From the Junior School head’s desk: 21 October 2021
This week began exuberantly with some breathtakingly beautiful displays of athleticism and what Mrs Mshengu admiringly calls “grit” on sports...
From the head’s desk: 15 October 2021
Last week was filled with rites of passage and celebrations in the Senior School. The marking of transitions is a...
From the Junior School head’s desk: 8 October 2021
Earlier this week, Tuesday to be exact, we acknowledged World Teachers’ Day, which commemorates the adoption in 1966 of the...
From the head’s desk: 01 October 2021
The pandemic has necessitated the increased and effective use of technology; one may even talk about an immersion into the...
From the head’s desk: 17 September 2021
The St Mary’s campus is showing signs of spring and the buildings are filled with the enthusiastic noise of the...
From the Junior School head’s desk: 30 July 2021
Things, to use a general expression, are getting better. For one, we are back on campus and the weather is...
From the head’s desk: 16 July 2021
The Senior School girls presented a message to the school this week about Mandela Day. It was a call to...
From the Junior School head’s desk: 2 July 2021
Last week, the teachers and I spoke about the importance of ordinary things in a time of fear and uncertainty....
From the head’s desk: 25 June 2021
As we experience the onslaught of the third wave of Covid-19, it is worth recalling the words of Dr Karin...
From the Junior School head’s desk: 10 June 2021
Last Saturday, 5 June, was World Environment Day, an event the girls and teachers would have enjoyed commemorating together in...
From the head’s desk: 4 June 2021
Your adolescent daughters will identify with me when I state that I have battled against avoidance about writing this article....
From the Junior School head’s desk: 28 May 2021
Last week, delegates at the first-ever online SAGSA Conference (with the theme ‘INSIGHT: Wellness and Belonging’) had to physically lean...