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Upper IV Mine Exploration Trip
07/02/2025
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...
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Highlights
Gateway Highlights
07/02/2025
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Have a look at Week 5 of our Spring Term Gateway Highlights!
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Abbey Connected
Changing of the Guard
07/02/2025
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Picture an officer in your mind. Now picture a real officer from history. How about a fictiti...
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Highlights
BTS of the TV show ‘Glow Up’
07/02/2025
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Two of our House Art Event winners have been given the amazing opportunity to go behind the scenes ...
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Seniors
Time to Reflect: on Invictus
07/02/2025
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Once upon a time, there was a princess, and the princess had an evil stepmother, who made her life ...
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Juniors
New badminton lunch Club
07/02/2025
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A new badminton club is now running during lunchtime for Lower III and Upper II students. The club ...
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Highlights
Salsa workshop and churros
07/02/2025
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On Monday 27 January, all of the Spanish students took part in a workshop. We learnt some steps use...
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Highlights
Sensory Maths
07/02/2025
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At Little Knellies, we nurture appreciation for mathematics from an early age through engaging, han...
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Highlights
Children’s Mental Health Week
07/02/2025
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This week at the Junior School we have acknowledged Children’s Mental Health Week and embraced the ...
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Seniors
The Taylor Library and Children’s Mental Health Week.
07/02/2025
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This week has been Children’s Mental Health Week, and, as a Reading Champion, I have been consideri...
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Seniors
Enrichment Lecture: Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu, President of Wolfson College, Cambridge
07/02/2025
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Professor Uchegbu gave an inspiring talk on science and her career in pharmaceutical nanotechnology...
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Seniors
Humanities Symposium
07/02/2025
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Eleven students presented work at the inaugural Humanities Symposium which ran from Monday 20 to Fr...
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Seniors
Janani recites Raghuveera Gadhyam to the Mayor of Hillingdon
07/02/2025
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On Saturday 25th of January, I recited lines from the Raghuveera Gadhyam with the brief meaning. I ...
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Highlights
The Sugar Craft Club
07/02/2025
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The Abbey School Sugar Craft Club have been busy this term making the sugar flowers for Miss Power'...
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Seniors
Curiosity Festival UV-UVI Academic Extension
07/02/2025
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This week, Upper V students had the opportunity to engage with Sixth Formers in an inspiring academ...
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Seniors
Curiosity Festival: Staff and Student Mini Lectures
07/02/2025
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Students and staff recently delivered a series of fascinating mini lectures, each inspired by their...
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Highlights
AF Harrold Pops Up at the Abbey for a Party
07/02/2025
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What to do if a bear is in your cornflakes or an antelope hides among your croissants? Don't worry!...
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Highlights
Spring Serenade Sparkles
07/02/2025
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On Tuesday 28 January we enjoyed the small ensembles concert filled with lots of wonderful music-ma...
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Highlights
Gateway Highlights
31/01/2025
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Have a look at Week 4 of our Spring Term Gateway Highlights!
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Juniors
Junior School Sounds
31/01/2025
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On Tuesday 28 January, 15 students from Lower I - Lower III delighted an audience of parents and si...
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Abbey Connected
Golden Connections
31/01/2025
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One of the many joys of working in a through school, as I’ve previously touched on, is seeing t...
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Seniors
Interludes Recital
31/01/2025
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We had an amazing lunchtime at the interludes recital last Wednesday. We started with Imogen pla...
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Seniors
Upper III Fiction – 40 Reading Challenge Review
31/01/2025
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Hi , I’m Jessica, one of the Upper III students at the Senior School, and I am also one of our Read...
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Seniors
Spanish Fashion Parade – El desfile de Upper IV
31/01/2025
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In our Upper IV Spanish lessons, we have been learning about fashion and how to describe items of c...
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Highlights
Research Excellence in Art and Design
31/01/2025
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Congratulations to Dr Jon Lockhart, art teacher at The Abbey School, who was awarded a Doctorate th...
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Highlights
Introducing the Junior School Wellbeing Warriors
31/01/2025
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Introducing the Junior School's newly elected team of Wellbeing Warriors, chosen for their enthusia...
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Highlights
Outdoor learning in Reception
31/01/2025
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Come rain or shine, Reception have enjoyed exploring our outdoor area in Abbey Gardens in recent we...
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Highlights
Mask magnificence
31/01/2025
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Hi, I’m Lily and I make animal masks. I started in October 2024 when I saw a YouTube video of a mas...
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Seniors
U15’s Football Tournament
31/01/2025
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The U15s had a strong performance at the Denefield tournament, competing in a round-robin format. T...
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Highlights
Upper IV hosts a vibrant Fair Trade Fair
31/01/2025
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The Upper IV students recently organised a lively Fair Trade Fair, shining a spotlight on the benef...
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Seniors
Upper IV French Culture Day
31/01/2025
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On Monday, we celebrated French Culture Day. We were allowed to bring in props/clothes to dress up ...
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Highlights
Happy Lunar New Year 2025 from Little Knellies
31/01/2025
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Little Knellies buzzed with excitement as celebrations for the Spring festival of Lunar New Year be...
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Seniors
Lunar New Year Celebrations
31/01/2025
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Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival and Chinese New Year, is a celebration marking the ar...
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Sixth Form
“Biology University Ready” club
31/01/2025
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This week, in the “Biology University Ready” club, Lower VI Biology students gave presentations on ...
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Highlights
Anaya shines at Berkshire & South Bucks County Swimming Championships 2025
31/01/2025
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We are thrilled to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Anaya in Lower V at the Berkshire &...
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Highlights
Gateway Highlights
24/01/2025
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Have a look at Week 3 of our Spring Term Gateway Highlights!
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Abbey Connected
A Message from the Deputy Head Girls: Celebrating Our School Highlights
24/01/2025
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As we approach the end of our time at The Abbey, the Deputy Head Girls wanted to share some of thei...
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Seniors
Special guests from Korea
24/01/2025
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In 2007, a Korean translation of the book 위기의 학교 (왜 영국 교육은 실패했는가) (Schools in Crisis: Why Did Briti...
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Seniors
An Exciting Day at the Tate Modern: Lower V and Lower VI Art Students’ Inspirational Trip
24/01/2025
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Last week, Lower V and Lower VI Art students embarked on an inspiring and thought-provoking visit t...
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Highlights
Letter from the Mayor of Reading
24/01/2025
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In the Autumn term, Upper II students explored governments and political systems in our unit of inq...
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Sixth Form
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
24/01/2025
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Our Upper VI students were recently treated to an unforgettable evening at the Almeida Theatre in L...
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Juniors
Emily in ‘We Will Rock You’ at Newbury Corn Exchange
24/01/2025
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I enjoyed performing in front of loads of people because I could show off all the hard work and eff...
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Seniors
A day with the Digital Schoolhouse
24/01/2025
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I would like to start this article by telling you a few things that I have learnt this week by atte...
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Juniors
Steel Pan Workshop
24/01/2025
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Kensington Hall at the Junior School was filled with the sounds of the Caribbean on Tuesday when th...
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Seniors
Le cinéma français
24/01/2025
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This week Miss Power's Upper IV French class worked in groups to translate summaries and reviews of...
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Seniors
Upper III Pyjama Party
24/01/2025
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On Friday 17 January, Upper III enjoyed a Pyjama Party! There were lots of fun games like limbo and...
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Seniors
Upper III Careers
24/01/2025
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Upper III enjoyed taking interest and personality quizzes on Unifrog in Skills for Life this week a...
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Sixth Form
Bon voyage to French Polynesia!
24/01/2025
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In our French IB lessons with Madame Berrow, we have started to learn about travels and holidays! W...
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Seniors
Bake Sale for WWF
24/01/2025
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On the 21st of January, our school came together to support an important cause through a bake sale ...
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Seniors
Mussels!
24/01/2025
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This week Lower V GCSE Food students enjoyed making and trying two different recipes for fresh muss...
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Juniors
Gymfinity Christmas Competition
24/01/2025
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We would like to say massive congratulations to Chloe in Lower I who won two gold medals at Gymfini...
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