🧬🍓 Year 9 Scientists in Action! 🍓🧬Our Year 9 pupils put their practical skills to the test and successfully extracted DNA from a strawberry! A fantastic hands-on experiment bringing science to life in the classroom. 👩‍🔬🔬 #STEM #HandsOnScience #QueenMarysSchool

Whilst our older boarders were busy studying, the younger years conquered Roseberry Topping with Mr Burn and Mrs Strawbridge (and Mana) #QMarysBoarding #iloveboarding

Anyone for Ice Cream? #QMarysBoarding #iloveboarding

Year 11 had a fantastic time hearing from inspiring contemporary poets at Poetry Live. A highlight of the day? Grabbing a selfie with the brilliant John Agard! 📸🎉 A truly memorable experience. #PoetryLive #InspiringVoices #QueenMarysSchool

🏇 Queen Mary’s Riders in the Horse & Hound! 🏇Ella and Cora have been featured in Horse & Hound for securing the top two spots in the winter 138cm second round Showjumping qualifier! 🎉 A fantastic achievement - “The readers of Horse & Hound will be delighted!” 🏆#QMarysRiding

🐾 Animal Adventures in Pre-Prep! ✨🐾 Pre-Prep had a fantastic morning with Aquatic Finatic, meeting a variety of animals up close! From observing to handling, this hands-on experience brought their science topic on animals to life in the most exciting way. 🦎🦜 #QMarysPre-Prep

🏆 Debating Regional Finalists! 🏆 Congratulations to Violet, Maya & Elisabeth, who were calm, eloquent & tenacious in arguing ‘Globalisation as a Force for Good’! With great support from Tara, Francesca & Isabelle, they competed brilliantly—even against Sixth Formers! 🎉👏

Our Year 7 and 8 Art Scholars and applicants translated and enlarged one of this year’s designs for the Candlemas Service at Ripon Cathedral. With 8,000 candles glowing and over 750 people in attendance, the service was a powerful reflection on light, hope, and peace.

🏇✨ Victory for Queen Mary’s at County Dressage! ✨ Our riders won and qualified for Hickstead! 🎉 Congratulations to Devina, Amelia, Elena, and Lily for their superb performances. A special well done to Devina, who also won and qualified individually! 👏💙

The Boarders spent the weekend perfecting their chopstick skills with a Lunar New Year celebration, getting to 'taste the difference' in a food and drink tasting session, before finishing off with a round of crazy golf! #QMarysBoarding #iloveboarding

✨ Save the Date! ✨ Join us for a spectacular Centenary Ball on Saturday 5 July! More details will be shared soon, but for now, be sure to mark your diaries for this unforgettable celebration. 🎉💙 #QueenMarys100 #CentenaryBall #SaveTheDate

🎨✨ GCSE artists had a fantastic trip to Tate Modern and the V&A! From Anthony McCall’s Solid Light sculptures to Electric Dreams, Hazara embroidery and the V&A Illustration Awards, they explored a wealth of creativity. Now, they will analyse and evaluate their discoveries! 🎭🖌️

Year 2 enjoyed a delightful culture lesson - croissants and all things quintessentially French! 🇫🇷🥐✨ #FrenchCulture #QMarysFrench #BonAppétit

🌟 Huge congratulations to Ella and Cora for a brilliant weekend! 🌟Riding Dizzy (Dizzy Rascal) and Boo (Astral Ruben), they achieved 1st and 2nd in the 138 RI Qualifier at Morris Pony Premier, securing their spots for Hickstead Royal International! 🐴✨#QMarysEquestrian

🦴 Year 3 have been exploring the wonders of the skeleton! They learned key words: vertebrate, invertebrate, endoskeleton, and exoskeleton, applying these to different living things. The highlight? Building their own skeletons and discovering there are 206 bones in the body! 🦴

Champion Equestrian Wear selected Queen Mary’s as one of the top schools in the North for riding for their product photoshoot! 🐎✨ Riders Darcey, Lily and Carys showcased their premium products and received fabulous items as a thank you. Don’t the photos look stunning? 📸

🧵🎨 Year 9 enjoyed a textiles workshop with consultant Astrid Blake, exploring the historical impact of woven textiles on contemporary fashion. Pupils discovered various techniques and gained valuable insights into this vibrant area of visual arts. #QMarysSenior

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✨ Oidhche Bhlas Burns! ✨ Pupils celebrated Burns Night with haggis, bagpipes, live music from our talented musicians, Scottish dancing, and the inspiring poetry of Robert Burns. A wonderful evening enjoyed by all! 🥂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #QMarysCommunity #QMarysFamily #QMarysSenior #QMarysPrep

👏 A huge well done to our Prep School Gymnastics team who showcased their talent at the Yorkshire Gymnastics Floor and Vault Competition in Bridlington! The girls performed brilliantly, securing an impressive 4th place out of 12 schools. Congratulations to all! 🌟🤸‍♀️ #QMarysPrep

Scholarship Assessment Week is in full swing, and we wish the best of luck to all candidates across Art, Sport, Riding, Music, and Academics. Year 6 pupils enjoyed an incredible Senior School Taster Day packed with team-building activities and a Performing Arts Workshop.