got better and better as we pushed ourselves to new limits in order to improve our skiing.

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  • U15 Wellington Cross Country Relays

    Posted: 16/02/11

    Laura Beardmore-Gray, Rebecca Luff, Lucia Mitchell, Emma Lynch and Harriet Griffiths competed in the Wellington Cross Country Relays at the weekend.  Each runner had to complete a mile course.  Harriet led the team off and completed her leg courageously despite a bad nose bleed.  Lucia completed the final leg for the team with a storming run finishing in 4th place overall.

    Well done to all runners.

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  • Year 3 Spanish Princesses

    Posted: 15/02/11

    Year 3 have been enjoying their first taste of being Spanish "Princesses" in the "Palacio de la Zarzuela".  Learning the language through role-play, songs and lots of fun activities, the girls have made fantastic progress.  They have "wandered through the palace" looking for the King of Spain, only to find him cooking in the kitchen, playing in the garden or even chasing the Palace ghost up the stairs!

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  • Pre Prep Raise Funds for the RNLI

    Posted: 07/02/11

    Pre-Prep had lots of fun raising money for the RNLI on the charity's national fundraising SOS day recently.  Their fantastic efforts raised a total of £155.26 through dressing up in a nautical theme, raffling 'Owen' the RNLI teddy and Year 1 holding their very own cake sale.  The day ended with a Year 1 assembly to Junior and Pre-Prep raising awareness of the wonderful work that the brave lifeboat men and women carry out, before a cheque was presented to Vicar Vonnie on behalf of the RNLI Penlee station.

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  • Hard Sell for Year 12

    Posted: 07/02/11

    This year our Year 12 students are being even more enterprising than usual as we have two Young Enterprise companies taking part in the local competition.  Checkers and ZigZag could be found selling their wares at the annual Young Enterprise Trade Fair in a local shopping centre recently.  Many lessons have been learned about how to 'cold sell' and how to design an eye catching display.

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  • Year 9 Visit Bath

    Posted: 04/02/11

    Year 9 recently visited the Roman Baths in Bath to complement their Stage 3 work of the Cambridge Latin Course.  The girls received a teaching session on ancient artefacts before exploring the Baths with an audio guide.  Traditionally the girls throw a coin into the cold plunge and make a wish.  Lunch was spent exploring Bath.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day, with the only criticism being that it was not long enough!

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  • Year 6 Visit to Methodist Church in Newbury

    Posted: 14/12/10

    On 7 December Year 6 went into Newbury to take part in "Christmas Cracked" at the Methodist Church.  We had lots of fun making and decorating mince pies.  We even made one for Mrs P with hockey sticks on it!  We had a great time and hope to go again at Easter. 

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  • Author Geraldine McCaughrean Visits St Gabriel's

    Posted: 08/12/10

    St Gabriel's School was delighted to welcome the well known author Geraldine McCaughrean to interview her for the BBC Schools "Meet the Author" radio series.  Geraldine has written a variety of children's novels and won many awards.  A small group of pupils from Year 5 and 6 had the opportunity to ask Geraldine about her life and work as a writer, her books and characters.

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  • Enterprising St Gabriel's

    Posted: 07/12/10

    St Gabriel's students enjoyed a wide range of enterprise activities during Global Enterprise Week in November.  Year 10 spent a day working on enterprise tasks which gave them the opportunity to strengthen their teamwork and communication skills.  Business students enjoyed inspirational talks from Susie Kensett of local company Susie's Preserves Ltd, and from Jeni du Sart-Murray of Vodafone Plc.

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  • Ice - Bus route Restrictions 3 Dec

    Posted: 02/12/10

    With temperatures dropping very fast tonight (Thur) we have been advised that it is unlikely that buses on Routes H & J (Stewarts) will be  run tomorrow morning.  We are currently planning that all other services will operate as normal.

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  • Update - Thurs 2 Dec 9.30am

    Posted: 02/12/10

    9.30am The school is fully open and providing all normal services.  St Gabriel's buses managed all routes this morning although some contract services were unable to reach minor roads.  We will be keeping an eye on the weather but expect to be able to have a full day.

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  • SNOW PROCEDURES Thur 2 Dec

    Posted: 02/12/10

    6.00am - Snow procedures for Thursday 2 Dec - SCHOOL OPEN

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  • Maths Activity Day

    Posted: 25/11/10

    Year 5 and 6 enjoyed a challenging and fascinating Maths Activity Day recently.  The girls experienced a fun, hands-on range of mathematical problem-solving activities.  The activites were thoroughly enjoyed by all and led to much discussion and a great deal of fun.

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  • Kids Lit Quiz 2010

    Posted: 24/11/10

    16 November saw the first ever team from St Gabriel's competing in the regional heat of the Kids Lit Quiz.  42 teams from Berkshire and Oxfordshire lined up against each other to answer questions in categories such as Folktales, Riddles and Shakespeare.

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  • Junior Cross Country Success

    Posted: 12/11/10

    On 9 November the Junior Department competed in the cross country relays at St Hugh's.  All the girls ran extremely well and the Year 3 team in their first ever race were placed 1st!  Well done to all the teams.

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  • Junior School Head Girls & Captains Announced

    Posted: 01/10/10

    This year the Junior School have broken with tradition and appointed two Head Girls.  Mackenzie Spearing and Jessica Lang were presented with their badges by Mr Dove in Assembly along with the House and Games Captains as follows:

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  • GSA PE Conference

    Posted: 01/10/10

    Some of our Senior and Sixth form girls recently attended the GSA PE Conference in Middlesex.  The girls all found the day motivational and inspiring with talks from Sally Gunnell and Gabby Logan as well as people currently attending university.

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  • Year 6 Ufton Court Residential Trip

    Posted: 01/10/10

    Year 6 girls enjoyed a fantastic two day stay at Ufton Court at the start of term and experienced activities including forest skills, archery, and history based role-playing scenarios.

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  • A Level Results 2010

    Posted: 02/09/10

    Girls at St Gabriel’s are celebrating a 100% pass rate at A level.

     
    Principal Alun Jones said he was thrilled for his students and staff. “With 63% of the girls’ grades at A* or A, they have every reason to be over the moon!   14% of the girls’ results were at the new A* grade which is twice the National expectation.”
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  • GCSE Results 2010

    Posted: 02/09/10

    Girls at St Gabriel’s are celebrating again this week with over half of their GCSE grades at A* and A.  All girls achieved 5 or more subjects at A*-C including Mathematics and English.

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  • Swimming Galas 2010

    Posted: 05/07/10

    This year's swimming galas took place at the beginning of July, and again saw a close run competition between the four houses with Chad eventually taking the honours in both the Junior and Senior Galas.

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  • St Gabriel's U11 Rounders Tournament

    Posted: 05/07/10

    On Wednesday 30th June we hosted our annual U11 Rounder’s Tournament. 7 teams in total competed in a round robin competition with 2 teams from St. Gabriel’s taking part.

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  • Year 1 & 2 Sports Day 2010

    Posted: 01/07/10

    The sun came out again for your final Sports Day of the year.  Year 1 and 2 enjoyed a picnic lunch on the lawn with their families before the racing began.  The children took part ina number of races including an obstacle course, sack race, skipping race and a bean bag race.

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  • Year 3 to 13 Sports Day

    Posted: 28/06/10

    Once again the Year 3 to 13 Sports Day brought some outstanding individual performances and true St Gabriel's team spirit.

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  • Nursery & Reception Sports Day

    Posted: 28/06/10

    A fun afternoon was had by all at this year's Nursery and Reception Sports Day.  Children took part in a number of races including crawling through tunnels, riding scooters and racing with their teddies.

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  • Year 7-10 Inter-House Rounders

    Posted: 23/06/10

    The Inter-House Rounders Competition for Years 7-10 took place on 22 June this year.  Another closely fought contest saw Bede emerging victorious in the Junior Cup (Years 7 & 8) and Alban taking the honours in the Senior Cup (Years 9 & 10)

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  • Year 5 & 6 Inter House Rounders

    Posted: 22/06/10

    The Year 5 and 6 Inter House Rounders Competition took place last week and as ever was very closely contested.  The honours eventually went to Bede with Aidan coming a close 2nd and Chad and Alban tying in 3rd place.

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  • Junior Technology Day 2010

    Posted: 17/06/10

    Wednesday 9th June saw the annual Junior Technology Day taking place.  This is a House Competition, so a lot was at stake, with the winners receiving the Junior Technology Cup.

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  • Junior Easter Treasure Hunt Treat

    Posted: 26/03/10

    On the last day of Spring Term Years 3 to 6  were treated to an Easter Treasure Hunt organised by Mrs P, with prizes for the top 3 teams.

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  • St Gabriel's U16 Netball Squad at the National Schools Netball Finals

    Posted: 24/03/10

    St Gabriel's U16 Netball Squad represented the South England region at the National School Netball Finals, having progressed through the County Tournament and going on to win the Regional Finals.

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  • Year 7 Win West Berkshire Area Netball Tournament

    Posted: 24/03/10

    Congratulations to the Year 7 netball team on winning the West Berkshire Area Netball Tournament beating for the first time St Bart's, Thorngrove and Downe House A & B.

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  • Young Enterprise Success in Area Cup Competition

    Posted: 22/03/10

    Congratulations to this year's Young Enterprise company Momentum on being awarded the runners up trophy at the Area Cup Competition against some very tough competition from other local schools.

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  • 'Breaking the Mould - Women in Leadership'

    Posted: 18/03/10

    Five Year 12 girls recently took part in the 'Breaking the Mould - Women in Leadership' event in London at the Intercontinental Hotel on Park Lane.  After meeting a number of very successful, inspirational women they returned to Newbury raring to set up their own business!

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  • World Book Day 2010

    Posted: 12/03/10

    The week beginning 1 March marked the run up to World Book Day and began with a group of Senior girls attending a fascinating talk by author Marcus Sedgwick.  On the day itself Pre-Prep and Junior pupils dressed as well known book characters and were treated to a puppet show from the Senior School Library Assistants.

     

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  • Year 6 Experience Life as a Victorian

    Posted: 11/03/10

    Year 6 were given a new identity and became working class Victorian children for the day at Reading Museum.  We all thoroughly enjoyed the day and Mrs Groves was very convincing as a stern Victorian teacher, but we decided that school today is much more fun and were pleased to be back in our normal school uniform!

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  • Thorngrove Cross Country Relays

    Posted: 11/03/10

    Despite running knee deep in mud in some areas if the course our Year 4 cross country relay team finished in 1st place in the recent competition at Thorngrove with our Year 6 team finishing in a well earned 3rd place.

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  • Sunflowers to War Shadows

    Posted: 03/03/10

    We came back from Spring Half Term to a series of Art Presentations given by the acclaimed speaker Anthony Slinn.

    His humourous and carefully researched talks provided entertaining insights into some of the key artistic influences of the early 20th century.  It was a pleasure to share these with a group of students from other local schools including Cheam and Horris Hill.

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  • Chelsea Football Club Trip

    Posted: 02/03/10

    On 24 February 30 girls from Years 7-13 took a guided tour around Chelsea Football Club designed to enhance their theoretical PE knowledge, in particular focusing on fitness, training, performance, nutrition and psychology.  There was even a chance meeting with Roman Abramovich in the cafe!

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  • Sixth Form Visit to BMW Mini Plant

    Posted: 25/02/10

    Sixth formers enjoyed an informative visit to the BMW Mini Plant in Cowley recently.  Seeing the high level of technology in use which allows just in time and customised manufacturing was incredible.

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  • U16 Netball Team Through to Nationals

    Posted: 02/02/10

    St Gabriel's U16 netball team represented Berkshire at the Regional Netball Tournament on Saturday 30 January beating last years U16 National winners Thornden in the final and will now represent the region at the National Schools competition on 20 March at Roedean School.

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  • FutureChef Success

    Posted: 21/01/10

    Congratulations to Becky Scott who recently won the Surrey Local Final of FutureChef and has now set her sights on winning the Regional Final in February and a place at the National Final in March.

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  • Thurs 14 Jan 2010

    Posted: 13/01/10

    With many more pupils scheduled to take public exams and improving weather conditions forecast, St. Gabriel's has every intention of remaining open as usual on Thursday.  Clearly roads will still be hazardous with some icing and some smaller roads may be very difficult.  We intend that all bus routes EXCEPT ROUTE J will operate on Thursday.  For those on Stewarts' Buses, their website (http://www.riversidecreative.co.uk/somph/) will hold up to date information on their routes.

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  • Update 11am 13 Jan 2010

    Posted: 13/01/10

    With a total of about 100 pupils and staff on site, the school is open for business.  Years 10/11 were undertaking Science Revision classes, additional maths for senior girls, Drama workshops, PE, technology IT and english classes were all being taught.  Nursery and Pre-Prep has pupils in as does the Junior School who were in a music lesson before break.  The roads, paths and car parks in the school are all clear, and we are looking forward to lunch prepared by the core catering staff who made their way in.  True Grit - even if there is none on the roads!!

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  • UPDATE - 7.10am

    Posted: 13/01/10

    Conditions on most roads are treacherous with lorries blocking parts of the A34 and A339, and most rural minor roads blocked either with snow or vehicles.  St Gabriels buses have been held back and a reassessment about their ability to pick up will be made at 8.00am.  All other local bus services appear to have been cancelled.

    Some maintenance staff have made it in and the main drive is being cleared at present.  School staff should make their way in safely.

    It is intended that the school will remain open, though the amount of teaching possible may be limited by staff availability.  Arrangements for public examinations remain unchanged.

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  • Bad weather Conditions 6.45am 13 Jan

    Posted: 13/01/10

    With some 5-7cms of snow falling overnight across our area, our biggest problem today is getting staff and pupils in to school. 

    Currently we are assessing whether busses can be safely run - not all drivers have yet been anle to get here - and some roads are closed (jack-knifed lorry reported on the A339 to Basingstoke).

    With so much good work having gone into clearing the previous snow we are in better shape than most to open and we will continually up date the site as soon as we have further information.  Staff should make their way safely into school.

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  • Bus Route J Diversion

    Posted: 12/01/10

    Route J - Sherfield on Loddon - bus will run on 13 Jan, but on a diverted route. After Sherfield and Sherborne St John, the bus will go to the Queen's College Arms on the A340 for 7.45am and then proceed to school via Tadley.  At present the narrow roads to Monk Sherborne, Charter Alley and Ramsdell are still too hazardous for this size of vehicle.  Parents of pupils in these villages are requested to take them to Queen's College Arms before 7.45am. 
     

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  • Business as usual

    Posted: 11/01/10

    With 80 staff in today undertaking INSET training and Departmental Briefing, Public Examinations being conducetd and the maintenance staff finishing the clearing of tens of tons of snow it is business as usual at St. Gabriel's for the start of the Spring term on Tuesday 12th January. 

    Pupils should wear sensible shoes this week to suit either a thaw or a freeze, and a STRICT 5 MPH SPEED RESTRICTION IS IN PLACE - the greatest hazard comes from vehicles. 

    The forecasts are variable for this week, and further snow may hamper us but we will make every effort to continue with the pupils education.  Bus services will operate wherever possible - clearly this will depend upon whether the street/road has been cleared by the local authority - and parents should remain with pupils until they are collected. 

    If circumstances change, information will be posted here.

     

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  • Cross Country Success

    Posted: 14/12/09

    Two teams of runners recently competed at the West Berkshire and North Hants Area Cross Country event held at Newbury Racecourse with Alisha Reayer finishing in 1st position.

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  • Year 12 Trip to Parliament

    Posted: 07/12/09

    On Monday 30th November, our Year 12 Politics pupils, Adie Hardwick and Savannah Setten, visited the Houses of Parliament in London.  They were given a 2 hour tour and learnt all about the history and the workings of the ‘mother of Parliaments’.

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  • WW2 Veterans Visit St Gabriel's

    Posted: 04/12/09

    On Tuesday 1st December, St. Gabriel’s was honoured by a visit from several local heroes: five WW2 veterans who came up from the Royal British Legion in Newbury. 

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  • Year 2 visit St Nicolas Church

    Posted: 30/11/09

    On a very damp Tuesday in November Year 2 went to visit St Nicolas Church in Newbury.

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  • Girls Get Enterprising

    Posted: 23/11/09

    In November, St Gabriel's students enjoyed a variety of activites both in and out of the classroom to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week.

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  • Cross Country at St Hugh''s

    Posted: 16/11/09

    Girls from years 4-8 recently took part in a cross country relay event at St Hugh's in Faringdon with the U13 A team (Jessica Wotherspoon, Lucy Davies and Poppy Martin) finishing 1st overall.

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  • Badminton - St Gabriel''s v The Downs School

    Posted: 16/11/09

    St Gabriel's recently hosted a friendly badminton match against the Downs School involving 3 teams from years 7-13 who regularly attend Mr Hall's Badminton Club giving them the opportunity to develop their skills in a more competitive situation.

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  • England Netball Captain Delivers Master Class at St Gabriel''s

    Posted: 10/11/09

    On 5th November senior girls took part in a Netball Master Class delivered by England's current netball captain Karen Atkinson.

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  • The Bacchae - Play in a Day

    Posted: 06/11/09

    The tragic masterpiece 'The Bacchae' was performed by the Drama and Classice Departments in just one day, with rehearsals starting at 9.00am for a 3.30pm performance.

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  • Year 7 Calshot Trip

    Posted: 16/10/09

    On Friday 2 October, 49 excited Year 7's and 5 equally excited teachers drove down to Calshot Activity Centre near the town of Fawley on the south coast.

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  • Mrs Markides Opens The New Pre Prep Planter

    Posted: 12/10/09

    On a very damp Monday afternoon, Mrs Markides cut the ribbons to open the beautiful new planter that she bought the Pre-Prep.

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  • AWEsome Science Stars

    Posted: 02/10/09
    On 1st October science students from years 12 and 13 took part in the Science and Engineering Challenge at AWE competing against 10 other schools.  Points were awarded for all the tasks and then added up. Kennet came third, The Abbey came second and ... St Gabriel’s came first!! 
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  • Eurotalk Semi-Final

    Posted: 28/09/09

    Well Done Polina!

    On Wednesday 23 September, our successful semi-finalists took part in a challenging and very high scoring competition.

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  • Sixth Form Work Experience

    Posted: 23/09/09

     

    "The definite highlight of my week was working at The World Fellowship Dinner for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme on Thursday night where I met lots of new people including the Duke himself and Prince Edward!"

     

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  • Equestrian Success at Newbury Show

    Posted: 22/09/09

    Congratulations to our Equestrian Squad; the girls enjoyed great success at the Newbury Show!

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  • GCSE RESULTS

    Posted: 27/08/09

     

    GCSE RESULTS
    27 AUGUST 2009
     St Gabriel’s has much to celebrate again this week with 90% of the girls’ GCSE grades at A*- B. 
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  • Fantastic A level Results

    Posted: 21/08/09

     

    Our Sixth Form leavers are celebrating achieving 80% of their A level grades at A & B! Nearly 60% of the girls’ results were at A grade!
    I am absolutely delighted for the girls and staff as these results reflect so well the excellent rapport that exists between them.
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  • Swimming Galas 2009

    Posted: 08/07/09

    This years swimming galas took place over two glorious hot days in July. Both days saw close run competitions between the four houses with the honours going to Chad in the Senior Gala and to Aidan in the Junior Gala.

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  • Early Years visit Finkley Down Farm

    Posted: 06/07/09

    On Tuesday 2nd June The Early Years children and staff enjoyed a visit to Finkley Down Farm. 

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  • Eurotalk Junior Language Challenge

    Posted: 03/07/09

    This years Eurotalk Junior Language Challenge began in April with 16 girls studying Greek. 4 of our girls achieved gold certificates and 6 won a place in the semi-final – to take place during the Autumn Term 2009. 

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  • AWE Chain Reaction Competition 2009

    Posted: 02/07/09

    On the morning of Friday 19th June eight Year 6 girls (plus two large boards and assorted carrier bags of marbles, dominoes, duct tape etc.) set off to Tadley Community Hall to attend a Chain Reaction Competition organised by AWE graduates.

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  • Year 1 and 2 Sports Day 2009

    Posted: 01/07/09

    Another successful Sports Day for the Pre-Prep!  At 12.30 we gathered together for our picnics.  Everyone sought shade under our beautiful mature trees in the school grounds for their lunch.  We all then moved to the sports track at the front of the school.  The children put their hearts and souls into the running, jumping, crawling, skipping, throwing and balancing races.

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  • Year 5 French Trip

    Posted: 29/06/09

    In May Year 5 visited the Mayenne region of France.  Highlights of the trip included a visit to a boulangerie where they made croissants, a visit to a goat farm where they sampled the cheese, a trip to a medieval castle and fencing!

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  • Year 3 to 13 Sports Day 2009

    Posted: 26/06/09

    The weather was perfect for this years Sports Day.  The event saw some outstanding individual performances and the team spirit shown by all our girls really made the day special.

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  • Year 6 Victorian Day

    Posted: 25/06/09

    On Tuesday 24th February, Year 6 had a Victorian Day. We were all wearing our Victorian-style clothes. Some were poor and dirty but others were dressed in their Victorian finery! We walked into the Theatre that was set up as a Victorian classroom. All of the rich boys sat at the front which I found unfair because I was a girl and had to sit further back!

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  • Year 5 Trip to Sulgrave Manor

    Posted: 25/06/09

    The postponement of our trip to Sulgrave Manor due to the snow in February meant that it finally toodk place on Shakespeare's birthday and the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's coronation - a truly Tudor day.

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  • Early Years Sports Day and Teddy Bears'' Picnic

    Posted: 24/06/09

    What a happy afternoon we had - at our Early Years Sports Day and Teddy Bears' Picnic!

     

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  • Staff and Parents Draw in First Ever Prestige Challenge Cup

    Posted: 23/06/09

    Parents and staff pulled out all the stops on Saturday (20 June) to prove 'once and for all' which team is better at playing football.

     

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  • Year 2 learn about Sikhism

    Posted: 23/06/09

    Year 2 have been learning about Sikhisam and had a wonderful talk from Avavni's grandfather, Mr Gill.

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  • Primary Mathematics Challenge 2009

    Posted: 10/06/09

    This year more than 100,000 pupils took part in the UK's Primary Mathematics Challenge.

      Mathematicians in Year 6 have been celebrating as 13 students achieved certificates with 3 gold, 8 silver and 2 bronze awards.

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  • Year 10 Visit Mars

    Posted: 02/06/09

    Business Studies students in Year 10 had the opportunity to visit Mars Drinks in Basingstoke recently. 

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  • Pre-Prep are transported to a Medievel Castle

    Posted: 01/06/09

    During a visit from 'History Off the Page', girls and staff in Year 1 and 2 were taken back in time to experience life in a Medieval Castle.

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  • Year 2 present the story of Moses

    Posted: 01/06/09

    Year 2 had great fun presenting the story of Moses to the Pre-Prep and Junior girls.

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  • Young Entrepreneurs Thrive at St Gabriel''s

    Posted: 01/06/09

    Congratulations to Chameleon, this year's Young Enterprise company, for winning two prestigious prizes in the local area competition - Best Trade Stand and the Award for Innovation.

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  • On Your Marks...Get set...COOK!

    Posted: 21/05/09

    The dining hall at St Gabriel’s was magically transformed into a television studio set earlier today when Year groups 7 and 8 were invited to participate in a presentation based on the popular gameshow, Ready.. Steady.. Cook!

    The show featured two celebrity chefs, non other than our very own Mrs Porter, representing the Green team and Mr Berry, representing the Red Team. Both ‘Chef’s’ were ably supported by two enthusiastic assistants selected from each year group.
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  • DoE Weekend

    Posted: 06/05/09

    Over the May bank holiday, 12 girls from Year 11 and 12 went down to the New Forest for the ‘qualifying venture’ of their Silver DofE award. 

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  • Holocaust Survivor Talk

    Posted: 03/04/09

     

    More than 100 St. Gabriel’s girls, parents and staff crowded into the theatre after school on 25th March to hear the personal testimony of Holocaust survivor Joanna Millan.
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  • The Happy Puzzle Company provide a day of fun!

    Posted: 26/03/09

    On the 11th March Years 1 - 6 had great fun experiencing a Puzzle Challenge Day provided by the Happy Puzzle Company.

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  • Preprep celebrate World book day

    Posted: 26/03/09

    On Monday 9th March, all the children and staff in Pre Prep celebrated World Book day.

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  • Playtime!!!!!!!

    Posted: 19/03/09

    Wonderful weather greeted parents for the official opening of the two new playgrounds for Juniors and Pre-Prep.  Dave Warwick, Chairman of the Parents & Friends had a beaming smile as he cut the ribbons and the children swamed in, over and through the fascinating and fantastic castles and equipment funded by the PFSG.

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  • Year six spend the day in a Victorian schoolroom.

    Posted: 10/03/09

    Year six transported back in time to 1886.

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  • Mrs McCarthy talks to the Early Years

    Posted: 06/03/09

    Mrs McCarthy came to talk to The Early Years about the Salvation Army. 

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  • St Gabriel's Sports Science Graduate Receives Award

    Posted: 25/02/09

    Former St Gabriel's Sixth Former and University of Portsmouth sports science graduate Helen Barrett was recently awarded the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Honorary Fellows Undergraduate Dissertation of the Year Award 2008.

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  • Pre Prep celebrate Chinese New Year

    Posted: 23/02/09

    Year 1 have been learning about Chinese New Year.

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  • Fantastic Footie!

    Posted: 22/02/09

    ST GABRIEL’S JUBILENT VICTORS IN REGIONAL SCHOOLS FOOTBALL         Looking tired but jubilant in victory, the St Gabriel’s 5-a-side football squad celebrate their success in the Schools’ Year 11 tournament.   

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  • Severe Weather Warnings

    Posted: 01/02/09

    The Met Office has issued a number of warnings about snow and road conditions from Mon 2nd – Wed 4th Feb. The school plans to be able to operate normally over this period but some contingency plans may be brought into operation.

     
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  • Children in Need

    Posted: 14/11/08

    A hugely successful day for all the girls who took part in Children in Need today at St. Gabriel's with events from "Home Clothes", cake sales, "Bad Hair Day" and two Pudseys roasting in their suits.

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  • Beautiful weather for an Open Morning

    Posted: 10/10/08

    Not Just Classrooms!    9.30-12.00 Sat 11 Octsingers

    We're all looking forward to welcoming parents, grandparents and propective pupils between 9.30 and 12.00 on Saturday in what is forecast to be wonderful weather;  a perfect time to visit Sandleford Priory.

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  • Vietnamese Linguists in Juniors

    Posted: 08/10/08

    A fantastic day by 6 girls at from St Gabriel's Juniors with group and individual successes.

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  • St. Gabriel''s at Newbury Show

    Posted: 16/09/08

    St Gabriels Independent School at Newbury Show 1St. Gabriel's will have a major presence at Newbury Show on 20/21 September with performances, choirs, demonstrations and much, much more from 9.00am on Saturday to 5.00pm on Sunday.  Come and meet the pupils, staff and learn about the school.

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  • Terrific Exam results this summer

    Posted: 08/09/08

    2008 has turned out to be a bumper year for Exam results at both A level and GCSE at St. Gabriels

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  • John Harris visits Pre-Prep and Junior Schools

    Posted: 12/06/08 Comments: 1
    Storytelling fun
    “If we want to encourage children to read we have to nurture their love of stories, and no-one can do that better than a good Storyteller.”
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  • Year 1 and Year 2 visit Hillier Gardens

    Posted: 12/06/08
    Hillier gardens
     
    On a damp Thursday in May Year 1 and 2 visited the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Romsey. Year 2 looked at Art in the garden and Year 1 focussed on Light and colour.
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  • Nursery and Reception Visit Finkley Down Farm

    Posted: 09/06/08
    On Tuesday 3rd June, in torrential rain, the Nursery and Reception classes visited Finkley Down Farms Park to learn about different farm animals.
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  • Mill on the Brue

    Posted: 03/06/08

    Year six visit Mill on the Brue.

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  • Success at Area Athletics

    Posted: 20/05/08
    The Senior Athletics Team achieved great individual results and a fantastic team effort to secure first place out of 14 schools competing in the the recent Area Athletics meeting.
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  • Animal Antics in the Pre-Prep

    Posted: 16/05/08

    In the Pre-Prep this week, there has been a lot of excitement about a variety of different animals.  

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  • Greed and Corruption in Business

    Posted: 07/03/08

    Year 13 students attended a public lecture at the University of Reading  by Professor John Hendry on the subject of greed and corruption in business and government.

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  • Junior playground

    Posted: 03/03/08

    Junior activity trail opens!

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  • "Women....need to act like men to gain control"

    Posted: 12/02/08
    Three members of the Lower Sixth won a place in the annual ‘Great Shakespeare Debate,’ which took place on the 6th and 7th of February, in Stratford-upon-Avon, and involved twenty-four teams from various schools across the country, selected through a competitive application process. 
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  • Oxford Festival Successes

    Posted: 04/02/08 Comments: 4

    Three Choirs from St. Gabriel's had great fun and won critical acclaim for their performances at the Oxford Music Festival on Saturday.  Follow the link to see and hear them in action with a wide range of choral pieces.

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  • Oxford Union debaters

    Posted: 22/01/08 Comments: 1

    Two teams of debaters from St. Gabriel's Year 7 and Year 9 relax in Brasenose College library during a break in their schedule on Sat 19 Jan

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  • When words fail music speaks

    Posted: 17/12/07 Comments: 2

    A photograph of St Gabriel's girls dominates a story in the Telegraph which examines the value of music in schools.

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  • Christmas Lunch

    Posted: 07/12/07

    The Christmas Lunch is an opportunity for all the pupils and staff to join in all the fun.  After a morning making their special hats the Pre-Prep tuck into their fresh roast turkey, roast potatoes, brussels and all the trimmings!

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  • Pre-Prep Poppets

    Posted: 06/12/07

    The first real sample of the delight of Christmas comes with the Pre-Prep Nativity play.

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  • Website launch

    Posted: 20/11/07

    At last....and well worth waiting for, St. Gabriel's unveils its new fully integrated website to public view.

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