Summer Photography Competition
The Summer Photography Competition that ran earlier this term has been great fun. We have had almost 100 entries from students and teachers from all over the world, in three categories: Inside, Outside, and Company Colour.
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award
The English Department would love as many pupils as possible to enter this year's prestigious Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2020.
Success in the Oxford German Olympiad
We are delighted to announce that Year 7 girls, Zara F., Sophia and Elo were selected as Runners-up in this year’s Oxford German Olympiad competition, 'Discover German: 10 inventions from German-speaking countries'.
St Mary's shortlisted for Performing Arts in National Awards
We are delighted that St Mary's Calne has been shortlisted for an award in the Performing Arts category of the Independent Schools of the Year 2020 awards .
Year 9 girls experience Girlguiding Taster Session
On Thursday 25th June, the UIV (Year 9) girls took part in four virtual sessions covering a variety of typical activities in Girlguiding. They also heard from Miss Bloomer about her time volunteering at a Girl Scout Camp in America - perhaps something to consider in the future after Sixth Form?
Virtual Quiz with Marlborough College
Last week, the Year 12 girls participated in our first inter-school general knowledge quiz against Marlborough College. It took place via Zoom and was a brilliant way to spend the evening!
Fourth Form participate in Company Classics Competition
On Tuesday 16th June, the entire Fourth Form took part in the Company Classics Competition. This was a wonderful opportunity for girls to experience aspects of Classical Civilisation and Latin outside of the classroom and have the freedom to produce a really creative piece of work at the end.
St Mary’s Debating Society; from uniforms to cloning!
There has been a strange, coincidental theme for debating over the last two weeks...
Virtual English Society welcomes Guest Speaker
On the evening of 17th June, we held our first virtual English Society, with about 15 girls from Years 11 and 12. We were delighted to welcome guest speaker, Mairin O'Hagan, who spoke to us about being a playwright, running two theatre companies and studying English at Cambridge.
Biology Olympiad Results 2020
The Sixth Form participated in the Biology Olympiad last term. The Olympiad is a national competition and very challenging, looking for breadth and depth of biological knowledge beyond the specifications.
Virtual Science Club Launches
Last Thursday (4th June) saw our first Virtual Science Club, 'Science Club @ Home', for Years 7 and 8. The girls had a wonderful time experimenting with soap boat racers and looking at convection currents.
Girls enjoy competing in Virtual Sports Fixture
Last week, we had our first virtual fixture with Downe House and Sherborne Girls. There were three categories: a 3km Virtual Race for all age groups; a Pentathlon Challenge for the Year 10 down and a TikTok Challenge for Year 11.