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18.05.23
As part of our 150th celebrations, a commission has been written and performed. The music department has been working with Amy Summers to produce this new work and students have been involved in contributing ideas. The lyrics were sent to Amy and form part of the final piece.
Amy is a British com…
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12.05.23
Dear Upper Sixth students,
It's here..... Leavers Day, and I can sense the emotions running high within us all. We may try to appear cool and collected, or not, but deep down, we know that today marks the end of an era.
As we reflect on your Senior School years, it's hard not to feel sentimenta…
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10.05.23
Performance 5th May
To many people, it is instantly recognisable as the theme music to the Champion’s League, but Handel’s Zadok the Priest was written for the coronation of King George III in 1727, and it was such a hit that it has been included in every subsequent British coronation.
Here at …
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10.05.23
The next episode of our podcast, The Principal's Office, is out now.
In this episode, we talk about the themes surrounding 'fear of failure' and some of our personal experiences.
Students Heidi and Freya discuss how boldness and bravery in the face of unknown territory can be beneficial in so m…
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PSYCHOLOGY ,
SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT
04.04.23
On Friday 31st March, the final of the Monachan Memorial Trophy for public speaking was held in the Drama Studio, marking the 11th year of this prestigious College competition.
There were six finalists, two from each of the classes. Anni commenced this year’s final with her thoughtful and nat…
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ENGLISH
30.03.23
The author Stewart Foster visited College on Wednesday March 29th, 2023, to speak to Remove and Lower Four students about his writing process. ‘Checkmates’ is a popular class reader in Form III in Melrose and was familiar to the students. His other books are aimed at older readers, his recent book …
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30.03.23
Travis the robot was built by two Sixth Form students back in 2016 to compete in the Student Robotics competition, an international competition for Sixth form students held each year in the UK. That year they came second and won the Rookie Award for best newcomer.
This year we have been adaptin…
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SIXTH FORM ,
MATHS
24.03.23
The Melrose Junior Department took part in the Modern Foreign Language’s Eisteddfod this week.
Each class sang a song in French. Junior Remove sang about how they really wanted ‘un chien’ and Form l were looking for their ‘parapluies’. Form ll sang about the adventures of ‘La Souris Verte’ and Fo…
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MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
23.03.23
Mrs King, Head of Drama gives us a low down on this years Drama trip to London
A-level trip:
In the first of two trips, the A-level group left the island at an hour unknown to most teens (and indeed Mrs King!), with a meet at the airport of 05:30. After a short flight over to Gatwick, the group…
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20.03.23
WELCOME TO DULOC!
This week parents and friends from the Junior School will get to watch a fun, silly, delightful, and wonderful story about love and acceptance - a chance to look inside that often talked about book, rather than judging what may lie inside by what you see on the outside. Shrek JR…
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MELROSE ,
DRAMA
16.03.23
Every March the music department celebrates music making in the annual Spring Concert. An enjoyable evening and this year was no exception.
Our Junior Choir set the tone for the evening with the performances of Rutter’s ‘All things Bright and Beautiful’ and the well known Beatles hit ‘Penny Lane’…
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MUSIC
16.03.23
This week we are launching a brand new podcast from our Principal, Daniele Harford-Fox.
Listen to opinions and thought-provoking discussions from students at The Ladies’ College first-hand. We want to aid our students, giving them a voice to talk about their concerns, their loves and hates, their…
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09.03.23
Next week (13th to 17th March) is Neurodiversity Celebration Week, and The Ladies’ College will be learning about the strengths and challenges associated with some of the recognised neurological differences we have in our community. The Head Girl Team explained, “Neurodiversity Week is an importa…
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27.01.23
This week in the Pre-Preparatory Department we have focused on Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rabbit. We have had lots of fun, including having our very own Chinese restaurant where lots of noodles and chopsticks have been eaten and used, we have taken part in Lantern making, and Chinese Fan …
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PRE-SCHOOL ,
PRE-PREPARATORY
23.01.23
The Art and History departments came together to encourage Key Stage 3 Art Club members to create and enter portraits into the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s 2023 competition.
The theme of this year’s competition was (Extra)Ordinary Portraits, which aimed to “reveal the ‘extraordinary elements of…
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ART ,
HISTORY
20.01.23
Huge congratulations to the Melrose girls who took part in the Primary Schools Gymnastics competition on Thursday 19th January. It was an amazing competition to be part of with over 80 girls from across all the Primary schools taking part. Each girl had to perform 2 jumps and 1 tumble routine.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
16.01.23
The Upper Four House Bake off kicked off Friday with a great deal of enthusiasm. Pupils arrived with additional ingredients and creative ideas to help win the judges taste buds with 12 scones. The additional challenge of presenting a cream tea meant careful whisking of cream and the challenging deb…
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
13.01.23
In French this week the girls have been learning about La Galette de Roi (The King’s Cake) that some French families eat to celebrate Epiphany on 6th January. Sadly, we couldn’t eat any as they contain almonds.
The youngest girls sat under the table and chose who would get each 'pretend' piece of…
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MELROSE ,
JUNIOR SCHOOL
12.01.23
th anniversary of The Ladies’ College and throughout the academic year, the College will be hosting events to mark the occasion, including a this year’s production: ‘Taking Centre’, written and directed by Head of Drama, Maggie King. The production will take place at the …
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SIXTH FORM ,
DRAMA
08.12.22
The concept of the Collas Crill MOOT is one that has become incredibly familiar for The Ladies’ College Sixth Form. Every year, Collas Crill, local offshore law firm, hold a series of MOOTs for all year 12 students across the island. This year, a record was broken with 100 students taking part from…
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