Grammar Gazette - Issue 2, 2023

CONTENTS

2 A NEW ERA; A SUSTAINED LEGACY BGGS welcomes Years 5 and 6 3 THE ESSENCE OF A GIRLS GRAMMAR EDUCATION Lives enriched by learning 4 TAKING FLIGHT The US Space Trip opens the universe to students

13 UNDERSTANDING ME Building identity through Year 9 Ethics 14 FROM THE BGGS FINE ARTS COLLECTIONS The remarkable legacy of Gordon Bennett

26 2023 MERLE WEAVER Winning speakers in focus 30 LIFELONG LEARNING ON THE PATH TO WISDOM BGGS Old Girls Association celebrates 125 years 31 THE P&F ASSOCIATION: A TIMELESS PARENTAL PARTNERSHIP From the P&F President 32 LIFE IN HARMONY Grammar Women in Music 34 A TIMELESS GIFT Enriching lives of future women 35 AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

6 ELEMENTS—

15 OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION Awards for

SKY ABOVE, EARTH BELOW, PEACE WITHIN Gala Concert audiences tune into the world around them

Ms Jacinda Euler Welsh

10 BGGS OPEN DAY A night under the stars

22 IN THEIR WORDS

How languages mould the human experience

24 MAKING OUR MARK AFL gathers momentum at BGGS 23 ILLUMINE: THE SOUNDS OF BGGS Four years of podcasts

Staff, student and alumnae successes

ABOVE THISALI KAVISHIKA WIJESUNDERA (8G) AND ISABELLA QUIRK (8L) EXAMINE AN ANCIENT GREEK HYDRIA AS PART OF THEIR HUMANITIES STUDIES

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