1994 School Magazine

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Girls' Grainiiiar School3Grisbaiie 199+

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Head Girls' Report

994 was a year destinecl for greatness at BGGS, from TroplTy. awarded to the school That I\as produced the Rhodes the moment The startii\g gLin went off. \;,'e starletl by Scholar for a partictilar year. Elsina won This prestigious setting goals as ITigli as possible. and continLiecl by working to sc1}o1arship. and talkecl to TITe Year Twelves about I\er involve- realise them. resulting in a year in whiclT successes seemed to In Grit in being clTosen as a RITo des Scholar

mount up by the mintite! To give an idea of what ITap- pened Year Eight Orienta- lion Day was an excitino one came to welcome them. Angela SLig- gested 11Tat every- find one try, 10 something in each new clay, to look forward to. .. but could we ha\, e pre-

March 4 With the introdLiction of Beanland, our eighth house, the Inter- hotise Swimming Contest was fiercer than ever. No-one (except, perhaps themselves) could have predicted the winner - Beanland! March 8 The first SRC ITTeering of the year was ITelcl in the Gehrmann Theatre The main issue was the ne\\. arrange- merits at the 23 bus slop. following our new five-minute af- ternoon roll-call

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dictecl exactly ITow inucl} we ITac1 10 look fom, ard to in the coming year

March T2 A special Foundation Day service was ITeld in the Boarcling House dining room (the ()ICl assembly ITall) to coiTimemorate the be ainning of the Schools 120111 anniversary Elsina Winnwright gave the address, and the Camerata Singers and the String Ensemble joined in performing Fengolesi's 'Slabat A. later"

February I. The jest of the school TetLirneclforthe new year February 4 We were surprisecl ancl thrilled to be in\, itec1 10 a reception for Prince Charles at Government House! We went along excitedly. and were Itick\, enougli to shake ITancls and 1111k briefly to IlinT about our plans for' The fLiitire February T4 Valentine's Day was perhaps not Ihc 11\OSI tactful clate for. the Inauoural BGS/BGGS Prefect Conference he ICl in the Gehrmann Tileatre. However. it \\,;Is a good opportunity. to meet our counterparts from "next door". and

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share ideas. strategies. an<1 pizza February T6 The Pre- focis' Induction Ceremony was lield. <1Ltring whiclT the prefects were officially. in- ducted into their roles as leaders of the school. This year I\eralded The largest group of prefects ever thirty-four - an <1 it Ilas I>Gen a harcl\\. orking. frienclly. ancl generalI\, enthusiastic team March 2 \!(/e welcomed Elsina Vainwright back 10 the School for The presenta- lion of the I'rince A1berr

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.In' P Collibe!; .111 A . F1si!Ifi Ithiii!1'11gbl diff/, Ih\ H, 111cock IN'!h Ibe PIT 11ce A1be;'/ hophi. March 8 We weni 10 a Civic Reception for' 11\c "Ice Machine" - the ice skaiino relay, leanT who \\, on Australia's first ever In editl (bronze) at a Winter Olympics. At 11\e reception, we also met Daphne 1'vrie. an o1cl girl whose keen interest and ability in sport ITas led ITeT to Ieacl a strong campaign in the area of woinci\ in sport

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