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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Lower 4’s Geography trip: what should we do to protect the railway line at Dawlish?

Posted on May 24, 2025

 

Lower 4 (Year 8) recently headed to Dawlish on a Geography trip and put their thinking caps on to consider an important real-world problem, “What should we do to protect the railway line?” They applied their learning to examine the dominant coastal processes along the coastline, including measuring longshore drift and looking at the erosional

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Shakespeare Rocks!

Posted on May 23, 2025

 

Who said Shakespeare is boring? Brilliant Year 6 put on a fabulous Drama Showcase yesterday performing the musical ‘Shakespeare Rocks!’, a fresh, funny and modern look at the life and times of William Shakespeare. It was packed full of laugh-out-loud moments, glimpses of history and catchy songs that kept the audience hooked from start to

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Local artist Steve McCracken visits Year 5

Posted on May 23, 2025

 

Year 5 had a fantastic Wednesday workshop with talented local artist Steve, where he shared about his sources of inspiration then taught everyone about colour mixing and new painting techniques. Take a look at the end result – Year 5’s beautifully vibrant bird paintings!

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Year 2 learn about local artist Yvonne Coomber

Posted on May 22, 2025

 

Creative Year 2 have been having lots of fun learning about Yvonne Coomber, a local Devon artist known for her beautiful wildflower paintings. The girls observed her techniques and explored how she uses bright colours, layers, and texture in her work – inspired by her joyful style, they created their own wildflower fields using similar

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U15 cricket at Stover

Posted on May 22, 2025

 

Rounding up cricket for this half term was a lovely U15 fixture against Stover on Tuesday, the last in a run of amazing matches this past few weeks! It was great to see so many girls getting involved, and we saw a shining win for the A team and a narrow loss by only one

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Super Summer Concert

Posted on May 21, 2025

 

Yesterday’s super Summer Concert was a toe-tapping sell-out event! Our fabulous Junior and Senior performers shared their amazing musical talents with a packed audience in the Southernhay United Reformed Church (photos taken during rehearsals due to space restrictions). It was so lovely to see such a huge range of year groups giving their all in

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A lovely afternoon at the Blundell’s Prep School Athletics Competition

Posted on May 20, 2025

 

Our U9, U11 and U13 athletes had a lovely sunny afternoon at the Blundell’s Prep School Athletics Competition on Friday! It goes without saying that everybody performed fantastically and gave it their all – very well done to everyone who took part! – but we were especially proud to see how brilliant our Maynard girls

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Year 4 visit the Princesshay Beehives

Posted on May 19, 2025

 

Year 4 were buzzing with excitement to visit the Princesshay Beehives last Thursday! The tranquil rooftop garden houses honeybees high above the shops, and everyone got a brilliant insight into their busy world with peeks inside the hive through glass panels. The trip was the bees knees!

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Year 5 residential to Kilve Court

Posted on May 17, 2025

 

Year 5 have returned from their Kilve Court residential adventure and have had an absolutely fantastic time! Action-packed days and making memories with friends in the sunshine, how perfect!

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