Year 10 Girls into STEM Day

Posted on June 30, 2025

 

The Year 10 Girls into STEM event on Friday was an incredibly exciting opportunity for girls to have a taste of all things STEM and get a unique insight into Engineering and Technology careers! Run jointly by The Maynard and The STEM Workshop Ltd, the day saw seven schools and 100 students (50 from local

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GCSE and A-level Art Exhibition

Posted on June 30, 2025

 

Last Friday’s GCSE and A-level Art Exhibition was a dazzling display of our spectacular artists’ creativity and talent, sharing work they’ve poured innumerable hours into over the last few months. Their tremendous artistic achievements have blown us away! Take a look at some of the many highlights from what has been yet another inspired year

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Chalke Valley History Festival

Posted on June 29, 2025

 

Our lovely Lower 5 and Lower 6 (Years 10 and 12) historians thoroughly enjoyed a trip to the Chalke Valley History Festival on Thursday, an event packed full of fascinating ‘living history’ exhibitions, immersive experiences and features from the most eminent historians from television and academia. There was an immense amount to take in, from

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Year 6 and Upper 3 makeup bags

Posted on June 28, 2025

 

Year 6 and Upper 3 (Year 7) are looking fabulously stylish with their brand new makeup bags, designed and made by themselves in our Fashion and Textiles Suite! Check out all the gorgeous summery colours and patterns!

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An outstanding finale to the Maynard Netball Summer League

Posted on June 27, 2025

 

The Maynard Summer Netball League had its long awaited edge-of-your-seat finale on Wednesday! Our top teams went head-to-head in thrilling matches to decide who would take the podium. In the final we were wowed by some absolutely outstanding play, Tamar and Sophia’s teams both giving their all and taking it all the way to a

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Year 1’s trip to Haldon Forest

Posted on June 26, 2025

 

Year 1 had a fantastic time exploring the amazing natural world at Haldon Forest on Tuesday. Luckily dodging the showers, our little adventurers followed the Discovery Trail around the forest and spotted characters from Julia Donaldson’s story ‘The Stick Man’, as well as keeping an eye out for the different types of trees and animals

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Year 5 Primary Mathematics Team Challenge

Posted on June 26, 2025

 

We welcomed a whopping 17 teams from local schools and The Maynard to the PAC yesterday for the ultimate test of wits – the Year 5 Primary Mathematics Team Challenge! Budding mathematicians went head-to-head in a series of fun rounds, split up by a delicious lunch outside in the Rose Garden. After a full day

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Senior School Sports Day

Posted on June 25, 2025

 

WOW! Yesterday’s Senior School Sports Day was just the most spectacular show of unstoppable Maynard spirit! Our students brought their A game to field and track events, and kept up that energy excitedly cheering on their friends and Houses, decked out as always in vibrant House colours and matching paint. This year’s athletes absolutely flew,

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Upper 3’s Evening of Drama: The Demon Headmaster

Posted on June 25, 2025

 

Brilliant actors in Upper 3 (Year 7) shared their most recent dramatic work with guests at their Evening of Drama on Monday, bringing the compelling mystery of ‘The Demon Headmaster’ to the stage! Based on the very popular children’s book by Gillian Cross, a group of students take it upon themselves to get to the

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Junior School Sports Day

Posted on June 24, 2025

 

Yesterday saw our amazing Junior girls running, hopping, ice-cream carrying and more at Exeter Arena for Junior School Sports Day! They had an absolutely fantastic time taking part in so many fun sporty activities and a host of traditional Sports Day fare too. Everyone threw themselves into the day with enthusiasm and showed brilliant sportsmanship,

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Year 4 Haven Banks Activity Afternoons

Posted on June 23, 2025

 

Adventurous Year 4 truly made the most of last week’s beautiful sunny weather with three days of fun outdoor activities at Haven Banks! They got to enjoy team building, archery, canoeing and stand-up paddle boarding, all just a quick walk away at the quay. Everyone had an absolute blast!

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Upper 5 Prom: a sparkling evening to remember

Posted on June 21, 2025

 

The Maynard Summer Prom was, without a doubt, a sparkling evening to remember – a most wonderful way for our Upper 5 (Year 11) students to celebrate the end of their GCSEs! After working immensely hard in the lead up to their exams and in all their previous years at The Maynard so far, this

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Visitors from The Lodge Care Home talk about the Blitz

Posted on June 20, 2025

 

Learning about history from the people who lived it themselves is such a privilege, and so we were honoured to welcome a few of our friends and neighbours from The Lodge Care Home as guest speakers yesterday, who shared their experiences of the Blitz with Year 6 as part of the students’ History topic. After

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Pre-Prep Sports Day

Posted on June 20, 2025

 

What a fabulous (and very ‘Maynard’!) Pre-Prep Sports Day we all enjoyed yesterday, and a huge thanks to all those who were able to join us! Where else would you find iconic races such as the ‘Ice Cream Relay Race’, the ‘Rugby Tots Relay’, the ‘Rubber Duck Water Race’ and, of course, ‘The Great Maynard

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Lower 6 Biology trip to Slapton Ley

Posted on June 20, 2025

 

Could Wednesday have been any more gorgeous for a field trip to the beach? Lower 6 biologists did some fantastic work at gorgeous Slapton Ley carrying out ecological surveys and doing statistical tests as part of their A-level studies. Well done all!

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Upper 3 Barton Hall Residential

Posted on June 20, 2025

 

Our brilliant Upper 3 (Year 7) girls celebrated completing their first year in Senior School with an adventure-packed two-night stay at the amazing Barton Hall in Torquay this week. From thrilling activities in the gorgeous sunshine to making unforgettable memories, the girls embraced every moment with enormous energy, laughter and friendship. A huge well done

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U15 tennis at Exeter School

Posted on June 19, 2025

 

The brilliant U15 tennis players had a fabulous afternoon of matches at Exeter School on Monday. Lots of fun and great competition topped off with gorgeous sunshine!

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Lower 6 Geography trip to Snowdonia

Posted on June 19, 2025

 

The Lower 6 Geographers just got back from their fascinating residential trip to Snowdonia, packed full of learning and activities that will be invaluable for their A-levels. As part of their work on rebranding, they started by heading to the depths of the Llechwedd slate mines to understand more about the economic change that has

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Visit from Izzie Harding-Perrott – actor, writer and Old Maynardian

Posted on June 16, 2025

 

Our extraordinary alumnae never cease to amaze us! We were very lucky to be visited by actor, writer and Old Maynardian Izzie Harding-Perrott last Friday, who kindly came to share their insights with our Upper 4s (Year 9). Izzie, who will be taking the stage as ‘Romeo’ in the upcoming Northcott Theatre production of ‘Romeo

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Year 3’s trip to Dawlish Warren

Posted on June 14, 2025

 

Year 3 had a lovely time visiting the Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve this week to learn about coastal erosion. The area is an internationally important site for wildlife, and the trip was a great opportunity to understand wildlife protection and coastal management up close. Of course, an ice cream on the beach at the end

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Carnegie Celebration Event – 2nd place!

Posted on June 13, 2025

 

Fantastic news from our Carnegie Medal Shadowing Group! On Wednesday, a host of Lower 4 (Year 8 ) and Upper 4 (Year 9) readers travelled to Exmouth Community College for a Carnegie Celebration Event, championing their favourite of the shortlist – The Final Year, by Matt Goodfellow – with a persuasive presentation. Needless to say,

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Mutts about Maynard 2025

Posted on June 12, 2025

 

Yesterday’s annual Mutts about Maynard event was every dog-lover’s dream! Four-legged friends of all shapes and sizes, as well as their beloved humans, joined us on Leebourne to be in with the chance to win a coveted rosette in one of several fun-filled rounds. As ever, it was an absolutely wonderful evening packed full of

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The MPA give the library a boost for Pre-Prep

Posted on June 11, 2025

 

The marvellous Maynard Parents’ Association have given the library a new lease of life for our youngest readers! They’ve generously donated funds to buy some fantastic new picture books and short chapter books, perfect for our lovely Pre-Preppers to continue exploring the wonderful world of reading. The books are already hugely popular and girls have

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Lower 6 hit the waves after exams!

Posted on June 10, 2025

 

We can’t think of a better way to relax after mock A-level exams than with sun, sand and sea! Lower 6 (Year 12) headed to Saunton Sands on Friday to hit the waves and unwind following months of hard work and dedicated studying. They had a fantastic morning surf lesson with a professional team, then

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Catherine Fraser Memorial Tournament 2025

Posted on June 6, 2025

 

Congratulations to our Upper 3 (Year 7) football team who certainly put their best foot forward at the annual Catherine Fraser Memorial Tournament yesterday to finish 2nd in their pool, making it through to the quarter finals in the cup where they suffered a narrow 1-0 loss to the overall tournament winners. We hold this

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Brilliant Barton Hall Year 6 Residential

Posted on June 6, 2025

 

The Year 6 PGL Barton Hall residential was an incredible action-packed few days of adventures galore! The fun didn’t stop, with days full of activities and laughter – just take a look at the giant swing, fencing, rifle shooting, raft building and much more! It was the perfect way to celebrate all of the girls’

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Year 3’s first Athletics trip to Exeter Arena

Posted on June 5, 2025

 

Year 3 had their first experience of Athletics at Exeter Arena earlier this week! They had a fabulous time trying out the Arena’s facilities, zooming along the track in a 400m race and springing into action learning how to do long jumps into the pit!

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Gold Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition to the Brecon Beacons

Posted on May 29, 2025

 

Amazing Maynard adventurers taking on the Gold Duke of Edinburgh challenge have recently returned from their latest practice expedition, this time trekking across the breathtaking Brecon Beacons in Wales. Over the span of four days, the group came together to hike along the mountain range, practising their navigation and camping overnight – essential skills for

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Lower and Upper 4’s fundraising sleepover

Posted on May 26, 2025

 

As part of South Africa Sports Tour fundraising, Lower and Upper 4 (Years 8 and 9) stayed after school last Thursday for fun and games followed by a tasty dinner, a film, and a sleepover in the Main School Hall!

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Year 5 Girls into STEM with The Detective Project

Posted on May 25, 2025

 

On Thursday we welcomed over 70 Year 5 students from St Leonard’s CofE School and Trinity CofE School to take part in our latest Year 5 Girls into STEM Day workshop with The Detective Project! Teams heard from experts in the forensic field and learned all about how crime is investigated in the 21st century,

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