Junior School

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Mr David Ruddick

Life before Girton I grew up in Ballarat, and attended Mount Pleasant Primary and then Mount Clear Secondary School. I completed a Bachelor of Arts at Ballarat University, majoring in Literature and Philosophy. I had a range of jobs following this including being a musician, a pastry cook, a landscape […]

Mrs Tabatha Peter

Life before Girton I started my career as a Physical Education Teacher at Moorabbin Primary school.  In this role I organised sports carnivals, swimming sports and weekly sporting teams such as netball, football, rounders and volleyball as well as teaching the Physical Education curriculum from Preparatory to Year Six. I […]

Dr Emma O’Rielly

Life before Girton Before coming to Girton in 2007, I received a scholarship from LaTrobe University in Bendigo for discovering 7 new species of bacteria. It was while I worked as a postdoctoral, and fellow manager of a project involving Latrobe University and South East Water in Melbourne, that I realised […]

Mrs Belinda Vernon

Life before Girton Bachelor of Teaching Bachelor of Education Currently studying Master of Special Education St Anne’s Primary School, Auckland NZ Parklands Junior School, London UK St John’s Primary School, East Melbourne Glendal Primary School, Glen Waverley Parklands Junior School, London, UK Family Leave Girton Grammar School What I Love […]

Mrs Simone Martin

Life before Girton Bachelor of Music, Melbourne University Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary), Monash University LMusA (Voice), Australian Music Examination Board Director of Music at the Young Australian Broadway Chorus, Melbourne Vocal Coordinator at Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne Toured internationally with Buddy the Musical as Vi Petty for two years […]

Ms Rachel London

Life before Girton In 2010 I began teaching violin and viola, whilst I was studying a Bachelor of Music at Monash University. This degree was successfully completed at the end of 2014. During my time at Monash, I was fortunate to complete a number of Musicology based subjects that allowed […]