We know it's Summer, but the good news keeps coming! Two of our GCSE Media students have been recognised in the @ISAartsUK Film and Digital Art Competition - Congratulations both!... Read more

Watch our Sports Day 2022 highlights here: https://youtu.be/UoDziXGdgJg Thanks to our outgoing Head Girl Team for their presenting and Mrs Williams for helping to create the video?????? #SMSSpirit #sportsday(Feed generated... Read more

Wishing our whole community a wonderful Summer holiday. We can’t wait to see you in September refreshed and ready for the new year. Enjoy your break #SMSSpirit #summerholidays #adventures ??(Feed... Read more

Happy Summer Year 6. You have been wonderful role models for your Prep peers this year and we can’t wait to welcome you back to Year 7 in Senior House... Read more

Phoebe, our Head Girl next year, gave an expert helping hand last night in the face-painting for the Dance and Gym Show! #SMSSpirit #SixthForm #RoleModel (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

It was wonderful to welcome our new Year 7 students, joining us in September, for their induction day today. It is safe to say fun was had by all...with a... Read more

Speech Day 2022. It felt wonderful to have this event in person, once again. Thank you to everyone who made it such a special day - staff, students, parents, governors,... Read more

Over the Summer Holidays, we are encouraging our community to join @Actionhappiness's #JumpBackUpJuly initiative and find ways to respond constructively in difficult times. Why not use the image below to... Read more

Incredibly proud of our Music and Drama #scholars who showed off their incredible talent last night at their Recital Evening #SMSSpirit #proud #talent (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

It's Senior House Sports Day today. After a morning of Athletics in the sunshine, students are doing their running races this afternoon, with the all important Teacher's Relay to finish... Read more

We are looking forward to our Scholars' Recital Evening which is happening tonight from 7pm. A showcase of amazing talent and passion #SMSspirit #scholarship #talent (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

We are looking forward to welcoming parents to our Art Exhibition at school today until 4.45pm and tomorrow morning (Saturday) after Speech Day. The artistic talent at St Mary's is... Read more

The photos from this week's AMAZING Prep performance of Madagscar have arrived. There are simply too many to choose from, but (hot off the press) here's a snippet of the... Read more

Prep Nurses Day - We cleaned up our Crimean War hospital this morning so now there are no rats lurking around. Mrs Tomblin has just come over and talked over... Read more

Year 12 have had a great day at the @RoyalHolloway #psychology competition today #BrightFutureForStudents #sixthform #opportunities (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

In our Prep celebration assembly this week, we announced the new Head Girl Team and Games Captain Team for Prep, for the next academic year. Congratulations, girls, we are looking... Read more

Our talented Artists are having an amazing day working with renowned artist Ian Murphy today. Watch this space for more! #art #artist #youngtalent #SMSspirit ? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

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We have just said a final thank you and farewell to our departing #HeadGirl Team who have done a wonderful job over the last year! They enjoyed #afternoontea with Mrs... Read more

Year 12 are half way through their @ucas_online day - they have heard from a whole host of guest speakers, including someone who spoke about how to apply for #international... Read more

This picture has just been sent to us. A lovely moment at Prep Sports Day last weekend. Those ice creams look amazing!! ?#SMSspirit #Throwback #sportsday #FridayFeeling (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

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The woes of baking in the heat that only true bakers will appreciate!! We wonder if any of our #foodandnutrition students will struggle in the heat today?! #baking ????? https://twitter.com/BritishBakeOff/status/1539334890705010689(Feed... Read more

This morning we said a fond farewell, and a massive thank you, to Julie who has run our SMA (Parents' Association) for the last 15 years!! #community #parentsassociation #fundraising #SMSSpirit... Read more

Our Prep #sportsday on Saturday was a huge success, and the sun came out for us! More pictures in our #newsletter this week ??? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Year 5 and 6 have arrived safely at Liddington for their #Residential with @PGLholidays. They have an action packed 3 days ahead of them! #SMSspirit #independence (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Year 10 are busy pushing innovative boundaries with @8billionideas - they are using recycled goods to bring their product ideas to life! #SMSspirit (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Our Year 10 Sixth Form Taster Day saw students experiencing subjects they don't normally get to including #media and #PsychologyALevel. They also had the chance to go into @Gerrards_cross during... Read more

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Year 9 are out exploring the wonders of Windsor today, on a Maths Trail. Full write up in the newsletter this week, but here are some live action shots...???? #maths... Read more

our @CILIPCKG Shadowing event is in full swing. We have welcomed @PipersCornerSch @Becky_High @AGSFounded1598 and @SirHenryFloyd to share their views on the books, and there is some amazing #Discussion going... Read more

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Prep Sports Day practise is in full swing supported by our Year 10 Sports Leaders #sportsday #sports #studentleadership #opportunities?? https://t.co/qTFrwJrxCC(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Serious conversations in #housemeetings this morning - who will be doing what in Sports Day. Meetings led by our Prefect Team #studentleadership #prefectteam #LeadershipMatters #SMSSpirit ????? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

#BookReview number 5 for 'The Crossing' by @manjeet_k_mann. Our Year 7 girls said 'it was a beautiful story that connected two unhappy people and helped them both achieve happiness' @CILIPCKG... Read more

Book Review number 3 as part of our @CILIPCKG review series - Punching the Air by @ibizoboi. Our reviewers loved that the book covered current affairs and that the author... Read more

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We're very excited to be welcoming @8billionideas next week to run a workshop with our Year 10 students. we are collecting water bottles, cereal boxes and egg cartons and look... Read more

Day 3 and our @CILIPCKG book review is about Guard Your Heart by Sue Divin, @absolutelywrite. Our reviewers really enjoyed this book because 'it does a great job at discussing... Read more

Serious stuff from @BritishBakeOff today...!! What is your number of choice? #fridayfun #FridayFeeling https://twitter.com/BritishBakeOff/status/1534930822075015169(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

News just in. Our DofE students have completed a HUGE 871 hours of volunteering over the last year which amounts to £4,024 in social value. What an amazing impact they... Read more

Day 2 and Review 2 @cilipckg - Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock. The girls said that "It was a great and original book that followed... Read more

Can you solve it?! #UKMT #ProblemOfTheWeek https://twitter.com/UKMathsTrust/status/1534085117836021760(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Review 1 @cilipckg - Tsunami Girl by @julianaurelius - "it had a lot of amazing descriptions and follows the difficulties of growing up from a young person's point of view"... Read more

Two of our Year 7 Book Club members have ready every book in the @CILIPSLG shortlist. Amazing effort! Over the next week, we will post their thoughts on each of... Read more

Live Crime Scene Investigation. Year 12 are solving a baffling murder mystery as part of their new Sociology module about Crime and Deviance - we particularly like their props! #Sociology... Read more

It was wonderful to have you with us - the girls had a fabulous morning!! @jrapepper https://twitter.com/jrapepper/status/1534271475661815808(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Year 2 have safely arrived at the ISA North London Multi-skills event today - we hope they have a great time! @isaschools (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

We hope you had a wonderful Jubilee Weekend full of celebrations and street parties. Here's a little throwback to when our very own Queen visited us on the last day... Read more

We welcomed a VERY special visitor for our Prep Jubilee Assembly today #royalty #jubilee #jubileecelebrations #assembly ?? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

A selection from our Prep Jubilee Baking competition - we are simply blown away by the effort!! Enjoy ???? #JubileeCelebration #baking #proud #amazed (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Can you guess what Early Years might be preparing for with their celery painting? ?? #PlatinumJubilee (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Nothing like an early morning swim - this was at 0815 this morning!! #SMSspirit #swimming #Wellbeing https://twitter.com/StMarysGXSports/status/1529743535527890946(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Today is #thankateacherday. Join us in thanking all of our Teaching and Support staff at St Mary's for making it such a wonderful school, and remind your daughter(s) that a... Read more

In a week of concentration and focus for exam week, Senior House students have been letting off steam with their House Football Competition ???#SMSspirit #girlsfootball #housecompetition (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

The end is in sight!! What will your daughter(s) be doing to celebrate the end of exam season? #exams #FreedomDay #reward #hardworkpaysoff https://twitter.com/TooledUpTips/status/1529401386986835968(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Any takers for a little brain teaser in the last week of the half term? https://twitter.com/UKMathsTrust/status/1529006313241464835(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

What better way to pick ourselves up on a slightly grey Tuesday morning than with some pictures of our own little flowers in the Year 1 parent and pupil Assembly... Read more

We can't wait to welcome @TooledUpTips tonight with Dr Kathy Weston, @Parentengage, to talk to over 100 of our parents about building resilience and confidence in children #resilience #parenting #parentingtips... Read more

Did you spot them? Nine of our Prep Team took part in the Gerrards Cross Fun Run yesterday, and were the winners of the Teachers Category! Thanks for a great... Read more

It's great to see the opportunities our Sports Scholars have to nurture their talent, build their skill and broaden their experiences. This morning's masterclass was in Shot Put! #scholars #scholarships... Read more

Yesterday, we were honored to welcome @cerrieburnell to talk about her new book Wilder than Midnight. She delivered an engaging talk to Year 5 and Year 6 with lots of... Read more

Huge congratulations to Ms Bucknall who graduated yesterday and is now a Qualified Teacher. Ms Bucknall joined us as Senior House Art Technician a couple of years ago, and next... Read more

A great resource full of advice and top tips about keeping young children safe online #OnLineSafety #toptips https://twitter.com/safeinternetday/status/1527182632697614338(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Live action from the Year 9 House Rounders Competition today. The winning House is yet to be announced... #housecompetition #rounders https://t.co/VaOTKmcg79(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Our new Prefect Team were spotted preparing for September earlier today.... #studentleadership #sixthform #opportunities #rolemodels (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

On Thursday 19th May, we are delighted to be welcoming author, actor, ambassador & former CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell to St Mary's to talk to our Year 5 & 6... Read more

As exam season starts, we wish all of our students the very best of luck over the coming weeks ? We know this time can prove challenging for a number... Read more

Year 3 are on a very special camping adventure at St Mary’s ! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Year 13 visited Bojangles Creative Cafe in Little Chalfont this morning to decorate a commemorative piece of pottery to take with them to their next stage of life before starting... Read more

Year 5 and 6 are having a fantastic and unique time inside Wellington Barracks today! They have watched the rehearsal parade and met Shamus, The Irish Guards Mascot! What a... Read more

This week in EYFS we began our new story ‘The Bog Baby’ by Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward. The nursery girls enjoyed following instructions on how to make a Bog... Read more

We are looking forward to welcoming prospective families to our Prep Open Morning on this beautiful sunny morning! ?? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

We are looking forward to welcoming Dr Kathy Weston from Tooled Up Education to St Mary's to deliver a talk to parents on the topic of, Raising the Resilient Child... Read more

Congratulations to our new Prefect Team who received their badges in assembly today! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

We are looking forward to welcoming families and prospective students to our Prep Open Morning on Thursday! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

This morning we had our traditional annual Flag Ceremony which sees our new Head Girl team officially taking over duties. We say a huge thank you to our outgoing team... Read more

Mental Health Awareness Week is happening between 9th to 15th May 2022. The official theme is ‘loneliness’ and, across the week, we encourage you to build meaningful connections with your... Read more

The CORI Community Champions are busy preparing for their next act of kindness! Watch this space. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Our Prep Open Morning is on Thursday 12th May! Come and see our wonderful school in action ! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Year 6, as part of their transition programme towards Senior School, are at Hazard Alley in Milton Keynes today. Raising their awareness of how to respond or stay safe in... Read more

This week the Year 10 students studied and celebrated Eid. There was in depth discussion and research, food, and henna. Eid Mubarak from the RS department. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Rehearsals are underway for the Composition Concert taking place at school this evening! The music is sounding wonderful! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Lots of fun at Paradise Wildlife Park for Year 1 and Year 2! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Year 1 and 2 went on a wonderful trip to Paradise Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire yesterday! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

This week our school will elect our student leaders in a vote which will take place on Wednesday. Hustings took place this morning - 6 of our Year 12 girls... Read more

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Forest School ? We started by re-telling the story of The Gruffalo, some of the girls even thought they were the Gruffalo, eek?! This was swiftly followed by some free... Read more

The Reception girls loved their first swimming lesson! Their teachers were blown away (and quite splashed) !???? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Prep Open Morning is coming soon! Make sure you have reserved your place via our website: https://stmarysschool.co.uk/ (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

The girls are on their way home after what has been a really fantastic experience for them all at Flatford Mill. They have had an amazing couple of days and... Read more

Come and see St. Mary's in action - reserve your place now! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Another day of fun at Flatford Mill for Year 4 today! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Over Easter Year 2 worked really hard on a Great Fire of London project. Here are a glimpse of some of the girls' fantastic projects and their Great Fire of... Read more

Our Year 4 are having a fabulous time at Flatford Mill- shelter building, mammal trapping and measuring and studying rivers and streams! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

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Can you guess the topic at Little St Mary's this week? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Trinity Term has got off to a great start here at St. Mary's. The running track is all set up and some of our students enjoyed their first tennis lessons... Read more

Happy Easter From St Mary’s! ? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Sweet Science ! Year 10 biologists used sweets to make models of the 3 main different types of neurons ( nerve cells). (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Lots of fun on the last day of term for our Year 7 at Paccar! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Some egg-xcellent maths going on using sweets and Easter eggs to calculate circumference, weight and volume! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

See the Prep School In Action Thursday 12th May Come and see how a normal day in the life of the Prep School at St Mary’s, Gerrard Cross. A chance... Read more

Our special 150th Birthday Spring Concert was wonderful celebratory evening with stunning musical performances from Years 5 -13 and very special to welcome back alumnae & friends #smsspirit ?? (Feed... Read more

We've had a real mix of snow showers and sunshine today! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

The girls in Prep had great fun hunting for Easter Eggs in the playground this morning. Thanks to our great SMA for doing this for the girls. The squeals of... Read more

Rehearsals are under way for our special 150th Birthday Spring Concert this evening. The music is sounding amazing! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

After writing the recipe in English, the year 1 girls had a wonderful time making Easter egg nests! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Some of our students are having an amazing day at International House in London taking part in a one-day language programme aimed to enhance their skills in German using a... Read more

Congratulations to students in our sixth form who were awarded gold, silver, bronze and highly commended certificates in the British Biology Olympiad. This is an advanced problem solving competition run... Read more

Our World Challenge Cambodia Team are hosting a quiz night on Friday 6th May - come join us for a fun evening of trivia! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

We are really looking forward to welcoming pupils, parents and staff, past and present, to our special 150th Birthday Spring Concert on Thursday! Our World Challenge team will be selling... Read more

Good luck to all our LAMDA students sitting their exams today! ??(Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Our Year 10 GCSE Drama students were awarded a very close 2nd place at the Watford Festival for their "chilling and professional" performance of an extract from 'Us/Them' by Carly... Read more

Early Years are having a blast at Chessington! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

A fascinating and inspirational talk this morning from Paralympic gold medalist Tim Prendergast. He spoke to us about striving to be the best version of ourselves, focusing on what we... Read more

Y10 French and KS3 French native speakers attended a French poetry workshop delivered by Durham university. They got the opportunity to discover calligrams through the work of Guillaume Apollinaire and... Read more

Lots of fun was had in Prep yesterday as they enjoyed lots of interesting science activities! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Prep Science Day started with a bang this morning! Mrs Brereton put a stick through a balloon without causing it to pop and she challenged some girls to do this... Read more

What a beautiful sunny lunchtime! ? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

The ducklings from EYFS came for a visit to Year 1! ?? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Reception are enjoying the sunshine this morning! ?? (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

We are supporting Neurodiversity Celebration Week at St Mary's. We recognise that no matter what our differences and challenges, everyone has their own strengths and talents. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

The Year 1 girls enjoyed exploring the concepts of floating and sinking in their science lesson. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Year 10 are enjoying a fascinating session on 'memory and mnemonics' this morning as part of their revision study course with Elevate. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

The KS3 Scholars met up to review their work for the year and discuss the next stage of the scholarship project: Getting curious. They are going to be researching and... Read more

Today we are celebrating World Poetry Day and we want share with you this beautiful poem by Sophia Thakur. The power of her words will affect generations. (Feed generated with... Read more

A brilliant lunchtime of Comic Relief activities. Over in Prep the girls took part in a range of fun activities including Beat the Goalie & Space Hopper racing, and Senior... Read more

Enjoying very special birthday cupcakes! (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

Happy 150th Birthday to St Mary's! We had a wonderful assembly this morning where Mrs Adams shared the fascinating history of the school & also revealed our stunning school painting.... Read more

Today our Charities team gave an assembly on the history of Comic Relief, along with exciting ways they plan to raise money tomorrow on Red Nose Day. This year's theme... Read more

Well done to all the girls who took part in the House Dance Competition. There was so much talent on display as well as lots of fun, support and #SMSSpirit!... Read more

As Science and Engineering Week continues there were more House competitions today! KS3 had to make an animal out of plasticine and pipe-cleaners that would hold 200g in weight...but the... Read more

Our next Stay & Play is on Saturday 26th March, registration is essential! Suitable for age 2 and up https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/ (Feed generated with FetchRSS)

For Science and Engineering Week, today’s assembly was about how the growth of humanity has been so rapid we are depleting natural resources. The solution? Mr Hopkins encouraged the girls... Read more

Science Week Challenge -building the lightest tower on a set of scales. It must be at least 80cm tall, stand by itself for 10 seconds and you may not move... Read more

India in Year 9 made this fantastic Pi Pie! Well done, India, who knew Maths could be so delicious!

Some Maths ding-batting going on in the morning sunshine!

The Early Years girls enjoyed drawing the ducklings today, with real life models!

Happy ? (pi) Day! Today the Maths Department ran a special Pi assembly, Year 7 drew Pi skylines, Year 10 used sweet treats in their lessons and there is an... Read more

An amazing result for our gymnasts this weekend. They placed 4th out of 21 schools and then, paired with Newlands for the South region, came first! Regional champions! Well done... Read more

In celebration of World Book Day last week, Y7 made and wrote their own books. They thought carefully about the ingredients that make up a traditional fairy tale. The pleasure... Read more

Incredible news!! Well done, girls!! ? ? https://twitter.com/stmarysexparts/status/1502296794587406336

SAVE THE DATE! We will be hosting a Quiz Night to raise funds for our World Challenge trip to Cambodia in 2023 on Friday 25th March, 7pm. Information about tickets... Read more

The daffodils are in full bloom and the ducklings are blossoming. Happy Friday ?

Good luck to Mrs Phillips and the students at the @ISAartsUK A Capella Competition today!! @StMarysExpArts

Fantastic MUN conference at Magdalen College School Oxford. The students debated many world issues including human trafficking in Russia & the human rights abuse of Uyghur Muslims in China. The... Read more

We have such a brilliant range of speakers for this Saturday's Empowering Futures event; you are in for a treat if you have booked a ticket!

What a brilliant experience for the Year 8A squad at U14 @ISAsportUK Netball Nationals. There were schools from all over the UK competing and St Mary’s made it through to... Read more

How’s this for a daily dose of cuteness? ?

Our finalists spoke confidently today in the final of the Senior House Debate on the motion: Should we fear Artificial Intelligence ?

In Y5&6 Book Club the girls played a treasure hunt game where they had to find certain books in the library by categories, eg "a book with a yellow cover",... Read more

Girls in Pre-Prep had a visitor from outer space! Mr Roche, children's author, visited school with his alien friend Niji. Mr Roche read the story of “Niji’s dream”, an emotional... Read more

Year 6 are having a brilliant time at Kidzania!

Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them. #InternationalWomensDay2022 ?

During Literary Week in Prep the girls were asked what they would like to put into their very own Magic Book. They came up with some wonderful ideas that Mrs... Read more

Last Half Term the RS department hosted an essay competition about the importance of representation in the media. There were some amazing entries, but three essays stood out and won... Read more

Today is Butler's Charity Day and students have been trying to Beat the Teacher at Basketball and Badminton and also doing an amazing job washing teachers' cars! Well done, Butler!

Our lovely students are ready to tour our visitors today for Open Day ?

After completing exciting activities on their class book this morning, Prep girls had fun presenting their work to each other. Excellent work girls!

Who has purple prickles all over his back..? Book Quiz time in Prep!

Some amazing costumes in Senior House, too, for World Book Day. Special mention to Molly who used an entire can of hairspray to create her incredible look as Nagito, a... Read more

What a fantastic World Book Day we are having! Our Prep Department was absolutely delighted to welcome children's author @Hapfairy Sophie Cleverly for a creative workshop where they came up... Read more

What an absolutely incredible array of World Book Day costumes in Prep! Well done, everyone!

Cedar House is alive with the sounds of African drumming this morning as Year 13 take part in a workshop as part of their Well-being Day. They’ve really got the... Read more

Girls in Prep have been Bringing Books to Life today as part of Prep Literary Week! From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Alice in Wonderland, they've had a brilliant... Read more

Delighted to be @HighMarchSchool ready to meet parents looking for senior schools!

Mrs Brain is containing Cloud Busting with her Year 7 English class ? @malorieblackman

As we look forward to #worldbookday2022 tomorrow, Year 7 are experiencing a whole book in a day as it is passed, baton style, from form tutors to subject teachers to... Read more

Happy #PancakeDay! Early Years were treated to some delicious pancakes this morning, and in the Dining Room this lunchtime girls could choose a range of tasty toppings for theirs! Yum!... Read more

A lively first round in the Senior House debate this morning. The motion up for debate was 'Unhealthy Lifestyles are not the Government's problem'. What do you think? #schooldebating

Mrs Burton launched Prep Literary/Book Week this morning with an exciting Guess the Character quiz. The girls then worked in their Houses to compose a Magic Book poem based on... Read more

Prep girls had a brilliant morning with Clare from @Perform4Schools being Jungle Explorers ??

St Mary’s had a fixture against RMS on Tuesday. We took our Year 7A and Year 8A squad to play a friendly Netball match. Year 7A & Rosie was awarded... Read more

Can you believe our last World Book Day in school was in 2020! Can our teachers beat these amazing costumes next week?! Lots to look forward to for #worldbookday2022

Our Senior House Open Day is next Friday, 4th March. Registration via our website is essential, spread the word! https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/

We are on the countdown to our 150th Birthday Concert and the Senior Choir are sounding amazing as they practice the Hallelujah Chorus.

In anticipation of #WorldBookDay2022 the English Department are running a competition where students guess which teacher the book-shelf belongs to...Who might have a classical art book...?

Reception have been working hard to understand the composition of teen numbers this morning. Great work, girls!

Over Christmas 65 of our students from Prep and Senior School visited local carehomes to deliver an incredible 118 Christmas boxes for residents, and as a community raised a fantastic... Read more

Year 9 Biologists have been using a range of reagents to test for the presence of protein, starch, sugar and fat in samples of food stuffs. Excellent, practical work!

Before half term Year 7 Maths students got creative with practising fractions, with a game of Snakes and Ladders!

Recently St Mary’s hosted the BSGA Floor and Vault Regionals gymnastics competition. Unfortunately spectators were not allowed to attend but luckily Miss Connell has put together this video of highlights... Read more

Y3 trained to be ancient Egyptian embalmers! After understanding the process of mummification, they worked in groups to mummify their own paper bodies. They used slime to represent body parts,... Read more

Year 10 biologists have been investigating the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis in pondweed ?

In their CORI sessions some of the Prep girls came up with a concept and plan on how to make a game using only natural materials, even visiting Thorpe Wood... Read more

Last week, Mrs Qureshi hosted her Masterclass on The Golden Ratio. We learned about how it can be found in famous architecture and even in our own faces. The room... Read more

What better way to round off the half term than some fierce competition in the Staff vs Sixth Form football match on our new MUGA! It was an extremely close... Read more

Kirk House's Valentine themed bake sale for @BuDs_UK was a great success, and all the students in Senior House have come to school in yellows, browns and golds to show... Read more

Our Sports Scholars were fortunate enough to try curling this week with the help of Mrs Taylor!

Y10 Sports Leaders led Years 1 and 2 in a Badminton Festival. The Year 10s led activities in small groups and the girls moved around this in a carousel format.... Read more

2022 marks 150 years of our wonderful school and we would love to invite any friends of the school whether you are parents, old girls, former staff, to join our... Read more

Prep enjoyed a WW1 masterclass today from @TimeTravelEdu, handling real artefacts and using state of the art VR to experience life in the trenches! Like a real life time machine,... Read more

To raise awareness on #SaferInternetDay some girls in Year 6 delivered an informative assembly on how to stay safe online and how to demonstrate respect when on the internet. Well done,... Read more

Year 2 learnt a new song for #SaferInternetDay along with Buddy the Dog! https://t.co/IE1SJUGWmR

We are delighted to share a video courtesy of Mr Evans, of our recent Senior House Swimming Gala. Feel the #SMSSpirit! https://youtu.be/CVHJLWrObRk

Today is Safer Internet Day and students in Senior House have been exploring this year's theme which is Exploring Respect and Relationships online. You may find the below link helpful: https://saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2022/advice-for-parents-and-carers

We had the pleasure of having Mr Haydn-Slater speak in assembly today about LGBTQ+ History month. With the help of the Sixth Form Diversity Leader, he shared the importance of... Read more

Year 2 have been learning about money and calculating change in Maths. Each pair was given an allowance of £5 to buy coloured cubes. They had to work together to... Read more

This week 18 students from Years 9-12 took part in a National Youth Theatre audition process which included a 3 hour workshop, and a 1:1 audition with the NYT associate.... Read more

Our new Early Years building ‘Little St Mary’s’ is now open – a stimulating and exciting learning environment we think all children should experience. Register for our next Stay &... Read more

Number Day fun over at Little St Mary’s today! 1??2??3????

Y10 artists were pushed out of their comfort zone this week, while learning about the work of Georgia O'Keeffe. After a fascinating History of Art session the girls had just... Read more

Prep Spelling Bee kicked off yesterday with Pre-Prep. The girls were amazing & all the finalists impressed, spelling words such as excercise & because. Y1&2 went to a penalty shoot... Read more

Thank you to our Registrar, Mrs Szczerbiak, for this beautiful picture ??

Year 7 mathematicians consolidating their work on Order of Operations. Good work, girls!

We are at @MaltmansGreen and looking forward to meeting prospective parents! Thank you to our hosts for the wonderful hospitality.

Delicious Chinese New Year theme at lunch today @HolroydHowe #chinesenewyear

Forest School for Early Years has been all about ‘Hansel and Gretel’! The girls sat under the tree to listen to the story again to help them “story step” it... Read more

As it is Chinese New Year’s Eve, Roselyn and her family prepared a fabulous presentation all about how and why they celebrate. Roselyn is in her lucky outfit today too!... Read more

A stunning morning of music, and such incredible talent on display! Results of the House Music Festival to be announced soon!

A stunning morning of music, and such incredible talent on display! Results of the House Music Festival to be announced soon! @StMarysExpArts

This morning's House Music Festival is off to a great start with Senior students performing confidently; well done, girls!

Thank you to Ruby P, Year 13, for our Senior House Swimming Gala photos; looks like fun! Results next week, watch this space...

Temple West held their Charity Day today, with Heads of House hosting a fun assembly, a lucky dip and sweet sale. Temple West are raising funds for The London and... Read more

Reception had a real treat this morning when Year 1 came and read them their information booklets all about parts of plants. Wonderful!

A fantastic, spirited Swimming Gala for Senior House this morning! More on this tomorrow!

Sixth Form scholars taught our Year 8s all about Heddy Lamarr, and her contributions to science and technology. She was a talented Hollywood actress and inventor. Without her contributions we... Read more

Keen readers from Years 5 and 6 visit Mrs Murray in the Senior House library on a Monday lunchtime. Mrs Murray guides the girls to what she considers to be... Read more

A brilliant Stop Motion video by Year 13 Biologists Arabella and Emma, "Transcription of a Target." #STEM #stemeducation @StMarysScienceD https://t.co/hLfHSlFkT6

Year 5 scientists have been enjoying learning about the difference between dissolving and melting. They used a pipette to add water to 1g candyfloss, one drop at a time, counting... Read more

As Year 9 Options Day continues at a busy pace, Miss Lasocki talked to the students about their futures and building their profiles, and now they are all at a... Read more

Year 9 GCSE Options Day is off to a great start. The students have heard some really interesting talks from career professionals, and are currently in "taster lessons" for Media,... Read more

Yr7 enjoyed an amazing workshop on Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', hosted by @WestEndinSchool They explored the way in which intonation, emphasis & rhythm changes the meanings of words &... Read more

Girls in Year 1 had a wonderful time creating abstract Picasso-style portraits by sticking on facial features and using oil pastels. Amazing work, Year 1!

Wonderful to welcome Year 6 girls today for a day of assessments but lots of fun too! ?

This week, the Sixth Form scholars presented to the Year 7 and 9 scholars about space travel, Elon Musk, and women in engineering! It was out of this world! #Scholars... Read more

Huge thanks to pro golfer @AnnabelDimmock for the brilliant session with our Sports Scholars this morning. The students loved trying their hand at some putting and were so grateful to... Read more

Year 7 practising iambic pentameters during their West End Workshop, using steps. Did you know all Shakespearean plays were written in this rhythm? ? https://t.co/TNajEyz2xp

Brilliantly fun Midsummer Night’s Dream related warm ups going on right now as the first Year 7 group embark on their West End Workshop! ? https://t.co/xIVxwGHxNL

Year 8 had a brilliant day at Bletchley Park yesterday, they even did some code-breaking!

Early Years have been focussing on a book called ‘Handa’s Surprise’, and the country she lives in, Africa. They have been learning lots of amazing facts and then made their... Read more

A beautiful day for a Year 8 trip to @bletchleypark ??

Year 10 Scientists have been modelling the concept of limiting factors in photosynthesis using smarties! Read all about how they did it in tomorrow's newsblog.

An enrichment session to round off a packed Sixth Form Taster Day for Year 11 - a brilliant opportunity to sample the wide range of subjects and small class sizes... Read more

In their CORI Food & Nutrition lessons, Years 1 and 2 have been learning about healthy eating. They designed and made their own mini fruit salads after taste-testing each fruit.... Read more

Year 11's Sixth Form Taster Day is off to a good start! Mr Plunkett's even taken his lesson outside!

Year 2 had a splendid day at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley today; a boat trip down the River Thames, stepping into the Wind in the Willows story... Read more

In Year 12's Psychology lesson today the students were working on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs with cups! @StMarysPsychDep

Miss Rose's phonics group went on a phonics safari; they had to find and then sort the words. Well done, girls! @StMarysGXPrep

Super effort from the Year 1 and 2 girls when they started their new CORI theme park project! Lots of resilience and teamwork shown to rebuild the theme park which... Read more

Huge congratulations to our girls who ALL qualified for the @PentathlonGB Modern Schools Biathlon Championships. We are so proud of all their hard work and resilience with training over Christmas... Read more

A beautiful day today, perfect for the Senior girls to enjoy the grounds at lunchtime ???

In Science, Year 4 have been learning about the teeth and tooth decay. The girls learned how to brush their teeth properly and next week they will use disclosing tablets... Read more

In Science, Year 4 have been learning about the teeth and tooth decay. The girls learned how to brush their teeth properly and next week they will use disclosing tablets... Read more

Brilliant ? https://twitter.com/stmarysscienced/status/1481682317210968064

The first #Scholarship lunch of Lent term took place this week and the Sixth Form scholars were busy researching all things #STEM in preparation for their presentations which start next... Read more

The Year 1 girls enjoyed going on a 3D shape hunt all around the Prep department. In their groups, they completed tallies to see how many of each shape they... Read more

Our first Badminton tournament of the year was a success! St Mary’s played against Amersham School. Amy and Leah in Year 7, Freya and Alice in Year 9 and Megan... Read more

Year 5 Scientists used sieves and colanders to separate a mixture of flour, rice and dried chickpeas. They drew diagrams to explain what they did & considered different applications of... Read more

Brilliant to see Year 8/9 Book Club back in action and eagerly discussing their Christmas reads! @StMaryGXLibrary

It was a very chilly Forest School for Early Years on Thursday so to keep warm they played some games which involved running, lots of running! The girls also went... Read more

Brilliant to see Lent term clubs starting again today; making mini visual dictionaries in Spanish Club, perfecting techniques in Gymnastics and working on their moves in Chess Club!

Students had an incredible day at the National Schools Biathlon Regional Qualifiers on Saturday and produced some amazing results- details in Friday’s news blog! Miss Bliss is extremely proud and... Read more

A group of students in Y8-11 have the opportunity to go on a school expedition to Cambodia in the summer of 2023 with World Challenge, and they are looking for... Read more

If you look very closely you might see the daffodil shoots beneath the cherry tree! Have a wonderful weekend and be sure to read Mrs Adams' Friday letter which also... Read more

The Nursery girls have been busy bees this morning, working on their letters and numbers! @StMarysGXPrep

Holroyd Howe presented an exciting challenge to Prep girls today; The Healthy Eating Tree. The girls heard about eating all the colours of the rainbow with their fruit & veg,... Read more

What a beautiful frosty morning to start our Lent Term. We even spied some blossom!

Lovely to see Year 11 back in today; good luck with your mocks!

We are pleased to share our forthcoming Open events for 2022. Senior (Year 7- Year 13) is on Friday 4th March and Prep (Nursery - Year 6) is on Thursday... Read more

A very Happy New Year from all of us here at St Mary's! Here's a teaser of what our Little St Mary's girls got up to last year...! Our next... Read more

Huge congratulations to Olivia who, following her recent competition in Leeds, has received confirmation of her selection for the England Diving Talent Programme, which is a 2 year programme. Well... Read more

Y3 have been exploring Fruits and Vegetables this term & produced colour studies using oil pastels, collaged foodscapes based on the work of Carl Warner, and fruit and vegetable faces... Read more

Before we broke up, the Art department had a surprise visit from Ceramicist, Sophie Bruen who delivered A level students' finished ceramic work straight from the kiln. The work looks... Read more

Some of our Year 10 RS students created revision videos to help the Year 11s with their revision for mocks, even giving them a quote to use in their exams!... Read more

In DT, Y4 have been 'Reusing Rubbish'! They investigated what happens to our rubbish and mindmapped different products which could be made using rubbish instead of throwing it away. They... Read more

Y10 artists have had an incredible term. They have been creating lino prints; lino printing is not easy, a type of block printing in which the recesses carved out leave... Read more

This term the Sewing and Enterprise CORI group created a business called Fashion Stars. They learned to confidently use a sewing machine, making their own scrunchies and turning an incredible... Read more

Prep girls have been working hard during CORI, planning and constructing circular rides, using gears and other theme park rides, such as rollercoasters and pendulum rides. They have shown excellent... Read more

Have a wonderful break!

Well done on the Christmas jumper efforts today, girls!

Our Final Assembly of the Michaelmas Term was a special affair; not least because we were all together! A sad goodbye to Miss Heath but plenty of joyful singing, 12... Read more

A brilliant and funny Sixth Form panto with a whodunnit theme... Who would ever suspect our very own...Mrs Dimmock!!! @smssixthform

Wonderful to celebrate the students' achievements this morning in Year group Mark Reading assemblies - so, so much to celebrate #SMSSpirit

These Prep girls are just so busy with festivities! Early Years welcomed their parents in for a special breakfast, and Year 6 learnt about Christingles in their RE lesson and... Read more

(3/3) Special thanks to Revd Matt Beeby for his entertaining but poignant Address. Well done to Mrs Phillips, Mr Martin and Mrs Bishop for making it such a special occasion... Read more

(2/3) Accompanied by the organ and Senior Orchestra, this was a wonderful evening to celebrate Christmas as a school community and we were all so grateful that it could go... Read more

(1/3) A Carol Service with a 'music from around-the-world' theme greeted parents, governors, staff and students tonight when all the choirs of St Mary's, including the Parents, Staff and Governor... Read more

Years 1 and 2 made some beautiful snowmen and wreaths today!

Fantastic fun in Prep this week with the SMA Christmas Parties - huge thanks to Mrs Hurst and the team, the girls had a wonderful time!

Every year almost 1.5 million older people feel more lonely at Christmas more than any other time of year; this is why we have chosen to support Age UK this... Read more

Sounding beautiful ??

The deadline to apply for a Year 7 place for September 2022, or for a scholarship, at St Mary's School is tomorrow at noon. Please visit our website for a... Read more

A fantastically festive afternoon in Prep with a House sing-off, all Houses were amazing! ? ????? ? Check out our Instagram stories to hear them (search “stmarysgx”) Followed by a... Read more

Lots of Christmas crafts going on in Prep this morning!

Fabulous reindeer cupcakes made by Year 9 students; yum!

Year 8 girls delivering brownies to staff as a random act of kindness - what a way to start a Monday! #SMSSpirit ?

Good luck to all our gymnasts competing in the BSGA Milano regional qualifiers today!

A brilliant way to end the day; The House Quiz! Competitive with an abundance of #SMSSpirit and the winners were… Butler! ??

A wonderfully festive lunchtime today! Christmas songs during “Open Mic” provided a lovely back drop to a delicious Christmas lunch complete with all the trimmings! (Visit our Instagram page “stmarysgx”... Read more

The Year 7 Drama Club members enthralled girls in Prep this morning with wonderful extracts from Matilda, Annie and The Wizard of Oz. Well done, girls! @StMarysExpArts

(2/2) Despite current restrictions, we were still able to communicate with the residents from outside through open doors & windows, & even sing for 2 of the homes. Our visits... Read more

(1/2) This week, 65 of our students from Prep and Senior School visited Austenwood, Buckingham House, Chiltern House and Swarthmore Care Homes to deliver an incredible 118 Christmas boxes for... Read more

Delicious aromas have been permeating the halls this week as Food & Nutrition students get festive! Y10 GCSE students made impressive yule logs whilst Y8 girls turned their hands to... Read more

House Badminton with Year 10 is going well! @StMarysGXSports

Huge congratulations to Lotta, Y8, who competed in the Super Dance League National finals recently with dance teams from all over the country; her 12 and under team won their... Read more

Mrs Adams drew the winning raffle tickets today! Huge thanks to the class reps for these incredible hampers and to everyone who purchased tickets; an amazing £1070 was raised for... Read more

St Mary’s Sixth Form ventured out to Windsor today to enjoy some Ice Skating! It was a wonderful afternoon! It was so nice to see all the girls getting in... Read more

Stunning, confident performances and beautiful singing from Early Years with "Born in a Barn" and Years 1 and 2 with "The Angel who nearly missed it all" last night. Congratulations... Read more

Hooray it's Panto time! Nursery are also having a special treat of popcorn and Frozen!

Another huge congratulations to the Year 8 A Netball team who played Beaconsfield High School. St Mary’s won 18-1, and Emily G was awarded played of the match for her... Read more

Our House Badminton Competition is well underway; Year 7s kicked off the tournament yesterday with gusto, and there were celebratory shouts coming from Year 8 today!

Our #WorldChallenge2023 team will be holding a Christmas Fair after the Carol Service on Tuesday 14th December. There will be pick & mix, cakes, homemade Christmas items, games and more!... Read more

Don't forget beautiful high quality photos from Beauty & the Beast can be purchased via this link: https://www.ljseventservices.co.uk/stmarysbatb.html

Oh dear there's been a bit of a disaster in Little St Mary's courtesy of Patrick the Elf... The girls are NOT impressed! @StMarysGXPrep

Mrs Adams and teaching staff welcomed Year 12 pupils and their parents to our GCSE certificate presentation tea on Friday. We were delighted to welcome back Mrs Davison to present... Read more

On Friday Senior students were privileged to hear from 3 professionals from the medical field; we are extremely grateful to Clinical Psychiatrist Dr Abrar Hussain, Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician Mrs... Read more

Sunrise over Paddington ?? Photo credit Miss Connell!

Christmas has officially arrived at St Mary's! With thanks to Shanze and the Head Girl team for their excellent decorative skills! @smssixthform

Miss Brereton did a fantastic job hosting a #masterclass on ‘Depictions of Women in Ancient Greece.’ Everyone who attended said they found it valuable and informative.

The deadline to apply for a Year 7 Scholarship or for a Year 7 place for September 2022 at St Mary's School, Gerrards Cross, is noon on Wednesday 15th December.... Read more

So wonderful to see our Art Scholars Jasmine, Violet, Alice and Vienna all working in collaboration today!

Four girls from across the school performed their LAMDA exams pieces to an audience yesterday lunchtime, including Minnie who is in Year 3 but braved the Senior Drama Studio! All... Read more

Snowy St Mary’s ??

Brilliant to see Year 10 Sports Leaders with Year 4 this week, excellent Dodge Ball amongst other activities!

Pupils from @thorpehousesch visited St Mary's yesterday, working with our Year 11 students to revise for their upcoming Religious Studies GCSE examination. There were games, quizzes, and practice questions, not... Read more

Special delivery! Year 4 have a visitor for the next few weeks...!

As part of the Drama A level, students perform 3 different extracts from 3 different plays. This performance was from the play ‘Pillowman’ by Martin McDonagh. The girls focused on... Read more

Huge congratulations to Jayna, Year 2, who won the @nunn_hayward Christmas card competition with her beautiful design! And to Nancy H, Year 5, and Nancy C, Year 1, who were... Read more

A huge congratulations to @StMarysExpArts and all the girls on a fantastic production of Beauty & the Beast; please see our facebook album for lots more wonderful photos! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4963550247011218&type=3

What an absolutely stunning show - huge congratulations to the Expressive Arts Department and all the amazing, amazing girls; you were truly superb!

Stunning orchestral interlude at Beauty & the Beast ? ?

Fantastic week for Forest School this week! Nursery had great fun being forest explorers at Thorpe House; in the hammock and the den, walking across the rope and enjoying hot... Read more

After a stunning performance last night we are delighted to share this wonderful Beauty & the Beast trailer by Mrs Williams. If you’re going tonight you are in for such... Read more

Tonight is the night! Opening night of our much anticipated production of Beauty & the Beast. Everyone involved has worked incredibly hard on this production and we can't wait to... Read more

Warming up and ready to have some fun at the @ISAsportUK Sportshall Festival! @StMarysGXSports @StMarysGXPrep

Fantastic to see our Year 10 Sports Leaders in action, using their leadership skills to deliver an exciting and innovative session to Year 3 students @StMarysGXSports @StMarysGXPrep

Y7 Food & Nutrition students have been making delicious rainbow pasta salads, carefully considering their ingredients in relation to the Eatwell Guide. This practical enabled the students to link the... Read more

Early Years recieved a mysterious package from the South Pole! They discovered a tiny baby penguin inside! ? https://t.co/qd4Zf9h2Rv

If you are looking for a Nursery for your daughter please sign up to our Stay & Play on Saturday 15th January and explore our wonderful new Early Years setting... Read more

A fantastic win for St Mary’s Year 9A team Vs Dr Challoners High School. The final score was 25-1 to St Mary’s. Player of the match was awarded to Tienery... Read more

You will be receiving your St Mary's Association raffle tickets tonight to sell - fabulous luxury themed baskets to be won! And don't forget you can still book tickets to... Read more

In Prep Art Club this term, the girls have been exploring the famous work of art by Hokusai called 'The Great wave of Kanagawa'. They have worked in different mediums... Read more

The Year 12 scholars did a fantastic job of lecturing the KS4 scholars today. They provided them with resources and tasks to help them learn about mythology around the world... Read more

A level Drama student, Saachi, recently performed her devised piece to her peers. Saachi explored the impact of COVID in India during 2020. The piece was multi-sensory, moving and thought... Read more

Good morning and a very happy Monday ?

The stage is transformed! With some high tech sound and lighting from @LJSEventSv

Hazer and low fog machines up and running for out tech rehearsal @LJSEventSv ? ? https://t.co/rhwEA3f3hV

Year 9 GCSE Media students took a mini break from their studies yesterday to help set up for today’s Beauty & The Beast rehearsal!

(2/2) Sixth Form Charity Prefects served up a delicious array of cakes in Senior House whilst the Prep Head Girl team manned the Prep cake stand. At lunch time the... Read more

(1/2) Students across the school had a brilliant day for #ChildreninNeed today! Girls came in mufti with a super-hero theme in Prep and as you can see they look amazing.... Read more

We officially opened the Multi-Use-Games-Area (MUGA) today with a fiercely competitive, very well supported Staff vs Sixth Formers netball match. The staff put up an amazing fight but the slick... Read more

Less than one week to go before Beauty & the Beast and we cannot wait! Here's a reel of some previous performances here at St Mary's to get you in... Read more

A brilliantly interactive Humanities lesson for Year 6; Henry VIII came and held court to hear Year 6's reasons for and against his motion for the church reformation and why... Read more

A fantastic day for some of our Prep girls yesterday who represented St Mary’s at the ISA North Swimming Gala. They all swam brilliantly in some very tough races! Annabelle... Read more

Y5 had a very active Science lesson this week, investigating air resistance. By walking and running around in the playground with different sized umbrellas they discovered that the amount of... Read more

Mr Gibb’s Masterclass on ‘How to grow a poem’ yesterday was a roaring success. It was a very busy session and the students thoroughly enjoyed it and gained some valuable... Read more

Girls in Prep had a very special visitor today ahead of #ChildreninNeed day on Friday. The girls found out how the money they help raise is spent, and how important... Read more

Staff and Sixth Formers are gearing up for the match of the year on Friday! Netball at the brand new MUGA...https://youtu.be/9aAmv-69ONY

It was too beautiful a morning to not take a photo of our beautiful school! Autumn is fading away but winter is looking magical already at St Mary's ???

Today was the first meeting for our fully trained @MHFAEngland Youth Mental Health First Aiders, having completed the MHFA training course. They shared their 'superpowers' they might bring to the... Read more

It was fastest finger in the buzzer for the semi final of our general knowledge Big Quiz Bonanza in Prep on Friday. The Y3 & 4 Butler team will go... Read more

Amazing, Olivia! ? ? https://twitter.com/stmarysgxsports/status/1460129437698117632

Representing St Mary’s at today’s Remembrance Service in Gerrards Cross #RemembranceDay

Staff looking FIERCE (or trying to) as they practised today for the Staff v Sixth Formers netball match next Friday! Are you nervous @smssixthform...?

Y2 are embarking on a new journey in English; Kenneth Garhame’s The Wind in the Willows. To start off they did some research using the internet & non-fiction texts on... Read more

We are delighted to now have full use of our new Multi-Use-Games-Area complete with floodlights & spectator area. The MUGA will hugely enhance the sporting provision here at St Mary’s.... Read more

Reception girls enjoyed a brilliant Forest School session at Thorpe House this morning! @StMarysGXPrep @thorpehousesch

A special Remembrance Assembly today; thank you to the Head Girl team for their contributions and to Shanze, Head Girl, for her poignant reading of In Flanders Fields #RemembranceDay2021 #WeWillRememberThem

Fantastic Art trip to the National Gallery today for Y11-13- more in this Friday’s news blog ?

Huge congratulations to Shedlia, Y13 who was selected as winner of ‘Most Sustainable Solution’ in the @TEDILondon Thinking Ahead Program. Shedlia's idea was a glass forest installation aimed at users... Read more

KS2 are very excited to be at the Everyman cinema to see Boss Baby 2 as part of the INTO Film festival! Enjoy, girls! ? ?

Year 2 girls picked up Green Eggs and Ham and started to independently read with Dumbledore the fish this morning. Amazing, girls! We think he likes Dr Seuss... @StMarysGXPrep

Fetch yourself a cup of tea and take a few minutes to watch this brilliant news report the CORI News Team have been working hard to put together! Amazing work,... Read more

Amazing 9P! https://twitter.com/StMarysSchoolG1/status/1458084108521910278

Years 3 to 6 have had an amazing morning doing a Media Masterclass with @MNAcademyLondon The girls perfected their acting, sound engineering, filming and directing skills and made their own... Read more

A fantastic win for the Y9 A & B Netball team today against Chesham Grammar? Freya (WD) was awarded player of the match for the A team and India (GK)... Read more

Today at lunchtime the Year 13 Scholars presented the Greek myth of Narcissus. This challenged the Year 7 and 9 Scholars to consider how the myth applies to modern day... Read more

Year 2 were very surprised this morning as a new class pet had arrived! Meet Dumbledore the Siamese fighting fish! The girls were very curious and asked some lovely questions... Read more

Year 6 have started using Tinkercad, a design web app, to understand 3D modelling in their Computing lessons. Some fabulous designs here, well done, girls! @StMarysGXPrep

Who is enjoying some fireworks tonight? Early Years made some of their own, aren't they fantastic! @StMarysGXPrep

Another beautiful Diwali photo! Kimaya, Year 7, and her twin brothers Krishan and Kayan. Happy Diwali Kimaya and family!

Just look at the atmosphere and support, not to mention the wonderful singing! ? https://t.co/S822KpX0YY

This lunchtime, students and staff bravely took to the stage outside the library to take part in an 'Open Mic' event. Surrounded by supportive friends, the Cedar Lawn echoed to... Read more

Two A level SMS linguists have been honing their skills. Congratulations to Alicia B who was highly commended for her translation in the Stephen Spender Youth Prize and to Fleur... Read more

The Year 1 girls thoroughly enjoyed making and decorating clay divas as they learnt about Diwali.

Year 12 and 13 Scholars are practising their Greek Mythology presentations. This half term the Sixth Form students will be hosting sessions for the younger Scholars that enhance their understanding... Read more

The Dining Room is looking fabulous today in celebration of Diwali. Also over in Year 2, Jayna very kindly brought in a lantern craft for all the girls to create... Read more

A very exciting start to the day for girls in years 2 - 6 as they are live with Treehouse Series author @AndyGbooks all the way from Australia, wow!

Our fabulous Y7 A team who won against Chesham Grammar yesterday 12-3. Congratulations girls and to player of the match Alayna!

An exciting and informative visit from PC Sarah for the Pre-Prep girls today. PC Sarah shared the book PC Ben and asked the girls if they knew what number to... Read more

At the beginning of half term dancers from St Mary’s performed in the Lift Off Dance Show at South Hill Park in Bracknell. Thank you to Miss Lasocki, Teacher of... Read more

EYFS kicked off their autumn topic with a visit to Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital! They loved meeting some of the resident hedgehogs & learning about how animals are cared for. It... Read more

Y11 Drama students performed their Devised pieces on Monday; 'Healing Bruises', 'You Will Smile Again' & 'Marked'. The end products were mature, interesting & inspiring. The students were able to... Read more

Our next Prep Department Open Morning (Nursery to Year 6) will be on Thursday 18th November; come and see the School at Work. Registration via our website is essential: https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/

At the beginning of half term six girls had a phenomenal day at The University of Bath. The girls competed at The National Schools Biathlon and they performed incredibly well... Read more

Years 1 to 6 had a brilliant time today taking part in a Diwali Dance Workshop exploring the story of The Ramayana through dance.

The closing date to apply for a Sixth Form Scholarship is Friday 12th November. Scholarships are available for academic excellence, expressive arts and sports. More information and how to apply... Read more

A beautiful sunny and blue start to the second half of Michaelmas Term; welcome back everyone! ???

Thank you for your fabulous and spooky Halloween photos! Finally to round off the day, a story from Early Years? A giant pumpkin appeared in the EYFS playground! The girls... Read more

Seriously spooky Salma and Mia! ? ? https://t.co/CQlryLTAdU

Happy Halloween from these spooky girls; Scarlett, Varonica & Anika ?

Anica’s found something very scary…! ? https://t.co/dge6eyEB8g

More brilliant creations from Olivia K and Alessia D and family ?

Amazing and spooky creations from Ramneet, and @jen_geog and family ? ? ?

Some Sunday #SMSSpirit for you with Year 6 ? @StMarysGXPrep https://t.co/ixKu7wUdzp

During their final CORI k’nex session, the girls used their knowledge and understanding of different structures, including towers, ramps, bases and circular rides to create their own theme park rides.... Read more

It's a beautiful afternoon for our House Netball! The girls are displaying their true #smsspirit on the courts and the spectators are showing their support whilst enjoying the lovely October... Read more

Last night we welcomed parents to the Autumn Concert & needless to say, the girls performed wonderfully and Mrs Phillips was very proud of all of them. The Senior Choir,... Read more

AMAZING effort girls! True #smsspirit on display for 10km from school to Chalfont St Giles and back round; raising money for @BucksMind and the @BritishRedCross Well done St Mary's girls,... Read more

And they’re off! Harvest Walk 2021 ?

A fantastic and spooky Halloween theme in the dining room today!

We were delighted to welcome parents into school this morning to watch the Prep girls perform their Harvest Celebration. They sang and contributed enthusiastically and conveyed the harvest message beautifully.... Read more

The Autumn Concert is tonight! Year 8 band and all the other performers have been practising so much and are looking forward to sharing their music with you. Not to... Read more

Brilliant Sixth Form Information Evening tonight, thank you to everyone who came, the teachers for all their informative subject talks and special thanks to our three wonderful Old Girls for... Read more

Our Sixth Form Information Evening is tonight! External students can still register via our website, we will get right back to you https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/ Subject talks will be followed by presentations... Read more

Mrs Roche's CORI group have been working in groups to design and construct circular rides, thinking carefully about creating a strong and sturdy base, a rotating wheel and also trying... Read more

The St Mary's Cross Country Team took part in a ESAA fixture today competing in 2 categories. Congratulations to all who took part! Grace came 36th out of 80 for... Read more

The Enterprise & Sewing CORI group were learning how to use a sewing machine in their last session. Such concentration! @StMarysGXPrep

Girls in Prep have been practising really hard for their Harvest Celebration on Thursday and can't wait to share it with you! @StMarysGXPrep

After last year's success in the @isaschools Poetry Competition with Fleur placing as runner up, we are delighted to be entering again. This year's competition comes with the title: 'My... Read more

It was wonderful to see so many Prep parents at our Back to School evening. We hope you found the evening informative & that it gave you a greater understanding... Read more

Huge congratulations to our very own Miss Connell who is now Reserve National Champion after attending the British Riding Clubs Dressage to Music National Championships at Bury Farm last weekend.... Read more

This week, Year 4 created freeze-frames to explore the feelings of the characters in the Roman myth, Romulus and Remus. The girls had to think about the characters' thoughts and... Read more

Years 10, 12 & 13 had an amazing day @kewgardens yesterday. The students took photos to gather research for their projects including Natural Forms in Art. We can't wait to... Read more

Today we held our first Year 9 scholars lunch. This is a great opportunity for the girls to extend themselves and to pursue areas of interest that the curriculum may... Read more

Our Year 11 & 12 girls had a thoroughly enjoyable day at Sussex University. They visited various parts of the university campus, ate lunch with the students and picked up... Read more

Tickets are on Sale once more for our ‘Chairman’s Leaving Ball’ Saturday 7th May 2022 at The Crowne Plaza, Gerrards Cross. To buy online please click on this link https://forms.office.com/r/ZjigWLeTyu... Read more

After listening to Miss Agius read the story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert, the Year 1 girls excitedly created their own leaf men. They enjoyed using acorns, small leaves and... Read more

Today, the Year 13’s ran their spooky themed Philosophy Club. The topic was: ‘Should we always tell the truth?’ It included delicious scary treats, lots of questioning discussion, and a... Read more

EYFS have loved learning about mini beasts with Zoolab this morning! Thankfully there were no escapees!

Our Year 7 girls are industriously creating ideas for a new ride at a theme park as part of their Enterprise Day! They are soon to pitch their ideas to... Read more

Tonight, Mr Gibb hosted a Poetry Masterclass for KS4 & 5 students. He shared the brilliant works of @KateClanchy1 to teach attendees how to create surreal & creative poems. The... Read more

Reception were enjoying their healthy snacks to give them plenty of brain power for their Maths lesson where they were brushing up on their counting skills.

Sixth Form biologists went to @college_lake on Friday to cover some of the Ecology components of their A level course. They toured the site, learning about conservation methods & carried... Read more

Year 2 are studying the Artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo and how he used food in his painting. They worked as collaborative artists to create 3D portraits using fruit and vegetables!

A fantastic and very busy Open Day today - thank you to all the lovely visitors who came to St Mary’s today!

Early Years have watched their caterpillars grow into beautiful butterflies. Today it was time to set them free, they flew off and then came back to see us. They even... Read more

Today marks the start of #BlackHistoryMonth2021 and Mrs Murray our Librarian has prepared a selection of books in the library for the students @StMaryGXLibrary

Sixth Form Biologists and Psychologists enjoyed a fascinating Brain Day with Dr Guy Sutton, including a lively debate on free will vs biological determinism – do we really make decisions... Read more

Prep Running Club got off to a great start this morning. After a good warm up the girls worked on building up their speed and stamina. Such enthusiasm, girls! @StMarysGXPrep

Delicious Mexican themed lunch today! @HolroydHowe

Y2-6 loved their zoom with brilliant 17-year-old naturalist and author Dara McAnulty @NaturalistDara about his beautiful book Wild Child which encourages us all to get outside and explore the natural... Read more

It’s a very busy day today! Zooms with authors, Mexican themed food and Brain Day!

We are live now for the parents only webinar with Deano Puccio - “the best speaker I’ve ever heard at St Mary’s” as one student put it today! Tune in... Read more

Exciting times as our new Sixth Form video shoot is happening! Year 13 Media students helping out too @smssixthform

Important messages from an incredibly engaging speaker this afternoon. Huge thanks to Deana Puccio of The RAP Project – Awareness is Power.

Brilliant Year 3 swimming lesson today at @thorpehousesch! ? @StMarysGXSports @StMarysGXPrep

Year 3 girls learned to use a pipette to test the permeability of different rocks. Great experiment! @StMarysGXPrep

Sixth Form Information Evening is on Wednesday 13th October, registration via our website is essential. https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/ Individual subject talks will be followed by presentations from the Headmistress, Head of Sixth... Read more

Delighted to be welcoming highly engaging speaker @deana_puccio of The RAP Project – Awareness is Power - to St Mary's tomorrow! Parents can sign up to the webinar via the... Read more

The first of this term's Scholars' Lunches today! Year 7 students were introduced to their task; a book of thoughts, reviews and creations around podcasts and films.

It was a very wet start to the day wasn’t it! ?? But the Prep girls are pleased to be back outside and playing in the fresh air now ??

Our Prep Parent Teas/Drop-ins got off to a flying start on Friday. Year 1 and 2 girls were so excited to show their mums and dads their classrooms and their... Read more

The Prep Head Girl Team and the Year 13 Prep Prefects got together yesterday to plan some exciting things for Prep. We are looking for to your assembly, girls! @StMarysGXPrep... Read more

Exciting times in Year 7 Book Club, looking at the @bucksbookaward Longlist!

Y3&4 had a brilliant day at @Ufton_Court yesterday. Y3 took part in a Stone Age workshop & learned how to spin yarn and make fire! Y4 were busy being Romans!... Read more

Today Y11 took part in #mockinterviews. The girls chose an area they were interested in or even their dream job, and prepared for the interview accordingly; from lawyers to fashion... Read more

It was a great start for the new Y7 Book Club last week! The purpose of the first get-together was to have some fun and play a game where the... Read more

Early Years have been learning all about spiders. They enjoyed hunting cobwebs on the playground and made their very own spider in art! ?

Year 2 are learning about food poetry. Today the girls had to perform different poems using expression, rhythm and actions. Here are Varonica and Sienna performing “Did you really?” -... Read more

We are looking forward to welcoming Year 7 parents to St Mary’s tonight for the Information Evening at 6pm ?

Today the Diversity & Inclusion Team visited #LychettMinster School which hosted the #StandUpConference presented by @PRadfordSpeaker. It was an incredibly informative day which has left them with a lot of... Read more

In their CORI session Y1&2 were using their engineering skills to make an effective ramp for their home-made cars to roll down. They used numbered duplo blocks to measure how... Read more

Delighted to be welcoming highly engaging speaker @deana_puccio of The RAP Project – Awareness is Power - to St Mary's next Wednesday. Parents can sign up to the webinar via... Read more

In their CORI session on Friday some of the girls were working on Sewing & Enterprise. They have been choosing fabrics for their products and learning how to do running... Read more

In #PSHCE lessons Y8 have been learning about the effects of alcohol on their bodies. They started today’s lesson with a “speed dating” style task to discover the effects of... Read more

In their Computing lessons Year 4 have been learning about websites and webpages and the terminology for networks, all as part of the new Computing scheme of work introduced this... Read more

Lovely weather and lots of fun at the welcome picnic. Thank you to our wonderful SMA! ?

Year 7 listened and watched intently as their teacher demonstrated different sewing stitches in their Textiles lesson this afternoon. They were keen to get their needles threaded and have a... Read more

Live entertainment this lunchtime as our talented band members rehearse for this afternoon's SMA picnic - see you there!

In Science, Y6 were investigating how the length of a shadow changes as the distance between the light source and the object increases. Some of the girls had to try... Read more

Year 7 Geographers having lively discussions today! @StMarysSchoolG1

Ready for the show to begin at The Globe! ?

So Sixth Form girls @smssixthform and @Mrs_Cork ... how was paintballing yesterday?! (Head on over to https://www.facebook.com/smsgx for some not at all dramatic accounts of yesterday's war...)

Have a brilliant day, girls! https://twitter.com/StMarysExpArts/status/1438437002781863943

Amazing levels of concentration in 7P's Art lesson today as they were drawing from observation using smooth blending and gradual colour change.

Girls in Early Years are investigating repeating patterns today! @StMarysGXPrep

It was a very wet start to the day but the sun's out now and these girls are so happy to be back at Netball Club! @StMarysGXPrep @StMarysGXSports

Year 12 Psychology students are making neurons (from playdoh!) and labelling them in today's lesson with @Mrs_Cork @smssixthform

Prep girls were introduced to the CORI Programme last Friday. Activities ranged from Why gingerbread can’t swim across a river to engineering with K'nex. CORI encourages girls to see failure... Read more

We're thrilled that co-curricular clubs start today! We offer a range of clubs from sports to drama, music, languages, art, STEM & more! Tennis is very popular here and we... Read more

Advocate: A person who supports a particular cause/idea. A person who acts on someone else’s behalf. To publicly recommend or support. This was Mr Gibb's word in today's "Amazing Words"... Read more

The Early Years girls worked so hard on their phonics today! @StMarysGXPrep

The Sports Hall is absolutely buzzing this lunchtime as the students are signing up for the countless opportunities on offer to them at our Co-Curricular Fair!

Year 1 girls began the term painting self portraits - wonderful! @StMarysGXPrep

Fun, ice-breaking games for 7P in Drama today! The girls had to communicate with no words for tasks such as organising themselves into height order, and finding a common interest... Read more

Congratulations to Holly, Aofie and Megan who met the @Tassomai Challenge over the summer holidays by completing their daily goal at least four times each week on average. Fantastic effort... Read more

For their first Geography lesson of the term, Yr 2 were asked to research facts from various non-fiction texts, including atlases, about one of the 7 continents. Then they had... Read more

Team building in @StMarysGXPrep - an excellent way to start the term! ?

Mrs Glenister was delighted to receive so many Languages projects from Y8 and 9; lovely sketches and descriptions of outfits for a fashion show, excellent research undertaken on various German... Read more

In their Science lesson Year 5 made a fruit solar system in the Rose Garden to demonstrate the scale of the planets and their distances apart. Excellent work, Year 5!... Read more

We could all get used to these blue skies and sunny breaktimes! @StMarysGXPrep

Our Year 7s are settling in to life in Senior School and appreciating the sun on our lovely Cedar Lawn!

It was so wonderful to see the whole school community together this morning for our assembly! The sun streamed through the high windows to add to the warmth and happiness... Read more

A brilliant first day for our Reception girls! @StMarysGXPrep

Our Duke of Edinburgh girls have had an incredible summer. It wasn’t only our Olympians going for Gold! Check our facebook page for a full update! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx

? Welcome to Michaelmas Term! ? https://t.co/RgpG52J8a4

Incredibly we are celebrating 20 years service at St Mary’s for three wonderful members of staff! Congratulations Mrs Kingston, Mrs Kelly and Mrs Deadman ?2??0???

Registration for our Open Day is essential, please fill out the form here: https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/ We look forward to welcoming families on Saturday 2nd October!

Staff and our wonderful new Year 7s wave goodbye to an amazing Welcome Week at St Mary's ? https://t.co/gZb08OAjMf

Year 7 Welcome Week in action! ?

What an incredible day at The Nationals Schools Showjumping Championships at Hickstead Area where St Mary’s came 3rd in the 80cm. The girls rode beautifully and they all went clear.... Read more

Good luck to St Mary’s Equestrian Squad tomorrow as they compete in the National Schools Showjumping Championships. This event is being held at Hickstead Arena and the girls are against... Read more

A huge well done to Jayna, who is moving up to Year 2 in September, who has donated 7 inches of her hair to the The Princess Trust and has... Read more

The sun just about made an appearance and there were joyous smiles this morning as our Year 11 Class of 2021 received a superb set of GCSE results. Year 11... Read more

So many delighted, smiley faces this morning! Well done Year 13, we are so proud of all of you! #alevelresults2021 @isaschools @GSAUK

Looking forward to welcoming our lovely Year 13s back tomorrow for #alevelresults2021

Travelling to far flung places feels like a rather alien idea right now but six years ago eight girls and two teachers took an unforgettable trip to Peru ?? #ThrowbackThursday

Thank you to Year 12 and the wonderful Mrs Williams for these Senior House Sports Day highlights - enjoy! https://youtu.be/Eloakj8O_O4

As we count down to our 150th birthday next year, here’s a photo from Speech Day- known then as Founders Day- from 1968!

Year 7 are you cooking for your families this summer? Here is one of the Year 7 groups with their delicious crunchy flans ?

Before the end of term Year 4 completed their DT projects. They created wonderful pop up books and made lovely hand sewn purses. Well done, girls! @StMarysGXPrep

Mrs Deadman tasked her Y7 group with creating a creative piece of work that reflected the views we promote in school and attitudes towards love and acceptance that they have... Read more

Before the end of term, Y6 held a Hatter's Tea Party as a finale to their Alice in Wonderland topic in English. The girls all designed their own 'mad' hats... Read more

St Mary’s summer camp is in full swing! Green Art, Drama and Netball, with plenty of fun!

Huge congratulations to Dasha who won a prize in the Digital Art category of the @ISAartsUK Film & Digital Art Competition 2021. This is held annually & is a fantastic... Read more

Lottie with her winning, framed, @SRTRC_England artwork and the amazing prizes she was sent! ?

Dare we say it? ??????? https://t.co/H3iYiNPxaw

Remember you can view the stunning Art Exhibition via the link that was emailed out!

Running into summer...! Have a wonderful holiday from all of us at St Mary's ?

(1/2) Speech Day was again a virtual event this year but was nonetheless a joyous occasion. Girls received their prizes this morning during Mark Reading; well done all of you!... Read more

(2/2) It was wonderful to welcome the first ever female member of parliament to speak at St Mary’s Speech Day. Joy Morrissey spoke inspiringly about how she started her career... Read more

A little something from the amazing Prep teachers for Year 6... enjoy! @StMarysGXPrep https://youtu.be/04_OX2_b0Pg

With a bit of luck, our last ever "zoom" Final Assembly! Fond farewells, musical interludes and House cup was presented... ?

Cake and flowers everywhere this morning! ??

Amazing Year 1 - AKA The USA! ?? https://t.co/TUkv9TH85f

When Jamaica met the torch! ?

Olympics Day in Prep! Year 4 created aboriginal art as part of being Australia for Olympic Day, and Years 3 and 4 took part in wacky races for their Olympic... Read more

The House Drama Competition took place today with each house performing the play that they have rehearsed over the past 2 days. Kirk performed Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Butler,... Read more

From Tuesday's Concert: I want to break free! https://youtu.be/NhEGmSqU1_A

Tuesday's Midsummer Concert was an amazing evening of musical talent and our girls shone even when the sun refused to!! Congratulations to all soloists, band-members and singers. Incredible performances!

Incredibly inspiring talk from award-winning freelance documentary filmmaker, Helen Spooner, last night. Helen has worked on films for the likes of Netflix, the BBC and Channel 4 - in the... Read more

Much excitement in Prep as the Olympic Torch was paraded around by our very own Miss Trangmar! Each class represents a country that will be competing now they are preparing... Read more

The perfect end to a perfect day. Pizza party in the Rose Garden! ?

Rehearsals are under way in our Senior House Drama competition! Each House has a different play that they will be performing & each year group has a different responsibility to... Read more

Ahead of the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, @HolroydHowe have put on a spectacular Olympics themed lunch for us today! Let the Games begin!

Year 5 & 6 are ready to climb! ? @StMarysGXPrep

A very active Maths lesson on the Cedar Lawn this afternoon as Year 8 compete in teams for a Maths Relay- each time they get a question correct they run... Read more

Don't forget to order your photos from the Prep Sports Day! @Photoday_Group took some fabulous photos and captured wonderful memories. An email has just been sent to all Prep Parents... Read more

Little treats for the 2021 Year 7 cohort ?

A wonderful Early Years Celebration this afternoon! The girls told us about their favourite memories from the year, what they love about being at school, and did some brilliant singing... Read more

Year 1 & 2 girls held a lovely celebration of memories, proud moments & wonderful things that they have achieved this year! It was fantastic to see the pride in... Read more

Senior House Sports Day continues this afternoon on the athletics track with vigor and enthusiasm! Long Jump, Hurdles and the 100m Sprint generated rapturous applause in support of the competitors... Read more

Year 3 & 4 are having a brilliant time at Lego Land! They’ve taken part in a stop animation workshop, and tested some rides for good measure! @StMarysGXPrep

To complete this morning's field events: high jump and javelin. A brilliantly competitive yet supportive morning for the Senior House girls!

Huge cheers from @smssixthform students as their friends take on discus!

A beautiful sunny day to kick off Senior House Sports Day! Shot put and discus have already started; the games have begun! Good luck, girls!

Our Year 3 girls brought cheer (and sunshine!) to the residents of Swarthmore House yesterday as they sang for them, including two songs from their musical showcase. Wonderful singing all... Read more

Early Years had a fantastic time today at Bekonscot! A mini bus ride, playing with historic toys and of course the model village! ?

This morning saw our new Head Girl team officially take over with our annual Flag Ceremony. It was a wonderful occasion which saw last year's Head Girl lowering the flag... Read more

Huge congratulations to Years 3 and 4 on your amazing showcase; such a huge range of talent and you all worked so hard! @StMarysGXPrep

This morning saw our new Head Girl team officially take over duties with our annual Flag Ceremony. It was a wonderful occasion which saw last year's Head Girl lowering the... Read more

Early Years are off on their first trip!

Year 8 students and their finished Batik cushion covers - incredible work!

Good luck to our amazing Year 3 and 4 performers for your showcase today!

Many congratulations to the girls who took their ABRSM music exams on Saturday - the results came within a few days and everyone passed! Special congratulations to Lotta, our Music... Read more

A brilliant Prep Sports Day rounded off with amazing teamwork for the relays, and plenty of cheering for the teachers' race!

Keep up the good work, girls!

And they're off! The girls are taking to the carousel of activities with gusto and trademark #smsspirit!

Years 3 to 6 are warmed up and ready to go! ????? https://t.co/3JAzmByOqG

So lovely to be able to safely welcome parents to watch our Pre-Prep Sports Day! The girls took part with enthusiasm, competitive SMS spirit and great team collaboration and our... Read more

And they're off....! Prep Sports Day is underway for Early Years, Year 1 & 2 and the energy is palpable as they warm up! More to come throughout the day...

Today @JaneMarshallpsi has been talking to our Year 12s about how to make successful applications to their chosen universities and offering interview advice. Her talk was engaging and informative; lots... Read more

Over in Early Years the girls have enjoyed a wonderful Teddy Bears Picnic prepared by @HolroydHowe Delicious!

Year 10 are having a great time experiencing life in the Sixth Form today. They are smartly dressed and attending taster lessons in subjects from Geography and Chemistry to Media... Read more

These girls are having such a wonderful time (and their teachers too!) @StMarysGXPrep

Year 1 and 2 are having a brilliant time! ? https://t.co/VFKOPZlsmq

7R have been working brilliantly in editorial teams on their Current Affairs magazines in English. We can't wait to see the finished product!

Y1 made disgusting sandwiches to fend off those naughty seagulls who keep stealing the Lighthouse Keepers’s lunch! (Please note that no sandwiches were consumed by Year 1 and the seagulls... Read more

A busy weekend ahead for the Duke of Edinburgh participants as they embark on their expeditions, and the music students who are sitting exams today! Good luck to all of... Read more

Don't miss out on a space for the St Mary's Prep Summer Camp. Book your daughter's place now!

Look at these girls go! Early Years have been practising for Sports Day! ??????

Y12s admiring Saachi's photography exhibition, 'Perceptions', created as part of her Extended Project Qualification. EPQs are are undertaken alongside A levels and give students the opportunity to produce an extended... Read more

Years 5 & 6 took to the stage this week in their end of year production 'The Jungle Book'. They wowed their audience with their spectacular acting, singing and dancing.... Read more

Huge congratulations to Arabella, Bilquis & Shanze who have achieved Silver Awards in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad. 8873 students from 449 schools worldwide took part in this year’s competition and... Read more

Year 3 & 4 showcase is looking brilliant!

Exciting new speaker for the Gwyneth Bebb Lecture Programme - An Evening with Helen Spooner, award-winning freelance documentary filmmaker. Wednesday 7th July 7pm. Click here to sign up! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=hK-ipjFjlkugaHYuI9-ZUp6OG44FRpdJrYkkQmZKf1VUMUxSTDhJRDE3RUJXWDZDWlJYU0dOQ0MwMC4u

Mowgli's ready - are you?! Jungle Book opening night tonight - break a leg, girls! @StMarysGXPrep

Y10 have been very busy today for their Futures Week! This afternoon they heard from four fascinating personnel from the Army who spoke about their roles, how they got there,... Read more

Thank you for the wonderful Sushi demonstration today @HolroydHowe - it really is an art as well as tasting absolutely delicious!

More brilliant shots of Year 7 & 8 at Paccar yesterday; pushing themselves out of their comfort zones, healthy competition and of course teamwork!

Brilliant live stream with the one and only #MichaelMorpurgo today!

Year 9 had a fabulous time at Thorpe Park!

Year 7 #teamwork ? https://t.co/E8Y9lAxofD

Cheering on their friend in true St Mary’s style ? https://t.co/pPPYnnxAjL

Off to a brilliant start at Paccar!

Y12 F&N students made incredible Baked Alaska last week. One with oreo, strawberry jam & chocolate sponge & another with intense vanilla ice cream, raspberry jam & chocolate sponge. Y12... Read more

In Year 8 Textiles this afternoon, the girls were trying out the new sewing machines as they started to collate their beautifully designed cushion covers which demonstrate their skills in... Read more

We are delighted to share a video by the talented Year 12 Media Team of the amazing House Dance Show. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/r9B1w7V22QU

Sneak peak at Jungle Book rehearsals! Exciting stuff! @StMarysGXPrep

Today Years 5 and 6 took to the stage to perform their Summer Sounds concert to their peers and also via Zoom to their parents. What a wonderful array of... Read more

Hooray it’s gingerbread man day! @HolroydHowe

Early Years made the most of the sunshine earlier this week in Forest School! Six farm animals hid in amongst the trees and bushes for the girls to find; each... Read more

The Prep production team worked late tonight to complete the set for the Year 5 & 6 production ‘The Jungle Book’! Fabulous work ladies…excitement is now mounting for the show!... Read more

Year 3 and 4 musicians treated us to a wonderful Summer Sounds concert this afternoon. Talent & confidence were evident at all times; what a wonderful opportunity for our younger... Read more

An 8 min timed challenge for Y12 this morning! Tutor groups were split into smaller teams & challenged to build the tallest structure from spaghetti & playdoh that will support... Read more

Our U13 & O13 Gymnastics Squads took part in a virtual set floor & vault competition on Sunday. It was great to be competing again & the girls put up... Read more

Incredible House Dance Competition last night - amazing levels of talent on show! We look forward to hearing the results...!

Congratulations to our new Prep Head Girl, Cayelin! Cayelin is joined by Deputies Darcey and Camille, and Games Captain Amy. The whole of Prep enjoyed a special socially distanced ceremony... Read more

It's finally here - the @CILIPCKG Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards Ceremony! The girls are ready and so are the cakes!

Lights, camera, action (dance!) The media crew are ready, the dancers are fitting in some last minute rehearsals, and then the House Dance Competition is a-go! ??

Year 8 are on the courts today for House Tennis! Lots of determination evident!

What a wonderful ambassador for golf & sport in general & a privilege to hear @AnnabelDimmock talk of her experience to our sports scholars. She described the attributes required to... Read more

We are delighted that the judging of the @SRTRC_England School Competition 2021 has taken place and the panel of independent judges selected Charlotte in Year 9 in the Year 7-9... Read more

On Saturday we were delighted to welcome lots of families to our Stay and Play sessions. Our visitors really enjoyed their visit to Little St Mary’s and we loved spending... Read more

House Tennis has started, with competitiveness and team spirit in abundance as Year 9 take to the courts!

Good luck to all the gymnasts competing today in their second virtual floor and vault competition of the year!

Today Year 11 have had a full day in and around Cedar House for their Sixth Form induction. The students took part in a variety of taster lessons, learned all... Read more

In celebration of the (somewhat delayed!) start of the @EURO2020 championships today, @HolroydHowe kicked off with a specially themed lunch and baked some amazing cakes! Thank you!

We had to share some more of the masterpieces Early Years made in #ForestSchool, having foraged for their own materials and finding their inner artist. What superstars! @StMarysGXPrep

Year 7 Media Club were up bright and early this week to film the fight scene for their dystopian movie- complete with fake blood!

Year 11s have enjoyed 2 days of activities following the end of their GCSE courses. They have taken part in enrichment activities, sporting activities and chatted to Year 13s about... Read more

Mr Haydn-Slater being the student this time as Katie K teaches him how to front-flip. 10/10, sir! https://t.co/LrRpufLhpe

Year 11 fun at Rush!

Year 11 girls are working up an appetite for their pizza lunch! Incredible ? https://t.co/LGqxApZQu0

(2/2) Amelia entered this song into the @ISAartsUK National Composition Competition and came an incredible third place. We are very proud of Amelia’s achievements, having also come third in the... Read more

(1/2) Girls at St Mary’s are always encouraged to be as independent and creative as they can be. Amelia, Year 9, embodies these traits having taught herself the guitar and... Read more

Sack race practice! ? https://t.co/WzQ3lVCWSQ

Year 11 have had an afternoon of sports and games and their rounders match demonstrated brilliantly that St Mary's has helped to equip them with great team work skills, resilience... Read more

Students finish Y11 equipped to deal with much more than just school work! Y11 have had a busy morning with some very important sessions on drugs awareness, peer pressure, &... Read more

Having some fun at Performance Club @StMarysGXPrep We don't think you're revolting at all, girls! https://t.co/Pst38U6JhL

A beautiful sunny afternoon for our wonderful Year 13 and their Leavers' Tea, complete with delicious looking cakes!

Jungle Book rehearsals are in full swing over in Prep! @StMarysGXPrep

It's time to say farewell, not good-bye, to our Y13s! The Leavers' Assembly was an emotional affair, full of happy memories & tears! We wish every one of them good... Read more

Staff have joined our Year 13 girls for a quiz this afternoon hosted by our very own quizmaster Mr Cox! The joint brain power was clearly in evidence!

The Common Room's been taken over by Power Rangers, and prisoners! #Year13Leavers

It's hard to believe we are now in the final stretch of Trinity term! Good luck to our Year 12s who start their exams this week, and may all of... Read more

In Forest School before half term, the Early Years girls were inspired by the story ‘Stickman’ They went looking for sticks to use, some used dolly pegs, then the best... Read more

Finally this week, for our co-curricular focus, is Year 5 and 6 Netball Club, which is an after-school club with Mrs Fox. Some excellent players here!

A group of enthusiastic Sixth Formers meets at lunchtime on a Wednesday to discuss the most newsworthy events of the past week, at Current Affairs Club. The students take it... Read more

Free webinar on Unlocking Childhood Anxiety that may be of use. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-resilient-family-unlocking-childhood-anxiety-tickets-152474767133?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=The+Resilient+Family+-+Unlocking+Childhood+Anxiety&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail

Today's co-curricular focus is Year 1 & 2 Science Explorers! Here they are looking at pond skaters; they then tried to design their own without allowing them to sink! The... Read more

Next in our co-curricular series - Media Club! This term, Y7s have been planning, making & editing a film based on the 'Divergent' novel series. They have learnt how to... Read more

This week will we be sharing just a small selection of the many, many co-curricular opportunities on offer at St Mary's. First up - Early Years Gymnastics Club! Girls as... Read more

Have a wonderful half term!

Mrs Carney’s treat for a job well done during assessment week! ? ? Happy Friyay! @StMarysGXPrep

RS Y12s started yesterday with a Philosophy Café. They brought in and made treats that linked to their A level topics-Plato’s Allegory of the Cave cake, Situation Ethics heart shaped... Read more

We round off a competitive sporting week with House Rounders. Year 9 are are in full swing!

Arriving at the cinema and the all important question - sweet or salted! @StMarysGXPrep https://t.co/tTXPDpeWyF

Early Years have been learning about Dinosaurs. To conclude their topic they are on a visit to the cinema watching The Land Before Time. Complete with tickets and popcorn. They... Read more

Earlier in May, Alicia, Y12, competed in her second track race of the season, completing the 3000m in a time of 11:02.77. So far this year, she is ranked 39th... Read more

During exam week, Y7 participated in a practical activity for their F&N lesson. A welcome break from writing exams which helped the students to extend their practical skills and enjoy... Read more

Year 10 students hard at work in their Art exam. They are all producing their final outcomes for the Organic Forms project. Working large scale, producing vibrant, high impact pieces... Read more

Becky K, Year 13, did some exciting demos to celebrate the end of Year 13 Chemistry lessons last week! (Don’t try this at home!) ? https://t.co/HquxkXZtYX

Can you guess who won Sixth Form vs Staff rounders? (Mr Dodd’s grin might be a clue...!) Played in great spirits, so much fun had!

Fun at Year 3&4 Spanish Club! The girls researched all the Spanish speaking countries of the world and created this wonderful paper chain to hang in the classroom! The girls... Read more

Things got very competitive on the Cedar Lawn this afternoon as our Year 12s took on the Staff in a game of Rounders! The staff were given a good run... Read more

Sun, and blue skies! Just in time for lunch!

Early Years, and Y1&2, have had fantastic #ForestSchool sessions! Early Years used branches from the Elder tree to make bespoke bracelets and necklaces and Y1&2 created new luxury rooms to... Read more

Year 3 and 4 Rounders Club was a lively affair this lunchtime! Perhaps staff and Sixth Formers should have been watching in preparation for the match of the year tomorrow...!... Read more

Throwback to last week and Year 8 friends making the most of the special cedar sofa, when we had... some sunshine!

Good luck @StMarysGXPrep girls with your assessments this week ?

Good luck to all our gymnasts competing today in Prep and Senior House! A virtual competition is a first for us all!

Wonderful to welcome families to Little St Mary’s today for Stay & Plays! ?

Find out what Year 6 got up to in Forest School in this afternoon's News Blog which is linked on Mrs Adams' Friday letter!

Girls in @smssixthform have been fortunate to have real life self-defence training from Wild Training Gym and Martial Arts Centre. They learned about asserting their own boundaries and discussed the... Read more

Congratulations to our newly elected House Captains and Deputies!

Wishing our Year 10s the best of luck in their exams which start today!

The Year 10 Sports Leaders have been coaching the Prep girls as they prepare for Sports Day! @StMarysGXPrep @StMarysGXSports

During the week Senior House girls can take part in a multitude of musical clubs, from Steel Pan Drums to A Capella, and even Swing Band! Here's our Year 8... Read more

Our Year 9 Band were in full swing at lunch time today rehearsing 'I Want to Break Free'. It sounded incredible - let's hope they can perform to a live... Read more

Years 5 & 6 enjoying their tennis, athletics and football early morning Sports Club run by our brilliant Year 12 girls! @StMarysGXPrep @StMarysGXSports @smssixthform

Y8 listened to an interview with poet #RaymondAntrobus and watched a video by @chrisunkim and thought about how writing captions becomes an art, through using intense imagery and synesthesia. A... Read more

The A level Art students enjoyed their final lesson with Miss Newton last week, helped along by a few snacks! Well done girls, some incredible work completed this year.

So Year 6, what do you think of #ForestSchool? ?? @StMarysGXPrep https://t.co/bNLFs92b7I

Years 1 and 2 have done an amazing job this morning running 100 laps of the track for their #captaintom100challenge for Thames Valley Air Ambulance. Well done, girls! ?????

Good luck to our Year 13s as they begin their assessments this morning. Have confidence that all your hard work will pay off!

"All pupils have an excellent moral understanding; they are considerate of one another, understand right from wrong and accept responsibility for their behaviour." A quote to make you proud, from... Read more

We are ready to welcome our Senior House Open Day visitors! We can’t control the weather but we can still show you our wonderful school ? (brollies are on standby!)

Our Prep Open Morning is in full swing, it’s wonderful to be welcoming families for individual covid-safe tours ?

This lunchtime it's Year 9 and 10's turn to work out the density of solutions for the inter-House Science Competition! ?

Good luck to all of Year 11 with your assessments, you’ve all worked so hard.

During PSHCE today Y10 had a talk from @ThamesVP about drug awareness, equipping the girls with the knowledge to recognise the dangers, how to cope with peer pressure and what... Read more

The girls in Early Years and Year 3 have been continuing their fund raising efforts for Thames Valley Air Ambulance as part of the #CaptainTom100 challenge. They've smashed their target... Read more

Congratulations to our newly elected Head Girl for 2021-2022, Shanze, along with Deputy Head Girls Lucy and Laura, Games Captain, Riley and Deputy Games Captain, Alicia. We look forward to... Read more

Some visitors to the Prep playground today! Our Open Day isn’t until Friday, duckies! ??

Years 5 & 6 have had a very active day, starting with coaching from Year 12 students and ending by fundraising for the Captain Sir Tom Moore Challenge! They aim... Read more

The inter-House Science Competition is underway and Years 7 and 8 are working out the density of solutions ?

Prep girls are enthralled with @FloellaBenjamin ?

The girls in Prep are welcome to attend Busy Bees as part of our wrap-around care at St Mary's. Their craft project last week was making kites and I think... Read more

Senior House was alive with the sound of Music clubs this lunch time! Tutti Fluties practised with Mrs Phillips and the Year 10 Steel Pan Band with Mr Martin were... Read more

Y8 Textiles students have been working towards making a cushion cover embracing the theme of Abstract Expressionism. A range of skills have been practised including tie dye, batik, applique and... Read more

We have two upcoming Stay & Plays which will be held on Saturday 22nd May and Saturday 12th June at our brand new Early Years facility, Little St Mary's. To... Read more

Good luck to all the girls who are taking Acting and Speaking LAMDA public exams today!

(3/3) Year 8 also listened to this amazing podcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005f14 with @MichaelRosenYes

(2/3) “The Perseverance” is a book about communication and connection, about cultural inheritance, about identity in a hearing world that takes everything for granted, about the dangers we may find—both... Read more

(1/3) Year 8 have been responding to two poems 'Sound Machine' and 'Jamaican British' in the collection #ThePerseverance by #RaymondAntrobus. Click on the link to see their amazing responses https://padlet.com/emcnally8/dq3uer33t64dk7o3

At St Mary's, senior girls take part in plenty of co-curricular clubs, from Badminton and Table Tennis to Current Affairs, Science Book Club and more! Today, year 12 girls made... Read more

This week sees the all-important elections for the new Head Girl and Games Captains! All the candidates from Y12 have created short videos for the students to watch. Students need... Read more

?Getting competitive over in Prep for the Y5&6 Big Quiz Bonanza final!?@StMarysGXPrep https://t.co/JRq7eHaID9

Our psychology students are currently engrossed in a webinar hosted by the Freud Museum. I'm sure that some lively debate will ensue!

It's windy out but the beautiful blossom is holding on ?

Nine girls from across the school have sent entries in for the Royal Academy Young Artists' Summer Show. As you can see their work is absolutely stunning; well done, girls!... Read more

St Mary’s School has a small number of spaces remaining for our Nursery class in September, based in our brand new facility Little St Mary’s. Please contact our Registrar, Mrs... Read more

Tennis is up and running now at St Mary's in this Trinity term. We have lots to offer on the courts; lessons, clubs and an external tennis club too! Get... Read more

Incredible! @ISAsportUK https://twitter.com/StMarysGXSports/status/1388082863824855042

Inspired by poet #RaymondAntrobus and artist @chrisunkim, Year 8 are exploring how captioning sound through the use of synesthesia and intense imagery creates a beautiful poetic art form.

Harsimran, Y7, is a "Carnegie Shadower" along with the rest of Book Club, and she recently read @CILIPCKG nominated book Run, Rebel by @ManjeetMann "This book is truly a page-turner... Read more

Well done to the Senior students who have taken part in a @UKMathsTrust individual competition this week; the competition attracts over 700,000 top mathematicians each year. The standard of performance... Read more

For our charity day, Temple West have chosen to support @SBSisters. To raise awareness and funds they have donated money to wear mufty and organised a photo competition - can... Read more

Thank you to @HolroydHowe for their informative nutritional talk and to the parents who attended last night's virtual event. Information regarding class representatives will be coming out shortly!

Register for a Stay & Play at Little St Mary's here https://stmarysschool.co.uk/open-days/

The @StMarys_DofE training weekend was a total success! They now look forward to the Assessed expeditions at the end of June when hopefully they can camp and the weather will... Read more

Happy St George's Day #StGeorgesDay2021! The sun is shining and the Cherry Tree is almost in full bloom. Have a lovely weekend everyone and enjoy the signs of Spring all... Read more

Year 9 have been working hard on creating tonal studies of crushed coke cans, as part of their Pop Art project. Amazing!

Year 5 are very excited to be back in school after the Easter break and learning Spanish once again! This week we have revised our colours and numbers by playing... Read more

Our Year 12s are taking part (virtually) in the UCAS Discovery day today @ucas_online. A great opportunity for them to interact with universities, colleges and employers and get advice from... Read more

We are delighted to welcome the girls back to begin the Trinity term in the sunshine. Athletics tracks marked out and ready for action too!

St Mary’s School has a small number of spaces remaining for our Reception class in September, based in our brand new facility Little St Mary’s. Please contact our Registrar, Mrs... Read more

Girls in Year 1 to 6 can enter the ISA handwriting competition ?? You need to write on plain paper but can use a line guide! More details here https://www.isaschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ISA-Handwriting-Rules-and-guidelines-2021.pdf

The many looks of our beautiful and iconic cherry tree! Will it be in blossom by the time Trinity term starts? ?

What’s everyone reading at the moment? (Pictured two Year 7 Book Club members!) ?

Y4 were very excited to find out that their dragon egg has hatched! The girls were thrilled and have decided to name her Aqua because of her colour. They also... Read more

Good luck to our St Mary’s Equestrian Team - Heather, Lilly and Taya, who are all competing over the Easter Holidays! ?

We are so excited to be taking part in Macmillan Children’s Books’ Virtually Together Festival with Baroness @FloellaBenjamin in just under a month - the countdown is on! @StMarysGXPrep

Before Easter at Lego Club the girls had great fun building tree houses. They had to make sure their tree houses had more than one level!

Throwback Thursday to our Pets Reading Competition - we got some brilliant entries! ?

If you are supporting someone revising this Easter, take a look at these top tips from @LivUni https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2021/01/22/knowhow-top-10-revision-tips-3/

A huge well done to Varonica, Year 1, who took these amazing photos today with a little help from her mummy! Amazing, Varonica!

How about testing your photography skills during the Easter holidays and taking some fabulous snaps like these winning entries for our House Photography Competition ? ?

We are delighted to share the highlights of our Scholars’ Recital ? https://youtu.be/RDJ7nb8KflU

We hope you’ve all had a lovely Easter ??

Throwback Thursday to some Sixth Form football with Mr Dodd! ??

We couldn't be together for Final Assembly but it was still very special. The different year groups had their own individual celebrations too. Also a special mention to Poppy A... Read more

The @HolroydHowe team have come up trumps again with a delicious array of Easter Treats for the girls! Happy Easter everyone!

Edward Watson from mindset coaching company InnerDrive ran a workshop Y12 today. The Student Leadership workshop introduced students to the principles of leadership and was particularly useful to those who... Read more

The Oxbridge Prep Group meets weekly with Mrs Cork to support girls with the extra activities that an application to Oxford or Cambridge University entails. This year we have seven... Read more

Sixth Form netball club this lunchtime! Goal? Or not?!

Stunning range of talent at this week's Scholars' Recital. Video coming soon! #Scholarships @ISAartsUK

Incredible standard of cakes for this year’s Bake Off in Senior House! Look out for lots more photos in Friday’s newsletter; results to be announced at the end of term!... Read more

Year 9 got into the Easter spirit this week and made these incredible creme egg chocolate brownie cupcakes! Yum!

The Senior girls have been busy this morning practising for tonight's first ever joint Scholars Recital; this is just a selection of the scholars! The recording of the recital will... Read more

In Y6 D&T the girls designed a product to help make the MOVE from Prep School to Senior School SMOOTH! Click on the link to see some of the girls'... Read more

Our chefs have prepared a wonderfully colourful 'Spring' themed lunch today full of fresh vegetables alongside a delicious choice of lasagne, spaghetti, fajitas, jacket potatoes, soup and salads. It smells... Read more

Open Day Registrations are now live! Prep Open Morning (Nursery to Year 6) on Friday 14th May 10am Senior Open Day (Year 7 to 13) on Saturday 15th May 9am... Read more

Great to see Media Club back in business! The students are filming their own mockumentary on online school...! @GSAUK

Congratulations to winning Maths team Aoife C, Stella L and Isabelle N who took part in the @UKMathsTrust Year 10 Maths Feast! Teams of students tested their Maths skills with... Read more

Today we celebrate a rather big birthday; St Mary's is 149! We marked the occasion with a lovely school (Zoom) assembly and of course, lots of birthday cake! Happy Birthday... Read more

Mrs Adams had a real treat today when she was invited to sample the Year 12’s delicious three course meals they had prepared for their assessments.

***We made it to Tokyo!*** Huge congratulations to all the students and staff who contributed to us “travelling” a huge 13828.04km over the past few weeks—just far enough to get... Read more

Thought-provoking assembly today from Millie and Roop for Kirk's Charity Day and some brilliant performances for the Masked Singer... but who's that behind the mask??

To celebrate #StPatricksDay our catering team have baked some beautiful cakes! As you can see they are being very much enjoyed!

For anyone interested in a career in #science there is virtual tour of the Lab of Molecular Biology in Cambridge: https://www3.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/sites/cambridgefestival/ on Saturday 27th March and as it is being... Read more

World Sleep Day is this Friday, 19th March, and you can find out more about helping your family get better sleep by signing up to this free webinar by Dr... Read more

Tomorrow is Kirk's Charity Day for @SRTRC_England Show Racism the Red Card! £1 to wear Sports Kit and/or something red. £2 for full mufti. Enter the Masked Singer competition to... Read more

Year 11 GCSE Drama students have been rehearsing monologues in preparation for their Component 3 Drama exam, indoors and outdoors! Excellent work, Year 11.

Next week we celebrate 149 years of our wonderful school! Next Friday we will also celebrate our return to school, on the day that marks one whole year since we... Read more

Here's a treat for a Friday! Year 10 made shortbread in their lesson, reviewing their knowledge on Shortening and Dextrinisation. Delicious!

Mr Haydn-Slater’s Year 13 RS students and their special back-to-school care packs complete with philosophers painted on by Mr Haydn-Slater himself!

This week, Year 5 made the most of being back together and acted out The Tempest in the Prep Department playground during their English lesson. They created freeze frames for... Read more

Amazing, lucky Year 13! https://twitter.com/GeekTeacherUK/status/1369943231077748740

Thank you so much to @laurenwills_99 for talking to our Senior girls on Friday, covering everything from your sporting career to studying at Uni, and even leading the students in... Read more

Big smiles today as these delicious cupcakes awaited the girls in the dining room! @HolroydHowe?

Huge congratulations to Amelia G, Y9, who achieved third place in the KS3 section of the @ISAartsUK Musical Theatre Competition! Amelia sang a beautiful rendition of The Audition Song from... Read more

Huge congratulations to Amelia G, Y9, who achieved third place in the KS3 section of the @ISAartsUK Musical Theatre Competition! Amelia sang a beautiful rendition of The Audition Song from... Read more

The Senior Hall is bustling today for Year 7's Enterprise Day! Mrs Barber has set the girls the task of coming up with an idea for Mother's Day; this can... Read more

Celebrating these little women, and all the girls and women at St Mary's, today and every day! #InternationalWomensDay

And we’re back! (Nearly!) So lovely to hear noise again around the school ?

Y2 had their last form time together from home today and decided it was time to bake and eat cake before 9:30. Lots of the cakes rose higher than the... Read more

A well oiled machine at school today for covid testing, amazing job!

Thank you for sending in your wonderful World Book Day photos! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/videos/234005001760887

Remember to upload your distances for Gerrards Cross to Tokyo- you’ve got until tomorrow afternoon!! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=hK-ipjFjlkugaHYuI9-ZUk5miAgwBLVFohgnMo5dvexUNEw1WFlWTUU1SVlRQjhVVTZGVldONUQyTi4u

Maisie’s first (Year 3) and last (Year 13) World Book Day costumes - she has never missed one ?

Happy #WorldBookDay from everyone at St Mary’s! @StMarysGXPrep

We can't wait to see the girls' costumes for World Book Day tomorrow! Please send any photos you are happy for us to share on social media and in the... Read more

We are delighted to share our new aerial tour of the school - click here to explore St Mary's! https://tours.e4education.co.uk/st_marys_independent_school/

Out Virtual Open Day has started! Mrs Adams is currently making her speech, which is being recorded if you would like to catch up at another time.

Former St Mary’s Head Girl, Annicke, spoke to the MedSoc group about her experiences applying for medicine. Annicke also spoke the importance of balancing work and her interests at university.... Read more

For our Virtual Open Day tomorrow, Wednesday 3rd March, Mrs Adams, Headmistress, will be making a live speech at 9am. Click here to access the zoom link and find out... Read more

Virtual Open Day is tomorrow! There will be new content to see including an aerial tour of the school. If you've signed up for a live chat, look out for... Read more

Students! Try to challenge yourself to get involved in at least two of our suggested Co-Curricular activities each week. How about making a lockdown memory box as a reminder of... Read more

Good morning and hello to March! ? How about trying out this March Mindfulness Calendar this month?

We are looking forward to celebrating #WorldBookDay with lots of exciting activities! Don't forget you can get a token for a £1 book! https://twitter.com/WorldBookDayUK/status/1364893257688375298

Look out in this Friday's newsletter to find out how Rebecca K in Year 13's flag design made it the whole way to Antarctica!

Rosie in Year 9 is making a beautiful flamingo themed ball-gown. This is the train of the dress which she has started, using machine embroidery to create an abstract flamingo... Read more

We've had some amazing "pets reading" photos in Senior House for the World Book Day competition, from staff too! Keep them coming and upload to the task page: https://stmarysgx.fireflycloud.net/set-tasks/16202

After researching British Cuisine, Year 9 chose a recipe to cook inspired by traditional British ingredients and dishes. Millie D rose brilliantly to the challenge creating this fantastic Afternoon Tea;... Read more

After researching British Cuisine, the Y9 chose a recipe to cook inspired by traditional British ingredients and dishes. Millie D rose brilliantly to the challenge creating this fantastic Afternoon Tea;... Read more

We are more than half way to the Tokyo Olympics! Please continue to update the form! As a collective group, we have travelled 4992km, so we are over half way.... Read more

Rocky Deadman is ready to study Economics with his St Mary’s pencil!

Senior House World Book Day Competition - take a photo of your pet reading! Upload your photos here: https://stmarysgx.fireflycloud.net/set-tasks/16202

This free Webinar may be of interest to parents. The Resilient Family - Rayden Solicitors and Dr Kathy Weston discuss children's digital 'anxiety', screen safety and managing cyber security. Click... Read more

Year 1 have done some brilliant work on their favourite season! Some of the girls even did some extra research and found facts about their season that Miss Connell didn’t... Read more

We hope you’ve all had a lovely half term! Here is the wonderful compilation of all the amazing positivity posters you have sent in, made by the Year 7 Media... Read more

Salma and Mia’s amazing pancakes - yum! ?

Remember to email your pancake photos to cpanayiotou@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk today!

Mrs Williams has been keeping her Y7 and 9 English classes busy! Y9 had to take on the role of the Inspector and solve clues to find key props for... Read more

Gorgeous biscuits for the staff who have been in school this term ?

Some Y10 students have taken part in maths enrichment activities during lockdown, from the Further Maths Support Programme. Stella & Aoife did the school proud by working out the algebraic... Read more

The girls in Prep have been spreading happiness in the wider community by saying Thank You, Well Done, Keep on Going. This is the focus of our whole school PSHCE... Read more

Mrs Larkins’ Year 9 Drama students took the opportunity to take some time away from their screens to design campsite sets for their work on The Urban Girl’s Guide to... Read more

Our caterers care about sustainability and are keen for our students to understand it ? https://twitter.com/HolroydHowe/status/1356157086409715716

Vienna in Year 6 has created this brilliant video showing her progress as she does a beautiful drawing of a dog. Amazing work, Vienna! https://www.facebook.com/217598038273153/videos/199215945279328

#SaferInternetDay This year's focus is on “an internet we trust” and this morning Mrs Kingston presented an assembly that focused on the unbelievable internet - i.e. lots of information, quick... Read more

It may have been bitterly cold outside this morning but that didn’t stop Harleen from getting a bit of fresh air and exercise! All ready to tackle the day ahead.... Read more

*Co-curricular idea* How about learning a new language on Duolingo or learning about your family history. A really important way of finding out about the past is through oral history... Read more

Sixth Form Enrichment this week got the students up and moving, whilst also learning valuable life skills. Sanjeev Mehta from Krav Maga Defence Tactics introduced the girls to simple but... Read more

Top tips for parents this #SaferInternetDay - listening to your child will give you the best possible idea of how to support them. Not sure where to begin? Have a... Read more

Rebecca K, Sixth Form, has been rehearsing and performing for Dance during lockdown, including her A Level Dance exam practical work.. Stunning! https://www.facebook.com/217598038273153/videos/737808066876074

Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day and this week, across the school, we will have lots of activities on. The campaign this yr focuses on how we can decide what to... Read more

A great opportunity for those parents wishing to learn more about the different presentation of autism (often relevant in the case of girls) - the evening course starts today or... Read more

Here's Lily getting her daily exercise with Buddy! How will you get yours this week?

#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

An absolutely brilliant book review from Jayna, Year 1, on a chapter book she has just read. Well done, Jayna! https://www.facebook.com/217598038273153/videos/720355725331868

Nirvaiya had lots of fun at her first Sporty Superstar session with Miss Trangmar yesterday afternoon! For EYFS and Year 1-2, every Thursday at 1 pm on Zoom!

Don't forget to upload your photos to the SMS Challenges page - we are loving the doggy pictures!

Contemporary Dance Club is TODAY 4-5pm and is open to all students!

Mrs Brereton set Year 3 the challenge of making something from an eggbox. Egg-cellent creations, girls!

*Co-curricular* As we have been focusing on Mental Health this week, how about trying out Headspace. This is a great app which you can get on your phone to help... Read more

Exercise is so important for mental health! This week for the weekly work out we are going to slow things down a little bit and focus more on Yoga poses... Read more

#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

It's Inside Out Day! An awareness campaign that aims to enable young people to start talking about their mental health. How someone looks on the outside doesn’t necessarily reflect how... Read more

Scarlett, Year 2, has been learning about Transparent and Opaque materials in Science! @StMarysScienceD

Free webinar by Author Sally Gardner exploring how we can create stories both with and without words. https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/events/free-webinar-just-because-you-cant-spell-doesnt-mean-you-dont-love-words Wednesday 3rd February 2021 7:00pm - 8:00pm

During National Children's Mental Health week the Senior students are taking part in the Great Exhibition started by Sir Antony Gormley, the theme being "express yourself" The whole family can... Read more

Y1 have continued learning about the seasons and this week was all about summer! In summer the sun shines so bright that it creates very strong shadows. Y1 made their... Read more

We love seeing your remote learning set ups! Here’s Imogen, Year 7, all set up for the school day.

Take care of your own mental health, too! Classes available for teachers and parents from local @BucksMind charity.

*Current Affairs Club is every Wednesday at 1.30pm* Last week, Laura W Y12 presented on the recent protests in Thailand, which began in early 2020. Laura was born in Thailand... Read more

Try to challenge yourself to get involved in at least two of our suggested Co-Curricular activities each week in Senior House - see the Firefly page for details! Don't forget... Read more

Getting outside is good for your mental health but paddling at this time of year is a bit of a killer says Mrs Deadman? just back from a 5 mile... Read more

Yoga Club starts on Monday after school at 4pm and is open to all students. Everyone is welcome, so please join in! The class will finish at 5pm, and don't... Read more

Rosie M in Year 9 has been practising her Textiles skills at home and has found a real talent that she is enjoying and developing! Well done, Rosie!

Harleen's incredible creation for Funky Hair Friday today with Miss Sweeney and Year 4!

Early Years had a visit from Bob- the man on the moon in their form time today!

The Admin team gathered today to sing a very happy birthday to a very special Head’s PA! ?6??0???

To cheer themselves up this morning, Year 1 practised their biggest smiles and then had a game of musical bumps! Well done to Carmen our musical bumps champion! Year 1... Read more

Tomorrow is our first ever House Charity Fundraising Day, run by Latham’s Riya K, Y13, raising funds for the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, now known as Blueprint for All. Please... Read more

Nirvaiya did a great job finding and measuring worms for her Forest School activity today!

There are so many co-curricular opportunities on offer in Senior House! Drama Club is taking place on Tuesdays 4-5pm in TEAMS, and they are working on "Our Day Out" as... Read more

Y4 wrote their own snow poems in English to celebrate the arrival of the snow last weekend! They thought carefully about how the snow looks, how it feels and how... Read more

Year 1 have been doing some amazing Peter Rabbit art. Well done, girls!

Snowmen, snow angels, and are those fox prints? At Snowy St Mary’s. ??

The girls in school have been making the most of the snow, too! ??

St Mary's Sunday Snow Spectacular - enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/217598038273153/videos/1127909270985006

?Send your photos by 9am tomorrow morning, we’ve had some amazing ones, thank you! ? ?? Send your snow pictures to cpanayiotou@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk for a special St Mary’s snow compilation! ??

?? Send your snow pictures to cpanayiotou@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk for a special St Mary’s snow compilation! ??

Last Friday, as part of their Enrichment Talks programme, our Sixth Formers were fortunate to hear Rachel Horne, newsreader for ‘The Chris Evans Breakfast Show’ on Virgin Radio. More in... Read more

This morning Mrs Webster and Oscar enjoyed reading some children's stories to Year 9. Each of which have strong and powerful messages for the girls to consider. Have a look... Read more

Miss Rose set the girls in EYFS a challenge to find our more about an element of space. Kaira has produced her own space news! I think we may have... Read more

Sandwiches to take to the moon made by the Early Years girls. Yum! ?

There are so many essay competitions open for Y12 students, and we have an enthusiastic group of students who are considering entering some of them! They spent a lunchtime receiving... Read more

Eden, Year 6, and Savannah, Year 8, have been busy in the kitchen! Eden made her family a delicious dessert, and for Savannah's F&N lesson she cooked fajitas! Yum, well... Read more

Nancy, Reception, loved making her sandwich to go the moon today in English! Whatever Next!

Today was Wacky Wednesday again in Year 5, and today we all sported our favourite crazy socks! We have also been sharing our 'Top Tips for organisation' this week- well... Read more

Year 9 are having a brilliant GCSE Options Day! They've listened to some inspiring careers talks on all manner of subjects including Dentistry and Design! Next up- subjects carousel!

This event will be for anyone looking from Nursery all the way up to Sixth Form. We will be running live chats with teachers where you can ask questions and... Read more

Mia enjoyed Tangram Tuesday during Year 1 form time this morning!

Miss Connell read the story of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears to Y1 and then set them a task of making a video to Baby Bear. They had to think... Read more

A brilliant game of "higher or lower" for Early Years, with presenter...Mrs Smith!

Year 4 have been learning about tooth decay and cavities. They had to set up an investigation at home to find out about the effects of different drinks on their... Read more

Last Friday, as part of their Enrichment Talks programme, our Sixth Formers were fortunate to hear from Mrs Katie Yessen, Senior Manager, National Accounts Grocery for Coca Cola. In an... Read more

In Science, Y1 are learning about the seasons. The girls were given the task of creating snowflakes (as Miss Connell has been longing for some snow!) and Y1 were also... Read more

Who's having a go at the weekly workout this week? Bronze award: Complete workout once Silver award: Complete workout twice Gold award: Complete workout three times Let us know how... Read more

Good luck to all the Year 6 girls sitting their assessments remotely tomorrow!

Jessie, Year 8, made a delicious pasta bake in her F&N lesson! Jessie says - Thank you for the recipe it was yummy!

Year 4 celebrated the end of the week with "fancy dress Friyay", and a game of categories, whilst Year 5 did a mini muay Thai session this morning. Great start... Read more

Mr Gibb set his Y13 class the task to teach a live lesson on a poem from our A level Modern Poetry Anthology and they were fantastic. The students designed... Read more

Early Years were read the story of “Whatever Next”today. They were then challenged by Miss Rose to create their own rocket and retell the story. Amazing, girls, and Miss Rose!

Harleen, Y4, has been very busy and so engaged with her lessons. For her Science investigation Harleen found out how different drinks affect teeth. Then this morning she was super... Read more

For Forest School, the girls had to collect leaves and make a collage or a leaf crown. Nirvaiya collected many leaves and she made a leaf crown ???? What an... Read more

Poppy, Year 3, took her PE lesson outside today, and did some sprints in the garden, giving pup Beau some exercise too!

In Year 12 Food & Nutrition the students were focussing on extending their complex presentation techniques using fruit and vegetables, and chocolate (trying to achieve a balance!) We think you'll... Read more

Year 5 enjoyed Hectic Hair for Wacky Wednesday today! We went on a scavenger hunt around the house, the first stop being to look for something fluffy! It was lovely... Read more

Year 7 have been making some scrumptious fruit crumbles this week in Food & Nutrition with Mrs Martin, yum!

Having fun syncing routines in Sixth Form PE! https://t.co/i5BVVuvJ7j

Amazing monster making in KS1 Art Club today!

Can you guess what sound Nursery are learning this week? ?

Some Year 12 Focaccia Art for a Monday morning, delicious and beautiful!

And they’re off! Good luck on your assessed DofE expedition, girls!

The girls were very enthusiastic in supporting #MacmillanCoffeeMorning today! Who wouldn't be when faced with these delicious cakes?!

Making Marble Runs in Science Explorers Club! ? https://t.co/MQLXYUaaHh

As part of their Enrichment Talks programme, our Sixth Formers were fortunate to hear from two employees of @cytiva a company improving access to life-changing therapies that transform human health.... Read more

Year 6 this week took part in a rap battle! They have been learning about the Magna Carta and then they wrote a rap from the point of view from... Read more

Early Years have been learning about their bodies this week. Today we have read "Funny Bones" and the girls are working hard on various activities!

Year 3 have been studying Stone Age cave art. They looked at a range of real examples and tried discovering what messages they got from the art work. They studied... Read more

Ball skills in Year 2 last week!

Stunning drone footage from Mrs Williams ?

Year 12 Media students took advantage of the fine weather today to take some practice shots for our Virtual Whole School Open Day!

Early Years working hard on their phonics this morning!

Year 6 have been making the most of the sunshine this morning! They have been acting out their own Macbeth play scripts, namely the scene where Macbeth and Banquo meet... Read more

The sun shone on St Mary's this morning for our inaugural Flag Ceremony. Last year's Head Girl, Dayna, passed over the badge, lowered the flag and it was raised again... Read more

Today we all went foraging in the woods, hunting for special things among the flora and fauna of our Forest School. We were lucky to spot some beautiful crocuses! We... Read more

As part of their Enrichment Talks programme, our Sixth Form students were given the opportunity to listen to Justine Ayto, Partner at the law firm Mishcon de Reya. They learnt... Read more

This year our Open Day will take place virtually with videos, speeches and materials for you to engage with. This content will all be available to view from Saturday 10th... Read more

In RE Year 1 are learning to appreciate Creation. In this week's lesson they were allowed to create whatever they wanted using collage materials and we thought about how we... Read more

St Mary’s looking lovely in the September summer sunshine ?

Something fun and sweet for Year 11 RS students! They were recapping Islamic Festivals. Using strawberry laces, they mapped out different images and symbols that reflected their learning.

Our new Steel Pan Drum Club got off to a great start today! Within 20 minutes they'd mastered Bob Marley's 'Three Little Birds'! We can't wait to hear more!

Year 5 made a scale model of the Solar System in the Rose Garden using fruit!

Mrs Adams was pleased to present students with their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh certificates in assembly today, and to also talk to the girls about connecting and kindness.

Yesterday the Sixth Form enjoyed a team-building afternoon run by one of the British Army Outreach teams & took part in three problem-solving activities including building a wooden tank without... Read more

The Early Years girls have been having a great time with the outdoor space at Little St Mary’s!

Mrs Murray, our Senior House Librarian, is delighted to have welcomed so many enthusiastic Year 7 girls to the library! Three of them have even set up their own mini... Read more

Year 1 had a lovely time exploring outside as part of their R.E lesson yesterday. This term's topic is all about Creation so the girls took time to look at... Read more

The Nursery girls are settling in and working hard!

Year 8's PSHCE topic is Random Acts of Kindness and they are being challenged to complete as much of the September Kindness calendar as possible: https://www.actionforhappiness.org/self-care-september Perhaps our St Mary's... Read more

Year 7 English getting off to a studious start with their book reviews!

It's wonderful to see the Senior girls brightening up the Cedar Lawn again, and in and around the school this lunchtime!

The Reception girls are loving Little St Mary's!

We're so excited to welcome Nursery and Reception back soon and into our beautiful new building, Little St Mary's. Here's a sneak peek!

First of staff inset days today! It’s a beautiful day to be back and we can’t wait to start welcoming the girls back on Thursday ?

The sun shone as our Y11 girls collected their GCSE results this morning. 15% were at Grade 9, the very highest A*grade, 35% at Grade 9 and 8, 62% at... Read more

Some more gorgeous photos from A level results day! This cohort achieved 50% A*-A and 79% A*-B grades and we couldn’t be more proud!

Annie & Dayna!

In an examination year full of uncertainty, we are delighted that the majority of Y13 have achieved their desired place at university. Mrs Adams , Headmistress said, "I am incredibly... Read more

Lots of smiling faces this morning for A level results day, well done Year 13!

Can you help former Head Girl Emily and her siblings? See pictures for details.

Early Years watched their caterpillars turn into a chrysalis but sadly they didn’t hatch in time for the end of term. This morning Mrs Smith released the butterflies ? https://youtu.be/LH5xIeX65gA

Lovely to see Year 13 for breakfast goodbyes this morning!

Annie! Brilliant job, Year 6! ?

We hope you tuned into the virtual final assembly and found out who won the House cup...! ??

Fantastic online Speech Day with Chair of Govs, Mr Wilson, Headmistress Mrs Adams, our outgoing Head Girl, Dayna, and brilliant guest speaker, @ella_podmore who spoke passionately to the girls about... Read more

If you fancy trying your hand at some baking this summer, Olivia W in Year 9 has made this fantastic video about how to make a Banoffee traybake. Amazing work!... Read more

EYFS and Year 1 both had busy days! EYFS harvested their crop of potatoes ? and cooked them in Forest School! Whilst Y1 had a great ocean themed arts and... Read more

In Year 8 Media Club today, Maya B shared her fabulous dystopian film trailer animation with the club. This is her superb storyboard.

6H have been designing a new Nike Blazer Trainer. Their designs were inspired by street art and graffiti. They all produced fantastic designs and then made prototypes of their trainers.... Read more

7KK enjoying a socially-distanced game of football rounders and well-deserved ice lolly yesterday! So lovely to see our Year 7s in school ?

Early Years are ready for their Teddy Bears picnic! Complete with home made bears this year!

In Science the Year 5 girls were challenged to build a variety of models from Lego Technic demonstrating the principles of first, second and third class levers, pulleys and gears.... Read more

Y8 have been celebrating the culmination of all the amazing work they have achieved, exploring and learning about the dystopian genre, and the students have amalgamated all this learning into... Read more

EYFS had their own Sports Day today! Lots of sporting events and medals at the end! The girls were great competitors. Well done, Early Years! ??

Girls in Prep have been studying a composer each week and listening to a piece of their music. Nursery imagined looking at our planet from space, whilst listening to Zimmer's... Read more

A socially distanced farewell for the amazing Mrs Roberts ?

In this week's Getting to Know You, find out which teacher once sent £3,000 worth of clothes to Victoria Beckham in a taxi...! Answer in Friday's newsletter!

This Global Digital History of Science Festival is a five-day online celebration run by the British Society for the History of Science featuring talks, discussions, workshops, performances, discussions, and more... Read more

Can you think of a better way to finish the week than with a Nursery v Reception Dance-Off? ?

So brilliant to have Year 5 back today, and they got straight back into their work! Well done, girls! ?

Year 12 have been filling in their UCAS applications today through a quest on Classcraft. Here's Olivia P with her team and Emma H with her team, The Banana Boys!

Year 4 we are so happy you are back at school! ?

Welcome back Year 5! ?

After seeing the devastating effects of Covid-19, Saana in Year 11 decided to make this brilliant video outlining what the virus is, and advice for limiting its spread. Amazing work,... Read more

Huge thanks to Lawrence Williams for creating this video of Year 7 students and their homemade instruments! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/videos/292263981892271/

Year 8 have worked so hard today for Enterprise Day and the problem of water inequality.

Ella's brilliant, working water-filter! https://t.co/K5kDOJ1339

The amazing catering staff decided to join Year 1's wet break time dancing session today! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/videos/300739571062478/

(2/2) Sarah prepared a video especially for the girls on their Enterprise Day. She spoke about her love for science and engineering and how she overcame doubt and discouragement from... Read more

(1/2) It's Y8 Enterprise Day! Their task today is to solve the problem of water inequality and design a suitable water filtration system to meet the needs of a certain... Read more

The Life After Covid Competition closes 10th July! The competition is open to students over the age of 14. Submit your entry as either a written article, short video or... Read more

The Early Years girls have been reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This morning they had a very messy welcome when they came to school! Baby bear had written a... Read more

A midweek treat for you. Smiles, by Minnie, Year 1 Smiles are precious, Smiles are sometimes sad, Smiles are sometimes happy, Smiles are free, Smiles are natural, Smiles are between... Read more

Absolutely amazing effort from the Senior girls, and teachers, yesterday for virtual Sports Day, well done! These are just some of the photos! https://www.facebook.com/pg/smsgx/photos/?tab=album&album_id=3416885658344359

Give our new RS Department @StMarysRS a follow!

Year 8 Media Club are continuing to plan their epic film for the ISA Film and Digital Art Competition! We can't wait to see what you come up with, girls!

The Nursery girls made s'mores in Forest School today!! They were SO yummy and thoroughly enjoyed by the girls... and their teachers!

Brilliant work, Scarlett! https://twitter.com/clive_david/status/1277663084702728199

Brilliant work from these Year 8 girls today for virtual Sports Day in Senior House! ?

Brilliant photos of Jessie taking part in Sports Day this afternoon!

Excitement! A fairy ring has appeared in the Year 1 area with gifts from fairyland! Miss Connell thinks the fairies were happy with their fairy doors and gardens! ?

Minne wrote this incredible poem, "Foggy Nights", completely independently - amazing job, Minnie! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/videos/687615761815441/

Good luck Senior girls, for Sports Day this afternoon! ?????

Mr Wilde and his Year 10 Maths class happy to be together today!

Our wonderful school has been shortlisted in the Girls’ School category for the Independent Schools of the Year 2020! https://www.independentschoolsoftheyear.co.uk/shortlist-2020/

Look closely around St Mary’s & you may find a fairy door! Y1 have been creating their very own fairy doors and gardens to entice the fairies, perhaps you will... Read more

Wonderful to have our Year 10 students back in school ?

Welcome back Year 4!

In their French lessons, Year 4 are learning about ‘la ville’. They created their own street and labelled the shops in French!

Year 7 Media Club entry for the Into Film "Nature in my Neighbourhood Competition" by Chloe P. Brilliant! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/videos/273718880402956/

Early Years have been making the most of the glorious weather today! ???

In Science Y1 are learning about inventors & learnt about an inventor who made a special sensory garden at the Eden Project. Y1 explored the school to find plants that... Read more

This was a fun warm-up in a Year 8 English lesson yesterday - in preparation of recording/writing their Movie trailer they explored Hollywood's 'what if?' high concept for a film.... Read more

Wonderful to have Year 3 back and enjoying their lessons!

This is the Year 8 Media Club entry for the Into Film "Nature in My Neighbourhood" competition, by Lily. Amazing work! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2552796521701805

Year 1 made disgusting sandwiches like The Lighthouse Keeper, to try and deter the seagulls from eating them! The girls used jam, horseradish sauce, apple sauce, mustard, salt and pepper.... Read more

Oh yum! Well done, Zoya! https://twitter.com/shazia2o/status/1275070707446120448

EYFS had a special delivery of caterpillars this morning! They are very excited to watch their metamorphosis. ?

In their introductory lesson to The Nervous System topic, some Year 10 pupils made models of sensory, relay and motor neurones out of sweets. Yum! @StMarysScienceD

Mindful Monday! Monday comes around very quickly! The eighth Mindfulness task is available to view. A time to encourage your daughter to de-clutter and reduce stress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z2dtHKHu1Q&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0N2HwIhHT2_1l1oAE14tP9GO35K3YWTa2kCJGwc-10j4xpgQcRzB5uk94

After a brilliant week of activities the final results for Prep Virtual Sports Day are in! 4th: Latham: 240 3rd: Temple West 317 2nd: Butler 327 1st: Kirk 354! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/videos/3181064441959573/

Flash back to last year’s Prep Sports Day. It might be a little different this year, but staff are still excited to find out results!

This video is of Ramneet who worked hard learning to recognise coins and add money at home. In this video she has set up her own shop and is even... Read more

Another fabulous riding video, this time Amelia K in Year 8! https://t.co/Hvw4QuHdXI

Mrs Adams was delighted to welcome the new Head Girl team to school yesterday to receive their badges and have their first socially distanced meeting. Emma H- Head Girl Kat... Read more

Poppy in Year 5 has been having an active week this week- here she is in her horse riding lesson! Poppy was nervous at first but really enjoyed it by... Read more

Today was Under and Over for Virtual Prep Sports Day, well done, girls! And here we are, it's all to play for! Kirk 226 Temple West 214 Butler 205 Latham... Read more

Year 2 have returned and jumped straight back in to learning to tell the time and calculate time jumps. They were working on this at home and now they are... Read more

Head over to the facebook page to find out how parents and siblings can get involved with Prep virtual sports day today! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/?ref=settings

Day 3 for Prep Virtual Sports Day was throw & catch against a wall, and the results are in! Only one point between Butler and Temple West! Kirk: 178 Butler:... Read more

Here is a fascinating insight into how some of the virtual lessons work, with Mrs McNally talking to her Year 12 students whilst they complete a crossword - makes for... Read more

Cayelin has been keeping fit at home and also decorating donuts, yum!

Lovely Y7 Media Club this week, where the girls planned their entry to the Into Film Nature in your Neighbourhood Competition. Chloe's going to use her photo montage she made... Read more

After a brilliant day of long jump for virtual Sports Day in Prep, the results are in! Well done, girls! Kirk: 121 Temple West: 112 Butler: 112 Latham: 79

In her Year 8 English class, Mrs McNally shared the task with the girls by recording herself on a padlet, which the girls could then add to with their own... Read more

Whilst they were learning at home the Early Years girls enjoyed Tangram Tuesday. They have continued this tradition back at school and the girls are great at them! Early years... Read more

A brilliant selection of books being read in Mrs Williams's Year 8 English class today!

Can anyone guess who this week's "Getting to know you..." staff member in the newsletter might be?

Y1 have been learning about position and direction in Maths this week. Miss Connell built them a maze and gave them instructions such as “take a quarter turn to the... Read more

On the first day of Prep's first virtual Sports Day, the results are in! Today’s event was Speed Bounce and Kirk are leading with 44 points, followed by Butler on... Read more

Harleen's got off to a great start for Virtual Sports Day! Here she is completing her speed bounce. She managed to complete 15 in 30 seconds! Well done, Harleen!

Sadly, Y4's dragon had to leave Mrs Burton's. Before he left, he asked Mrs Burton to send a letter to each Y4 girl to say goodbye. The girls received their... Read more

Something lovely and calming for a Monday morning. Another great video for World Environment Day from Simran in Year 8. All the photos were taken by her when she was... Read more

Good luck to Prep this week for their virtual Sports Day (week!) ?????

Prep Sports Day information!

Nursery are ready for their dance off with Reception!

Year 8 have been making videos to celebrate nature in their local environment, to celebrate World Environment Day which was on 5th June. This is Amrita's brilliant video! https://t.co/Wfc7LQe8Vi

More of Year 7's creative writing - Miss Walton's class. https://t.co/lagVfw55Dt

More of Year 7's creative writing - Mrs McNally's class. https://t.co/fgZe4StzER

In their recent assessment Y7 had the opportunity to demonstrate their amazing writing, using all the techniques they had been learning and using a picture of hot air balloons as... Read more

During Form Time this morning, Year 2 baked a cake in a mug. The girls followed a recipe and made some delicious cake. Luckily, nobody's exploded too much. Great fun... Read more

Year 8 Media Club had to extend to an after-school meeting today to continue our great filming plans. But fun was had by all!

Hot chocolate at Forest School! ?

Year 5 were learning about how to perform a monologue in Drama. Here is Eden performing her monologue where she is a princess who is complaining about having to dance... Read more

Mrs Brain's Year 8 class have become budding movie directors! They've channelled their inner Steven Spielberg and written a setting for the first scene of a dystopian movie...???

This week in Science, Year 3 have been investigating the role of the flower on a plant. The girls each dissected a tulip and identified the different parts. They also... Read more

Reception enjoyed acting out the Story of ‘Mog the forgetful Cat’. Are they not the cutest Mogs you’ve ever seen! ?

Think U Know have created videos to support parents during Covid-19 and the closure of schools to many children. You can find the videos here: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/presentations-for-parents/

Look out in this Friday's newsletter for the story of how Maisie helped to save this little nuthatch's life when it flew right into the window of her house!

Megan has been incredibly creative and made hurdles in her garden! Such a great idea and certainly keeping herself busy at this time! @StMarysGXSports https://t.co/cOHnP0chaA

Year 10 listened to Sky Sports and Talks Sports' Laura Woods today as part of their “Your Future” Week.

In Maths, Year 4 were learning about equivalent fractions, so they created fraction walls out of Lego to help them understand.

This morning the Early Years girls made beautiful butterfly wings to entice butterflies into our Forest School woodland. They also fluttered around the school to put smiles on everyone’s faces!... Read more

Year 7 Media Club, with Mrs Williams, is up and running! They planned a nature film to enter for the ISA Film Competition - as Year 7 had already made... Read more

As part of Year 10's "Your Future" week they've had a zoom meeting with Jo Wright of JWC Consultancy about how they project themselves and ‘Brand Me’. Year 10 will... Read more

Year 1 read the story of The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch. They looked very carefully at the setting of the story and recreated it using colouring pencils and sketching/blending techniques. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=703599280403796

Getting to know you… Mrs J Burton! Name: Mrs Burton Job title: Early Years TA/ Accredited Forest School Leader I started at SMS: in 2019 My favourite thing about SMS... Read more

Friday afternoon lollies after a brilliant first week back!

Riding with no stabilisers! Well done, Charlotte! ?? https://t.co/RevXlzyzh5

A brilliant Nursery and Reception dance-off! Fun for all involved and a great way to end a great week!?

Miss Sweeney set Year 3 a challenge to create a poster advertising their services as an embalmer after they learnt how the Egyptians mummified their bodies. Here is Lara’s bright... Read more

Thank you to Mrs Finn for this gorgeous photo and message. "Just wanted to share this happiness ?? Scarlett is so happy to be back with her friends and wonderful... Read more

This morning Year 2 had five minutes to put a fancy dress on and then went on a hunt to find something beginning with J, something older than them, something... Read more

#BlackLivesMatter

Here's Gabby, Year 2, reading her work on Collin McNaughton’s book Giant, aloud! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1125601647810783

The Nursery girls practised throwing today in PE!

Year 8 have been exploring the idea of 'Mindful' baking during assessment week. They have looked at the ways that baking can improve mood and help reduce stress levels. Here... Read more

Whizzy Maths and fun with bubbles for Early Years! ?

Mrs Brereton set the Year 3 girls a challenge in their golden time: to make a picture only using things they could find in nature. Look at these wonderful creations!... Read more

Alessia, Year 6, enjoys Art- Patterns on canvas which she recently completed at home during lockdown. Amazing work!

Welcome back to Year 6! ?

Nursery had Forest School this morning! The fairies of the woodland used their magic dust to turn our baby pine cones into huge ones! The girls were astounded by the... Read more

There are some excellent breathing exercises in this week's student briefing, well worth a try for anyone who may be feeling in need of some calmness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9hvypQxAoY&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMZmC3eRWSo&feature=youtu.be

A great first day back for these girls! ?

Welcome back Year 1! ?

Welcome back, Early Years! ?

This positivity calendar is a lovely idea for June ? https://static.wixstatic.com/media/15874d_56dded12a0004920ad44d4e8d220efcb~mv2.png

It's a beautiful day for the start of the second half of Trinity term??Welcome back to the girls and staff who are in school today! Please continue to send your... Read more

As we come to the end of an unusual half term, please take a few minutes to read through these pictures. Have a wonderful half term break, from all at... Read more

Zara, Year 1, used vinegar and baking soda to make an erupting Volcano during Golden Time. Brilliant, Zara!

Fancy Dress Friday in 6C today... brilliant enthusiasm from these girls!

Fun Prep form times this morning! Year 3 sang happy birthday to Harleen who is celebrating her 8th birthday on Monday ???? and EYFS had wacky hair day!

Daisy, Year 6, is enjoying bring your pet to the computer day!

Poppy, Year 2, is enjoying wacky hair day this morning on form time!

Year 8 Media Club launched on Zoom today, when the team planned their video entries to the ISA Film & Digital Art Competition, along with an Into Film competition on... Read more

EYFS have been looking at letter writing this week. As we have not seen each other for so long each girl was allocated a friend to write to. Here is... Read more

Year 9s are exploring the techniques used to make a speech have impact in the lead up to the Spoken Language element of their GCSE. Who would have known the... Read more

Fabulous staff games night hosted today by Mrs Deadman - the items passed along the conveyor belt for the Generation Game round was a particular highlight. Great fun had by... Read more

On Thank a Teacher Day we wanted to share some of the lovely feedback we've had from parents ?

Over the weekend Chloe, Y7, completed this periodic table puzzle, and her aim by the end of lockdown is to have learnt the whole of the periodic table. She has... Read more

Who's had a go at Fitness Monopoly? And have you roped your families in...?!

Tomorrow is Thank a Teacher Day- follow the link to see how! https://thankateacher.co.uk

Year 11 and 13 spent their last Food and Nutrition lessons celebrating their amazing skills. The themes were baking during lockdown, ‘Fakeaway’ meals and meals for Uni. Amazing results, well... Read more

(2/2) A fun fact: In my community, I co-teach Punjabi to Year 1s at Sunday school. My daughter Ramneet, who also attends St Mary's is also one of my students!... Read more

(1/2) We thought now might be a good time to get to know our staff better! Next up… Mrs Chahal! Name: Harvi Chahal Job title: Office Manager I started at... Read more

Year 1’s word of the week is “peculiar” so the girls had to come to form time dressed in something peculiar this morning! Brilliant job, girls! ? #smsspirit

Year 7 and 8! Mrs Williams’ Media Club is on! Y7 on Mondays at 1.30pm and Y8 on Thursdays at 1.30pm. Just click on the Media Club Firefly Page https://stmarysgx.fireflycloud.net/enrichment/sh-clubs/media-club.... Read more

Additional information has been added on the parents support page on firefly. There is a help tool for controlling screen time, and some resources to support anxiety and resilience alongside... Read more

Scarlett-Tom Kitten working on a word search! ?

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and we are asking students to perform Random Acts of Kindness throughout the week. Please share your Acts and tag us here or... Read more

Good morning, please follow the link for Mindful Monday well being activities ? https://stmarysgx.fireflycloud.net/parental-guide-for-home-learning/supporting-wellbeing/wellbeing-activities

Lily, Year 5, planting strawberry seeds during golden time ???

Year 3 had bring a teddy to Form Time this morning! ??

Mrs Brereton set Year 3 another toilet roll challenge. Harleen made a fantastic attempt with her Hogwarts. She also made Hagrid’s hut and a small broomstick ? Last night Harleen... Read more

Year 4 had Fancy Dress Friday in form time today to celebrate the end of the week!

Here is Ramneet, Year 1, exploring her garden as Tom Kitten. Year 1 were asked to use their senses to describe their surroundings, just like Tom Kitten would have done... Read more

Nursery and Reception had a brief introduction to Florence Nightingale to celebrate her 200th birthday. They were then set some challenges and produced some amazing work! Look out in tomorrow’s... Read more

This morning Year 3 had a colour scavenger hunt in form time!

Lovely idea here about "sharing smiles" - details are in the pictures. You can post them or upload here: https://form.jotform.com/201302938865357 All messages must be received by 31 May 2020!

Nursery and Reception had a brief introduction to Florence Nightingale to celebrate her 200th birthday! They were then set some challenges, here is Nikita’s video! https://t.co/Rb848FWzmj

Thank you to Mrs Smith for this photo. She’s been been watching it bloom over the weeks when she has been in school for the key worker rota. It’s so... Read more

6C wore their 'silly hats' to Form Time this morning before enjoying a scavanger hunt to wake them all up! A fun way to start the day!

Getting to know… Mrs Williams! Job title: Assistant Head of Sixth Form, Head of Media Studies, Teacher of English I started at SMS: September 2010 My favourite thing about SMS... Read more

A great opportunity here to see how live lessons look. Mrs McNally's Y8 students are writing their reponses to The Hunger Games, focussing on some of the conventions/features from 'The... Read more

The Year 1 girls had to make a flower in Art, they could use any medium they liked. Sophia combined her Art lesson with her Science lesson and explained things... Read more

This morning, Y6 were lucky enough to meet Dr Barnardo and Jim Jarvis in their English lesson, as they research the opening of The First Home for Boys in 1870... Read more

Lilly baked two cakes for VE Day. She also surprised her neighbour that is isolating with a birthday cake for her 72nd Birthday ?

VE Day was also Marina's Nana's 81st birthday. Marina and her family really got into the spirit of thing and instead of pin the tail on the donkey, they had... Read more

Amazing, Mathilda! The neighbours also used the opportunity to raise money for Cancer Research and so far they have raised just under £4000 – https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/firsestate

Year 1 are learning about plants in Science and one of their challenges was to find their favourite plant in their garden and tell Miss Connell all about it. Scarlett... Read more

Jessie, Year 7, made her family a delicious Fruit Salad today for her F&N lesson, she is becoming a brilliant help in the kitchen and specialises in Cookie Dough ?

These St Mary’s girls have been smashing their @StMarysGXSports PE Challenge- spelling out their names or even words like Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious using the alphabet given to them, ie: A = 40... Read more

Holly-Mae, Y9, has been busy! She enjoyed VE DAY celebrations at the weekend, and bike rides during Golden Time. She made masks that went to local hospitals. She also rescued... Read more

The Mindful Monday task today is Chair Sun Salutations.Use these to stretch muscles, mobilise joints and help with posture when sitting for longs times at a desk. https://stmarysgx.fireflycloud.net/parental-guide-for-home-learning/supporting-wellbeing/wellbeing-activities

These look delicious! ???? https://twitter.com/callkellrae/status/1259052486041784321

Simran (Year 10) and Sofia (Year 7) organised a VE Day Afternoon Tea for their mum- it was so lovely! Cucumber sandwiches and fairy cakes made! ???

Alessia, Year 6, celebrating VE Day in the sunshine with family and one of her cats Gizmo! ???

Varonica’s amazing VE Day cake! ???

Lily and Lucy in Year 5 have enjoyed VE Day! Lily had a delicious cream tea picnic, and Lucy made some brilliant bunting using some pictures of her Great Grandad... Read more

Harleen’s also made a Union Jack cake and decorated a plate ??? Brilliant work, Harleen!

Another brilliant cake by Aleksandra!

Nirvaiya and her St Mary’s bear enjoyed their picnic, and so did Jayna who had a great time at her picnic in the sunshine with cheese and cucumber sandwiches!

Gabby and Georgie had fun baking and decorating their VE day cake, and even more fun eating it! ??? That’s #smsspirit ?

Bo in Year 3 and Harper in Reception made bunting and decorated a cake for VE Day! ???

Senior House Quiz! Click the link for more info! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/videos/945543985901770/

Another brilliant and tasty looking cake from Ava, Year 6!

Ava's brilliant VE Day poster!?

Well done everyone! ? We’ll meet again... ???? #smsspirit

Numbers are growing for the singalong! ????

More incredible VE Day creations! Savannah in Year 7 made an amazing cake, and Zara in Year 6 made this brilliant biscuits! ?

More incredible VE Day creations! Jasmine in Year 7 made an amazing cake, and Zara in Year 6 made this brilliant biscuits! ?

Well done to Imogen has wholly embraced the activities this week; reciting a VE day poem, doing the Lindy Hop, a poster, bunting and this amazing cake! ?

Harleen's been doing lots of VE Day colouring, made a headband and some bunting. She even painted her nails red and blue to get into the spirit. Harleen's sharing a... Read more

Alessia’s brilliant VE Day bunting and cake! ???

Darcey, Year 6, made a VE celebration cake today in Golden Time! Yum! ???

In their Forest School session Mrs Smith asked the girls to play “123 where are you” with their parents. A game where you hide and use your voices to find... Read more

Year 5 and Miss Radburn enjoyed "hectic hair" today for their Wacky Wednesday Form Time!

Willow, Year 7, has been creative in the garden and in the kitchen! ??

St Mary’s staff are finding ways to keep busy too! Mrs Szczerbiak and her partner send each other song clues when they’re out for their separate walk- can you guess... Read more

Evie has been baking today. Here is her VE Day inspired cake! ???

Imogen, Year 6, doing her netball training after school in the garden!

Here is Zara, Year 1, designing and painting a mug for VE Day during her golden time yesterday! ???

Lily and her gorgeous pup enjoying some sunshine and fresh air this lunchtime!

Mrs Brain's Year 8 English class worked really hard this morning exploring all things dystopian! In the next few weeks they shall be utilising their knowledge into creating Dystopian Movie... Read more

Sofia in Year 7 made some fabulous bunting and delicious rock cakes for VE Day!

Meanwhile at St Mary's... Joe Wicks workout with Mrs Dimmock!

It's a beautiful day! Please send in your photos and videos of your St Mary's girls and whatever they're up to whether it's work or play, to cpanayiotou@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk #smsspirit ???

Mrs Williams' Year 12 A Level Media Studies class have been doing an online course in Adobe Photoshop. This was Roop’s amazing work last lesson.

Well done to Hannah, Year 8, who rows for Marlow Rowing Club and competed in a virtual regatta for the club on Sunday! @StMarysGXSports

Hooray here are all your brilliant Feel Good Friday videos in one! https://youtu.be/HpyPmzHYEwo

Getting to know… Miss Sweeney! Job title: 4 Class Teacher, Prep Humanities Coordinator and Teacher in Charge of Prep Enrichment and Co-Curricular I started at SMS: 2015 My favourite thing... Read more

Year 8 have been designing and making dresses using newspaper! The girls made sketches of their ideas and then constructed their dress, large or small, depending on the resources they... Read more

(2/2) Mrs Burton managed to take the egg home when school closed and, over the weekend, the egg finally hatched. Inside was this adorable and very friendly baby dragon! Y4... Read more

(1/2) Y4 were given some very exciting news this morning when Mrs Burton announced the arrival of their baby dragon! Year 4 discovered a dragon egg on the ground of... Read more

Mandala colouring for Mindful Monday today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLInu15MnVs&feature=youtu.be

A lovely idea sent in by a student, try out this kindness calendar!

This weeks Feel Good Friday challenge was to show us a video of your sports skills and link them with the rest of the school. It's great to see people... Read more

In Science with Mrs Brereton, Harleen has been learning about magnets ?. She made a magnetic maze for her bunny to get to the eggs. Brilliant work, Harleen! https://t.co/OkHGMqxXrO

Tabitha's brilliant French lesson with her daddy, what an accent! https://www.facebook.com/217598038273153/videos/3772173472824973/

Eden in Miss Radburn’s ‘furry friends Friday’! ??

For Feelgood Friday, Mrs Williams' Year 11 English class took part in a Disney Scavenger Hunt. They had to solve many riddles to find the items to pack into their... Read more

Check out these incredible entries for Miss Sweeney's toilet roll book character competition! https://www.facebook.com/217598038273153/videos/732351047302082/

Year 9 PE scavenger hunt - lots of fun had!

Eleanor in Reception has been writing instructions on how to make some of her favourite snacks! ?? https://t.co/pxw3q8BbZu

Gabby in Year 2 has also done a science experiment, turning cooking oil into solid. She was very pleased to see that freezing the oil overnight turns it into solid.... Read more

In Science this week Year 3 have been investigating magnets and their properties. Lara created a game using a magnet, well done, Lara! https://t.co/3W7Bp5ePcr

Getting to know... Mrs Jobson! Job: Geography Started at St Mary's Sept 2019 Favourite things - the sense of family and community in the school, it's such a lovely place... Read more

PSHCE activities for Year 8 this week have focused on the character strengths of creativity, kindness and love. Lots of the girls chose the creative activity of making paper flowers... Read more

Lucy took the keepy uppy challenge set as a PE task and got to 208! Wow, Lucy!

Y2 started their new book last week, 'Giant' by Colin McNaughton and thought this week about speech marks and identifying the spoken words. They had to think about what the... Read more

Design your own super-bear with all proceeds going to the NHS! Click the link and scroll down for details ? https://www.johnlewis.com/content/your-partners-through-it-all/feel-good-friday

Ramneet and Year 1 reading with Miss Connell?

Riya has been busy using her golden time to make something new out of items she has in the house. Here she has a watermelon pencil pot she made from... Read more

Here's Lily enjoying a stroll and finding rabbit holes in a field of bluebells!

Harleen’s been a busy bee making a birthday card for Captain Tom Moore ?. She has been really inspired by him. Such a lovely idea, Harleen!

Please keep sending in your wonderful photos and news to cpanayiotou@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk We love seeing what your girls are up to!

6C enjoyed showing each other their silly socks during form time today!

A great competition for all our linguists! https://twitter.com/StephenSpender/status/1255156223848169472

Our amazing Early Years parents got a movement together and donated items for care packages for the NHS staff at Wexham hospital (face creams hand creams etc - as PPE... Read more

You can see Minnie's whole brilliant Beatrix Potter presentation here! https://www.facebook.com/217598038273153/videos/548748519393048/

These Y1 girls are something else! This is Minnie completing her Beatrix Potter challenge and she is accompanied by her little sister Nancy who is in Nursery. Minnie quite rightly... Read more

Sophia has drawn a great picture of the bog baby on this very rainy afternoon!

An interactive creative writing task on The Giant's Game for Year 7 with Mrs McNally today.

Harleen had a quick science lesson whilst making a pizza from scratch. She discussed how yeast is an organism and how it helps the dough rise. She also enjoyed choosing... Read more

Mia enjoying herself on the trampoline during PE! Apparently the Santa hat helps with flips! #smsspirit ? https://t.co/zJY7g5tSOd

Well done to Year 1 for all their hard work so far this week. Here's Scarlett who got 10/10 on her spellings yesterday using the 'or' and 'ore' phonics sounds,... Read more

Make a mug, make a difference campaign is a competition for young people to design a mug that celebrates the NHS. The winning mugs will then be produced by Royal... Read more

Early years have been reading the story ‘Bog Baby’. Miss Rose was considering going to find her own pet ‘Bog Baby’ and asked the girls in EYFS if they thought... Read more

This looks amazing Sofia!! https://twitter.com/sukhysamani/status/1254818959104380929

We thought now might be a good time to get to know our staff better! Next up… Mrs Smith! Name: Mrs Smith Job title: Early Years TA and Forest School... Read more

Feel Good Friday has a sporting theme this week! Follow this link to the blog for information on what to include, and where to send your video this week. We... Read more

A special birthday for Mrs Kelly today and an Admin happy birthday singalong ?

Another brilliantly confident Beatrix Potter presentation from one of Miss Connell's Year 1 superstars! https://www.facebook.com/smsgx/videos/227513525197954/

Mindful Monday has now been launched. For weekly videos of mindfulness tasks follow the link to this page https://stmarysgx.fireflycloud.net/parental-guide-for-home-learning/supporting-wellbeing/wellbeing-activities

Ruby, Year 8, takes her exercise in the form of trampolining, ballet dancing and taking 3 mile walks during PE lessons or lunch times with Daisy, the family greyhound. They... Read more

Thank you to Mrs Chahal for these lovely photos of our lovely school ??

At the end of a busy first week back it has been a delight to see all of the Greatest Golden Time challenges you have been completing to enjoy your... Read more

This is Lara, Y1. She has completed her English challenge and created a presentation and a video all about Beatrix Potter. She has presented her facts beautifully in a PowerPoint.... Read more

Mr Haydn-Slater and his form had an online fancy dress quiz after school today! Points were given for the best costume and the best background. Year 10 really enjoyed it!... Read more

Successful scavenger hunt with Year 11! Well done to Faye who was the winner!

Thank you for your brilliant Feel Good Friday- Golden Time Challenge entries!

Here is Camille and Rosie recreating famous Disney scenes in their Drama lesson. Can you see the resemblance?

Tabitha is excited to post her amazing art work and to ‘mail a hug’ for her ‘nana and bumpy’ today ? What a brilliant idea, Tabitha!

Maia (Y7) enjoying a spot of exercise and a breath of fresh evening air , after the first day of home schooling (yesterday) ?

Abbie in Y11 is making us feel hungry with her cake pops! ?

Vienna has been enjoying drawing and painting outside, and during the holidays, Vienna enjoyed her Easter Egg Hunt in the garden ??

Well done to Harleen for keeping up with current affairs. She came across Earth Day yesterday and did this lovely painting.

Over in Year 5, Eden's had some help with her Science worksheet from her adorable new puppy, and Sofia worked really hard in her online PE lesson!

Don't forget Feel Good Friday challenge! https://stmarysgx.fireflycloud.net/pshce/feelgood-friday/the-challenge-is-set

In Music this term, Y9 are being introduced to BandLab which is a piece of Music software to create their own music. This video is of an MP3 of Year... Read more

Zara made a robot during Golden time this week! She is now waiting for some empty toilet rolls to complete his body! Amazing work, Zara!

Ramneet started a fairy garden with real grass and here are the pictures of her maintaining her garden since the beginning of Easter, taking responsibility and looking after the grass... Read more

Beautiful rainbows by Harleen to show her support for the NHS ?

Here's Mia having fun with Miss Rose during her first online Maths lesson yesterday! #smsspirit

Lucia in Nursery is doing brilliantly with her homeschooling - well done, Lucia! #smsspirit

Well done Alvina, straight back into online learning! #smsspirit

Here's Kimaya having a well-earned break after her live online PE lesson yesterday!

Rebecca and Lucy made an NHS rainbow from the few chalks they had! Thank you NHS ?

EYFS have had a great first day of virtual remote learning. Lots of the girls have joined in Miss Rose’s maths lesson and completed their Tuesday Tangram challenge!

Ava, Year 7, has found passion for gardening! She made her own raised bed and is waiting for her seeds to grow! Brilliant, Ava! #smsspirit

"Pulling down the Clouds" - An effective breath and movement practice to encourage children to take some time out (and some deep breaths!) when things get tense, from children's emotional... Read more

Rosie is enjoying learning from home and seeing her friends! #smsspirit

Miss Warburton's vicar challenged her to make an Easter garden, but as she doesn't have a garden she made one out of cake! Brilliant thinking outside the box, Miss Warburton... Read more

Today in their English Reading Lesson with Mrs Williams, Year 8 used Padlet to share their comments on their reading books ?

Please continue to send your wonderful news and photos to cpanayiotou@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk Thank you!

Welcome to Trinity term ? #smsspirit

Brilliant, girls! https://twitter.com/StMarysScienceD/status/1252199095206281216

Young Minds video - from a child's perspective, what their parents can do to hep them, well worth a watch! https://www.linkedin.com/posts/youngminds_we-asked-young-people-how-can-your-parents-activity-6656132471635214336-nNP0

Free touch-type read & write accounts for NHS workers https://www.readandspell.com/nhs

Brilliant for staff to see each other this morning in our zoom meeting to discuss Trinity term!

Well done to Lucy who completed a 5km run in the garden with her family. Amazing, Lucy! ?@StMarysGXPrep

Please contact our Registrar, Mrs Szczerbiak on registrar@st-marys.bucks.sch.uk if you’d like to discuss a Reception place for your daughter for September 2020.

Congratulations to Ella F in Year 8 who has got through to the second round of judging in @BBCRadio2 500 word story competition. There were 135,000 entries and she’s through... Read more

Children’s emotional well-being coach Jenni Honeyben has created a series of wonderful videos for children during this unsettling time. Here’s a brilliant one about growing your own tomatoes - so... Read more

Happy Easter ?? https://t.co/EoJ0nRAlx1

How lovely, Holly! https://twitter.com/callkellrae/status/1246842236391829507

Our amazing @StMarysGXPrep teachers ? @GSAUK @ISC_schools @FamiliesChilter @bucks_herald @bucksfreepress “We’re all in this together” ? http://youtu.be/vpfQ8hOdJDM

Did you guess Mrs Smith’s story from the clues? ? Still available to watch here! https://youtu.be/Z2ejH0WRqlI

A great way to end the term yesterday at St Mary's ?#forestschool #smsspirit

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