From the head's desk: 29 November 2019
One of the reasons November is a disagreeable month at times for me (and my apologies to everyone, including my...
From the head's desk: 22 November 2019
In conversation with a colleague who leads a school in another province, I found myself saying, “What was she thinking?”...
From the headmistress’s desk: 15 November 2019
November is a busy month, made even busier at schools with year-end rites of passage, including academic assessments and valedictory...
From the head's desk: 8 November 2019
The final weeks of the school year are focused on examinations and the assessment that they offer us about how...
From the headmistress’s desk: 1 November 2019
Dear parents On Tuesday, 22 October St Mary’s hosted an open day for the parents of Grade 0 2021 or,...
From the headmistress’s desk: 24 October 2019
During the past week, I have experienced such unexpected joy while witnessing the spirit of children at our school. Given...
From the headmistress’s desk: 18 October 2019
Last week in assembly an enterprising group of Grade 4 girls gave a presentation on chess and the intellectual and...
From the head's desk: 11 October 2019
Daily Maverick’s, Burn after Reading newsletter in association with The Reading List caught my attention last week with the following...
From the headmistress’s desk: 4 October 2019
Among the more thought-provoking presentations Deanne King and I attended at the recent ISASA SAHISA conference held in the Drakensberg...
From the head's desk: 20 September 2019
The staff and pupils of St Mary’s returned to school with thoughts of the enormous challenges facing South Africa uppermost...
From the headmistress’s desk: 13 September 2019
Dear parents Welcome back to all our families, and a particularly warm welcome to Nandi Xaba who joins us this...
From the headmistress’ desk: 2 August 2019
Dear parents Last Thursday, Lauren Howden, our head of curriculum development, and I hosted an evening of directed conversation on...