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A month ago, the entire St Mary's community came together to take part in a wide range of activities led by the LVI for Charity Week 2020. Once again, I should like to thank the LVI for the part they played in organising all of the activities,

Over the Exeat weekend, the U14 and U15 Netball Teams made their annual trip to Shrewsbury to compete in a netball tournament at Condover Hall.

As part of the school's British Science Week activities, on Thursday 12th March we were treated to an experience in a mobile planetarium. In the morning, children from local primary schools came to be inspired by a wonderful display of stars and guided through some of NASA’s most famous missions, notably Apollo 11.

On Wednesday 11th March, as part of our Science Week activities, we were treated to an exploration of the colourful and explosive world of pyrotechnics with Matthew Tosh as he deconstructed the STEAM behind firework displays for us in two fantastic lecture-demonstrations.

This term in Geography the LIV (Year 7) have been focusing on the topic of ‘Settlement’. As part of this work we spent this week’s lesson in Calne investigating its history; from the early wool trade to the Harris Pork factory. 

Huge congratulations to Year 10 (LV) pupil, Alice, and her pony, Star 12, on finishing in 2nd place at her regional final at Oasby on Sunday 8th March. 

On Tuesday 10th March, to celebrate British Science Week and our final talk of the 2019-2020 Lecture Programme, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Helen Scales, a marine biologist, writer and broadcaster to Calne.

From the evening of Friday 6th March, till the Sunday afternoon, six of us went to the MUN (Model United Nations) Conference at Kingswood School Bath, to discuss some of the pressing issues faced by today’s society. 

Osmund Company Supper took place recently and a spirit of 'Keep Calm and Carry on' was very much evident.  The girls had put a lot of effort into their costumes for the theme of 'You are what you eat' and it was lovely to have the Company together enjoying themselves.  

On Tuesday 10th March, pupils from Priestley Primary School were treated to a fantastic afternoon of Chemistry here at St Mary's Calne. 

On Monday 9th March a group of 13 LVI (Year 12) girls went with Mrs Ross and Miss Aherne to Queen’s College, Oxford to watch a Sanskrit play – The Middle One. For the first time in Oxford, the Faculty of Oriental Languages was producing and performing a play in this Ancient Indian language – written at some point after 1500BC.

On Friday 6th March, senior singers competed for the 2020 Sir Bryn Terfel Song Prize with international mezzo-soprano, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, presiding as adjudicator.