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On Monday 10 June, Year 4 headed off to Lulworth Cove for their first overnight trip. The weather forecast was none too brilliant, but everyone donned their waterproofs and set off. The picnic lunch on the hillside at Durdle Door was great, but the rain began as they walked down to see the...
We are pleased to welcome Dr Elizabeth Tate to St Gabriel’s this term – she is joining the science department as a Chemistry Teacher following a break from teaching. Liz studied Chemistry at King’s College London, gaining a PhD in 2007 for her work on ‘Nuclear Quadru...
Junior School fans of the Winnie The Witch books were excited to meet the famous illustrator Korky Paul (his real name is Hamish Vigne Christie Paul) on Thursday 6 June. Korky spent time with all year groups talking about his art and demonstrating its wild cartoon style characters as well as sh...
We are delighted that for the fourth year running we have been awarded a 'Top 20 Recommended Nursery 2019 Award'. The awards highlight the most recommended nurseries in each region of the UK. The awards are based on over 78,000 reviews from nursery parents and recogn...
Congratulations to Pollyanna from Year 10 and Selina from Year 8, who competed with more than 80 students from across the country, in developing their own game recipe as part of the School Game Changer project. The challenge set by Taste of Game and the Food Teachers Centre was to cre...
Our music scholars and GCSE Music students have benefited from another trip to the Corn Exchange, courtesy of the Newbury Spring Festival* - this time to see 'Figo', a quartet who specialise in Baroque music, using period instruments and techniques to bring to life the music of composers wor...
Congratulations to the 29 Year 10 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award candidates who passed the expedition element of their award at the weekend. The weather was perfect for walking not too hot, not too cold and not too wet for the 5 teams as they started at 10.30am from the Chase in Woolton...
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As part of their PSHE programme Year 9 & 10 tutor groups were active in the community in May, visiting local care homes, litter picking in Victoria Park and organising activities in a local school. 10S visited Thatcham Court Care Home which specialises in caring for people wit...
GCSE Product Design, Business and Computer Science students from Year 10 donned high vis jackets and safety glasses to enjoy an exclusive tour of the manufacturing facilities at the Mini plant in Oxford. The students experienced first-hand the logistics and equipment used to manage a...
A fantastic nautical day of RNLI fundraising was enjoyed by Junior School pupils on Friday 17 May. It may have been raining outside but the Junior School felt like it had relocated to the seaside for the day with pesky pirates, marvellous mermaids and cool surf dudes everywhere! The day...
On Thursday afternoon, we took four teams to Newbury Rugby Club to play in the Thatcham Town Ladies & Girls Football tournament. The Year 1&2 team got off to a cautious start but soon gained in confidence and won their last two games with smiles on their faces. Year 3&4 also improved and...
With over 600 competitors and 28 schools, it was a morning of fantastic competition in Vortex, standing long jump, sprint and distance running. All the children performed very well throughout the morning with several heat wins for our team. In this competition times and distances are translated into...