2004 School Magazine

004 From The Head Girls

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I^a it^^:::;:^,. bj, ,:, L;+ W, LR. + We IV8-." Winston Churchill > While at a leadership camp in January this year we realised that as new student leaders, we were being presented with an immense potential to effect change in the Grammar community and beyond. it was out of this realisation that our theme for 2004 was born - Get Born! Get Born was a challenge to all Grammar girls to take more than just a glimpse of the bigger picture. to take a fresh perspective, and ultimately to benefit those whose life circumstances are much less fortunate than our own. To lead by example, acknowledging and overcoming the s perficialities in our own lives, and aiming to give the student body an exciting goal for the yeac we both agreed to shave our heads, should the Schools total charity fundraising in 2004 exceed that of the year we arrived - $25,000. As a result of much creativity, enthusiasm and relentless determination, the students of 2004 have r exceeded our every expectation, and probably their own as well. Over $40,000 land still counting I has been raised for groups such as World vision, the Abused Child Trust, the Australian Heart Foundation, and the

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