Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 2013

CONTENTS

LETTERS

PAGE 01 / NEW BEGINNINGS by Mrs Marise McConaghy, Deputy Principal PAGE 02 / THE CONSTANCY OF CHANGE by Ms Jacinda Euler, Principal PAGE 05 /

WE WANTED TO TAKE the opportunity to thank the School, and especially our daughter’s Head of House, for so warmly welcoming the 2013 Year 8s at afternoon tea. It gave the parents and the girls a wonderful chance to get to know each other — and will certainly make the first day a lot less daunting! INCOMING YEAR 8 2013 PARENTS I CONGRATULATE DR BELL on her extensive article about philanthropy in the Spring 2012 Grammar Gazette . These are very important messages to support fundraising. The generosity of School founders and others is matched by current students’ impressive community service – another generation of philanthropists in the making. MR D MCDIARMID, YEAR 9 PARENT ASHLEIGH’S MUM AND I are very pleased with the education and life experience that she acquired at Girls Grammar, and we are proud of her OP1 achievement. Ashleigh’s personal and scholastic development throughout her formative years is testament to the high standards and values that the School has set for its students. As a token of our appreciation towards the School, please accept this gift towards the Building Fund. Thank you. MR J LAU, YEAR 12 2012 PARENT DURING HER TIME AT the School, my daughter greatly benefitted from the guidance from her teachers in the co-curricular Music programme, and in classroom and music extension in Years 11 and 12. She obtained her first preference of a position in the Bachelor of Music at the Conservatorium to continue her studies in violin performance. We thank all the music teachers who gave her the confidence to try, and shepherded her through those interesting teenage years. Please accept this gift to the Music Support Group. 2012 YEAR 12 PARENT

EMBRACE THE NEW! LINK THE BLUE! by Elizabeth Redmond & Sophie Weir PAGE 06 / THE HOUSE PARTY: A RIOT OF NOISE AND COLOUR! by Mrs Anne Ingram, Dean of Students PAGE 08 / STARTING THE NEW YEAR WITH NEW SHOES by Mr Trent Driver PAGE 10 / OUR NEW SPORTS CAMPUS AT FIG TREE POCKET PAGE 12 / PROVOCATIONS & PEDAGOGY by Dr Kay Kimber, Director, Centre for Professional Practice PAGE 13 / STAFF PROFILES PAGE 14 / ARTIST IN RESIDENCE – by Ms Lorraine Thornquist PAGE 15 / PHILANTHROPY IN FOCUS by Ms Michelle James PAGE 16 / FUTURE–FOCUSED DIGITAL AGILITY by Mr Brendon Thomas PAGE 17 / ENGINEERING BY DESIGN by Ms Emma Jones PAGE 18 / SONGS AND STARS IN SYDNEY by Georgia Horsley (12G) PAGE 19 / ALUMNI + REUNIONS