2021 Summer Term
CAA fun for LIV and MIV at Bowood
The Challenge and Adventure (CAA) activity on Friday 25th June for the LIV (Year 7) and MIV (Year 8) took place at Bowood House.
Inspiring Summer Reading
In Chapel on Monday of this week, the English Department recommended some books for the summer break. Mrs Toland shared that, for English teachers, this was a favourite time of year, as they could select books to read during the gloriously long holiday.
UIV Latin Play Festival Success
Congratulations go to all girls in the UIV (Year 9) who came joint first with the Royal High School, Bath, in the Latin Play Festival hosted by Bristol Grammar School on 28th June.
Black History Competition winners recognised
Over the year, students have been encouraged to learn widely about different people’s experiences throughout History, in both the existing History curriculum - where we have learnt about the Medieval Kingdom of Mali in LIV (Year 7), the slave trade and rebellions in the British Empire in MIV (Year 8) as well as Black Civil Rights in America and the Windrush Generation in UIV (Year 9) - and in competitions to encourage independent engagement with the topic.
2nd and 3rd place for St Mary's Debating Team
The virtual world has opened up lots of opportunities for many of us, not least the ability to hold Debates online between students in different cities - indeed, in different countries! It also means that it can slot nicely into the school lunch times of both schools without travel time or missing lessons.
GSA Research on Mental Resilience
New research released at the GSA Summer Briefing on 14th June indicates that girls who attend single-sex girls’ schools are generally more confident and more emotionally in control than girls in co-educational schools.
LVI Girls Crochet for Charity
Over the past year and throughout lockdowns, LVI (Year 12) girls doing their Silver and Gold DofE volunteering have been working very hard to make beautiful crochet blankets to raise money for the Harbour Project in Swindon.
UVI Geographers tackle the Weather
As part of their pre-university taster sessions, our departing UVI (Year 13) Geographers took on a huge challenge in their final two weeks of lessons. They used their sessions to build, programme, and deploy a fully functioning weather station from component level, which is now a node on the global WeatherSTEM network.
UVI enjoy their last weeks at School
The UVI (Year 13) have been back in school for the last few weeks, enjoying a varied and exciting programme of activities and events.
Desserts and Discussion
On the evening of Monday 21st June, the UV (Year 11) and LVI (Year 12) had a ‘Desserts and Discussion’ evening in a marquee – outside and socially distanced - to chat and give advice about A Levels and life in Sixth Form.
Enlightening trip to Oxford for UV
On Monday 21st June, as part of our Sixth Form Preparation Programme, the UV (Year 11) went to Oxford to explore one of the colleges and the city itself, as well as listen to a talk at Merton about the process of applying to University. I went on the tour around Merton first and I thought the gardens were especially pretty and seemed like good places to work in the summer.
Silent Film Workshop Sparks Creativity
As part of my art residency at the school, I’ve expanded my project, Dream Time Film Night, with a silent filmmaking workshop for Arts Week.
Recently I co-curated Silent Film, with Artist and Curator Toby Rainbird. The exhibition featured in Fringe Arts Bath 2021. Drawing upon this experience, I wanted to create a workshop where students and staff could approach filmmaking in a fun and accessible environment.