School News

Xtreme Adventure weekend enjoyed by the Lower 4

Posted on May 22, 2017

 

The Lower 4 year group (Year 8) enjoyed a packed Xtreme Adventure weekend at Osmington Bay in Weymouth over 19-21 May 2017. Despite the inclement conditions, the whole group had a fantastic time abseiling, quad biking, fencing, zip wiring and honing their skills in archery. The highlight for many was the enormous giant swing, the

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Robotics Club heads to European finals in Denmark

Posted on May 22, 2017

 

Best of luck to the Maynard Robotics Club of Kitty Guinness, Anya Hitt, Bella Brent, Anna Harries and Miri Cooper Wedge (all Upper 4) who are off to Denmark on Thursday 25 May 2017 to take part in the FIRST Lego League European finals. The girls have been preparing very hard over the last few

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Sports Day season nearly upon us!

Posted on May 22, 2017

 

As excitement in the Pre-Prep builds for Sports Day on Wednesday 7 June 2017, the girls are eagerly rehearsing for what promises to be quite a summer highlight! Topping the programme in terms of entertainment must surely be the horse race and even Mrs Fabian seems to be taking this very seriously! For calendar note,

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Students selected for County netball squad

Posted on May 22, 2017

 

Huge congratulations to India Leetham and Betsy Board (both Upper 4/Year 9) who have been selected to join the Devon County Netball Academy following a full day’s worth of rigorous trials on Sunday 21 May 2017. This is an incredible achievement given the sheer standard of competition from girls across the county, all of whom

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Faye on flying form at the Devon County Show

Posted on May 22, 2017

 

Faye Hepburn (Lower 5) played a crucial role on the Devon British Showjumping team, when producing a faultless clear round at the County Show on Saturday 20 May 2017 to help take the team to an impressive victory in the inter-county competition. This was a very hot class involving numerous combinations who regularly compete at

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Women into Medicine Conference inspires Lower 5

Posted on May 22, 2017

 

A group of 14 Lower 5 students enjoyed a very informative trip to Bristol on Friday 19 May 2017 for the Women in Medicine Conference, organised by Redmaids’ High School. Our students enjoyed the varied programme and they found the talks giving advice on medical school applications particularly helpful. All the students could choose to

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New Head Girl Team for 2017-18

Posted on May 16, 2017

 

Congratulations to Lucy Harris-Deans, our new Head Girl for 2017-18, and to the six deputy head girls Miren Sowden, Megan Dalrymple-Hay, Bella Attenburrow, Fiona Broad, Niyoosha Mossadegh and Georgia Newstead! The girls were voted in by students in Lower 5, Upper 5 and Lower 6 plus the staff. The team is a little larger than

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Meet our newest member of staff, Nula!

Posted on May 16, 2017

 

We are all very excited to welcome retired guide dog Nula as the latest member of staff to join the Junior School! Mrs Fry, who has many years’ experience fostering guide dogs, will be her official owner, but Nula will be in school every day encouraging all sorts of aspects of learning and further enhancing

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A fascinating visit from a Holocaust Survivor

Posted on May 16, 2017

 

Last week we welcomed William M. Bergman who has travelled from Bournemouth to share with our older students his first-hand experiences of the Holocaust. In 1938 Mr Bergman, who was born in East Prussia, went into hiding with his mother whilst his grandfather and father were sent to Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany. This was

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Spectacular Showcase by the Junior and Pre-Prep girls

Posted on May 10, 2017

 

Friday 5 May 2017 witnessed our first ever Gym and Dance Showcase by the entire Junior School and Pre-Prep girls and what an incredibly memorable performance it was! The highlights are too many to mention but our huge congratulations to all those who took part! “Wow, wow, wow! We absolutely loved the Gym and Dance

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100% Success Rate in Ten Tors

Posted on May 10, 2017

 

All three Maynard teams successfully completed their respective Ten Tors hikes over the weekend of 6/7 May 2017 and congratulations to them all. We also fielded seven individuals who took part with other teams and, again, who all completed incident-free. A bitterly cold start developed into a gloriously sunny weekend with near perfect conditions to

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Sixth formers excel in #Love Physics competition

Posted on May 10, 2017

 

Congratulations to Fiona Shi (Upper 6) and Ellen Player (Lower 6) for their excellent results in the Exeter and East Devon Ogden Trust #Love Physics Film Makers’ Competition. Fiona achieved 1st place in the Sixth Form category for her 3-minute film about the Big Bang whilst Ellen achieved 3rd place for her presentation on the

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A sizzling hot Summer Concert

Posted on May 10, 2017

 

This year’s Summer Concert on Tuesday 9 May was yet again a stunning mix of exceptional talents across the board. With performances by the School’s senior ensembles, to toe tapping along to the sounds of the jazz band and saxophone quartet, the elegance of the Advanced Wind Ensemble right through to the soaring voices of

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Countdown to Ten Tors

Posted on May 3, 2017

 

Good luck to the three teams who will represent The Maynard at the upcoming Ten Tors Challenge, starting on Friday 5 May 2017. Both 35-miles teams and one who will take on the 45-mile course could not be better prepared following an intense training programme under the watchful guidance of our staff over the past

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Pre-Prep Forest School opens

Posted on May 3, 2017

 

Our on-site Forest School is proving a popular addition to the curriculum for the entire Pre-Prep who are enjoying their weekly sessions around the camp fire! The first session was based around the book ‘The Rainbow Fish’ by Marcus Pfister, which they have been reading in class. They worked as a group to create a

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Teachers conquer the London Marathon

Posted on May 3, 2017

 

Congratulations to Mrs Thorne and Miss Williamson for both finishing the London Marathon and, in so doing, raising nearly £6,000 for their respective charities – The Teenage Cancer Trust and CLIC Sargent.

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Chamber Ensemble win a National place

Posted on May 3, 2017

 

Following their performance at the Music for Youth Regional Festival in February, the Maynard Trio of Robyn Bowman (Upper 6), Alexandra Pavic (Upper 5) and Gigi Hetherington (Upper 5) have won a much-coveted place at the National Festival to be held at the Birmingham Symphony Hall in July. This is an incredible achievement and testament

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