We are thrilled to announce that Abbot’s Hill has been shortlisted in the Independent School of the Year Awards in the Healthy Eating category! This is testament to the effort and care from our incredible catering team, well done. Fingers crossed for the finals!
Last week we celebrated our pupils incredible sporting achievements at the Sports Award Dinner. This year we were extremely privileged to welcome Milly Pickles, Class of 2013, as our guest speaker. We would like to thank Milly for sharing her own inspirational story and for her time presenting awards on the evening. We are delighted…
On Monday we had a truly wonderful Jubilee party! There games on the lawn, maypole dancing and live music with lots of songs to join in on! Our catering team produced a phenomenal spread of delicious cakes and treats, including some traditional scones. Thank you to all who were involved in organising such a large…
The sun was shining as we welcomed past pupils to Abbot’s Hill for the AHOGA Reunion on Saturday. Everyone enjoyed exploring the grounds and catching up with old friends. We were delighted to plant a tree to commemorate the occasion and celebrate the recent 110th birthday of the school. A huge thank you to Zara…
Year 8 recently travelled to Dorset for an exciting Geography field trip. On Wednesday they visited Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove to learn about formation of coastal processes. The weather was very kind to them and they had beautiful views from the coast. The next day they headed into a river to investigate changes from…
Last year we were delighted to announce that Isabelle received the prestigious Independent Schools’ Association (ISA) Whitbread Memorial Prize. Earlier this week she alongside her family and a very proud Miss Cross, Head of Careers, travelled to the House of Lords for the presentation. “Huge congratulations old girl to Isabelle E who was awarded the…
Pupils discover the art of science busking! STEM leaders, Drama scholars and Year 8 members of Drama and Science clubs were invited to participate in a science busking workshop with David from ‘Science Made Simple’. Showing them how to attract an audience, David gave them a number of simple demonstrations to show scientific ideas to…
Abbot’s Hill have had a triumphant year at the Nationals School Lacrosse tournament. Year 11 1st team were runners up in the Division 3 final, they played with such determination throughout all tournament stages. Success was a recurring theme as the U13 and U14 teams both made the quarter finals with some exceptional matches played….
A huge well done to our Year 11 team who made it to the Division 3 Final yesterday at National Schools Championship. They played some fantastic lacrosse and despite being two years younger than other teams in the tournament held their own and came out as Runners Up! Congratulations to the team and coaches, we…
Year 10 Young Engineers took part in the Dacorum Rotary Technology Tournament. The team were given a problem to solve – to make a launcher for a ‘capsule’ to send it into ‘space’. Part of the brief was to make sure it parachuted down safely. Provided with a selection of materials with which to make their structure…