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Study Skills For Exams and For Life

12th May 2022 As the first Semester examinations for Girton students draw near, the explicit teaching of study skills, especially for Year 7 students about to do their first examinations, will be taught to help students study effectively. Acting Head of Girton Grammar School, Dr Emma O’Rielly, said that a […]

Girton Lights Up a Life!

5th April 2022 The school was delighted this week to receive a photo of a happy recipient of one of the “SolarBuddy” lights that was assembled by Year 7 Girton students last year. In recent years, Year 7 students have participated in an exciting technology-based initiative that helps them to […]

Self-confessed Francophile Realises French Dream

30th March 2022 Year 12 (Millward) student and School Vice Captain, Astrid Johnston, will be pressing the pause button on her VCE studies at the end of the first Semester to take up a World Education Program student exchange for twelve months in the south of France. In a Year […]

Inaugural Prefect Study Buddies Announced

22nd March 2022 The following is a copy of the speech delivered in (Zoom) assembly on 21st March by Deputy Head, Dr Emma O’Rielly, who introduced the new Study Buddy initiative to the Senior School students:   Good afternoon everybody. I wanted to talk briefly with you today about a […]

Junior School Students Brave the Shave

16th March 2022 Today, a group of students from Girton Grammar Junior School shaved their heads to raise money and awareness for the Leukemia Foundation, and other students played their part with outlandish and creative hairstyles. Eleven students took part in the annual fundraiser which in recent years has typically […]

Girton Helps Break The Bias

9th March 2022 Tuesday 8th March was International Women’s Day (IWD) which was again supported by students and staff at Girton. Deputy Head, Dr Emma O’Rielly, along with Inclusion and Diversity Prefect, Tara Anderson, delivered a thought-provoking speech based on this year’s IWD theme #BreakTheBias. The speech was based on […]