Year 13 student Izzi Ryder has balanced her academic studies with competing at a high level in showjumping across the UK and in Europe. She has represented her country on several occasions and has previously qualified for the Horse of the Year Show. Last August, at the age of 17, Izzi...
How did your interest in science develop? When I was a little girl, my big brother, Simon, used to order butterfly eggs and we would watch them hatch into caterpillars, feed them on particular leaves and then metamorphose into delicate little creatures. We also kept tropical fish and used bino...
Congratulations to our talented young chef Selina, Year 9 who impressed judges to be crowned winner at the district final of the Rotary Young Chef competition on 1 February at St Gabriel’s School. Six budding chefs were tasked with creating a healthy three-course meal in under two hours wit...
On 27 January, Year 8 ad Year 9 Mandarin beginners enjoyed a special Mandarin Drama Workshop. Mrs Chaplin equipped the workshop with her professional drama techniques, while Ms Zhang provided linguistic support. Students managed to put their drama and language skills togeth...
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...
On Friday 8 November Katie Lusby a representative from the internationally renowned theatre company Punchdrunk came into school to run a workshop for our A level Theatre Studies students and Upper School Drama Scholars. They explored how to develop Punchdrunk's immersive style of th...
Well done to 10G who raised over £115 for Above Water (Charity Number 74593) from their Halloween Cake Sale - it was rather spooky to see the cakes were spirited away so swiftly! Above Water is a charity which sends trained and qualified lifeguards into schools to teach wat...
The Senior School Autumn Concert was a delightful showcase of the wide range of music currently being studied at St Gabriel's, and included performances from the mid-17th Century up to the present day. Solo cello, violin, voice, clarinet and flute pieces, the rock band, jazz band and big ba...
Bella from St Hilda’s School, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia is enjoying a 6-week exchange programme at St Gabriel’s. Bella is staying with Pippa, Year 10, and on hearing the news, they connected on email and quickly became friends who were excited to meet in person...
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...
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...