Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 2016

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LEADERSHIP EXPOSURE

‘THE BEST WAY TO BECOME AN EFFECTIVE LEADER IS TO DISREGARD IT AS A GOAL AND INSTEAD FOCUS ON A LEARNING JOURNEY THAT COMBINES FORMAL EXPERIENCES IN A WORKPLACE WITH SELECTIVE EXPERIENCES OF YOUR OWN MAKING’ (MALLEY, 2016).

clarity of thought and focus, as they sought to project and position the School’s culture into the future. Their collective creativity, maturity, intellect and passionate purpose provided great inspiration to the gathered group. Indeed, these exceptional young leaders in our midst are bound for great things into the future. The leadership culture at Brisbane Girls Grammar School has a strong, proud and enduring history. An integral element of a Grammar girl’s education is to experience and explore a range of leadership experiences and styles, that equips girls with a suite of skills and opportunities to ‘find her voice’ (Harvey- Short, 2012). Leadership at Girls Grammar starts well before the traditional assigning of roles and responsibilities to Year 12 students. During their earlier years, the opportunity to meet, shadow and become exposed to senior school leaders helps to motivate these younger students to aspire to something greater. Role models are an extraordinarily fruitful way to inspire young women to aspire to great things and many role models can be found close to home or in the people

AUTHOR Mrs Anne Ingram Dean of Students

AUTHOR Mrs Lynne Mungomery Director of Service

The Brisbane Girls Grammar School Board Strategy Day, held on Saturday 12 March, provided the perfect forum to showcase a broad selection of our 2016 student leaders. The Year 12 Head Girls, School Service Captains, School Sports Captains and House Captains, along with representatives from the Year 9 Junior Executive Force, participated expertly and eloquently alongside their adult counterparts, as they considered together a future vision for the School. The students demonstrated great

Girls Grammar IYLF 2015 participants with (L-R) Dr Hon Chiew Weng, Principal, Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore; Director of Service Mrs Lynne Mungomery; Dr Teo Ho Pin, Mayor of North West District, Singapore and Principal Jacinda Euler.

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