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Start of Term Arrangements

 

We look forward to welcoming your daughter back in September. As always, we stagger the start of the first day. Should you daughter need to arrive earlier than her start time, please contact her Year Co-ordinator before 8th September. 

 

Arrangements

Melrose  Middle Prep…
NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM

Longest serving member of staff retires

Sic transit gloria mundi; you can look it up for yourself. It seems both an apt and poignant phrase as we bid farewell, to Miss Geach as our longest serving member of staff. I was going to write the 'place' of Latin within our curriculum, but that would be wrong because, as Miss Geach has often o…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , CLASSICS

A fond farewell to Mrs Ozanne

Mrs Ozanne joined the Junior School, Melrose  in September 2002 to teach Form II, having located to Guernsey after meeting and falling in love with a local gentleman ... Rick Ozanne! 

Elaine apparently arrived in Guernsey with the impression that the surname of Ozanne was very rare and sophistica…

NEWS  MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY , JUNIOR SCHOOL

Principal reflects on first term in office

Looking back over your first full term as Principal, what were your first impressions of the school when you started?

On my first day, it was clear that this was an authentic and grounded place. I was surrounded by a smorgasboard of different individuals, but at the same time, there was a strong …

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY , JUNIOR SCHOOL

Sixth form students volunteer at turtle sanctuary

Two of our Lower Sixth students are travelling across the globe to The Zanzibar Archipelago which consists of several islands lying off the coast of East Africa.

Fabienne and Caitlin commented,

"On the 12th of July 2022 we will leave Guernsey to start a one week of volunteering in Nungwi, Zanz…

NEWS  SIXTH FORM , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT

Lower Sixth student shares experience in cycling event

We love celebrating our students’ achievements and they certainly give us plenty to shout about!

Here, Lower Sixth student Helena shares her experience of cycling in the recent Tour of Cambridgeshire.

Well done, Helena!

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"Over the weekend of 11th-12th June, I travelled to the UK with 9 ot…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Flag flying tradition continues

Every year Upper Fifth student, Hattie Jinks has had her birthday flag flown at various iconic places on the island, and this year her parents asked permission if it could be raised at her school as she celebrates her 16th birthday.  Previous places include, Castle Cornet, Fort Grey and last year, …

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , HISTORY

Platinum Jubilee Junior School picnic

The Ladies' College Junior School, Melrose, was awash with red, white and blue today as girls and staff wore the colours of the Union Jack to school to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. All classes had great fun finding out about the Queen’s reign and creating Jubilee art such as crowns, flag…

NEWS  MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY , JUNIOR SCHOOL

Lower School Music Concert

On the evening of Monday 30th May, many of our Lower School musicians took to the stage to display their talents. We host two of these evenings each year and they are definitely firm favourites in the Music Department calendar.

Students in Remove, Lower Four and Upper Four are invited to perform …

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , MUSIC

New Governor Appointment

The Ladies’ College is delighted to announce the appointment by the States of Guernsey, following her nomination by the Committee for Education, Sports and Culture, of Eve Jardine-Young, the current Principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College, as its new Governor with responsibility for the Board’s ov…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY , JUNIOR SCHOOL

'Old girl' turned local author

To mark the start of the Guernsey Literary Festival and the Liberation weekend celebrations, José Day, a Ladies' College ‘old girl’ and school governor for twenty years, presented the College library with two copies of her new book, ‘The People’s Messenger’ - The Occupation Diary of Louis Guillemet…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , HISTORY , LIBRARY , GUILD

Senior School Spring Concert

The Senior School held their celebration of music at the beginning of this term, delighted to be able to host an actual event that had been previously cancelled due Covid related illness. Performers were supported by a large audience including His excellency Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell CB C…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MUSIC

The Ladies’ College bolsters digital offering with innovative new programme

At The Ladies’ College, we have introduced a new and innovative Digital Enterprise programme, which Lower Five (Year 10) students can elect to undertake alongside their GCSE options.

The course was created to help student to meet the requirements of professional industries and to support them as …

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Safeguarding Awareness Week

This week The Ladies’ College will be celebrating ‘Safeguarding Awareness Week’. The inaugural Safeguarding Awareness Week run by Times Educational Supplement is an opportunity to explore what it means to feel safe, particularly in light of the recent reports of the rise of sexual harassment in sch…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , WELL-BEING , PSHEE , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT

Excellent Independent Schools Inspectorate Report

The Ladies’ College has achieved the highest ranking awarded by Independent Schools Inspections, with ‘excellent’ ratings across the board.

Feedback from the inspection stated that the students’ achievement and ambitions to reach successful outcomes ‘has fulfilled the school’s aim, to be the best…

NEWS  PRE-SCHOOL , SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY , JUNIOR SCHOOL

Gina Martin talks to Sixth Form

On Monday 28th March leading activist, advocate and writer Gina Martin spoke to Ladies’ and Elizabeth College Sixth Form students about her work fighting for gender equality in the latest Principal’s Lecture;

“I had a really great time speaking at The Ladies’ College, Guernsey. Telling my story…

NEWS  SIXTH FORM , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT

Public Speaking competition 10 year anniversary

On Monday 4th April, the final of the Monachan Memorial Trophy for public speaking was held in the Drama Studio, marking the 10th anniversary of this prestigious College competition.

There were six finalists, two from each of the classes in Upper Four (Year 9). The English Department was deli…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , ENGLISH

Award-winning author, Lisa Thompson, visits College

To celebrate this event Lisa Thompson, the 2020 Winner of the Channel Island Children’s Book Awards, visited The Ladies' College to talk to students in Remove and Lower Four on Wednesday 30th March to address them in the hall…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , ENGLISH , LIBRARY

Student awarded Brock scholarship

Every year, Brock University in St Catharine’s, Canada, awards a full academic scholarship to a student in Guernsey. This partnership has been ongoing for many years and honours the legacy of local Guernsey man Sir Isaac Brock who commanded the British and Canadian forces during the War of 1812.

NEWS  SIXTH FORM , MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES , HISTORY , SIXTH FORM CAREERS , SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT

College recognised as Microsoft Showcase School

The Ladies’ College has been awarded Microsoft Showcase School status, which recognises the innovative use of technology, a student-centered approach, development of future ready skills and the expansion of Microsoft and Adobe training and qualifications.

The College is the only school in the Cha…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY