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Happy Holi!

Senior School Celebrate Holi This year, for the first time, the Senior school celebrated the Hindu Festival of Holi. The event was introduced to the students through an insightful assembly given b...
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Highlights

Spring Overtures Concert sparkles

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A capacity audience packed the Richards Hall to enjoy an eclectic programme of music from the Symph...
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Seniors

Scholastic Book Fair

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Get ready—the Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! This is a great opportunity to bring ho...
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Abbey Connected

Icons of the Abbey

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There are several icons of the Abbey - our classic green and purple uniform, Nora and of course our...
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Upper IV Enterprise Day

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On Tuesday, I took part in the Upper IV Enterprise Day which I thoroughly enjoyed. The day started ...
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Tenacity will open up a world of opportunity in the BBC…

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Last Thursday evening we hosted an inspiring finale to our ARCH ‘Behind the Mic’ series with our ‘M...
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Highlights

Week 2 of Woodley Festival 2025

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Aishani at The Woodley Festival Aishani was over the moon to secure 2nd place in the Piano Solo ...
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Seniors

‘Poetry Together’ 2025 Competition

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Grace W and Margaret enter into the 'Poetry Together' 2025 Competition! Margaret, with her beautifu...
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Highlights

Lower IV House Bake Off – Biscuit Bonanza!

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This week in Food and Nutrition, Lower IV were in action making some wonderful biscuits from scratc...
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Sixth Form

Students raising money for YoungMinds charity

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This coming Sunday, we will be running the Reading Half Marathon to raise money for YoungMinds, a c...
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Highlights

Ballet Exam Success at the Junior School

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Many congratulations to all the ballet students who recently took part in Imperial Society of Teach...
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Seniors

French theatre production

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Students of French in Lower IV and Upper IV were treated to a performance of ‘Prendre sa revanche’ ...
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Seniors

Exploring Spanish Carnivals in Upper III

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Upper III Spanish students have been busy immersing themselves in Spanish-speaking culture by learn...
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Alumnae

Enrichment Bites: Ellie Smith

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On Monday 10 March, Abbey alumna Ellie Smith gave a speech on her journey as an electronics enginee...
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Seniors

German Webinar

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Last week, A-level German students attended a webinar by Dr Konstantin Vössing from City University...
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Juniors

U8/9 Netball Match

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On Friday 16th March, we played a netball match against Sherfield and Cranford House. I was Captain...
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Highlights

National Dance Celebration

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Aahana in Lower IV and her Bharatnatyam dance team based in Reading, participated in the prestigiou...
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Highlights

British Science Week

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We have been celebrating British Science Week at The Abbey, sharing our passion for girls in scienc...
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Alumnae

Alumna Talk on Candomblé

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The Philosophy and Theology department hosted an talk entitled Candomblé: A Religion of Resistance ...
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Juniors

Neurodiversity celebration week

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At the Junior school, we participated in Neurodiversity celebration week. We started with an assemb...
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Highlights

Oedipus Rex at the Old Vic

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On Wednesday 12 March, members of the Senior School Classics Society travelled to London to see a n...
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Seniors

Readathon finishes at the end of March!

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Recently, the historical fiction author, Phillippa Gregory, contacted The Abbey on behalf of the ch...
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German Board Game

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It's German week! Simra in Lower IV created a fantastic board game for her entry into the German Ol...
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Pi is irrational, but celebrating it just makes sense

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What is Pi day? World Pi Day is celebrated on 14th March (3/14) every year and celebra...
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Seniors

Library International Women’s Day Competition

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The deadline for the International Women's Day competition is approaching. Submit a piece of creati...
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Highlights

The Playhouse Apprentice

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The Abbey and Reading School combined their students' talents to stage 'The Playhouse Apprentice' a...
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Upper IV Foodies

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Our Upper IV Foodies have been amazing this week - setting the bar so high! We had a super lesso...
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Sixth Form

Lower VI Biology

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Lower VI Biology students gave another set of fantastic presentations. Arni and Suhani talked about...
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Gateway Highlights

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Have a look at Week 9 of our Spring Term Gateway Highlights!
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Abbey Connected

Give me love, or I’m nothing at all

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The beautiful words which title this week’s ‘Abbey Connected’, taken from John Rutter’s Give me Win...
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Highlights

Upper IV Public Speakers win the Rotary District Finals

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Following on from their win in the local round, our Upper IV Public Speaking team gave an outstandi...
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Successful Art Exhibition by Upper VI IB Visual Arts Student

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Last Friday, our Upper VI IB Visual Arts student, Bella, held an impressive art exhibition at the T...
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 Upper III make healthy Fruity Yoghurt Muffins

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On Monday during our Food & Nutrition lesson - with the guidance of Mrs Mair and Mr Roper -&nbs...
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A busy and fruitful week

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Aishani, Upper I had a busy and fruitful last week. She participated in the Woodley Festival as par...
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Juniors

IAPS Netball Tournament at Wellington College

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On 26 March we took 7 students to Wellington College to compete in the annual regional rounds of th...
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Juniors

Reading School Games U11 football festival

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Ten Lower III pupils took part in a football festival hosted by The Abbey and run by Reading FC com...
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Highlights

Woodley Festival 2025 Successes

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On Saturday 8 March, all four choirs from the Junior School performed in the choral section of Wood...
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Seniors

Upper III Ovid Competition Celebration

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Upper III students joined together to celebrate their fantastic creative responses to the myth of O...
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Juniors

Eco-Council Assembly

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Today, the Junior Eco Council held an assembly to "Save our Eco Garden." They have completed their ...
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Highlights

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

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Over the past few weeks the following students have achieved DofE Awards. Very well done to everyon...
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Seniors

Interludes Recital

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Shumeng introduced the performers in our Interludes Recital this week and once again, we were thoro...
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Highlights

DIY skills – one shelf at a time

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It is a long established gender trait that the man about the house should do the DIY. As a child, I...
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Seniors

 Lower V Food and Nutrition

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On Friday we had a special delivery of fresh trout, straight from the lake, fished that day and sup...
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Highlights

Thank You for the Music with Lower III

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On 11 March, Lower III came together for their Thank You for the Music Concert.  The students have ...
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Abbey Connected

Timeless constants in shifting seasons…..

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Finally signs of Spring are here and the seasons are shifting. The days are feeling a little longer...
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Highlights

Lower VI IB CAS Conservation Project Day

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On Thursday 27 February we took our keen and eager Lower VI IB students out on their CAS Project Da...
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Upper II Blast off into Space!

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Upper II had a fantastic time exploring the Winchester Science Centre. The day began with an engagi...
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House Poetry

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Last week saw the return of our annual House Poetry competition. Heats took place on Tuesday and We...
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Highlights

International Success for Lower VI scientists

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Three of our wonderful Lower VI students; Catherine, Emily and Gabriela chose to enter the Universi...
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Highlights

Bharatanatyam dance for Mahashivratri

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Anayra and Janki (in Upper I) performed a Bharatanatyam dance at Reading Hindu Temple on Sunday 2nd...
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Juniors

Find Your Passion: Languages

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On Saturday, some of our younger students enjoyed participating in a language carousel where they w...
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