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...
67% of grades at A* - A 93% of grades at A* - B 99% of grades at A* - C 100% pass Having received their A level examination results today, students and teachers are celebrating another year of exceptional achievement: 93% of grades at A* - B, with over 80% of girls attai...
On a very windy Saturday in June, which was not conducive to improving personal best times, Izzy Mannion in Year12, competed in the county finals of the 1500m at Palmer Park in Reading. Izzy gained first place in the final with a time of 4.58, although slightly slower than her personal best, it...
Year 12 student, Izzi, has achieved a place in the Team GB Equestrian U18 Junior Nations Cup Team. After trials in Chepstow, Izzi had to perform well to impress the selectors, who were there to check progress across three days of competition over the jumps. On the first two days she compet...
Debating clubs for all year groups are co-ordinated by Mrs Archer. This week marked the end of a particularly successful year for Year 13 and in particular for Rowan in her role as Debating Prefect. As part of a farewell party for our Y13 debaters, Rowan was presented with an inscribed gavel, t...
Our Year 12 Young Enterprise team Fizz 'n' Mix participated in the West Berkshire Area Showcase Final on Tuesday 7 May where they competed against 7 teams from Downe House, Pangbourne College and St Bartholomew's School. Fizz 'n' Mix's environmentally friendly, no plasti...
On a sunny Friday morning, both Year 12 tutor groups organised an Easter egg hunt for Year 7 – Year 9 to help raise money for the Cyclone Idai Emergency Fund. We were delighted to raise in excess of £50.00 for this worthy cause. All the participants spent the mornin...
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...
As part of their studies of material culture, Year 10 and 13 classicists recently took a trip to London to visit some ancient artefacts. Year 13 began the day at the reconstructed temple to Mithras, a Roman shrine which was discovered in London after the second world war. The museum is designed t...
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Senior Spring Concert.
On Tuesday 20 November, girls attending Maryam Khorassani's talk on her journey to becoming a barrister, benefited not only by gleaning an understanding of the routes into the legal profession but also learning from Maryam's resilience along the way. Several maj...