Congratulations to Rosalind Mackey April 22, 2021 Having achieved a Gold Award with one of the highest scores in the country in the national Biology... More
Summer Term - Welcome Mr James Nichols April 19, 2021 Welcome to the start of the summer term! For those of you in the UK, we hope you have been able ... More
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh April 12, 2021 We are greatly saddened to hear of the loss of His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh, and our ... More
Happy Easter! March 31, 2021 We wish everyone a very peaceful happy Easter! We are looking forward to welcoming all the student... More
Mrs Purchon’s Retirement March 26, 2021 We said a very sad farewell to Mrs Katharine Purchon, our librarian, as she retires and we wish he... More
Philosophy and Ethics Webinar March 26, 2021 On Thursday 25th March Year 12 and 13 Religious Studies students attended a Philosophy and Ethics ... More
Geography Year 7 Outdoor Lesson March 25, 2021 Year 7 Geographers went around the school grounds yesterday in their lesson investigating how diff... More
Inter-House Science Challenge March 22, 2021 Congratulations to Athene, winners of the 2021 Inter-House Science Challenge. In normal years, ... More
Statistopia Activity March 22, 2021 With the National Census on Sunday 21 March, last week in Maths, the Year 7, 8 and 9 girls were en... More
Bronze, Silver and Gold in the 2021 Chemistry Olympiad March 18, 2021 Congratulations to our Year 13 Chemistry students who achieved Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards in t... More
New School Council March 17, 2021 We welcome our new School Council: Eloise (Head Girl), Amira and Avneet (Deputy Head Girls), Olivi... More
Virtual Model United Nations March 16, 2021 Over the weekend, Eloise Mair, St. Francis' Sixth Form student, attended the virtual London In... More
Welwyn Garden City Youth Drama Festival March 12, 2021 Year 8 students (Jemima, Amelie, Poppy, Evie) recently took part in the virtual Welwyn Garden City... More
Resident Blue Tits March 10, 2021 Our nestbox camera has started capturing images of this year's visitors. Exactly one year ago,... More
International Women's Day March 08, 2021 We are so glad to be back at school to celebrate the International Women's Day. The Headmistre... More
'My Twist On A Tale' Story Writing Winner March 05, 2021 The Pearson 'My Twist On A Tale' story writing winners have been announced and our Year 8 ... More
Prep World Book Day Assembly March 04, 2021 In our special Prep Zoom Assembly, this morning, we focussed on 'World Book Day'. The chil... More
School of the Future February 24, 2021 Year 9 Art Students have been working together to come up with designs for a school of the future.... More
How to Celebrate the Lunar New Year February 22, 2021 One of our students from China shared this image: ”We and our pets use pomelo leaves to take... More
Lunar New Year February 12, 2021 Happy Lunar New Year from Hannah & Bernadine in Year 7: they have created these two incredible... More
Music Department Update February 11, 2021 This week, pupils in Year 9 are being encouraged to broaden their listening landscape by listening... More
Rocket Launch February 10, 2021 Well done to Bethan (Year 7) for her attempt at the Rocket Challenge. She managed an amazing 15m!!... More
Microscope Photo of Snow February 10, 2021 Beautiful image by Samyuktha in Year 10, that she created at home using microscope to take photos ... More
Biology Department Camera February 08, 2021 Our school may be empty of pupils, but our resident wildlife is still around. The Biology departme... More
RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch February 05, 2021 As part of their Youth STEMM Award, some Year 10 students took part in the RSPB's Big Garden B... More
Geography Update February 05, 2021 Year 9 students started their Geography unit on resources this week. Here they are dividing up an ... More
Year 8 Pizza Chefs February 02, 2021 Year 8 Food and Nutrition students have been making homemade bread and they extended their skills ... More
Conservation and Farming Practices in Hertfordshire January 29, 2021 Year 13 biologists were given a unique insight into conservation and farming practices as part of ... More
Snow Day January 25, 2021 Key Workers' children made the most of the snow day at school. They had the run of the fields!... More
Positive Mental Health Evening January 25, 2021 Lockdown is presenting its own challenges for all of us and as a community it is really important ... More
Learning from home: Food and Nutrition January 22, 2021 Learning from home has led to some fantastic practical results in Food and Nutrition. Year 8 stude... More
Letchworth Open Windows January 19, 2021 LETCHWORTH OPEN WINDOWS WE CAN’T OPEN OUR DOORS, SO WE WANT YOU TO OPEN YOUR WINDOWS. A... More
Poetic Science January 19, 2021 Year 9 students are looking at Poetic Science: undertaking cross-curricular work in their Biology ... More
Congratulations to Sophia Smith, Prep 5 January 15, 2021 We are so proud that this work by Sophia Smith, Prep 5 is being exhibited by Broadway Studio &... More
Pen and Ink Drawings January 15, 2021 Our wonderful Year 7 artists have been working on pen and ink drawings inspired by bugs and the Ar... More
A regular visitor to St. Francis' College January 07, 2021 Black squirrels are the same species as the common grey squirrel, but they have a mutation that me... More
New Term: Message from the Head January 05, 2021 We find ourselves back in a familiar situation with yet another lockdown. For those of you familia... More
Merry Christmas from St. Francis' College! December 16, 2020 What a term we have had! Thank you so much for all your support and words of encouragement. It has... More
Senior Ski Trip to Kitzbühel December 16, 2020 We have launched the Senior Ski Trip to Kitzbühel for Y7-13 in December 2021 with InspireSki.... More
Winter Walk for Kanyike December 15, 2020 This winter the girls at St. Francis’ College, Letchworth Garden City, along with families a... More
Christmas Jumper Day 2020 December 14, 2020 Christmas Jumper Day 2020 Year 7 Chemists created a fake snow laboratory today and made and test... More
LAMDA Exams December 11, 2020 The College has been whooping with glee at the exceptionally high standard all the girls have achi... More
Prep Nativity Play December 04, 2020 The Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children at St. Francis' College Prep, in Letchworth Garden C... More
Urgent ‘Big Give’ Appeal from the Kanyike Project December 04, 2020 The Kanyike Project has been badly affected by funding drying up this year (as have many charities... More
Music Examinations November 27, 2020 Pupils have been completing their ABRSM music examinations this week. We wish them well and we are... More
Religious Studies Academy Conference November 20, 2020 On Thursday 19th November Year 12 and 13 A Level Religious Studies students attended a Webinar hos... More
Discovering New Antibiotics November 17, 2020 In collaboration with the University of Hertfordshire's Microbiology department, Sixth Form Bi... More
Extracting the DNA November 17, 2020 This morning, the Year 9 science students were extracting DNA from strawberries. This entailed cru... More
Rediscovering Black Portraiture November 13, 2020 Jin Cheng Y13, delivered a lecture to our Year 12 artists, 'Rediscovering Black Portraiture th... More
Children in Need 2020 November 13, 2020 The children have had so much fun with spotty activities and making biscuits to celebrate Children... More