Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 2014

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atmosphere around the BBO. Winner Leo Nunnick now has no excuse for not doing yard work Many thanks to BBO Captain/Coordinator Stephen Mungomery and raffle prrze organiser David Ruddell Another fundraising innovation was the creation of a piece of classic furniture in the form of a coffee table crafted by 'The Gepetto Brothers' (aka your correspondents) from a previously felled Marrapatta red hardwood tree Academic staff member and old gir1, Miss Jane Martel was the lucky winner and it now takes pride of place in her living room The Father Daughter Dinner was a major highlight of the Fathers Group calendar and an opportunity to learn more about the education and development of our girls Guest speakers Dr David Gordon, the original Fathers Group President and his daughter Flead Girl (1978) and flrst Marrapatta Director, Mrs Susan Lanham provided engaging insight into the founding days of the group and the early years of Marrapatta Attendees included fathers and their daughters who will commence in Years 7 and B tn 2015. Where there's an event there's a raffle. Thanks go to Fathers Group Treasurer David Goodman for generously donating the flrst prize of a Kingflsher Resort holiday Working bees at Marrapatta and the Fig Tree Pocket sports ovais proved fruitful with both maintenance and improvement tasks undertaken. The Fathers Group Dinner/Annual General Meeting this month was a more social event. The evening was an opportunity for future, current and past fathers to socialise and contribute to the offlcial proceedings. Our daughters are under our stewardshlp for so little [ime We owe it to them to lead by example.

AUTHORS Mr Jan Jensen, President (pictured inset) and Mr Yuri Stevens, Vice President (pictureC fourth from left), Fathers Group SPRING lS ABUZZ and efforts have turned to more energetic pursuits than in the previous months of the Oueensland winter For the Girls Grammar Fathers Group, however, Spring 'busy-ness' occurs year round with an annual programme of projects and events, planned well in advance of the current school year This is where the success and camaraderie of the Fathers Group begins. A mixed bunch of dads from varying professional, social and cultural backgrounds and with daughters across ail year levels, contribute their bit to enhancing the secondary school experience of our gir1s. Some fathers take on offlcial roles, others lend a hand where and when they can, but ail those who become part of the group share the speciai experience of demonstrating to their daughters that 'getting involved' is so much more than just 'doing a job'. Every Girls Grammar father is automatically a member of the Fathers Group. Cost of membership is a 'can do' attitude. The Fathers Group 2014 programme has been full and varied and has offered many opportunities for fathers to pitch in. One project tackled tn the flrst haif of this year was landscaping and other improvements for the Year 7 campsite (built tn 2013) at our Marrapatta Outdoor Education Centre Open Day was another opportunity for fathers to socialise while raising funds through the sale of burgers and 'sangers' at the Fathers Group BBO A raffle prve of a wheelbarrow of goodies also created a convivial

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