All News for Sixth Form
17.08.23
The Ladies’ College is delighted with another year of strong results with over a third of the pupils achieving A*/A grades and two-thirds of the results being A*-B, both higher than the 2019 examination results.
87% of students were also accepted at their chosen universities and will head off to …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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07.12.22
On Tuesday 6th December, after a year of hard work and months of promoting and voting both online and Island-wide, The Sovereign Art Foundation Guernsey held its Annual STUDENT PRIZE Awards Ceremony at St James.
As well as having twenty Key Stage Three Merit Awards, The Ladies’ College Art Depart…
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18.11.22
Comment by Dr Vanessa Mitchell, Deputy Principal (Pastoral)
I saw this graph on Twitter earlier this week and, living and breathing a pastoral role in a girls’ school, it resonated with me. There are no two ways about it. For teenage girls in particular, relationships and what others think of th…
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09.11.22
We are thrilled to have been awarded Microsoft Showcase School status for the second year in a row. This status 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. VR techn…
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14.10.22
The IoD Leadership Shadowing final took place last night at the offices of KMPG and was another proud success for The Ladies' College Sixth Form students.
16 students from The Ladies' College were placed in various industries and businesses across the island during the Easter and Summer holidays.…
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11.10.22
On the 7th October, the English Department was able to take our Sixth Form Literature students to Stratford-Upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace. On Friday, students enjoyed a lecture by Dr Jennifer Waghorn on ‘Hamlet’ which helped to consolidate the students’ learning whilst enjoying the beautiful …
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06.10.22
The Ladies’ College has been presented with a Special Award for Community Impact from the Institute for Research in Schools (IRIS) following a number of pieces of student led independent research including the submission of a research project that resulted in reducing the school’s carbon footprint.…
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22.09.22
As part of its plans to celebrate 150 years since opening its doors, The Ladies’ College is delighted to announce it is establishing a bursary scheme, which will be open to students applying to join the school either in Year 7 or the Sixth Form from September 2023.
The College’s fundraising activ…
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12.09.22
On Friday 9th September, Principal Daniele Harford-Fox gave a speech to the Senior School following the sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
You can read the whole speech below:
Good morning everyone.
As you will now know, yesterday Queen Elizabeth II has sadly died. She was the longe…
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17.08.22
With today’s A-level results, pupils from The Ladies’ College will now confidently look ahead to the next stage of their personal development.
The school’s pupils achieved almost 50% A*/A grades and a 100% pass rate.
The past few years have been challenging with unprecedented changes in exams …
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02.08.22
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
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