All News for Senior School
27.11.17
The Art and History departments have collaborated to produce Memorial Poppies with Remove, Lower and Upper Four to commemorate the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry's foray into battle in Cambrai in 1917.
The girls brought in red fabric to personalise their individual poppies, which are going to be …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
ART ,
HISTORY
22.11.17
'Ribbon of poppies' pledge for WW1 centenary
…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM
21.11.17
Visitors and all members of The Ladies' College community will notice that a new display is up in the foyer featuring the Victor Hugo pen and ink portrait by local artist OLYMPIA McKEWN.
This has been kindly loaned to us by 'ARTS for GUERNSEY' until Christmas, as part of the "ARTS FOR SCHOOLS PRO…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
ART
20.11.17
On Thursday afternoon, Ted Grambeau, a surf and travel photographer came to speak to us about his life, photography and how he got to where he is now. He has worked with the likes of Rip Curl, Speedo and many professional surfers including Kelly Slater. Ted has got a variety of work from waves to f…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
ART ,
SIXTH FORM CAREERS
20.11.17
Lower Five have been investigating the link between the force applied to a spring and the extension it causes. This is an experiment that Robert Hooke, a contemporary of Sir Isaac Newton, carried out in the 17th century. Students also investigated the relationship using elastic bands and copper …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SCIENCE
13.11.17
It was great to see so many of you last week at our Sixth Form Information Evening. We hope you enjoyed it and found the evening informative. If you wish to find out more or have any queries, please contact the Head of Sixth Form, Dr Mitchell. Thank you and well done to Ruby and Sophie (and thos…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM
08.11.17
The Ladies` College Art Department are absolutely delighted to have the privilege of being a part of the “Art in Schools” project , where rare and valuable original artworks by famous artists such as Ferdnand Leger, Rene Magritte, Andy Warhol and many more, are being loaned to Local schools to be e…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
ART
06.11.17
In the week leading up to 11th November, a segment of Home Field will be cordoned off from regular use and turned over to some of the island’s secondary school students. Working in shifts over the week, students will work to build a memorial to mark the centenary of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantr…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
HISTORY
02.11.17
Remove Z have been learning about plant and animal cells this week. Yesterday, students learnt how to use a microscope and prepare a slide of their own cheek cells.
Today, the students prepared slides of red onion cells and as you can see, the results are stunning.
…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SCIENCE
02.11.17
Congratulations to Flo in Remove who won last half-term's 'Fun with Flags'. She researched and answered correctly five questions about different aspects of Cuban geography from politics and culture to geology. This half-term's flag and quiz will be about Tanzania!
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
GEOGRAPHY
17.10.17
Using swimming hats to learn and pinpoint localisation of function in the brain. Perfect for wearing when revising!
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
PSYCHOLOGY
10.10.17
On Wednesday morning the Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth Fine Art students were lucky enough to take part in a portraiture workshop with Artist Olivia Kemp.
Olivia Kemp studied painting at Winchester School of Art and went on to study MA Drawing at Wimbledon College of Art where she was awarded The J…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
ART
14.09.17
The Ladies’ College invited local business women, alumna, parents and recent A-level leavers of the College to attend their third annual networking event held last week on September 7th. The well-attended event was kindly hosted by Catherine Best and daughter, Vikki Freeman, at their newly refur…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY ,
GUILD
08.09.17
UPDATE 21/09/2017
The 3 Colleges have sent the below document to all Deputies setting out their suggestions for how States funding for an assisted places scheme might be implemented.
The Role of the Colleges and States Funding for Assisted Places PDF
08/09/2017
Our re…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY
24.08.17
We are incredibly proud of our students’ achievements and aware of the determination, hard work and resilience they have shown throughout their GCSE courses and all that they have achieved both inside and outside of the classroom. We are delighted that the girls have achieved this academic success,…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL
17.08.17
We are delighted to report that students of The Ladies’ College who took A–levels this year have excelled once again, with a 100% pass rate.
36 students sat examinations that will allow them to make decisions and choices about their future. Of the grades achieved, 43.9% were A* and A, 74.8% w…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM
04.07.17
On the 2nd July the string quartet performed at the Victorian Walled Garden in Saumarez Park as part of the cycle of live music. They performed on a very hot day in a beautiful setting whilst the crowd enjoyed the gardens, refreshments and treasure hunt. Congratulations to Louise Madden, Anya Tee,…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
MUSIC
04.07.17
Saturday 1st July the Junior Motet performed a recital at the Town Church. Nine of our girls in remove, Lower Four and Upper Four performed five pieces as a choir and a range of solos and smaller ensembles. This performance also included an original composition by Anya Tee, Flora St.Pier, Maddy Po…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
MUSIC
28.06.17
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
28.06.17
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