Junior Remove were busy in their Forest School session yesterday afternoon. They enjoyed planting the heathers along the bank of their new playground. The girls were helped by members of the PTA, Mrs Lowe and Mr Honeybill. They learnt how to prepare the soil, plant the heathers and make sure they …
The sun has been lovely this week although we did have a few rain drops, with all sorts of signs of autumn we decided to go on an autumn walk! We had lots of fun and found some exciting things to put on our autumn table.
Welcome back to all our new Beans and Peas!! We have had a wonderfully exciting week, making new friends and meeting up with old ones, whilst also exploring all the exciting changes which have happened in the Pre-Preparatory garden!! The girls have cooked and cooked in our wonderful newly build fi…
We wish everyone a very happy summer break, following Mark Reading and Melrose and The Ladies' College Speech Days which celebrated as much as could be fitted in from 2015-2016.
Work goes on in College to get the building ready for September. We thought you would be interested to see the fr…
Last week was definitely a week of very mixed weather! We started the week celebrating a special birthday and our final fun swim at Beau Sejour. Had fun in the rain, and the mist and the wet, as well as some gorgeous sunny afternoons! However I think that the sun coming out for a Friday morning wa…
It is with great sadness that we hear today of the passing of Miss Josette Honey, Principal at The Ladies’ College from 1976 to 1992.
Miss Honey was deeply committed to the College and the education of its students, and continued to keep in contact with us after she stepped down from her ro…
Last week we celebrated a special birthday and all had some very tasty cake! We also used our imagination, problem solving skills and collaboration this week, whilst using computer programs, at the creative area as well as outdoors. We took part in Wear it Loud this week too as well as National De…
This week we have had some new adventures in Pre-Prep. We were given a slow worm to look at, we made her a home in a tank and looked up on the computer what she needed to eat. We found some worms to feed her. We also all had some secret wood work to do for our Daddies. Everyone stayed very safe we…
The Ladies’ College has considered how the States of Guernsey Pre-School Voucher Scheme may be implemented and have reached the decision that the scheme in its current form restricts the College’s ability to recover the additional costs of our pre-school offering. We will continue to explore the P…
Pre-Preparatory had a week of bubble blowing and adventures. Form 1 was making their own bubble mixture and bubble wands, Pre-Preparatory loved learning all about bubbles and different shaped wands and they made good teams with Form 1.
On Friday we all visited the Park and went looking for Percy …
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…
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 …
