Published 21 March 2024

Here are some recent highlights from our Year 8 and Sixth Form netball teams. Year 8 Netball The Year 8 netball team had their last games in the league on Tuesday and they won all four games!

Published 21 March

On Friday 8 March, 48 students and 5 staff went to Bath University to watch Team Bath v London Pulse in the Women's Netball Super League. It was a fantastic evening of high quality Netball with London Pulse storming to victory by 30 points. The final score was 72-42 and some excellent shooting was on show.

Published 21 March 2024

Students enjoyed our traditional non-uniform day last Friday, 15 March to celebrate Red Nose Day. This national fundraiser is about having some fun and raising money to support people whose lives are incredibly difficult.

 Published 21 March 2024

We are so delighted to learn that Kat (13E4) is to be presented with an international St John’s Award in recognition of her achievements with the organisation, which she joined following a Year 7 assembly at St Bart’s. In April last year, we reported that Kat had won the National Finals of the St John Ambulance National Youth Public Speaking Competition 2023,

Published 21 March 2024

On Saturday 16 March, a committed team of Year 9 students took part in the regional heats of the Young Citizenship Mock Trial competition. Our team, which consisted of prosecution and defence lawyers, witnesses, the defendant and a legal adviser, had been preparing their case over the last few months. The case related to a man on a night out, who was charged with actual bodily harm against a taxi driver.

Published 19 March 2024

Congratulations to all students who took part in a slightly unforgiving Cross Country course last week at Mary Hare, a beautiful setting but a challenging course, which they all took on board with grit and determination.

Published 19 March 2024

On Friday 8 March, St Bart’s hosted the Berkshire Primary Schools Indoor Athletics finals. Eight different primary schools from around Berkshire came to St Bart’s to participate in this event held by staff and Year 10 and 11 Sports Leaders. In the morning, the Year 10 Sports Leaders had an early start, arriving at the sports hall at 7.15am to help set up and learn about their roles for the event.

Published 19 March 2024

Tell me, muse, of the St Bart’s trip to Greece! The A Level students of Classical Civilisation and some guests from other subjects embarked on a PanHellenic Odyssey of Epic proportions. We went to Athens, seeing the theatres, Acropolis and museums, along with the prison of Socrates, ancient Agora, and finally made our own Greek comedy/tragedy masks and watched a performance of Aristophanes’ comedies.

Published 18 March 2024

On Wednesday 28 February and Thursday 7 March we had the pleasure of welcoming an MFL specialist theatre company called Onatti. This company performs plays in French, German and Spanish, suitable for beginners and immediate level learners. The play we saw in German was called ‘Der Babysitter’ which tells the funny story of a babysitter agreeing to allow her ex boyfriend to come and help her but after an argument she walks out leaving the teenager in charge of the baby. In some of the scenes, the actors even invited the students to participate. This is what Matilda in Year 10 had to say about the event.  

 Published 18 March 2024

The revitalised Sixth Form House Cup has been a huge success this year and we are now well over the half-way point. The new format includes a wider range of activities and sports to ensure that all students are able to participate and represent their house. Since December, we have had multiple House Dodgeball events, House Film, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, House Netball, House Basketball, Fun with Numbers, a Spelling Bee and most recently, House Girls’ Football.