The Melrose Summer Concert was a huge success and so popular that extra seating had to be squeezed into the senior school hall to accommodate everyone!
Form 3 set the vibrant tempo to the evening with a djembe welcome and all junior classes performed their own songs. There were some accomplishe…
The latest Ladies’ College Art Exhibition opens officially on Friday 10 June 2016 with a private viewing where invited guests from the College community will join students, their parents and staff in celebrating the work on display.
The Exhibition covers GCSE, AS and A-level Fine Art and A- Level…
On Friday 27th Melrose enjoyed taking part in the RG Falla Primary schools hockey tournament. The girls loved their pink t-shirts and enjoyed playing lots of hockey and working on some of the skills they had learnt with Mr Kinder last term. Great fun was had by everyone and a huge thank you to Mr K…
Congratulations to everyone who took part in House Athletics yesterday. Final results were 1st Brock 2nd Carey 3rd De Sausmarez 4th Durand Abi Galpin broke 3 records and won the Josephine Peet Trophy for Excellence.
The following trophies were awarded:
Emily Shaw Trophy for Endeavour - Elise …
We had a very wood filled week last week. Everyone was very excited to have their own woodwork tools installed in the Pre-Preparatory room. We had to be very careful, and there was a lot of talks about the rules to stay safe when using the tools. The girls were incredibly creative and made some wo…
Yet again Melrose have shown amazing generosity to a wonderful local charity - Les Bourgs Hospice.
Given the chance to buy sponges to throw at Mrs Morris, Melrose girls and parents dug deep into their pockets, wallets and purses to pledge over £900 - well over 250 sponges.
Form III made cakes …
On Wednesday 25th May Melrose house high jump took place at Footes Lane. The girls jumped amazingly well and the final results were:
Form 3:
1st De Sausmarez
Form 2:
1st Brock
We now look forward to all the other…
Form II enjoyed a sunny trip to the Victorian Walled Garden this afternoon during their final Forest School lesson of the term. The girls have been enjoying learning about planting and growing thanks to the Waitrose Grow Boxes. They have successfully planted lettuce, beetroot, peas, basil, courgett…
We are keen to educate the girls to protect themselves from the sun. Using funds raised through the sponsored swim, we have had sun shades installed around the poolside and are in the process of having a sun cream dispenser fitted. It is preferable for the girls to apply their own sun cream at home…
Another busy week in Pre-Prep. We celebrated two special birthdays this week and enjoyed some delicious birthday cakes. On our cooking day this week we cooked some Chinese noodles and then we ate them for our lunch with chopsticks!! Lunch was extremely delicious and the chopsticks were a complete …
The Ladies’ College Guild has held its first London reception, inviting alumni from across the UK share stories and to learn more about what life at College is like in 2016.
The Guild was established in 1905 to promote links between the College’s alumni and to support the interests of its present…
On Friday 20th May Melrose enjoyed taking part in the outlook hockey tournament run by Guernsey hockey. The girls played lots of friendly matches and developed their skills and game play in every match. A fun afternoon of hockey was had by all and we now look forward to the official tournament on …
Upper Prep have been enjoying learning about minibeasts in their Forest School lessons on a Friday afternoon. They explored where they lived on the trim trail looking under logs and in the bug hotels. They went on a snail search and found some hiding. The following week the girls made their own min…
A strong team of talented athletes retained the Liberation Day Road Relay Race Trophy for the ninth successive year. Two laps of the circular route are split into 6 sections. The lap starts at the Crown Pier, continues out to the Albert Memorial, back around to the seafront, past the Tourist Board,…
Well what a mixed weather week! We have shared stories in the book boat, explored nature on the science table ad been very creative.
Then ..... the sun started to shine and we could go outside without our explorer suits! I think we had the most fun playing hide and seek.
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Aimee, Amandine, Anya, George, Harriet and Nicole recently presented a fencing Assembly. We thought you might like to see it:
George = Hi, I'm George and I'm head fencer of the school fencing club. Today we're going to explain the basics of how fencing works but also why it's such a great spo…
We have loved the beautiful weather we have had this week. Pre-Preparatory decided that they best catch up with the laundry! So on the hottest day of the week the girls washed dried and 'ironed' all of the baby clothes. Well after a busy morning like this what else does a busy girl need but a glas…
We are very excited to be back after our Spring break and looking are all looking forward to more adventures and exploration this term. This week we planted in our new wooden planters. We planted potatoes, strawberries, marigolds, sweet peas, sugar snap peas and lettuces! We are looking forward to…
The Pre-Preparatory Department have had a busy week this week, we are developing our outdoor area and have been very industrious making wooden planters to grow fruit and vegetables (as well as some flowers!). We have all learnt about how to use tools safely and the girls are very excited to prove …
We had six groups from Lower 5 and one group from Upper 5 doing their Bronze qualifying expeditions over the weekend of 2/3 April. Everyone started at Fort Saumarez on a sunny but windy Saturday morning. Spirits were high, camping was cold and the girls caught the rain towards the end of the day o…
