Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 2013

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MRS MARISE MCCONAGHY, DEPUTY PRINCIPAL New Beginnings

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THE YEAR 2013 IS ONE OF NEW BEGINNINGS FOR BRISBANE GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

THIS TERM, WE WARMLY WELCOME Ms Jacinda Euler as new Principal. Her arrival is a homecoming as, while Ms Euler is new to the role of Principal, she taught at Girls Grammar from 2000 to 2007. She returns to us after holding senior positions at two leading independent schools in Sydney. Ms Euler’s junior-secondary school experience will be particularly valuable with the introduction of Year 7 to our School in 2015. With her comprehensive academic and strategic experience and commitment to student care complemented by an understanding of the unique culture and educational philosophy of Girls Grammar, we look forward to Ms Euler’s leadership as the School’s sixteenth Principal. In this Grammar Gazette , we showcase our recently purchased sports campus at Fig Tree Pocket, which we are all very excited about. The School is especially fortunate to now have three campuses providing such beautiful, yet differing, settings for the girls’ education. The Fig Tree Pocket campus will provide space for the physical activity and health aspects of our thriving sports programme. It will also give the girls a place to develop the social and emotional skills and abilities learned through sporting pursuits, such as friendship, teamwork, self-confidence and resilience. Our dreams for this treasure of a tract of land are beginning to form. While the development of the sports fields are our first priority, the property will also allow the School to consider other possibilities in the long term, not least of which may centre around environmental, scientific and non-competitive fitness pursuits. We invite you to our Fig Tree Pocket Campus Open Day on Saturday 20 April from 10am to 12.30pm. The Open Day is an

opportunity for the Girls Grammar community to see the new campus and meet new Principal Ms Euler. The next significant event in the life of the School this year is the commencement of construction of the Year 7 and Research Centre. This new building on Gregory Terrace will reflect the School’s traditions and heritage while embracing contemporary technologies and evolving pedagogies. Planning for the arrival of Year 7 in 2015 has been underway for many years, and this building will provide a safe and contemplative space for students as well as a twenty-first century learning environment dedicated to research and enquiry. A further focus for the School this year is to positively embrace the possibilities provided by social media. We invite our readers, particularly parents and alumnae, to stay connected by liking us on Facebook or following us on Twitter. The School uses these channels to post articles written by our senior staff that reflect the educational landscape and our philosophies on teaching and learning. Established in the nineteenth century, Brisbane Girls Grammar School is advancing assuredly into the twenty- first on solid foundations. The School will continue to dream and plan so that our girls have every opportunity — through varied and carefully developed curricular and co-curricular programmes — to develop into young women who ‘contribute confidently to their world with wisdom, imagination and integrity.’ www.facebook.com/brisbanegirlsgrammar www.twitter.com/BGGS

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