SIXTH FORM

Keys, Winds, Strings and Voices - Music Teachers Perform at MSJ
Saturday 18th September 7.30 pm in York Hall

81.6% A* to B grades and 26% A*grades for girls at Malvern St James
Malvern St James is celebrating another year of outstanding examination results

Commemoration and Speech Day
At the end of the Summer Term, the School said goodbye to their founding Headmistress, Mrs Rosalind Hayes, who is retiring.

A Level and GCSE Music Recital
The recent A-level and GCSE music recital was the culmination of months of outstanding composition and practical work by Year 11 and 13 pupils.

Summer Ball
The theme for this year's Summer Ball was 'The Secret Garden', which was evident in the beautiful decorations in York Hall and throughout The Quad. 

Sign Language
Girls at Malvern St James have seized the opportunity to learn a new and valuable skill – sign language.

HMS Triumph Rededication Ceremony
One of the Ships we have adopted for School competitive events is HMS Triumph, the nuclear submarine, which has spent the last six years being refitted, following active service in Afghanistan.

Year 12 Research Week
“The process, not the product”.

Congratulations! MSJ is awarded the Artsmark Gold Award
This week it has been announced that MSJ has achieved the highest Award offered to schools by the Arts Council, for dedication and commitment to the Arts – the Artsmark Gold.

Congratulations to Francesca Baird
Congratulations to Francesca Baird, Year 13, who will have an article published in Iris Magazine.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award
Gold, Silver and Bronze participants of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme took part in several weekend practice expeditions this term.

AS Drama Examinations
The AS Drama examination consists of two separate parts.

Young Enterprise
Two MSJ companies, Debut and Barcode, performed extremely well this year and reached the Young Enterprise presentation final held at the Police Headquarters in Worcester.

Berlin Trip
A trip to Berlin was organised for students in Years 10 to 13 over the Easter holidays.

Greenslade Tea Party
Sixth form students were able to take a well-earned break from revision at the Greenslade Tea Party last Sunday afternoon.

CICERO International Classics Competition
The results of the 2010 CICERO International Classics competition were announced at the Conference of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers in London and we are delighted that two girls from MSJ received awards.

Leisure Centre for Hylton Road
Millie Chen, Year 13, has designed a Leisure Centre for a derelict site on the Hylton Road in Worcester.

Malvern Young Writer Competition Awards Evening
MSJ girls did incredibly well in the Malvern Young Writer Competition this year, winning a total of nine prizes.

Young Performers' Platform
The first Young Performers' Platform of the Summer Term was a great success and provided a wonderful lunchtime concert for the audience of girls, parents and staff.

GCSE and A Level Art Exhibition
Parents, girls, staff and invited guests enjoyed a private viewing of this summer's A Level, AS and GCSE Art Exhibition.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
MSJ sports players have had another busy week:

Prefect Roles 2010 - 2011
Congratulations to the 2010-2011 Prefect Team.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
This week's report begins with some impressive Tennis results:

Malvern Young Writers Competition
Girls from years 9 to 13 performed particularly well at this year's Malvern Young Writers Competition.

Sixth Form Hill Walk
Girls from Poulton and Greenslade Houses, joined by Mrs Drake and Miss Turnbull, took an evening stroll up the Worcestershire Beacon to watch the sun set over the hills.

Romeo and Juliet, Stratford upon Avon – A Report by Mrs Fisher
The Drama Department organised a trip for Year 12 and 13 students to see Romeo and Juliet.

National Youth Theatre Success
Congratulations to Elizabeth Lewis (Year 13) and Jodie Coates (Year 10) who successfully auditioned in Birmingham during the Easter holidays for the National Youth Theatre.

Summer Concert in Stretton Grandison
St Lawrence Church, Stretton Grandison Saturday 22nd May at 7.30pm

Music Department Summer Newsletter
For the latest news from the Music Department, please click here

Croquet Match at Shrewsbury School
The Croquet Society set off to Shrewsbury School last Sunday, armed with the marvellous Croquet set donated by the Friends of MSJ.

Triple Distinction for Francesca Hill
Francesca Hill, Year 13, is celebrating this week, having attained Distinction at Grade 8 for Percussion, French Horn and Singing.

New Croquet Set Arrives at Malvern St James
Thanks to the generosity of The Friends of MSJ, there was huge excitement at the Croquet Society's first meeting of the summer term.

Mr Tebbett reports on the Visit from Shukutoko Yono Senior School
During March, Malvern St James welcomed girls for the tenth year from the Shukutoko Yono Senior School in Tokyo.

Model United Nations Conference in Edinburgh
Miss Mann and Mrs Huntley escorted 11 girls from Years 10 to 13 to the Model United Conference which was held at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.

Wine Society Scottish Reeling
Head Girl, Alice Porter and Henry Bridge, Head Boy of Malvern College arranged a Scottish Reeling Evening with dinner and a wine quiz.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
Despite the fact the term is coming to an end, numerous sports events have been taking place, particularly in Netball.

Sixth Form Lecture ‘Geography of Health’
Geography students from Malvern College were invited to join our girls for a lecture on the ‘Geography of Health' from Dan Wellings, a Public Health researcher at MORI.

African Sanctus
The MSJ Singers joined the Elgar Chorale for a spectacular performance of Dr David Fanshawe's ‘African Sanctus'.

Art and Spanish Trip to Barcelona - a report by Tamsin Elsey
During the February half term, a group of Year 11 and Sixth Form students went on the Art and Spanish trip to Barcelona.

Oxford 'Medea' Trip
Classics and Drama students from Years 11 to 13 travelled to the Oxford Playhouse to watch ‘Medea' and listen to a pre-production talk by the producer.

Russia – Revolution and Totalitarianism
A Level History students attended the History Live conference on ‘Russia, Revolution and Totalitarianism' at the Logan Hall in London.

World Maths Day
1,133,246 students and 56,082 schools from 235 countries united to set a new world record by correctly answering 479,732,613 questions as they took part in World Maths Day in March.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
Last week was busy for sports players with numerous Netball matches being played, the U19 National School Lacrosse tournament and several individual achievements.

Cross Country Success for Emily
Emily Merrick has competed at the Midlands Cross Country Championships at Stafford Common.

Success at Latin Reading Competition
Congratulations to Jackie Koh, who has won first prize in the Senior Latin Verse section of the Gloucestershire Classical Association Reading competition held at Cheltenham Ladies College.

WineTasting Evening at Shrewsbury School
A small party of Sixth Form girls attended a wine tasting Dinner Party at Churchill's Hall – one of the boys' Houses at Shrewsbury School.

Radio Recordings Inspire Geographers
Girls in Year 12 have studied a Health Issues topic as part of their AS Geography course.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
MSJ has had some more impressive results in Netball.

Drama Club Trip to Arabian Nights
A Level Drama students joined Drama Club members from Years 7, 8 and 9 to see a production of ‘The Arabian Nights' at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford.

Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is commemorated internationally on 27th January each year.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
MSJ has had several successes at the District Cross-Country Championships. It was held at Malvern College and 6 schools were taking part.

Best Schools
Malvern St James has been ranked as one of the top 25 all-girls' boarding schools in the country, on the basis of its 2009 examination results, as published by best-schools.co.uk at http://www.best-schools.co.uk/best-schools.aspx

Body Shop Evening
Greenslade House organised a hugely popular Body Shop Evening.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
To start the first sports report of the term I am going to talk about successes that MSJ girls have had over the Christmas holiday.

Year 12 Geography Fieldtrip
Year 12 Geographers braved the elements to brush up their geographical skills in preparation for the AS exam this month.

Music Department Spring Newsletter
For the latest news from the Music Department, please click here

Mathematicians at Malvern St James are amongst the Best in Britain
A team of talented mathematicians from Malvern St James has taken part in the first round of the British Mathematics Olympiad.

Council Announce the Appointment of New Headmistress
We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Headmistress for September 2010, Mrs Patricia Woodhouse.

Wine Tasting Society
Sixth Form girls were joined by 22 boys from Malvern College and Richard Milsom from Ledbury Wine Cellar to participate in a Wine Tasting Guest Evening.

Praise for Young Enterprise Companies
The Sixth Form Young Enterprise companies Barcode, Bittersweet, Debut, For You and H2O faced the public at the Worcester Cathedral Cloisters Fair recently.

It’s Official! We are OUTSTANDING!
Malvern St James Girls' School is celebrating after receiving a fantastic Ofsted report - achieving OUTSTANDING in all categories concerned with the well-being of the children.

Mirrors of the Mind
Year 13 Drama students have created and performed their play for Unit 3 of the A level examination.

Navy trip to Malvern St James is a Triumph
The long association of Ships and Malvern St James was re-invigorated this term with a visit from HMS Triumph.

Dido and Aeneas School Production
The Music Department are celebrating this week following the success of their production of Dido and Aeneas.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
There were a large number of matches last week.

Senior Team Mathematics Challenge
Following on from our success at the friendly competition at Malvern College, our top team went forward to the Regional Final of the Team Challenge at Worcester Sixth Form College.

Biology Field Trip
This term Miss Evans, Miss Webb and 12 Upper Sixth Biolgists spent a delightful weekend at Nettlecombe Hall in Devon on their A2 fieldtrip.

Girls Successful in County and Midland Lacrosse Trials
The Sports Department is celebrating after 24 girls were successful in being selected for the Worcestershire County Lacrosse Squads.

Choir Tour of Prague and Vienna - a report by Malcolm MacLeod
We gathered at midnight for a night-time coach ride and early flight to Prague.

Autumn Term Open Morning
The Autumn Term Open Morning proved to be a great success as the School welcomed many new and current parents.

Sixth Form Classical Civilisation Study Day
Classical Civilisation and Latin students took part in this annual event held at Monmouth Haberdashers' School for Girls.

Classics Cruise 2009 - a report by Dr Jones
Mrs Baird, Dr Jones and 13 students from Year 8 to Yr 12 stepped aboard the ship Discovery on October 26^th for the first time ready to experience a week of Mediterranean sailing and sight-seeing.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
To start off this week's sports report we have success in Hockey:

Printmaking Workshop with Adrienne Craddock
Adrienne Craddock is a specialist fine art printmaker producing unique, limited edition, hand coloured, drypoint and collagraph prints.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan - County Lacrosse Success
MSJ has had brilliant success in Lacrosse with an astounding number of girls being selected for Worcestershire County Lacrosse teams.

Textiles Workshop
Following on from their visit to the London textile event, Years 11 and 12 Art students had the opportunity to work with professional Textile Artist Angie Hughes.

Sixth Form Experience
All of the girls in Year 11 had a taste of things to come when they took part in the MSJ Sixth Form Experience.

Art Students inspired by London Galleries
Art students from Years 11 to 13 were inspired by visits to a selection of London galleries, including the Tate Modern, the Saatchi, The Twisted Threads Textile Show, The Royal Academy and the Cork Street Galleries.

Malvern St James girls win first prize in Prestigious National Competition
Girls from Malvern St James are celebrating having won the Challenge the Chancellor Competition for the third time.

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
Last week we were successful on the hockey pitch.

Girls Outnumber The Opposition!
A ‘friendly' Team Maths Challenge against Malvern College was organised as a practice for the UKMT Senior Mathematics Challenge to be held at Worcester Sixth Form College in November.

Malvern St James Scoops All The Prizes
Rhiannon Allen and Lucy Darling defeated all other challengers at the Eyres-Monsell Debating Competition, held at The Chase recently.

Coco Avant Chanel by Rhiannon Allen
Beautiful in its simplicity, ‘Coco Avant Chanel' relates the moving biography of ‘Coco' before she becomes the fashion designer ‘Chanel.'

Latest Sports News from Laurel Buchanan, Sports Prefect
The U16s carried on their winning streak in Hockey last week against Prince Henry's winning 2-0, with two fantastic goals scored by Phoebe and Lianna.

Malvern St James Hosts 3 Counties Lacrosse Club
Malvern St James is delighted to be the host of 3 Counties Lacrosse

Roman Malvern Invades Australia (via Africa)!
The fortifications of British Camp on the Malvern Hills were not enough to keep the Romans out of Worcestershire, so continuing this tradition of sharing our European Roman heritage, Saturday 17^th October saw Italian,French and British organisers of the CICERO Classics competition revisiting the ancient site as part of their first international conference.

Madam Butterfly

Young Performers' Platform
‘Inspirational!' ‘Astounding!' Wow!' – were just some of the words exclaimed by the appreciative audience of the first Young Performers' Platform of the term.

Great Witley Concert
Singers and instrumentalists from MSJ performed to a large and appreciative audience as they gave the final concert of the Great Witley Concert Series for 2009.

Model United Nations Conference
600 delegates from 31 schools convened at Cheadle Hulme School, Manchester, for the Model United Nations Conference.

The Malverns by Moonlight
A group of 23 Sixth Form students and staff joined 600 women to walk the Malvern Hills by Moonlight in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Malvern St James and Macmillan Cancer Support:The Perfect Blend
In championing the Macmillan Cancer Support ‘World's Biggest Coffee Morning' initiative, Malvern St James has added a further £660 to the £2400 total it has already raised for the charity through various fund-raising activities.

Malvern Big Band Concert
On Friday 11 September, the York Hall was filled with the sounds of the Malvern Big Band, in an evening of jazz and swing.

Survivorship - To Cancer and Beyond!
The MSJ Singers had the wonderful opportunity to perform alongside a professional cast when they provided the music for ‘Survivorship – To Cancer and Beyond!' at the Solihull Arts Complex.

Malvern St James hosts ‘History at Oxford’ evening for students throughout the region
In a bid to dispel popular ‘reading History at Oxford' myths, Malvern St James hosted a dedicated evening, including dinner and lecture, for students across the region.

Heritage Day
Visitors to Malvern St James were taken back in time to the elegant days of Victorian England thanks to the School marking National Heritage Day last week and celebrating the 90 years since the Imperial Hotel became the girls' school in 1919.

A Level Congratulations! 99.5% pass rate and 82.8% A-B grades
Malvern St James is celebrating another year of excellent examination results.

Malvern St James welcomes back Mamma Mia’s Director Phyllida Lloyd
Girls and parents at Malvern St James were excited to welcome Phyllida Lloyd as their guest speaker for the end of term celebrations in July.

Sinai Expedition - October 2010
For further information on the Sinai 2010 expedition, please click here

'Survivorship - To Cancer and Beyond!' by Monica Price

'YOU'RE HIRED!' - Girls Take Part in 'Apprentice' Like Day of Activities
Girls in years 9 and 12 brushed up their entrepreneurial skills in readiness for a day of business activities entitled ‘Road to Success' Day in June.

Sixth Form Girls Raise Record Funds for Gambia Trip
A group of 20 girls experienced a life-changing experience when they travelled to The Gambia

Duke of Edinburgh Practice Expeditions
This term, the practice expeditions for the 35 girls taking their Gold and Silver Duke of Edinburgh's Awards took place in the Bala area of Snowdonia, North Wales.

AS Drama and Theatre Studies Performance
The AS Drama and Theatre Studies group performed their interpretation of "Dancing at Lughnasa" by Brian Friel.

CICERO Competition
The winners of the prestigious UK CICERO Classics competition were announced at the Joint Association of Classics Teachers (JACT) Conference in Durham University.

Gala Night at the Opera
A highlight of this term was the Gala Opera Night, which featured professional soloists and a selection of arias and chorus numbers from the world's favourite operas and musicals.

A Summer Party
The theme of the final Wine Tasting Society meeting of the School year was ‘A Summer Party'.

Success at Young Enterprise Strategic Final
Congratulations to our Young Enterprise finalists, I Candy and U Choose for their excellent performances at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Strategic Final.

Hannah Shepherd reports on the GCSE and A Level Art Exhibition
Malvern St James hosted its annual GCSE and A Level Art Exhibition on Friday 8^th May.

Young Enterprise Awards Dinner
The Annual Young Enterprise Awards Dinner took place at the end of April for the Lower Sixth Young Enterprise students. The girls have enjoyed a great deal of success in the Young Enterprise Scheme

Step Out, Clear Out
Year 13 Theatre Studies group performed their play, “Step Out, Clear Out” to an appreciative audience.

Going for Gold Strategic Plan
Following an extensive period of research, which included current and prospective parents, current pupils and a review of the independent sector as a whole, we are very pleased to publish ‘Going for Gold', our Strategic Plan 2009–2012.

International Night of Culture
The term opened with a celebration of the wealth and diversity of cultures within the School. York Hall was buzzing with a range of activities and stalls at the International Night of Culture.

Latest Sports News from Emma Fish, Sports Prefect
A round up of the recent results in Lacrosse, Netball and Hockey.

Enterprising Teams Win Awards
The MSJ Young Enterprise teams have been very successful this year.

Mastermind Challenge
Four Lower Sixth girls considering Oxbridge applications were given some useful practice for performing under pressure when they bravely volunteered to take part in a Mastermind-style quiz evening recently.

Hannah's Painting is the Public's Favourite
Talented artist, Hannah Shepherd Year 12, has been awarded the best in show prize at the Hereford and Worcestershire Schools' Art Awards as voted by the public.