The last day of term is always a special one, but particularly for Year 6 as it marks a milestone in life: the end of Junior School years. On Friday 3 July at noon as with school tradition, our Year 6 leavers came out of the black doors and rang the Leavers’ Bell in front of their familie...
It has been a long time coming, but we are all thrilled to have all year groups back in the Junior School. There are 14 “bubbles” of pupils and staff from Reception to Year 6 and we are borrowing some of the Senior School classrooms and toilets to make this happen. The back lawn is divid...
The St Gabriel's Virtual Choir was a project run by singing teachers, Ms Hendrickx and Mrs Hayles, in which students were invited to submit their different parts for the song 'Somewhere out there' from the film An American Tail. These parts were then edited and mixed, and the video...
In the spirit of staying connected, in a time when many of us feel so far apart, Year 2 wanted to find a visual way to celebrate the power of community and imagination. With this in mind, we created our own British Sign Language Choir. To create the choir, Miss Bowen broke the music, A Million Dr...
We are pleased to welcome Miss Nikki Hart to St Gabriel’s, as maternity cover for Miss Pearmine. She is teaching in Year 6 and Year 4. She is enjoying getting to know the children via Teams video and has been impressed with their digital skills and positive a...
Extracts from our weekly newsletters from the Junior School classrooms before the transition to remote learning.
Junior School parents receive a weekly newsletter outlining activities, events and individual achievements. We have reproduced some photographs and snippets from this week's newsletter for the wider school community to enjoy.
On Thursday 27 February, our Year 5/6 netball squad travelled to St Swithun’s for the regional heat of the national IAPS girls’ netball competition. The early snow flurries that morning soon gave way to some sunshine and blue sky which helped warm hands and hearts. The team were in...
Young mathematicians from local prep and primary schools enjoyed two afternoons of problem-solving at our Year 4 and Year 5 Mathematics Challenge events in January and February. Teams of two, drawn from Year 4 and Year 5, represented their school to take part in a ra...
On 6 February pupils in Years 4 - 6 travelled to the iconic O2 Arena in East London for this year’s performance at the Young Voices concert. After an afternoon of rehearsals to an empty arena, children were very excited when families and friends started to take their seats at 6.00pm and m...
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...
Armistice Day was remembered with 2 minutes silence in school at 11am and through various activities including Mr Smith's reading of poignant letters sent home by soldiers on the frontline in the Great War, during Monday's Senior School assembly. Our Junior School newsletter thi...