On Tuesday 5 March, our World Book Day celebrations got off to an early start with a visit from local author Paul Farrell. Paul’s first book for children, ‘Dragon Slayers’, was published last year and pupils from Years 5 to 8 were invited to hear him talk about his book, hi...
Well done to our Under 11 Hockey team who finished as Runners-Up to St Andrews, in the Plate competition at the Berkshire Schools Hockey tournament. The Year 5-6 hockey team enjoyed beautiful sunny weather for their day of hockey at Reading Hockey Club. They showed great teamwork and skill in all th...
Our weekly Junior School Newsletter is normally collated by Mr Dove and shared with parents via our Parent Portal. However, Year 6 took control of the last edition and we feel their articles deserve a wider audience!
Junior Team Gymnastics Competition
Pupils enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year in February, the Junior School learnt about how the festival is celebrated all around the world, with traditions, holidays, fireworks and parties. Year 7 pupils in the Senior School joined in a cultural enrichment lesson where they created calligra...
Pupils perform as Tony Hadley backing singers.
Year 6 parents at Senior School Taster Morning
St Gabriel’s swing into action to support Mencap.
Year 4 had a fantastic day visiting Winchester Cathedral and learnt lots to support their RPE topic on Christian places of worship. They started the day searching for angels in the cathedral. They were surprised by how many different angels there were and thought they were all so beautifully display...
Congratulations to Elsy, in Year 6, on winning the 2018 Courage Award at The Wave Project Awards event in November. Elsy takes part in The Wave Project, an organisation which offers children with additional needs the chance to learn to surf in an inclusive and safe environment, whilst also maki...
What a fantastic set of results by our very talented Year 6 team at The Manor tournament last week. This is tournament is always a good early season leveller with competition from Warwickshire, Hampshire, Berkshire and Surrey. The results speak for themselves. The girls only narrowly lost their fina...
Saturday 22 September saw this year’s first meeting of St Gabriel’s History Cadets. Our theme was heraldry and battle strategy, so in the morning the group learnt about what a coat of arms signifies. Everyone chose a colour, animal, and pattern which represented their personal qualities...