Girls inspired for their futures on International Women’s Day
On Saturday we held our first Future Females Careers Fair on International Women’s Day to help empower girls’ futures. Girls in Year 4 (age 8) through to Year 11 (age…
Lower School news
International Women’s Day art competition launched
To mark International Women’s Day, an art competition for school age children has been launched by St Mary’s School in Colchester. The challenge is to create a piece of artwork…
St Mary’s orchestra members and British Army band join forces
St Mary’s School welcomed a prestigious British Army Band to work with their Lower School and Senior School orchestra members in a one-day workshop. A group of musicians from the…
Girls at St Mary’s raise over £1,400 for Children in Need!
Children at St Mary’s Kindergarten, Lower School and Senior School fully embraced Children in Need 2024 on Friday 15 November, raising in excess of £1,400 to help support the charity’s…
Empowering girls talks inspire future female leaders
St Mary’s Senior School was joined by a panel of inspiring female leaders who shared their stories to parents and daughters on Saturday 12 October. Beginning the series of talks…
Empowering girls event to inspire next generation of authors
In response to studies that show that children’s books are still dominated by male central characters, St Mary’s Lower School are joined by Annelise Gray, author of the Circus Maximus…
Peter Pan outdoor theatre coming to St Mary’s Lower School
On Friday 28 June, we are hosting Immersion Theatre’s Peter Pan open-air musical in the beautiful grounds of our Lower School. Following the success of “The Wizard of Oz,” multi-award…
Singers at St Mary’s achieve over 50K Instagram video views!
A short clip of Year 3 and Year 4 singers at St Mary’s Colchester rehearsing for an upcoming music concert has already gained over 50k views since it was posted,…
Aspiring female scientists wowed at St Mary’s chemistry event
As part of celebrations for British Science Week, budding scientists age 5-8 were wowed by colour-changing potions, magically inflating balloons, toothpaste for giants, indoor fireworks and magical dry ice at…
Gender equality trailblazer delivers inspiring talk for International Women’s Day
Celebrating International Women’s Day, all-girls school St Mary’s held an Empowering Girls event on Saturday 9 March. An inspiring and insightful talk was delivered by best-selling author and gender equality…
