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Sixth Form chemists in their element: cake!
Friday, 17 May 2013
Sixth form chemists demonstrated their skills in controlling chemical reactions as they combined various elements to produce a periodic table made entirely from cakes. In celebration of reaching the end of their Chemistry A Level course, the girls......
A successful year for The Abbey's refugee homework club
Thursday, 16 May 2013
Volunteers from The Abbey’s Sixth form have been helping to meet a very real need in the local Reading community by providing homework support for the children of some of the town’s refugee families. The project came about as a result......
Charity fundraising brings its own rewards!
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Five girls from the Lower VI have been discovering that charity fundraising brings far more than just financial rewards as they have reached the finals of a fundraising competition organised by the Wings of Hope Charity. Wings of Hope is a North......
UVI Physicists visit the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
This week UVI Physics students visited the Medical Physics department of the Royal Berkshire Hospital. As Medical Physics is on their A2 level Physics syllabus this was a very good opportunity for them to enhance their understanding of this topic......
Smiles and memories at the Year 14 tea
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Proving that "once an Abbey girl, always an Abbey girl" last year's leavers returned to school on Monday 15 April to catch up with old friends and former teachers and to check out the refurbished Sixth Form area. Girls enjoyed swapping tales of......
Teamwork pays off for IB students
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
The LVI IB team again helped out at Ufton Court for their CAS Team Project. The girls spent two days there and completed a very worthwhile project – namely to clear an area and construct a woodland archery range. After finishing this task the......
