Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

St Gabriel’s Maths Challenge – Year 4

On Monday, 30th January we visited St Gabriel’s for a maths challenge against about 25 schools. It was very exciting. Our favourite activity was doing the Sud...

Portals to the Past 2017

Lauren Makin from the company Portals to the Past gave us a thrilling experience of life in World War Two, our history topic this term. All boys in Year 3 were ...

Lecture on the American Presidency

Mr Lexton gave the school a presentation about the 45th American presidency. This was a meaningful insight to an American’s view on the elections. He spoke ab...

Chinese New Year Lunch

The team in the kitchen excelled themselves at lunch time today with their ‘Chinese New Year’ themed lunch. The dining room was decorated beautifully ...

The Newbury & District Agricultural Society

In our topic of Farming Year 1 enjoyed a thoroughly busy and fun-filled morning in a Breakfast Workshop with Jan Murray from The Newbury & District Agricult...

House Cross Country

Bleak and bitter were the weather conditions for this year’s annual House Cross-Country Competition but this didn’t stop the boys rallying round and running...

Berkshire 1st XI cricketers running the Wokingham Half Marathon

On 12th February, a group of Berkshire 1st XI cricketers (myself included) are running the Wokingham Half Marathon dressed up as superheroes in support of Build...

Performing Arts Soirée

With the shutters closed and the lights dimmed on Friday evening, the Long Room seemed to return to its days as the salon of a country house, with music to matc...

Boarders Celebrate Burns Night and hit the slopes!

The boarders enjoyed a truly Scottish feast on Saturday evening. Mr Smith taught us all a bit about the haggis and then toasted it in true Burns night style. Af...

Saturday Lectures

The first Saturday of the term started with a series of lectures. Mr Reavill did a lecture on ‘Ten Books you have never heard of’ to Year 6, and Mrs Tille...