Congratulations to the St Mary’s School Phoenix Academy Choir who gave a standout performance at the Voice in a Million concert, Wembley on 15 March 2023. They were one of a small number of schools invited to perform live on stage. Well done to all the students, Mr Crosby and Ms King for their […]
A team of Year 7’s took part in an interschool maths challenge against 70 other teams throughout Hertfordshire. Tejal, Megan, Joshua, Eva and Benjamin worked well as a team and each of them played an important part in contributing to their success. The team were faced with some general maths questions, a memory and description […]
Wednesday 14th March is international Maths day. Students celebrated the day with a form time event celebrating mathematics. Students started off by guessing where certain mathematical accomplishments took place in history – some are further back in history than you may think! Then students got to enjoy a presentation of when maths goes wrong in […]
Feeling Good Week is a Hertfordshire-wide event that encourages schools and the wider community to promote young people’s emotional wellbeing by raising awareness of mental health and showing where support can be accessed within the community. To celebrate this, St Mary’s arranged for some activities to take place during the student’s lunchtimes. There were 5 […]
Sixth formers that are studying Business Studies Level 3 and Finance (with London Institute of Banking & Finance, LIBF) went to the Bank of England in London where they were spoken to about the bank’s history and the role of the bank in the UK economy. The students asked some very insightful and thoughtful questions […]
To celebrate Enterprise Week and to promote business, enterprise and workplace skills we ran multiple events to ensure that every student in the school could participate. Years 7, 9, 10, 11 and sixth form competed in a ‘hint of Christmas’ quiz where they had to watch short exerts of 20 different businesses Christmas adverts. Each […]
Our Opportunities Portfolio is up and running with new additional opportunities being sought, negotiated and made available to our students. More and more students are gaining valuable additional skills and experiences which will support and enhance their futures. The commitment shown by our students is outstanding. Sign Language – We have completed another 6-week British […]
Our Young Enterprise team this year consists of 16 year 12 students who are studying a range of subjects in our sixth form and they have named their business ‘Majestic Gifts’. Their business aim is to produce affordable gifts and cards to help bring joy to others. They created products for Christmas which included Christmas […]
On Thursday 2nd February, our year 9 mathematicians took part in the UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. This national challenge consists of 25 maths problems which test students’ logical thinking, ability to problem solve, and extension of understanding to the mathematical ideas they cover in their maths lessons. In year 9, we had joint “best in […]
Students enjoyed a very successful ski trip to Austria. The majority of students had never skied before and by the end of the week were conquering red slopes from the top of the mountain. We were very pleased with the resilience students showed. In the evenings they enjoyed a variety of activities including visiting a […]
