17.10.13
Some of our youngest girls became teeny-tiny pizza chefs recently when Pre-School went Italian.
The girls spent a week learning about Italian food and culture, the highlight of which was visiting The Italian Job pizza restaurant. There they rolled dough, made pizza bases and covered them with top…
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16.10.13
Ladies' College was thrilled to welcome London 2012 Olympic Long Jump Champion Greg Rutherford. He came to school to talk about his amazing sporting experiences and show off his well deserved Gold Medal.
He told the girls how fortunate he had been, to able to compete in London 2012 at full fitne…
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14.10.13
Upper Four girls spent an afternoon at Vazon Bay looking at coastal defenses and the problem of rising sea levels. The Geography Field Trip took in the length of the bay from Fort Richmond to Fort Hommet.
The girls discussed what Guernsey may need to do if sea levels rise due to global warming a…
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10.10.13
Photo: Zoe Collins, 4, the youngest student at Melrose, leaves St Stephen's after Commemoration Service
The first of many "new traditions" took place today when the whole school celebrated Commemoration Service at St Stephen's Church.
The new timing of the event, on the actual day Ladies' Col…
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10.10.13
Children's author David Bedford thrilled Melrose girls when he came to read some of his many books to our eager Preparatory audience.
He read "Mole's Babies" and "It's a George thing" a story about a zebra who did not think he was very good at anything, until he heard music and discovered he was…
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ENGLISH
08.10.13
Melrose completely decamped to Beau Sejour last Friday to take part in the great Guernsey tradition that is the Swimarathon.
All girls from Lower Prep to Form III took part. The Junior girls all swam in their Houses, each working as a team and supporting each other. The Preparatory girls swam in…
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MELROSE
03.10.13
Olympic Long Jump Champion and British Record Holder Greg Rutherford will be visiting Ladies' College on Monday afternoon (7 October).
Greg will be talking to Senior School girls about his amazing achievements and that epic Super Saturday when he won Olympic Gold in London last summer. With the w…
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01.10.13
Girls from the Preparatory Department howled with delight at a recent visit of the Blunderbus professional theatre company which plays to more than 200,000 children every year. The story was "Dotty the Dragon", the tale of a baby fire dragon who lives on a mountain top above a village of dragon fea…
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