The Remove are currently busy making panels with zentangle animals for Eisteddfod this year.
Here are some photos of Remove Blue yesterday afternoon. Each table is making one panel and is themed on an environment of their choosing. There will be about 15 panels all together.
The Juniors braved the cold winter weather to run their cross country course at Beau Sejour. Everyone was impressed with their resilience and collaboration. The support from friends and family was greatly appreciated. Tillie Hilgeland-Wilkins won the Lower Junior race in a super time of 4 min 16 se…
Science Club students from Remove to Upper Four have been demonstrating and explaining the science behind experiments of their own choice on willing teachers and students. We will be taking the experiments on a live road show to primary school students and their teachers later this academic year.
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Many thanks to Miss Clements and the Art Department for helping us to add some colour and some Art to our new buildings. Members of the Senior School / Sixth Form and adults have been invited to contribute to the final piece which can be seen at our new entrance, with different colours represent th…
The Junior Department of Melrose enjoyed a visit from author Caroline Lawrence on Wednesday 8th February.
The girls loved hearing about her 7 step recipe for writing success and were treated to a fascinating hour hearing about how she started off as a writer, and learning more about her books.
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On Monday afternoon, as part of our history topic Middle Prep went to Candie Museum to look at the old toys. Miffy showed us several Victorian toys including a Cobo Alice, a penny wooden and a clockwork dog. We all had a turn with the Helter Skelter marble game. Holly got the highest score of 16.…
This week has been a very wet one. Our explorer suits have been used none stop! with the washing machine helping out too! We have enjoyed caterpillar races down a slope, rainy tea parties and a LOT of mud pies. However we were very excited to have The Guernsey Cricket Board representatives come in…
Form I are continuing to explore their current science topic 'States of Matter'. The girls had a whale of a time this morning getting hands on with some everyday materials to make (and eat!) ice cream. Milk, sugar and vanilla essence were secured in a small bag, which was then sealed inside anothe…
On Monday 30th January, 11 girls from Forms 2 & 3 took part in a 5-a-side Football Tournament at Beau Sejour. The girls performed brilliantly against some tough opposition with a number never having played competitive football before. There was a real team spirit on show and the girls should b…
Wednesday 1st February was the first of many Melrose house sports events to come in 2017. Junior Remove and Form One all worked really hard for their house and showed some good skills from bouncing a basketball to shooting a netball to skipping. Well done to all the girls! The final results were:
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Yesterday Junior Remove were collaborating well on their shadow puppet investigation. Firstly, they had to plan their experiment together. Then they made a puppet to work out how the size of the shadow changes when you move it away from a light source. They then had to measure the size of the shad…
On Tuesday, the U5 students spent the afternoon getting a 'taste' Sixth Form life. The event started with a year group lunch in the Leaf Centre. Dr Mitchell was joined by some current Sixth Formers who talked to the students about their Sixth Form experience and what College had to offer in terms …
Some Remove and Lower Four students have been attending a Lantern workshop with Miss Clements, in preparation for the Guernsey lantern Parade in March. The Lanterns are starting to take shape now...
This week has been lovely dry however bitterly cold at times, but when you are dressed in an explorer suit you would never know!! The girls this week have managed to create the most amazing deep muddy puddle, and then managed to use the mud to create a castle! Some of the girls explored in the tre…
Form III have been exploring personification and the use of similes and metaphors to describe weather. They have been amazed by how effective this can be to create a more vivid picture for the reader.
They completed this by producing some stunning impressionist art to complement their writing.
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Form III have been working hard to research a famous person and then write a fascinating biography. We have worked hard to include interesting facts, quotes and graphics.
Where else will you find Mary Berry side by side with Hitler?
Please do come over and have a read, we think they are f…
Monday 16th - Friday 20th January
This week has sent us a challenge of wintery temperatures outside. Nothing stops the adventures in Pre-Prep. A number of the girls this week have shown a fantastic Growth Mindset, trying and finally achieving a new skill. We decided it would be a good plan …
Monday 9th - Friday 13th January
This week we spent a lot of time outside, playing the secret path game. We also realised that our strawberry plant was still flowering so we weeded the bed and removed any dead leaves, and had a tidy up in the growing area. We celebrated a very special birthday.…
32 girls from 6 primary schools participated in The Ladies' College Primary Schools Gymnastics competition this Tuesday. Each girl performed 2 jumps from the trampette or spring board and a tumble including 3 - 6 skills. Everyone who took part did extremely well to perform in a friendly, competitiv…
The latest Ilex magazine is now published and can be accessed . We hope that you will looking through it, agree that the Upper Sixth team responsible for putting it together, led by Maninda Singh, have done an excellent job. Our girls are involved in a very great many things in the course of…
