1979 School Magazine

Staff ln.Service: A number of members of staff have been actively engaged with ln-Service programmes throughout the year - Mr" John Stamford haJbeen on 12 months leave of absence to complete an Outdoor Education Diploma at Kelvin Grove and will return in 1979 to use his expertise in the Science and Health and Physical Education Departments. * The Science Staff have been involved in workshops to develop a new Junior Science programme. * Mr. Nicolosi and Miss Forster attended a three day seminar at Southport. * The Language Department has been involved in a workshop on Language Laboratories. * Next year Mrs. Cooke will have 6 months at Kelvin Grove C.A.E. where she will study for a Resource Teaching Diploma. When she returns she will become our first fulltime Resource Teacher in various areas when needed. Miss Jacqueline Boyd will also be on leave of absence for 6 months to gain skills in Ceramics so that the new Art Room facilities will be ulilised to their fullest extent. Associated with this, Mrs. Sandra Burgoyne, has ap- plied for a Schools Commission lnnovations Grant for facilities for the new Art Room so that we can extend our weekend Craft Workshop Programme that has been running for the past eighteen months. This pro- gramme caters for needs in the school family and is one way in which our facilities can be utilised by members of the school community. Many of these projects have been funded by the Association of lndependent Schools of eueensland ln- Service. This body provides the necessary areas for teachers in lndependent Schools to become involved in specialist ln-Service. lt is recognized that with the rapid changes that have occurred in education - particular- ly during the past ten years there is a continual need for re-evaluation and upgrading of skills amongst the teaching profession. Projects such as we have been in- volved in and will be involved in can only improve the general educatioal climate of our school. Survey: Recently parents have been asked to complete two surveys so that the Board together with the staff can ascertain where we are and where we are going in rela- tion to positive goal setting. The first survey was open- ended and allowed for frank and open comment about the school. The second survey was developed and analysed by Mr. Peter Meggitt from the Mt. Gravatt 9 n f il conjunction with members of the staff . The pro- ject wili form a basis for a five year plan that will even- tually encompass all areas of school life. lt is interesting to note that in the first Survey over 30yo of parents gave as a reason for sending their daughters to Brisbane Girls' Grammar School the fact thaiwe had close ties with Brisbane Grammar School without being co- educational. I would at this point like to expres-s the school's appreciation to Mr. Howell and the stalf of Brisbane Grammar School for lheir help and co- operation throughout the past twelve months. We have enjoyed together the combined ptay, the combined Or- chestra, combined Music Camp, the Townsville youth Concert Band Workshop and combined Carols by Candlelight. As well as this there has been a sharing of some teaching facilities, the tennis courts as well as ready access to Centenary Hall. Various functions in- volving the two Boarding Houses have been organisecl throughout the year by the Boarding House Entertain-

The school curriculum was extended in 1978 to include Board ---- Health and Physical Education in Year 11 ex- tending lc Year 12 in 1979. From 1979 Health and Physical Education in Years 8,9 and 10 will be con- sidered as a School Subject for Junior Certificate. Speech and Drama will be introduced into Year 11 in 1979 continuing to Year 12 in 1980. At the beginning of the year we returned to find five new teaching areas available for the girls as well as many other im- provements throughout the school. This trend to upgrade facilities will continue into the new year with the comple- tion of the gymnasium complex and the development of a specialist room for Geography.

Careers Griidance and Counselling has continued with Year 10 students participating in a special Careers Guidance Programme that involves '15 teaching periods together with a visit to the Careers Reference Centre. This has been organised by our Student Counsellor, Mrs. Lynch, who has also organised work experience pro- grammes for Year 12 girls together with visits during the lunch hour by various people to talk f rankly about career opportunities. At the beginning of the yea( a Careers Room was developed adjacent to the Counsellor's Room. Nexl year this will include a Television Set from which girls can view Video Tapes of relevant career in- formation. Mrs. Lynch will also be applying for a Schools Commission lnnovations grant to further develop this service.

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