The recent trip to the Norman Lockyer Observatory was a tremendous success, providing eight of our Upper 6 students (alongside Mr Ridler and Mr Wood) with a valuable insight into astronomy, the history of scientific discovery, and the wonders of our universe. The evening began with a captivating talk about solar eclipses. Our host expertly

What’s Easter without an Easter egg hunt? Maynardians of all ages had a fantastic time hunting for Easter eggs around the school on Friday!

Our new Head Girl Team was announced in assembly on Friday and huge congratulations to Rosie, Poppy, Anna, Claudia, Melanie, Grace and Georgie for being elected! We know you will be absolutely brilliant ambassadors and inspirational role models for the year ahead. And our huge thanks also to the outgoing team who have been utterly

We’ve already reached the end of our Spring Term – how time flies when you’re having fun! We’d like to wish all of our students, staff and wider Maynard community a wonderful break. To get you in the spring spirit, here are some of the delectable Easter-themed cakes recently baked and decorated by our talented

Today’s lunchtime Spring Fair was chock-full of fun activities and tasty treats in the name of raising money for House charities! A huge crowd gathered to try their hand at cookie decorating, hooking ducks, spinning a wheel of prizes, egg and spoon racing, jewellery making and more. Well done to the stall runners and organisers

Our brilliant Upper 3 (Year 7) have been thoroughly enjoying their exciting ‘Treasure Island’ Science module, learning all about key topics like energy stores, food tests, pollution, animal cells and more in the context of being marooned on a beautiful island. Tying all this together, they’ve now constructed amazing 3D models of Treasure Island demonstrating

The one and only Maynard’s Got Talent fundraiser was once again a terrific smash hit and a riotously fun time for all involved! Yesterday saw our incredibly talented dancers, singers, musicians, gymnasts and even staff groups give it their absolute all on the stage, with a fantastic line-up of almost 20 acts making for an

Yesterday we held some extra special sessions in our on-site Forest School, where the wonderful Pre-Prep girls were joined by their parents for some fun in the great outdoors! Young and adult explorers alike had a fantastic time sharing favourite Forest School activities like scavenger hunts, getting messy in the Mud Kitchen and, of course,

Ready, set, BAKE! Lower 4 (Year 8) have been pulling out all the stops in the Food & Nutrition Suite to make some absolutely smashing showstopper cakes for their Bake Off competition! Each baker dove straight in to the challenge to whip up classic Victoria sponge cakes, artfully decorated with delicious strawberries for that extra

Our Upper 3 (Year 7) historians enjoyed a fantastic trip around Exeter last week, visiting the hidden gem that is Tuckers Hall, exploring our city’s stunning Cathedral, and braving the Underground Passages. The girls spent the day learning about life in Medieval Exeter, including its cloth trade, and our guides at the different venues were

As part of Year 4’s Science work on sound, they’ve been learning all about how sound is made, how it travels, and how we hear it. To deepen their understanding, they were given a thoroughly groovy homework challenge: to design and make their own musical instruments that play different pitches! Using a variety of materials,

We would like to give an absolutely ginormous THANK YOU to everyone who donated to retiring collections at the Ballet & Modern Dance Showcase last week – through your immense generosity, we have been able to raise a whopping £400 for Hospiscare in loving memory of our late teacher, friend and colleague, Mrs Haworth. The

Recently, teams of magnificently maths-minded students in Lower 5 (Year 10) have been on the go travelling to the Met Office and then to Bridport to compete in the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme’s (AMSP) Year 10 Maths Feast, testing their skills with ‘an all-you-can-eat feast of problems’. Yum! The groups competed in several exciting rounds

This week’s warmer weather has meant for some lovely springtime sessions in Forest School! Year 3 enjoyed a sunny afternoon making their own nature wands using sticks, leaves, and other natural materials they could find. They also observed daffodils in detail, to examine their structure and consider how flowers attract insects. Year 4 had a

Recently, teams of magnificently maths-minded students in Lower 5 (Year 10) have been on the go travelling to the Met Office and then to Bridport to compete in the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme’s (AMSP) Year 10 Maths Feast, testing their skills with ‘an all-you-can-eat feast of problems’. Yum! The groups competed in several exciting rounds

What an amazing day of learning at West Town Farm on Tuesday! Reception and Year 1 saw spring in full swing, getting a look at the adorable newly born lambs and investigating how crops growing on the farm end up as our shopping. A beautiful springtime walk through the farmland then led to all sorts

In response to the BBC article published early last week entitled ‘Girls in England lag behind boys in maths and science study’, we’re proud to say that, as ever, The Maynard continues to buck all these trends. In a series to mark British Science Week, we’ve illustrated how a single-sex education can break down stereotypical

A group of our fantastic STEM enthusiasts took on a challenge of galactic proportions at the weekend, heading all the way to Imperial College London for none other than the UK Space Design Competition National Finals! They were part of 269 students total who were divided into four teams of seven schools each, tasked with

A massive thank you to Maynard Parents’ Association for funding ‘Talking Tins’, a brilliant new revision tool that has seen great use this week in GCSE PE! The tins allow teachers and students to record soundbites that can then be used in all sorts of creative ways: GCSE PE students had a whale of a

It’s World Book Day – one of our favourite days of the whole year! Today has been filled to the brim with a riot of exciting activities to share our love for everything literature. Just a few of the many highlights… Still to come, we’ll be sharing the fabulous Book Faces entries and the classroom