All News for March 2023
30.03.23
The author Stewart Foster visited College on Wednesday March 29th, 2023, to speak to Remove and Lower Four students about his writing process. ‘Checkmates’ is a popular class reader in Form III in Melrose and was familiar to the students. His other books are aimed at older readers, his recent book …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
ENGLISH ,
LIBRARY
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…
NEWS
SIXTH FORM ,
MATHS
24.03.23
The Melrose Junior Department took part in the Modern Foreign Language’s Eisteddfod this week.
Each class sang a song in French. Junior Remove sang about how they really wanted ‘un chien’ and Form l were looking for their ‘parapluies’. Form ll sang about the adventures of ‘La Souris Verte’ and Fo…
NEWS
MELROSE ,
JUNIOR SCHOOL ,
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
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…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM
20.03.23
WELCOME TO DULOC!
This week parents and friends from the Junior School will get to watch a fun, silly, delightful, and wonderful story about love and acceptance - a chance to look inside that often talked about book, rather than judging what may lie inside by what you see on the outside. Shrek JR…
NEWS
MELROSE ,
DRAMA
16.03.23
Every March the music department celebrates music making in the annual Spring Concert. An enjoyable evening and this year was no exception.
Our Junior Choir set the tone for the evening with the performances of Rutter’s ‘All things Bright and Beautiful’ and the well known Beatles hit ‘Penny Lane’…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
MUSIC
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…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
WELL-BEING ,
PSHEE ,
SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT
09.03.23
Next week (13th to 17th March) is Neurodiversity Celebration Week, and The Ladies’ College will be learning about the strengths and challenges associated with some of the recognised neurological differences we have in our community. The Head Girl Team explained, “Neurodiversity Week is an importa…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
MELROSE ,
JUNIOR SCHOOL ,
WELL-BEING ,
PSHEE