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!