Lacrosse and Cricket Success

Over Easter, the Lacrosse Home Internationals took place at the Aldershot Garrison Sports Complex. The following Wycombe Abbey girls represented their countries in the Junior tournaments: Mia and Lexi (England); Emily, Caroline,…

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SAIMUN 2019

The Model United Nations (MUN) team was placed first equal once again at the prestigious SAIMUN conference in Dublin, Ireland. The girls competed against 93 teams from schools across five continents to…

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Sponsored Sleep Out

We held our first Sponsored Sleep Out at Wycombe Abbey on 23 March. Mika and Fleur, our outgoing Charity Prefects, worked really hard to put this fundraising event right at the very…

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2019 National Schools Lacrosse Championships

Our U13 lacrosse team were crowned national champions at the National Schools Lacrosse Championships in Hampshire last week. The U13 girls emerged victorious following a 2-1 win over Guildford High School in…

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Visit of Bishops from Melanesia

On Monday 11 February, we were honoured to welcome two Melanesian bishops to Wycombe Abbey: Bishop James from Vanuatu and Bishop Rickson from Papua New Guinea. They arrived, perhaps unsurprisingly given the…

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Plastic Hackathon 2019

On February 9, Ellie (LVI), Jasmine (LVI) and I arrived at Imperial College for the Plastic Hackathon 2019 after a week’s preparation for the event; this week of preparation had given us…

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British Schoolgirls’ Ski Races

On 25 January seven pupils travelled to Flaine in France to compete in the British Schoolgirls’ Ski Races. This year 153 skiers took part, making up 51 teams. The Wycombe Abbey girls…

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Evensong with Peter Tatchell, Human Rights Activist

It was with a sense of great anticipation and excitement that we welcomed Peter Tatchell to Wycombe Abbey to speak at Evensong on Sunday 20 January. Peter has given 50 years of…

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Tree planted by Headmistress to honour Dame Frances Dove and 100 years of Women’s Suffrage

Headmistress, Rhiannon J Wilkinson, planted a tree on the Rye in High Wycombe last week to honour the memory of Dame Frances Dove, the School’s Founder and campaigner for girls education. With…

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Girls inspired by Maiden Factor Foundation

This week we were delighted to be visited by Greg and Kaia from the Maiden Factor Foundation. In 1990 the first all-female crew attempting to sail around the world in the ‘Whitbread…

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