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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year 12 still going! Well done girls!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scarisbrick School next! Go team!

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

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

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

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

It almost felt like Spring today! ??

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What a beautiful day for roofing an EYFS building!

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

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

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

More incredible costumes across the school for World Book Day.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our EYFS building nearly has a floor!

Some stunning performances this morning at House music.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

House Netball is in full swing!

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

Amazing spread today @HolroydHowe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy your taster day, Year 11!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fascinating trip for Year 8 to @bletchleypark today.

Such a worthy cause @BucksMind

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

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

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

Congratulations, girls, on your Headmistress' commendations!

A truly stunning Carol Service tonight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senior girls' turn for Christmas lunch!

Delicious!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sixth Form academic scholars lunch! @smssixthform

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Break a leg tonight, girls! ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year 10 Enterprise Team are VERY busy this lunch time!

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

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

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

#ChildrenInNeed2019 lunchtime fun! @StMarysGXPrep

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’s spooky this lunchtime...! ?

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

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

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

A wonderful Harvest celebration in Prep this morning! @StMarysGXPrep

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

They’re off! #HarvestWalk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year 7 have been enjoying their music lessons! @StMarysExpArts

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

Year 7 enjoying Drama Club! @StMarysExpArts

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

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

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

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

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

A warm welcome to Year 7 and Year 12 today!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No accidents yet at Hazard Alley! @StMarysGXPrep

Anyone for a spot of Pictionary in the Library?

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

More fun activities for Year 11!

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

Sports Day 2019 Begins!! ????

Incredible high-jumping this morning! #sportsday @StMarysGXSports

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

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

A heated game of Uno in Games Club today!

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

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

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

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

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

Good luck at the swimming gala this afternoon, girls!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What a brilliant Prep Sports Day! Well done everyone!

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Ready and waiting...! ?

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

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

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

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

Year 7 are hard at work for Enterprise Day!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wet but happy in France!

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

We have arrived!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Healthy, energy filled breakfast ideas with Mrs Roberts!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New look servery- everything looks amazing! @HolroydHowe

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

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

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

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

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

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

Easter Playball Camp at St Mary's

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

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

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

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

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

Exciting delivery from the SMA this morning ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Comic Relief fun at lunchtime!

Mmmm cakes! #comicrelief2019 #RedNoseDay2019 @FamiliesChilter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The judges are in! #thinkingskills

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Some wonderful snow thoughts from our Prep girls ?

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

***St Mary’s is open***

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question Time this morning! #politicsweek

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Christmas jumpers!

A truly stunning Carol Concert tonight.

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

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

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

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

It’s Senior House quiz time!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fun at the Frost Fair!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pre-Prep are having a great time at Tiggywinkles!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pre-Prep gymnastics club in full swing!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prep Sports Day practice is in full swing!