2015 School Magazine

MARRAPATTA OPEN DAY GEORGINA RANKIN (11H)

The Marrapatta Memorial Outdoor Education Centre Open Day was a great success, with many enjoying the scenic drive up the Bruce Highway to see the destination Grammar girls call their second home. Marrapatta encourages girls to set personal goals, challenges and to appreciate the surrounding environment and Open Day was the perfect opportunity to showcase all the activities on offer. It was also an ideal time to say thank you the local community whose properties are often overrun with Girls Grammar tents, orientation tours or cross country runs!

While some guests wandered up to the Year 7 camping terraces to take in the magnificent view, others, including a group of old girls celebrating their 60 Year Reunion, enjoyed guided tours of the main campus centre before heading to the much anticipated high ropes demonstration at the Stamford Challenge Ropes Course. The Fathers Group provided a classic BBQ and Mothers Group helped the Antipodeans to provide coffee and baked goods. Open Day really gives the Girls Grammar community the opportunity to see what we get up too when at camp and a better understanding as to why we come home exhausted, but energised!

010

RESEARCH LEARNING CENTRE OPENING ISOBELLE PEAT (12G)

In conjunction with celebrating the School’s 140th birthday, as well as the addition of a Year 7 cohort, 2015 marked the opening of Brisbane Girls Grammar School’s Research Learning Centre (RLC) adjacent to Gregory Terrace. A select number of senior girls had the privilege of meeting Queensland Governor His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC who officially opened the new five storey, $17.4m facility. Principal Ms Jacinda Euler said this incredible addition to the school was developed to ‘inspire a new era in libraries and learning’.

Having had many classes scheduled there and numerous hours of private study, I can testify to the building’s functionality. I’m sure all girls would agree that we truly benefit from all of the resources the RLC possesses and are very appreciative that we have access to such an inspirational space.