Shelford Girls' Grammar
| Shelford Girls' Grammar | |
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Latin: Quaerite Primo Regnum Dei ("Seek ye first the Kingdom of God") | |
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Caulfield, Victoria Australia  | |
| Coordinates | 37°52′39″S 145°0′41″E / 37.87750°S 145.01139°ECoordinates: 37°52′39″S 145°0′41″E / 37.87750°S 145.01139°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day school |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1898 |
| Principal | Ms Polly Flanagan |
| Chaplain | Rev. Cinti Joule |
| Enrolment | ~550 (P-12)[1] |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue, Sky Blue & Gold |
| Slogan | "Shelford... Top Girls... Top School" |
| Website | www.shelford.vic.edu.au |
Shelford Girls' Grammar is an independent, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Caulfield, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1898, the school currently caters for approximately 600 students from pre-school to year 12.
According to the Herald Sun, Shelford was the fourth best performing school in the 2006 Victorian Certificate of Education.[2]
Shelford is a member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV),[3] and the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA).
New initiatives
The School motto, Quaerite Primo Regnum Dei (seek ye first the Kingdom of God) is well known to all past and current students. The word Quaerite is an important one for Shelford. Seek ye, or search, investigate, discover and find out, is what 21st century education is all about. The Pastoral Care Program and Religious Education Program from P-12 is aptly named the Quaerite Program. In this Program students are given an opportunity to investigate a variety of things related to their spiritual, emotional, social, physical and academic development.
House system
As with most Australian schools, Shelford uses a house system through which students participate in inter-house competitions. The four school houses are:
- Langley - Green and Yellow
- Lloyd - Purple and Yellow
- Blundell - Red and Yellow
- Thomas - Blue and Silver
Notable alumnae
- Brigitte Duclos - Television and radio presenter; current co-host of a breakfast radio program with Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann on GOLD104.3.
- Anna, Lady Cowen - Former President of the World Education Fellowship (Queensland); Wife of former Governor-General, Sir Zelman Cowen (also attended St Catherine's School, Toorak)[4]
- Mary Emma Goldsmith Meares MBE - Welfare worker; Awarded King George V's silver jubilee (1935) and King George VI's coronation (1937) medals[5]
- Robyn Christine Robinson AM - President and South Pacific Liaison Officer of the Critical Incident Stress Management Foundation Australia; Former Clinical Director of the Victorian Ambulance Crisis Counselling Unit; Former Senior Lecturer/Deputy Director of the Soc. Biol. Resources Centre; Former Lecturer at RMIT[6]
- Mia Woolrich - international fashion model represented by IMG Models, New York.
See also
- List of schools in Victoria
- Victorian Certificate of Education
References
- ↑ "Scotch College & Shelford Girls' Grammar". School Choice Victoria. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
- ↑ Herald Sun 14/12/06- Girls take VCE honours (accessed:12-06-2007)
- ↑ Girls Sport Victoria: Member Schools (accessed:27-07-2007)
- ↑ Lofthouse, Andrea (1982). Who's Who of Australian Women 1982. North Ryde, NSW: Methuen Australia. p. 128. ISBN 0-454-00437-0.
- ↑ Australian Dictionary of Biography:Meares, Mary Emma Goldsmith (1889 - 1964) (accessed:27-07-2007)
- ↑ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (2006-11-17). "ROBINSON Robyn Christine". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd. Check date values in:
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