The Lower Five enjoyed a Teambuilding Day in June with activities including:

Circus Skills with Pete Za, (as seen on Blue Peter!)
Modern Jive Dancing
A BBQ lunch on Leebourne
A Laser Games afternoon in Stoke Woods

Mrs Fanous

Former student, Madeleine Smith recently attended St James Palace to collect her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Congratulations, Madeleine!

On Thursday 25th June all of U3 and L4 collaborated in a cross-curricular day based on the life and work of Charles Darwin, to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of his birth. The girls, along with a group of new students who will be joining the Maynard next term, worked in groups to improvise scenes from the life of Darwin based on a short outline. After a day’s hard work, they produced a play called ‘A Voyage Around Charles Darwin.’ Their audience (the junior department, teachers and parents) were amazed at the standard of performance.

Dr Ouldridge

On Thursday 21 May, Gabi Tillson-Hawke, Georgina Taylor, Lily Bayley, Georgina Rutter and Rebecca Brown represented Exeter at the Exeter vs East Devon Athletics Meeting. Following the event, Gabi, Lily and Rebecca were selected to represent Exeter and East Devon at the County Championships two weeks later. Well done to all of you!

Anastasia Bruce-Jones, U3N, was lucky enough to play twice at the South Bank Centre in London recently, at the British Suzuki Institute Concerts. The Exeter Suzuki Group was chosen to open the concert at the Purcell Rooms on the Saturday and then on Sunday Anastasia played in the Royal Festival Hall with others of her level in the main concert.

She also did well at the Devon Performing Arts Festival this year by winning all five of her music classes (piano, violin, violin ensemble, composition-and-performance and singing duet with Naomi Martin) and in all cases she achieved the highest mark given by each of the adjudicators for their sections (either outright or jointly), with two Honours and an average of 89 marks over the five classes. Her haul of awards included the Donald White Memorial Trophy for the joint highest mark in any violin class and the Most Promising-Composer Performer Trophy (for the second year running).