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2004 has been the community to u with the resulting inphasis on ch rity and fundraising. The Grammar ommuniry has thrown Itself wholeheartedly into I ruistic events, raising substanti I fund to suppo W, L8, ,I S I'd84'1+S WritK +, LVOt48, L {'84,108 a+ +, L8 I 81 PICKe- Srisba. ,, 186ir!s Grab","ar School, he are ,,, o solet 84, +grima o4', eat40a. +1041a. ! i, ,Is+i+I^I+io, ,I, +, Le are 84.1+aYi, ,18- a COULD".,, 141i+ .

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When students walk through the white, picket fence at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, they are not solely entering an educational institution, they are entering a community. A welcoming community which provides a nurturing protective environment. safe haven. if you like. from wh I c n be for some. the incre singly unstable, uncertain world outside. Global events such as the recen BeSI n School crisis in Ru sia reamrms for in ny peopl , Iha educ Lion Is nor a right. but a privilege Th curriculum a Girl Grammar is broad and ver tile, offering girls the opportunity

h in OS their education and kills to in o the OPPortuniUe pr nt d to Ih in. Th o110wing pages en p ul re th piri rid memories of the Gr mm r Qinmunity rid h w rldin our efforts to help and h n mall, but definite w y

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Staff Consultants Mis Ann Farley Mrs .ebi'a AdaiiTs Mrs Lot'ei. Bridge Mrs JacqLieline Colwill

Student Committee Mandeep Gill IEdi:o11 Lucy Corke Shyalle IKayaj Kal. awlta Josephine LEInt

various causes. Thi Indeed has been in to challen e them elves and excel, not only cademically, but also outside the classroom. keeping with the 2004 theme of Get Born The u ces of the students competing in the When I leave Girls Grammar as a student for Intern lional Young Ph ICists Tournament the last time, it will be with the knowledge that I have gained not only an excellent h sed h Lh o1, well thetalent e u Lion, bur also life skills Iha h v exhibited a the aGSSSA competitions prep red me rid my 110w students for the and dr in a productions i evidence of the real world enduring rength and diversity I Girls The 2004School g in I no nly Gramm r dedi liontothegirl of r mm bu to " The in OS signi cant change during

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004 From The Head Girls

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Royal ChildrenS Hospital - an outstanding achievement. We guess we wont need a brush for a while We began Term I with the theme, Get Going. in outlining our focus and dreams we aimed to inspire enthusiasm for the year ahead. The eager Seniors launched into fundraising with a 'Busking Day. in just one lunchtime of singing, dancing, and very hale self-consciousness, the amazing spirit of Grammar girls in action had been ignited. The Senior Executive went on to make a video called the "Detective Executive" - the tale o a hunt for incorrea uniforms Nter settling in, Term " was a time to encourage everyon to Get involved, whether by making a new friend. joining the choir or trying a new sport. Nex Mereer led groups of keen girls on visits to the Royal ChildrenS Hospital, often incorporating entertainment like dance performances, clown workshops or knitting classes into their visits individually discovering the meaning of Get Born, the girls were inspired to give to their community and experience direa!y the power of their actions in the year that the Olympics returned home o Athens, the "Grammar Olympics" found its home in the Auditorium The first event was a closely contested and hilarious debate between Girls Grammar and Brisbane

Grammar School - That the brain 15 he sexiest organ' Term 111 was appropriate!y dubbed Get Square, referring both to the traditional academic focus of the Term and also to the challenge to be honest and true to oneself For the Seniors, the aCS Test proved a positive and uniting experience. To destress the Year 125 travelled back to 1999, and danced our fears away to the Spice G!r!s, Hanson and All Saints, all in our primary s hool uniforms. in the final days before the exams, Year 12 Assembly was more alive with excitement than ever Two words, Year 12 Brimey and sequins - lets not say more On to more excitement, hotdog eating and skipping races featured in the 'pentathlon', the second event of the Term in Grammar Olympics As time slipped into fast forward for the final weeks of school, we are reminded more than ever of the many aspects of school life, both great and small, about whic we can, and should, be happy. So Get Happy was the spirit of the hoUy contested tradition that is the Talent Quest. Get Happy also inspired the rig awaited 'Detective Executive: the Seq el' But most importantly we geared up Get Happy about Shave Week - nor only because it invo ed bandanas. bands, and some racy hairstyles, and not only because everybody could check out the shapes of our heads. but

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I am often asked to describe what it is about Brisbane Girls Grammar School that makes it special and differentiates it from other schools. it is easy to respond by elaborating on our long histo . consistent academic leadership, commitment to single sex education for girls and comprehensive pastoral and co-curricular programmes. it is more difficult to articulate the essence of our defining qualities because these rest within the girls themselves A school is not about the structures that house the students and teachers, but rather a school is actually the community of people In any given year Brisbane Girls Grammar has a unique composition of young women and staff who cons it ate and give life to our School - rid each year we see subtle differences Overall, our girls are deeply engaged with their School7th<;y like o be active in their learning and they like to be involved with decision making. They are confident about expressing their opinions and willing to challenge ideas with a view to better understanding situations and initiating Improvement. They are encouraged o Gritrib t widelyan to th best of t at ability; they are supportive of each other and have a genuine appreciation and regard for their School. n my opinion, the defining feature of these girls is their collective positive and happy approach to life. To walk through the grounds and speak to the girls is a delight and Is constant. reminder of why working with teenagers is such a refreshing experience and an absolute privilege The Year 12s have reflected these positive approaches in their 2004 theme Ge Born! Led by the Head Girls, they have promoted community awareness, change for the better engagement in activities and awareness o others. I congratulate Vanessa Watson and Eininie Will is on their personal commitment in activa ing increased dedication to charity wor and I thankthem rin!y or their support this year They have set a high standard for future student leaders to follow. I also coinmend Mandeep Gill, the Editor of this years School Magazine, and

urnm rely because it represented for everyone the culmination of the much hard work and even more fun, involved in achieving our goal Throughout our school lives, but especially in our final year we have been the grateful recipients of the unconditional support, nurturing and advice of our teachers - our friends. Ms Bell, has always been totally supportive and has always shown immense faith in the girls of the School and their ability to accomplish just about anything. Special thanks goes to our surrogate parents, Mrs MCConaghy and Mr Dale meed we say morel, to Miss Williams, for her support and priceless Assembly comments. and to Miss Hatton. Mr Seaha, and Ms Smith for all that they have done and continue to do it would have been Impossible to accomplish so much this year without the friendship rid ability of Yea 12 to nite in the face of a challenge. Our journey as a cohort has stretched from the innocent days of Bridge Building to becoming the hard-headed young women who I^iced two gruelling days of aCS Through the ard and the good times we have forged a friendship group of 2I9 girls, and countles lifelong memories e have never I^Iiled to be impressed by the ways in which all Grammar girls have generously and uricondi 'on ally embraced the theme Get Born, and as Iways, the spirit o the School in 11 its many dimensions. The successes of this year ar owed to the w o1e School. for by openly giving to the welfare of the wider coinm nity, our lives have been enriched

the committee who have worked so hard to produce this wonderful publication, focusing on the special things about Girls Grammar At t mes our yo rig peop e can be exhausting to k ep pace with in heir desire to bring very new'ide to fruition immediately While the successful accomplishment o1.90als is an important outcome, it is also negessary to establish long-term visions that can continue to be developed and implemented by people un the future. I have encouraged many of our Year 125 this year who feel time has run out for them to complete their prqjects, to hand them on to the current Year I I s with a view to ensuring their Ideas have a life their own time, here. a Girls Grammar pa I have also suggested they remain in touch with the Year I I and provide support and assistance from the outside world While much o todayS change is rapid, not all change needs to follow this fas pace and sometimes a slow evolution of Innovative Ideas will res it in a longer lasting and more significant outcome with benefits reaching far into the future

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Keyvan from Kenmore State High School - and we can honestly say that the 17th International Young Physicists' Tournament was an excellent and unforgettable experience IYPT requires that you really understand all aspects and possible contradictions in as well as ramifications of your solution to enable you to defend it from the advance of eager opponents. Thus, the three of us have come away from the Tournament with a much clearer deeper understanding of physics Despite being worse than terrified when we first presented, the increase in confidence as the week progressed was tangible and by the end of the Tournament we had learnt an Incredible amount about ourselves. in addition, regardless of the conventional

opinion about the inverse relationship between physics and eruoyment, the IYPT was a lot of fun. Discovering, as we did, a great deal about foreign cultures through interaction with other Teams both in and ou of the fight rooms significantly contributed t the experience We would like to thank Mr Allinson and Dr Stephens for their invaluable help with the preparation and their negotiation of the logistical nightmare of planning and organising this years Tournament. it was their vision which brought the Tournament to Australia and which continues to encourage Grammar girls to attempt the arduous qualification process for the IYPF Thank you also to Ms Bell for allowing us

Physicists' Tournament 11YPTj left Europe for the first time since its conception and travelled Down Under to be hosted jointly by Brisbane Girls Grammar School and Brisbane Grammar School. Our School, and In fact the majority of Gregory Terrace, was overrun by twenty six teams of young physicists who came to present and defend their hard-worked solutions to set physics problems and to represent their country in the Tournaments renowned 'physics fights'. The Australian Host Team consisted of three Year 12 Brisbane Girls Grammar Students, Erina MCDonald, Emity See and Alex Mereer JK Wu from Brisbane Grammar School and Nima

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forty mentors and 90 Year I I and 12 students met for breakfast in the School Auditorium. The purpose of the event was to allow senior students to explore occupations through interaction with professionals currently working in the field. As always, former students, parents and friends gave unstintingly of their time and experience and the School 15 most appreciative of their efforts Kate Thelander IClass of 19971 generously agreed to be Guest Speaker for the breakfast and offered valuable insights into creating

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best suited to the classy occasion we had in mind A compromise was finally reached, to the satisfaction of all, which Involved the squeezing of pool tables, mini golf, air hockey, pinball machines, a fortune teller balloon man, DJ, buffet and fairy floss into the Grand Ballroom of the She raton Hotel Following an award-winning feature film made by students from both Schools, which served as an icebreakec students were left to mingle. dance and eruoy the evening, pausing only to marvel at the mind-boggling

combined Grammar Charity Evening held on the first Saturday of Term 111. The fun-filled occasion proved to be a tremendous success, when debut doubts evaporated as precur Dry events forged ties between the two Schools and heightened exc'ternent leading up to the gala event Meanwhile, members of the Social Committee hurriedly finalised last minute der ils and attempted to convince our male oun erparts hat a s o11ng gallery was not

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dancing skills possesse by the girls as we performed the traditional Year Dance. it eruoyment is anything to go by, then the event was one of the highlights of the year The ultimate measure of success, however was in the form of the several thousand dollars raised for Teen Challenge, a charity organisation with the primary aim of helping re break free from life controlling young ddictio proble alco

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girls volunteering their time during the Easter holidays On the night our girls were first down the catwalk before, buckets in hand, the gold coin donations were collected in earnest. There were smiles all round at the end of the evening when S I 05000 had been raised Following this event, Year I I enthusiastically embraced the idea to continue this fundraising initiative by collecting and distributing basic toiletries and bedding generously donated by the School Community. Hirschfeld House also generously contributed $2500.00 from the

proceeds of their Open Day Hot Potato Sta to the cause With such a positive response ensured, Year I I hope that we will be able to continue to support this programme in the future

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FAG U LTY O F CREATIVE ART >-- The Creative Arts Faculty in 2004 continues to demonstrate the immense benefits of a creative education at Brisbane Girls Grammar School. visual Art, Drama, Music and Design and Technology Departments have provided a variety of experiences this year for students to engage in their own learning by . increasing self esteem and confidence . developing skills in setting goals and planning to achieve them . providing learning opportunities that are relevant to the students' lived experiences and Interests

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ART REPORT >

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Art Report Tell ,"e 94.1d T ban^' f'ora""' Show he A+Id z mm^ vane, "bay. .. T*IYO!Ve ,"a 0.41d :L will tear, .. This year the Visual Art students in all year levels have been actively involved in making decisions about what to do and how to do it. Once a task is set the students look at various ways to individualise their response and resolve their complex problems. Students have enjoyed the freedom and the challenges that have been set and obtain feedback about their ideas and concepts from other students and Art staff. Some of the concepts that have inspired us this year are Time, Contain, inside/Outside, Self. Urban/ Suburban. The year has also been filled with excursions to the Queensland At Gallery and Shorncliffe to do some outside photography and drawing in preparation for a painting unit. We had visiting artists showing us photography and wearable art and teaching us different ways to approach and think about our artwork Ufe Drawing developed experimental work that could be resolved further Studio afternoons were filled with students wanting more time to work on their art after school and mini workshops were run to teach new skills in diffore areas ch as photographic screenprinting Workshops after school with Brisbane Grammar School were very popular Photography. drawing, painting, sculpture andjewellery workshops were all repeated in two terms due to popular demand with a variety of Students ike or ts d SOC 1151 with the boys. More w rkshop ' I ffered again next year iting ideas Mon f'oraver . . .

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again for the Drama Department. The 2004 Drama programme has offered students a chorus movement piece employing a number of characteristics of the Greek theatre a range of learning experiences, specialist style such as unison. canon, formations, workshops and theatre visits to expose entrances and exits. This engaging classroom students to. and enrich, their dramatic experience gave students the freedom to understanding Year I I Drama students openly explore the physical nature of Greek explored the Italian style of Street Theatre known as Cornmeal^~Dell75,it^~through~^5^rias~~theatre while challenging themselves to of physical workshops. Many of the students discover the possibilities of dynamic group movement using the work of this professional fell so in love with the colourful masked theatre troupe as their guide. The results were characters in class that they decided to use visually spectacular" I Miss E Lauman, Year I O Open Day as an opportunity to take these teacherI characters on the street, literally. They roved 'Through the choreographed pieces the campus grounds entertaining crowds with linking scenes and the effect produced by a their comic tricks and then later performed mob of masked actors, students were able improvised scenes in the Gehrmann Theatre it was an exciting year of theatre visits tool to draw inspiration for their own assessment visiting the theatre expands students' notions Items. Symbolism was effectiveIy used and of possibilities and connects them to the real Important truths were conveyed through the strong character representations. The skilfully world of Drama. Year I OS viewed Zen Zen ZOS production of The Odyssey to extend their crafted script, engaging movement pieces and effective chorus work successfully portrayed classroom learning of Greek Theatre They also took part in an aftershow forum where Ulysses' story to the audience. making it a they gained insight into the behind-thescenes highly enjoyable and successful performance The opportunity to conference with the actors world of the play. it was an inspiring and very contemporary piece of physical theatre after the performance gave Insight into the highly demanding physical training of the that demonstrated excellent chorus work and actors and the actors' interpretations of the choreography play. " ( Rachel Ferris, I OR!

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Finale, Cakewalk and Fruity. Loops Binary Designs arranged lunch time

concerts featuring electronic amsts each day and these performers gave the students an insight Into different electronic styles and tertiary options for electronic musicians and composers The workshop CUIminated in an innovative and expressive performance of student work for parents and friends on the final afternoon. The girls supported each other in their creative endeavours with some girls opting for live singing and instrumental performances while others demonstrated their skills in writing scores for computer animated graphics and creating digital soundscapes and video clips

A CD of the girls' music was produced as a record of this valuable and enriching experience and students and facilitators collaborated to produce a DVD presentation that shows the girls hard at work at various stages of the three-day workshop it was exciting to see the wealth of musical talent that is being encouraged through the Classroom Music Programme and particularly Impressive to witness such a growth in the girls' performing confidence over the course of the workshop

in computer applications for use within the Music classroom. Karen Henderson and partner Len Henderson, both accomplished musicians with expertise in arranging music of all styles using technology, worked with the girls to compose, arrange, improvise, perform and record music un a range of popular styles Programmes used included Band in a Box,

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in conjunction with the University of Brisbane in a day of workshopsty, Ie activities, Queensland^ School Links Program with repertoire specifically chosen according Classroom Music students from Year 9 to the year level and prepared and presented to Year 12 have all participated in the using an aural approach School of MusicS Year Level Music Days The Year 9 students were ortunate to throughout 2004. have the Conrdinator of Music Education at As part of the Brisbane Girls Grammar University of Queensla d, James Cuskelly visit School commitment to the principles of Brisbane Girls Grammar School for a workshop lifelong learning, o9ether with he growing They then attended a second workshop later acceptance of the value that multiple pathways in Term 111 where they combined with students present for our oung people, these days are from a variety of secondary schools also offered for discrete year levels and are intended employing an aural-based classroom music to provide opportunity for students to be part programme. Mr Pennay Head of Classroom of music learning in a stimulating environment. Music, Ms MCGarry, Classroom Music Teacher Brisbane Girls Grammar School studentsjoined and Mr Cuskelly are all on staff at the University students from other secondary schools around of Queensland and it is initiatives such as

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students of English at all levels of the School have benefited from participation in an enrichment programme designed to enhance teaching and learning in the subject through the contributions of various expert writers and speakers. The English Faculty ha initiated a liaison programme with the School o English, Medi Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland which includes such initiatives as presentations by guest demic to our students and the iriservi e of F CUIty, members in an ongoing sen~ o form I and informal sessions Senior students hav had their classroom activities and understandings enriched by visiting cademi Dr Elizabeth Ferner from the School of Busines presented an Informative s ries of s ssions on elements of Advertising to Year 12 students in Term 111

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He 15 the author of nine novels, many of which have been published internationally in many languages, a measure of his international recognition and reputation He also won the prestigious 2002 Premiers Literary Award for Best Fiction. He has written many screenplays, three illustrated books for younger readers, and his short stories have been arithologised in numerous publications The students who had the very real

pleasure of working with Dr Armanno in a series of intensive sessions were unequivocal in their enthusiasm, not only for his writing and his teaching talents, but also for the man himself - warm, witty. extremely talented and singularly unpretentious. Dr Armanno proved to be one of our most popular Writers in Residence ever

series of Creative Writing Master Classes with Dr Armanno, who also lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Queensland.

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I girls experience the use of the Victoria Park Golf course, thus exposing them to a facility to enhance their skill acquisition and their comfort in utilizing public facilities with confidence and competence Two years ago, a past Grammar student, Rachael Murray, sent the Faculty an email stating she had the privilege of representing her law firm at a charity golf day. Rachael played with another female solicitor and two female clients and "managed to place in the top ten spots as the only ladies team of the day. " Rachael commented, " I am amazed at the number of times I reflect on lessons/skills/ values that I have learnt only to find that the

>.- The principle of sport/ ivity for life to enhance health and e joyment ical is a so developed in the Education Core Programme rid the a subject of Phys cal Education in and 2. Year Golf is a clear example of choosing activities that will provide our students with skills and attitudes they can use as an opportunity to continue physical activity for life, as well as affording networking opportunities in their adult careers and lives Once again, the principles of Health Promoting Schools are engaged with the promotion of healthy practices and the involvement of the community. All Grammar

me!10rity of those came directly from the gym at Girls Grammar. " The aims of the programme are achieved when girls appreciate the importance of continued physical activity, see a way of incorporating it into their lifestyle, and are provided with an opportunity of it enhancing their professional life Mrs P Flaweij~Shor+ Director