Entries by stmaryshigh

Year 8 Boys Football

The year 8 boys football team headed to John Warner for the first match in the district competition. The team played well and represented St Mary’s fantastically, despite not winning the game. With no recognised goalkeeper in the squad, Samuel, Aren and Bobby showed strong team spirit by volunteering to take a stint in between […]

Gatsby Benchmarks for Careers Education and Guidance

We received confirmation on 1 December that we have all eight of the Gatsby Benchmarks for “world class careers provision in education”. We are proud of this achievement and the statement it makes about our high-quality careers and guidance programme. This is a result of the broad ranging programme of lessons in PSHE, events such […]

Mayoral Debate Team 2023

On Wednesday 29th November a group of four of our KS3 students, participated in the annual Mayoral Debate Competition at Broxbourne Council Chambers, delivering their speech on what they want the Borough of Broxbourne to be like in another fifty years time and how they should achieve this. They competed against other local schools and […]

Year 7/8 Girls’ Football

Well done to the Year 7/8 girls’ football team who played their first match in a friendly against Goffs Academy. With the majority of the team having never played in a competitive football match before, they showed great determination, excellent sportsmanship and were fantastic representatives for the school. Congratulations to all the team: Itohan, Kheira, […]

Modern Foreign Languages

Last week a group of Year 9 French and Spanish students participated in the National Language Competition organised by GCHQ, one of the UK’s intelligence agencies.   The competition aimed to inspire language learning in schools from around the UK. Over the course of five days, students worked in teams of four to score points […]

St Mary’s Chefs

Yr7s culminating their skills on dough making, by developing the basic scone to a Pizza Scone; the top baker for this activity was Katie. Yr10 are continuing learning about different methods of cooking. Recently they made Croque Monsieur using the method of grilling along with making their own white sauce and the top students were […]

Sixth Form Open Evening

The school hosted over 120 students and their families at the 6th form Open Evening on Wednesday 15th November. This was a chance for young people in Y11 here and at other schools to discuss the many subjects we offer at A level and Level 3 BTEC and to hear about 6th form life. In […]

Passport to Science – Festival of Learning

In an exciting foray into the realm of secondary school science, the bright minds of Bonneygrove Primary School recently engaged in a series of captivating lessons at St Mary’s that delved into the realms of chromatography, electro-magnets, and acids and alkalis. This initiative aimed to provide a glimpse into the fascinating world of scientific exploration […]

Remembrance Day Service

The school marked the national act of remembrance at 11am on Friday 10th November. Due to the weather, we gathered in class groups to remember those who gave their lives in conflicts, for our freedom and liberty. We also took the opportunity to remember those in our community who had passed away with a service […]

Christmas Jumper Day 2023

Dear Parents/Carers, We will be supporting the ‘Christmas Jumper Day’ event this year on 13th December 2023. Following a vote by the School Council, we will be splitting the proceeds between two local charities, ‘Haven House’ Children’s Hospice and the ‘North London Hospice’. The school Christmas Lunch will also take place on this day. If […]