Keep up to date with the latest news and events in and around our school.
One of the many highlights of the spring term is the Year 7 & 8 Scholastic Essay Presentation Evening. Pupils on our challenge and extension programme were given the topic "Movement" in the autumn term to explore in a direction interested them before writing an essay and...
Congratulations to Milly Ducker and Olivia Clark who recently performed in ‘Spring Equinox’ at Newbury Corn Exchange theatre on Tuesday 19th March. Run by Ace Dance Studios, the event is a showcase of the very best in dance that Newbury’s young performers have to offer. Milly and O...
Our Year 6 netball squad were at school early on Thursday 21 March, for a 7am departure to the IAPS National Finals for Netball, at Epsom College, having won the Regional Final in February. They looked impressive in their special hoodies and PTA-funded sports coats. On the court they start...
On Thursday 21 March afternoon, a team of Year 2 children attended a Key Stage 1 Cricket Festival at Park House School. Alongside 5 other schools and ably supported by students from Park House, the children were introduced to four fun games to practise the skills of throwing, catching and batting. A...
Congratulations to our Junior School girls football teams. The Year 5/6 girls football team finished in second place in the West Berkshire 7-a-side tournament held at Park House on Monday 18 March. The defence was particularly strong and did not concede a single goal. Meanwhile our Year...
Fizz 'n' Mix is a bath bomb company created by our Year 12 Young Enterprise team. Over the course of their first year of sixth form, the team have been meeting weekly, initially to generate ideas and plan but thereafter to sell and look at ways to grow their business. The team have...
Year 4 had an amazing learning experience on their visit to Ufton Court as part of their study of the Tudors. The children enjoyed the chance to do jobs such as spinning yarn, grinding flour and making willow fences. They also found it great fun to play Tudor games and...
Kara and Zara from Year 5 report on their experience of Victorian school life. "On Thursday 14 March we went to Reading Museum to experience what it was like in a Victorian school and to look around Reading Museum. We put on Victorian clothes and got told where to sit. The...
Year 1 visited Newbury as part of their study of the local area in their Geography lessons. The children proved excellent spotters of some of the local landmarks around the town including the library, Corn Exchange and St Nicolas' church! During their trip, they were lucky enough...
St Gabriel’s hosted two Chinese New Year celebration events recently for groups of Junior School pupils from Cheam and Ashford Hill Primary schools. Mrs Clarkson visits both schools each week to deliver outreach lessons in Mandarin Chinese and these events have added a c...
Junior School parents receive a weekly newsletter from Mr Dove outlining individual, class and sporting activities and achievements. There are always so many wonderful activities happening around the school we have reproduced a section of the March 8 bulletin below to share with the wider...
Years 7 and 8 celebrated World Book Day in style by dressing up as their favourite fictional characters. There were some fabulous costumes; everyone put a huge amount of thought and effort into their dress and Mrs Borzoni had a job to award prizes, but a special mention goes to Mille, Sareena, Eve...