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Big day today with lots going on!   We are excited to be hosting The Bellevue Group Debating Competition 2022 and welcomed nine other schools to take to the stand this morning!  

Several of our boarders tested out their skills on the climbing wall at Adventure Dolphin in Pangbourne at the weekend. They all achieved great heights! Lots of fun had by all combined with learning new skills, setting personal challenges and lots of team work.

Deputy Head Girl Iris and her group of Year 8 pupils presented to the school on Overseas Aid and Development. The group worked hard to define and explain the concept as well as point out advantages and disadvantages of different types of aid. They gave case studies as examples and explained how our pupils will…

Aleixa shone at the 10th Pangbourne College Piano Festival over the weekend! She won one of only two prizes and came second, rated “outstanding” by highly acclaimed Adjudicator Pamela Chilvers and was  awarded a special piece of music and a certificate. Congratulations Aleixa!

Squadron Leader John Longland RAF, Helicopter Pilot and Deputy Officer commanding 33 Squadron at RAF Benson, talking about his career in the Airforce and the skills and attributes required to be an Officer in the RAF. He also discussed career paths open to recruits and examples of leadership as well as answering questions with pupils…

Year 4 have been learning all about teeth in their Science lessons and using dental mirrors to take a closer look and identify the different types of teeth in their friends’ mouths!

World Book Day is in full swing today! Here is another brilliantly decorated classroom door as part of a school-wide book-themed ‘Decorate-a-Door’ competition – Stig of the Dump

This term as part of collective worship, children in Year 3 and 4 created a prayer tree area providing their peers with a quiet place to come and reflect or say a prayer.   Each child wrote a prayer or thought on a piece of paper and tied it to a branch. Family members, NHS…

Congratulations to our pupils who have most recently been awarded scholarships in Art, Drama, Fitzherbert-Brockholes All Round and Sport!  

Year 3 really enjoyed making their own individual Stone Age clay pots to support their theme of ‘Going Underground’ in Forest School. They are fabulous!