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All News for June 2017

Lower Junior Activities Week

Tuesday 27th June

A rather soggy day today, but the girls didn’t let that put them off! Armed with all the necessary protection from the elements the girls launched themselves into; archery, coasteering, crate stacking, bush craft (with a little bit of den building thrown in!) and kayaking outd…

NEWS  MELROSE

Den Day

Pre-Preparatory Week Nine: 19th - 23rd June

Pre-Prep joined the rest of Melrose in inviting the parents in to build dens all to have fun use all our Growth Mindset skills, but more importantly raise money for Save the Children. We had a wonderful time and everyone created amazing child led dens…

NEWS  PRE-PREPARATORY

Race for Life

Over 50 runners completed The Ladies' College Race for Life on Tuesday afternoon. The students were joined by female family members, friends and staff to raise money for Cancer Research. Thanks to the PTA for the delicious cakes and Pimms. A welcome treat after a 3km jog! Well done and thank you t…

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

Lower Junior Activities Week

Monday 26th June

A super start to our 3 days with Outdoor Guernsey, with the added bonus being the sunshine that we weren’t expecting! The girls enjoyed working collaboratively and using their initiative during the crate stacking challenge. Some of their towers were incredibly high, luckily the…

NEWS  MELROSE

The House Gardening Challenge

The House Gardening challenge ended last week. All of the Houses had made a real effort, growing and planting a variety of flowers and vegetables….mostly in House Colours! The judges were very impressed with the teamwork of girls from different years working together, and they sampled the produce …

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL

Local Heritage

This morning, Lower Four Historians presented a series of well-researched and engaging presentations on individually chosen aspects of local heritage. The range of topics and eras covered was quite extraordinary and, to give you a flavour, included the Roman wreck in the harbour, the medieval Town…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , HISTORY

Guernsey Fire Services visit

On Wednesday morning Form II was visited by Guernsey Fire Services. After a talk about fire safety, they all experienced the Smoke House to simulate what is might be like to be in a smoke-filled building and what to do in that situation. Finally, the girls had a look around the fire engine with ma…

NEWS  MELROSE

Annual Report

The Ladies’ College has a long tradition, dating from 1872, to provide education to girls. As such, it is one of the oldest girls' schools where the benefits of single sex provision are provided to ensure that the advantages afforded to boys are also afforded to girls. Indeed, there is significant …

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

Brock Road Memorial garden

On Tuesday as part of Forest School Form 2 visited Brock Road Memorial garden to plant herbs - mint, thyme, dill, parsley to name a few- as part of a Floral St Peter Port initiative. It is hoped that all members of the community will be able to share the herbs once they are established.

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NEWS  MELROSE , FOREST SCHOOL

Melrose Design an Ad winners

Seven Melrose girls were prize winners in the recent Guernsey Press Design An Ad competition. They collected certificates and prizes at a special award ceremony at St Pierre Park Hotel.

Olivia Usher also won a highly commended trophy for being in the top five designers in all Junior schools in Gu…

NEWS  MELROSE , ART , INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

We love Forest School Friday!

Pre-Preparatory Week Eight: 12th - 16th June

Wow what a fantastic Forest Friday in the sun. The girls had a wonderful time den building with the old branches, they managed to create a den to hide inside!! They also went bug hunting in the bug hotel and found an amazingly cute ladybird. Then we …

NEWS  PRE-PREPARATORY , FOREST SCHOOL

Sponsored Swim, Yoga, Cricket and Goats

Pre-Preparatory Week Seven: 5th - 9th June

What an adventurous week!! We starting the week with our sponsored swim. the rest of the school had done theirs and it was our turn...the girls did an amazing job and had a wonderful time. Tuesday we celebrated a very special birthday! Wednesday the Be…

NEWS  PRE-PREPARATORY

Island Youth Games

After weeks of practising and training, children in Year 5 and 6 celebrated their day of competitions and enjoyed a fantastic closing ceremony at Footes Lane.

If you look carefully at the team photos, you will see some smiling faces from Form II and III at Melrose. 

Dame Mary Perkins and Graham…

NEWS  MELROSE , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Form III at Safety Calling

Form III had a great time at the Safety Calling Challenge at St Saviours Community Centre, learning not only how to stay safe but also having great fun.

They enjoyed 7 different scenarios including water safety, fire safety, road safety, Internet safety, how to give CPR, cycle safety and kitchen …

NEWS  MELROSE

Team work and Creativity!

Pre-Preparatory Week Six: 29th May - 2nd June

Pre-Prep have had a wonderful week, working together and creating true master pieces. The beans designed and created a HUGE tower with all sorts of blocks and even used problem solving to get the building as high as they could. More excitement wh…

NEWS  PRE-PREPARATORY

Fun in the sun!!

Pre-Preparatory Week Five: 22nd - 26th May

We have loved having the sun shining and lovely warm weather this week. The girls have been out constantly this week, which you might think is nothing unusual, however having the sun shining makes everything even more exciting!! They have had a wonderf…

NEWS  PRE-PREPARATORY

Upper Sixth Leavers

Friday 26th May was Upper Sixth's last day in College. The sun shone and we had a great day celebrating their time with us. We started the day with a year group breakfast, followed by a cake cutting and a wonderful poem composed by Mrs Clancy especially for the girls.

We wish them all the very be…

NEWS  SIXTH FORM , SIXTH FORM CAREERS
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