Welcome to the St. Mary’s Blog

WELCOME to the St. Mary’s blog …
This will be the place to catch up on all the latest news and views from our school –and there is the chance for you to join in too via the feedback option.
As well as the latest news from St. Mary’s, Charlton House and the Nursery, we will cover forthcoming Parent Committee news and any urgent news flashes eg. School closed for Snow!
This is also an opportunity for you to keep up to speed with what’s happening here on a regular basis –we are really excited because this is the communication tool we have needed for ages and thanks to the expertise of the team at 3 Men & a Suit, we now have!
So watch out for all our exciting news soon …

Gardening Club receives a boost!

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Mrs. Weaver cuts the ribbon to open the new gardening shed kindly donated by the Parents’ Association. Year Eight students have been hard at work on the adjoining allotments and expect a large vegetable produce in the coming weeks.

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SILVERWARE FOR THE CHARLTON SKIERS

Charlton Ski Montage

The Charlton House Ski Team took part in their maiden event on 11th May 2013 – the Southampton Area Ski Association (SASA) Interschool Challenge. The team were thrilled to bring back some silverware for the school trophy cabinet, having achieved 3rd place overall. Charlton were skiing against schools with older and more experienced teams, including some skiers who are competing at national level, so were pleasantly surprised to be on the podium at the end of the event.

The racing comprised of 3 individual timed runs through slalom gates with the best times of 3 of the team being aggregated to determine the overall result. The event was held at Southampton Alpine Centre’s dry-slope which is where the team members practice under the guidance of the Alpine Centre and SASA coaches.

The team comprised: Hannah Groves, Nicole Groves, Adam Harrison-Smith, Laura Harrison-Smith, Eloise Mason and Cameron Yates. Eloise and Cameron had never raced before so for them this result was especially rewarding.

The team are now looking forward to the next event, the Southern Schools Open, which will be held at the same venue on 30 Jun. More skiers are welcome to join – if you are interested contact the team manager, Tony Smith on tony@harrisonsmith.me.uk.

Cricket Fixtures 2013

Cricket Fixtures 2013

Please note fixtures are subject to change.

Yr 5 Forensics at the College

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Preceded by the year 6 class, the year 5 chidren knew that they were in for a real treat.

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There was great concentration in the labs as the pupils worked to solve the crime.

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Great team work was evident as they rose to the challenge with class mates and some from other schools.

Thank you to St Mary’s College staff from all the year 5 and 6 pupils for a very stimulating and exciting day.

Itchenfest success!

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Many congratulations to all our students who represented the musical talent of the College at this years Itchenfest. Their performances were outstanding and yet again demonstate how very proud we should all be of our students. Well done to all!

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