Melbourne Girls Grammar

The MGGS Arts Auxiliary has put together this event for families and students to bring us together to celebrate Arts!

We have three great speakers to hear from, it will be a wonderful event - not to be missed!

Join us: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1263886

This week is STEM week!

We kicked off the week with a jam-packed STEM Assembly on Monday, followed by the highly anticipated unveiling of our new sundial. Senior Years STEM students were excited to formally reveal their analemmatic sundial on the Artemis Lawn.

To be located permanently in the School grounds, the sundial is the product of months of work from these STEM students and the wonderful Andrew Lee. There are so many exciting activities and opportunities to get involved in this week - don't miss out!

Happy STEM week!

In early Term 3, some Senior Years students travelled down the road to Melbourne Grammar to participate in a Model United Nations competition with MGS and Mac.Robertson students.

Model UN gives students an opportunity to extend their engagement with global politics as they simulate being a UN candidate for their allocated country.

Thanks to MGS for hosting!

The Herald Sun Shield Grand Final is tomorrow!

Check out these shots from last Tuesday's Semi Final against Sacred Heart College, Geelong. It was a wonderful game on a beautiful winter's day at Williamstown Football Club, as our footballers yet again proved what they are made of. The full time score was MGGS 9.8.62 SHC 1.0.6.

We invite the entire MGGS community to join the Merton Army at the Grand Final on Tuesday 13 August at Port Melbourne Football Club - first bounce at 12.30pm!

GO MELBOURNE!

As the 2024 Paris Olympics came to an end over the weekend, our Morris Hall Grammarians celebrated with a dress up day and their very own Closing Ceremony. A huge number of Olympic nations were represented, including Samoa, Fiji and Morocco, with some absolutely brilliant costumes on display!

Our Grammarians representing France handed over the Olympic flame to the next host nation, the USA!

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In our latest news article, hear from Old Grammarian Maisie O'Loan (2023). Maisie spoke with our Community Engagement Manager, Clare Fitzgerald, about her first year at the University of Melbourne, and her unexpected but exciting journey into the world of music and journalism through her very own radio show!

We love to hear from young OGs about their first adventures into the world beyond our red brick walls! If you or someone you know would like to share personal or professional updates with the Community Office, contact us at [email protected].

Read about Maisie here:

Maisie O’Loan’s (2023) Journey into Music and Journalism | Melbourne Girls Grammar Maisie O’Loan (2023) speaks with Community and Engagement Manager, Clare Fitzgerald about her first year at the University of Melbourne, and her unexpected but exciting journey into the world of music and journalism through her very own radio show!

Recently, we hosted the Classes of 1984 and 1994 for their 40 and 30 Year Reunions.

It is always a wonderful evening watching Old Grammarians reunite, reconnect and enjoy each other's company after many years apart.

We thank everyone who joined us on these special occasions!

Our Year 10 Creative Practice Art class visited the Boyd House Museum on Walsh Street yesterday. Its modernist influence has inspired their current painting unit.

Thanks to Robin Boyd for sharing your knowledge and welcoming us!

Tonight is the highly anticipated Merton Hall Music Concert!

We are looking forward to welcoming our community to The Edge in Federation Square for a wonderful evening of music as our Grammarians showcase their virtuosity in a wide range of performances.

The Music department has prepared an eclectic program of music guaranteed to have something for everybody, ranging from one of Mozart's best-loved operatic arias to the music of Sondheim, Dvorak, some special Year 12 items and more! Come enjoy a sensational night of music and support our hard-working musicians! See you there!

Year 11 Grammarian Cecilia Xu recently spent the winter break in the United States at Stanford University, enrolled in the Stanford Summer Humanities Institute residential program. There, she completed a course on historical revolutions with Stanford professors and other students from around the globe.

Read her reflection via our blog! Link below: https://www.mggs.vic.edu.au/news/cecilias-stanford-uni-adventure

Our Years 8 to 12 Saturday Netballers are well into their winter season, competing in Round 12 over the weekend. It has been a very chilly past few weeks out at Boroondara Netball on Saturdays, but our teams are all doing incredibly well at this stage of their season. We approach Finals at the end of August and are wishing all teams the best of luck!

Current ladder positions are:
Y8 Avalanche - 6th in 8D
Y8 Strikes - 1st in 8C
Y8 Heat - 6th in 8B
Y8 Rainbows - 4th in 8A
Y9 Scorchers - 3rd in 9C
Y9 Fire - 3rd in 9B
Y9 Flash - 3rd in 10A
Y10 Tornadoes - 1st in 10C
Y10 Lightning - 6th in 10B
Y10 Bolts - 4th in 10A
Y11 Cyclones - 7th in 12B
Y11 Hurricanes - 4th in 12A
Y12 Thunderclappers - 3rd in Open D
First VII Merton Squad - 2nd in Premier

Go Melbourne!

Last Friday, our Junior Years Grammarians were visited by two special guests (and Old Grammarians) at their Friday afternoon Chapel Service: President of the Merton Hall Foundation Dr Katie Allen and architect Elliet Spring. Katie and Elliet spoke to our Grammarians about the different stages involved in designing, funding and creating new buildings for different purposes - ahead of our upcoming Giving Day, which aims to involve our entire community!

Katie and Elliet also invited all Grammarians in Prep to Year 4 to participate in the Red Brick Appeal Colouring Competition! Students are encouraged to submit their artworks to the Community Office ([email protected]) to be eligible for a prize! We're excited for the whole community to come together for the Red Brick Appeal!

Last week, our Years 5 and 6 Grammarians welcomed their Grandparents and Special Friends to Wildfell for the morning! Our girls were so excited to show them around and complete their activities and interviews with them.

Our visitors were then treated to a beautiful musical number from Year 5, followed by a sing-along rendition of 'Do-Re-Mi' from the Sound of Music with the whole Wildfell choir.

Thank you for visiting Grandparents!

As a result of our GSV Senior AFL Premiership our Senior Football team will - for the third year consecutively - be participating in the AFL Victoria Herald Sun Shield on Tuesday 6 August!

The best 4 schoolgirl football teams in Victoria will compete in a finals series over two weeks. On Tuesday, we face Sacred Heart College (Geelong) at Williamstown Football Club from 9.30am.

Congratulations to the players, coaches, staff and families who have supported this talented group of footballers this season, we can't wait to support you in the Semi Final! Girls, we are all behind you and wishing you the best of luck!

GO MELBOURNE!

Today our Morris Hall Grammarians came to school dressed as their favourite Olympic sport!

It was a delight to welcome these superstar athletes of all kinds to Morris Hall today, even our very own Jess Fox (with homemade canoe & life jacket)! Our Grammarians were also excited to wake up this morning and find out that race walker Jemima Montag, who they met earlier this year, won Bronze over night in Paris! Australian Olympic Team Jessica Fox

We are proud to watch the success of our Olympic athletes in Paris and thank our female athletes especially for being such inspiring role models for our Grammarians. You can't be what you can't see! Go Australia 💚💛

Come and visit Director of Boarding Amanda Haggie at Sheepvention Rural Expo at the Hamilton Showgrounds this weekend, Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 August!

Amanda and Enrolments Manager, Yvonne Bennet, will be representing MGGS, ready to answer any and all questions about the the magic of Boarding at MGGS.

Share this post with your friends and join us there! We look forward to meeting you!

MGGS Community members are warmly invited to join us for this year’s Merton Hall School Concert on Thursday 8 August at 7pm at The Edge, Federation Square.

Our talented musicians in Years 5 to 12 will present an eclectic program of music guaranteed to have something for everybody; from one of Mozart’s best loved operatic arias to the music of Sondheim, Swift and more.

Secure your tickets via the link below. https://events.humanitix.com/merton-hall-music-concert-2024

Today was the 2024 Merton Hall House Athletics Carnival at Lakeside Stadium! It was the perfect winter's day with glorious sun and not a breath of wind!! Students in Years 5-12 competed in Track & Field events throughout the day, starting with the combined 5-12 1500m and ending with the 4x100m relays.

Congratulations to Taylor House who are this year's House Athletics Champions, leading Hensley in second, Blackwood in third, Clarke in fourth and Mungo in fifth place.

A very big thank you to the Artemis Team, without whom this day would not have been possible! Thank you also to all teaching staff and our House Captains and Senior Years leaders who made sure each event was filled!

To see ALL the action from today, head to the MGGS Artemis Instagram Stories! https://www.instagram.com/mggs_artemis/

On Friday we hosted the last event of the 2024 Domain Cup...Domain Netball! The Artemis Centre was absolutely packed with spectators, there to support the MGGS and Melbourne Grammar School teams in the highly anticipated final event.

Following a close loss in 2023, the MGGS team were itching to get the win over MGS and came out strong from the very first whistle. The Year 12 team had a close start with the scores at 6-5 to MGGS after the first quarter, our Year 9 and 10 netballers maintained our lead throughout quarters 2 and 3, but it was our Year 11s who really pushed out the margin in quarter 4. The fifth quarter featured another Year 12 side to round out the game in style. The final result was MGGS 33 def. MGS 22. Go girls!

Congratulations to all MGGS netballers who participated and got us the win! A big thank you to the Artemis Team for hosting the game, Head of Netball Roz and Clara (Y10) for their fantastic umpiring and to the Year 12 students and staff both at MGGS and MGS who helped put the afternoon together (and to Issy Fletcher for manning the bake sale!) 🏆

Yesterday, we welcomed Grandparents to Morris Hall for the morning! Our Grammarians had a wonderful time showing their Grandparents around their classrooms and guiding them through some special activities.

It was lovely to see how proud our little Grammarians are of their school and their teachers. Thank you to all who joined us!

Herald Sun Shield returns with defending champs on show Top secondary school football teams from across Victoria will be out to be crowned the state’s best when the annual Herald Sun Shield interschool competition kicks off next Tuesday 30 July, with a number of sides back to defend their titles.