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The Magazine of the Maynard School Alumnae Spring 2019 WELCOME The Magazine of The Maynard School Alumnae Spring 2019 WELCOME May we wish you all the warmest of welcomes to this Conserving big cats edition of The Word, the magazine which seems to be and empowering growing with each and every year that passes. This communities is in part due to the sheer amount there is always to Amy Dickman P. 8 Where are they now? P.11 report from our Maynard community, but also largely due to the ever-increasing contact that we have with our wonderful alumnae. We love to hear and share your news so please do keep the updates coming in! Something that struck us this year was just how many of our Old Maynardians have made the bold decision to up sticks and set off in search of a new life abroad and we celebrate just a tiny fraction of these ladies in A tribute to many years of our feature on pages 30 – 37. fabulous service 40 Years Tricia Wilks P.17 of Head Girls P.22 Many of you will no doubt have fond memories of our wonderful Tricia Wilks (see page 17) who has been here at The Maynard for 27 years and will be so sadly missed when she retires from teaching at the end of the academic year. We wish her all the luck in the world for an equally busy and fulfilling life ahead as an author and as a doting grandmother to her growing number of grandchildren. Old Maynardians The Maynard Award As ever, the pages here cover only the briefest Living Abroad P.30 Meet the first graduates P.43 synopsis of everything that is going on but do keep an eye on our website (www.maynard.co.uk) or our The Story Behind The Cover... social media platforms for a bigger picture of it all. You may wonder at the connection between a majestic tiger, a Californian beach and The Maynard School... In the meantime, may we wish you all a wonderful Well, the answer lies with former pupil Belinda Jones. This is the cover for her bestseller The Californian Club summer ahead and do please keep in touch! and ties in with her new release - The Hotel Where We Met (out this summer) - as both feature the paradise island of Coronado, set across the bay from San Diego. If you like books to spirit you away to another world, Sarah Dunn (Headmistress) these are ideal and the new one even features some romantic time travel to take you that extra mile! Belinda Rachael Board (Editor) is also the author of Bodie On The Road (The Dogged Pursuit of Happiness) which is out now in the UK (Summersdale), Germany (Benevento) and USA (Skyhorse) www.bodieontheroad.com Top of the A-level tables for the New Health & Fitness Suite a expensive counterparts, as well as offering much the fourth consecutive year welcome addition same array of extra-curricular options and sporting News prowess.” Most importantly, and as testament to our enduring Girls score excellently under new affordability and enormous value, this is the second GCSE grading system time in three years that we have been included in this listing! The Sport Tour girls meeting Raynick, the young girl whose Although launched in 2015, the Award was only education they help sponsor. opened up last year to independent schools in the "Three little maids from school" UK and, with our fantastic track record of high-level celebrate their 80th birthdays It started with a tour of the Cape Peninsular where achievement in the STEM subjects, we are proud to the girls had the opportunity to get up close The 2018 A-level cohort once again excelled across The new Health & Fitness Suite adjoining the be the first to step up to the plate in supporting the to seals, penguins and all the other wonderful the board with a 100% pass rate and an incredible Performing Arts Centre/Gym building is proving an initiative. South African wildlife. Then there was Robben 81% achieving A*-B. Year on year, the school always almighty hit. Opened in November last year, all Sixth Island with a former prisoner giving them all a far exceeds the national average of the top grades Formers are allowed to use the facilities during their Several girls in Years 10 and 11 are enrolled in the thought-provoking insight as to the appalling living and this was no exception with 52% achieving A*-A free periods, it is home to regular fitness classes for programme which encourages participants to conditions of its inmates, a cable car trip up Table In a year of uncertainty and change with the well- putting us as the highest ranking independent the Senior girls and it has also proven very popular log STEMM-related activities across four strands: Mountain, a surfing lesson on one of the many publicised reforms to the GCSE system, our students school in Devon according to the Department for with many members of staff. Not only that, but it ‘Inspiring the next generation’, ‘Engaging the public’, gorgeous beaches, the Garden Route, tours of an performed superbly to triple the national average of Education’s Schools Performance League Tables also doubles up as an invaluable welcome area for ‘Developing skills and knowledge’ and ‘Shaping impoverished township and meeting some of the the top grades of 7, 8 and 9. based on A-level results from summer 2018. all the many shows and concerts that take place your future’. In a similarly shaped structure to that locals, the unforgettable Elephant Park and the next door! of the much more established Duke of Edinburgh Old Maynardians Freda Jackson, Elizabeth chance to spot the Big Five on safari. All of these There were some remarkable results across the Biz Whizz Careers Club: Thanks to Award, in this first instance, the Maynard students Brown (née Drake) and Rosemary Parsons (née were all only eclipsed by one thing – meeting the academic departments; of the girls taking Physics, our alumnae speakers The Dining Centre also underwent several will be working towards their Bronze Award and will Ponsford) enjoyed a mini-reunion in March 2019 little girl whose entire education the sports tour girls an enormous 90% achieved grades 7-9, the refurbishments last summer, most notably a be required to complete a minimum of 10 hours per at Elizabeth's home. If you also left The Maynard in have pledged to sponsor until she finishes school. equivalent of an A or A* (and 43% gaining the top new Sixth Form Bistro in what used to be the old section whilst covering all five STEMM areas. A silver 1957, where are you now? We would love to hear scoring grade 9). In fact, across all three separate A huge thank you to our many changing rooms. The lockers here have been and gold variation, working towards more advanced from you so please get in touch via Rachael Board Long before setting out to South Africa, the girls had sciences 87% of the students gained grades 7-9 (A* wonderful Old Maynardians who relocated to a covered area alongside Bradley Hall skills, will ensue. ([email protected] or The Maynard decided that they would like to give something back or A). 93% of those taking Drama scored 7-9 (35% have popped back over the past and girls can use the changing facilities inside the School, Denmark Road, Exeter EX1 1SJ). to the community out there and, in collaboration with a grade 9) and History was also impressive with few months to take the weekly sports hall to prepare for matches, games and PE One of the top ten ‘best value with Somerset-based charity SOS Africa, it was 70% achieving 7-9 (24% with a grade 9). Senior School and Sixth Form lessons. private schools in the UK’ Stunning Sports Tour to South decided upon that they would organise some careers talks. We have been truly fortunate to have Africa fundraising events to help raise the necessary As a result of these outstanding results we were hosted such a fascinating array of professionals and Paving the way in the new Youth monies to cover a young girl’s education. At nine rated within the Department for Education’s we really are indebted to you for so willingly giving STEMM Award We were delighted to be voted, once again, as one years old, Raynick’s family could not afford any of Performance League Tables as the 5th= (out of 1311) of your time to share your experiences and wisdom of the top ten best value private schools in the UK Twenty one girls had the trip of a lifetime during the her schooling so several cake sales, tea parties, film best performing independent school in England for with our girls. by The Daily Telegraph in September last year. The summer holidays when travelling to South Africa nights and the inaugural Maynard’s Got Talent later the percentage of students who achieved grade 5 At a time when careers in Science, Technology, Maynard was also the only school in the South West for their hockey and netball sports tour. Aside from the necessary £600 was raised for the first year of or above in the English and Maths GCSEs, as well We are keen to expand our careers network for Engineering, Maths and Medicine are crying out for (extending as far afield as Reading and Oxford) to playing superbly in all their training opportunities sponsorship. And with bags crammed with books, as 15th nationally for the Attainment 8 score based future talks so please do contact women to join their ranks, we were delighted to feature in the ratings.
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