Grammar Gazette - Issue 1, 2024

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GRAMMAR GAZETTE ISSUE 1, 2024 | VOLUME 43 Managing Editor: Ms Veena Herron, Director of Communications and Engagement Editors: Ms Jackie Hayes, Communications Manager Ms Keziah Sydes, Senior Communications Officer Ms Hannah Davies, Communications Officer For Gazette enquiries and comments: T +61 7 3332 1300 E communications@bggs.qld.edu.au To change your subscription to the Gazette from printed to electronic, please email communications@bggs.qld.edu.au.

During Term 2, Year 8 students visited the School’s Marrapatta Memorial Outdoor Education Centre, including Zoe Babnick (8B) and Myra Dhingra (8G). Over the course of the week, Year 8 students work together to navigate what it takes to be part of a successful team. While the activities are visible— including camping, cooking, bike riding and canoeing—it is the deep underlying conversations around the theme ‘navigate’ that are the bedrock of this program. It is the confidence and capacity that grows when students try something new for the first time, it’s the emotional growth when they navigate the social challenges of community living and it’s the adaptability they show in the dynamic outdoor environments. — MS KIM WOOD, DIRECTOR OF OUTDOOR EDUCATION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY IN THE SPIRIT OF RECONCILIATION, BRISBANE GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL ACKNOWLEDGES THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LANDS ON WHICH OUR CAMPUSES STAND, THE TURRBAL, JAGERA AND KABI KABI PEOPLES, AND ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. WE HONOUR AND RESPECT THEIR ELDERS PAST, PRESENT AND EMERGING, AND RECOGNISE THAT THESE LANDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PLACES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THOUSANDS OF GENERATIONS OF CARE FOR COUNTRY AND SEEK TO WALK IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE FIRST PEOPLES OF OUR NATION FOR RECONCILIATION, JUSTICE AND HEALING.

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