Melbourne Girls Grammar Still Teaching New Tricks
Announcement posted by melbourne girls grammar 11 Jun 2020
Today Melbourne Girls Grammar launched their first all digital biannual publication. Produced in the time of isolation and physical distancing, the publication looks at every area of the School’s community and how they adapted and came together. Just as the School asked its staff and students to embrace technologies, Melbourne Girls Grammar now takes that lesson to the broader community with a truly innovative approach to a publication more than 125 years old.
From Early Learning to Senior Year students, parents, alumnae, council, everyone contributed truly remarkable stories of how they overcame obstacles to focus on what was important as everyone stayed close to family and moved to online and remote solutions.
Presenting the first semester of curriculum delivery and connection digitally rather than in print, has enabled the School to truly demonstrate how we all embraced the change and found new and creative ways to connect.
As Principal Dr Toni Meach said: “This edition of IE captures the creative ways our community has lived through this pandemic, including a spotlight on our remote learning and how we dealt individually and collectively with isolation. It is a treasure trove of narrative, images and recordings and I am sure will be an important keepsake for our archives.”
This isn’t the only measure the School has taken to encourage current and future community members to take a peek behind the red brick walls. The School’s tour webinars were well attended with prospective families near and far enjoying the live Q & A with key members of the School’s executive team. The Student Executive Council made the most of their collective talents to produce videos, newsletters, morale boosting challenges and supportive encouragement for all year levels.
While working parents might have previously struggled to attend meetings they wished they could attend in person, COVID-19 gave us the perfect reason to present and record the meetings to share with our parents and caregivers, and is something Melbourne Girls Grammar would like to continue.
For their valued alumnae, Young and Old Grammarians, the OG Book Club gave everyone something to discuss and suggestions for new novels to get stuck into. The Student Pen Pal Club was particularly well received by members young and old as Middle Years students started making fast friends with women who had walked the same halls as themselves.
Our Grammarians were at the heart of everything and as remote learning now looks to be settling into our shared history, Melbourne Girls Grammar is eager to take these lessons with them into the future and adopt innovative solutions as part of the ‘new normal’.