All News for June 2022
30.06.22
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
29.06.22
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
29.06.22
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
29.06.22
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
17.06.22
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!
"Over the weekend of 11th-12th June, I travelled to the UK with 9 ot…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
06.06.22
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
01.06.22
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