The week before half term we were very excited to be the first in the school to try out the new P.E apparatus. The girls also played on the bikes in the hall. Everyone had a wonderful time exploring climbing and swinging. We also cooked leek and potato soup, this needed a lot of cutting and peelin…
Guernsey is pleased to host its first ever TEDxYouth event. This incorporates some pre-recorded TED talks, with live talks from locals and also speakers brought over from the UK.
This week we celebrated Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day), we made our batter, poured it into a pan, and then cooked and tossed it ourselves! Then the best was eating the yummy pancake. We also celebrated a special 3rd Birthday this week.
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This week Pre-Preparatory have had lots of fun with the 'big girls'. We made dens, and built sand creations. Middle Preparatory wrote some wonderful stories and then came and shared them with us. Another fun filled week was ended with Lower Preparatory joining us to share the 'Stick man' story and…
We have had fun outside in Pre-Preparatory this week (25th - 29th Jan), we enjoyed reading stories outside on the Literary Festival's story bench which was kindly loaned to Melrose for the week. We have also made campfires and magic stick gardens. Our nursery rhyme this week has been 'Baa, baa bla…
The latest Ilex magazine is now published and can be accessed . We are very proud of the latest edition and would encourage everyone to share the Ilex with their extended family and friends. Many congratulations to all those involved; in particular editors, Charlotte Thompson and Laura Smith,…
Pre-Preparatory have been very busy this week making bird feeders, umbrellas and so many 'creative creations' being designed. We have excitedly celebrated two special birthdays this week too! We are also very proud of all the 'team work' that the girls have displayed this week.
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The weather has been terrible this week with hail, and torrential rain and very gusty windy days however Pre-Preparatory had a wonderful week of fun and games outside, making kites and building dens. We also cooked some cheesy mice and made finger puppet mice as we were talking about hickory dicko…
Tue 5 Jan - Fri 8 Jan
We have had a fun first week back at Pre-Preparatory. We welcomed some new friends to Pre-Preparatory and have been very buzzzzzzzyyyy! we also cooked tasty honey bumble bees. We are very excited that Mrs Loveridge is now back after her baby and we are ready for an exciti…
Monday 14 December
Today Melrose School Council held their annual 'Christmas Jumper Day' in support of their chosen charity; Unicef. Much fun was had as the girls met in the Hall to sing and dance along to Christmas tunes. The Council gave an assembly to remind the school of the reasons beh…
Mon 2 Nov - Fri 6 Nov
Well, what an exciting week! We have been focusing on the colour white in the Pea pod and the sound 'n' in the Bean pod. It was a little bit of a windy week and so we also helped Mr Glover sweep all the leaves which turned into a lot of fun! However, even more exciting hav…
On Friday 13th November, Melrose and the Pre-Preparatory Department dressed in their Pyjamas for the day to support Children in Need. Form III prepared a fantastic assembly and explained to the whole school why we were raising money. The girls took part in a variety of activities from making Pudse…
On Friday 6 November Melrose went 'wild' to raise money for the Toilet Twinning Charity (see http://www.toilettwinning.org/ for more information) by dressing up as their favourite animals. The School Council organised the event and managed to raise their target of £240 to enable Melrose’s faci…
This week in Pre-Preparatory we are thinking about the sound 't' and the colour purple, we have been busy with many exciting activities however one of the most unusual was looking at squids purple markings and tentacles. We had fun exploring all of the squid finding lots of suckers on the tentacle…
Last night 60 women attended our ‘ladies only’ networking event held at the i2 office, Royal Chambers, to celebrate the future of The Ladies’ College and its role in supporting women, business and island life in general. Attendees enjoyed a champagne reception plus presentations from Dame Mary Perk…
History was brought to life for the Year 5 girls at Melrose when they went to London on a Tudor Trip. Twenty girls, accompanied by staff and parents experienced an action packed 3 days. They began their trip at Westminster Abbey, visiting the tombs of many great Tudor monarchs then on to the Nation…
On a very sunny Sunday afternoon a large number of Melrose girls, mums, dads and lots of dogs met at Pleinmont to walk for the Born Free Foundation and Elsa. Even Mrs Beebee's dog Bruar brought his Lion as a mascot!
Elsa is a downtrodden lioness, only 6 years old found at a shoddy Italian Circus.…
On Friday 8th May 2015 Melrose celebrated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Guernsey. All of the girls and staff dressed in 1940s style clothing and looked amazing.
Our day began with a special assembly presented by Upper Prep which explained what life had been like for children in Guer…
This week, as we mark Guernsey’s 70th Anniversary of the Liberation, many of us will turn our thoughts to the past and the many significant events which have shaped the island and our College. The artwork below, which has just been returned to us from an islander’s attic, commemorates and thanks …
The Ladies' College art department displayed the work of a variety of students from all year groups at this Year's Art Eisteddfod. Miss Chmiel, Mr Bolt and Mrs Adams decided to include students' work from all different artistic disciplines such as drawing, painting, sculpture photography and mixed …
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