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Ending on a high note

Lent Term 2014 ended with a really enjoyable House Music competition.

There were three rounds in the competition: 'Pop Song', 'Solo' and 'Show Song'.

Brock, below, showed great team spirit with every member of the House getting up on stage for their show song.

Overall first place went to C…

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Words, words, words

The Lower Four spelling bee came to an exciting conclusion this week.

The final round results were as follows:

  • Melissa Atkinson 2nd Place (5/7)
  • Willow Bearder 3rd Place (4/7)
  • Marie-Claire Benoist 1st Place (6/7)
  • Lucy Perriam 3rd Place (4/7)

The English Department did…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , ENGLISH

Pre-Preparatory in the swim

Look how much fun we had at our final swimming session this term!

Pre-School love to swim and here we all are, swimming together for a fun play session!

Mrs Reynolds, Pre-Preparatory Leader

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NEWS  MELROSE , PRE-PREPARATORY

Hockey highlight for Remove

Congratulations to the Removes who won the Island Year 7 Hockey Tournament. They played really excellent hockey and beat the Grammar School in the final 5-0! Alex Oliver was an excellent goal keeper and didn't concede a single goal throughout the tournament. Well done to all involved! 

Mrs Bail…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Players celebrate Cup Match success

The College Hockey and Netball teams enjoyed great success against the Grammar School in the annual Cup Matches held at The Grammar School this week. The 1st VII netball team displayed amazing endurance and tenacity to overturn a deficit going into the final quarter into a 44-41 win. Poppy Barker w…

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An education in illustration

Eight Art GCSE students from Lower Five have been taking part in an illustration workshop at Elizabeth College.

The first session has just taken place and part two is next Saturday morning.

The workshop is being run in conjunction with the Guernsey Literary Festival and three professional ill…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , ART

Laura's got the write stuff

Congratulations to Upper Five student Laura Smith, who has won a place at a creative writing workshop given by a bestselling author.

Laura entered a competition run by the Alderney Literary Trust in which she had to write the introductory part of a novel. She was one of three students chosen fro…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , ENGLISH

Thrills & spills at Cup Matches

The Ladies' College hosted The Jersey College for Girls for the annual Hockey and Netball Cup Matches yesterday. This is a fantastic tradition with the oldest trophy dating back to 1928.

Unfortunately, things didn't quite go the way we had hoped as the talented JCG netballers (some of whom have …

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Best foot forward for De Sausmarez

The standard of Upper Four House football was particularly good with a noteworthy performance from Lauryn Scullion, who scored a hat trick for Carey in their match against Durand. 

The eventual winners were De Sausmarez (photo shows Sapphire Brewer-Marchant scoring the winning goal against Carey…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

A work in progress


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Speaker puts spotlight on Uni study

The Lower Sixth attended a talk given by Lizzie Summer from Surrey University this week (11.3.14), focusing on the opportunities available to them when considering higher education options.

The Head of Sixth Form, Dr Mitchell, felt that she did an excellent job of passing on hints and tips to th…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM

Sixth Form lend a hand

Upper 6D kindly gave up some of their valuable time to help the PE Department run a gymnastics session for the Melrose Pre-School in the Ladies' College Gym.

The Upper 6 girls really enjoyed helping the youngest girls in the College. The Pre-School peas and beans had a fantastic time and were rea…

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

Junior House Hockey results

A small break in the wet and windy weather allowed the Remove and L4 house hockey to take place in fairly dry conditions. The new format involved each House entering a Remove and a L4 team playing with teams of seven. 

The Remove De Sausmarez Team were particularly outstanding and demonstrated s…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

New Principal announced

The Board of Governors is delighted to announce that Mrs Ashley Clancy has been appointed as the next Principal of The Ladies' College. She will take over from Ms Riches in September 2014.

Mrs Clancy has more than 20 years' experience in teaching and school mangement and will join us from her cu…

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Speaking up for the Cup

Congratulations to all the Upper Four girls who took part in the final of this year's Monachan Memorial Trophy competition.

This spectacular trophy is awarded for public speaking, with the girls preparing speeches on a topic of their choice to deliver to the whole year group - and an external ad…

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Brock find back of the net

The Remove and L4 House Football final was blessed by a lack of rain and three goals from a victorious Brock.

Results

1st Brock (won the final 3-0) / 2nd De Sausmarez

Thank you very much to Mr Adams for running this event and well done to all the teams taking part…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

A warm welcome at The Core

The team at The Core would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and to invite all pupils and staff to try our new term's menus.

We have some new dishes for you to try this term such as fisherman's pie, bubble and squeak, courgette carbonara and a chorizo pasta big bowl salad to name but a few. …

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

Clementine sails into the headlines

We were delighted to hear that one of our Lower Sixth students, Clementine Thompson, is sailor of the month in the January edition of Yachts & Yachting magazine. This is a great achievement and gives her fantastic recognition and a national profile.

Clementine has enjoyed consistent success …

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , PHYSICAL EDUCATION

If the shoe fits...

The last day of the Michaelmas Term saw senior school girls battling it out for points in the annual House Drama Competition.

The theme was 'pantomime' and Carey won overall with their rhyming version of Cinderella. The whole event was highly entertaining and judged by one of Guernsey's famous p…

NEWS  SENIOR SCHOOL , SIXTH FORM , DRAMA

All the fun of the Fayre

Saturday December 14th he Melrose Christmas Fayre taking place.

We had a visit from the red suited man himself, all girls seemed to have been good!

There were lovely eats in Mrs Claus Café, with sticky gingerbread and hot chocolate with marshmallows!

Stalls galore from nail painting to 1D …

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