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REFLECTIONS EACH YEAR, OUR NEW STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GIRLS GRAMMAR THROUGH THEIR HUMANITIES STUDIES. IN THIS HISTORIC 140TH YEAR, WHERE WE NOT ONLY WELCOMED OUR NEW YEAR 8 STUDENTS, BUT ALSO OUR FIRST YEAR 7 COHORT, THIS TASK HAS TAKEN ON EVEN GREATER SIGNIFICANCE. Girls explore the Main Building, the first to be built on the Spring Hill campus, and examine the collection of archival photos and information, providing them with a sense of how the School has changed over the years but, just as importantly, how the spirit and philosophies have stayed the same. Following this activity, girls were asked to write reflections as Grammar girls in the past and present. A selection is printed below.
nicity, h t e r or hdeer is a his G e After my first week at this t i en p this n, doers gendert. eristic ign. school in Wickham Terrace, r a e l Spring Hill I feel honoured e can ility ngin harac Anyoginon, disagbuishingncgs are cha eensland ool to be one of the first females Qu Sch reli or distinckily, thi educated in Queensland. Also, ol inGrammaring. o , h c maj tury. Lu s ’ I am feeling perplexed as it ls w eat rls cen is rather peculiar I am getting ver rgiisbane Goidrifying, cnr ing, a rnee e t s r i a gin an education like my three older The of pened. hBanging, m new be women re brothers. has istory c evident. An. Finallpyerous futu is h ality is any wome the pros I have worn my favourite summer Equrt for m ed with . vest all week as well as riding of mGyirls sta g provid deserved t r a my horse Antoinette to and from t s beiny always ’s thde Brisbatn,e not far t school. Everyone at this school is i t e a h t lovely and as there are not many ns toh. I attenGeorge S, Brisbanaeve a e m s pupils it feels like a second home. Thi nning tochool on r’s schools don’t hI begiammar S r brothe y brothernow, for The concept of having a school just Gr m my fou chool. M inst me uccessful for women is a rather foreign subject fro ammar S use aga ards a s in my family. I was going to follow Gr thing to ided tow . in mother,s footsteps by doing all the any being gu to them may be t I household chores for the family but . l am ure, akin erfuuse, but irt is d n now, since I am getting an education, o t w u f ool,sisformer hros O’Connigoence I do not know what my future will h c S e Th Harlin school. Mbines dilgreat bring me. Mr ow our she com well as ely Elizabeth Contessa-Watkins is nt lovely, iasm, as absolutschool jus enthus on. I am ding a mitment anderminati be attenpure com d e t i g h t e d t oo p e a n d w o m e n . After having my first week at Girls Grammar I feel well del such h tion of settled in and ready for the six years ahead. When I walked ow. withthe educa omorr 875 t through the white gates for the first time in my new uniform r o f to wait arch 1 I was showered with a sense of importance and belonging. I t M o 6 n 1 n ey I ca was collected by my Year 11 buddy who dropped me off to the Winsl e n i r e Gehrmann Theatre for my first Year 7 assembly. My first week Cath was a blur of meeting new girls, meeting teachers and getting used to the routine.
I was exposed to multiple clubs, orchestras, groups and services. It was an interesting experience to see how many activities there are in the School and, more importantly, how I can get involved. So this year it is my goal to try participating in school activities as much as I can and occasionally step out of my comfort zone and try things that I may not be good at. I mean, what’s the worst that can happen? Bridgette Watkins (7R)
GRAMMAR GAZETTE