All News for Senior School
15.02.22
Following the Wellbeing Award win last year, The Ladies’ College Senior School has further underpinned its commitment to pastoral care with investment in a new Wellbeing Hub to support students, teachers and parents.
The College is currently the only school on the island to provide this offering.…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
WELL-BEING
08.02.22
A group of students from Upper Five staged a fundraising event to raise money for their end of year Prom. Over £400 was raised by their car washing efforts.
Isabella, one of the event organisers was very impressed with the turn out, "Thank you very much to everyone who came and supported the Upp…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL
03.02.22
For the second time, The Ladies’ College has been awarded the prestigious Gold Quality Mark for its History Department. Mrs Caroline Montague, Joint Head of History said:
“A rich and nuanced understanding of History, at a local level, UK-wide and globally, helps young people to understand the wor…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
HISTORY
16.12.21
The Ladies' College Senior and Junior Schools have ended term in the Christmas spirit by raising money for local charities. Students and staff donated tins of produce which the school's student-led Charities Committee took to Guernsey Welfare to be added to their Christmas Foodbank.
On Thursday, …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MELROSE ,
SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT
11.11.21
On Tuesday 9th November an evening of essentially informal yet demanding music-making took place with entertainment provided by a talented selection of Lower School students from the Senior School. Commendable soloists, vocal and instrumental groups and joyful choirs provided a varied and interesti…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
MUSIC
03.11.21
The annual commemoration service was led at the end of term on October 21st by Mrs Henderson, Head of History, who is planning for the 150th anniversary, in 2022, of the establishment of The Ladies’ College. It was an opportunity to unveil new portraits, restored and enlarged from old photographs i…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
HISTORY ,
GUILD
13.10.21
1. How does The Ladies’ College approach to pastoral care differ from all other schools?
The benefit of a girls-only learning environment is that you can specialise in “all-things-girls”. We know how they learn, what works and what doesn’t. Their friendship dynamics, their motivators and the im…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
SIXTH FORM CAREERS ,
WELL-BEING ,
SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT
21.09.21
Congratulations to our 15 Gold participants who successfully completed their four day Gold Qualifying Expedition in Alderney this summer.
"They had some extremely strong winds to deal with and quite a bit of rain but they completed their journey in fantastic spirits and were a pleasure throughout…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
DUKE OF EDINBURGH
09.09.21
Skateboarding and other extreme sports are now featuring in high profile events such as the Olympics. The young British, female skateboarder, Sky Brown is leading a path that is inspiring young girls into more adventurous and unusual sports. The Ladies’ College PE Department pride themselves on bei…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
01.09.21
The Ladies’ College, Guernsey is delighted to announce that Ms Daniele Harford-Fox has been appointed as the next Principal. She will succeed Mrs Ashley Clancy, who retires from this role in April next year.
Ms Harford-Fox takes up the role of Principal of The Ladies’ College in 2022, when the Co…
NEWS
PRE-SCHOOL ,
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MELROSE ,
PRE-PREPARATORY ,
JUNIOR SCHOOL
12.08.21
Our Upper Five (Year 11) students received their GCSE results today, after a year when the demands of academic study were compounded by tests of courage, determination, and resilience. We are immensely proud of our students; they have come through with flying colours. We congratulate them and their…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL
10.08.21
We are incredibly proud of our Upper Sixth students for all that they have achieved and for how well they have adapted and adjusted to Covid-related changes as they approached the end of their education at The Ladies’ College. Their resilience, commitment, energy and determination have shone throug…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM
23.06.21
It is that time of the Year again…
The annual Art & Photography Exhibition is on display all this week in the Hall and Foyer in the Senior School. A Private Viewing was held on Monday for the students and their families and invited guests.
"Superb and amazingly colourful art work by the s…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
ART ,
PHOTOGRAPHY
07.06.21
The weather forecast for the 2021 College Sailing Championships was not promising. There was very little wind as the twelve competitors from Lower 4 to Upper 5 rigged their six RS Fevas, and it dropped to nothing soon after they launched, so that most had to be towed around to the race area in the …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
24.05.21
Kate Gilby-Smith was a student at The Ladies' College from 2003 - 2010. She studied A-level English with Mrs Zoe Ellis, who is now Head of English. Mrs Ellis welcomed Kate this morning to run a session with the Remove students in the library telling them about her first novel, 'The Astonishing Fu…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
ENGLISH
14.05.21
The Ladies' College are proud to announce their next whole school production: 'Fame' the musical, which will be performed in January 2022 at the Princess Royal Centre for Performing Arts!
Set in 1980's New York the play follows the lives of the students of a performing arts school, who want nothi…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MUSIC ,
DRAMA
06.05.21
The Celebration of Music at St Stephen’s Church on Tuesday 4th May 2021 saw a diverse programme of music performed by students of all ages and abilities.
Senior Strings opened the evening with a rousing and highly competent rendition of Warlock’s ‘Basse Danse’ - a fitting opener for the occasion.…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
MUSIC
29.04.21
On Tuesday 27th April, the final of the Monachan Memorial Trophy for public speaking was held in the Drama Studio.
There were four finalists, one from each of the classes in Upper Four. Lucy Clarke commenced this year’s final with her insightful talk entitled “Seven Hours and Twenty-two Minutes” …
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
ENGLISH
26.04.21
Back in February and March our students and staff covered more than 14,000km in the TLC Virtual Challenge. This covered a distance from Guernsey, across Europe and Asia, almost reaching mainland Australia. Nearly 200 students and staff took part and used the challenge to motivate themselves to keep…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
SIXTH FORM ,
PHYSICAL EDUCATION ,
WELL-BEING ,
SIXTH FORM ENRICHMENT
20.04.21
Pupils and students at The Ladies’ College will now benefit from a new Food Technology and photography darkroom facility, with the official opening of The Ellershaw Centre this week.
The newly renovated building is part of the continuing development of The Ladies’ College facilities, to provide a…
NEWS
SENIOR SCHOOL ,
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY ,
WELL-BEING ,
PSHEE