You'll want your hanky handy for this one... our amazing @StMarysGXPrep teachers ? https://youtu.be/vpfQ8hOdJDM

Amazing trenches cake made by Olivia, Year 9, inspired by her work on life in the trenches. Amazing! #smsspirit

Staff gathered on zoom at 1.30pm to sing the traditional St Mary’s dismissal song! Thank you Mrs Phillips and Mr Cox for organising and accompanying! ? #smsspirit ?

Here is Leah with the cookies she baked for her Science experiment!

Sisters Eden, Year 5, and Savannah, Year 7, have been keeping busy this week! #smsspirit

Here’s Harleen with some Year 3 friends, logged on today to follow Mrs Hemsworth’s tutorial on firefly! Great work, girls! Harleen’s also making the most of the sunshine. She has... Read more

Vienna, Year 5, has been Kickboxing on Tuesdays Via online Zoom App, and cooking at home making cakes! Good work, Vienna! #smsspirit

Lily-May in Year 6 on her shared pony yesterday for PE after mucking out! #smsspirit

Harleen did a science experiment looking at germs and the importance of washing and keeping our hands clean. She was amazed with the results! Excellent work, Harleen! @StMarysScienceD #smsspirit

Getting to know you...!! It's Miss Snaith! Name: Heidi Snaith Job title: Director of ICT and Systems Management I started at SMS in: September 2010 Full answers here! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/

Oh wow those look delicious, Zoya! ? https://twitter.com/shazia2o/status/1244653518172151809

Virtual meeting for the girls of Year 2. It was so nice for the girls to reconnect! #smsspirit

(2/2) Story time with Mrs Smith Here are some clues about the last story of the week: The main character is a badger He’s always hungry He finds an item... Read more

(1/2) Story time with Mrs Smith This week I will be recording three more stories so Keep a look out on my YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCefXhCZCC2B7HtzyFoYhDkg If there are any other... Read more

Harleen, Y3, has been enjoying her time with her family, cooking/baking, arts & crafts, reading and enjoying the garden. Every night is movie night! Here she is today with Mrs... Read more

Getting to know you....! Head over to facebook for Miss Connell's full answers! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/ Name: Miss Connell Job title: Year 1 Teacher and Gymnastics Coach I started at SMS: at... Read more

Here’s Scarlett enjoying story time with Mrs Smith on Friday! Please continue to send your wonderful photos and news this week to cpanayiotou@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk Thank you and have a wonderful week.

Here is Miss Heath on her evening run, taking inspiration from her Year 2 class. First week done and grateful to be safe. Thankful for all those doing everything to... Read more

Today in their Teams live lesson, Mrs Williams gave Year 12 Media students feedback on the blogs they have been working on for their coursework.

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Lessons with Mrs McNally today! @StMaryGXEnglish

This week, along with her studying, Alessia has had a Skype piano lesson, has done the Joe Wicks workout every morning, played badminton with her sister at break time and... Read more

Amber's enjoying painting this afternoon! #smsspirit

A message from Mrs Carney: Keeping connected in these very strange times is so vital to our health and wellbeing! With this in mind, I have recorded a short video... Read more

English done. Maths done. Golden time this afternoon. Time for Elodie to check out for the weekend! Amazing work this week, Elodie! #smsspirit

Georgia O'Keeffe inspired Art lesson for Marina this morning! ? #smsspirit

Thank you so much for all the amazing photos and videos you have sent in this week - please keep it up! And how better to start the day than... Read more

Mrs Phillips in Mission Control! ?? @StMarysExpArts

Fantastic moves from Amelie, Year 7, during her PE lesson at home! #smsspirit @StMarysGXSports https://t.co/5ldO2O9uPw

Élodie practising mindfulness in the garden! #smsspirit

Head over to our facebook page for an incredible Swing Band video with a timely message! @StMarysExpArts https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/

Ramneet’s off to a flying start this morning with her dad and Joe Wicks, a great way to start the day! #smsspirit

Well done Lucia that’s amazing! @StMarysGXPrep https://twitter.com/tarynscaravaca/status/1242931223938379778

Chloe having a skype piano lesson with Mrs Wheeler ? #smsspirit

Safa, Year 5, has had a busy day and is now having a ride in the garden to keep herself active and enjoy in the sunshine #smsspirit

Y7, 11, 12 & 13 have been set a PSHCE task - a 10 min daily Golden Time Challenge (details are accessible for all year groups on Firefly) So Mrs... Read more

Mrs Smith is doing story time! After a full day of homeschooling, Elodie loved listening to a lovely story. Amazing idea Mrs Smith, keep it up! ?

Harleen had her first Skype piano lesson with Miss Stokes and it went really well. Miss Stokes’ delivery was brilliant! @StMarysExpArts #smsspirit

A moment in Mrs Williams's household today: Mr Haydn-Slater teaching an online lesson; Lawrence taking a break from uni work; Emma doing an online French lesson with classmates; Chiara and... Read more

Miss Rose still going strong with her daily Joe Wicks PE lesson!

Yesterday Lucy worked hard on maths and Humanities and then it was time for a bit of cooking and swimming! Fabulous photos! #smsspirit

Here are some pictures of Sofia’s day! She was busy in the morning doing some school work. In the afternoon she enjoyed doing PE following the Joe Wicks youtube video,... Read more

Mrs Williams' household on a much appreciated breath of fresh air at the end of a day of learning online!

Fab pic of Cayelin enjoying some outside time with her dad and brother after a day of homeschooling and dad working from home. Mum says; If it wasn’t for lockdown,... Read more

Lily’s still not feeling to well, but managed a short walk for her PE lesson today ?? #smsspirit

Katherine enjoyed an hour long bike ride yesterday evening after her first day of remote learning! Well done, Katherine! #smsspirit

Year 7 and 8 were tasked with making miniature books today - look at these! #smsspirit

Diya made the most of the sunshine today and made an amazing solar-powered car! Here it is in action... #smsspirit https://t.co/Mte0mloq8T

Rounders proved less successful than rugby for her Cara and her teammates! #smsspirit @StMarysGXSports

She couldn't get on Firefly but that didn't stop Darcey from doing her Science lesson - she classified all the animals she found in her back garden. Great fun in... Read more

Thank you for the amazing photos that have been sent today! Here's Leah enjoying some time doing light exercise on a family walk, with the beautiful tree she discovered. Stunning!

Name: James Dodd Job title: Assistant Head I started at SMS in: 2014 My favourite thing about SMS is: Seeing the students have fun on trips or playing sport A... Read more

We thought now might be a good time to get to know our staff better! First up… Mr Dodd!

Mrs Williams had a reading lesson with Year 8 on Teams, and here are the books they were reading today!

Free audio stories from David Walliams!

Miss Warburton’s not letting these strange time mess with her meat-free Mondays! Egg sandwich for lunch and a vegetable pasta for tea ??

Day 1 of homeschooling for Marina and she was on sum dog at 7.45am- long may it continue! PE today was 30 minutes of gardening in the sunshine. Keep it... Read more

Cara was playing rugby in her Y11 PE lesson today as per instruction, but her two team opponents didn’t understand fair play! ??? #smsspirit @StMarysGXSports

Hermione's enjoying her first day of home-school with daddy! #smsspirit

Gabby and Georgie have had a very active first day of home-schooling! Here they are learning French using Linguascope, and doing PE in the sunshine to start the day! Brilliant,... Read more

GCSE PE for Maddi and she’s getting some netball practice in! @StMarysGXSports #smsspirit https://t.co/oSHOiZO1UI

Mrs Taylor and her son Tristan have been busy making rainbows and cards which they have been delivering to all of our neighbours (most of whom are elderly) - they... Read more

Teachers are sharing their days, too! Here’s what lunch break looks like for Mrs Williams and family!

Over the weekend Lilia had fun with some Lego constructing and made Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Express. This morning Lilia and Jasmine have been busy doing some English with St Mary’s... Read more

Elodie's started off the day with Joe Wicks and now onto French! You're an inspiration, Elodie! Don't forget to send your photos and activities to cpanayiotou@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk #smsspirit

Yes go girls! So important to keep moving! https://twitter.com/dinadonut/status/1242038937343975427

Jessie and Scarlett Finn having their PE lesson in the sunshine with Joe Wicks this morning #smsspirit

Brilliant idea, well done girls! https://twitter.com/dinadonut/status/1241783635717558274

A healthy mind in a healthy body! New 3k daily routine for Elodie. Amazing! @StMarysGXPrep #smsspirit

Harleen’s been getting some exercise whilst riding her bike on this wonderful sunny day! Keep it up, Harleen! Huge thanks to mum for sharing #smsspirit ?

(2/2) It might be your daughter in her onesie at her laptop, or maybe you’ve taken some learning into the garden “Forest School” style. Please tag the school, whether it’s... Read more

(1/2) St Mary’s the building may be closing, but St Mary’s School is carrying on in our true spirited style! We would absolutely love it if you could share your... Read more

This morning, at 8.50am, you could quite possibly hear across the whole of South Bucks... A Million Dreams..! Windows and doors were opened and music rang out across the school.... Read more

Our amazing @StMarysGXPrep girls have made beautiful cards with lovely messages for the Swarthmore House residents, to be delivered soon!

There has been joyous singing throughout the school this morning (more on that in a bit!) and Year 11 have taken the opportunity to sign each other's shirts ?

Year 1 and 2 went on an Egg Hunt this morning... even the rain couldn't dampen their spirits! Huge thanks to the SMA for providing all these eggs, something for... Read more

Year 11 are rapping and keeping spirits up! “We love you SMS - you really are the best!” https://t.co/IRJ2lRhO3I

Year 4 were due to give their class assembly all about Anglo Saxons this morning. They couldn’t perform it and due to absence, couldn’t film the script BUT they did... Read more

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As Year 7 Enterprise Day continues, the girls are now designing their own reusable water bottles.

The Year 7 Enterprise Day is well under way with ideas aplenty! The environment is featuring heavily with our young entrepreneurs with ideas to cut plastic use and #ReduceReuseRecycle

We are refusing to let #COVID19 dampen spirits this morning as the girls are singing in their forms in lieu of assembly. The uplifting sounds of 'Count on Me', 'You've... Read more

Despite the Spring Concert being cancelled, rehearsals are still continuing albeit with reduced numbers. Rehearsals this week are being recorded. Clarinet Choir have worked so hard and are making a... Read more

What an exciting discovery for Year 4 today! They heard that a dragon had abandoned a dragon’s egg in the Prep playground. Year 4 took it in to care for... Read more

What beautiful spring flowers and a lovely sunny day! And our EYFS building is looking good too!

Absolutely brilliant! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXPrep/status/1239488056257904641

Congratulations to all the @StMarysGXPrep girls for their beautiful art work that was entered into the Chiltern Decorative and Fine Arts Society Competition. St Mary's was awarded two Highly Commended,... Read more

Incredible ? https://twitter.com/stmarysgxsports/status/1238498563597926405

Amazing!!! ?? https://twitter.com/stmarysgxsports/status/1238485118148382720

Year 12 still going! Well done girls!

Look at this building! Incredible progress, it’s looking amazing.

Keep cycling girls! #coasttocoast #SportRelief2020 https://t.co/U0yjEA5fL3

The @StMarysGXPrep girls have been hopping, skipping, running and jumping enthusiastically around the sports hall to cover a mile for Sport Relief! Mr Dodd was testing their catching skills too... Read more

Well done U13 netballers, a win against King Alfred School and they are through to the Bowl!

Good luck to our U11 and U13 gymnasts competing at the Milano National Finals in Stoke on Trent today and tomorrow, and to the girls competing in the Regional Acrobatics... Read more

Senior Assembly was a very sporty affair this morning as we got behind #SportRelief2020. Various staff members were challenged to beat sporting records and year 12 got on their exercise... Read more

Scarisbrick School next! Go team!

This amazing team is at the ISA U13 Netball NATIONAL Finals at the Rugby School - good luck, girls!

Fruit kebabs with yummy sauces going down an absolute treat in Prep this breaktime! @StMarysGXPrep #sportrelief

As part of #scienceweek, the Senior girls are in Houses solving a series of problems in order to gain the correct code to unlock the padlock! Challenging stuff but swiftly... Read more

So much brilliant fun and learning yesterday for Prep's Science Day - lots more photos here! https://www.facebook.com/pg/smsgx/photos/?tab=album&album_id=3134265039939757

It almost felt like Spring today! ??

The girls in Year 6 have been getting creative in their designs of diverse animals for #scienceweek! From elephant bees to a “gizeorn” (giraffe / zebra / unicorn in case... Read more

Year 12 are enjoying the Higher Education Exhibit at Brunel University, West London.

A busy morning for the Prep girls as they continue making bug hotels and bird feeders, taking part in a Sublime Science workshop and building towers out of marshmallows! #scienceweek

A stunning day for Year 9's trip to @kewgardens!

As #scienceweek continues Mr Hopkins shared with the senior girls that it is not just science week, science is with us every day and in everything that we do! Over... Read more

It's #scienceweek and the Senior girls are in Houses planning an escape by solving puzzles to unlock the key!

Year 10 and 11 Scholars are meeting for lunch to talk about their chosen topics they’ve been investigating.

Mr Hopkins got the @StMarysGXPrep girls thinking in assembly this morning about the fact that science is around us all the time, not just for Science Week! They discovered that... Read more

Mrs Brereton introduced the Prep theme for #scienceweek today - Our Diverse Planet, and showed the girls an experiment with water and a ball - have a go at home,... Read more

St Mary's is pleased to be hosting a PSHCE CPD day on 24th March for colleagues to network and discuss some of the key issues relating to PSHCE, especially considering... Read more

St Mary's is pleased to be hosting a PSHCE CPD day for colleagues to network and discuss some of the key issues relating to PSHCE, especially considering the statutory changes... Read more

What a beautiful day for roofing an EYFS building!

Prep Open Morning Nursery to Year 6 Friday 24th April 10.00-10.15 Welcome10.15-11.30 Tours of Prep11.30-12.00 Refreshments & Questions Register to attend: https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/

It was a pleasure to welcome local author, Andy Huxtable, to talk to @StMarysGXPrep girls about his new book, The Cake, the first in a series about an ant called... Read more

And we're off...! To celebrate #worldbookday Y7 will undertake a literary journey by reading a section of the book Cloud Busting by @malorieblackman at the start of each lesson -... Read more

More incredible costumes across the school for World Book Day.

Some great costumes for World Book Day in Senior House! The judging has been done... winner to be revealed on Monday!

The Year 3 girls are being "revolting children" singing "revolting rhymes" in their Matilda @Perform4Schools workshop!

As part of Literary Week and #WorldBookDay, the Prep girls have been taking part in @Perform4Schools workshops. Year 4 have been testing their performance skills in this lively workshop –... Read more

Mrs McNally enthralled us all with her enlightening assembly this morning tying in poetry, science and religion. Did you all guess what her World Book Day character was? Poor Mr... Read more

Amazing!!! ? https://twitter.com/tarynscaravaca/status/1235488054367969281

Our budding Year 4 Mathematicians visited @GayhurstSchool on Monday for their Maths Challenge. The girls were busy solving maths puzzles, completing advanced maths calculations and having fun all in the... Read more

Huge congratulations to recent “Old Girl” Lizzy who has been voted President of the Student Union at @FalmouthUni Lizzy created this amazing campaign video to help her win votes, and... Read more

Concentration and energy were exuded in equal amounts as the girls put their literary knowledge to the test in the Prep House Book Quiz this afternoon!

In preparation for World Book Day, Year 8 made bookmarks for each other!

As part of Literary Week in Prep, each year group completed an activity based on “Meerkat Mail” and then shared it with the rest of Prep this afternoon. Great work,... Read more

We look forward to welcoming you to our School in Action Open Day tomorrow from 9.30am! https://www.facebook.com/events/169290174357459/

Excitement is mounting for the finalists of our House Poetry Competition; the two best performers will recite their poem to the whole of the Prep School on Friday!

It's Literary Week in Prep, and Year 5 have just introduced all the Prep girls to Meerkat Mail - which will be the focus of their activities this week, we... Read more

We look forward to welcoming you to our School in Action Open Day on Wednesday from 9.30am! https://www.facebook.com/events/169290174357459/

Prep Book Club are excited to read The Beast of Buckingham Palace by @davidwalliams during this half term!

The SMA are really excited to welcome you to the ‘Chairman’s Leaving Ball’ All are welcome! Please follow the link on the parentmail to buy tickets or contact the school... Read more

Congratulations to.... Temple West for winning House Music! @StMarysExpArts

An active floor... what fun even for our Early Years teachers!! @StMarysGXPrep

Our Whole School in Action Day is next week - Wednesday 4th March, from 9.30am, all are welcome! Please register your interest in attending here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=hK-ipjFjlkugaHYuI9-ZUlaSbWwKvKNHqlQmMsGTfqdUMUNCUDZFMDNUSkxNSlYyRzlYUlJRRTk5Qy4u

The Early Years girls are helping to try out some ideas for our new building - the interactive floor is proving popular!

If you were in the GX vicinity this lunchtime you probably heard the shouting and cheering from our Prep girls as they competed in pancake flipping and pancake relay races!

Get ready for some #pancakeday fun this lunchtime @StMarysGXPrep!

As we commence the A Level Art mock today, watch this space for extraordinary, ambitious outcomes being created by our talented girls.

Our Whole School in Action Day is Wednesday 4th March from 9.30am, all are welcome! Please register your interest in attending here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=hK-ipjFjlkugaHYuI9-ZUlaSbWwKvKNHqlQmMsGTfqdUMUNCUDZFMDNUSkxNSlYyRzlYUlJRRTk5Qy4u

What a sight (and site!) to come back to after half term - EYFS building looking amazing!

It’s a bit rainy but if you look closely you can see a roof on our new EYFS building!

Following the success of our evening with author DJ Kelly, we are excited to announce that our next lecture in the Gwyneth Bebb programme will be delivered by Baroness Emma... Read more

The eco-team need your crisp packets! Collect them over half term (and don't fold them) and bring them back to school after half term for recycling! Details of the scheme... Read more

In RS, Y8 have been studying Judaism. These are artistic representations of what they considered the most important part of the story of Moses. They created an artistic piece along... Read more

At our next Stay & Play on Thursday 21st May you will be able to meet our cute just-hatched ducklings! If you would be interested in attending please register your... Read more

Congratulations Year 10 on a fantastic Expressive Arts evening with amazing music, drama, art and food! @StMarysExpArts

A brilliant Thinking Skills morning with lots of local schools, here at St Mary's - we could hear those brains ticking! @StMarysGXPrep

It's been a busy morning in Prep! Year 1 have been making castles, and the Thinking Skills girls have been building bridges and working out tangrams! @StMarysGXPrep

***Y10 Expressive Arts Celebration Evening is tonight!*** Y10 have been working hard for this evening's showcase - 6 – 7.15pm in the Senior Hall. Parents and friends are welcome, no... Read more

What a difference two days (in the construction of a new Early Years building) makes...!

Thinking Skills morning is off to a great start! @StMarysGXPrep

An incredible performance from our Elite Dance Squad last Friday, as they performed at the Wycombe Swan as part of the 'One More Time' Showcase of Dance Talent within the... Read more

In Forest School the girls learnt about a few birds that live around the school: blue tits, long tailed coal tit, black birds, wren birds and many more! They then... Read more

***Y10 Expressive Arts Celebration Evening tomorrow!*** Thursday 13th February, 6 – 7.15pm in the Senior Hall. Parents and friends are welcome, no tickets needed. •Displays of artwork / sketchbooks and... Read more

Y6 had an excellent time at Sky Academy Studios on Monday. The girls went up to 4 studios and created an idea to help combat pollution in our oceans. As... Read more

Y7 put so much effort into their Medieval Theme Park projects this half term in History. Highlights included Rollercoasters that pelted visitors with rotten fruit, a restaurant that only sold... Read more

Our gymnasts performed brilliantly at the Floor & Vault Regionals Competition with the U13s winning second place, and our U11 team coming in first! Huge congratulations to both teams and... Read more

Our EYFS building nearly has a floor!

Some stunning performances this morning at House music.

The Prep girls were totally absorbed during our talk about sustainability from @HolroydHowe on Friday, and learnt lots of fascinating facts about the amount of food rubbish we create in... Read more

This Thursday is the Y10 Expressive Arts Celebration Evening 6 – 7.15pm in the Senior Hall. Parents and friends are welcome, no tickets needed. •Displays of artwork / sketchbooks and... Read more

On Friday, some Year 6 girls got to try on a World War 2 gas mask, as they tried to imagine what it would have been like during the war.

A taste of what our dancers got up to on Friday! From the very talented Mrs Williams ? ?? https://youtu.be/MurX0e-Zzvo

Loads of energy at Young Voices! https://t.co/AByRMTa4t5

Our incredible elite dancers at #onemoretime2020 https://t.co/0Ngq1wmIE8

Warming up for Young Voices- go St Mary’s!

Good luck to the U11 and U13 teams competing at the gymnastics Floor and Vault Regionals, here at St Mary's School this Sunday!

And they're off! Good luck for Young Voices, girls!

Maths meetings for Prep parents this afternoon to help them understand our scheme of work and how they can support their girls at home @StMarysGXPrep

A beautiful day for the Prep girls to enjoy the fabulous equipment on the playground, and good progress being made on our new EYFS building too!

Incredible cupcake decorating for the girls this lunchtime courtesy of @HolroydHowe ?

Delicious cookies and donuts to kick off Latham's fund-raising for the @MSAtrust at breaktime!

Our Prep girls had a brilliant afternoon yesterday participating in various sponsored events including being silent for 15 minutes and walking a mile!

Popcorn at the ready for the lunchtime film for Senior girls!

Lots of activities going on for Prep girls this lunchtime for Temple West’s money raising efforts! https://t.co/IMcjElpBYO

?incredible, girls! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXSports/status/1225027135754186752

Brilliant stuff - SMS girls looking very engaged! https://twitter.com/bucksbookaward/status/1225027318390972421

amazing! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXSports/status/1225014900017246208

Chicken nuggets and mozzarella dippers on offer from Temple West this break time as they raise money for @GOSHCharity ?

Biscuit decorating for our Prep girls this lunchtime, with Kirk!

Tuesday is off to a tasty start as Kirk sold pizza slices at breaktime in aid of @WWF_Australia for Charities Week!

We are excited to announce that our next lecture in the Gwyneth Bebb programme will be delivered by Baroness @EmmaPidding on 5th March- follow the link for more information and... Read more

Butler are continuing their efforts this lunchtime, raising money for @CR_UK, with activities including a film for the Prep girls, and hair braiding!

Whole School in Action Day - Wednesday 4th March. An Open Day where the school will be at work. 09.30-13.00 for Senior House 09.30-12.00 for Prep Department Register here: https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/

Charity Week is off to a sweet start with Butler's cake sale in aid of @CR_UK

Another student inspired by her CORI project lessons. Emily has been out collecting litter in the local area in an attempt to care for the local environment. Well done!

Congratulations to all of our Year 2 girls and our visitors who sat the Year 3 Scholarship assessments this week. Working a year ahead, all of the girls did well... Read more

House Netball is in full swing!

Year 9 are busy today with Enterprise Day! The girls have been tasked with designing and pitching the concept for a new app, considering the four Ps of Marketing: Price,... Read more

Amazing spread today @HolroydHowe

Y10 Artists are currently studying the work of Georgia O'Keeffe as part of their 'Organic Forms' project. It is wonderful to oversee the development of their technical skills using acrylic... Read more

Year 3 had a great day yesterday visiting the Roald Dahl Museum. They explored the gallery and they learned about editing skills before getting the opportunity to edit some of... Read more

Soloists Concert is this Thursday, 7pm-8.30pm with refreshments in between. The girls have been rehearsing hard and are sounding amazing! No tickets necessary, we look forward to seeing you on... Read more

2/2 ... then eagle-eyed Mrs Cobb spotted it! We can crown her chief tooth-finder! And Charlotte won't miss a visit from the tooth fairy. What a dramatic Toothsday in Prep!

1/2 Brace yourselves... there was a brush with disaster on the Prep playground today! Charlotte lost her very first tooth... then she actually lost it! Everyone was scouring the playground... Read more

A warm welcome to all the girls here today for scholarship assessments!

Our tour guides are ready, and we are all set to welcome you to our Prep Open Morning today from 10.00-12.00!

Year 13 English group on the set of the Yard Players' Twelfth Night yesterday, at the Brockley Jack Theatre in London.

Prep Open Morning is tomorrow! We look forward to welcoming you from 10am, you can register here https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/

Amazing for our Year 7s to meet Lucy Hawking at @MaltmansGreen this afternoon! @StMaryGXLibrary

Multi-skills going well with @StMarysGXPrep @DairHouseSchool and @StHelens_Prep

As part of their Options Day today, Year 9 have enjoyed some interactive "speed dating" style activities where they find out information about various GCSE subjects.

Always so nice to welcome Old Girls back to St Mary's! Chaya popped by and told us about her English course at Bournemouth Uni, her hopes to go into publishing,... Read more

Looking forward to welcoming @DairHouseSchool and @StHelens_Prep this afternoon for Multi-Skills with Year 1 and 2!

Next up for Year 9 Options Day, Policy Adviser, Ellie Szczerbiak, who advises on financial stability EU exit at HM Treasury- whose role is very diverse. Again lots more for... Read more

Fascinating talk from Mr Sendall for Year 9 Options Day- Mr Sendall is a Barrister specialising in employment, and also a part time professional photographer! Very thought provoking for these... Read more

Year 7 Geographers are busy making Bug Hotels this morning! The girls are aiming to use only biodegradable materials and hope to attract some bugs by camouflaging their structure with... Read more

These lovely bears are looking forward to their new homes with Year 6, after the assessment day!

Beautiful skies over St Mary’s this morning as we await the lovely Year 6 girls for Year 7 assessment day!

2/2 Leyla walks to school which helps to reduce her carbon footprint, but on her walk to school today, she decided to help pick up the litter she came across... Read more

1/2 Prep have been exploring what it is to be a good citizen. They heard of @GretaThunberg's story in their last session and after hearing Greta's concerns and how she... Read more

Another busy afternoon yesterday in Forest School! EYFS played team bonding games, made hand and face cream and built a den!

Year 5 scientists counting the number of drops of water needed to dissolve 2.1g candyfloss!

Enjoy your taster day, Year 11!

A warm welcome from our Sixth Form girls to Year 11 today!

Year 1 and Year 2 enjoyed a little birthday celebration for Miss Connell's 30th- with cake and lots of dancing!

This week, teachers in Senior House have been sharing their love of reading, and reading particular books or pieces that they love, to the girls. These have included local history,... Read more

Following the success of our evening with author D J Kelly, we are excited to announce that our next lecture in the Gwyneth Bebb programme will be delivered by Baroness... Read more

In Forest School EYFS created their own adventures using their imaginations, having read My Adventure Island, about a little boy who used his imagination to travel to different places. Did... Read more

Y1 have started their new topic of ‘Materials’ in Science. The girls were given a tray of different objects and they had to link the objects together by looking at... Read more

Year 7 and Mrs Jobson are making the most of the January sunshine and are busy investigating biodiversity around the school site today. They've found lots of insects and birds!... Read more

The Sixth Form trip to the Harry Potter tour at Warner Bros studio was a hit!

Fascinating trip for Year 8 to @bletchleypark today.

Such a worthy cause @BucksMind

Early Years girls are happy to be back and getting straight back into their learning!

A brilliant final few hours of Michaelmas term with the hilarious Sixth Form Panto, and lovely final assembly!

Classroom decorating contest was won by.... 7/8KK!

Congratulations, girls, on your Headmistress' commendations!

A truly stunning Carol Service tonight.

Random Act of Kindness passed onto the police! Yr 8 set up a kind act for EYFS, to get crafty in lessons and produce a thank you card for the... Read more

Prep mock election results are in! Green Party 44 Liberal Democrats 41 Conservatives 15 Labour 7 Brexit 2

We will be running a Stay & Play session for anyone interested in our Nursery or Reception classes on Friday 7th February from 10.30am – 11.30am. Please contact the Registrar... Read more

Year 8 girls have been spreading festive joy with random acts of kindness hampers!

The results of the Senior House mock election are in... it was a narrow Conservative win, closely followed by the Liberal Democrats!

Senior House ready for the last Christmas Quiz of the year!! But who won..... ?

Our incredible big card in Senior House for all the girls to write messages to each other, and donate to Crisis if they wish ?

Christmas singalong band ? https://t.co/DK0Aj9j9dM

Senior girls' turn for Christmas lunch!

Delicious!

The girls are in for such a treat this lunchtime! Amazing job @HolroydHowe ?

Mock Election time! In Senior House, Y10 have been leading the campaigns for the parties. In assembly the students read their speeches to Senior girls, with voting taking place at... Read more

The Year 7 Scholars are doing some incredible work on their scholarship projects!

Hang on - she's not "behind you"...!! Enjoy, girls! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXPrep/status/1204348208119500801

Well done to all the girls who came to the GCSE Presentation Tea on Friday – we are very proud of all of you! A special thanks to Miss Hillier... Read more

Amazing work, girls - Senior House girls will be presenting their parties on Wednesday! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXPrep/status/1203997906321195008

Members of Senior Choir entertained the residents of Leonard Cheshire Home - so important for us to go out into the community to spread a little bit of 'Christmas Cheer'!... Read more

Thank you to the SMA for the wonderful Christmas party on Friday! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXPrep/status/1202991437987614720

Huge congratulations to Evie who won the @nunn_hayward digital Christmas card competition! All of Nunn Hayward's clients will be sent the moving, musical digital card designed by Evie - who... Read more

A beautiful wreath by Mrs Barker at the St James Church wreath making last night ?

Amazing!! ? ? ? https://twitter.com/stmarysgxsports/status/1202620500557606912

Today’s menu at the Wild Mushroom Cafe was a delicious slice of pizza and hot chocolate! The girls also recapped some facts about pine trees and decorated their own pine... Read more

Sixth Form academic scholars lunch! @smssixthform

It's hard to believe a week has passed since the first showing of Legally Blonde! @StMarysExpArts #ThrowbackThursday

Congratulations to Pre-Prep on their wonderful production of Christmas with the Aliens!

Thank you Head Girl Team for a beautifully decorated tree! @smssixthform

Year 7 Geographers are taking advantage of the beautiful winter sun and investigating wildlife in the grounds of the school ??

Absolutely amazing production of Legally Blonde, congratulations to all involved @StMarysExpArts

***Prep Open Morning*** Come along and see the whole of Prep from Nursery to Year 6, have a tour and meet our teachers, on Friday 24th January 2020. Contact Registrar... Read more

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Break a leg tonight, girls! ?

The girls in Year 3 have been learning about different food groups and why each one is important. They sorted foods in to these different groups and noticed that some... Read more

Our Year 8 girls are on a mission - to spread random acts of kindness... Year 7 are in for a treat!

Look at these fabulous show-stoppers by Miss Rose and Miss Sweeney for the Prep staff Bake-Off! @StMarysGXPrep

At St Mary's we offer the opportunity to apply for a Year 3 scholarship, for girls already at St Mary's and girls from other schools, who are considering entry to... Read more

A scholarly lunchtime discussion for these Year 10 and 11 students!

Legally Blonde week is finally here! These girls have been working SO hard on this production and although Friday night is a sell out, there are a handful of tickets... Read more

***The Frost Fair is tomorrow!*** Come along between 10.30am and 2pm and support the amazing work our SMA does, as well as getting a start on your Christmas shopping and... Read more

7P have been studying plastic waste in Geography and have created their own ‘plastic footprints’ for homework using waste plastic they collected over a week. They found an awful lot!... Read more

A surprise for the EY girls - our fire pit has been built! We started learning the important rules about respecting the fire circle. We also said hello and welcome... Read more

Year 10 Enterprise Team are VERY busy this lunch time!

These girls have been working SO hard on their production of Legally Blonde… coming to a Senior Hall near you on 28th and 29th November at 7pm! Please follow the... Read more

Year 12 and 13 students are having a newspaper study day at the British Film Institute!

Excellent news! We have been awarded the highest grade in both categories inspected by ISI. We are ‘excellent’ in quality of pupils’ achievements and quality of pupils’ personal development. We... Read more

#ChildrenInNeed2019 lunchtime fun! @StMarysGXPrep

We've had a brilliant assembly this morning, and cakes and nuggets at break! And look at these amazing costumes! All in aid of Children in Need #ChildrenInNeed2019

Absolutely - well done, girls! https://twitter.com/dinadonut/status/1195266423897108480

They look amazing! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXPrep/status/1195268901598302208

Wow! ?? https://twitter.com/stmarysgxsports/status/1195040444431949825

In their Science lessons this week, the Year 3 girls became Earth Scientists! They took samples of different soils from around the school grounds and they examined their composition carefully... Read more

Year 1 have been using part whole models to add and subtract numbers. They worked in pairs and had to find pairs of numbers that added together to make the... Read more

We are delighted to invite parents and locals to an exciting event at St Mary's on the evening of Wednesday 20th November- the first in a series of Gwyneth Bebb... Read more

We will be running a Stay & Play session for anyone interested in our Nursery or Reception classes on Friday 15th November from 10.30am – 11.30am. Please contact the Registrar... Read more

The Senior and Prep Head Girl teams laid a wreath at the Gerrards Cross Remembrance Service today.

As part of the Yr 8 PSHCEE Wellbeing topic, students have been challenged to complete the November Action for Happiness calendar. If you would like to join in with the... Read more

We hope you have saved the date for our fabulous Frost Fair! Come along on Saturday 23rd November and support the amazing work our SMA does, as well as getting... Read more

St Mary's is pleased to be supporting the CAWC International Charity Christmas Bazaar – this Sunday, 10th November, at Crowne Plaza from 10am-4pm, Gerrards Cross- don't miss it! https://cawc.co.uk/bazaar/

Year 5 have just got back from the Everyman cinema in Gerrards Cross after watching 'A Dog's Way Home'. The film was linked to their PSHE work on working together... Read more

The Prep girls are very busy this morning! They've been helping Merlin the witch to travel to the castle, defeat the dragon and find the magic sword! @Perform4Schools @StMarysGXPrep

Some amazing EPQ presentations this evening - well done girls ??

Legally Blonde… coming to a Senior Hall near you on 28th and 29th November at 7pm! 65 students are involved in this epic production featuring Maisie, Year 12, as Elle... Read more

We will be running a Stay & Play session for anyone interested in our Nursery or Reception classes on Friday 15th November from 10.30am – 11.30am. Please contact the Registrar... Read more

Tour of what once was the “Krakow Ghetto” with tour guide Nigel #learningfromhistory

It’s spooky this lunchtime...! ?

As we come to the end of the first half term at St Mary's, we are delighted with how well our new Year 7s from neighbouring schools have settled in... Read more

Mrs Glenister's Year 9 French group tried out a "speed-dating" style conversational task today! @StMarysLanguage

At St Mary's Sixth Form we offer considerable support with Oxbridge and competitive applications. To find out more and to meet our fantastic teachers, come along to our Open Evening... Read more

A wonderful Harvest celebration in Prep this morning! @StMarysGXPrep

At St Mary's Sixth Form we offer a wide choice of subjects with engaging tutorial-style lessons. To find out more about our subjects and to meet our fantastic teachers, come... Read more

Congratulations to Mrs Phillips, and all the girls involved, on a stunning Autumn Concert last night, with performances in Spanish and English! Such talent in our school! @StMarysExpArts

Join us tonight for a brilliant musical evening! No tickets are needed, just turn up in plenty of time and enjoy the concert. There will be refreshments available for parents,... Read more

Brilliant, buzzing Whole School Open Day on Saturday - it was great to meet so many prospective parents and their children. If you weren't able to make our Open Day... Read more

Did you know... In Sixth Form we offer Academic, Performing Arts and Sports Scholarships? Find out more at our Open Evening this Thursday, 17th October 7pm. Registration is not necessary... Read more

Sixth Form Open Evening - this Thursday, 17th October, starts at 7pm. Come along and find out all about St Mary's Sixth Form, no registration necessary.

We are ready for open day tomorrow! Looking forward to welcoming families from 10am!

Our Year 7 academic scholars enjoyed lunch with Mrs Adams and Mr Gibb today- they were starting their scholarship programme by talking about ‘big questions’, which they will then research... Read more

Kat Frei from Bucks Mind talking to parents about a strategy to promote 5 ways to wellbeing #WorldMentalHealthDay

The table is set for the #WorldMentalHealthDay parent support evening!

What’s this? ?????? #WorldMentalHealthDay has seen our first "mugging"! 2 teachers found these "Person Of the Week" mugs waiting for them on their desks, filled to the brim with lots... Read more

It’s a take-over! Join our Head Girl team over on Instagram as they take control of the St Mary’s account. Sixth Form Open Evening is next Thursday -17th October, 7pm... Read more

Brilliant new facilities in the @StMarysGXPrep playground - the girls love them!

Mrs Martin has been enjoying reading the wonderful Solar System projects completed by Year 5. What a high standard has been achieved this year! Well done, girls! @StMarysScienceD You can... Read more

It’s “make your own pizza” day! @HolroydHowe @StMarysGXPrep

If you would still like to sponsor your daughter for the Harvest Walk you can donate directly to the causes we are raising money for here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/smsgx?utm_term=W9qz6QZJw

So much fun to be had on the Prep playground! @StMarysGXPrep

Our previous Mental Health Coffee Morning was a tremendous success and we are delighted to invite parents to join us for another evening on how to develop positive mental health... Read more

Here are Year 6 on the Mary Poppins bridge after a wonderful tour at @PinewoodStudios. Thank you Mrs Lawrance for the wonderful opportunity!

10km done! Well done, girls, and staff! #HarvestWalk

They’re off! #HarvestWalk

(3/3) After his shower he found a magical horse and tried to ride it but he kept falling off! He decided never to ride a horse again and as he... Read more

(2/3) Once upon a woodland lived a Troll. He was reading a story when the wind blew his book away! The Troll was devastated so he travelled to the supermarket... Read more

(1/3) Today in Forest School the girls made their own story about a Troll, then created Trolls based on his character in the story. They decided that he was a... Read more

Our previous Mental Health Coffee Morning was a tremendous success and we are delighted to invite you to join us for another evening on how to develop positive mental health... Read more

Congratulations to our KS5 dancers who were awarded the Highly Commended Certificate for their fantastic performance at today's @isaschools National Dance Competition!

Our Harvest Walk is this Friday! You can donate directly to the causes we are raising money for here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/smsgx?utm_term=W9qz6QZJw

FIRST PLACE! Our KS3 Dance troop have won first place at the @isaschools National Dancing Competition! Congratulations, girls, amazing news!

Open Day is coming up! All areas of the school from Nursery to Sixth Form will be open, and Mrs Adams will be speaking at 11am. Spread the word!

Brilliant, articulate debate final between Kirk & Latham this morning - the motion was "Autonomous vehicles will make driving safer" - Winner to be announced on Friday!

Y5 have been learning about the difference between two powerful Ancient Greek city states, Athens and Sparta. Here is Poppy A’s letter convincing Miss Sweeney to visit Sparta. She particularly... Read more

I spy... some Forest Explorers way over on the Cedar Lawn! @StMarysGXPrep

Twitter is a wonderful place for our girls to be able to engage with the authors of the books they are reading, via Mrs Murray, our Librarian!

Come rain or shine - and it's been a lot more of the former this week - the new @StMarysGXPrep playground facilities are being built!

All Year 7 Parents are invited to attend an informative session, with speeches from The Headmistress and other teachers, this Thursday, 26th September from 6-7pm, in the Senior Hall. Also... Read more

In their assembly this afternoon the Prep girls learnt about International Day of Peace - which is tomorrow - and its timely focus on Climate Action. There are things we... Read more

The Early Years Forest Explorers went on a bug hunt! They found a millipede and recreated it using twigs and leaves. On their travels in the woodland they managed to... Read more

Girls STEM Day at Bletchley Park! This is an opportunity to explore hands on activities and the Museum, inspiring girls to look to consider STEM roles in the future https://g.co/kgs/8HALkM

Year 7 have been enjoying their music lessons! @StMarysExpArts

Y7 Parents are invited to attend an informative session, with speeches from The Headmistress, Head of Maths and English on Thursday 26th September from 6-7pm, in the Senior Hall. Also... Read more

Year 7 enjoying Drama Club! @StMarysExpArts

Early Years girls have been out in the sunshine practising some mindfulness techniques with Miss Rose - how relaxing!

We will be running a Stay & Play session for anyone interested in our Nursery or Reception classes on Friday 27th September from 10am – 11.30am. Please contact the Registrar... Read more

In Science, Y5 have started their 'Earth and Space' topic. After learning some introductory facts about each planet in our Solar System, they considered the scale of the Solar System.... Read more

A busy and bustling Co-curricular Fair today, the girls are really spoilt for choice!

Welcome back to all the girls, and a warm welcome to our new students and staff members!

A warm welcome to Year 7 and Year 12 today!

Congratulations to our Year 11 students who received their GCSE results today. There is much cause for celebration, with half of the cohort achieving the top grades in five or... Read more

Many congratulations to all of the students who received their A level results today. The results were again impressive this year, with 37% of all grades achieved, A*/ A, 60... Read more

Whole School Open Day - Nursery to Sixth Form - Saturday 12th October 10am - 12.30pm

Congratulations! What an honour to have had the Children’s Laureate at St Mary’s only a few weeks ago! We can’t wait for the third instalment of Wizards of Once! ?... Read more

In Senior House serious prep is underway for House Drama! Butler appear to be involving dance and scooters in theirs...!

Some incredible hats in Prep today! #madhattersteaparty ?? https://t.co/tgYCIomZfT

They did it! ???? https://t.co/8jTPX7b0OD

Staff are on the back row and ready for this amazing production. Break a leg Year 7 ??? #LionKing

Good luck to our Prep girls at their Swimming Gala this afternoon!

Welcome to Gerrards Cross CofE school and @MaltmansGreen to our Year 7 production of The Lion King! ?

Congratulations to all the girls from Nursery to Sixth Form, and the Expressive Arts Department on a stunning Art Exhibition! See our facebook page for the photos: https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-School-Gerrards-Cross-217598038273153/ … https://twitter.com/StMarysSchoolGX/status/1148194563191988224/photo/1

Speech Day is such a special event in our calendar, and we were delighted to welcome former Headmistresses, Miss Timberlake and Mrs Balcombe back to St Mary's.

We were honoured to welcome Olympian athlete @georgietwigg to present our prizes today, and to listen to her inspirational speech. Huge thanks, Georgie - our girls will never forget meeting... Read more

Our incredible Art Exhibition is Open TODAY from 3-5pm ??

Art Exhibition tomorrow between 3pm and 5pm in the Senior Hall. Other times to view the exhibition are on Saturday after Speech Day when refreshments will also be available in... Read more

No accidents yet at Hazard Alley! @StMarysGXPrep

Anyone for a spot of Pictionary in the Library?

Zip lining!! https://t.co/X5cj2QsFGH

More fun activities for Year 11!

Year 11 on their first activity of the day at Paccar!

Sports Day 2019 Begins!! ????

Incredible high-jumping this morning! #sportsday @StMarysGXSports

Senior House Sports Day is off to an energetic start! @StMarysGXSports

What an incredible production of Mary Poppins! Congratulations KS2, and all the staff. Practically perfect in every way!

A heated game of Uno in Games Club today!

Mrs Adams , Mrs Kingston, Mrs Carney and Mr Martin met with all of the members of the SMA for breakfast in the Space on a lovely sunny morning to... Read more

A brilliant swimming gala this afternoon, with the usual St Mary's team spirit in full force! Well done, girls!

Early Years "Forest Queens" have been doing some exploring in their very own forest crowns!

Go swimmers! https://t.co/Md93NNG6nm

Cheering squad at the ready! ????? https://t.co/OVW0CCSR8l

Good luck at the swimming gala this afternoon, girls!

Tom Sherrington @teacherhead explaining Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction.

What could this be spelling... https://t.co/4DI7EEKzoF

Brilliant to welcome delegates from @RMSforGirls @Queens_Gate @SandringhamSch1 @habsgirlsSchool @stcatsbramley @rgshw @LEHSchool @EastBarnetSch @stgeorgesascot and many others for our 21st Century Education meet- keynote speaker @teacherhead Tom Sherrington.

Brilliant to welcome so many Old Girls for our drinks & nibbles tonight!

Leyla and Isabel are our Wicked Young Writer finalists - and they're at the awards ceremony today!

4/4 They enjoyed watching their film on the big screen and, overall, it was a fantastic event and opportunity for them. Mrs Williams has created this fabulous video that really... Read more

3/4 The girls were honoured with tickets to this event because the video they created to depict one of the nominated books, was chosen as the winner, out of entries... Read more

2/4 The girls had the most amazing time, it was an unforgettable experience for them to be able to chat to so many incredibly talented authors - and get their... Read more

1/4 Yesterday, some of our Senior girls had the immense honour of being invited to the CILIP Carnegie Awards. These awards are the most prestigious children's book awards in the... Read more

If you wonder round St Mary's on a typical lunch break you will find... girls learning martial arts, or getting sticky in Science Explorers, or painting bones for The Lion... Read more

The very talented Mrs Williams made a trailer about Year 7's trip to @WarwickCastle! https://youtu.be/mW6fcJYz8qM

Exciting lunch time demo for our girls today! https://twitter.com/stevejarman7/status/1140574871530987520

Prep Sports Day was followed by the always brilliant SMA Fun Day- thank you to Mrs Hurst and the gang for a brilliant afternoon!

What a brilliant Prep Sports Day! Well done everyone!

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Ready and waiting...! ?

The scene is set, the sun is just about shining! Let’s go Prep Sports Day! ?????

“School Angels”! As voted for by our Year 13 leavers. Who could think of two more worthy winners than Mrs Sylvester and Mrs Dimmock!?

The rain hasn’t deterred our Walking Bus group! ? ??

We would really appreciate raffle prizes for our Sports Awards Eve on 10th July, where we will be joined by Olympian Olivia Carnegie-Brown. If any parents are able to donate... Read more

Year 7 are hard at work for Enterprise Day!

Have you had at least five-a-day today? ????? #healthyeatingweek

Well done, girls! https://twitter.com/stmarysgxprep/status/1138075945540210688

What a brilliant, magic morning with @CressidaCowell! @StMarysGXPrep

Absolutely thrilled to have author @CressidaCowell at St Mary’s today to talk to our girls, and children from local schools! @PatriciaDunn71

Year 3 started the day with a cooked breakfast! Then they went to the forest and learned how to make a fire and build mini shelters. They ended a fantastic... Read more

Time for a campfire, hot chocolate & marshmallows before bedtime! ??

Year 3 have put up the tents and are ready for tonight!

And Year 3 are off! They have planned their food, been to Tesco and bought it, had a quick ice cream pit stop, and then back to school to continue... Read more

Congratulations to all the girls who performed in the @StMarysExpArts Spotlights Drama Festival last night. The girls performed brilliantly and wowed their audience. Huge thanks to Mrs Kalinowski for organising... Read more

The dress rehearsals for tonight’s Drama Festival are in full swing!

We will be running a Stay & Play session for anyone interested in our Nursery or Reception classes on Friday 21st June from 10am – 11.30am. Please contact the Registrar... Read more

Brilliant! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXPrep/status/1135905218359697408

Wet but happy in France!

Have fun! We can't wait to hear all about it! https://twitter.com/StMaryGXLibrary/status/1135870050903240704

We have arrived!

Bon Voyage Years 5 and 6 - have a wonderful trip! https://t.co/TPF9yyVlHO

The Year 1 girls have been continuing their Peter Rabbit theme - they have written some incredibly descriptive sentences, and are sewing their own Peter Rabbits!

Former student, Lizzy, who is in her second year of her degree course in Creative Advertising has won a prestigious advertising award for her promotional campaign package for a programme... Read more

Congratulations to Yasmine in Year 5 for being Highly Commended in the @isaschools Essay Writing Competition!

A huge well done to two girls who bravely took to the Speakers’ Corner stand, and addressed the whole of Prep in assembly! You can find out what Isabel and... Read more

Congratulations to Ella and Millie, Y12, who have been shortlisted in the New College of Humanities national essay competition, out of 3,600 entries. Both have been invited to the final,... Read more

Congratulations to Amelia, Year 8, who has read all eight @CILIPCKG nominated books! There are so many she can't even hold them! Excellent reading, Amelia.

We wish our wonderful Year 13 girls well as they start their study leave!

A few more pictures of Year 4’s wonderful trip! The girls were really creative with green art and then this morning was filled with orienteering where they were busy using... Read more

Prep Open Morning is today! Come and see our Prep Department - Nursery to Year 6 - between 10am & 12pm, meet our teachers and take a tour!

What a busy 2 days so far at Flatford!The girls have been shelter building, singing songs at the camp fire, carrying out field work in the river Stour and now... Read more

A wonderful tea to say farewell to our equally wonderful Year 13s as they go off on study leave!

Prep Open Morning tomorrow! (Friday 17th May) 10am - 12pm. Come and see our Prep Department - Nursery to Year 6 - meet our teachers and take a tour!

Healthy, energy filled breakfast ideas with Mrs Roberts!

Practising a “yes” breath with parents at our Mental Wellbeing Coffee Morning - a technique girls (and adults!) can use to gain confidence #mentalhealthawarenessweek2019

Year 4 have arrived at Flatford Mill and the sun is shining!

Amazing writing by Leyla & Izzy has got them through to the finals of the Wicked Young Writers Award, a national competition run by the theatre production @WickedUK. More in... Read more

Some incredible results for our girls in the @isaschools Athletics event today - check out our Sports account @StMarysSchoolGX for all the details!

Last chance to purchase tickets for the SMA wine tasting this Friday, hosted by The Real Wine Company! Tickets available until the end of Wednesday!

Last Friday, Mrs Phillips took 22 girls from Y6-Y9 to a ‘Choral Celebration’ organised by @isaschools . After a warm up the girls learned a new song in three parts.... Read more

Prep Open Morning is this Friday 17th May, 10am - 12pm. Come and see our Prep Department - Nursery to Year 6 - meet our teachers and take a tour!

It's Year 11's last day and they've enjoyed a special lunch, lots of signing of shirts, and next on to a game of rounders! All the best for your exams,... Read more

What a beautiful Music in May concert last night! Well done, girls!

Year 1 had a brilliant time on their trip to @ChilternOAM Here they are listening to Mrs Tiggywinkle - in Mrs Tiggywinkle's home!

Year 7's work in progress for the Lion King production!

Book Club had a special treat last week when Saachi, Y10, gave a presentation on one of the Carnegie shortlisted books; "A Long Way Down" by @JasonReynolds83. Saachi researched the... Read more

Are you looking for a school that really is passionate about getting the academic best out of your 3-16 year old son? Then join staff and boys at @thorpehousesch in... Read more

The rain isn’t dampening these girls’ spirits as they’re off on their trip! ?? @StMarysGXPrep

A beautiful, sunny May afternoon for our Flag Ceremony. Annicke and her Head Girl team handed over to Dayna, and her team, as did the current and new Heads of... Read more

Head Girl Annicke, pictured here at last week’s amazing Gym & Dance Show, will be ceremoniously handing over her Head Girl duties this afternoon at our Flag Ceremony. We thank... Read more

Yesterday saw the return of our annual, much enjoyed, Grandparents and Special Older Persons Tea. The guests were treated to a tour of Prep from their special St Mary’s person,... Read more

Year 1 made this beautiful tree in Science! The girls learnt about different plants and made the leaf shapes themselves based on the different leaf designs of different trees.

What a truly stunning Gym & Dance Show we were treated to last night! Look out in this afternoon's newsletter for more photos.

Are you looking for a school that really is passionate about getting the academic best out of your 3-16 year old son? Then join staff and boys at @thorpehousesch in... Read more

Incredible finished product from their Lego Town Planners Workshop! Mrs Adams was so impressed, girls! @StMarysGXPrep @PatriciaDunn71

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The Lego town planners are in! The girls are hard at work making additions, we can’t wait to see the final result!

Huge congratulations to Miss Wilkins for completing the London Marathon yesterday, having had very little time to train as she was a late charity entry. Miss Wilkins is raising money... Read more

Amazing Rock Challenge team who got to the final 12 out of 400 schools, and came away with these certificates. Incredible work, girls!

A hugely successful MUN for SMS! Awards to Ruby (Fox News), Kiera (Tunisia) Shedlia (Russia Today) and Shanze (USA), and a second place to Daisy (Libya). A massive congratulations  to... Read more

Rock Challenge girls are just waiting for their rehearsal slot at 4pm and are on stage at 6.47pm.....results about 10pm! Good luck, girls!

Good luck to our Model UN team at Bucks MUN today - a long day of debate and negotiation ahead, hopefully we're all still smiling at the end! ???

New look servery- everything looks amazing! @HolroydHowe

Don’t forget to get your tickets for the Gym & Dance Show on Thursday 2nd May! The girls are practising very hard! https://t.co/PxPVqefQZs

Did you know we offer wraparound care from Nursery upwards? See the link for details: https://stmarysschool.co.uk/school-information/wraparound-care-provision/

St Mary’s School has some final spaces for Reception in September 2019 available. Come and see our fabulous Early Years setting at our Open Morning on 17th May, or give... Read more

? Thank you to Mrs Szczerbiak for this photo of our lovely cherry tree - nearly in full blossom ?

Stunning! https://twitter.com/stmarysgxsports/status/1116356838394613761

Don't forget to get snapping over the holidays for the Inter-House photography competition!

Easter Playball Camp at St Mary's

Prep Open Morning! Friday 17th May, 10am - 12pm. Come and see our Prep Department - Nursery to Year 6 - meet our teachers and take a tour!

In the Easter holidays there are two local netball camps that your daughter may be interested in, see the posters for details and contacts.

Staff badminton tournament is underway... Glad to see they’re not taking it too seriously ??

The girls and their parents are having a lovely time at their Early Years Princess Party! @StMarysGXPrep

We hope the Year 1 mums liked their adorable Mother's Day cards! The foot-painting was certainly an experience for Miss Connell! @StMarysGXPrep @FamiliesChilter

Exciting delivery from the SMA this morning ?

This week Y1 made sock puppets as part of their Materials topic in Science. They chose brightly coloured socks, cut out felt ears and noses, made hair out of wool... Read more

What a great Year 7 French Spelling Bee this week! All girls who took part did extremely well. Congratulations to all the girls who got through to the final -... Read more

Huge congratulations to Eliza, Year 4, who won Best Overall Speaker out of all 30 children at our Public Speaking event on Monday! The standard of speeches and delivery was... Read more

Years 4 and 5 had a brilliant trip to @ufton_court! The girls spent the day as vikings and tudors!

We are delighted to announce that Emily, Y10, won First Prize for a KS4 Learnt Monologue in a national @ISC_schools competition. One judge commented: “This one just blew me away.... Read more

Looks great, enjoy! https://twitter.com/StMaryGXLibrary/status/1110532550450135042

Selected girls from Senior House having an amazing time at Rock Challenge!

A warm welcome to @GayhurstSchool @thorpehousesch @CheshamPrep and @CSPA_Head, and to our judges, for our Prep Public Speaking event. St Mary's have kicked off proceedings and we look forward to... Read more

A very successful weekend at Haileybury Model UN for SMS Year 12. Day 3 of debate and still smiling! Isabelle is currently arguing for the necessity of gender quotas in... Read more

SMS delegations ready for an amazing Haileybury MUN 2019! #HMUN19 @HaileyburyMUN

SMS delegations ready for an amazing Haileybury MUN 2019! #HMUN19 @HaileyburyUK

Year 10 Ensemble are sounding absolutely amazing in rehearsals for tonight’s Spring Concert. 7pm in the Senior Hall, no tickets required! @StMarysExpArts

Good luck to our girls who are off to Kingsmead for a netball tournament and @PipersCornerSch for a swimming gala! It's all go!

Congratulations to three of our @StMarysGXPrep girls who attended the The Arts Society Chiltern's awards ceremony over the weekend. Maia and Connie, Y6, were awarded Highly Commended, and Yasmine, Y5,... Read more

Comic Relief fun at lunchtime!

Mmmm cakes! #comicrelief2019 #RedNoseDay2019 @FamiliesChilter

It's cake sale time! #comicrelief2019 #RedNoseDay2019 @FamiliesChilter

Good luck to our Under 11 gymnasts who are competing at the Milano national finals today! ????

Over in Senior House the girls are competing in Houses to build a bridge from only spaghetti and marshmallows! #ScienceWeek

This rocket ? mouse flew so high it’s not in the photo! #scienceday

Mix that slime, Miss Rose! @StMarysGXPrep https://t.co/02ZRi05LXG

Will the egg smash? #ScienceDay https://t.co/jEd4P2nPcm

Young Enterprise team @BlissenceOils have had a successful sale this breaktime!

(2/2) Afterwards there was a 'speed networking' session- the opportunity to talk to women who work as mechanical engineers, microbiologists, aerospace systems engineers, nuclear physicists and biolanalytical scientists, to name... Read more

(1/2) Three Y10/11 students attended the STEM Roller Derby at Wycombe Leisure Centre. They watched an enthralling roller derby consisting of teams of players that all work in STEM careers.

GE Healthcare employees talked to our Y13 students this afternoon and gave a fascinating insight into work in science, technology, engineering and HR. They championed the work of women in... Read more

Look at these amazing doors that our Prep girls decorated as part of their World Book Day activities! View the whole set on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/St-Marys-School-Gerrards-Cross-217598038273153/

Commerical Airline pilot, Sarah Barry, gave an inspirational talk to girls from Prep and SH about being a woman in an industry dominated by men. Sarah promoted piloting as a... Read more

This year, Year 7 have learnt about the importance of women in religion and why we should spend more time talking about religious women #InternationalWomensDay

International Women's Day assembly with Mrs Davison and the Sixth Form girls.

It’s #InternationalWomensDay and we’ve got lots coming up today!

Good luck to our Year 10 team; Daisy, Lucy and Orla, as they compete in the second round of the Rotary Youth Speaks Competition in Marlow this evening! #YouthSpeaks

The girls in @StMarysGXPrep are busy making preparations to decorate a classroom door in the style of a book! We can't wait to see the results!

They really do! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXPrep/status/1103639741478719489

We have three winners of the costume competition! To be revealed in tomorrow's newsletter...!

Lunch room, and staff, looking absolutely amazing for #WorldBookDay @HolroydHowe

An amazing array of costumes today a St Mary's, and activities are in full swing - here are our Year 4 girls reading with Early Years girls #WorldBookDay #WBD19

Absolutely brilliant visit from author @Alex_T_Smith today, the children (and grown ups!) had so much fun, thank you!

School in Action Day - this Wednesday, 6th March. Come and see the school at work. Prep (Nursery to Year 6) 9.30am-12pm and Senior School (Year 7 to Year 13)... Read more

Are you looking for a school that really is passionate about getting the academic best out of your 3-16 year old son? Then join staff and boys at @thorpehousesch in... Read more

Our Still Life Art competition winners enjoyed a special tea with Mrs Adams in her study today. Well done, girls! @PatriciaDunn71

12 girls at TEDx Warwick this morning - ready to be inspired! Architects of Tomorrow! #TEDxWarwick @TEDxWarwick

Did you know we take girls from three years old in our lovely Early Years department? On Friday 8th March we will be holding Taster Sessions for Early Years, with... Read more

Excellent teamwork as Year 1 & 2 make pancakes, yum!

Intriguing bush tucker trial at lunch today... @HolroydHowe

Congratulations to our Young Enterprise team for coming in second place for best product idea at The Chesham Market Showcase!

So exciting! #authorvisit https://twitter.com/StMaryGXLibrary/status/1100705796646715393

School in Action Day - Wednesday 6th March. Come and see the school at work. Prep (Nursery to Year 6) 9.30am-12pm and Senior School (Year 7 to Year 13) 9.30am-1pm.

Are you looking for a school that really is passionate about getting the academic best out of your 3-16 year old son? Then join staff and boys at @thorpehousesch in... Read more

School in Action Day - Wednesday 6th March. Come and see the school at work. Prep (Nursery to Year 6) 9.30am-12pm and Senior School (Year 7 to Year 13) 9.30am-1pm.

Are you looking for a school that really is passionate about getting the academic best out of your 3-16 year old son? Then join staff and boys at @thorpehousesch in... Read more

Football in the sunshine for Year 11! @StMarysGXSports https://t.co/VnW7GOrBPx

What a week the girls have had in EYFS with their new classmates, Milly and Rosie. The girls have taken on the responsibility of caring for animals and have completed... Read more

Our Prep Open Morning (Nursery to Y6) is tomorrow: Friday, 15th Feb 10am-12.30pm. Come along and meet our teachers and tour the school with our girls! If you can't make... Read more

The House Music Competition is underway and the talent on display is incredible!

In Year 5 Design and Technology the girls were given the choice of designing either a torch or light to give as a gift, which had to reflect the recipient’s... Read more

We were on tenterhooks today waiting for Mrs Adams to announce the winner of her Art competition! Whose painting will take pride of place on Mrs Adams' wall in her... Read more

With Miss Reid and Year 12 student, Aneet, Year 5 & 6 girls are making e-safety posters- including all the important buzz words and advice #esafety

Year 6 are in their e-safety session with Mr Wild and Year 12 student, Joanna. The girls have watched a video and are now decorating a tree or a hand... Read more

Our Prep Open Morning (Nursery to Y6) is this Friday, 15th Feb 10am-12.30pm. Come along and meet our teachers and tour the school with our girls! If you can't make... Read more

Here is our St Mary's team with their lovely, sturdy chair that they made in this morning's #thinkingskills activity!

Congratulations to all the schools who took part in a great #thinkingskills morning! Our winners were @MaltmansGreen, well done girls! With @thorpehousesch taking second place and GX C of E... Read more

The judges are in! #thinkingskills

Welcome to @MaltmansGreen @charlottehprep @thorpehousesch @HighMarchSchool @HeathertonSch @CSPA_Head GX C of E and St Joseph’s for Thinking Skills! The children, and adults, are working hard and having fun!

Internet Safety and Digital Wellbeing Meeting TONIGHT, with e-safety expert Karl Hopwood. Miss Snaith can be emailed directly on hsnaith@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk to reserve a space for what’s sure to be a... Read more

A very exciting arrival in Early Years... https://twitter.com/StMarysGXPrep/status/1094906043379912705

Looking for a vibrant nursery that gives your son an educational head-start whilst also offering wrap-a-round care? Head to the #ThorpeExplorers nursery & reception open this Wednesday @thorpehousesch in GX.... Read more

It's not too late to sign up for our Internet Safety and Digital Wellbeing Meeting TOMORROW, with e-safety expert Karl Hopwood. Miss Snaith can be emailed directly on hsnaith@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk to... Read more

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The Prep girls have had a brilliant lunchtime full of exciting activities run by our Sixth Formers in aid of #CharitiesWeek. The girls have participated in quizzes, drama, dance and... Read more

Year 6 Cookery Club celebrated Chinese New Year by making their own egg fried rice, yum!

Girls are in for a treat today as Temple West raise money for Centre Point, a charity for homelessness, by selling chicken nuggets, chips and mozzarella sticks! Yum! #CharitiesWeek

Thank you for having us, it was a great evening. https://twitter.com/maltmansgreen/status/1093423822416556032

As #CharitiesWeek continues, Latham put on a very interactive assembly today - with some very willing "volunteers"! Raising money for Beauty Banks, which collects, re-packages and distributes essential personal care... Read more

Wow! https://twitter.com/StMarysGXSports/status/1093113550774722560

A highly entertaining assembly for our Prep girls today, run by Year 12 students, but with an important message about the charity Windsor Baby Bank.

Looking for a vibrant nursery that gives your son an educational head-start whilst also offering wrap-a-round care? Head to the #ThorpeExplorers nursery & reception open morning on 13.02.19 @thorpehousesch in... Read more

Butler House have cakes a plenty and are ready to raise money for Child Bereavement UK #CharitiesWeek

Our E-safety and Personal Awareness Parents’ evening is next Tuesday, 12th February 7pm. We are very lucky to have independent internet safety expert @khopwood Karl Hopwood attending to speak to... Read more

Tomorrow is #SaferInternetDay2019 and we're thinking about Snapchat...

A very busy sale this morning - cookies and flavoured milk- as Kirk raise money for the Windsor Baby Bank on the first day of #charitiesweek

Good luck to all the Gymnasts who are competing in the BSGA Floor and Vault competition here today!

Some wonderful snow thoughts from our Prep girls ?

***Swimming Club is cancelled today due to the weather, school remains open.***

***St Mary’s is open***

Year 3 have been making Moving Monsters, using pneumatic systems, in DT. See Facebook for more photos of these fabulous monsters! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2331387266894209&id=217598038273153

Huge thanks to @AccentuateGame for talking to our Sixth Form girls in their weekly enrichment session about the importance of resilience and perseverance - very fitting as they look to... Read more

Looking great, girls! https://twitter.com/stmarysgxprep/status/1090658700195438594

Looking for a vibrant nursery that gives your son an educational head-start whilst also offering wrap-a-round care? Head to the #ThorpeExplorers nursery & reception open morning on 13.02.19 @thorpehousesch in... Read more

Follow our new Maths Department Twitter! ????? https://twitter.com/stmarysmathsdep/status/1090220618308567040

Follow our new Languages Department Twitter! https://twitter.com/stmaryslanguage/status/1089990602375266304

St Mary's has two upcoming Open events: Prep Open Morning (Nursery to Y6) Friday 15th Feb 10am-12.30pm. School in Action Day, Wednesday 6th March: Senior School (Y7-Y13) 9.30am-1pm, Prep School... Read more

As we approach Safer Internet Day on 5th February, here are some helpful tips for setting up devices safely for children.

Question Time this morning! #politicsweek

If you look closely you can see spring peeking out beneath the cherry tree!

Congratulations to all the students who took part in the Rotary Youth Speaks last Friday. Look out for the full write up in this Friday's newsletter!

Remember to save the date for our E-safety and Personal Awareness Parents’ evening, Tuesday 12th February 7pm!

These special SMS bears, pencils and personalised bookmarks all have new homes now! We hope all the Year 6 girls had a great day at our Year 7 assessment day!... Read more

Year 9 are having lots of fun on their @Tate Tate Modern trip today, doing back to back drawings and considering the gallery space and the artwork within it

A warm welcome to all the Year 6 girls we have here today. Have a brilliant day, girls!

For today’s Enrichment session the Y13 girls had a talk from a student led company @sfwlondon Strength From Within where topics such as 'life after school' and 'Life's expectations' were... Read more

Years 1 and 2 had a brilliant time at their multiskills afternoon yesterday!

A warm welcome to Year 1 & 2 teams from @MaltmansGreen and @StHelens_Prep who have joined our girls for a multiskills afternoon, helping to understand and develop their fundamental movement... Read more

Year 11 girls are enjoying their Sixth Form Taster Day! Girls in their Food Tech taster lesson will be learning about chopping techniques such a julienne ?

Parents are warmly invited to the E-safety and Digital Wellbeing Parents Evening which will take place Tuesday 12th February, where @khopwood Karl Hopwood will address parents openly about the e-safety... Read more

Politics trip to the Houses of Parliament for our Sixth Form girls!

We were delighted to see former Head Girl team member Lizzie Marshall today, who popped by to see her old school! Lizzie is currently in her second year at Falmouth... Read more

Year 10 students have been utilising the school’s new whiteboards, solving mathematics problems together #Mathematics

More about this in Friday’s newsletter! https://twitter.com/stmarysgxprep/status/1083403234625155072

Our Year 13 Biologists have been busy investigating the rate of reduction of an artificial hydrogen acceptor by Yeast dehydrogenase enzymes #womeninscience

Our beautiful poppy installation is now complete. Every girl in the school painted a tile to commemorate 100 years since the end of WW1. Isn't it wonderful?

2nd place and through to Nationals for the U16 team! Amazing, team! ???

Amazing results for St Mary’s, third place for the U13 team and first place for the U11 team! ???

Year 3 Scholarships available for September 2019. Details on our website https://stmarysschool.co.uk/school-information/scholarships-and-bursaries/

Good luck SMS under 11 team, and their coach Miss Connell! ????

Hosting the BSGA Southern Region Milano Trio Gymnastics Competition - good luck to all the schools competing!

Amazing Bethlehem song from Prep in the final assembly- and we all got to join in at the end! ?

Christmas jumpers!

A truly stunning Carol Concert tonight.

Here are Year 5 performing their Greek Plays in the style of Ancient Greek theatre. The plays were complete with a chorus and colourful masks!

Huge thanks to the members of Goldhill Church who performed and involved the Prep girls in, an interactive nativity this afternoon!

A level economists, playing an economics version of Articulate Mr Fernando made for them!

Judging the classroom decorations with Miss Newton- amazing work girls!

It’s Senior House quiz time!

Dining room looking amazing for the girls’ Christmas lunch today! ???

Science Club made their very own, very beautiful Christmas Tree with Mrs Chapman. Or, Chemis-tree if you will!

Senior Choir visited Leonard Cheshire Home and sang a lovely mix of traditional Christmas carols and popular Christmas songs. The girls thoroughly enjoyed their trip and the residents enjoyed seeing... Read more

Huge congratulations to the Pre-Prep girls and their teachers on their production of the modern nativity, A Midwife Crisis.The girls put on a hilarious and heartwarming performance, all remembering their... Read more

Jane Barnes from @Amershammuseum joined us, along with residents from Swarthmore House, for the afternoon, and using a bag full of memorabilia, stimulated a very interesting and active discussion between... Read more

Year 10 Enterprise Day finished products! Aren’t they fabulous? ?

We can't wait to see this one, and all the other stars in Pre-Prep, in their play tomorrow!

As part of Year 10’s Breast Health campaign, they want to remind you to make sure you check yourself regularly. Visit https://coppafeel.org/ for more info and to get a monthly... Read more

Year 10 are off timetable today for Enterprise Day. Ella, Year 12 Economics student, is running the day alongside Mr Fernando, during which the students will be creating their own... Read more

Year 8 are delivering biscuits, lucky pennies and messages of thanks to the fire station today #randomactsofkindness

Congratulations to Olivia, Year 5, who won the @nunn_hayward Christmas card competition with her beautiful design, and to runners up Daria, Year 1, and Clementine, Year 2. Thank you @nunn_hayward... Read more

Amazing production of The Light Burns Blue last night, well done girls. You're in for a treat if you're attending tonight!

Huge congratulations to Lisa on her showstopping cake in the final of Bake Off 2018 last night, and to all the bakers for their truly amazing cakes!

Last night, a group of ten singers from Senior House were invited to sing some Christmas carols and songs at the Bull Hotel in Gerrards Cross during their interior design... Read more

We will be tweeting soon on the new Prep twitter feed, give us a follow! https://twitter.com/stmarysgxprep

Year 4 girls are feeling festive in their class gingerbread house!

Visit our website http://www.stmarysschool.co.uk for information on applying for Sixth Form Scholarships. Scholarships represent up to 30% of annual fees.

Tomorrow night our Chamber Choir will be singing at the Bull Hotel's Christmas Boutique event where you can enjoy a range of stalls whilst listening to our girls' beautiful singing!

Pre-Prep had a lovely surprise when 8Q popped over and presented them all with a balloon, as one of their random acts of kindness. Lucky girls!

You can still book tickets for this amazing production. Are there fairies at the bottom of the garden...? https://youtu.be/oGK_zlccaPk

Fun at the Frost Fair!

Mrs Dimmock is ready for the Frost Fair, are you? Come along tomorrow from 10.30am for a plethora of Christmassy stalls, face painting, bottle tombola, amazing food and so much... Read more

Year 9 are enjoying their GCSE Options Day! Here they are having a hot chocolate and getting ready to hear Ms Gilfedder speak about Accountancy and Apprenticeships.

Christmas is coming to SMS! Mr Long has unwrapped and trimmed this beautiful tree ready for the Head Girl team to decorate! ?

Delighted to welcome these St Mary’s “Old Girls” to talk our current Year 11 girls tonight at the Sixth Form Open Evening, 7pm.

Huge congratulations to our Chamber Choir, and Mrs Phillips, for winning a Silver medal at the Marlow Music Festival with their beautiful renditions of 'Flanders Fields’ and ‘Electricity’ from Billy... Read more

The girls in Reception have been learning their tricky words. They all made a superhero wrist band to help them learn them. It was great fun and all the girls... Read more

Sixth Form Open Evening tonight! Register below or just come along at 7pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/292338761388002/

The Early Years girls are having a lovely time at @thorpehousesch Forest School!

Of course no whole school assembly is complete without a school hymn, and what better school hymn than... Baby Shark! (doo doo doo doo doo doo) #childreninneed2018

A fantastic whole school assembly run by Year 12 girls about why we raise money for this charity and where the money goes. Hilariously competitive games- who can eat a... Read more

It's Friday, it's Children in Need, which can only mean one thing...cake! (and donuts, and more cake) #childreninneed2018

Year 8 were transported back to the heyday of the Tudor Court with a trip to Hampton Court Palace this week. See the full report in Friday's newsletter.

Year 3 had a lovely time at the Roald Dahl museum, sitting in his famous writing chair and exploring the galleries. The girls also edited some of Roald Dahl's work... Read more

Year 9 are off timetable today and taking part in an Enterprise Day. The girls are upcycling clothes to create two outfits for different target groups, and will perform a... Read more

Y13 had the pleasure of hearing Major General Tim Inshaw, who is also the President of the GX branch of the Royal British Legion, speak at their Enrichment session. Girls... Read more

Sixth Form Open Evening Wednesday 21 November 7.00pm-8.30pm Register here: https://www.facebook.com/events/292338761388002/

Ready...Steady...BAKE! Last night saw the first round of House Bake Off. 12 bakers tested their culinary genius with the imaginative and delicious Traybake Challenge. Congratulations to all 12 bakers especially... Read more

Every girl in the school is painting a poppy onto a tile to serve as a permanent tribute to the contribution made by British men and women in the First... Read more

Over half term the Geography Department ran a trip to Iceland for girls in Year 10 and above. As you can see from the photos it was an amazing trip,... Read more

Huge thanks to Miss Timberlake, former Headmistress, for opening our new building Cherry Tree House! And welcome back Mrs Ross!

Mrs Adams has welcomed former Headmistress, Miss Timberlake, and Head Girl teams from Prep and Senior House to her office for lunch, ahead of the opening of our new building,... Read more

What a lovely surprise Senior House staff had this morning when girls from 8Q went round giving out beautifully packaged biscuits as a "Random Act of Kindness"!

Rehearsals for tonight's concert "A Night at the Musicals" are sounding fabulous. 7-9pm tonight, no tickets required!

Pre-Prep are having a great time at Tiggywinkles!

Amazing morning with ITV and @lorraine @CoppaFeelPeople @KrisPoB #breastcancerswarenessmonth #coppafeel https://t.co/fHQUxzyeLV

And it's a wrap! @DrHilaryJones interviewed St Mary's students live this morning for the @lorraine show and in conjunction with @CoppaFeelPeople, to promote the importance of early detection of breast... Read more

Preparations are underway for filming for the @lorraine show this morning. Be sure to tune in from 8.30am.

Don't forget to watch our girls on @reallorraine tomorrow! ITV and @CoppaFeelPeople will be coming to St Mary’s to film a live broadcast featuring Year 10. Be sure to tune... Read more

If you are interested in a Nursery or Reception place, register to attend our Early Years Taster Session on Friday 9 November. Call our Registrar on 01753 883370 to register... Read more

Congratulations to all of our students who received their @LAMDAdrama certificates from Mrs Adams this morning.

A great Open Day today, we were delighted to welcome so many families!

Come along today and see the whole school from Nursery to Sixth Form and hear our new Headmistress, Mrs Adams, speak at 11am.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our Open Morning tomorrow, 10.00am-12.30pm. Come along to meet the students and teachers and to see all that St Mary's has to... Read more

Year 1 and 2 took the opportunity to do their guided reading outdoors, reading to one another and asking each other lots of questions about the books they were reading.

The SMA were delighted to welcome parents to their coffee morning today!

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Well done to the Prep girls on a fantastic Harvest Assembly this morning. The girls sang a collection of songs with real enthusiasm and also took time to think about... Read more

We look forward to welcoming you at our Whole School Open Morning this Saturday, 10am - 12.30pm All areas of the School will be open from Nursery to Sixth Form.... Read more

Are you looking for a school that really is passionate about getting the academic best out of your son? Join the staff and boys at @thorpehousesch GX for their upcoming... Read more

Huge thanks to Eleanor Dimmock for coming in to talk to our Year 13 girls about her experiences at University, why she chose the course she did, her time at... Read more

Some of the new Year 10 Subject Ambassadors took an assembly to introduce the scheme to KS3 and encourage them to make use of the scheme to help them Aim... Read more

Pre-Prep girls have been very busy out and about in the school grounds! Y1 put on their big listening ears and went for a listening walk, & EYFS went on... Read more

Are you looking for a school that really is passionate about getting the academic best out of your son? Join the staff and boys at @thorpehousesch GX for their upcoming... Read more

Our lovely SMA ladies trying out the fabulous new gym equipment that they raised an incredible £14,000 to fund. All the girls in Senior House will benefit from this brilliant... Read more

Inter-House Netball is underway and competitive spirit is plentiful on the courts!

As part of their enrichment programme Year 13 have been learning some hugely important life skills. Here they are learning about taking care of a car, including changing a tyre!

Pre-Prep gymnastics club in full swing!

Excellent job on the cakes, Year 12! Raising money for such a worthy cause @macmillancancer @macmillancoffee

We were delighted to host Dr Aric Sigman yesterday evening for his talk on 'Parenting the Demanding Generation'. Very interesting and a lot of food for thought!

If you are looking for a Nursery or Reception place for your daughter in September 2019, why not register her for our Early Years taster session on Friday 5 October.... Read more

This morning, Prep enjoyed a very engaging and interactive assembly with Mrs Adams. There was impressive acting, some excellent responses to questions and a great theme about teamwork!

It may feel early to be thinking about Christmas already but don't forget to save the date for the Frost Fair!

Thank you to @BPCollinsLaw who came and spoke to our Year 13s about Family law and work experience opportunities at the firm, as part of their enrichment programme.

Looking for a nursery that gives your son an educational head start whilst also offering wrap-a-round care? Head to the #ThorpeExplorers nursery and reception open morning on 26.09.18 @thorpehousesch in... Read more

In their GCSE Art class, Year 10 have been working on organic forms and sketching peppers. You can see their finished work in tomorrow's newsletter. Excellent work, girls.

The dulcet tones of Senior Choir and "Grease" are ringing through the halls this lunchtime!

In Early Years the girls explored outside using their senses, they wrote down things they could hear, see, touch and smell!

Prep girls enjoying joining in with the Little Samurai Kickboxing demonstration!

Thank you to @StHughsCollege for the excellent, thought provoking and inspiring symposium on Gwyneth Bebb, an Old St Mary's girl @NickyMorgan01

Year 1 have been acting out the story of Tyrannosaurus Drip using some dinosaur masks they made!

Some of our Reception girls were "maths explorers" outside this morning! They found lots of numbers, collected them up and then decided to make their own number line.

Looking for a nursery that gives your son an educational head start whilst also offering wrap-a-round care? Head to the #ThorpeExplorers nursery and reception open morning on 26.09.18 @thorpehousesch in... Read more

Whole School Open Morning, Saturday 13 October 10am - 12.30pm All areas of the School will be open from Nursery to Sixth Form. Come and meet the teachers and our... Read more

Year 7 are enjoying their brand new classroom in Cherry Tree House for their History lesson!

We were delighted to welcome the first Nursery group this morning, who had a lovely morning in Early Years.

A great first day back at school today. Cherry Tree House looks fabulous and is being put to full use!

The Sixth Form students had a great time paint-balling today! Awards were won by Mr Cox, Scarlet, Amelia, Millie and Joanna for their particular bravery, team leadership and strengths in... Read more

Welcome to Year 7! Have a wonderful day at St Mary's.

Congratulations to our Year 11 students who received their GCSE results today. There is much cause for celebration, with results across the board significantly above the national average and 50%... Read more

Congratulations to all of the students who received their A level results today. The results were again impressive this year, with 28% of all grades achieved at A* or A,... Read more

Cherry Tree House this morning. All coming together very nicely!

The Pre-Prep girls and their teachers are enjoying their Teddy Bears Picnic!

Speech Day was a wonderful affair today! With lovely musical accompaniments, informative and entertaining speeches, a wide array of well deserved prizes and an incredibly interesting talk by our guest... Read more

Early years are practising mindfulness. Today they gave each other a mindful massage! The girls are very sensible and are great at finding a happy place.

Good luck to our KS2 girls in the Rotary Youth Speaks competition tonight at @thorpehousesch

What a fabulous Pre-Prep end of year celebration! Well done, girls.

Today we are delighted to welcome all of our new students who will be joining us in September. Whether in Senior House or Prep the girls are having a day... Read more

Huge congratulations to Poppy, Year 8, who has qualified in Silver level finals for beam and floor, and will be competing again tonight in Florida at the IAIGC World Championships.... Read more

Our girls are enjoying a fabulous seaside themed lunch today! @HolroydHowe

Murder in Maths! Who will solve the crime...

A great start to sports day, some impressive performances this morning, with many to come in the track events this afternoon!

Y7 had a great time at Warwick Castle yesterday, having spent the year studying life in Medieval England. They walked the ramparts and looked out for all the defensive features... Read more

Year 7 have been putting all their knowledge from their Maths lessons this term to excellent use - baking cakes!

Congratulations to all the girls who took part in the Senior Swimming Gala today! Results yet to be revealed...

Prep Sports Day practice is in full swing!