Grammar Gazette_Issue1_2025

MS KAREN McARDLE HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL

Building a strong foundation across the Terrace Junior School nurtures learning in the classroom and beyond

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Girls in the Junior School will learn in a state-of-the-art, purpose-built School with eight general classrooms, designed with an extended footprint and flexible floorplan to accommodate a focused teaching area at one end and an open plan space at the other for guided group work and floor activities. Outside the classrooms are breakout spaces for additional quiet work or for groups to learn through collaboration and discussion. The Junior School will be self-contained with its own library,

music and drama rooms, as well as a multipurpose room for Science, Art and Technologies. This striking new building, sitting across Gregory Terrace from Girls Grammar’s historic Main Building, provides the backdrop for the delivery of a comprehensive curriculum of learning, guided both by the Australian Curriculum and a range of programs designed specifically for girls in Years 5 and 6.

I am incredibly excited to be the inaugural Head of Brisbane Girls Grammar School Junior School and look forward to creating a special campus tailored to the unique needs of girls in Years 5 and 6. These early years are an important stage of female development and every element of our new School has been carefully considered to meet these needs— from the architecture and classroom interior design, down to the curriculum, special programs and social spaces.

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