Junior Eco Council

On Friday, The Junior Eco Council presented an assembly ahead of Earth Day on 22 April. The theme for this year is Planet vs Plastics. In the assembly the Eco Council educated students about the p...

Gateway Highlights

Summer Term Week 2 - Gateway Highlights https://player.vimeo.com/video/939563462?h=19aa35f362&a...

Shifting Sands

‘Be the change you wish to see in the world’ and ‘If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change yo...

Student Recital

To absorb myself in this experience helped me to improve my performing skills but also provided a f...

Aerobic Competition

Last weekend Rosa in Lower IV competed at the Czech Aerobic Open. Held in Prague, Rosa finished ...

Lower IV Textiles

Our enthusiastic Lower IV Textiles club students completed their reversible tote bags at the end of...

Upper Prep Drawing

On Wednesday afternoon Upper Prep enjoyed creating observational drawings of different types of flo...

Statistics Trip

The Upper VI Statistics trip to Osaka in the Oracle was a great learning experience. After we h...

Blue Peter

In case you don’t know what this is, what advantages you can get and how you get it, make sure ...

Badminton Success

Tranthini from Upper V and Anushka from Upper IV represented Berkshire in the Inter County tourname...

Lower I investigate Egyptian Artefacts

Lower I have been tuning-in to their new unit of inquiry. Once introduced to their central idea,...

Cricket Match

The U13s had their first Berkshire League 'Softball' match vs Crosfields on Wednesday afternoon con...

Going Quackers at Little Knellies

Little Knellies have been having so much fun this week playing with the ducklings, having cuddles a...

Staff: Taekwondo Expert

Mark Lucas, Head of Estates, took up the martial art of Taekwondo in 1993. Unfortunately due to bac...

The Circuit: Digital Burnout

In our fast-paced, digitally driven world, the constant barrage of information, notifications, ...

National Hockey Coach

I was appointed as the Hockey Wales NAG (National Age Group/U18s & U16s) Girls Manager at the s...

Upper V Bake-Off 

Today we took part in the annual Upper V House Bake Off.  Despite the busy room, we thoroughly...

Gateway Highlights

Summer Term Week 1 - Gateway Highlights https://player.vimeo.com/video/936670694?h=0fa9f131a2&a...

Teaching and Learning

One of the things that makes The Abbey a wonderful place to work is the passionate focus and intere...

Lower VI Economics Trip

The Lower VI Economics Trip to The Netherlands took place from 23-25 March and it was a great succe...

Interludes Recital

The Interludes Recital Series resumed on Wednesday when three performers shared their talents with ...

Woodley Festival

On 16 March, I had the opportunity to perform a piano piece in the Woodley Festival. I played in...

Half Marathon

Last Sunday Mr Hawkins completed the Reading Half Marathon (1:44:50) and has, thanks in no small pa...

Jubilate Choir Tour to Wales

On the final Wednesday of term, the Junior School Jubilate Choir headed off on tour to Broadhaven i...

Golf Tournament

The start of the holiday season saw Myka start the North London USKids Golf tournaments - the first...

The Circuit: Hackers don’t bother with people like me

We start this week’s article with a big thank you. Thank you to Danni Brooke for the donation of...

UCAS Discovery Exhibition

On Tuesday, Lower VI students enjoyed a trip to the UCAS Discovery Exhibition in Farnborough. &...

Flamenco Dancing at Juniors

Upper Prep and Lower Prep had the opportunity to explore 'Flamenco' Dancing. They learned about...

Sponsored Walk

Amber in Upper III completed a sponsored walk on 6 April to raise money for the National Autistic S...

Particle Physics Masterclass

On Wednesday 13 March, a group of Lower VI physics students went to the Rutherford Appleton Laborat...

Chess Team reach National Finals

On Saturday 6 th April we arrived at St. Catherine’s, Bramley at 10.30am to startplaying our fi...

Classics Alumna Visit

Kate, who is in her first year at Cambridge University reading Classics, has come to visit the Clas...

Public Speaking Team won the Regional Finals!

Our Intermediate Public Speaking team of Nikita, Gabrielle and Saanvi (Lower IV) travelled to Luton...

The Tempest

Upper III made a map of the island from The Tempest as part of their English studies this term. The...

‘Frohe Ostern’

With the holidays around the corner, Lower IV had the opportunity to learn about how Easter is cele...

Podcast with a Cake -S3E3

Have you ever heard a podcast talking about other podcasts?! Well here’s your first - Podcastceptio...

Podcast with a Cake – S3E2

Episode 2 of Podcast with a Cake is out! Our Lower VI students Grace, Ella, and Hope will be on ...

Interludes Recital

The final Interludes Recital of the spring term was a special “Harp Plus One” edition which showcas...

Spring Term Gateway Highlights

Let's wrap up this amazing term with a video! If we tried to encapsulate every aspect of this term,...

Swimming Gala

Incredible scenes this week as our Senior students took to the pool to see who would be crowned 202...

Pi DAY CELEBRATED ALL WEEK

Activities for every yeargroup:A variety of challenges andinformation was open to all yeargroups. F...

Easter Bonnet parade

On Wednesday, Abbey Gardens hosted their Easter Bonnet parade! It was a lovely afternoon fille...

Charity Prefects 

Over our time as charity prefects, we have enjoyed planning and organising many events in order to ...

Lower IV Model United Nations Session

Last week, Lower IV students participated in a lively and proactive debate on Climate Change by par...

Gym Star

Last weekend, Jessica in Upper III, competed in the 4-piece competition organised by her gymnastics...

Lower V Ethical Food Choices

Our Lower V Food and Nutrition food classes have been learning about ethical and organic food, Fair...

Upper IV International Food

The Upper IV Food classes have been busy this week, researching international food.  Each stud...

Upper III Success at Woodley

Over the last two weekends I participated and competed in the Woodley Festival of Music and Arts. I...

Further Woodley Festival Success

We are delighted to share more fantastic results from the Woodley Festival. Katheirne (Upper II)...

Reception Assembly

On Tuesday 19 March Reception Y students took part in their class assembly. Each child learned ...

Lower III Maths Fun

Lower III had to rely on their problem solving, collaboration and building skills to create this gi...