Published 28 November

The Year 7 boys' rugby team represented the school at this year's County Festival at Reading Bluecoat School. The boys played brilliantly, winning all their morning matches and going through to the top group out of 7 for the afternoon.

Published 28 November 2023

Greenham Trust are a grant giving body that support local charities and organisations for the benefit of the people in West Berkshire and North Hampshire. They’ve supported over 5000 local good causes and distributed over £71 Million since the Trust’s inception in 1997. The Trust’s Grant committees meet regularly throughout the year, including the Youth Distribution Committee.

Published 28 November 2023

“We are one of the most nature depleted countries in the world, and whilst we may have some amazing wildlife in this country, it’s sadly in crisis: more than 40% of UK species’ populations have declined since the 1970s and a quarter of British mammals are at risk of extinction.” wildlifetrusts.org. At St Bart’s we are keen to take action to support and celebrate our amazing wildlife and to encourage students to take more notice of their own environment and the actions they can take to improve biodiversity.

Published 27 November 2023

A huge thank you to the Year 10 Sports Leaders who supported the Alternative Olympics Festival that we hosted at St Bart’s. This inclusive festival saw 11 Primary Schools take part, which included Boccia, Kurling, Seated Volleyball and Archery.

Published 27 November 2023

Last Wednesday, we took 68 girls to play netball at Kennet School from Year 7 through to Sixth Form. As Year 11 are doing practice exams, we put out two Year 7 teams and everyone else played up a year. This was a great opportunity for the girls to get some tough match play, ready for the league games next term.

Published 27 November

For the past few weeks after school on Tuesdays, Year 8 and 9 students have been working hard with Miss Richardson, dedicating their own time to make some of the costumes for the school production of Oliver! Students have developed skills in pattern cutting, garment construction and have been using the sewing machines to make handkerchiefs, aprons and cravats from scratch!Students have also spent a lot of time distressing, dying and altering existing garments. We can’t wait to see the costumes live in action. Well done and thank you to everyone who has been involved. Performances of Oliver will take place on Monday 11, Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 December. Tickets can be purchased via ParentPay.

Published 23 November 2023 Our KS3 boys’ badminton team entered the West Berkshire Tournament at Theale Green, which involved both singles and doubles matches. With a large number of schools and teams there, all the boys really enjoyed playing some competitive matches, but extra congratulations go to our A Team, made up of Luke, Yudeesh, Jimmy and Johan, who won the completion overall! Well done to all the boys involved.

Published 23 November 2023

Recently Fayina (10C2) competed in the British Down Syndrome Swimming Championships at Crawley. A daunting prospect potentially, being her first competitive event against girls from all over Britain and watched by hundreds of spectators. She surpassed all expectations, being the second youngest competitor in attendance. In the Junior category (16 and under), she won two silver medals for 50m backstroke and 100m individual medley (her backstroke time was 9th fastest across all age groups!) She also won awards for fastest times for her freestyle and butterfly over 25m. Congratulations Fayina on an outstanding achievement.

Published 23 November 2023 Last Friday, we held a Non Uniform Day, Staff Dodgeball Competition, a cake sale and a House 'Cover Pudsey in Coins' Competition - all in aid of Children in Need. Patterson took home the double – claiming both victory in the Staff Dodgeball and 'Cover Pudsey in Coins' Competition. Patterson’s Pudsey was covered in £86 by the end of the day! Thank you to everyone who baked, donated, ducked and dodged balls and took part. As a school, we raised an amazing £2,774 for Children in Need and had a lot of fun doing so!

Published 22 November 2023

Diwali is a significant festival that is celebrated by millions of people around the world, particularly those of the Hindu and Sikh faiths. The festival, which usually falls in October or November each year, is celebrated over a period of five days and is known as the "Festival of Lights".  Earlier this month, Mrs Ndagire and Sixth Formers, Avni, Sid, Sash, Shubham, Ayush, Vipul, Aadi and Ani spoke to our Year 12 and Year 13 about the importance of this festival that celebrates India's diverse cultural heritage.