Upper IV Mine Exploration Trip

Last Saturday we ran a trip to explore some of the mines under Reading for the first time. 89th Reading Scouts look after the mine and were kind enough to give us a tour showing us many interesting t...

Gateway Highlights

Have a look at Week 5 of our Spring Term Gateway Highlights!

Changing of the Guard

Picture an officer in your mind. Now picture a real officer from history. How about a fictiti...

BTS of the TV show ‘Glow Up’

Two of our House Art Event winners have been given the amazing opportunity to go behind the scenes ...

Time to Reflect: on Invictus

Once upon a time, there was a princess, and the princess had an evil stepmother, who made her life ...

New badminton lunch Club

A new badminton club is now running during lunchtime for Lower III and Upper II students. The club ...

Salsa workshop and churros

On Monday 27 January, all of the Spanish students took part in a workshop. We learnt some steps use...

Sensory Maths

At Little Knellies, we nurture appreciation for mathematics from an early age through engaging, han...

Children’s Mental Health Week

This week at the Junior School we have acknowledged Children’s Mental Health Week and embraced the ...

The Taylor Library and Children’s Mental Health Week.

This week has been Children’s Mental Health Week, and, as a Reading Champion, I have been consideri...

Enrichment Lecture: Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu, President of Wolfson College, Cambridge

Professor Uchegbu gave an inspiring talk on science and her career in pharmaceutical nanotechnology...

Humanities Symposium

Eleven students presented work at the inaugural Humanities Symposium which ran from Monday 20 to Fr...

Janani recites Raghuveera Gadhyam to the Mayor of Hillingdon

On Saturday 25th of January, I recited lines from the Raghuveera Gadhyam with the brief meaning. I ...

The Sugar Craft Club

The Abbey School Sugar Craft Club have been busy this term making the sugar flowers for Miss Power'...

Curiosity Festival UV-UVI Academic Extension

This week, Upper V students had the opportunity to engage with Sixth Formers in an inspiring academ...

Curiosity Festival: Staff and Student Mini Lectures

Students and staff recently delivered a series of fascinating mini lectures, each inspired by their...

AF Harrold Pops Up at the Abbey for a Party

What to do if a bear is in your cornflakes or an antelope hides among your croissants? Don't worry!...

Spring Serenade Sparkles

On Tuesday 28 January we enjoyed the small ensembles concert filled with lots of wonderful music-ma...

Gateway Highlights

Have a look at Week 4 of our Spring Term Gateway Highlights!

Junior School Sounds

On Tuesday 28 January, 15 students from Lower I - Lower III delighted an audience of parents and si...

Golden Connections

One of the many joys of working in a through school, as I’ve previously touched on, is seeing t...

Interludes Recital

We had an amazing lunchtime at the interludes recital last Wednesday. We started with Imogen pla...

Upper III Fiction – 40 Reading Challenge Review

Hi , I’m Jessica, one of the Upper III students at the Senior School, and I am also one of our Read...

Spanish Fashion Parade – El desfile de Upper IV

In our Upper IV Spanish lessons, we have been learning about fashion and how to describe items of c...

Research Excellence in Art and Design

Congratulations to Dr Jon Lockhart, art teacher at The Abbey School, who was awarded a Doctorate th...

Introducing the Junior School Wellbeing Warriors

Introducing the Junior School's newly elected team of Wellbeing Warriors, chosen for their enthusia...

Outdoor learning in Reception

Come rain or shine, Reception have enjoyed exploring our outdoor area in Abbey Gardens in recent we...

Mask magnificence

Hi, I’m Lily and I make animal masks. I started in October 2024 when I saw a YouTube video of a mas...

U15’s Football Tournament

The U15s had a strong performance at the Denefield tournament, competing in a round-robin format. T...

Upper IV hosts a vibrant Fair Trade Fair

The Upper IV students recently organised a lively Fair Trade Fair, shining a spotlight on the benef...

Upper IV French Culture Day

On Monday, we celebrated French Culture Day. We were allowed to bring in props/clothes to dress up ...

Happy Lunar New Year 2025 from Little Knellies

Little Knellies buzzed with excitement as celebrations for the Spring festival of Lunar New Year be...

Lunar New Year Celebrations

Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival and Chinese New Year, is a celebration marking the ar...

“Biology University Ready” club

This week, in the “Biology University Ready” club, Lower VI Biology students gave presentations on ...

Anaya shines at Berkshire & South Bucks County Swimming Championships 2025

We are thrilled to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Anaya in Lower V at the Berkshire &...

Gateway Highlights

Have a look at Week 3 of our Spring Term Gateway Highlights!

A Message from the Deputy Head Girls: Celebrating Our School Highlights

As we approach the end of our time at The Abbey, the Deputy Head Girls wanted to share some of thei...

Special guests from Korea

In 2007, a Korean translation of the book 위기의 학교 (왜 영국 교육은 실패했는가) (Schools in Crisis: Why Did Briti...

An Exciting Day at the Tate Modern: Lower V and Lower VI Art Students’ Inspirational Trip

Last week, Lower V and Lower VI Art students embarked on an inspiring and thought-provoking visit t...

Letter from the Mayor of Reading

In the Autumn term, Upper II students explored governments and political systems in our unit of inq...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Our Upper VI students were recently treated to an unforgettable evening at the Almeida Theatre in L...

Emily in ‘We Will Rock You’ at Newbury Corn Exchange

I enjoyed performing in front of loads of people because I could show off all the hard work and eff...

A day with the Digital Schoolhouse

I would like to start this article by telling you a few things that I have learnt this week by atte...

Steel Pan Workshop

Kensington Hall at the Junior School was filled with the sounds of the Caribbean on Tuesday when th...

Le cinéma français

This week Miss Power's Upper IV French class worked in groups to translate summaries and reviews of...

Upper III Pyjama Party

On Friday 17 January, Upper III enjoyed a Pyjama Party! There were lots of fun games like limbo and...

Upper III Careers

Upper III enjoyed taking interest and personality quizzes on Unifrog in Skills for Life this week a...

Bon voyage to French Polynesia!

In our French IB lessons with Madame Berrow, we have started to learn about travels and holidays! W...

Bake Sale for WWF

On the 21st of January, our school came together to support an important cause through a bake sale ...

Mussels!

This week Lower V GCSE Food students enjoyed making and trying two different recipes for fresh muss...

Gymfinity Christmas Competition

We would like to say massive congratulations to Chloe in Lower I who won two gold medals at Gymfini...