Nicky and Natalie Charity (Upper 4 and Upper 3 respectively) travelled to Wolverhampton on Sunday 5 March for the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu National Championships and both made the long journey worthwhile, returning home as silver medallists! Nicky won three very difficult fights and on her last one, deciding the gold medal, she was desperately unlucky,
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Our Lower 6 Geographers spent four days exploring the beautiful landscape of Snowdonia from 10 – 13 March on their annual fieldtrip. Work included looking at human geography fieldwork techniques in Betws Y Coed, exploring upland Glaciation up at the Nant Ffrancon valley and exploring the work of glaciers at Cwm Idwal. Sunday was spent
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Our U14 football team had a fantastic afternoon at the Catherine Fraser Memorial Football Tournament, held at the University of Exeter on Friday 10 March. The tournament, organised by Exeter City FC and Football in the Community, saw more than 140 girls from 14 secondary schools across the south west competing against each other in
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Our U14 basketball team took part in the Dynamik National Schools Tournament on Tuesday 14 March. They played extremely well, displaying some excellent teamwork and winning 53-39 against very strong opposition from Bristol Metropolitan Academy. They are now through to the next round of the competition which will take place later this term.
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On Wednesday 8 March, ten Lower 5 girls attended the Britain Needs Scientists event at the University of Exeter. This was an exciting conference, aimed to promote degrees and careers in science by giving students the chance to meet several undergraduate and postgraduate scientists in a ‘speed dating’ format. There was also an interactive science
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We celebrated World Book Day in style this year with numerous activities going on throughout the school. Highlights included amazing fancy dress in the Pre-Prep and Junior School, teachers and students reading excerpts from their favourite books in assembly, form room doors decorated as book covers and a Winnie the Pooh treasure hunt! We were
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Our fantastic school production, Beauty and the Beast, took place on 1, 2 and 3 March 2017 at the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter and what an absolutely brilliant production it was! The show was run with two casts, all of whom displayed tremendous talent and energy on-stage, and performances were sold-out each evening, with a
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A huge well done to all our junior girls who took part in the Stover Prep Schools Cross Country races on Tuesday 28 February. Without exception, they all tried their absolute hardest over some really testing courses. Our Under 9 team finished in 4th place with some amazing individual performances, including Ava Hepburn who finished
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The Maynard Wine Gums team of Miri Cooper Wedge, Bella Brent, Kitty Guinness, Anna Harries and Anya Hitt (all in the Upper 4) took part in the National Finals of the Animal Allies FIRST Lego League on Sunday 26 February 2017. The girls did brilliantly and scooped the trophy for runners up in the ‘Core
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Our Sixth Form History students enjoyed a fantastic trip to the historic city of Berlin over the half term holidays. From the reign of the Kaisers to the devastation of the Second World War and the drawn out conflict of the Cold War, it was the perfect destination for our keen historians who spent three
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We launched our five-week Forest School course for Pre-School children on Monday 27 February, led by our Head of Pre-Prep Mrs Cook, who is a trained Forest School leader. The children gathered twigs for the campfire, explored the undergrowth, whittled sticks to toast marshmallows on and planted the first primroses and daffodils in our flower
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Our Tropical Rainforest-themed Discovery Morning on Saturday 25 February was an amazing success, with a record 73 children attending! The Main School Hall was transformed into a rainforest for the morning, decorated with all things tropical, from monkeys to crocodiles and even a sparkly waterfall! As always, a wonderful range of activities were on offer
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We welcomed back Ben Bradshaw MP on Friday 24 February for a full and honest discussion about current political affairs with the Sixth Form. From Brexit and the Trump election right though to processed meat (and many other things in-between), this was a very revealing session showing deep insight into what faces a politician in
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Our in-house running legend, Amelia Moody (Lower 5) lived up to all expectations on Saturday 3 February to secure her spot in the national finals following an outstanding performance at the South West Schools’ Cross Country Championships in Truro. As the saying goes: A cross-country runner’s life is never straight forward! Driving rain made for
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We all had great fun celebrating Harry Potter Day on Thursday 2 February 2017 with over 20 different activities happening throughout the day. The girls in the Junior School looked amazing in their fancy dress, as did our ‘wizard’ members of staff! From quizzes to photo booths, anagrams, word searches and colouring sheets – this
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Congratulations to the very talented Gigi Hetherington (Upper 5) whose wind quartet has been selected to perform at the Royal College of Music on Saturday 25 February at 5.30pm. Following auditions, this was the only ensemble chosen to take part in the prestigious Junior Department Chamber Music Concert and we wish Gigi and her fellows
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We are delighted to have been awarded the Social Media Performance of the Year (Independent School Category) and the Best YouTube Performance (Independent School Category) in the Edurank Awards 2017, up there with the likes of the University of Oxford who won the Performance of the Year in the University category! These awards recognise and
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On Friday 27 January, we were lucky enough to welcome world famous flute player and composer, Ian Clarke, who joined us for a fantastic masterclass with all our flautists. Ian worked with the girls on all kinds of different techniques and gave them some helpful methods of practice and interesting tips. He also worked with
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Well done to our equestrian team of Tatiana Wharton (Lower 5), Grace Williams (Lower 6), Kitty Guinness (Upper 4) and Ana Hepburn (Upper 4) who did so well at Bicton on Saturday 21 January 2017. They are now our second team to qualify for the National NSEA Eventer’s Challenge Championships to be held at Hickstead
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Our Upper 5 girls had a fantastic time on their recent cross-curricular trip to London, which came as a welcome respite after their mock exams earlier this term. Highlights included a trip to the Records & Rebels Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, watching Les Miserables at the Queen’s Theatre, a shopping trip to
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The Department for Education (DfE) has published its Schools Performance Tables 2017 and we are extremely proud to have been ranked as the leading independent school in Devon in key areas. The DfE Performance Tables are based on A-level and GCSE results from 2016. We have also been placed as the best in the South
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We are delighted to be launching our brand new Forest School with a five-week course open to all pre-school children aged three and four. This exciting new venture will be run by Emma Cook, our Head of Pre-Prep and a qualified Level 3 Forest School Leader. It will be situated on site here at The
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We are delighted to be hosting a flute masterclass on Friday 27 January 2017 with Ian Clarke, the world famous player and composer. Ian’s compositions have been performed across five continents on stages ranging from London’s South Bank to the Glastonbury Rock Festival and have been featured in countless recitals including four consecutive BBC Young
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We were delighted to host 24 visitors from Ide, Bickleigh and St Leonard’s Primary Schools for our second Gifted & Talented Coding Day on Monday 16 January 2017. All the girls had a fun morning, learning how to code with Python and investigating App technology under the watchful eye of Mrs Burt, the Head of
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The Under 14 Netball team continues to stamp its dominance on the courts with an excellent victory over Millfield School on Wednesday 11 January 2017. The entire team put on a faultless exhibition against a very strong opposition, to take the match with relative ease 33-25. “This is a class team,” said Mrs Wood, The
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Huge congratulations to our two Year 6 teams that took part in the Rotary Club Youth Speaks competition on Wednesday 11 January 2017! Maisy Crook, Dawn Webberley and Megan Byrne spoke on “Should humans colonise Mars” whilst Sasha Hayes, Marianna Clarkson and Phoenix Wilson argued whether “Food & Nutrition should be a core curriculum subject”.
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The Maynard Wine Gums team of Miri Cooper Wedge, Bella Brent, Kitty Guinness, Anna Harries and Anya Hitt (all in the Upper 4) enjoyed a truly successful outing to the Animal Allies FIRST Lego League regional tournament at the HP labs in Bristol on Thursday 12 January 2017. FIRST LEGO League challenges young people to think like
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Our huge thanks to Zoe Flood, our Bafta-winning alumna, who returned to the School on Tuesday 13 December 2016 to give an afternoon talk to the Lower 5s before taking to the floor that evening as our Speaker at the annual Prize Giving ceremony at the Belmont Chapel. Zoe stole the show with an inspirational
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The Autumn term ended in a flurry of festive activities to see out 2016 in typically jolly style! The Christmas Carol Service in St Matthew’s Church on Thursday 15 December 2016, the penultimate day of term, was an outstanding success with some beautiful performances from three school choirs, the staff choir and the various readers.
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The Maynard School Christmas revelries have started in earnest and will continue at great pace with another busy week ahead. The two performances of the Nativity Play and the Junior School carols went down a storm (on Thursday 8 December and Friday 9 December) and our congratulations to all those involved with these stunning shows.
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