Category Archives: Senior Girls News
End of an era at Senior Girls’ School
Merchant Taylors’ bids farewell to a number of long-serving and much valued staff this summer. After 35 years, 15 as deputy headmistress, Dr Bush is ‘passing on her baton’! She joined the staff in 1985 having trained initially as an
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Virtual Art Gallery
During the lockdown period, a challenge was set by the Art department to ‘Create a living painting’ using only objects and props found around the house. The response was fantastic! Well done to everybody who took part. Below are a
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Merchant Taylors’ welcomes first groups of pupils back to school
We are delighted to have begun welcoming some of our children back to school. Girls and boys in Reception and Year 6 have now returned to school and they will shortly be followed by children in Year 10 and Year
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Chair of Governors Retires After 4 Years
Current Chair, and Old Girl, Beverley Bell will retire from the post on 12 July, with Old Crosbeian Philip Marshall taking over. Beverley has written the below letter to all members of the Merchant Taylors’ community: Dear Colleagues, Parents, Alumni,
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New Head Girl Team Announced
Congratulations to Melissa Hennessy who has been announced as the new Head Girl, and Jess Fitter and Ciara Losty who are the new Deputy Head Girls. The Head Girl team are representatives for the whole school and have the important
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Lockdown Challenge: The Periodic Table
The U6 chemists have been rising to the challenge of self-isolation combining Chemistry with their creative skills to produce a patchwork Periodic Table. It involves sewing a square for each element showing its symbol and will provide the Chemistry department
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School tech team producing PPE visors for frontline carers
Staff at Merchant Taylors’ School in Crosby have begun making protective visors for healthcare workers during the Covid-19 outbreak. The design and technology team at the Boys’ School site are now creating 300 items of the protective equipment every day
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Melissa Wins Place on XMaS Scientist Experience
Just before the Easter holidays began the Physics Department received the amazing news that Melissa Hennessy has won a place on the XMaS Scientist Experience. This means that next year she will be jetting off to Grenoble to take part
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Physics Challenge
The Physics Department have got a challenge for you! Using only things that you can find around the house can you build a roller coaster for a marble? If you don’t have a marble, you can improvise for example rolled
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Latest Guidance on External Examinations
Ofqual has published detailed guidance relating to the grading of A Level and GCSE examinations this summer. The process is based upon centre assessment grades and a centre-generated rank of students in a subject, formulated using a wide range of
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