1979 School Magazine

Sport has continued to flourish in the school thanks not only io the staff in the Physical Education Department but also the voluntary help of a number of parents. The girls continued to enjoy their experiences without becoming too aggressively competitive. The school came second to State High in both lnter-SchoolSwimm- ing and Athletics and first in lnter-School Gvmnastics. W-e continued our winning streak in Water Polo and a number of our girls were selected for the Queensland State Water Polo Team. Cross Country events have con- tinued to be popular particularly amongst the boarders and the "Life be in it" campaign was actively supported, We have introduced a compulsory Cap for School Sport in an effort to make the girls aware of the dangers of skin cancer and a number of girls are involved in launching the Health Department's Summer programme against the dangers of the sun that has begun in Brisbane today. Library: The School Library has continued to flourish. Recently we have purchased with the help of Com- monwealth funding a Mirco-Fiche Reader as part of a School Cataloguing Programme being developed throughout Australia^ Micro-Fiche readers allow for infor- mation to be stored using limited space. Storage has always been a major problem in School Libraries and Micro-Fiche is one of the ways of overcoming this pro- blem. This year Mrs. Petersen was employed as full{ime Assistant Librarian to help Mrs. Riggs while the Resource Section of the Library will include an extra member of staff next year to assist Mr. Rowell. Audio- Visual Monitors have been introduced throughout the year to allow for maximum use of materials and equip- ment in classes. Displays in the Library have been varied to include ex- amples of all sides of School Life. A library nowadays vir- tually functions as the hub of the School being the general storehouse for both hardware and soJtware for all Departments so that materials can be readily utilised by all sections of the School.

ment Committees. lt is interesting to note that the reci- pient of our Art Prize today is in fact a- member of Brisbane Grammar School - Hamilton Wilson who has added much to our Sixth Form Art Class this year. As well as Hamilton two other boys from St. Joseph's, Gregory Terrace regularly come to the School for their Art Lessons.

The Music Department has rapidly expanded this year to include a full Orchestra, a full Concert Band and various instrumental groups. Through the Extension Education Activities the Gitbert & Sullivan ,,pirates of Penzance" was performed late in second term - our thanks to one of our parents, Mrs. Beverley Shean who ably produced it. Miss Hebden and I have had many discussions with Mr. May from Brisbane Grammar School and next year we plan to extend our musical groups to include a Combined Choir which was heard for the first time on the last Monday Evening of Third Term in the_Carols by Candlelight hetd in the Otd Assembty Hail at Girls'Grammar.

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