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Red Nose Day at Melrose

On Friday 13th March the girls in Form III at Melrose presented a wonderful assembly about Comic Relief. The School Inspectors (played by Form III girls) visited the school and were shocked to find everyone wearing red noses and silly costumes. The rest of Form III explained to the inspectors and …

NEWS  MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY

Spring Concert

Last night saw the College’s annual Spring Concert with performances from across all year groups. It was a fantastic evening with so much high quality playing and beautiful performances. Well done to everyone involved!

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NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , MUSIC

House Gym and Dance Competition

This year, the competition was a particularly high standard and involved over 60 girls competing in 6 events. For the first time, the Removes had their own class in the floorwork. They did not disappoint with their impressive skills. The U6, however, were the star performers of the day with their f…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , MELROSE , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Melrose Wildlife Walk Presentation at Government House

On Wednesday 4th February I took 57 Melrose Girls to Government House to be presented with their certificates for taking part in the Wildlife Walk as part of the Born Free Foundation to help Simba and Bella the lions. The walk raised just over £5000 with Melrose raising £1,982.06, an amazing amoun…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY

In the event of snow

In anticipation of bad weather this winter, this is what all parents and girls need to know...

If it snows overnight and you want to know if school is open:

Check the website - here in the news section. This is where you will find the most up to date information.

Check Twitter @LCGSY - th…

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

House Drama

For the second year of the Christmas House Drama competition we were delighted to welcome back Dennis Burns, a well-known director and Panto Dame in the lively Guernsey Theatre scene. Once again he was an amusing, informative and a fair judge of the four Pantomime extract presented by the Houses on…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , DRAMA

Christmas Jumpers at Melrose

On Monday Melrose girls all wore festive jumpers in aid of UNICEF the School councils charity. There were reindeers, robins, snowmen, snowflakes, penguins, to name just a few of the festive jumpers on display. The girls all donated £1 to wear their jumpers for a very worthy cause at this time of th…

NEWS  MELROSE

Christmas Fair at Melrose

Melrose was buzzing with the sounds and smells of Christmas on Saturday as they held their annual Christmas Fair. The girls and parents had all worked hard creating their stalls, from guess how many sweets in the jar, name the bear to feely boxes of cold spaghetti and jelly!!!

Refreshments in Mr…

NEWS  MELROSE

Gingerbread houses at Melrose

This half term our cooking has had a Christmas theme. We all baked gingerbread houses in moulds. The following week the class was a builder’s yard with house gables, walls and roofs all being held together with icing. Our windows were the finest jelly tots - and not a single window was eaten before…

NEWS  MELROSE

Community Awards Event

Four of our girls helped at the annual Community Awards event at St James on 6 November ().  This event is organised by the Guernsey Community Foundation and it celebrates the successes of local charities. Seven awards are given out and over 100 guests are invited.  Guests a…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM

Prickly Hay

Keeping the stable clean and the hay fresh for all the animals is a smelly old job for Sam, the young stable boy. No one seems to notice his hard work and it's making Sam feel very insignificant. His ever-faithful friend, Shrew, tries to keep his spirits up, but Sam is finding it hard to feel impor…

NEWS  MELROSE

Christmas at The Core

It's that time of year again and the countdown to Christmas is underway at The Core.

With daily Advent themes such as Stars, Snowflakes, Holly and more, there is always a good reason to check out the latest tasty treats on offer.

Canteen manager Sharon Carre and her team invite the girls to c…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM

Romeo & Juliet

I would like to say thank you to all the parents, staff and audience members who have expressed their congratulations and praise for such a successful Shakespearean production; it is greatly appreciated by all involved in staging Romeo & Juliet. Rehearsing on Sundays for ten weeks is always an…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , DRAMA

De Putron Challenge

On Monday 17th November Melrose Form III took part in the second De Putron Challenge for Year 6 pupils. The Melrose Masterminds lived up their name and won their heat to gain a place in the final.

Though our team led for most of the final they were just pipped at the post in the last 2 rounds an…

NEWS  MELROSE

Melrose Netball Tournament

Congratulations to the girls in Melrose who participated in the Guernsey Primary Schools' Netball Tournament. They were runners' up and lost by just one goal. We are proud of all that they achieved in terms of their wins, skills and their attitude and approach to competition.

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NEWS  MELROSE , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Congratulations Form 3 girls

Congratulations to Melrose Form 3 girls who participated in Cycling and have all passed their Bikeability (Cycling Proficiency) with PC Boughay. They have all received a National Standard Cycling Certificate and a Hi-Vis jacket to wear, donated by Cathy Perkins.

NEWS  MELROSE

Annual Remembrance Day

The school held its annual Remembrance Day Service in St Stephen's Church. The Head Girl laid a wreath on behalf of the College and Emily McClean (pictured) played The Last Post ​before the traditional two minutes silence was observed.

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NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM

Guernsey IoD Debate

Natalia Jopling-Tanser recently attended the Guernsey IoD debate at Beau Sejour. The blog she submitted from the event has been selected to go forward to the IoD debate in London next year. It makes for interesting reading and we wish Natalia success at the next stage of judging.

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NEWS  SIXTH FORM

Congratulations to Clementine Thompson

Congratulations to Clementine Thompson who has been selected for the 2014/15 RYA UK Youth Squad (Laser Radial). She is the top British Under 18 Laser Radial female for 2014. We are proud of her achievements and wish her every success in a busy year, where she completes her A levels, has House Offi…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Management Shadowing Awards night

Congratulations to our three winners who received Highly Commended for their presentations on Wednesday evening at the Duke of Richmond hotel. Their presentations were extremely well planned, interesting and demonstrated a very clear understanding of management issues. Although it must have been qu…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM