News & Calendars

Welcome to our news page. St Mary's Hall is a vibrant place and there are always new stories appearing on this page. The most recent appear here, if you want to read our older news stories then click on the link for St Mary's Hall News at the side of the page.

 

    Latest News Stories

    • news story thumbnail Author of 'The Secret Breakers' visits SMH

      Helen Dennis, author of the 'Secret Breakers' series (described as 'The Da Vinci Code for kids') visited the school recently, and spoke to all the children in the Centenaries Theatre.  The children thoroughly enjoyed her talk and were actively involved in breaking a code in tablecloth form as part of her presentation!

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    • news story thumbnail Elementary, dear Watson...

      Gifted and talented pupils from SMH and local schools assisted Sherlock Holmes in solving a mystery. Led by boarding assistant Mr Flanagan, A level Theatre Studies students devised and performed a play based upon the work of Old Stonyhurstian Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in which  a trail of clues  was left. Pupils then used modern forensic science techniques, including finger-printing, ink chromatology, and fabric analysis to identify their culprit.

       

       

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    • news story thumbnail The May Procession

      All of the lower school children took place in a May Procession, carrying spring flowers and singing hymns to Mary in beautiful sunshine.

       

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