Another busy week in Pre-Prep. We celebrated two special birthdays this week and enjoyed some delicious birthday cakes. On our cooking day this week we cooked some Chinese noodles and then we ate them for our lunch with chopsticks!! Lunch was extremely delicious and the chopsticks were a complete …
The Ladies’ College Guild has held its first London reception, inviting alumni from across the UK share stories and to learn more about what life at College is like in 2016.
The Guild was established in 1905 to promote links between the College’s alumni and to support the interests of its present…
On Friday 20th May Melrose enjoyed taking part in the outlook hockey tournament run by Guernsey hockey. The girls played lots of friendly matches and developed their skills and game play in every match. A fun afternoon of hockey was had by all and we now look forward to the official tournament on …
Upper Prep have been enjoying learning about minibeasts in their Forest School lessons on a Friday afternoon. They explored where they lived on the trim trail looking under logs and in the bug hotels. They went on a snail search and found some hiding. The following week the girls made their own min…
Well what a mixed weather week! We have shared stories in the book boat, explored nature on the science table ad been very creative.
Then ..... the sun started to shine and we could go outside without our explorer suits! I think we had the most fun playing hide and seek.
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We have loved the beautiful weather we have had this week. Pre-Preparatory decided that they best catch up with the laundry! So on the hottest day of the week the girls washed dried and 'ironed' all of the baby clothes. Well after a busy morning like this what else does a busy girl need but a glas…
We are very excited to be back after our Spring break and looking are all looking forward to more adventures and exploration this term. This week we planted in our new wooden planters. We planted potatoes, strawberries, marigolds, sweet peas, sugar snap peas and lettuces! We are looking forward to…
The Pre-Preparatory Department have had a busy week this week, we are developing our outdoor area and have been very industrious making wooden planters to grow fruit and vegetables (as well as some flowers!). We have all learnt about how to use tools safely and the girls are very excited to prove …
We had a great time last week when a good friend of Pre-Prep delivered some very large boxes. First we made a rabbit warren so we could tunnel like Lettice (our rabbit). Then we used a real saw to turn it into a castle where we were able to enjoy yummy castle cake! Finally it became an aeroplane s…
Disney’s - The Jungle Book
Melrose are off to the jungle with their Junior Production this year, by putting on The Jungle Book on 6th & 7th April.
This musical will involve over 80 girls, aged between 7 and 11 years who will be taking part in two casts, over 4 performanc…
Congratulations to Melrose musicians for performing to such a high standard at the Eisteddfod, too many to mention. Here is the Junior Choir performing who were awarded the JP trophy.
The Eisteddfod took place at St James, 3rd - 12th March.
Melrose entered 3 teams in the annual tag rugby tournament at Footes Lane on Saturday 19th March 2016. 42 Island teams from all the local schools turned out to brave the icy conditions.
Representing Years 3 and 4 were Melrose Lailie's Limas . For many of them this was their first rugby festiva…
On Monday 14th March, Melrose hosted the Friends of Wildlife presentation for the Born Free Foundation.
We welcomed boys and girls from other island schools who had supported the walk last September. This year we were extremely lucky to have our certificates presented to us by Will Travers, the P…
Melrose celebrated in sporty style on Friday 18th March.
Form III kicked the day off with a super assembly, reminding us what Sports Relief is all about. This included videos, songs, dancing, quizzes and sporting contests.
Then the whole school went down to the field and ran, jogged, walke…
We have had a VERY busy week at Pre-Preparatory and definitely VERY exciting. We have been preparing for Easter and doing lots of art and craft, whist enjoying the wonderful sunny weather. On Wednesday the Beans competed in the Speech and Drama in the Guernsey Eisteddfod, we took part in the chora…
This week we have been having fun, outside, and inside exploration as well as busy finishing off the art work for the Art Eisteddfod display. Our display is up and if you would like to see it in person you can visit Beau Sejour and see our display as well as many other exciting bits created by Gue…
Thank you to everyone who supported and attend The Ladies’ College Emerald Fundraising Ball. It was a spectacular evening, full of fun, entertainment and good company.
Photos from the evening available from John Fitzgeralds here:
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We have had an exciting week back after our half term break. We celebrated a special 'leap year' birthday at the beginning of the week. Then our craft was towards a very special Sunday to celebrate our wonderful Mummy! We rounded up the week looking at a real fish after we sadly lost one of our fi…
In just 10 months The Ladies' College fundraising committee has raised £1 million as part of the school’s expansion; “A Gift for Learning” Phase 3.
The College needs to raise £2 million towards the Phase 3 building, which will cost £7.5 million in total.
The principal of The Ladies' College, As…
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…
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