The Vice-chairman of our Parents’ Association Mrs Soboya-Shoenrock and her daughter Julia completed the ‘Race for Life’ on Sunday 18th July. Well done to both of them.

All the staff at the College and Charlton House wish our parents and students a happy and restful holiday. Remember that students return on Tuesday 7th September!

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The Thorpe park trip has become an annual event in the St Mary’s calendar and always proves to be a great day out for the students. This year the students enjoyed some fantastic weather and although the park was busy many were able to try out the new rides and the usual favourites. I would like to extend my thanks to all the staff that supported the day and to the students themselves who always make the event such a success.

The School Prom has become an important part of school life and is seen by many as an act of ‘moving on’. It is for this reason that parents swelled  the ranks of spectators last night outside Chilworth Manor Hotel. The arrival of students in Stretch Limos, Classic cars and even a Horse and carriage created the start to a wonderful evening. The year 11 have made a great impression on the College and ended their time with us in style. My thanks go to Mrs Thompson and  Mrs Gallagher for their work in organising and decorating the venue. To Mr Heron for the wonderful photographs you see here. Finally a big thank-you to all  the parents, teachers and friends who supported the students throughout their time at the College.

Sports Day

A busy term of Athletics culminated with a very successful College Sports Day at the Southampton Track on Monday.  With ten City Champions from the recent Southampton Schools Championships competing, the quality of performance was impressive.  Individual trophy winners were:  Year 7 Joshua Mullane, Year 8 William Ingram, Year 9 Dimitri Lesas, Year 10 Jordan Hirst, Junior Girls: Emma Wilde and Inter Girls Laura Ingram.  Jack Shiner, Simon Dredge, Reid Gallagher, William Ingram, Isaac Cullinane, and Joshua Mullane have all been selected to represent Southampton Schools in the Hampshire Championships next week.

Twenty four students from the College enjoy an extension to their French lessons by meeting for an evening cuisine at ‘La Parisienne’ (Romsey), arranged by Madam Raymont. They were joined by their new teacher (from September) Mrs Annaleise Adams. As usual the students were fantastic and praised for their good manners and behaviour by the restaurant staff.

Jack Dowding practices his French by ordering ice-cold water (No English should have been used when making their choices!)

Restaurant - click to download further pictures

The College would like to congratulate Georgia Carr for her success in the Semi – finals of the Star Sensations singing contest. There were approximately 250 contestants in her regional round and Georgia has made it now to the regional finals in Bournemouth on the 15th August with 11 others. A snippet of contest can be seen  on facebook under the heading of  ‘Star Sensations – Little Stars Sunday 6th June Southampton.

Joe Moore is very much part of the ‘fabric’ of St Mary’s College and celebrated his 80th Birthday today. The staff and students at the College would like to wish him a very Happy Birthday.

Mass at 10am in the college chapel to start the day
The Choir singing at 11am in the gym
Solent Brass perfoming at 11:45
Pony rides at 12noon
Haiti Grand raffle at 1pm
A gymnastics display at 1:30pm
World Cup TV viewing from 3pm
A Bouncy Castle, Climbing Wall, Slippery Pole, Brazilian Football, Waterslide, Fancy Dress plus much, much, much more!

Many thanks to all who are helping or contributing in some way and we look forward to seeing you on the day.