2016 School Magazine

CONTENTS

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

03

SENIORS

52

FROM THE HEAD GIRLS

04

CREATIONS

64

COMMUNITY

05

CURRICULUM

79

SERVICE

25

CO-CURRICULUM

107

HOUSES

33

SPORT

132

EDITORIAL Whoever you are and wherever you may be, stop what you are doing. Clear your schedule, get comfortable, and sit back and relax as you occupy and immerse yourself in the wonder and life of Brisbane Girls Grammar School in 2016. This year, Grammar girls have been brought together in an unprecedented way. The Head Girls’ motto of ‘Blue unity is opportunity’ — lovingly shortened to #blunity — has allowed all members of the community to spread and support the royal blue. For this year’s Magazine, the Publications Committee have drawn on the power of #blunity to create an experience that was both collegial and individual. The committee envisioned a magazine that included every girl in some way shape or form, but also showed the unbreakable bond of the School. We wanted a magazine that embodied the School for every individual girl, whether you’re in your first or last year at Girls Grammar or somewhere in between. This year’s Magazine is the collection of the thoughts and parts of lives of the 1400 girls who are the School. It is a collage of individuals and a collage of Girls Grammar. It was this visual that inspired this year’s design. We wanted the Magazine to be a scrapbook of 2016 that all Grammar girls can look back on and connect to. Whether it be through reading the articles, reminiscing through the photos on show, or marvelling at the student sketches that adorn the pages of this year’s Magazine. It is these collaborations and personal touches that make this edition of the Magazine truly unique and special. On behalf of the Publications Committee, we hope that you enjoy reading the 2016 Magazine as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

2016 Publications Committee (L-R): Isabella Mathiou (11G), Helena Payne (11H), Ciaran Greig (12B), Emma Kendall (Publications Captain, 12B), Emily Hawkins (11W), Aleesha Ganendran (11W). Absent: Cireen Khan (12W).

EMMA KENDALL (12B) PUBLICATIONS CAPTAIN