We enjoyed another excellent careers talk on Friday 21 September 2018, this time from Philippa Waddell, the founder and owner of Wildhorse Films. Over thirty girls attended this entirely voluntary session and they all listened avidly to Philippa recounting how she worked her way up in the industry to be where she is today. She
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Two teams from Upper 4 (Year 9) took part in the Devon Schools’ Poetry Slam workshop and competition at the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival on Thursday 20 September 2018. The teams were Rose Finnegan and Alex Hudson, as well as Eleanor Cumbley and Daisy Hoban. Both teams wrote wonderful poems and performed them absolutely brilliantly,
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Twenty nine girls from the Lower 5 (Year 10) all successfully completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh training over the weekend of 15/16 September 2018 and they were treated to ideal walking conditions for their trek around the stunning East Devon countryside. They all set off on Saturday morning from Sidbury car park for their
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Twelve of our elite athletes had the most amazing day at the Girls Go Gold Conference in Oxfordshire on Friday 14 September 2018 and the highlight for many was being able to meet and chat with Clare Balding OBE. They were treated to some particularly memorable keynote speakers and the event launched with brain tumour
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On Wednesday 12 September 2018, the GCSE and A-level Drama students went to see Ian Hislop’s funny and thought-provoking ‘The Wipers Times’ at The Northcott Theatre. Set in the trenches of WW1 the show charts the creation and rise of the real life story of the satirical newspaper, ‘The Wipers Times’. Following a sell-out West
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All ten new girls in the Reception class have enjoyed a great first full week getting to know their classmates and they already appear to be fully settled in their new life at The Maynard. There has been all sorts of fun and creativity in the classroom and they have been loving spending time with
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Many congratulations to all our riders who competed at the National Schools NSEA Show Jumping qualifier at Bicton Arena on Sunday 9 September 2018. It was wonderful to welcome Isobel Davies (Lower 6) who was competing for the first time for The Maynard and she put in a fantastic double clear to finish second in
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Two days after his performance at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, Sheku Kanneh-Mason was in Budleigh Salterton to headline their Music Festival in July 2018. Sheku is the young cellist who performed at the wedding of Prince Harry, following winning BBC Young Musician of the Year and the success of his Number
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Twenty one girls had the trip of a lifetime during the summer holidays when travelling to South Africa for their hockey and netball sports tour. Aside from playing superbly in all their training opportunities and matches against local sides from Cape Town and beyond, they also had plenty of time to soak up the area’s
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Congratulations to all our many Sixth Formers who enjoyed a hugely successful four day and four night Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition in the Brecon Beacons during the July heatwave. This was the final assessment for 20 of them and training for one (due to a foot injury causing a missed training walk) and, despite
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