Keep up to date with the latest news and events in and around our school.
Erin, Year 10 has been very busy training for the UK girls team sailing squad. She shares with us how her passion for sailing developed and how she is set to chart a course to 2020 national competitions. I started sailing at five years old with my family, I found it reall...
Ocean 5 battle giant waves and chase top 5 position Wednesday 15 January was special for pupils and teachers as the dulcet tones of Kevin Gaskell, from the Ocean 5 team, rang out loud and clear live from the Atlantic Ocean at 5am their time, in our morning assembly. The Ocean 5 team, are compe...
St Gabriel’s Junior School welcomed a special visitor on Monday 13 January, when Meryl Praill, founder of Newbury Soup Kitchen came into morning assembly to talk to our pupils and thank them for their recent donation. The retiring collections from the Carol Concert at St Nicolas...
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The Winter Wonderland Dinner was a fabulous occasion for pupils, students and staff who gathered for an elegant dinner on Monday 9 December. The event was organised by Ellie, Head Girl, and Jenny, Deputy Head Girl, who chose the winter wonderland theme and selected the menu and enter...
Interview with Mrs Rebecca Harvey, Head of Geography Can you tell us a little about your education? I grew up locally and attended a small primary school called Inhurst House School. I have very fond memories of it and think this is where my love of learning started. As many pupils k...
Eco Club members meet weekly to participate in meaningful environmental activities and projects. Head Girl, Ellie, Year 13, gives an update on key projects the Eco Club has focused on and creative plans for the future. "I started Eco Club in September, as it had been...
Year 9 Mandarin Beginners enjoyed a special cross-curriculum session on Monday 9 December: a fashion show in Mandarin! With environmental protection in mind, students made their outfit with old wrapping paper, bean bags and textiles with full creativity within a short time span of twenty min...
Interview with Mrs Rachel Dadds, Head of Psychology Can you tell us a little about your education? Following my A Levels in Psychology, Biology, English Literature and Art, I went straight to University College London (UCL) to study a BSc (Hons) in Anthropology. Upon graduating, I took a...
On 27 November, Christine Rollier, Senior Research Scientist, in Vaccinology at the Oxford Vaccine Group came in to talk with St Gabriel’s Senior School pupils about vaccine immunology. She set the scene by talking about the immune system and progressed to pre-clinical vaccine developmen...
St Gabriel's young chefs excel at the local heat of the Rotary Young Chef competition. Charlotte and Selina (Year 9), and Mollie (Year 8) competed in the Rotary Young Chef competition, held at Newbury College, on Saturday 16 November. Each student had to independently plan, pr...
Earlier this month textile artist, Kate Findlay delivered a workshop to Year 8 students. She showed the girls examples of her work, which includes animals and landscapes. Kate creates beautiful layered work, using hand dyed fabrics, which she dyes herself. She uses applique to j...
The whole of Year 7 took part ina 'Play in a Day' performance. The girls worked incredibly hard over the period of one day to produce a 30-minute performance based upon the title ‘The Elves and the Christmas Chaos’. The story started in the North Pole at Santa HQ. The North Po...