Form III have been exploring personification and the use of similes and metaphors to describe weather. They have been amazed by how effective this can be to create a more vivid picture for the reader.
They completed this by producing some stunning impressionist art to complement their writing.
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Form III have been working hard to research a famous person and then write a fascinating biography. We have worked hard to include interesting facts, quotes and graphics.
Where else will you find Mary Berry side by side with Hitler?
Please do come over and have a read, we think they are f…
Monday 16th - Friday 20th January
This week has sent us a challenge of wintery temperatures outside. Nothing stops the adventures in Pre-Prep. A number of the girls this week have shown a fantastic Growth Mindset, trying and finally achieving a new skill. We decided it would be a good plan …
Monday 9th - Friday 13th January
This week we spent a lot of time outside, playing the secret path game. We also realised that our strawberry plant was still flowering so we weeded the bed and removed any dead leaves, and had a tidy up in the growing area. We celebrated a very special birthday.…
32 girls from 6 primary schools participated in The Ladies' College Primary Schools Gymnastics competition this Tuesday. Each girl performed 2 jumps from the trampette or spring board and a tumble including 3 - 6 skills. Everyone who took part did extremely well to perform in a friendly, competitiv…
The latest Ilex magazine is now published and can be accessed . We hope that you will looking through it, agree that the Upper Sixth team responsible for putting it together, led by Maninda Singh, have done an excellent job. Our girls are involved in a very great many things in the course of…
On Monday 16th January The Ladies' College welcomed St Teresa's who were touring from the UK and enjoyed playing 2 matches against their Under 14 team.
The Ladies' College U14 team had a tough game and defended excellently to keep to a 0-0 draw.
After school The Ladies' College Under 15 te…
Upper Sixth English students from The Ladies College attended a first class production of 'The Rover' with a pupil workshop in January this year with Mrs King and Mr Swann in attendance.
'Masquerading! A lewd custom to deba…
Monday 12th December - Friday 16th December
This week has been the most magical (if not a little busy) time of the year. Here is the count down to the end of term with Pre-prep!!
Monday:
We worked in teams to find out more about Guernsey and develop out team work skills.
First we had to brainstorm as many local attractions and icons connected to Guernsey as we could. We had to find a way to include all the group and help the less vocal be heard and the noisier team members improv…
On Tuesday 13th
The girls were split into 8 teams of mixed ages and they competed against each other in a variety of rounds which included quiz questions about pantomimes, carols…
Thank you to everyone for the incredible effort that you all put into your stalls. It was a wonderfully festive event.. and over £ 3,000 has been raised!
Here are the results of awards- prizes will be delivered to your form the first week in the new term.
Firstly, the best dressed stall holders…
Form III had a wonderful morning yesterday at the Cheshire Home; we sang carols together, played handbells and Mimi played her bassoon. The residents and staff loved joining us and we appreciated their deeper tones adding to our melodies. Then we had drinks and biscuits and best of all- the chance …
This morning JR took part in a class festive art competition. They were given a whole range of materials from fabric and wheels to cardboard strips and pipe cleaners. I gave them a theme of "reindeers" and then they really enjoyed getting creative! The girls thought it wouldn't be fair if I judged…
On Saturday Melrose Hall was alive with the sound of laughter and christmas music. It was the Melrose Christmas Fair. The girls and parents had created the most amazing stalls with such brilliant imaginations, from "Help i'm a Melrose Girl, get me out of here", lots of gunk to stick your hands in, …
Our newly-formed Remove hand bell team are pictured performing on Saturday at the walled Victorian garden in Saumarez Park. The team has already performed twice at Festiva's Christmas Concerts at St. James and you can hear them again at the College Carol Service.
On Thursday the whole Prep Department went to town to visit the library for Christmas stories and Crafts.
We made paper gingerbread men/ladies tree hangings and heard lots of funny stories about Santa getting the cold, Santa Pants needing the Aliens to help him deliver the presents with the Alien…
I was very happy to accept Ms Richardson's invitation to host a "Meet the Author" session at the College. It having been more than three years since I retired and left the island, I was very impressed with the new building and the attractive library.
I spoke to two groups of students about the wr…
Pre-Prep have started thinking about Christmas preparations this week. The girls have enjoyed experimenting with the glitter!! As well as using white playdough to make some fantastic snowmen as well as snowmen building on the lightbox... I think that a hint of excitement is beginning already and a…
The Juniors got into the festive spirit as they spent the morning preparing their stalls for the Christmas Fair this Saturday. Alongside their parent helpers, the girls used glue, glitter and paint to transform their plans on paper into their fantastic 3D stalls. A lot of fun was had by everyone an…
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