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...
Valentine’s Day
Little Saints celebrated Valentine’s Day with the Junior School. The children dressed in red and white and enjoyed having a...
Reggio parent workshop
Recently, the Little Saints and Grade 0 teachers hosted a Reggio workshop for the parents. The workshop started with a...
From the HoD of Little Saints desk: 22 January 2020
I take this opportunity, in the first Little Saints newsletter of 2020, to welcome you all back to school, and...
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: 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: 22 November 2019
In conversation with a colleague who leads a school in another province, I found myself saying, “What was she thinking?”...
Rugby World Cup
The children at Little Saints have been talking about the rugby World Cup. Some of the children wanted to draw...
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: 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 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 head's desk: 26 July 2019
At an assembly last week, I read an extract from Life’s Greatest Lessons by Hal Urban (2003) to the girls....