Eggcellent Engineering Challenge

Posted on May 4, 2020

 

The girls in the Pre-Prep have been very imaginative with their creations as part of the Eggcellent Engineering Challenge to design a boat that can successfully carry an egg without sinking or breaking it. Rosamund (Year 2) even made hers with a working propeller! It is great to see so many budding engineers!

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The Maynard Key Worker School

Posted on May 4, 2020

 

School has remained open for our younger children of Key Workers, who have been taking part in lots of fun lessons and activities, albeit in slightly strange circumstances! From creating rainbows for the NHS, Forest School fun, making pom poms, decoupage, enjoying a pamper morning and taking part in various challenges!

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Sixth best Under 18 hockey team in the country

Posted on March 6, 2020

 

Congratulations to our Under 18 Hockey squad who finished sixth at the National Tier 4 Hockey Finals at the London Olympic Park on Tuesday 3 March 2020. Unfortunately, just one loss in the opening match – of four games in their pool draw – against Bancroft’s School ruled them out of a place in the

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Under 15 District Netball Champions

Posted on March 6, 2020

 

Our Under 15 Netball team triumphed in all their five games on Tuesday 3 March 2020 to convincingly win the Regional Finals tournament.  “The girls were superb, having to fight back in the second half on more than one occasion,” said their coach, Mrs Wood. “This was their final tournament of the season and it was

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Three more fascinating Biz Whizz careers talks

Posted on March 6, 2020

 

The penultimate Biz Whizz careers talks for this academic year took place on Friday 28 February 2020 with another fine set of brilliant speakers. Dr Ceri Lewis, an Associate Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Exeter, spoke to a packed room about her research on the impact of global changes and microplastic pollution

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Showstopping Mille-Feuille in GCSE Food & Nutrition

Posted on February 28, 2020

 

Our Lower 5 GCSE Food & Nutrition students have been working on some new techniques in their lessons. They made their own flaky pastry and turned it into raspberry or passion fruit Mille-Feuille in one of their recent lessons – delicious!

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Fun at the Zoo for Year 2!

Posted on February 28, 2020

 

Year 2 spent an exciting day at Paignton Zoo to support their topic ‘Animal Magic. The girls enjoyed a session about habitats at the education centre, before spending the rest of the day exploring the zoo! 

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Some Brilliant Netball results!

Posted on February 28, 2020

 

Our U14 netballers were happy after some fabulous matches v Exeter School before half term. The As played superbly winning 41-18 & playing some of the best netball we have seen them play this season. The Bs also worked hard and finished really strongly, winning  23-12.  The U15 teams also played some super matches with the

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Cyber Discovery Challenge

Posted on February 28, 2020

 

Well done to our team of codebreakers, Hannah, Tess, Maliha and India, who competed in the second round of the GCHQ Cyber Discovery Challenge at the MET Office before half term.  The girls took to their laptops to solve a series of online puzzles in the first co-ordinated event of this kind run by the

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Sixth Form Masked Ball

Posted on February 28, 2020

 

Our Sixth Formers thoroughly enjoyed their Masked Ball which took place just before half term – an annual event to relax after their mock exams. The games of ‘Musical Chairs’ and ‘Over Under’ were highly entertaining and amusing – only at The Maynard! The photo booth with its many different accessories also proved to be

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Fantastic Ski Trip!

Posted on February 28, 2020

 

42 of our girls set off on the much anticipated Ski Trip to the Austrian Alps over half term, accompanied by Mrs Davey, Miss York, Mrs Thorne, Miss Lavelle and Dr Rudling. They had a fantastic time – as well as developing their skiing in some beautiful conditions – and a couple of tougher snowy

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Habbies win the Junior School Swimming Gala

Posted on February 28, 2020

 

All of Year 3 – Year 6 took part in the Junior School Swimming Gala on Wednesday 26 February. The girls were superb; they swam brilliantly, showed excellent support for each other and showed real perseverance! The 10 x 1 Y6 relay was a real sight to see! The results were: 1st Haberdashers (161 points) 2nd Armourers

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Fundraising for Australia

Posted on February 10, 2020

 

Following on from our mufti-day to help raise money for the Australian Bushfire victims, we are thrilled to say that we have so far raised £628.91 and the figure is still rising. The Lower 6 Geographers have a number of koala bracelets for sale (at £3 each) in School Reception for anyone hoping to contribute

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Equestrian Update

Posted on February 10, 2020

 

Congratulations to our equestrian team Isobel, Zoe and Kitty who came 2nd in the 90cm at the Eventer’s Challenge at Pontispool on Saturday and have qualified for the Championships at Hickstead!  Isobel also won the 1m, qualifying as an individual! Well done!

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Merchants win House Cross Country!

Posted on February 10, 2020

 

There have been a lot of muddy legs across the Junior School these past couple of weeks as the girls learned their courses and then competed in their House Cross Country races. Congratulations to them all for persevering in the somewhat slippery conditions! In the final placings, Merchants came out on top followed by Goldsmiths,

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Geography trip to the Eden Project

Posted on February 10, 2020

 

Upper 3 (Year 7) went to the Eden Project on Wednesday 5 February as part of their Geography course and took part in workshops about ‘Rainforest Adaptations’ and ‘Natural Selection’. They were able to use their existing knowledge of adaptations to apply this to the rainforest and learnt some very clever ways to survive!  The

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Year 6 ‘s exciting visit to Plymouth Aquarium

Posted on February 10, 2020

 

Year 6 went on their eagerly awaited trip to Plymouth Aquarium on Friday 7 February where they had the opportunity to not only take a personalised tour around the site (and get to ask dozens of questions!) but also use the Aquarium’s fantastic laboratory facilities to dissect a squid. ‘We found its beak, the lens

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Year 4 – Find your Brave!

Posted on February 10, 2020

 

Children’s Mental Health Week took place from 3 – 9 February 2020. The theme this year was ‘Find your Brave’ and Year 4 have been discussing this topic and writing about what it means to be brave: ‘Being brave means standing up for yourself or someone, doing things you’re afraid of. It’s about overcoming sadness

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Harry Potter Book Night

Posted on February 10, 2020

 

On Thursday 6 February, along with schools, libraries and bookshops all over the world, we celebrated Harry Potter Book Night at lunchtime in the library. Activities and decorations were organised by our librarian and a very enthusiastic group from Lower 5!  The highlight was the traditional treasure hunt around the school, with other activities including

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Owl Pellets and Pollination with the Devon Wildlife Trust!

Posted on February 10, 2020

 

Devon Wildlife Trust joined the Junior School this week for a morning of environmental activities. We are always delighted to welcome the DWT back to school and have been a partner with them for over ten years now, working on many projects here at school and around the city, including in the past planting wildflower

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Proud to be the undisputed top performing independent school in Devon!

Posted on February 6, 2020

 

Further to the publication of the Department for Education’s Performance Tables, based on the A-level and GCSE examinations 2019, we are delighted to again be ranked as the highest scoring independent school across the whole of Devon whilst also nudging the very top of the tables on a national level. At GCSE we are the

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Great Performance by the U14 team at the Regional Finals

Posted on February 3, 2020

 

The Under 14s played some terrific matches against very competitive teams at the Regional Finals in Bournemouth on Saturday 25 January. They recorded wins against Truro High School and St Edwards, Dorset and lost by very small margins to both Dean Close (5-8) and the eventual overall winners, Taunton School (7-10). It was such a

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Lower 6 Artwork

Posted on February 3, 2020

 

This week’s artwork comes to you courtesy of Lower 6 A-level artists, Lowena and Peggy. Lowena’s pieces are following a “gothic” theme, whilst Peggy is focusing on her portrait work.

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GB team selection for Natalie

Posted on February 3, 2020

 

Huge congratulations to Natalie in Lower 5 who has been selected onto the England Basketball Talent Programme for 2020 and can look forward to playing some national and international tournaments over the coming months. This is a fantastic achievement and very well done to her!

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GCHQ Cyber Discovery Challenge

Posted on February 3, 2020

 

Congratulations to our team of Lower 4 students (Tess, Maliha, Hannah and India) who have made it through to the second round of the GCHQ Cyber Discovery Challenge. To get this far the girls have solved incredibly difficult cyber challenges involving analysing network traffic and the raw code behind websites to solve clues. The second

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A trip to the National Apprenticeship Show

Posted on February 3, 2020

 

On Wednesday, a group of girls from the Upper 5 and Sixth Form visited the National Apprenticeship Show at Westpoint Arena in Exeter. The show had a wide range of interesting stands and interactive displays showing advanced and degree level apprenticeships on offer nationally. Career fields ranged from the Armed Forces, Met Office, NHS, civil

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Exeter Living Award Finalists!

Posted on January 31, 2020

 

We are excited to announce that that we have been shortlisted as Finalists for the upcoming Exeter Living Awards in recognition of the truly fantastic past year we have enjoyed. From topping the region’s league tables, being voted the Sunday Times Southwest Secondary Independent School of the Year and one of The Telegraph’s top ten

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Ten Tors training resumes

Posted on January 31, 2020

 

January saw our Ten Tors teams out training once again for this May’s Ten Tors Challenge. Despite some terrible weather during the week, the girls arrived on the Saturday morning in time for a stunning sunrise and a beautiful, crisp winter’s day lay ahead of them.  Our four training teams set off across the north

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Chinese New Year celebrations

Posted on January 31, 2020

 

The Pre-Prep girls have been having great fun learning about the Chinese New Year celebrations by watching dragon dances, making their own dragon puppets, writing Chinese numbers and making lanterns.  Year 4 have also been making dragons and fortune tellers as well as having a go at writing in Chinese – which they discovered takes

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Excellent cross country results

Posted on January 31, 2020

 

Congratulations to our four cross country runners who, having qualified through previous trials, competed in the Devon Schools Cross Country Championships at Stover in January. Katie (Lower 5) stormed the Inter-Girls section to post a very convincing victory and qualify to represent Devon in the next round. From a field of 35, she also had

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