Grammar Gazette- Issue 1, 2023

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GRAMMAR GAZETTE ISSUE 1, 2023 | VOLUME 41 Managing Editor: Ms Veena Herron, Director of Communications and Engagement Editors: Ms Jackie Hayes, Communications Manager Ms Felicity Coye, Senior Communications Officer Ms Keziah Sydes, Senior 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 1, these Year 8 students started learning Pythagoras’ Theorem under the guidance of their Mathematics Teacher, Mrs Emily Frazer. In this photo, Ysee Nicolas (8B), Chloe Leong (8O) and Eloise Sayer (8L) work together to solve problems that involve finding unknown sides of right‑angled triangles. Making thinking visible has been a large focus in Mathematics classrooms this year.

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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.