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25.04.18
Upper Sixth Physics students made a crude telescope as part of their Astrophysics course using 2 lenses, a metre-rule, plasticine and grease-proof paper. As you can see, the image is inverted as it is when it hits the retina at the back of our eye - it's our brain that actually turns the image the…
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SIXTH FORM ,
SCIENCE
25.04.18
Lower Five made the most of the sunshine last Friday to find some of the factors that affect the temperature of an object, which included colour, type of material, angle from the ground and the direction it faces.
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SCIENCE
26.03.18
Melrose entered 3 teams in the Canaccord 2018 Tag Rugby Festival and again showed that all girl teams can hold their own!
The Collins’ Cougars played brilliantly in the year3/4 tournament and won more games and scored more tries than ever before by a Melrose team in this age group. Coaches Liz Du…
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21.03.18
As the Upper Five complete their IGCSE History course, they wanted to mark the moment with a feast. So, inspired perhaps by Bake Off, this week the girls have created edible representations of the Berlin Wall. The models, featuring various aspects of the Wall which they'd researched including the …
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
HISTORY
20.03.18
On Friday 16th March it was the final of our annual Monachan Memorial Trophy for public speaking. All of the Upper Fours have worked exceptionally hard on this unit of work, producing talks of a high quality and covering a diverse range of topics. The finalists were: Aimee Browning, Izzy Davidson,…
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
ENGLISH
16.03.18
This year’s spring concert was a huge success demonstrating the hard work and abilities of the girls performing music by Bach, Beatles and beyond.
Groups performing included junior motet, senior motet, junior choir, junior strings, senior strings, junior wind band, jazz band, q…
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MUSIC
16.03.18
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SIXTH FORM ,
MUSIC
09.03.18
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Friday 9th March
The Ladies’ College took the theme of International Women’s Day to their lessons on Thursday 8th March in various activities around the College.
Removes have started a new topic in History investigating the position of women in the 17th century. Legally, …
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY
07.03.18
Form III have been continuing with their introduction to Duke Of Edinburgh with Mrs Morris, Renee Hubert and Miss Mitchinson. This week we have made scrambled eggs and put up and stowed away tents.
Beatrice exclaimed that she had never enjoyed scrambled eggs so much before and Olivia was delighte…
NEWS
MELROSE ,
DUKE OF EDINBURGH
27.02.18
Dear Parents and Students,
Due to frosty conditions today and likely weather conditions overnight and into tomorrow, The Ladies’ College will be closed on Thursday (1st March).
Colleagues have been asked to prioritise their examination classes in the setting of work. Senior and Sixth Form stu…
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY
13.02.18
Form III in Melrose had an interesting afternoon last week learning how to use trangia stoves to cook hot chocolate and make pancakes. This is part of their introduction to Duke of Edinburgh and survival skills work with Mrs Morris and Miss Mitchinson.
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MELROSE ,
DUKE OF EDINBURGH
01.02.18
The Ladies' College Art Department are absolutely delighted again this term to have the privilege of being a part of the “Art in Schools” project, where rare and valuable original artworks by famous artists are being loaned to local schools to be enjoyed by everyone.
We have the absolute honour t…
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
ART
01.02.18
The UIV classes recently gained the opportunity to work with two Guille-Allès librarians last week. These sessions are designed to promote Independent Learning and were managed by the English teaching staff.
Highlighting the wide range of online materials available to pupils and the changing role…
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SENIOR SCHOOL
23.01.18
Melrose had a real treat when Adrian Sarchet "Sea Donkey" came to talk to them about his ocean swims. The Juniors were enthralled to hear of his battles with jellyfish, shark infested seas, sunburn, fatigue, exhaustion, sea sickness and so much more. He made it very clear that working as part of a …
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MELROSE
17.01.18
The Ladies’ College PE Dept welcomed 60 girls from the Island’s Primary Schools to compete in their “Primary Schools Gymnastics Competition”. Everyone who took part, performed with enthusiasm. The overall winning team prize was shared by Amherst and Melrose. Well done to all involved.
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MELROSE ,
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
17.01.18
Teamwork was at the heart of today's (Tuesday 16th) AS physics experiment, where students had to resolve balanced forces into horizontal and vertical components. Students worked brilliantly together to take some very tricky measurements and they were all still friends at the end of the lesson!
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
SCIENCE
05.01.18
The end of term in Pre-prep was a busy one! Our last swimming lesson gave us the opportunity to put all those new skills into practice in an aqua-fun session. We preformed our Nativity play to not only our Mummies and Daddies and also to the guests of the Russell's Day centre where we enjoyed givin…
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MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY
05.01.18
Form II spent their first morning back taking part in some team building activities. This included a blindfolded game to develop communication and trust in pairs, a listening game involving marbles and good teamwork and finally a group challenge involving lots of paper. It was fantastic to see eve…
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MELROSE
15.12.17
Thank you to everyone for making the PTA / College Christmas Fayre such a success on Thursday. Prizes have been awarded as follows:
Most festive stall
Most original idea
Best food stall
…
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SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY ,
PTA
14.12.17
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