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• Friday 24 April 2026 Form 1 visit the garden F1 went to explore plants growing in the Eco garden and then planned what vegetables and flowers they'd like to grow this term.
• Friday 24 April 2026 Form 6 Environmental Studies - Litter Pick On Tuesday morning Mr and Mrs Rawson took F6 Environmental Studies class on a litter pick around the rugby grounds. We have been looking at the effects of plastic pollution so it was interesting for them to see how much plastic we collected and understand what a difference we were making just in a short time.
• Tuesday 21 April 2026 Art Along the Borders Railway The ScotRail / Borders Railway Community Partnership, in collaboration with the Great Tapestry of Scotland, recently announced the winners of the 2026 school competition, “Art Along the Borders Railway Line.”
• Monday 30 March 2026 School Bus - Northumberland
• Friday 27 March 2026 Squad Day - Friday 27th March
• Friday 27 March 2026 Oklahoma - Forms 7 and 8 Show Two evening performances of Oklahoma that took place on Tuesday and Wednesday . The final performance in particular was a triumph, and our Form 8 pupils supported the up-and-coming talent by playing their parts with as much courage as this shyer year-group could muster. The talented actors in our top year graciously stepped aside to allow Form 7 to grab the spotlight, whilst supporting them in their endeavours. Mairi-Suzanne, Caleb, Heidi, Sholto, Tilly, Henry, Erin, Harry and the supporting cast provided their audiences with quality entertainment and a level of real anticipation for next year's stage show.
• Wednesday 25 March 2026 Form 1 Easter Egg Hunt Form 1 Easter egg hunt this afternoon.
• Wednesday 25 March 2026 Maths in Form 3 Parents came in to learn new methods of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and had competitions amongst themselves to see who could show their working out accurately. The children loved it and it was great to have parents involved.
• Tuesday 24 March 2026 Pop up Chick Cards Pp all joined in together to make the pop up chick cards. All resources came from Priorwood Gardens.
• Monday 23 March 2026 Middle School Maths Morning
• Wednesday 18 March 2026 Reception Class Maths with Form 5 The children played fun maths games focussing on number bonds to 10, one more than/less than, A brilliant time was had by all.
• Tuesday 17 March 2026 St Patrick's Day Celebrations
• Monday 16 March 2026 NSEA - HOWE
• Monday 16 March 2026 Form 5 - gifts from the Friends of St. Mary's Photos of F5 enjoying their purchases from the FOSM.
• Friday 13 March 2026 Form 1 Spring Scavenger Hunt
• Friday 13 March 2026 Form 8 visit The Great Tapestry of Scotland
• Tuesday 10 March 2026 Friends of St. Mary's Form 7 money Form 7 being busy during registration this morning. They are playing the games we bought with the money kindly donated by FOSM.
• Tuesday 10 March 2026 Fruity Treats in Form 4 Mrs E Brown
• Tuesday 10 March 2026 A busy week so far in Kindergarten Kindergarten started their Monday morning with a good stretch! And today have visited the woods.
• Thursday 5 March 2026 World Book Day 5th March 2026
• Tuesday 3 March 2026 IAPS Debating Competition
• Monday 2 March 2026 Former Pupil Dinner - Friday 27th February 2026 The Former Pupil Club held their annual dinner at The Buccleuch Arms Hotel on Friday evening.
• Friday 27 February 2026 Reception Class Stories Reception wrote their very own version of The Hungry Caterpillar and read them to F1.
• Friday 27 February 2026 Form 1 this week We have had a busy week of learning with different year groups - attached are photos of some of our activities - reading and playing games in Spanish with Form 7, listening to Reception read their stories to us, Friday afternoon Show & Tell and our new class pet - a praying mantis (yet to be named)!
• Friday 27 February 2026 Form 5 Trip to Innerleithen - Scotland Malawi Partnership
• Friday 27 February 2026 Friends of St. Mary's Donation Money
• Friday 27 February 2026 Melrose Rotary Primary Schools Quiz Our ‘A' team of Dhruv, Hugh, Rose and Anna won the Melrose Rotary Primary Schools quiz yesterday and so qualify for the regional round in April. Also well done to our 'B; team of Heidi, Gabriella, Evie and Matilda who also performed very well and were only a few points behind.
• Monday 23 February 2026 Melrose Rotary Club Christmas art winners
• Friday 20 February 2026 Meeting Nina's puppy, Ember
• Wednesday 18 February 2026 Today's STEM Focus in Kindergarten
• Wednesday 18 February 2026 Form 7 - Spanish and French lessons In the Form 7 Spanish lesson this morning pupils were preparing for their ‘numbers workshop' with Form 2.
• Wednesday 18 February 2026 Form 7 Debate Form 7 debate on the topic of re-wilding road verges in the Borders.
• Tuesday 17 February 2026 New Reading Area in Kindergarten
• Monday 16 February 2026 NSEA Qualifier at Greenlands
• Friday 6 February 2026 Happy Half Term Holiday February 26
• Friday 6 February 2026 Forms 3 and 4 Show - Treachery at Traitors' Quay We have had a wonderful week at Traitor's Quay with our Form 3 and 4 pupils performing to a very high standard. A mixture of history, comedy and intrigue held audiences spellbound as the pupils led us through their tale to find the spy. Congratulations to all of our performers.
• Thursday 5 February 2026 Paired Reading in Form 1
• Wednesday 4 February 2026 Form 8 Science F8 taking advantage of the low levels of daylight to investigate light in the lab.
• Monday 2 February 2026 Snowdrops in Kindergarten It's all about Snowdrops in both Upper and Lower Kindergarten today.
• Monday 2 February 2026 Form 1 - air dry clay Form 1 enjoyed using air dry clay to create our own alien characters!
• Wednesday 28 January 2026 ICT, Music and Science all rolled into one. ICT, Music and Science all rolled into one. #makeymakey
• Tuesday 27 January 2026 Form 7 Space Camp Ten intrepid Form 7 pupils headed down to York on a rather wet and windy Friday afternoon to join Mike Shaw at Bootham School for a Space camp. We were welcomed by Sophie Morrison, our host in the boarding house and settled into our rooms before heading off to the lab for our first workshop on the formation and features of the moon. After learning about the different types of craters, wrinkles, rilles and maria, we used different materials and sizes of marbles to try and recreate some of the features ourselves. It was amazing how, with a bit of creativity and a few simple materials, we were able to produce very similar structures to those about which we had just been learning.
• Monday 26 January 2026 Burns Assembly 2026
• Monday 26 January 2026 Learning in Kindergarten today A variety of different learning experiences in Kindergarten today!
• Monday 26 January 2026 Bookbug Reception Class are loving their new Bookbug books and enjoyed listening to Mrs Lewington reading one of the stories.
• Friday 23 January 2026 Treachery at Traitor's Quay Our Forms 3 and 4 show this year is Treachery at Traitor's Quay. Performances take place on Wednesday 4th February at 2pm and Thursday 5th February at 7pm. If you would like tickets to watch the show, please contact the school office on office@stmarysmelrose.org.uk
• Friday 23 January 2026 Form 1 - Big Garden Birdwatch
• Friday 23 January 2026 Form 3 learn about circuits
• Thursday 15 January 2026 Shapes and patterns in Kindergarten Children in both Upper and Lower kindergarten are having fun exploring different ways to mark make creating lines, shapes and patterns.
• Tuesday 13 January 2026 Puppy Show & Tell in F1
• Tuesday 13 January 2026 Form 6 Environmental Studies Playing a Pictionary game focused on environmental and climate change solutions.
• Thursday 8 January 2026 Ice Learning Experiences in Kindergarten Our ice learning experiences in Kindergarten encourage curiosity, problem-solving, and observation through hands-on exploration.
• Friday 12 December 2025 End of Term 2025 Christmas lunches, Christmas parties and a Servicer of Readings and Carols at Melrose Parish Church. and fond farewells to 3 members of staff; Lauren, Helen and Lorna.
• Tuesday 9 December 2025 Upper Kindergarten and Reception Class Nativity
• Tuesday 9 December 2025 Matilda Jr - Forms 5 and 6 Show
• Thursday 4 December 2025 Polar Express in Kindergarten
• Tuesday 2 December 2025 Christmas activities at Priorswood
• Friday 28 November 2025 Christmas Tree lighting and Carols
• Friday 28 November 2025 Grotto fun
• Friday 21 November 2025 Form 5 Environmental Studies F5 working collaboratively in groups to rank how significantly different human actions can raise or lower the Earth's temperature, leading to climate change if balance is lost.
• Friday 14 November 2025 Today's Art/Maths Workshop
• Friday 14 November 2025 Form 4 plant mixed salad leaves Yesterday afternoon Form 4 planted some mixed salad leaves as one of the test crops on the vertical farm in the Sanderson Building. Mrs Stewart hopes that all being well, the kitchen will be able to place their orders come January!
• Friday 14 November 2025 Kiindergarten raise money for Children in Need
• Tuesday 11 November 2025 Kindergarten and Reception Class Remember Mrs L Berni
• Thursday 6 November 2025 Bonfire and Room on the Broom pairs game Reception class enjoyed making bonfire posters and their Room on the Broom pairs game.
• Thursday 6 November 2025 SBC Wind Band Day What a fabulous day for our young musicians, attending the SBC Wind Band Day. Thanks to all of the instructors involved - a really inspiring day.
• Tuesday 4 November 2025 Form 1 create Firework posters
• Tuesday 4 November 2025 Kindergarten enjoy a wet walk in the woods
• Friday 31 October 2025 Lecture Final 2025
• Friday 31 October 2025 Halloween fun in Kindergarten 2025
• Friday 31 October 2025 Halloween Fun in Pre-Prep
• Monday 27 October 2025 Our Weekend Athletes Congratulations to four of our athletes for their weekend achievements. Sophie came 4th ( in the adult category) in her first tetrathlon, Tilly L ran in the Scottish cross country relays in Cumbernauld and her team were placed 3rd. Mr Harvey and Mrs Simpson ran the Dublin Marathon raising a huge sum of money for @brain_tumour_research . We are so proud of them all.👏👏
• Friday 24 October 2025 Pre-Prep enjoy a trip to Harestanes
• Thursday 23 October 2025 Form 5 visit the Museum on the Mound The class have had a wonderful day!
• Wednesday 22 October 2025 NSEA Championships 2025
• Friday 10 October 2025 Happy Half Term Holiday Take 3!
• Friday 10 October 2025 Conker Fun in Kindergarten
• Friday 10 October 2025 Squad Singing 2025 The much awaited Squad Singing took place last night with Percy being the Squad Winners. A huge Well Done to all soloists.
• Thursday 9 October 2025 Harvest Songs in Pre-Prep
• Wednesday 8 October 2025 M. G. Leonard, Author visits St. Mary's This morning we welcomed Author M G Leonard. She read an extract from her latest book "Time Keys: The Legend of Viking Thunder" and she advertised the rest of the books in the series. She then signed copies for individual children in the school library.
• Monday 6 October 2025 A busy Monday in Kindergarten
• Wednesday 1 October 2025 2D Shapes Form 1 enjoyed drawing repeated patterns of 2d shapes in chalk. They worked in pairs and continued each other's sequences.L Hempenstall
• Wednesday 1 October 2025 New tablecloths Lovely new tablecloths arrived for the dining room!
• Monday 29 September 2025 News from Kindergarten - September 2025 Our learning kicked off this morning with a visit from a fire engine.
• Friday 26 September 2025 Rights Respecting Committee The first meeting of Our Rights Respecting Committee took place this morning.
• Wednesday 24 September 2025 Orchestra 2025 Every Wednesday morning this talented and enthusiastic group of pupils and staff meet for our weekly Orchestra rehearsal. We currently have 28 pupils and 4 members of staff – numbers that we are really proud of and that include pupils from Form 2 up to Form 8. If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Miss McRae.
• Wednesday 24 September 2025 Kindergarten have fun with their new interactive board The children are enjoying engaging with their new interactive board.
• Tuesday 23 September 2025 Form 7 Geography - River Erosion Travelling behind a waterfall to identify features of river erosion. Pupils enjoyed the new VR headsets.
• Monday 22 September 2025 Bang Goes The Borders - 20th September 2025 We welcomed over 1,200 visitors to another very successful Bang Goes The Borders.
• Friday 19 September 2025 Ducklings visit Form 1 Matilda and her Daddy brought her 10 day old ducklings in to class today to meet Form 1. We are looking forward to finding out lots of facts about ducks and writing about them!
• Thursday 18 September 2025 Former Pupil's family visit Mr and Mrs Sim, all the way from Australia, dropped in on spec today to enquire about Mr Sim's father Alastair who attended St. Mary's from 1919 - 1922. With some help from Mrs Lewington, our Librarian, they were delighted to find some photographs and information about his time here.
• Wednesday 17 September 2025 Maths Lesson - Form 1 Colourful Maths in Form 1 - using ten frames and number lines to count on.
• Tuesday 16 September 2025 Climate Change Debate - Form 7 Form 7 preparing a pitch for a Climate Change Debate - effects and possible solutions.
• Monday 15 September 2025 Clelands Sponsorship Huge thanks to our local Volvo Dealer Clelands, for sponsoring our 1st Teams Sports kit.
• Monday 15 September 2025 Lucinda Miller St. Mary's are delighted to be hosting a talk by Lucinda Miller, leading naturopath and child nutrition expert, on ‘How Parents Can Help Their Kids Shine'. The talk will be happening at St. Mary's on Friday 10th October at 2pm. Lucinda is a much sought after professional in her field and with this in mind we are excited to offer tickets (£8pp) to not just our parent body, but to anyone else who would like to come and listen. To book your place please email office@stmarysmelrose.org.uk
• Friday 12 September 2025 A musical morning in Kindergarten!
• Wednesday 10 September 2025 Our New VCR Headsets Form 3 have been researching the Vikings this afternoon using our wonderful new VR headsets. These promise to bring lots of aspects of the curriculum to life across the year groups.
• Tuesday 9 September 2025 Junior Languages It's been a busy day in the junior languages classrooms. Form 5 were busy in the new tech facility making use of the lovely new iPads, while Form 2 were using talking tins to record their sentences. Bon travail!
• Monday 8 September 2025 Former Pupils at Ypres Cathedral Delighted to see this picture of three St. Mary's FP's following their performance with Sedbergh School at Ypres Cathedral yesterday.
• Friday 5 September 2025 Bang Goes The Borders 2025 Bang Goes the Borders is back on 20th September!
• Tuesday 2 September 2025 Form 4 working with our new Ipads
• Monday 1 September 2025 Form 1 Bug Hunt Form 1 spent Friday afternoon hunting for bugs around the school grounds. They we looked at pictures to identify and name them.
• Wednesday 27 August 2025 Heads of School 2025-2026 Welcome to our Heads of School
• Friday 4 July 2025 Prep School Sports Day 2025
• Friday 4 July 2025 Senior School Prizegiving 2025 Last night we welcomed former pupil Roger Baird to present the prizes to our senior pupils. Tribute was made by the Headmaster to Gareth Baird who retired as Chairman. It was wonderful to see so many former Governors and family supporting the prizegiving and Gareth's retirement.
• Friday 4 July 2025 Middle School Prizegiving 2025
• Thursday 3 July 2025 Form 8 Assembly 2025
• Wednesday 2 July 2025 Summer Concert 2025 What a wonderful Summer Concert yesterday morning in the Morrison Hall. Our audience were entertained by the school orchestra, middle and upper school choirs, as well as a host of talented soloists.
• Tuesday 1 July 2025 Pre-Prep trip to the Zoo June 2025
• Monday 30 June 2025 Form 8 Camp 2025 Form 8 had the best time at camp .............. the photos say it all.
• Friday 27 June 2025 Forms 3 and 5 Money Workshop F3 & F5 wearing the money badges they designed during the Bank of Scotland money workshop.
• Friday 27 June 2025 Form 7 Camp 2025
• Thursday 26 June 2025 Kindergarten's Teddy Bears Picnic 2025
• Thursday 26 June 2025 Form 3 visit their teacher's garden Form 3 visited my garden to meet my pets this afternoon.
• Thursday 26 June 2025 Form 6 Camp 2025
• Wednesday 25 June 2025 Form 3 visit The Haining Form 3 had a lovely walk around the Haining "Woolly Wanderland" this morning.
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 Form 1 visit the Fruit Shop Form 1 visited the greengrocers shop in Melrose this morning as part of learning about where our food comes from. They bought fruit and looked at a giant world map to find where they were grown. Did you know that the Kiwi took 25 days to be shipped form New Zealand?
• Friday 20 June 2025 Swimming Gala June 2025
• Wednesday 18 June 2025 Melrose Festival Fancy Dress Competition A fabulous turnout from pupils for the #melrosefestival fancy dress competition tonight. Even some staff were convinced to become a minion! We were delighted to be awarded 2nd place in the mixed age groups category.Huge thanks to all who participated and to the festival committee for a great evening.
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 Form 5 Camp 2025
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 Forms 3 and 4 Camp, June 2025 Old Melrose
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 ABRSM Exams in Edinburgh Yesterday, a number of our pupils sat ABRSM exams.
• Friday 6 June 2025 Stay and Read in Reception Class June 2025
• Friday 6 June 2025 Kith 'n' Kin - June 2025 Following final exams for our senior pupils, family and friends joined us for our annual Kith 'n' Kin. Family and friends were shown around the school, visited the French Cafe, watched tennis, cricket and rounders, and then gathered in the Morrison Hall for a recital and an address by the Headmaster.
• Wednesday 4 June 2025 Form 4 trip to Dynamic Earth
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Melrose Festival Junior Ride Out Pupils supported the Junior Ride Out on Monday night, watched by staff and boarders.
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Form 1 Farm Trip 2025 Form 1 had a wonderful day at Sandystones Farm. They mixed cake for the cow's breakfast, watched the farrier getting the ponies ready for the Ride Out, counted hens & eggs, fed Titus the Tortoise and had a picnic! Thank you so much to Mr and Mrs Lee for such a fun and interesting day, we all learnt so much about where our food comes from!
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Musical fun in Kindergarten Miss Gillian has created a musical drum for the children in Kindergarten.
• Friday 23 May 2025 Form 8 Trimontium visit
• Thursday 22 May 2025 Form 4 attend the Border Union Schools Countryside Day 2025 On Tuesday 20th May, Form 4 attended the Border Union Schools Countryside Day in Kelso where the aim of the day was for children to experience as many aspects of rural life as possible. The day included rural skills, past, present and future. There were around 50 exhibitors attending the event to give the children the opportunity to learn about many rural businesses and skills, with a number of organisations allowing the children to take part in hands on activities such as planting seeds, milking a cow and making butter. The children saw examples of crops that are grown locally and the products that they are used to create. A fantastic educational day out!
• Thursday 22 May 2025 Rhubarb for pudding Freshly picked rhubarb for today's crumble.
• Tuesday 20 May 2025 Form 1 join Form 5 for a Maths lesson This morning Form 1 joined Form 5 for a Maths lesson to practice their skills in place value.
• Tuesday 20 May 2025 Reception Class enjoy a Farm Visit Reception class really enjoyed their visit to Sandystones farm. Thank you to Mr and Mrs Lee for their brilliant tour.
• Friday 16 May 2025 Form 7 - Selkirk Deer Park
• Friday 16 May 2025 Annual Pedal Push 2025 This year, our Annual Pedal Push is raising funds for Brain Tumour Research.
• Tuesday 13 May 2025 Form 3 enjoy a trip to the Hirsel Farm to Fork
• Tuesday 13 May 2025 UK Mathematics Trust Junior Challenge 2025
• Thursday 8 May 2025 A visit from a fire engine Reception class thoroughly enjoyed learning all about a fire engine today.
• Thursday 8 May 2025 Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough
• Thursday 8 May 2025 We remember World War II In remembrance of all those who fought for our freedom in WWII, the school held a two-minute silence today at midday. This is also part of celebrating VE Day, so poignant but celebratory in tone.
• Thursday 8 May 2025 No Mow May 2025
• Wednesday 7 May 2025 Form 4 - Forces in Motion As part of their Forces in Motion topic, Form 4 have been learning about Gravity. We discussed the difference between mass and weight and then used a forcemeter to measure the weight, in Newtons (N), of different objects.
• Friday 2 May 2025 Rotary Primary Schools Quiz The next round of the Rotary Quiz
• Thursday 1 May 2025 Junior Mathematical Challenge from the UK Mathematics Trust Every year our top two year groups take part in this challenge. This year 700 000 pupils from around the world took part!
• Wednesday 30 April 2025 Bubble Fun in Reception Class
• Wednesday 30 April 2025 Form 1 Litter Pick This morning Form 1 carried out a litter pick just outside the school grounds.
• Wednesday 30 April 2025 2025 Poetry Final Congratulations to all who took part in our Poetry Final yesterday, and in particular to winners Angus, Caleb and Maddison. Thanks also to our judge, Helen Day, from Loretto. There were some very inspiring poems:
• Tuesday 29 April 2025 Form 1 writing Spring poems outside this morning
• Thursday 24 April 2025 The Big SupPORT in aid of Brain Tumour Research
• Thursday 24 April 2025 Form 6 Maths lesson Form 6 Maths lesson (in fancy dress in support of Brain Tumour Research) - the pupils investigated circles in the sunshine.
• Wednesday 23 April 2025 Kindergarten pupils chilling in the sun Chilling in the sun and looking at the Eildon Hills.
• Tuesday 22 April 2025 Gardening Club Mrs Stuart and Miss Burn alongside Mr Key, Madame Bruce and Miss Renwick were joined by lots of pupils for the first gardening club of the year at lunchtime today. Proving that many hands do indeed make light work, four of the raised beds are almost cleared and ready to be planted with fruits, salads and cut flowers for the school.
• Friday 28 March 2025 Squad Day 2025 Squad Day was a closely fought contest this year with Home winning narrowly by 1 point!
• Friday 28 March 2025 Forms 1 and 2 Spring Songs What a lovely way to start the morning.
• Thursday 27 March 2025 Week of 24th March - Another busy week in Kindergarten The children in Kindergarten enjoyed listing to the book of the week 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'.
• Thursday 27 March 2025 Form 3 Geography Form 3 presented their posters on their chosen European country for their Geography topic.
• Tuesday 25 March 2025 Middle School Maths Challenge The middle school, Forms 3, 4 and 5, took part in a maths challenge on Monday. Eight teams, made up of 6 pupils per team, solved a number of maths puzzles, before completing an individual 10 question mental maths paper in 10 minutes. Points were awarded for correct answers and teamwork. The winning team were Evie, Nellie, Alex, Sacha, Andrew and Hesper. Quote of the day which was music to my ears, ‘Maths is fun’.
• Friday 21 March 2025 Melrose Rotary Quiz Here is the winning team of Sholto, Hugo, Mairi and Hector from yesterday's Rotary Quiz. Our team are also pictured with the Sylvia, Peter and David from the Rotary who came in to run the quiz for us.
• Friday 21 March 2025 Henry and The Tudor Dude (2)
• Friday 21 March 2025 Henry the Tudor Dude - Forms 7 and 8 Henry the Tudor Dude was written by Kjartan Poskitt. It’s based on the Life and Loves of the famous Royal, Henry VIII.
• Thursday 20 March 2025 Form 7 Enjoy Some Cheese Tasting
• Thursday 20 March 2025 Form 5 enjoy a good start to International Day of Happiness
• Wednesday 19 March 2025 Kindergarten love their new outdoor equipment Money raised from last year's fundraising and a generous donation from the Friends of St. Mary's have contributed towards this wonderful outdoor equipment.
• Monday 17 March 2025 Kindergarten celebrate St. Patrick's Day
• Thursday 13 March 2025 Stay, Play and Learn in Kindergarten - March 25
• Tuesday 11 March 2025 A fabulous trip to the woods today ....................enjoyed by our Kindergarten and staff!
• Monday 10 March 2025 Form 1 Trip to National Museum, Edinburgh Form 1 palaeontologists
• Thursday 6 March 2025 World Book Day - 6th March 2025
• Wednesday 5 March 2025 Forms 7 and 8 Show - Henry The Tudor Dude
• Wednesday 5 March 2025 Scottish Prep Schools Debating Competition - March 25
• Tuesday 4 March 2025 Pancakes in Reception Class
• Tuesday 4 March 2025 Form 2 visit the Bird Garden at Oxton Form 2 had a wonderful morning exploring the bird garden at Oxton. They saw lots of amazing animals and learned lots of fascinating facts.
• Monday 3 March 2025 Form 2 Spanish Lesson We were joined by Mrs Galliano for our Spanish lesson this morning. The children were learning all about colours.
• Monday 3 March 2025 Reception Class read their stories to Form 2
• Monday 3 March 2025 Kindergarten news - outdoor play and healthy eating
• Wednesday 26 February 2025 Kindergarten enjoy visit to the woods
• Wednesday 26 February 2025 F2 visiting F7 for a Spanish workshop
• Friday 21 February 2025 The Rights Respecting Committee The Rights Respecting Committee met today to discuss our priorities for our Silver Award.
• Friday 21 February 2025 Form 7 Geography lesson Form 7 have been learning about push & pull factors for migration in Geography and worked in pairs to review visa applications.
• Tuesday 18 February 2025 NSEA - February 2025
• Monday 17 February 2025 Melrose Rotary Club - congratulations to our artists We were delighted to be asked to produce some Christmas art work with the theme "Jingle bells, Santa is on his way" The middle school enjoyed rising to the challenge producing some lovely work. Just before mid-term we heard that Isla and Chloe were winners with Georgia and Armel being runners up. Mr Harvey took the opportunity of Monday's assembly to congratulate our young artists. It really was most generous of Melrose Rotary Club to organise such a nice competition and award super prizes that will be eagerly used by our little artists.
• Friday 7 February 2025 Forms 3 and 4 -Jill and Fred's Most Hysterical Historical Adventure
• Friday 7 February 2025 New Records in Cross Country
• Friday 7 February 2025 Marble Cafe - Form 5 Form 5 held a Marble Cafe yesterday to say thank you to staff; delicious cakes and coffee.
• Friday 7 February 2025 Form 8 trip to Sky Up Academy Studios This morning Form 8 accompanied by Ms Worth, Svetlana and Russell enjoyed a trip to Livingston to the Sky Up Academy Studios.
• Friday 7 February 2025 Form 1 - Mental Health Week Mood booster dancing, mindfulness drawing and bubble breathing for Mental Health Week.
• Thursday 6 February 2025 Pre-Prep enjoy their break time
• Wednesday 5 February 2025 Joint Maths Lesson Form 5 and Reception enjoy a joint maths lesson.
• Tuesday 4 February 2025 Kindergarten - balancing, climbing and jumping
• Friday 31 January 2025 Hide and Seek
• Thursday 30 January 2025 Form 1 - Measuring in Maths Form 1 having been learning how to use cubes and hand spans to measure and compare objects around the class room.
• Wednesday 29 January 2025 Kindergarten celebrate Chinese New Year
• Wednesday 29 January 2025 Stay and Read in Reception Class Jan 2025
• Tuesday 28 January 2025 Life in Lower Kindergarten
• Friday 17 January 2025 Rawthey Run
• Thursday 16 January 2025 Fettes Workshop Having fun at Fettes, meting old friends (big sister!) and getting very creative.
• Wednesday 15 January 2025 Kindergarten Maths Lesson Maths Lessons indoors and outdoors today.
• Thursday 9 January 2025 Our Latest School Magazine can now be viewed on line - click on picture above
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 Senior Pupils Christmas Party
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 Kindergarten celebrate Christmas
• Wednesday 11 December 2024 Form 5 Girls attend Women in Technology Day at St. George's Our Super hero
• Tuesday 10 December 2024 Pre-Prep Christmas Lunch and Party
• Monday 9 December 2024 Middle School Christmas party 2024 Today Forms 3, 4 and 5 had fun at their Christmas party today.
• Friday 6 December 2024 Forms 1 and 2 Carols this morning
• Thursday 5 December 2024 Cinderella and Rockerfella - Forms 5 and 6 Show One rockstar prince, two sassy stepsisters and Cinderella - a modern, panto-style twist on the traditional Cinderella tale. Congratulations to our super star cast.
• Thursday 5 December 2024 Form 3 Christmas Problem Solving in Maths
• Thursday 5 December 2024 Form 3 Viking Battle and Feast 2024
• Thursday 5 December 2024 Form 8 Trip to the Royal Lyceum Theatre This morning Form 8 accompanied by Ms Worth and Russell have gone to watch Treasure Island at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.
• Monday 2 December 2024 Concert at Kelso North Church, Kelso in aid of RNLI Yesterday, Charlotte Bramhall and a choir from school performed at Kelso North Church in Kelso in aid of RNLI. Thanks also go to Mr Harvey and Mrs Senga Tweedie for accompanying the Choir.
• Monday 2 December 2024 Gap Surprise 2024 Friday 29th November
• Friday 29 November 2024 Christmas activities begin .............
• Wednesday 27 November 2024 St. Marys' COP 29 At the same time as world leaders were meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of the UN’s 29th Council of Parties (COP29) to discuss the climate crisis, Form 8 held their own conference. We have been studying the work of the UN and their 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) this term as part of our environmental studies program.
• Tuesday 26 November 2024 Lots of fun making astronauts this afternoon Reception Class and Form 2 enjoyed making astronauts.
• Monday 25 November 2024 Stay, Play and Learn in Kindergarten - Nov 24
• Friday 22 November 2024 Abbey Park Relay 2024 The photos say it all ................... Percy were the winners on the day.
• Wednesday 20 November 2024 Form 2 PSHE In PSHE children designed a bucket which was filled with positive comments from their peers outlining what they were good at.
• Wednesday 20 November 2024 Form 4 play Whiskey 6 Form 4 have had great fun this morning playing ‘Whiskey 6’ and practising their weekly spelling words. Why don’t you ask your child to teach you how to play!
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Pupils and Staff wear Wellies Today, pupils and staff are wearing wellies instead of shoes to show support for our farmers.
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Forms 1 and 2 visit Priorswood Gardens Lots of fun at Priorwood Gardens making Christmas cards and tree decorations today.
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Cinderella and Rockerfella Forms 5 and 6 will be performing Cinderella and Rockerfella on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th December at 7pm. If you are interested in show tickets, please contact the school office on office@stmarysmelrose.org.uk
• Friday 15 November 2024 Forms 1 and 2 celebrate Children in Need Form 2 - Mood boosting activities.
• Friday 15 November 2024 Bedouin tents Form 1 STEM Activity - Form 1 worked together in groups to construct Bedouin tents suitable for nomads living in the Sahara Desert.
• Friday 15 November 2024 U11A Hockey Team at IAPS Hockey Finals, Repton Today.
• Friday 8 November 2024 Form 3 Circuit Building in Science
• Friday 8 November 2024 Our younger pupils Remember
• Friday 8 November 2024 Form 4 make Puppets Form 3 made puppets and used them as inspiration to write stories which we have now entered into the BBC 500 words competition. Wish us luck.
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Kindergarten enjoy their weekly walk A lovely day for a walk in the woods.
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Forms 1 and 2 Paired Reading Forms 1 and 2 enjoyed some paired reading this morning.
• Tuesday 5 November 2024 Diwali Celebrations Shzanaya made Diyas and gave to everyone in Form 1.
• Thursday 31 October 2024 Halloween 2024
• Thursday 31 October 2024 Author Visit - Abi Elphinstone
• Tuesday 29 October 2024 Lecture Final 2024 Congratulations to all our finalists at today's Lecture Final. And special mention to our judge Mr Rob Longworth, Heritage Resources Department Officer, of the Trimontium Museum.
• Monday 28 October 2024 Kindergarten enjoy an autumn walk
• Friday 25 October 2024 First senior Cross Country of the academic year 24-25
• Thursday 24 October 2024 Form 4 Number Fun As part of their work on Place Value, Form 4 had great fun yesterday morning comparing and ordering numbers.
• Wednesday 23 October 2024 NSEA Championships 2024 NSEA Championships
• Friday 11 October 2024 Form 8 Trip to Torness Form 8 are visiting Torness Power Station today.
• Friday 11 October 2024 Squad Singing 2024
• Thursday 10 October 2024 Hello Yellow - YOUNGMINDS - World Mental Health Day For Hello Yellow day, children in Pre-Prep designed a badge for a friend showing what makes their friend special.
• Thursday 10 October 2024 Form 7 attend Merchiston STEM Day
• Wednesday 9 October 2024 Pre-Prep sing Harvest Songs October 24 This afternoon Reception Class, Forms 1 and 2 sand Harvest songs for their parents. It was fabulous.
• Monday 7 October 2024 Form 1 combined PE and Maths Lesson F1 combined maths and PE today! They had great fun measuring 1 to 2 footed jumps then 1 to other (leap!) Mrs Bell and Miss Burn were really impressed with the class and their concentration and understanding.
• Friday 4 October 2024 Indoor games session An indoor games session today for some of our girls .
• Friday 4 October 2024 Changes of State - Form 4 Science Form 4 have had great fun exploring changes of state in Science! We have experimented with both ice and chocolate and are investigating the different melting points of solids. We used the school’s digital thermometer to take our temperatures and then thought we had better check that chocolate would melt at this temperature!
• Wednesday 2 October 2024 Kindergarten trip to the Woods - 2 Oct 24 The pupils in Kindergarten are having a lovely time at the woods this morning collecting conkers.
• Tuesday 1 October 2024 Form 5 visit Modern One Gallery for Maths Workshops
• Tuesday 1 October 2024 Lunchtime clubs One of the numerous lunchtime clubs - first netball session (inside) in the new Brownlie gym.
• Friday 27 September 2024 Forms 1 and 2 visit Modern One, National Gallery This morning Forms 1 and 2 have travelled to Edinburgh for Maths activities at Modern One - making sculpture shapes.
• Friday 27 September 2024 Child Smile visit Form 3 This morning Hayley and Becky from Child Smile, the Oral Health Department, visited Form 3 and talked to the pupils about ‘Looking after your teeth’. Form 3 had the opportunity to use the plaque disclosing tablets which show up plaque. The children could see the areas that needed extra care and attention when toothbrushing; this will help them to improve and perfect their toothbrushing technique.
• Thursday 26 September 2024 Pre-Prep trip to the Borders Book Festival, Hawick This morning, our Pre-prep enjoyed a trip to the Borders Book Festival in Hawick and listened to the story "Supertato".
• Tuesday 24 September 2024 News from Kindergarten 24 September 24 The children in Lower Kindergarten are settling in well.
• Monday 23 September 2024 News from Form 1 Form 1 making friendship bracelets for each other in PSHE.
• Monday 23 September 2024 Bang Goes The Borders - Saturday 21st September 2024 Initially the brain child of former parent Dr Sara Shinton, the festival has run since 2011 and consistently welcomes over 750 children and young people from across the Borders region and beyond. It is generously supported by the passionate and highly inspiring scientists and presenters from universities, schools and educational organisations across the UK, who volunteer their time to engage with our enthusiastic and appreciative participants, and educate them in numerous aspects of modern science. On Saturday, we welcomed over 1,800 visitors!
• Monday 23 September 2024 European Week of Languages This morning in assembly we celebrated the start of the European Week of Languages by singing Frere Jacques.
• Friday 20 September 2024 Form 1 visit the River Tweed Mrs Rawson, Mrs Stuart and Russell accompanied Form 1 on a trip to the River Tweed to find what minibeasts live in the river and to learn about their local habitat.
• Thursday 19 September 2024 Reception Class make Chinese Lanterns Reception Class enjoyed an outdoor lesson in the September sun making Chinese Lanterns.
• Monday 16 September 2024 Bang Goes The Borders 2024
• Sunday 15 September 2024 National Schools Equestrian Association - NSEA
• Tuesday 10 September 2024 Autumn Light in Abbey Park
• Monday 9 September 2024 Form 3 Art Trip to Hawick Museum To begin our week on a creative note Form 3 travelled to the oldest museum in the Borders. Can you guess which one that might be?
• Friday 6 September 2024 Form 1 search for Minibeasts Form 1 went hunting for minibeasts in the school grounds as part of their science lesson.
• Tuesday 3 September 2024 Tour of Britain 2024 Pupils support the Tour of Britain as it passes the entrance to school.
• Tuesday 3 September 2024 Bees enjoy late nectar Bees enjoy some late summer nectar in the sensory garden.
• Tuesday 3 September 2024 First few days back The pupils are enjoying the new all weather surface.
• Wednesday 28 August 2024 First day of term Kindergarten enjoy their first lunch of the new term.
• Thursday 4 July 2024 End of Summer Term 2024
• Monday 1 July 2024 Rainbow Spectacular and Certificates This morning Pre-Prep performed Rainbow Spectacular to family and friends.
• Friday 28 June 2024 Pre-Prep - Final Fling Pre-Prep enjoyed a visit to Priorwood this morning.......... and an ice cream.
• Friday 28 June 2024 Friends of St. Mary's Summer Fair 2024 Lots of fun at this afternoon's Friends of St. Mary's Summer Fair.
• Thursday 27 June 2024 Form 1 Geography lessons Form 1 Geography Learning about the landscape and culture in Japan with Sakura's Mummy & finding out where our food comes from with a trip to the fruit shop
• Thursday 27 June 2024 Kindergarten's Teddy Bears Picnic 2024
• Wednesday 26 June 2024 Last Stay and Read Session
• Tuesday 25 June 2024 Form 6 Camp - 2024
• Tuesday 25 June 2024 Reception Class Enjoy Making Cookies
• Monday 24 June 2024 Form 8 Camp 2024 Form 8 campers ready for the off....
• Monday 24 June 2024 Form 7 Camp 2024
• Monday 24 June 2024 Form 3 researched a country and then presented their facts to the class. Well done all.
• Monday 24 June 2024 IAPS Athletics - 2024 16 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 13 bronze medals.............................
• Thursday 20 June 2024 Swimming Gala June 2024 Well done to all competitors but particular congratulations to the following pupils:
• Wednesday 19 June 2024 New Learning Space Kindergarten have been enjoying using our new learning space to run, dance and skip.
• Wednesday 19 June 2024 Form 7 French Videos Today Madame Bruce and Form 7 visited the River Tweed to make French videos.
• Tuesday 18 June 2024 Form 7 Crisis Management Team Form 7 took on the role of a Crisis Management Team this afternoon. Using thinking skills and hazard mapping, they had to risk assess and plan the evacuation of an island as a volcano erupted sending pyroclastic flows towards the capital...
• Tuesday 18 June 2024 Pyjama Party - Kindergarten
• Monday 17 June 2024 Forms 3 and 4 Day Camp
• Monday 17 June 2024 Form 5 Camp - Monday and Tuesday Fire lighting lesson before cooking our lunch
• Sunday 16 June 2024 300 Words Story Writing Competition Congratulations to Ms Worth and our 7 finalists in the 300 words story writing competition. The winners were announced today at the #bordersbookfestival and we are thrilled that Angus M won the age 13-15 category with 'Corryvreckan' and Fergus R who won the age 10-12 category with 'Charge of the Reivers'. Stories were inspired by #thegreattapestryofscotland
• Friday 7 June 2024 Kith 'n' Kin Afternoon Today, friends and family joined pupils and staff at Kith 'n Kin day. Funds raised from the French Cafe are in support of the Brain Tumour Charity.
• Friday 7 June 2024 The Big Help Out For the Big Help Out Form 2 visited Kindy to set out snack, serve and tidy up before having a little play.
• Thursday 6 June 2024 Pre-Prep Plant Sale Our plants are ready for the Pre-Prep Plant Sale tomorrow during Kith 'n' Kin.
• Tuesday 4 June 2024 Form 1 enjoy a Farm Visit Yesterday Mrs Rawson and Mrs Ozwell took Form 1 on a farm visit to Sandystones and they all had a wonderful time. Huge thanks to the Lee family and their animals.
• Tuesday 4 June 2024 Junior Ride Out - Melrose Festival Tuesday 4th June
• Monday 3 June 2024 New Lawn for Kindergarten Kindergarten children enjoyed trying out the new lawn outside the gym extension.
• Friday 31 May 2024 Fundraising for Riding for the Disabled Association The Friends of St. Mary's have organised a fundraising for the RDA by organising ice creams, ice lollies, slushies and a bake sale. And all children and staff were invited to war a silly hat and donate £2 to this worthwhile charity.
• Thursday 30 May 2024 The Missing Key - stories by Form 2 Pupils in Form 2 have been reading their stories aloud - the stories were titled The Missing Key.
• Friday 24 May 2024 Red Watch visit Reception Class
• Friday 24 May 2024 French Cafe - Kith 'n' Kin - Friday 7th June On Friday 7th June from 2pm – 4pm, Form 7 will be holding their annual French Café for Kith ’n’ Kin Day. Coffee, tea and home baking will be served in the French-themed dining room by the Form 7 French class, and some French songs will be sung! All visitors are welcome to come and rest their legs and try some of the goodies on offer. This year, our chosen charity is The Brain Tumour Charity.
• Wednesday 22 May 2024 Native French Speaker in Form 1 Form 1 loving having a native French speaker, Camille (Henry's nanny) reading some French books highlighting "les couleurs" to the class.
• Tuesday 21 May 2024 Form 4 enjoying the Countryside Day, Kelso
• Tuesday 21 May 2024 A stunning morning at the Woods Our Kindergarten enjoyed their walk in the woods this morning.
• Tuesday 21 May 2024 Form 1 enjoy a nature trail at Priorswood
• Monday 20 May 2024 Friday Night Disco 59 pupils attended our school disco in the Morrison Hall on Friday night. Excitement peaked when children realised we had hired a proper DJ for the evening and they would not be subjected to Miss Burn and Mr Rooney’s playlist choices! The evening was filled with laughter and fun as the children enjoyed playing Spike Ball and Swing Ball in the sun when they needed a break from the dancing.
• Monday 20 May 2024 Pre-Prep Trip to the Zoo This morning Reception Class, Forms 1 and 2 set off for Edinburgh Zoo.
• Monday 20 May 2024 Form 3 visit Priorswood Form 3 had a great morning at Priorswood making bee hotels and catching bugs.
• Friday 17 May 2024 Scottish Hockey U14 Interdistricts Good luck to our 9 pupils representing The South at this years @scottishhockey U14 Interdistricts. To have 8 girls - Aleshya (VC), Martha, Rosa, Sophie L, Ophelia, Esmee, Violet and Matilda L in the girls squad and Oscar in the boys squad is quite something. We are so proud and wish you all luck! Have fun! Go South.
• Friday 17 May 2024 Harvesting rhubarb
• Friday 17 May 2024 Another busy week in Kindergarten
• Friday 17 May 2024 Kindergarten Pedal Push 2024 Yesterday, the St Mary’s Kindergarten Annual Charity Pedal Push took place today on the school tennis courts, between 11.00 am and 12 noon. This year, Kindergarten are raising funds to create a new outdoor learning space.
• Thursday 16 May 2024 New 400m records! Both senior 400m tumbled today! Oscar broke the boys record (set in 2014) and Martha the girls (set in 2006) The records are now 64.95s and 64.45s respectively. Huge congratulations to both - amazing!
• Saturday 11 May 2024 Northern Lights A wonderful display of the Aurora Borealis in Melrose and the Eildon Hills on Friday night.
• Wednesday 8 May 2024 Form 7 pupils planting with Form 1 pupils
• Wednesday 8 May 2024 Childsmile visits Kindergarten and Music Lessons Dizzy the dinosaur from Childsmile visited Kindergarten today.
• Wednesday 8 May 2024 Form 2 visit Melrose Abbey Form 2 had a wonderful afternoon enjoying a detailed tour of Melrose Abbey by Alexander. They learnt all about the history and asked lots of questions along the way.
• Monday 6 May 2024 UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT) Junior Challenge On the 25th April all pupils in Forms 7 and 8, as well as several of our younger pupils, sat the UKMT Junior Challenge. This annual event for Year 8 and younger pupils is designed to promote mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic techniques to solve “interesting” problems. It is also very useful practice in the run-up to Common Entrance later this term. In total, I’m pleased to report that we earned 11 certificates of achievement this year.
• Monday 6 May 2024 Form 2 French lesson Forms 2 learning tête, épaules, genoux, pieds.
• Monday 6 May 2024 NSEA - Show Jumping - Ian Stark Equestrian Centre, 4 May 24 4 May 24
• Friday 3 May 2024 Form 1 enjoy the Sunshine Form 1 have been enjoying the sunshine this week ~ planting sunflowers in the Eco garden and drawing flowers in Art lessons.
• Tuesday 30 April 2024 Form 3 Trip to The Hirsel Estate, Tuesday 30th May
• Tuesday 30 April 2024 Form 5 Trip to Traquair House Form 5 have enjoyed their tour of Traquair House and are now off to explore the gardens.
• Monday 29 April 2024 Form 7 trip to Camera Obscura
• Friday 26 April 2024 Form 5 Science Lesson - Darwin's Finches
• Thursday 25 April 2024 Orchestra performance This morning our school orchestra performed for parents and the school.
• Thursday 25 April 2024 Form 5 Marble Cafe Form 5 thanked all staff for helping them fill up their marble jar, by hosting a Marble Cafe morning. Many thanks to Miss Renwick for the delicious home baking and coffee.
• Tuesday 23 April 2024 Our delicious Salad Bar
• Tuesday 23 April 2024 Today's Poetry Final Today we welcomed Catherine Howett, Head of English at Strathallan to judge our Poetry Final. Pupils performed a wide range of poems:
• Monday 22 April 2024 Summer Term Clubs A number of lunchtime and after school clubs are running this term; athletics, dog walking, cricket and playground games.
• Monday 22 April 2024 Kindergarten go to the Woods A lovely visit to the woods this morning.
• Monday 22 April 2024 Congratulations Miss Burn Congratulations to Miss Susanna Burn who ran the London Marathon on Sunday in 3 hours, 37 minutes and 8 seconds in aid of Ovarian Cancer Action.
• Friday 19 April 2024 Pre-Prep Litter Pick for Melrose in Bloom and Great Borders River Clean Community Initiative
• Thursday 18 April 2024 Charity Fun Run for Ovarian Cancer Action More photographs to follow ......
• Thursday 18 April 2024 First week back in Kindergarten TuesdaySoup making ....
• Friday 22 March 2024 Squad Day 2024
• Friday 22 March 2024 Guys and Dolls Jr
• Thursday 21 March 2024 Forms 3 and 4 trip to Chamber Street
• Thursday 21 March 2024 Form 2 Trip to Bird Gardens in Oxton Form 2 had fantastic morning out at the Bird Gardens in Oxton. The boys and girls had fun learning all about a range of animals including tortoises, snakes, flamingoes, wallabies and parrots.
• Thursday 21 March 2024 The 6 'C's Form 1 have been learning about the 6 c's that underpin the principles of St Mary's.
• Wednesday 20 March 2024 Sign Language Week Reception, Form 1, Form 2 and Form 4 joined in with a fun lesson learning how to sign colours, greetings, family names, animals and the alphabet.
• Tuesday 19 March 2024 Getting Ready for the Dress Rehearsal of Guys and Dolls Jr
• Tuesday 19 March 2024 Fun in Form 2 Science Fun in Form 2 Science designing healthy packed lunches and pizzas!
• Monday 18 March 2024 First full run-through of Guys and Dolls Jr
• Friday 15 March 2024 Mrs Stuart joins Form 1 for their Science Lesson As part of British Science Week Form 1 invited Mrs Stuart to join in with their Science lesson!
• Friday 15 March 2024 Stay and Read in Reception Class
• Thursday 14 March 2024 Annual Boarders Dinner and Dance
• Thursday 14 March 2024 Kindergarten enjoy a visit to the woods
• Thursday 14 March 2024 CSI Day at Sedbergh Today Mrs Stuart and Mrs Brown accompanied two teams to Sedbergh to take part in their Crime Scene Investigation day. They were treated to juice and warm sausage rolls on arrival and have bumped into a couple of familiar faces.
• Thursday 14 March 2024 Kindergarten's Stay, Play and Learn - second session Wednesday 13th March 2024
• Wednesday 13 March 2024 Reception Class Make Bread Rolls This morning Reception class are continuing to learn about measurements and weights, by making bread rolls.
• Monday 11 March 2024 Kindergarten - Stay, Play and Learn First of our 'Stay, Play and Learn' sessions this afternoon.
• Monday 11 March 2024 Form 7 Geography Form 7 looked at the physical and human features of Melrose's site and situation in Friday's Geography lesson.
• Monday 11 March 2024 Pupils v Staff Hockey Staff won 5-1
• Friday 8 March 2024 Girls 1st VIII v Boys 1st VIII Hockey Match Friday 8th March 2024
• Thursday 7 March 2024 World Book Day - 7th March 2024 Form 3 . more photographs to follows
• Thursday 7 March 2024 Grand Opening of Pre-Prep Library
• Wednesday 6 March 2024 Form 1 learnt about El Carnaval Form 1 learnt about El Carnaval in Panama and made masks in Spanish with Senoras Hutchison & Lamont.
• Wednesday 6 March 2024 Form 1 play Spanish games with Russell.
• Wednesday 6 March 2024 Scottish Prep Schools' Debating Competition
• Tuesday 5 March 2024 Former Teachers visit St. Mary's It was lovely to welcome Mrs Anderson and Mrs Miller back to St. Mary’s and introduce them to the daughters of boys they taught in the 1980s and 1990s.
• Monday 4 March 2024 Former Pupil Dinner A most enjoyable Former Pupil Dinner was held at the Buccleuch Arms Hotel on Friday night. This year we were honoured to welcome Carl Hogg FP as our Guest Speaker. Carl is currently the Director of Academy and Development for Gloucester Rugby, following an illustrious career of coaching, playing Professional Rugby and representing Scotland. However the majority of his rugby was played here in Melrose alongside his great friend, Doddie Weir. This year at Melrose Sevens, he will be inducted into the Melrose RFC Hall of Fame.
• Friday 1 March 2024 Forms 1 and 2 enjoy a trip to Bowhill
• Thursday 29 February 2024 Kindergarten explore Exploring with loose parts in Kindergarten.
• Thursday 29 February 2024 Fun Outside in Kindergarten Fun outside this week making pancakes, filling up the car with petrol and making lots of noise on our sound wall.
• Wednesday 28 February 2024 Mrs Pinches dog Peg, visits Reception Class
• Wednesday 28 February 2024 Form 4 Science Lesson On Tuesday Form 4 investigated the amount of friction produced by different surfaces and how that can affect the speed of an object moving over the surface.
• Wednesday 28 February 2024 Form 2 Reading Time Totally engrossed in their reading books.
• Wednesday 28 February 2024 Merchiston Cross Country Relays - Tuesday 27th February 2024 Teamwork seems to have been a reoccurring theme which we have been complemented on this cross country season and this afternoons efforts at Merchiston provided our athletes with the perfect stage to show off their team synergy. When we weren’t running, St. Mary’s pupils could be seen and heard around the course cheering on their peers, holding kit and sharing words of heartfelt encouragement.
• Tuesday 27 February 2024 Reception Class enjoyed a Shape Hunt this morning
• Monday 26 February 2024 Clay Pigeon Shooting - Strathallan Top day out! Hector top gun for Team St. Mary's - he came 2nd.
• Monday 26 February 2024 Guys and Dolls Jnr Tickets are now on sale for our Forms 7 and 8 performance of Guys and Dolls Jr.
• Monday 26 February 2024 Kindergarten Celebrate The End of Chinese New Year Ending our Chinese New Year celebration with a mini Chinese buffet.
• Monday 26 February 2024 IAPS Cross Country at Belhaven Well done to all competitors at yesterday's cross country.
• Friday 23 February 2024 A Practical Maths Lesson Form 1 enjoyed a practical maths lesson today.
• Friday 23 February 2024 Science Lesson - Form 6 Form 6 reinforcing their knowledge of circuits and using our new Electro Snap kits (purchased with funding from the Friends of St. Mary's).
• Friday 23 February 2024 F2 made masks to celebrate Spanish Carnival.
• Friday 23 February 2024 Kindergarten watch a big mixer at work The children were excited to see the cement mixer turning around today.
• Thursday 22 February 2024 Boarders Got Talent Last night, 27 pupils piled into the Morrison Hall alongside the boarding team for the annual ‘Boarders Got Talent’ competition. Gap Student Russell was our entertaining host for the evening while Rebecca was our official event photographer. All 11 acts were brilliant and made the judging process very tough for the panel of Mr Outram, Miss Pugh and Miss Burn. In the end, Maisie took a well-deserved third place for her piano performance, Rose’s incredible horse jumping show earned her second place and Maddie took home the gold for her amazing dance routine which almost had the audience under a trance! Special mentions were awarded to Gabriella and Thomas for their standout performances within their groups. Well done to all competitors on a brilliant evening!
• Thursday 8 February 2024 Form 5 requested Kahoot on the ipads and so their wishes became reality this week!
• Tuesday 6 February 2024 Mystery at Magpie Manor Our wonderful Forms 3 and 4 Show.
• Tuesday 6 February 2024 Eco Committee Reps Help to Sow a Hay Meadow Six eco committee reps were invited to Faldonside today to help with sowing a hay meadow, but with a difference. Instead of a tractor, 2 Clydesdale horse called Dave and Dick pulled the seed harrow to disturb the ground ready for planting.
• Tuesday 6 February 2024 Outdoor Play
• Monday 5 February 2024 Presentation of Art Prizes from Melrose Rotary Club This morning in assembly Mr Harvey presented prizes for the Christmas Art Competition which was run by the Rotary Club. Congratulations to all winners.
• Monday 5 February 2024 Two Reception class pupils read to Mr Harvey This afternoon, two Reception class pupils visited Mr Harvey with their current reading books. Ludo read "Up in a Rocket" and Ossian read "Visit the Vet". Mr Harvey was very impressed.
• Monday 5 February 2024 Form 1 learn about Japan On Friday, Sakura's mum visited Form 1 to talk to them about Japan.
• Friday 2 February 2024 U11A IAPS Netball Qualifier at Strathallan Wednesday 31st January 2024
• Friday 2 February 2024 Kindergarten build a pipe We are building pipes for the construction site outside of Kindergarten.
• Friday 2 February 2024 Form 4 Spanish
• Friday 2 February 2024 Forms 3 and 5 have been having fun in Maths
• Friday 2 February 2024 Svetlana painting in the dining hall
• Tuesday 30 January 2024 Handwriting practice in Reception Class
• Tuesday 30 January 2024 Toniebox fun in Kindergarten We have purchased a Toniebox with 5 characters using the Friends of St. Mary's donation. The music and stories that come with each Tonie character make a great supplement to playtime.
• Monday 29 January 2024 Form 5 Geography Form 5 worked hard in geography on Friday creating houses from marshmallows and spaghetti to investigate what types of buildings are best suited to withstand earthquakes. The marshmallows also made a tasty post cross country snack!
• Friday 26 January 2024 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch Form 1 are taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. We have enjoyed spotting and identifying birds in the Eco garden and making apple feeders to take home.
• Thursday 25 January 2024 Burns Assembly 2024 At this morning's assembly we celebrated the life of Robert Burns. Well done to all.
• Thursday 25 January 2024 Form 1 Spanish Form 1 enjoyed a native Spanish helper in this week's lesson when Dr Galliano came in to help us play some number games.
• Wednesday 24 January 2024 Forms 3 and 4 Production Tickets are now on sale for Forms 3 and 4 production of 'Mystery at Magpie Manor'.
• Tuesday 23 January 2024 Happy Birthday to Gap student Russell Pre-Prep sang Happy Birthday to Russell during lunch on Tuesday and at night, the boarders presented him with a birthday cake.
• Tuesday 23 January 2024 Reception Class - choosing time Reception Class enjoyed their choosing time this afternoon.
• Tuesday 23 January 2024 Form 4 Spanish lesson Form 4 have been working on creating this colourful display on "los numeros" in Spanish.
• Monday 22 January 2024 Smart board work in Kindergarten Working with numbers with Tizzy on the smart board in Upper Kindergarten.
• Friday 19 January 2024 Fettes Art workshops On Tuesday, a group of 10 intrepid F7 artists set out on an adventure taking the train to Edinburgh. Our destination was Fettes College to take part in their art workshops hosted by the senior school's art department.
• Thursday 18 January 2024 Ukelele practice - form 2 Mrs Loomis has been working with the Form 2's on ukelele practice.
• Wednesday 17 January 2024 News from Kindergarten We brought some ice into Kindergarten and we are watching it melt. It feels very cold!
• Thursday 11 January 2024 Even our youngest members of school..... are engrossed in our new school magazine.
• Thursday 11 January 2024 Latest School Magazine The 2022-23 school magazine can now be viewed on line under the Former Pupils section of the website.
• Thursday 11 January 2024 Gym Renovation The gym renovation is creating great interest amongst our Pre-Prep pupils.
• Monday 18 December 2023 Congratulations Hal We are super proud of Hal who has been offered a place in the National Boys' Choir Training Choir. His recent performance in the title role of 'Ebenezer', pictured, and his solo at the Carol Service are testament to his wonderful voice.
• Monday 18 December 2023 Carol Service 2023
• Thursday 14 December 2023 Form 3 had fun performing their puppet plays to Form 4
• Thursday 14 December 2023 Polar Express - Kindergarten
• Wednesday 13 December 2023 Staff v Senior Boys Football
• Wednesday 13 December 2023 Kindergarten Carol Concert Such a lovely, well attended Kindergarten Christmas Carol Concert on Wednesday.
• Wednesday 13 December 2023 Senior School Christmas Party Forms 6, 7 and 8.
• Tuesday 12 December 2023 Pre-Prep Festivities Christmas Lunch followed by a Christmas Party
• Tuesday 12 December 2023 Reception and Upper Kindergarten Nativity
• Monday 11 December 2023 Middle School Christmas Party 2023
• Friday 8 December 2023 Kindergarten's Christmas Party On Thursday Kindergarten children enjoyed their Christmas Party.
• Friday 8 December 2023 Carols sung by Forms 1 and 2 This morning children in Forms 1 and 2 sang Christmas Carols to parents and staff.
• Friday 8 December 2023 1st VIII hockey v The Staff - Friday 8th December Friday 8th December 2023
• Friday 8 December 2023 Form 5 Marble Jar Form 5 have worked hard all term, which has resulted from time to time in being given marbles which have been collecting in a jar. Having filled the jar, they have been rewarded today with a home clothes day and a delicious treat of French Toast from the kitchen. They then set up the Form 5 Marble Café, where they treated the staff who have looked after them this term to fresh coffee and fancy biscuits. Well done on a super term!
• Thursday 7 December 2023 Ebenezer What a wonderful week we have had with the cast of Ebenezer. We are really proud of this team of Form 5 and 6 pupils. Thanks to everyone who helped to ensure the show was the success it was.
• Thursday 7 December 2023 Vocal Group Assembly This morning Mrs Charlotte Bramhall's vocal group performed at Assembly. What a way to start the morning! Well done to Fergus, Hal, Aleshya, Rosa, Megan, Ophelia, Immy, Violet, Coco, Lottie, Annie, Holly, Gabriella, Evie H, Chloe, Ella, Mairi, Rose, Nellie, Kirsten, Thomas MC, Charlotte and Emilia.
• Thursday 7 December 2023 Andrew plays Jingle Bells This morning Andrew and Mrs Coulson played Jingle Bells to the Form 2 class.
• Tuesday 5 December 2023 Pre-Prep enjoy a Christmas Trail at Abbotsford
• Friday 1 December 2023 News from Form 3 Form 3 made circuits in Science.
• Friday 1 December 2023 Santa's Grotto and Winter Wonderland Our wonderful Friends of St. Mary's have arranged a fun filled day for our pupils. There is a Santa's Grotto for our younger members of the community, Kindergarten, Reception class, Forms 1 and 2. In the Morrison Hall there are festive stalls and prizes, marshmallow roasting, a hot chocolate cafe and later on today, the lighting of the Christmas Tree and Carol Singing will take place.
• Thursday 30 November 2023 STEM - Form 1
• Friday 24 November 2023 Abbey Park Relay 2023 Congratulations to squad Percy, this year’s winners of the Abbey Park Relays.
• Tuesday 21 November 2023 Pre-Prep Trip to Harestanes
• Friday 17 November 2023 Diwali - Form 4 Form 4 were lucky enough to have Dr Das Mahesh & Dr Dandin and Mrs Amin come in today to talk to the children all about Diwali and showed us how to make our own paper diyas.
• Friday 17 November 2023 Rangoli designs and Diwali in Reception Class
• Thursday 16 November 2023 Stay, Play and Learn Sessions in Kindergarten
• Tuesday 14 November 2023 Form 1 Enjoy Making Pizzas with Cheffy
• Friday 10 November 2023 Remembrance Address 2023
• Friday 10 November 2023 Maths Revision Fun in Form 4
• Thursday 9 November 2023 Form 1 Science Form 1 Science - making predictions and setting up experiments.
• Tuesday 7 November 2023 Woods fun Kindergarten enjoyed another trip to the woods this week.
• Friday 3 November 2023 The Great Tapestry of Scotland On Thursday Form 5 travelled to Galashiels with The Great Tapestry of Scotland being our destination. On a rather windswept day it was lovely to be so warmly welcomed into the centre.
• Thursday 2 November 2023 Another trip to the Woods for Kindergarten Today the younger members of the St. Mary's community enjoyed an autumn walk in the woods.
• Tuesday 31 October 2023 2023 Lecture Final Today we welcomed Mr Brendan Molloy to judge our Lecture Final. Finalists were as follows: Thomas MC - Fishing
• Tuesday 31 October 2023 Kindergarten enjoy Halloween
• Friday 27 October 2023 Pre-Prep celebrate Halloween Today Pre-Prep had fun dressing up for Halloween.
• Friday 27 October 2023 Reception Class - Stay and Read Parents of Reception class enjoyed a "Stay and Read" session this morning.
• Thursday 26 October 2023 Art Department News On Wednesday we were fortunate to have River Uhing come back to work with F3. River had visited us last term to talk a little about the cameras and equipment that he uses in his work as a photojournalist.
• Wednesday 25 October 2023 NSEA Championships
• Friday 13 October 2023 2023 Squad Singing The much awaiting Squad Singing competition took place last night.
• Thursday 12 October 2023 Pre-Prep sing Harvest Songs Today Reception, Forms 1 and 2 sang Harvest Songs to their parents in the Morrison Hall.
• Thursday 5 October 2023 Outdoor learning in Kindergarten
• Wednesday 4 October 2023 Form 2 News Form 2 have been learning to touch type with Ms McRae.
• Friday 29 September 2023 Conker time at the Woods Kindergarten enjoyed a trip to the woods this morning.
• Monday 25 September 2023 The Eildons in aid of CHAS As Mrs Kirkness was making her way back to Scotland, after completing her climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, pupils in Forms 3 - 8 climbed one of the Eildons. Pre-Prep children walked around the campus, also raising money for CHAS. £332.84 was raised on the day to add to Mrs Kirkness justgiving fundraiser.
• Monday 25 September 2023 Reception Class learn about Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Mrs Hayley Pinches came in this afternoon to read The Moon Festival by Jillian Lim. The book tells the story of a Chinese family as they celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. Megan read each page of the story in English, then Hayley read in Chinese. The children enjoyed listening to the story and asked lots of interesting questions.
• Friday 22 September 2023 Form 1 Enjoy a River Walk On Thursday Mrs Rawson and Mrs Stuart set off to the River Tweed with Form 1. They saw lots of wildlife and minibeasts.
• Friday 22 September 2023 Form 5 - Dissecting in Science Form 5 had fun dissecting chicken wings in their Science lesson yesterday; investigating bones and muscles.
• Thursday 21 September 2023 Mrs Kirkness reaches the top of Kilimanjaro Mrs Kirkness has reached the top of Kilimanjaro and has raised over £2,000 for CHAS.
• Wednesday 20 September 2023 Form 3 trip visit the Hirsel Estate
• Monday 18 September 2023 Fun at Bang Goes the Borders
• Tuesday 12 September 2023 Reception Class - PE Reception class enjoyed their PE lesson today with Mrs Bell.
• Monday 11 September 2023 NSEA - Alnwick Ford Saturday 9th September
• Monday 11 September 2023 Bang Goes The Borders Programme 2023 Saturday 16th September
• Thursday 7 September 2023 Form 3 Maths Form 3 have been looking at 2D and 3D shapes this week and had great fun making their own shape nets.
• Thursday 7 September 2023 Form 8 CE Field Trip Form 8 enjoyed a warm but very successful CE field trip up the Eildons this afternoon.
• Tuesday 5 September 2023 Bang Goes The Borders 2023 For more information, please visit the BGTB page St Mary's Melrose - BGTB (stmarysmelrose.org.uk)
• Monday 4 September 2023 Boys' boarding house refurbishment During the summer holidays, the boys' boarding house had a major refurbishment. We are hugely grateful to the Rooneys for their generosity and hard work.
• Friday 1 September 2023 Form 1 Mini Beasts Form 1 enjoyed hunting for minibeasts in their Science lesson.
• Friday 1 September 2023 Mural unveiled Our fabulous mural!
• Friday 7 July 2023 A busy end of Term Senior Camps, Pre-Prep Prizegiving, Sports Days, Form 8 Assembly, Middle School Prizegiving, Senior School Prizegiving and Leavers Lunch.
• Friday 30 June 2023 Pre-Prep Trip to Bowhill Reception, Forms 1 and 2 enjoyed their end of term trip to Bowhill today.
• Friday 30 June 2023 Friends of St. Mary's Summer Fair
• Thursday 29 June 2023 Teddy Bears' Picnic Kindergarten pupils had a lovely time with their teddy bears at the picnic today.
• Wednesday 28 June 2023 Form 4 Planting Form 4 have been planting and getting ready for their Plant Stall enterprise at the Friends of St. Mary's Fair where proceeds will go towards Mrs Kirkness charity CHAS.
• Wednesday 28 June 2023 Form 8 Camp - Northumberland
• Tuesday 27 June 2023 Form 7 Camp - Fife
• Monday 26 June 2023 Form 6 Camp Fun at camp!
• Monday 26 June 2023 Form 5 trip ......to Priorwood and Eildons.
• Sunday 25 June 2023 IAPS Athletics - Results
• Thursday 22 June 2023 Form 1 Field Work Form 1 did some Geography field work around Melrose, looking for physical and human features of our local landscape.
• Monday 19 June 2023 Form 5 Camp, Upper Nisbet Form 5 safely arrived at Upper Nisbet.
• Monday 19 June 2023 Forms 3 and 4 Camp, Spottiswood Monday 19th June
• Tuesday 6 June 2023 Form 4 enjoy Farm to Fork at the Hirsel Estate Form 4 enjoyed an outdoor learning experience today at the Hirsel, Coldstream.
• Monday 5 June 2023 Form 1 Farm Trip Form 1 had a wonderful day at Sandystones Farm meeting all the animals and making cake for the cattle as they learnt about where our food comes from.
• Monday 5 June 2023 Forms 1 and 2 visit Edinburgh Zoo on Friday 2nd June, Forms 1 and travelled to Edinburgh Zoo.
• Friday 2 June 2023 Melrose Music Festival
• Wednesday 31 May 2023 Form 4 Gardening on a Hot Tuesday Afternoon Today, Form 4 sowed some salad crop and beautiful Nigella. Also work to be done tending our previously sown plants.
• Tuesday 30 May 2023 Inspire Learning Festival, Kelso Form 6 attended the Inspire Learning Festival at Springwood Park in Kelso today.
• Tuesday 30 May 2023 Dressed for School Exhibition
• Tuesday 30 May 2023 Form 8 v Staff - Mixed Doubles Another round of the Form 8 v Staff Mixed Doubles took place today with the Headmaster and Maia taking on Mr Brown and Freddie.
• Monday 29 May 2023 A lovely day for Athletics
• Thursday 25 May 2023 Form 4 - Impromptu Concert Form 4 at an impromptu concert during music this morning. Thank you to those who performed and we look forward to more performances next week.
• Wednesday 24 May 2023 Orchestra All sizes of cello at Orchestra this morning.
• Wednesday 24 May 2023 FP, Peter Glover visits St. Mary's This afternoon we welcomed FP Peter Glover to St. Mary's. We invited him to watch the 1st XI match v Ardvreck. Mr Glover was the first St. Mary's boy to score a century. See extracts from the St. Mary's School Magazine, Vol. LVIL 1953.
• Tuesday 23 May 2023 War Graves Week: William Barrie Young This week sees the Commonwealth War Graves Commission hold its War Graves Week, which seeks to spotlight the work the Commission does, and why it is so important. There are various events happening across Scotland: https://bit.ly/420RSSW
• Friday 19 May 2023 Galashiels Fire Station visit Today staff from the Galashiels Fire Brigade spoke to Pre-Prep about fire and water safety........... and brought their fire engine. Forms 6 and 7 had an information water safety talk ahead of the summer months and warmer weather.
• Friday 19 May 2023 UK MATHEMATICS TRUST On the 26th April all pupils in Forms 7 and 8 attempted the UK Mathematics Trust Junior Challenge. This annual event for Year 8 and younger pupils is designed to promote mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic techniques to solve “interesting” problems.
• Thursday 18 May 2023 Digital Art Lesson Form 7 enjoying a digital art lesson this afternoon.
• Thursday 18 May 2023 Mrs Smith hosts a flute session This morning Forms 3 and 4 were invited to learn all about flutes. Mrs Smith spoke about the 7 different flutes: Bone Flute, 1 Keyed Flute, Marching Flute, Piccolo, Flute, Crystal Flute Lizzo and the Bamboo Flute.
• Wednesday 17 May 2023 Pedal Push Fun Kindergarten children enjoyed their annual pedal push on the tennis courts this morning. This year, the Kindergarten are fundraising for The Borders Macmillan Centre in The Borders General Hospital. Children were invited to take part in the event on their bicycles and push-along/ride-on toys.
• Wednesday 17 May 2023 Magic Mog Those lucky enough to be in the Middle School early this morning witnessed a magic show. Magnus impressed children and staff with his Magic Mog Magic Show.
• Tuesday 16 May 2023 Countryside Education Day, Kelso Form 4 have enjoyed some outdoor learning at today's Countryside Day.
• Tuesday 16 May 2023 NSEA - Show Jumping and Jumping with Style - Floors Castle, 12/13 May 23 12-13 May 23
• Thursday 11 May 2023 A busy Greenhouse - Form 4 Form 4 have also been involved in planting lots of seeds to grow on in the greenhouse so we have lots on offer at our plant sale on the 30th of June at the Summer Fair. The greenhouse is already bursting with cuttings and seeds so needs lots of watering!
• Wednesday 10 May 2023 Form 4 - Garden News Form 4 helped to pick some of the spinach which has self-seeded in our garden beds by the greenhouse. This was then delivered to the kitchen and will make its next appearance in our lunches! More planting to be done soon, to ensure we grow more vegetables and salad dishes!
• Monday 8 May 2023 Friday Night Boarding Pupils and staff enjoyed a bbq and Bubble Football on Friday.
• Monday 8 May 2023 Form 4 Assembly a lovely way to start the week.
• Monday 8 May 2023 Coronation Celebrations
• Wednesday 3 May 2023 Form 7 Environmental Trip to Faldonside Form 7 had a wonderful visit to Dr Karen Blackport’s estate at Faldonside on Tuesday morning, as part of their focus on biodiversity and habitat restoration in environmental science. Dr. Blackport is a passionate environmentalist, a keen educator and a true steward of her beautiful land beside the Tweed just north of Galashiels. In the last 18 months, in addition to the wonderful array of trees and habitats already present, the grounds have been enhanced with a pond, hibernaculae, bird and bat boxes, a permaculture garden, hedge planting and a planned program of eradication of invasive species.
• Monday 1 May 2023 No Mow May 2023 St Mary’s will be promoting No Mow May again this year, after the success of our own No Mow areas. We already have lots of wild garlic, celandine, dandelions and daisies coming up through the grass, providing early nectar for pollinators. There is more bird activity too, with small songbirds coming in closer to the classrooms due to increased food in the form of insects, as well as ground cover. The eco committee invites our St Mary’s community to leave an area of their lawn, that would normally be mowed, for the month of May to see what happens.
• Friday 28 April 2023 STEM Day with Dr Jim Reilly and Oundle
• Thursday 27 April 2023 Form 5 Science Form 5 have been learning about adaptation and creating camouflage butterflies in their Science lesson.
• Wednesday 26 April 2023 Sunflowers Today, Upper Kindergarten are talking about Sunflowers. We have used our imagination to draw sunflowers.
• Tuesday 25 April 2023 Woods trip for Kindergarten children
• Tuesday 25 April 2023 Poetry Final, Tuesday 25th April Today we welcomed Kathleen Mansfield, retired English Teacher and Playwright to judge our Poetry Recital.
• Monday 24 April 2023 Form 7 Annual Cheese Tasting Form 7 enjoyed the annual Cheese Tasting in French. Some enjoyed it more than others, but all were good sports and gave everything a try!”
• Thursday 20 April 2023 Sky Arts Portrait Art of the Year - 10th Anniversary This year sees the 10th anniversary of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, a programme that I’m sure many of you will have watched. In celebration school children were asked to produce a portrait of someone important to them in school.
• Thursday 20 April 2023 Outdoor Fun in Kindergarten
• Thursday 20 April 2023 Forms 3 and 5 Maths Lesson Forms 3 and 5 learn about measuring in their Maths lesson this morning.
• Wednesday 19 April 2023 Litter Picks for Melrose in Bloom Week On Tuesday and Wednesday Reception class, Forms 1 and 2 carried out litter picks around the school campus and adjacent areas.
• Wednesday 19 April 2023 From the Archives: Eilidh Walker's Scrapbooks From the Archives: Eilidh Walker’s Scrapbooks
• Monday 17 April 2023 NSEA - Show Jumping at Greenlands, 15 Apr 23 On Saturday 15th April, Mary, Coco, Emily, Georgina and Amelia represented St Mary’s in the National Schools Equestrian Association Show Jumping, competing at 60, 70, 80 and 90cm Show Jumping as Individuals and 70 and 80cm in the team competitions.
• Friday 24 March 2023 Oliver - performed by Forms 7 and 8 What a wonderful show!
• Thursday 23 March 2023 Squad Day - 23rd March 2023 Some photos from our Squad Day.
• Tuesday 21 March 2023 Form 7 Science Lesson Form 7 hard at work. This morning's biology test on cell organelles went well with all pupils passing with flying (food) colours.
• Monday 20 March 2023 Form 3 trip to Chamber Street Museum Today Form 3, Mrs Kirkness and Mr Rawson have gone on the train to Edinburgh to visit the Chamber Street Museum.
• Monday 20 March 2023 Form 6 Trip to Borders Art Fair, Kelso On Friday afternoon Form 6 were delighted to head off to Kelso for an art trip at the Borders Art Fair.
• Friday 17 March 2023 Boarders Dinner and Dance Boarders Dinner Dance
• Tuesday 14 March 2023 Forms 6 and 7 Environmental Science
• Monday 13 March 2023 Stay, Play and Learn - Kindergarten
• Thursday 9 March 2023 Scottish Prep Schools Clay Pigeon Championships Strathallan School It had been a couple of years since we had attended this event at Strathallan and I think the boys were as excited as I was!
• Wednesday 8 March 2023 Form 4 explored the Chamber Street Museum!
• Wednesday 8 March 2023 World Book Day Winners Mr Harvey had a very busy day on World Book Day, but was able to look through all the submissions for our door decoration competition, and our challenge to take a photograph of yourself ‘Reading Everywhere.’
• Wednesday 8 March 2023 Form 1 Scavenger Hunt and Walk
• Tuesday 7 March 2023 Form 5 Shadow Investigations
• Thursday 2 March 2023 World Book Day - 2nd March 2023
• Tuesday 21 February 2023 Shrove Tuesday
• Tuesday 21 February 2023 NSEA - JWS￿ Newton Rigg 12 February 2023 On Sunday 12 February Coco, Emily and Georgina represented St Mary’s in the National Schools Equestrian Association, Jumping with Style. Jumping with Style (JWS) is a technical competition and has four components: a riding style mark, SJ jumping penalties, XC jumping penalties and time penalties
• Monday 20 February 2023 Diagon Alleys Diagon Alleys have arrived - just a tad of excitement in Form 4.
• Friday 10 February 2023 Dress to Express Pupils and most staff have assembled in attire of their choice under the banner ‘Dress to Express’. This is in aid of the children’s mental health charity Place2be as each participant has paid £2 for the privilege. There are some colourful garments around.
• Thursday 9 February 2023 FROM THE ARCHIVES - FAMILIAR FPs
• Wednesday 8 February 2023 Sleeping Beauty The Ugly Truth
• Wednesday 8 February 2023 Down By The Bay Form 2 and Mrs Stuart
• Wednesday 8 February 2023 The Spring Sunshine
• Tuesday 7 February 2023 Parents Read To Their Children in Kindergarten Continuing with our parents visiting Kindergarten, it was Stella's mums turn to read some stories from Stella’s collection at home!
• Tuesday 7 February 2023 Lots of Fun Playing Chess Forms 1 and 2 have had lots of fun playing Chess.
• Monday 6 February 2023 Teeth Brushing in Kindergarten Miss Emma, Miss Grace and Dizzy the Dinosaur visited Kindergarten today to watch us brush our teeth and talk to us about healthy eating. We then went on a find the tooth hunt outside!
• Friday 3 February 2023 Celebrating Chinese New Year in Art Lessons We have been enjoying discovering about Chinese New Year within our art lessons as pre prep and middle school illustrated the year of the water rabbit with their lovely work. You can see a little selection here. Yuan Xiao or the Lantern Festival culminates the celebrations on Sunday as we hope for a ; ( a prosperous New Year blessed with good luck!)
• Tuesday 31 January 2023 SPB Big Garden BirdWatch
• Wednesday 25 January 2023 Burns Assembly This morning we celebrated ..
• Monday 23 January 2023 Form 1 - Chinese New Year Form 1 had a visit from Brodie’s bunny Reggie as they learnt about Chinese New Year.
• Thursday 19 January 2023 Form 3 Science Form 3 had fun with their experiment this week changing states by freezing water balloons and then watching them melt again.
• Thursday 19 January 2023 A St. Mary's Timeline Over the past few months, I have been getting to know the collection of documents, books, magazine and photographs that make up our 'archives.' I wanted to create a general timeline of the school to share with pupils, so that they could see the important events that have happened in our history, and get a sense of how many children have stood before them in places like the 68-year-old veranda classrooms, or the 63-year-old Morrison Hall.
• Monday 16 January 2023 Kindergarten have fun in the snow
• Monday 16 January 2023 A Snowy Day in Melrose
• Wednesday 11 January 2023 School Magazine Our School Magazine has arrived and pupils will be bringing home copies this week.
• Friday 16 December 2022 Carol Service
• Thursday 15 December 2022 Form 3 French Lesson Click on the photo to hear the children sing.
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Forms 6, 7 and 8 Christmas Party
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Form 7 Football Form 7 football in the snow today.
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Form 3 Puppet Show Form 3 had great fun today performing their Puppet Show to Forms 4 and 5.
• Wednesday 14 December 2022 Eco Committee - Latest News The Eco Committee have made a video on how to save energy.
• Tuesday 13 December 2022 Party Fun for Pre-Prep A delicious Christmas lunch followed by party games.
• Monday 12 December 2022 Middle School Christmas Party Forms 3, 4 and 5 enjoyed their Christmas party today.
• Monday 12 December 2022 Snowy St. Mary's
• Friday 9 December 2022 Forms 1 and 2 Carols This morning Forms 1 and 2 sang Christmas Carols to their parents.
• Friday 9 December 2022 Christmas Cards - Fundraising for Ukraine After a very busy couple of weeks the elf artists now have 100 packs of Christmas cards ready for sale. Every child in St. Mary’s has been drawing, painting and collaging to produce handcrafted cards with the Christmas season in Ukraine very much in our thoughts. Each pack contains 6 unique cards for £10 which will be available at all the forthcoming St. Mary’s Christmas events. You can also pick up a pack at the school office or ask your child to bring one home. We would love to sell as many as possible to send the proceeds to Ukraine in the New Year.
• Thursday 8 December 2022 Elf Jr, The Musical - performed by Forms 5 and 6
• Thursday 8 December 2022 Away in a Manger performed by Grace
• Wednesday 7 December 2022 Christmas Carols in Kindy On Wednesday afternoon, the children in Kindergarten entertained their guests singing Christmas carols. We were then visited by Father Christmas, what a lovely afternoon.
• Tuesday 6 December 2022 Pre-Prep Christmas Trail at Abbotsford
• Tuesday 6 December 2022 Form 5 Science Lesson Form 5 have been learning about yeast. Today they created yeast balloons.
• Monday 5 December 2022 RNLI Christmas Concert Yesterday, Sunday 4th December, vocalists performed at the Duns and District RNLI Christmas Concert at Kelso.
• Saturday 3 December 2022 Boarders enjoy a GAP Surprise More photographs can be seen on the boarding blog. https://bit.ly/3unwuZN
• Friday 2 December 2022 Winter Wonderland Huge thanks to the Friends of St. Mary's for organising Friday's Winter Wonderland. Thank you to Form 7 for running the stalls and to Jedburgh Brass Band, and Armel and Eva for assisting with the lighting of the Christmas Tree.
• Friday 2 December 2022 Form 3 Viking Battle and Feast
• Wednesday 30 November 2022 Form 3 Puppets Form 3 have made their own puppets and are writing their own puppet plays.
• Wednesday 30 November 2022 Form 3 - Science Lesson Form 3 had fun making circuits in Science.
• Friday 25 November 2022 Pre-Prep enjoy an Autumn walk at Harestanes
• Thursday 24 November 2022 Friends of St. Mary's
• Friday 18 November 2022 Form 3 enjoyed their assessments
• Friday 18 November 2022 FORM 7 making rockets at a space themed STEM day at Merchiston today
• Wednesday 16 November 2022 Scottish IAPS Representative Hockey and Rugby Tournaments
• Tuesday 15 November 2022 Stay, Play and Learn - Kindergarten Today was our 'Stay, Play and Learn' session. We look forward to welcoming more of our lovely parents on Thursday for another session.
• Friday 11 November 2022 Kindergarten Remembers .........
• Tuesday 1 November 2022 Lecture Final Today we welcomed Dr Gillian Arbuckle to judge our Lecture Final. Subjects included "How a Combine Works", "How to Stay in Space", "Capybara", "Lego", "Animal Tracking", "Kelso", "The Life of Mo Farah", "Judges, the Court, My Grandfather and Racism", "The Power of Colour" and "The Williams Sisters".
• Tuesday 1 November 2022 Children's Milk Bottletop Bank (CMBT bank)
• Monday 31 October 2022 Lunchtime Gardening Club Lunchtime gardening club planting the winter vegetables. Beets, broad beans, and red onion sets all went in today, along with 2 rhubarb crowns. Next week we plan to start off some seeds in the greenhouse, with an experimental winter salad patch.
• Monday 31 October 2022 Form 7 learn about Chemical Reactions F7 have been studying chemical reactions with a focus on combustion. Today we went out into the garden to put our theory into practice, lighting a fire and getting it hot enough to toast a marshmallow!
• Monday 31 October 2022 Halloween fun in Kindergarten The pupils have had a wonderful time today in Kindergarten, celebrating Halloween.
• Friday 28 October 2022 Kindergarten have fun in the Woods Thursday 27th October 2022
• Thursday 27 October 2022 Mountain Biking - Form 6 PE
• Thursday 27 October 2022 From the Archives: St. Mary's Halloween
• Friday 14 October 2022 Squad Singing 2022
• Wednesday 12 October 2022 Kindergarten Enjoy Another Visit To The Woods Wednesday 12th October 2022
• Wednesday 5 October 2022 Kindergarten visit the Woods Another lovely visit to the woods yesterday.
• Wednesday 5 October 2022 Form 3 and Reception children On Tuesday Form 3 got together with the Reception children to teach them how to play some board games.
• Tuesday 4 October 2022 Scholars Visit to The Royal College of Physicians
• Friday 30 September 2022 Dental Nurse visits Form 3
• Wednesday 28 September 2022 River Dipping - Form 1 On Wednesday Form 1 walked down to the River Tweed and looked for creatures living in the river. We use picture charts to identify what we had found. There were leeches, nymphs, shrimp and some exoskeletons too!
• Wednesday 28 September 2022 Vikings visit Form 3
• Tuesday 27 September 2022 European Day of Languages Forms 1, 2 and 3 yesterday celebrated European Day of Languages. Following on from assembly and the whole school collectively learning to say 1 to 5 in Ukrainian, they played corners. There were 4 corners ( France, Spain, Germany, Ukraine) and whichever one the pupils chose to run to, they had to say the numbers 1 to 5 in that language!
• Monday 26 September 2022 Kindergarten visit to the Woods Kindergarten's enjoyed their first visit to the woods this morning.
• Friday 23 September 2022 Form 4 English Lesson Form 4 developed their descriptive ideas for writing, by visiting the River Tweed. They looked around them and listened to all the sounds to develop their senses.
• Thursday 22 September 2022 A wet break time meant a busy Library!
• Tuesday 20 September 2022 Form 1 Maths Lesson Form 1 went on a nature ramble around the school grounds to collect matching pairs of autumn foliage; twigs, leaves, flowers.
• Tuesday 20 September 2022 The CGI Borders Book Festival - Schools Gala Day Forms 3 and 4 enjoyed a trip to the Border Books Festival at Mac Arts in Galashiels this morning. Form 4 attended a session with Tlá Okogwu and learned all about super heroes. Forms 3 and 4 learned all about the Great Scots.
• Friday 16 September 2022 Form 6 Geography
• Thursday 15 September 2022 Montessori in Kindergarten This week in Upper Kindergarten, Miss Anne-Marie has been introducing our Montessori resources to the children. Each Montessori Material serves a different purpose, developing order, concentration and independence.
• Wednesday 14 September 2022 Harvesting Vegetables from the Soup Bed Form 1 and children at off games had fun harvesting the vegetables from the soup bed today.
• Tuesday 13 September 2022 Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II in Melrose As we pay our respects to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, this magazine cover from 2002 may spark a few memories for former pupils, parents and staff.
• Tuesday 13 September 2022 Monday Lunchtime Activities - Dog Walking Monday lunchtime dog walking activity began this week for those who wanted to join in. Mrs Redmond and I and our helpers set off in the sunshine with Lola and Ernie, both obedient and obliging as ever!
• Monday 12 September 2022 NSEA (National School's Equestrian Association), Alnwick Ford St. Mary’s were represented at the NSEA (National School’s Equestrian Association) at the weekend which was held at Alnwick Ford. The NSEA offers Show Jumping competitions for teams and individuals throughout the country from all schools. A team consisting of Mary T, Georgina and Lottie entered for both the Show jumping and Jumping With Style competition over 2 days whereby they competed as a team and individually.
• Friday 9 September 2022 Queen Elizabeth II
• Monday 5 September 2022 Form 8 Geography Field Trip
• Monday 5 September 2022 Bang Goes The Borders KMc/jb
• Friday 2 September 2022 Form 3 create 2D shapes Form 3 went outside yesterday to create 2D shapes with whatever they could find lying around on the ground. Can you guess the shapes
• Wednesday 31 August 2022 Library Visit Form 6 came on a class visit to see the new organisation of the library. They enjoyed scanning books out, but also relaxing on the comfortable furniture!
• Friday 8 July 2022 End of the Summer Term A busy end to the Summer Term. Wishing you a very happy holiday.
• Wednesday 6 July 2022 Middle School Picnic On Monday 4th July, Forms 3, 4 and 5 enjoyed an end of term picnic at Abbotsford.
• Monday 4 July 2022 There's a Sunflower in my Supper A fabulous performance from our Pre-Prep pupils today at their end of term show.
• Friday 1 July 2022 Form 4 visit Priorwood Gardens Form 4 enjoyed a wonderful visit to Priorswood Gardens today. We collected leaves flowers to make prints of on a card which will become the start of a scrapbook we use when we visit there. We also had a very messy time making a marble effect cover using lots of shaving foam and food colouring. We had a brilliant explore and game of tig in the gardens too. Many thanks to Jo and Mr Millar for helping us.
• Friday 1 July 2022 Kindergarten's Teddy Bears' Picnic On Thursday, Kindergarten held their annual Teddy Bears' Picnic.
• Thursday 30 June 2022 Form 3 visit Priorwood Gardens On Wednesday Form 3 went to Priors Wood Gardens for an arts and craft morning. We walked around the garden collecting items to paint and print a scrap book front cover. We also made marbling pictures with shaving foam and food colouring. It was great fun. Thank you very much to Joanna Stewart for running these activities.
• Wednesday 29 June 2022 Finding Minibeasts Finding minibeasts outside. Miss Helen, our domestic was helping Kindergarten too.
• Wednesday 29 June 2022 Form 6 Camp - Ford Form 6 enjoyed their 3 day and 2 night camp at Ford in Northumberland.
• Tuesday 28 June 2022 Form 8 Camp
• Tuesday 28 June 2022 Form 7 Camp Form 7 are enjoying coasterring in Elie, Fife today. The afternoon has been spent playing wide games on the beach with a visit to Elie.
• Tuesday 28 June 2022 Form 4 - Gardening Form 4 have been harvesting some of their wonderful spinach and lettuce to be used in the kitchen today. We can’t wait to try them and Cheffy and team were all delighted to have some fresh, home-grown ingredients. There is plenty more so Cheffy has requested a pick in time for some of the end of term celebrations next week. Well done Form 4 – great gardening!
• Wednesday 22 June 2022 Forms 3 and 4 Camp
• Tuesday 21 June 2022 Show Racism The Red Card As the sun shone down on Kith n Kin day a small party from St. Mary’s set of on their adventures to Hampden Park in Glasgow. Jemima, Dougal and Fergus had caught the eye of this year’s judges in the Show Racism the Red Card’s Creative Competition with their vibrant artwork.
• Tuesday 21 June 2022 Kith n Kin French Café Many thanks, or Merci Beaucoup to all those who dropped in for a hot drink and some home-baked “gateaux” at our French café a week past Friday. It was a hub of activity and the Form 7s loved serving their grandparents and other relations. I hope you agree they were all in fine voice with their French singing, too!
• Tuesday 21 June 2022 Form 5 camp Form 5 are having a wonderful time at the Galloway Activity Centre.
• Thursday 9 June 2022 Alice, The Musical A wonderful show performed by our Middle School children, Forms 3, 4 and 5.
• Wednesday 8 June 2022 Forms 1 and 2 trip to the Hirsel Forms 1 and 2 enjoyed visiting The Hirsel Estate on Monday. Each class learnt all about different seeds, crops and had great fun making a pizza to take home.
• Tuesday 7 June 2022 Melrose Festival Junior Rideout Last night some of our younger children took part in the Melrose Festival Junior Rideout. Our boarders went along to support.
• Monday 6 June 2022 Summer Fair - Queen's Platinum Jubilee
• Friday 3 June 2022 Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
• Thursday 2 June 2022 Jubilee Mini Garden Our Form 5 class (P6 equivalent) have really enjoyed upcycling our vegetable crate planter that was, until last week, empty of plants and brown in colour. The idea was to redesign it as the Queen’s crown, white on the bottom, purple on the top with a gold finish. The flowers are the jewels!
• Thursday 2 June 2022 In Someone Else's Shoes
• Thursday 2 June 2022 No Mow May at St Mary's
• Thursday 2 June 2022 Athletics Day A lovely athletics day took place in the sun shine on Wednesday. Great work by everyone.
• Wednesday 1 June 2022 Kindergarten enjoy a long walk A long walk in the woods this morning and a story from Miss Louise.
• Wednesday 1 June 2022 No Mow area Mr Key spotted this goldfinch on our no mow area this morning!
• Wednesday 1 June 2022 Form 3 Form 3 are delighted to be finished their exams.
• Friday 27 May 2022 Project - Tell Me Our Pre-Prep children took part in an online French exchange project. This has now been launched.
• Thursday 26 May 2022 Digging
• Thursday 26 May 2022 Form 3 Trip to Abbotsford
• Tuesday 24 May 2022 The Pupil Design Awards 2022
• Tuesday 24 May 2022 Royal Horticultural Society Level 2 Gardening We have been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s level 2 gardening award and gifted a lovely reference book.
• Monday 23 May 2022 Environmental Science with Form 7 As part of their environmental science studies, Form 7 are learning how to identify plants and invertebrates in order to carry out a biodiversity survey of the school grounds. We want to see if the No Mow areas have had a positive impact on the biodiversity of the grounds. We will then plan for future projects as we further develop our wildlife areas, with a view to being net positive for biodiversity by 2025.
• Friday 20 May 2022 Show Racism the Red Card Creative Competition
• Friday 20 May 2022 Kindergarten - trip to the woods Kindergarten enjoyed a trip to Wooplaw woods this morning.
• Friday 20 May 2022 Form 6 - Pitfall traps this week
• Wednesday 18 May 2022 Kindergarten's Pedal Push Kindergarten's Annual Pedal Push took place today.
• Wednesday 18 May 2022 Form 3 Trip to The Hirsel
• Tuesday 17 May 2022 Form 4 attend Countryside Day, Kelso Form 4, accompanied by Mrs Runciman and Miss Burn are today attending the The Border Union Schools Countryside Education day at Springwood Park. The event promotes food, farming, the rural sector and the countryside to school children inthe Scottish Borders Region. They enjoyan interactive, out of the classroom fun and educational day where they can hear, touch, feel and see as many aspects of the countryside around them all within one venue.
• Friday 13 May 2022 St. Mary's Team at NSEA Floors Castle Yesterday, Mr Harvey presented personalised numnahs to our equestrian team. These had been kindly organised by Mrs Routledge ahead of their competition at NSEA, Floors Castle today.
• Thursday 12 May 2022 No Mow May
• Wednesday 11 May 2022 Form 6 Science Lesson Form 6 pupils enjoy their quadrat random sampling lesson in Science today.
• Tuesday 10 May 2022 Forms 1, 2 and 3 Art Trip Tuesday 10th May
• Tuesday 10 May 2022 Congratulations Zara We were delighted to hear of Zara M’s recent success in the Shrewsbury Prep School Music Competition where she was placed second in the senior section of the event.
• Tuesday 10 May 2022 Water Awareness Presentation This morning we welcomed Brian Aitchison and 3 of his colleagues from Gala Fire Service. They spoke to Forms 6 and 7 about water safety ahead of the summer season.
• Monday 9 May 2022 Reception Class enjoy the blossom
• Monday 9 May 2022 Kindergarten visit Wooplaw Woods For some Kindergarten children, this was their first visit to Wooplaw Woods as visits have been restricted due to the devastation of Storm Arwen.
• Friday 6 May 2022 Form 7 Cheese Tasting On Wednesday Form 7 enjoyed their annual cheese tasting. Some enjoyed it more than others but everyone tried every cheese!
• Friday 6 May 2022 Story Sack - Kindergarten This week in Kindergarten we have been reading, learning and doing activities around “There was an old lady who swallowed a fly”.
• Friday 6 May 2022 Girls Multi Sports Afternoon Girls in Forms 3 - 8 enjoyed an afternoon of multi sports on Wednesday.
• Friday 6 May 2022 Pre-Prep Recital Our rescheduled Easter song recital took place yesterday. Parents were invited to come along and listen totheir children sing in the Morrison Hall.
• Wednesday 4 May 2022 Form 6 - Outdoor Learning
• Tuesday 3 May 2022 Form 3 visit the National Museum of Scotland This morning Form 3 headed up to Edinburgh by train with Mrs Kirkness and Mr Rawson to visit the National Museum of Scotland, Chamber Street.
• Friday 29 April 2022 Favourite photographs this week
• Thursday 28 April 2022 Poetry Final Thanks to Iain Simpson, Head of English (Retired), Craigclowan, who judged our Poetry Final on Tuesday. The winners were as follows:
• Thursday 28 April 2022 Form 1, Eco Garden
• Thursday 21 April 2022 Forms 3 and 4 visit Trimontium On Thursday Form 3 and 4 visited the event to mark the official opening of the Trimontium Museum at Abbey House. There were lots of fun activities for the children to get involved with, from a treasure hunt around the garden with a lolly for a prize, to trying on lots of Roman equipment and learning more about life for the Roman legionaries who were on hand to practice their battle moves.
• Thursday 21 April 2022 No Mow, No Toe Plenty of wild flowers emerging in our ‘No Mow, No Toe’ area – celandine, wild garlic and dandelions are providing essential early nectar for pollinators.’
• Wednesday 20 April 2022 Happy to be back Our youngest pupils are happy to be back in Kindergarten.
• Tuesday 19 April 2022 Summer Term Begins What a glorious day to start off the Summer Term
• Friday 25 March 2022 Final Assembly, Lent Term Friday 25th March 2022
• Thursday 24 March 2022 Squad Day
• Wednesday 23 March 2022 Planting Cosmos
• Wednesday 23 March 2022 Form 5 visit Harmony House and Priorswood Gardens Form 5 visited Harmony House and Priorswood Gardens this morning for a tour with the new education officer, Joanne Stewart.
• Tuesday 22 March 2022 The X Factory Tuesday 22nd March
• Tuesday 22 March 2022 Poppy Scotland - Letters to my Teacher
• Friday 18 March 2022 Boarders Dinner & Dance On Friday evening, the boarding staff hosted the Annual Boarders Dinner Dance.
• Friday 18 March 2022 Borders Children Stand with Ukraine Sunflower Posters
• Wednesday 16 March 2022 The Potting Shed Wednesday 16th March
• Tuesday 15 March 2022 Stand with Ukraine Scan the QR code to donate to the Borders Children DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal Fundraising Page.
• Monday 14 March 2022 Eco Committee The eco-committee are grateful to Mr Brydon for putting up a super fence to mark out the ‘no mow, no toe’ zone! It is a test patch to see if we can increase the biodiversity of the area by not mowing or stepping on new growth but also with some planting. Three aconites are poking through the soil beneath the horse chestnuts and hopefully some of the other bulbs we planted in the autumn will start to make an appearance as the ground warms up. We are still
• Thursday 10 March 2022 Uppingham Visit On Monday Form 7 where lucky enough to benefit from the expertise of Mr David Kirk; history of art teacher at Uppingham School. He brought William Hogarth’s “The Rake’s Progress” to life for us as we worked our way through the 8 etchings that comprise the series. Mr Kirk encouraged us to use our powers of observation to understand the narrative described in the etchings.
• Thursday 10 March 2022 Fun with Perspex A huge thankyou to Miss Gillian’s husband who provided us with perspex which Mr Brydon used to create a mark making easel for the children in Kindergarten.
• Tuesday 8 March 2022 Form 5 Science Lesson Form 5 enjoyed their Science lesson with Mr Inwood this morning investigating shadows.
• Monday 7 March 2022 Form 6 plant spring flowers Mr Bill Dodds joined Form 6 and Miss McRae this morning to help them plant spring flowers in the driveway raised bed.
• Friday 4 March 2022 Stand With Ukraine Appeal A heartfelt thank you to everyone involved!
• Thursday 3 March 2022 World Book Day Pupils in Kindergarten,Reception Class, Forms,1, 2,3 and 4 had a wonderful time dressing up asstory book characters and adjectives.
• Thursday 3 March 2022 Sunflowers - Ukraine
• Tuesday 1 March 2022 Form 2 Fashion Designers Form 2 have been fashion designers in the art room recently as part of our shared learning topic in French on clothing and fashion, entitled "amis-habits" with Heriot Watt University and a Parisian school.
• Tuesday 1 March 2022 Shrove Tuesday - pancake day This
• Tuesday 1 March 2022 Stand with Ukraine
• Monday 28 February 2022 Welcome to our new website We hope that you find it easy to use and full of the information you require, whether you are a current or prospective parent or a member of the wider community.
• Thursday 24 February 2022 Fettes Art Workshop On Thursday Fergus, Hector, Harris, India, Rosa, Martha, Sophie and Esmee were lucky enough to set out on an art adventure to Edinburgh. We weren’t to be daunted by the inconvenience of snow and treacherous roads as we changed plans and boarded the train at Tweedbank. Our hosts for the day, Fettes, had taxis waiting for us at Waverley Station ready to speed us to a wonderfully creative set of workshops. After a most welcome cake which was, of course decorated, with a delicious palette we were excited to don our aprons and begin.
• Thursday 24 February 2022 A Snowy St. Mary's Thursday 24th February 2022
• Monday 21 February 2022 Shine - Borders Art Fair Some rather nice news has come through regarding Form 5’s artwork.The Borders Art Fair will be running this year at Kelso show ground between the 25th and 27th of March and in preparation for this the organisers ran a competition for Border school children.
• Friday 4 February 2022 Form 2 French clothing exchange project This term, Form 2 are enjoying exchanging pieces of artwork, ideas and songs in French and English with pupils of the same age in an Ecole Primaire in the north of Paris as part of the “Tell Me” clothes exchange project in conjunction with Heriot Watt University in Galashiels.
• Friday 4 February 2022 Thistles Success
• Friday 4 February 2022 Kindergarten pupils learn about 'Time' The children in Upper Kindergarten are showing interest in ‘Time’. We have been busy talking about what we do at different times of the day, making watches, looking at clocks in our environment and using our sand timer to time different activities in our day.
• Friday 4 February 2022 The Borders Art Fair Some rather nice news has come through regarding Form 5’s artwork.The Borders Art Fair will be running this year at Kelso show ground between the 25th and 27th of March and in preparation for this the organisers ran a competition for Border school children.The theme was “Shine” and that brief could be interpreted in any way that the young artist liked. Of course F5 had lots of diverse and creative ideas such as………………………SHINE: The power of nature as a mermaid conducts the storm illuminated by the lighthouse.
• Thursday 20 January 2022 Rawthey Cross Country Run As expected, all our runners gave their absolute all..

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