Sophia was a talented, thoughtful and much valued member of the year group. The messages from her friends and peers are full of recollections of her supportive, patient nature, as well as her keen sense of humour which could surprise and delight. In an activity we carried out as a year group towards the end of term, Sophia was nominated ‘Person most likely to make me smile.’ This speaks volumes about her friendships and the impact that she made on others. She will be remembered so very fondly by us all.   …

Sophia and I have been friends since year 9 which is when I first joined Queen Anne’s. I still remember seeing her the first time in the Maddock sit. She seems to be shy but as soon as we get to know each other more, she is a lovely person. We eventually became roommates which made us closer, I still remember playing music in our rooms and jamming to it almost every night as we finish our prep, it was amazing. She was an incredible person, smart, supportive and funny. When I encounter problems with prep she is always the one who came up on my mind, she is always willing to help. We were only in the same class for maths but we would always be together out-of-school. It was when COVID came where we are forced to leave school, being apart from each other didn’t make our friendship fall apart, instead we have gotten closer, we would snap each other, that was the time where she became my best friend. Although we have gone through a few arguments, every argument seems to strengthen our friendship. I remember doing face masks almost every week during the weekend and …

I had the privilege of being roommates with Sophia in Year 7, aswell as being very close friends with her in the early years of my QAS journey. As you can imagine a bunch of eleven-year-olds who got put to bed at 9 p.m. with no phones, Sophia, Bella and I had a blast in those four walls. We did face masks reguraly, we did our own twist on chapel services, told horror stories and had crazy conversations. We would sneak around during lights out and “dorm-hop” hoping we wouldn’t be caught. From my memory, Sophia was always catious and never did have Mrs White telling her off in her night-gown. Sophia’s side of the room was always so clean and tidy, I never understood how she always left it in a pristine state whilst Bella and I’s sides were abysmal. I always admired how she never gave in to our laziness and messiness and that she always tried to make us be tidy and kindly helped us on occasion.  I always admired Sophia’s regal wisdom. This was very evident in English, when Mrs Bradley would pose a question about a quote or what-not, to which no one could …

I shared a room with Sophia in my first year at Queen Anne’s and her warm personality helped me settle into the boarding school lifestyle. The photo above is captured from when she had taken leadership to choreograph  a dance routine for a talent show. She made everyone feel included. Aswell as being a leader, I remember Sophia to being passionate in our English classroom and I admired the amazing essays she produced. My last memory of Sophia is taking a photo of her at prom, thinking she looked so so pretty. Thank you for your kindness Sophia ❤️ …

I have known Sophia for 3 years whilst at Queen Anne’s and during that time we have been in the same tutor group and English class together. Sophia’s smile was always contagious in the classroom and I always admired how much effort she devoted into her work. In the past year at school we participated in “Rec’ netball” a slightly less serious version of netball, there wasn’t a time in this lesson that didn’t fail to make everyone laugh. Sophia had such a positive impact on everyone in the year group and I will cherish these memories forever xx …

Sophia has been one of my classmates since our first day of year 7. In our first few years at QAS, we grew very close and spent a lot of time together. She was a lovely soul who was so intelligent, funny and kind, and no one ever had anything bad to say about her. Sophia and I did Mandarin together from year 7 through to the end of GCSEs, in our tiny class of only 3. We also competed in Mandarin speaking competitions together, which we managed to win in 2020. She was a natural at the language and often would help me with work when I struggled, always there to support me. Sophia never took things too seriously and could always make people laugh. I remember in our first year at Queen Anne’s we did ‘knit and natter’ together, but there was always a lot more nattering than knitting- she was quiet at first, but getting to know her, she was so chatty and so witty. We used to spend lunchtimes watching music videos together and discussing our favorite groups (seventeen was her favourite when we were younger) I have so many memories with Sophia, it would …