Introducing our new Head Girl and Head Boy

23 Jun 2023

What has been your proudest moment at St. Mary’s so far?

Ellis – Performing on the stage at the Philharmonic Hall, Prize Giving and Proms in the Park. These are such big events that not many people get to take part in. All the practice and hard work you put into it really pays off in the end.

Olivia – Mine is probably getting my GCSEs and the relief once you’ve done them. Because there are so many exams over such a long period of time and you don’t find out the results until a few months after. Not just myself but everyone is proud and everyone is proud of each other.

What makes St. Mary’s so special?

Olivia – It’s like a big family, everyone gets along. I love it, I don’t want to leave but I’m going to have to.

Ellis – It’s the community, other schools aren’t like this. There are such big links between each year group, it creates one big community.

What do you hope to do after your time at St. Mary’s?

Ellis – I’m thinking of doing something to do with archaeology and anthropology. I’m currently keeping my options open and plan on going to a few university open evenings to have a look around before I firmly set my ideas on something. In terms of location I think it might be a good idea to explore further than Liverpool, to see something new and really push myself.

Olivia – I’m looking at studying medicine at university. Leeds is my first choice, then Newcastle, Sheffield and maybe Liverpool. I’m not too sure. I’m still brainstorming at the minute.

What is your fondest memory of St. Mary’s?

Olivia – I can’t say I have a particular one special moment. I have fond and funny memories of DofE. I’d say there are a lot of times when we are just laughing. I think you can have a good time even when you are just sitting and learning about cells.

That’s the good thing about the school, after you’ve been here for a year or two, you become more closer to the teachers than I think most people that I know in other schools are. Especially now we are older, we all get along with our teachers really well, which make the lessons much more enjoyable.

Ellis – I have so many good memories; DofE, CCF, trips, laughing in Biology lessons, even just sitting in the common room. They all kind of accumulate together into one big happy memory.

What are you hoping to achieve in your new leadership roles?

Olivia – I want to encourage the younger pupils to get involved from the moment they join because I’ve only been more involved as I got older. Edmund Rice projects were more limited to sixth form, I think getting the younger pupils involved in projects will be beneficial as I wish I had more of that when I was younger.

Ellis – I think most of the things need to be a lot more functional as in we actually need to be more connected with the younger year groups. More so than what we are now.

Olivia – I feel like there are a lot of times where we talk about how involved we are but there is still a lot more we can do. Such as, you might go to orchestra with Years 7 and 8 pupils but you don’t necessarily interact with them as much as you could. I want to encourage even more interactions between the year groups.

We can’t wait to see them put their plans into action!