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Our Summer Term Newsletter is out now! Read all about our busy term as we packed in lots of workshops and events such as Viking History day, Egyptian History day, Bikeability, Bushcraft, Sports Days, Ugly Bug Ball, ZooLab, Play in a Day, the End of Year Celebrations and so much more! Click here to read

At this time of year, we celebrate the effort and achievements of girls right across the school in our series of End of Year celebrations. Girls performed songs, read poems and revealed favourite memories from the year. Though we weren’t able to welcome parents into school to celebrate, all of the ceremonies were recorded…

Over the past week the girls have delighted us with a variety of Sports Days from girls in our Little Malties right through to Year 6. In the Pre-Prep and Prep Schools the girls competed for their Houses and showed great team spirit as they supported and cheered on their House mates. In the lower…

The Year 6 girls gave us a wonderful performance of Oliver on 25 June. The production was watched by staff and our Year 5 girls and was filmed professionally to be sent home for parents. The girls performed with such enthusiasm, remembering their lines, all the actions to the songs and complex stage direction. Parts…

We are so proud of our A squad gymnasts for their amazing achievement at the virtual ISGA National Championship on Sunday. The Maltman’s teams all came 1st and our girls took the top spot individually across all age groups! The girls competed across floor and vault with the U10s and U11s also doing pairs floor…

This week the Pre-Prep girls have been taken on an underwater adventure with PERFORM, learning about character creation and expression. Travelling to the deepest ocean in search of the missing pearl the girls learned different ocean animal movements and had to find the pearl that was taken by an evil sea monster. They even…

Just before the half-term holiday the Year 6 took part in a debating workshop as part of their enrichment programme, during which they discovered the debating process, collaborated together in teams, developed their speaking skills, and successfully delivered a strong speech for their debate. The 6 motions debated were…

This half of term our Reception girls have been studying the topic ‘Legs, Wings and Stings’, exploring mini-beasts and learning about metamorphosis, bee hives, basic bug anatomy and using the theme of bugs in all of their academic learning. To celebrate the culmination of this topic the girls got to enjoy a special dress-up ‘Ugly…

We were delighted to be able to offer girls from Reception to Year 6 the opportunity to participate in Hula Hoop Workshop yesterday. The hoop instructors came from the UK’s Power Hoop Academy and hold degrees from various top of the range performing arts universities. Hula hooping is a cardiovascular exercise that…

The girls are back in school and we have just started a new term, so it’s time to re-launch our Best Books of the Week! Appearing on video can be very nerve-wracking and not an easy thing to do so it’s great that the girls are enthusiastic about this feature and have the courage to get in front of the camera. This is a…

Our Year 6 girls have enjoyed their Bikeability Level 2 training this week by BeSpoke. They have learnt how to stay safe on the roads while out on their bikes. The Bikeability Level 2 course develops student’s skills and confidence for cycling on single-lane roads with simple junctions and moderate traffic. During the training our…

Our Headmistress, Jill Walker, took part in the latest Fresh Thinking podcast by Attain all about the current challenges and about how children will adjust to the summer term back in school. Jill is joined by Giles Tollit, Head of Hollis Hill School in Newbury.