Entries by stmaryshigh

Geography Antartica Flag Competition

In October, Year 7’s took part in a competition in Geography to design a flag for Antarctica to celebrate Antarctic day on 1st December. A winner and 3 runners up were selected from some excellent entries. The winning flag which was designed by Poppy will be taken to Antarctica by a Polar research scientist and […]

Wellbeing

On the 16th of October there was a change from the normal timetable for Year 9 and Year 10 students, as St Mary’s invited a touring theatre group into school to give a performance. The Upfront Theatre Company introduced ‘In Harm’s Way’, a play and interactive lecture exploring wellbeing, mental health, risky behaviour and the […]

Maths Achievement Awards

The maths team have launched a half termly celebration to honour the hard work and dedication over the course of the year named “Mathematician of the moment”. Every student has a chance to be nominated by their teachers, who will be looking for acts of high effort, going the extra mile in and out of […]

Drama Trip

On Thursday 19th October, the Year 11 GCSE Drama students went to see ‘The Ocean at the End of the Lane’ at the Noel Coward Theatre, London. The production was truly ‘magical’ with lots of trickery and surprise and was unlike anything they had seen before. In an audience of lots of school groups, our […]

Year 9 Boys Football

Following their success in the District competition last year, the year 9 boys football team were entered for the County Cup. They travellled to Ashlyns school in the first round on Wednesday 18th October. The team started the game exceptionally quickly and went close to scoring multiple times in the first half. The Ashlyn side […]

Hospitality and Catering – Yr11s

The Hospitality and Catering students have been looking at types of food services over the past two weeks. As a result, they were tasked with creating sample buffet items for an 8-year-old’s birthday party. They selected group leaders who led really well: Aaliyah, Kayden, Atahan, and Teegan. As you can see from the pictures, their […]

Tolmers Trip – Team building day for Year 7

On 25th September Year 7’s participated in Team building activities at Tolmers activity centre in Cuffley. The aim of the day was to work on team building skills, give students the opportunity to form new relationships as well as develop existing ones and to build confidence. Students worked really well together and had an excellent […]

Year 7 Art

Well done to all our Year 7 artists who have made a wonderful start developing their drawing and tonal value skills this half term. I am incredibly proud of their beautiful sketchbooks and look forward to seeing what they develop next. Miss Papadopoullos