We are happy to share some great news from the Hertfordshire Maths Challenge! Our team did an amazing job and finished in 6th place in their heat, which is a fantastic achievement!

The Maths Challenge tests students on their problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively. Competing against other schools in Hertfordshire, our students showed how hard they worked and earned a place in the top ten.

This achievement shows the dedication and hard work of our students, as well as the support from our teachers. It’s a proud moment for our whole school!

We want to say a big thank you to everyone who helped and supported our students. We are so proud of their effort and can’t wait for even more success in the future.

A special thank you to:

• Our students for their hard work and determination
• Our teachers for all their support and guidance
• The parents for encouraging their children to do their best

Let’s keep up the great work and continue to shine in maths!

On Wednesday 11th December, the Year 7 netball team made their playing debut with a fixture at home against Goffs-Churchgate. There was a lot of nervous excitement going into the first quarter and the game started very quickly, with all players keen to move the ball on. St Mary’s took an early lead scoring 2 goals in quick succession, but Goffs came back to end the first quarter 2-2. After a quick team talk and a few position swaps, the girls settled into the game and were unstoppable. From every center pass the ball was played quickly into the D and the second quarter finished 8-2 to St Mary’s. The attacking half of the team worked so well together, reading the game really well and getting into the right positions, along with some excellent shooting from Jessica and Isla. The defenders also worked hard, continuously turning the ball over and getting it back in our attacking third. The girls remained focused during the third and fourth quarters and stormed to a victory of 11-3 – a fantastic result for the their first game as a team. Well done to all the girls who took part and special shout out to Jessica who was named player of the match.

Year 7 have ended their first DT rotation showcasing all the skills they have learnt this term.

knife skills

working with meat safely

using the hob

On 23rd April our annual Founders Day service was attended by the whole of Year 7 at St Mary the Virgin Church.

In 1640 Robert Dewhurst founded his free school for boys at Churchgate, Cheshunt. He handed over its management to trustees in 1642, three years before his death in 1645. The deed specified the school to “remain for ever for the benefit of poor children of the parish for the teaching of them there to read English, so that they may know God the better, and also to write and cast accounts so that they may be better able to be apprenticed to some honest trade or mystery.” St Mary’s CE High School is part of the Dewhurst Trust, and each year we attend a service of ‘thanks’ to our historical benefactor.

The service was led by Father Eugene with music performed by both Dewhurst St Mary and Holy Trinity CE Primary Schools and by our own choir the ‘Phoenix Singers’, led by Mr Crosby and Miss King.

This Is Me: I Am… was a poetry competition run by ‘Young Writers’, which encouraged students to express themselves through verse. With no limits on length or poetic style, the competition gave students the opportunity to take control of what and how they wanted to write, and how best to describe themselves. Who they are and what they want to be.

The competition was open to all 11-18 years olds in the United Kingdom and winners faced a tough selection process.

Y7 student Oliver, wrote a wonderfully positive poem about himself and his life and was selected for publishing in the book, along the many other winners from across the country

Congratulations to Oliver, we are all immensely proud, this is a great achievement to have work published at such a young age.

There is a copy of the book in the LRC if any students would like to read Oliver’s poem.

Ms Andrews