St Mary's Calne

Independent Schools' Sail Racing Competition: 10 girls recently took part in an intensive four-day sail race training camp, culminating in the Independent Schools' Sail Racing Competition. (06.07.10)

Gold DofE breaks all records:  29 Gold DofE Awards have been awarded so far this academic year.  (2.7.2010)

Founders' Day: On Saturday, the whole school community joined together to celebrate.  (1.7.2010)

Question: What is the link between UIV Form German’s resident cookery expert Holly aka “Delia” and the Austro-Hungarian Empire? (01.07.10)

ISSP Modern Languages Tourism Day: the challenge of the day - to make a tourist video for French Exchange students visiting Bath. (23.06.10)

Bude: the LIV Form spent a fantastic activity week at Adventure International in Bude.(24.06.10)

Festival of Latin Drama: Congratulations to MIVW who won the competition with their production of Pyramus and Thisbe. Latin at St Mary's is alive and well! (24.06.10)

Gamelan Workshop: On Tuesday, the LIV Form were introduced to the delights of Gamelan in an incense filled chapel. (24.06.10)

Parsonage Down: On Wednesday, the LVI Form Biologists went to Parsonage Down, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) with flora unique to chalk downland. (24.06.10)

Trip to Oxford: On Thursday 17th June, 20 LV and 5 UIV went to the Natural History Museum in Oxford, to explore the theme of Evolution and Adaptation. (21.06.10)

Geography Trip to Poland: 33 LV and LVI Form Geographers recently enjoyed a trip to Krakow. They visited the Salt Mines at Wieliczka and went to Auschwitz and Birkenau. (21.06.10)

Fundraiser: St Mary’s musicians supported a Summer Garden Party last Friday to raise money for Youth Action Wiltshire.  (17.06.10)

Bushcraft:  As part of Enrichment Week, the LV Form visited the Bushcraft Company for a day in the woods.  (17.06.10)

Enrichment Week:  On Monday, the UIV Form spent a very productive morning creative writing.  (16.06.10)

Arabian Nights:  The Junior Drama Society performed tales from the Nights in their annual production.  (09.06.10)

Stonar Mini Isode: Nine girls from St Mary's competed in the Mini Isode at Stonar on Saturday and Sunday.(27.05.10)

Photography Club:  On 22nd May, girls from the Photography Club visited the 'International Garden Photographer of the Year' exhibition at Westonbirt Arboretum. (26.05.10)

Physics Prizes:  Two girls from the LVI Form were invited to the British Physics Olympiad Prizegiving lunch. (24.05.10)

Challenge and Adventure Camp and Walk: On Friday 14th May, the LIV and MIV Forms set off on a 15km walk followed by an overnight camp.  (20.05.10)

Young Medics Society:  The girls had their inaugural meeting last week with a variety of guests including nurses, a physiotherapist and a Surgery Practice Manager.  (20.05.10)

Aviation Challenge: A team of girls from St Mary's went to St John's in Marlborough for a day of Modern Languages and Design and Technology.  (19.05.10)

Readathon: Over £1300 was raised and donated to CLIC Sergent and the Roald Dahl Foundation.  (19.05.10)

Showjumping Success: Congratulations to Jessica Mendoza who clinched the Gold Medal for her team last weekend.  (19.05.10)

Sail Race Training: Girls from St Mary's continued their sail race training this weekend at Cotswold Water Park. (17.05.10)

Passing Places: Exciting new work by our Artist in Residence Bonnie Mari Phillips will be showcased at St Mary's next month. (14.05.10)

Young Enterprise Success - Bricolage reach the Wiltshire County Final: On Friday 30th April, Bruce Oliver and Andrew Martin, two local area Y.E. representatives  visited St Mary's to carry out their judging of the Mid-Wilts schools Company Programme competition. (14.05.10)

Yatesbury 2010: On Friday, the UVI members of the Chamber Choir travelled to the picturesque village of Yatesbury to lead a ‘Songs of Praise’ evening. (10.05.10)

All Bronze DofE Final Expeditions successfully completed: The remaining LV Form Bronze DofE Teams successfully completed their Final Expeditions over the weekend. (10.05.10)

Sports Centre Anniversary:  Ten years after the inception of the St Mary’s Sports Centre, we welcomed back donors and supporters of the 125 Sports Centre Appeal. (06.05.10)

Challenge and Adventure: See the photos of the LIV and MIV Forms at the Cotswold Water Park. (06.05.10)

U3A Art Appreciation: On Monday, the UVI Form A Level Art Students visited the Devizes U3A Art Appreciation group to give a series of presentations. (05.05.10)

Clarissa Dickson Wright: TV cook and countryside campaigner wowed an audience this week with tales of her illustrious career and life as one of TV’s famous ‘Two Fat Ladies’. (05.05.10)

Young Enterprise presentation: On the evening of Thursday 22nd April, St Mary’s Young Enterprise Company ‘Bricolage’ presented to the Calne Rotary Club. (04.05.10)

Successful Bronze Final Expedition Weekend: Congratulations to the LV Form Bronze Teams on successfully completing their Final Expeditions last weekend. (29.04.10)

Gourmet Gold DofE Practice:  At the end of the Easter holidays, several girls went on their Gold DofE practice expedition. (26.04.10)

Charity Walk for Molly's Fund:  On 24th-25th April, two girls from St Prisca's House completed a charity walk, raising money for Molly's Fund. (26.04.10)

Fourth Form Inter-Company Literature Quiz:  Girls from LIV and MIV Forms took part in a literature quiz on Sunday night. (26.04.10)

Sail Race Training:  Sail racing started this weekend for the girls with a trip to South Cerney Sailing Centre. (26.04.10) 

Silver DofE Practice 2010: This season’s expeditions continue to provide a variety of meteorological challenges for the participants. (21.04.10)

Air travel delays: Information for girls sitting public examinations in Modern Foreign Languages.  (20.04.10)

Air travel delays: Girls travelling to school from outside the UK should endeavour to arrive at Calne as soon as public transport permits.  If you know that you are unable to arrive... (19.04.10)

Ireland 2010 Wicklow Team: Congratulations to Charlotte (MIV) for being selected for the U21s Dressage Team. (30.03.10)