From the head's desk: 20 March 2020
I have been hugely gratified by my involvement in some teaching in the Junior School this term: in addition to...
From the head's desk: 13 March 2020
The admissions department is frequently asked by prospective parents about the essence of our school. What makes St Mary’s unique?...
From the head's desk: 6 March 2020
The Junior Primary has chosen kindness as its theme for the term. There’s nothing remarkable in that I hear you...
From the head's desk: 27 February 2020
In recent years, the teachers and I have debated the expense and display that accompanies the matric dance. We witness...
From the head's desk: 21 February 2020
It will be a whole week since Valentine’s Day when you read this – a whole week since I discussed...
From the head's desk: 14 February 2020
St Mary's Form I 2021 entrance day, coincided with a significant downpour which drenched not only Gauteng but many parts...
From the head's desk: 7 February 2020
The holidays are now a distant memory. So much has happened to confirm, emphatically, that we are back at school:...
From the head's desk: 31 January 2020
The school year stretches ahead and this encourages us to look towards the future. An education in itself implies a...
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...