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Independent Girls’ School of the Year

At the wonderful Independent Schools of the Year 2024 awards ceremony in London last night, The Abbey was named Independent Girls’ School of the Year 2024. The Chair of Judges, Dr Helen Wright, was e...
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Seniors

Dodson dominates in ESAA XC

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The Abbey headed to Downe House School on Thursday for the annual English Schools' Athletic Associa...
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Highlights

Gateway Highlights

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This week’s Gateway might just be our best one yet! Every week, we think it can't get better tha...
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Abbey Connected

From Darkness to Light

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As the world turns and seasons change, here in Britain we’re aware of the evenings drawing in and k...
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Seniors

Interludes Review

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Kara’s performance was lively and vibrant, full of rhythmic energy capturing the essence of the gyp...
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Seniors

Biology Week 2024

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This week, the biology department has been a hive of activity as all the students had an opportunit...
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Alumnae

Alumna Talk

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Talk Biology is a new club open to everyone who has an interest in Biology. This week, we had the p...
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Staff

Hidden Figures

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As a teacher of Computer Science and a lover of films that tell stories of resilience and persevera...
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Juniors

U11 IAPS Football

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On Monday, nine students travelled to Westbrook Hay Prep School, for the U11 IAPS Football Tourname...
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Juniors

U8 & U9 Hockey

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The Lower I's and Upper I's had their first match day experience last Friday, heading to Reading Un...
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Juniors

Science Eggs-periment

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Upper I are currently learning all about teeth. They have set up an investigation to discover t...
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Juniors

Fun in Lower III Art

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This term, Lower III have been studying still life. They have had a chance to practise different ty...
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Highlights

Brazilian Samba Workshop

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On Tuesday this week, Kensington Hall was alive with the sound of Brazilian Samba. Students...
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Highlights

GCSE Devised Drama

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Our GCSE Drama students shone as they performed their devised pieces this Friday. They’ve put in...
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Highlights

Lower III Trip to Dinton Pastures

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Last week, our Lower III students embarked on an exciting adventure at Dinton Pastures, where they ...
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Highlights

Harvest is Here!

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Encouraged by our Charity Prefects, Olivia, Anisa and Sakhi, Senior School students have been busy ...
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World Mental Health Day

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Thursday was a wonderful day to celebrate World Mental Health Day within our Abbey community. In...
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Seniors

DofE Achievements

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To achieve a Duke of Edinburgh's Award takes a lot of time, commitment and energy. Everyone who com...
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Little Knellies

Little Knellies

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Little Knellies week began with a fabulous story where the main character is a worm. During exp...
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Sixth Form

Henley Literary Festival

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Giving the vote of thanks for Helen Chandler Wilde at the Henley Literary Festival was an amazing e...
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Highlights

Gateway Highlights

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This week’s Abbey Gateway is packed with exciting stories from across the Abbey community, from Jun...
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Abbey Connected

Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

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We are by nature, and quite rightly, very proud of the quantifiable elements of much of what we ach...
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Juniors

Raising of The Eco Schools flag

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Last week, our incredible Junior School Eco Council proudly raised their Eco Schools flag for every...
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Seniors

Cooking Masterclass

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Mrs Mair, our brilliant Head of Food and Nutrition, hosted an incredible Cooking Masterclass last S...
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Highlights

Henley Literary Festival

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Gabby Logan On Sunday, September 29, Sports Captains Naiya and Poppy had the opportunity to atte...
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Food and Nutrition

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Our Upper V food groups are busy with their GCSE coursework, coming towards the end of their first ...
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Seniors

GCSE PE

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On Wednesday, GCSE PE students had an engaging lesson on the structure of a synovial joint, deepeni...
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Alumnae

The Fringe Festival – Art

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Last week, Art kicked off The Abbey Fringe Festival with 69 attendees and guest speakers from diffe...
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The Abbey

Reading Football Club Tickets

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This is a reminder that just under three weeks remain until the first Schools and Grassroots fixtur...
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Seniors

Interludes Recital

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On Wednesday, I performed in an Abbey Interludes Recital. I played 'Toccatina' by Dmitri Kabalevsky...
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Sixth Form

Lower IV Latin Trip to Bath

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Armed with cameras, tissues, raincoats, and lots of food, Lower IV headed for a day in Bath. Un...
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Highlights

Upper III Bonding Day

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Today in UIII, we made fun adverts selling the unsellable and using teamwork to make a jingle. We a...
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Highlights

Science CREST Club

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Upper I students, attending Science club this term, are working hard to fill up their passports and...
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Highlights

LIII Visit The Ashmolean

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It was exciting to see the actual artefacts after learning about the value of primary historical so...
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Juniors

U10 & UII Hockey

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Last Wednesday, the U10's & U11's played a Hockey match against Sherfield School. The U10's...
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Sixth Form

Library Prefect

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My name is Francesca, and I’d like to introduce myself as the new Library Prefect for this year. ...
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Seniors

National Poetry Day

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Thursday, 3 October, marked National Poetry Day. Along with some Poetry Busking and poetry-themed a...
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Highlights

Upper Prep Charity Walkers

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Danai and Anna took part in the Walk for the Wards charity walk last Sunday in the picturesque sett...
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Highlights

 Women’s Windsor 10k

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'Last weekend I and a small group of Abbey students and staff participated in the Windsor Women's 1...
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Seniors

Ostranenie: A Game for Sparking Creative Ideas

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During our recent Senior School Open Evening, the art department introduced an exciting activity fo...
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Abbey Connected

Fringe Benefits

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I grew up in Edinburgh and one of my favourite aspects of being an Edinburger is the annual Edinbur...
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Seniors

GCSE Art & Textiles Exhibition 2024

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On Friday 13 September, the GCSE Fine Art and Textiles students had a private view showcasing all o...
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Seniors

Interludes Recital

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On Wednesday 25 September, three students performed at the Interludes Recital. With teachers listen...
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TAPS

TAPS – New Parents Wanted!

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The Abbey Parents Society is looking to recruit new Abbey School Parents links for 2024-2025. If yo...
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Seniors

GSA Junior Netball weekend

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Last weekend, our U13 & U14 Netballer’s travelled to Condover Hall to compete in a tournament a...
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Seniors

Economics Dress Up Day

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On Tuesday 24 September, we hosted our annual Economics Dress-Up Day where students and staff from ...
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Alumnae

Untold Story of a Computer Scientist

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At The Abbey Senior School, we often reflect on the incredible achievements of our alumna, and the ...
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Juniors

Lower III Still life

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Lower III are painting watercolour still life as a part of their floral art studies, which will fin...
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Little Knellies

Loose Parts Play

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Loose parts play is an open-ended play experience that encourages children to explore and interact ...
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Juniors

Lower I Robotics Workshop

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Lower I enjoyed a morning of Robotics this week; working in teams to design, build and race their r...
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Juniors

Upper III Netball

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On Tuesday the Upper III netballers had their opening fixture of the season, against Downe House, i...
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