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After over 20 years at St Gabriel’s Mrs Helen Porter, Teacher of Biology, will be hanging up her lab coat at the end of term. Dedicated teacher and tutor, stick insect keeper and swiveller of the Big Blue Biology Chair, Mrs Porter has carved out a huge place in...
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...
Mrs Tyler is very proud of her students as throughout the period of remote teaching they have excelled themselves in their Spanish lessons. They have practised their spoken Spanish during remote sessions with Sarah Leyva, our Mexican language assistant; got to grips with new topics and gr...
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...
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The Sandleford Nursery team has been busy in school caring for children of key workers during the coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile, children at home have enjoyed numeracy and phonics sessions with Leanne, as well as some of their story time favourites read by Mr Smith, via video. Le...
During the Coronavirus crisis, where we are socially isolated and remote learning, studying and writing poetry has been a lovely way for students to explore their feelings and process the experience. Year 8 have been spending time in their gardens and going on walks to inspire some Spring...
Where in Italy were you brought up and which languages did you study and from what age? I was born in Italy, in the Northern region of Emilia-Romagna, in a city called Reggio Emilia. In Italy, the school system is quite different as we have primary, middle and secondary schools, with secondary s...
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...
Can you tell us about how your interest in music developed? My parents are not musicians at all, but they played lots of classical music when I was growing up and encouraged me when I wanted to learn the piano. We had a terrible piano which cost £5 and then upgraded to one that cos...
Our annual scholastic essay presentation evening for Year 7 and 8 had to be postponed due to lockdown. However we were delighted to be able to rearrange the event as a series of virtual presentations spread over a number of lunchtime sessions. Mr Smith, Mrs Chapman, Mrs Wright, Mrs Chicke...
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...
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...