St Mary's Senior School news 22 January 2021
Happy New Year from everyone at St Mary's School, Cambridge!
Welcome to our latest round-up of news and developments. Despite the national lockdown in the UK, our Admission's team remain open during usual office hours, and are still processing applications, assessing girls remotely and offering places so do get in touch should you have any questions, queries, or would like to organise a Zoom to speak to us about our Senior School, then Tracey, our Senior School UK Admissions Officer, would be more than happy to help!
This lockdown we are building on the excellent feedback we had in response to our remote learning provision, that has been in place since March, and through our hybrid (face-to-face and online) learning that we have provided from when we were allowed to restart physical teaching and learning. We feel confident, therefore, for all new and existing pupils, that they will still benefit from our exceptional, unique education despite the current challenges.
We know some of your daughters will have had their interviews for their scholarship applications this week. We do hope these went well and they were enjoyable, despite being on Zoom! Do let us know any feedback you may have. If you are an applicant, you should have also received details of the entrance assessments by email now. Do let us know if you have not received these, or if anything was at all unclear.
We hope you enjoy the latest newsletter and it provides useful insight into what we have been getting up to this month in our Senior School.
Best wishes to you all in these difficult times.
Mrs Jeanette Ariano
Head of Admissions and Marketing
PS - Why not take a look at our film libraries and Youku channel to learn more about St Mary's?
St Mary's girls selected for Cambridgeshire County Hockey teams
We are thrilled to share huge congratulations are in order for both to Emma A. (Yr10) and Jessica A. (Yr9) who have both been selected into the Cambridgeshire County Hockey teams for U16/17 and U14 age group, respectively.
We are all really proud of your achievement girls and we look forward to congratulating you both in person when we are back on the Astroturf!
Georgia and Matilda awarded the Sir Arthur Marshall Future Champions award!
Huge congratulations to two Senior School students who have been awarded the Sir Arthur Marshall Future Champions award in support of their achievements in swimming. Georgia M., Year 11, and Matilda R., Year 10, have both been awarded the award which provides grant aid to young athletes who compete at county or regional and national level.
We want to all say a huge, well-earned congratulations to both girls who are both very committed to their sport and a real credit to our school.
Find out more about Sport at St Mary's.
Maths Challenge success
Congratulations to our students who had great success in the Senior Maths Challenge. 5 students got a Bronze Award, 7 achieved a Silver Award and 6 - Vivian G., Belinda T., Amy Z., Emma Z., Zehan L. and Anna C. - got a Gold Award and qualified for the next stage, the 'Kangaroo'.
Well done girls!
COVID-19 - current parent and anesthesiologist Rob Lance asks 'are we done yet'?
We asked current Senior School parent and anesthesiologist Rob Lance to talk about the COVID-19 pandemic from his perspective, having worked on the frontline in the USA before relocation to Cambridge.
Here is his insightful story.
Top marks for teaching and learning from parents
At the end of 2020, we asked our current parents to complete a teaching and learning survey. The summary of results are below:
- 97% said their daughter had enjoyed being back in school
- 96% agreed that their daughter felt safe in school
- 99% felt that their daughter had adapted well to the return to learning in school
- 89% agreed their daughter felt confident in her subject-specific expectations
- 85% felt that their daughter is confident that she is progressing well in all subjects
- 94% agreed that their daughter is receiving the academic support she needs in school
Read the full article here.
If you can't come to us, we come to you!
We hosted a very popular online event to enable families to 'visit' our School in place of our usual open event. We know some of you were busy, however we are delighted to let you know this is now available on-demand!
Explore teacher talks and films from Headmistress, Miss Avery, alongside key teaching staff from across the school. Why not spend some time listening to what they had to say, or let us know if you would prefer to set up a personalised Zoom to find out more remotely as we can no longer see you in person.
Register for on-demand access now.
News from our Senior School
Senior School on-demand open event
Useful resources
Questions you should ask before choosing the right independent school for your daughter
We meet many families who are thinking hard about whether an independent school education is right for their daughters. In this blog, Head of Marketing and Admissions, Jeanette Ariano, talks about what questions to ask to help you decide, and also looks at the St Mary's provision.
From 'Does the school's values match yours' as a family?' to 'Does the school's values match yours' as a family?' this blog answers many questions and may provide a useful resource to pass on to your families who are looking for a school for their child.
Take a read of our blog today to ensure you are asking all the right questions!
Senior School Online Tour
Our Senior School is right in the centre of Cambridge - a renowned seat of learning and a cosmopolitan mix of inspirations and influences.
Located on Bateman Street, overlooking the University of Cambridge botanic gardens - and complete with our magnolian tree growing in the heart of our school! It really is the most perfect, safe, unique and inspirational space to educate tomorrow's innovators and leaders! We feel truly blessed.
Due to the lockdown we have built a wealth of digital resources to, hopefully, prove a useful alternative to a face-to-face visit.
You can also take a virtual 360° tour of the Senior School.
Read our Senior School prospectus
We have a prospectus that you can read online. Let us know if you need any more resources that you would find useful - especially in these unprecedent times.
You can read our prospectus online.
Contact us
Apply to St Mary's Senior School
We have a few spaces available for a September 2021 start in some years, with waiting lists in others, so please contact us for further information.
To learn more about how to join St Mary's, please visit our website or contact us to arrange a tour.
UK admissions - Senior School
Tracey Headland +44 (0)1223 224 167
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