Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 2013

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Sat 20 April 10am–12.30pm OPEN DAY AT SPORTS CAMPUS

Sprenger Street Fig Tree Pocket

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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS AUTHOR MR STEPHEN FOGARTY, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH STUDIES

IF OPPORTUNITY IS DEFINED as a situation or condition favourable for the attainment of a goal, then the School’s purchase of playing fields at Fig Tree Pocket is an incredible opportunity. The campus provides an opportunity to further enhance the Health Studies Faculty’s already highly developed programme of theoretical and physical performance units. Along with aquatic activities and court sports, the School offers a range of sporting activities that are better suited to the wide-open space of a grass oval: cricket, cross country, football (soccer), hockey, softball, track and field athletics, and touch. As these activities have been part of the School’s Health Studies programme for a long time, it is remarkable to consider the student outcomes that have been achieved to date. Health Studies staff will continue to use our excellent Gregory Terrace facilities to teach

the intricacies, skills and vagaries of these field-based activities; now — with a thoughtful approach to planning and support from the entire School community — the faculty will be able to complement an already impressive programme through girls practicing and competing at the thirteen-hectare Fig Tree Pocket site. The new Brisbane Girls Grammar School sports campus will allow us to enhance our programme as it encourages us to imagine an even brighter future. With planning underway, faculty staff are excited at the prospect of sports-specific facilities that will open the way for an ever- expanding range of physical performance activities. The Fig Tree Pocket campus will enhance the Health Studies and Co-curricular programmes and, in-turn, the health and wellbeing of Grammar girls. Opportunity is knocking.

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