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We ensure that the Creative Curriculum is embedded in much of our teaching, allowing our girls to learn through creative and active teaching strategies. Creative curriculum focuses on big ideas, not learning by rote, incorporates interesting projects and individual students’…

Well done to all the girls who took part in the House Competition to design a 3d rainbow this term. The girls put in such a lot of effort to create their amazing designs and they all deserve to be winners. In the end though, Mrs Pardon and Mrs Gaynor had to choose and we are delighted to announce the girls that came first, second…

We are delighted to be able to confirm plans regarding the return to school of girls in Years 2, 3, 4 and 5. We have current capacity to welcome back two year groups at a time while abiding by social distancing requirements and have decided that Year 5 need the maximum time on site to allow for assessments and teaching linked…

From September 2020, Mrs Walker will be our new headmistress and we say goodbye to Mrs Pardon, our wonderful headmistress of fifteen years. Mrs Walker has already begun a handover with Mrs Pardon and has been taking an increasingly active role in the School…

We are delighted to have so many of the Year 6 girls back in school for the second half of the term. They have responded with sensitivity and maturity to the changes and procedures that we have put in place and we are immensely proud of them. Each year we make every effort to ensure that the Year 6 girls’ final term at Maltman’s…

Girls in Year 6 have been using Beatrix Potter as their inspiration for writing their own stories. In their English lessons the girls have been exploring Beatrix Potter’s writing style and learning about her life and the inspiration behind some of her best loved characters. For their own story, the girls had to choose which…

The Prep girls final art topic before the half-term was Pop Art. They particularly focused on the work of Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, understanding how they created their unique style. The girls then enjoyed having a go at creating their own Pop Art inspired works of art and the results are very effective…

We have had a busy half-term of distance learning and our girls have been enjoying all of the projects and activities set by their teachers. We have shared photos, videos and lots of stories – we hope you have managed to see some of these here and on our social media pages. The teachers have been thoroughly impressed with the…

Last week the Prep School girls were given the Art topic of Land Art – using things found in nature to create beautiful pictures and patterns. We were so impressed with the quality of the girls work. They have shown real consideration for the use of texture, colour, shape and size and created some really…

Rainbows of Love and Thanks Children up and down the country have been creating rainbow pictures to put in their front windows as a way of showing appreciation to our amazing key workers at this difficult time. We would like to share with you some of the designs our girls have on display:

Our latest newsletter is now live! Welcome, I would like to start by sending you all my good wishes at this difficult time. I have spoken to many of you, either on the phone or via the internet, and can appreciate the challenges being faced. I hope that the girls have been enjoying our video assemblies. I have always…

So much has been happening in our Virtual School that we cannot keep up with all the news! We hope that you have managed to take a look at our Facebook page for updates (click here) and just yesterday we published our half-term newsletter full of stories – click here to read it. Here are just some of the highlights from the past few weeks…