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Rutherford Laboratories 8 October 2019 Ada Lovelace spaceship mission to Mars Communication status ………. Online! Life support ……………………. Online! Landing status...
On a beautifully sunny day in the first week of October, the whole of year 8 headed down to Hengistbury Head in Christchurch, Dorset to study and observe coastal processes in action. After walking up Warren Hill, to observe the landscape around them, they drew a field sketch...
Recently Kevin Gaskell visited St Gabriel’s to talk to pupils, parents and staff about Ocean 5, their fund raising for the Plastic Soup Foundation and the challenges they will face taking part in one of the world’s greatest physical challenges, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge...
On 9 October pupils attended a lunchtime talk by Veterinary Practitioner Elizabeth Willcocks, BVetMed, BSc(Hons), PGCertMang, MRCVS, VBM. Elizabeth studied at Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in London and provided guidance to our pupils on choosing a career as a Veterinarian. She is...
At our annual Harvest Festival event on Monday 7 October, pupils donated a staggering 487kg of items on the West Berkshire Foodbank's needs list. This is the approximate equivalent of 48 food parcels, with each parcel contains 9 meals plus toiletries and household items for a family in need...
We are pleased to welcome Mrs Jennifer Wellard-Hughes to St Gabriel's as Head of English this term. Mrs Wellard-Hughes has always loved reading, was a huge Harry Potter fan as a child, and studied English at the University of Leicester. She graduated with a firs...
Members of our equestrian team qualified to compete in the National School Equestrian Association (NSEA) Event at Stonar. Clare (Y7) had a fantastic day bringing home a win for the school in her section. Araminta (Y9) rode very well to produce a lovely Dressage Test and fantastic clear a...
St Gabriel’s new School Council hosted a formidable cake sale in support of Macmillan on Friday 27 September. Thanks to everyone for their generous donations of cakes. There were delicious delights for everyone to purchase and a celebration of our 90th birthday pr...
Miranda Aston from the NSPCC, the UK’s leading children’s charity, received a warm welcome when she came in to share their ‘Speak out. Stay safe’ message (a nationwide programme for every primary-school-aged child in the UK) with Junior School pupils this week. Miranda, bough...
On Saturday 14 September the sun came out to shine for 600 guests, who came together to celebrate St Gabriel’s 90th Birthday Party in the school grounds.
On 1 September, before the new academic year had even started, our Equestrian Team were out representing St Gabriel’s at Crown Farm, Ascott under Wychwood . Clare McGonnell and Olivia Ashfield competed in the Schools Equestrian Games sections. The girls all had a fun day out with...
Well done to our Year 6 Girls Hockey Team who won the first medals of the school year at Portsmouth Grammar School’s tournament in September. Congratulations go to Poppy, Kara, Zara, Sophia, Sophie, Calista and Sienna.