Retirement Celebrations

After 11 years of dedicated service, Dawn Wooldridge is retiring from her role as Food & Nutrition Technician at The Abbey this week.Throughout her time at The Abbey, Dawn has been known for her ...

Gateway Highlights

This week has been great! Have a look what The Abbey community has been up to...

ARCH Healthcare – medical specialisms

Our latest ARCH event was a huge success, offering an invaluable insight into multiple medical spec...

RBH Gift Tree Appeal

This year The Abbey is proudly supporting the Royal Berkshire Hospital’s Gift Tree Appeal. Both the...

Rotary Youth Speaks Debate Competition

A record number of Upper IV and Lower V students entered the Rotary Youth Speaks Debate Competition...

The Couching Technique

Upper IVs have been introduced to the Couching technique, and they have been experimenting using a ...

Interludes Recital

This week: On Wednesday, I performed in the weekly Interludes Recital, alongside Oya, Wini and S...

Upper I to Reading Macular Society

On Wednesday afternoon, Upper I travelled to the Abbey Baptist Church in Reading to spread some Chr...

1000-piece Puzzle!

This week the Taylor Library has started a new tradition of building a 1000-piece puzzle. The piece...

Lower V French Food Tasting

Our GCSE class sampled French cuisine as our current topic is food. Everyone was allocated differen...

Prep Production Lights Camel Action!

The week, Lower Prep and Upper Prep have had a fantastic time performing their Christmas Production...

If God is the Creator, Who Created God?

Before half term we announced a competition designed to stretch fellow students’ Philosophical and ...

Time To Reflect: On Passing Through Change

‘Oh oh, Mummy’s on a rampage’ is code in my house for that time when the deep desire to pull everyt...

Full Marks in Bebras

Eight Abbey students, from both the Senior and Junior Schools, are celebrating this week after gain...

Apple Teacher Success!

A huge congratulations to Miss Mulvenna, Mrs Vorster and Mrs Basset, the first of our staff to have...

Young Gymnasts

The U11 and U13 girls delivered stellar performances at the Prior's Field Gymnastics Festival, comp...

The Moment of Truth

In the course of an education, many testing moments will occur; indeed, several can happen within t...

Stick Man Adventure

Little Knellies joyfully bade farewell to Autumn and embraced the wintry chill, inspired by Julia D...

Lower V Foodies Go Veggie!

Last week in our theory lesson we studied different diets for age groups and energy requirements. F...

‘All clear above and behind? Take up slack. All out…’

As we applauded Abby from Lower Sixth for becoming a solo glider pilot during last week’s celebrati...

Making Pasties

Last week we made pasties. Our aim was to reduce food wastage so we had to try and reduce the amoun...

Making a Wedding Cake

Head of Upper III, Miss Power, has kindly agreed to our amazing and talented Lower IV Sugarcraft Cl...

BBC Radio Berkshire

BBC Radio Berkshire invited Suhani (Year 12) to appear on the Rena Annobil show earlier in November...

Art Scholars Tea Party

On Wednesday, 6 November, Abbey Art scholars gathered in Richards Hall for the annual Art scholars ...

Careers in Special Effects ‘That’s No Moon’

On Tuesday, November 19, we were treated to an insider’s view of the world of visual and special ef...

Angles of Fun: Maths Week was Right on Point

Last week, was Maths week; a week-long celebration aimed at making Mathematics accessible and enjoy...

Classics Seminar – The Eleusinian Mysteries

On Wednesday we were lucky enough to have our second Classics seminar, where we discuss classical t...

Young Tycoon success

Lara in Upper III was invited to attend the Young Tycoon's Final at Canary Wharf. She had set u...

Tycoon: Lumina

Hi everyone! We are Lumina, a Lower VI Tycoon Team specialising in handmade, affordable candles. ...

Time To Reflect: On Being Enough

Our students learn so many things in their time with us. Of all the wonderful learning they do, my ...

Maths in the Kitchen

In a recent lesson, the students of Upper II discovered that maths isn’t just about doing sums – it...

House Christmas Trees

For this year’s Christmas tree, we are going “Eco” and we’d like you to make a decoration for the t...

Tycoon: Beads & Co

Hi everyone! We are a group of friends behind Beads & Co, a Lower VI Tycoon Team. We specialise...

Sixth Form Theatre Trip

Last Thursday, our Sixth Formers set off for a night at the theatre to see Mean Girls the Musical, ...

U15 Footballers

The U15 Footballers won a very competitive 1-0 vrs St Mary's, Ascot. It was great to see some n...

Save The Date: Candlelit Procession

All Abbey families are invited to join us after school on Monday 2 December for our Candlelit Proce...

Food Bank Donations

Congratulations on collecting an incredible 190kg of food donations for the Harvest! This week, we ...

Kindness for Christmas

In the spirit of Christmas, students are invited to participate in an advent challenge (in addition...

Senior House Makeup Competition

As part of this year’s #HouseArt, we are hosting a makeup competition for all the makeup enthusiast...

Non Fiction November

Non-Fiction November: Read, Review, and Win! Are you ready to dive into a world of truth, discov...

Swimming Success

Recently I participated in the Rushmoor Royals Swimming Gala. I competed in the 400 freestyle and a...

Dancing Star

I compete in Latin and ballroom dancing competitions on a yearly basis. There are three qualifiers ...

Social Enterprise Hub Commences

Here we go again! After a great team-building workshop last week when the 30 students from The A...

The Power of Music

When did you last hear a piece of music which made you break into a smile - or shed tears?  Mu...

House Art…Coming Soon!

House Art is Coming: Get Ready to Shine!Excitement is in the air as we gear up for one of the most ...

Why is Classics Important?

Are you ready to showcase your creativity and passion for Classics? Join an exciting competition an...

Logo Design Competition

Our Senior School Photography Club has been working diligently with their mentor, Artist-in-Residen...

Eco Council

The Senior School Eco Council has planted a variety of trees around the Astro Pitch, creating a new...

NATD Dancing Qualifiers

Sienna in Upper Prep recently attended the NATD dancing qualifiers. She came 2nd in her Ballroom (Q...

Little Muddy Boots Workshop

The children in Abbey Gardens enjoyed a fun workshop this week run by Little Muddy Boots.The childr...

Upper I Visit Windsor Castle!

On Friday 8 November, Upper I took the short journey to Windsor Castle. It was an amazing day fille...