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Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Illumine from the Students: Finding your place at BGGS
20 minutes Posted Jan 23, 2023 at 3:00 am.
Can you start by sharing with us how you felt on your first day at BGGS?
Tell us what you found the most helpful in your ‘buddy’ experience when you started at the School?
How long did it take you to feel like you had found your feet at Girls Grammar?
Did participation in co-curricular activities at the School help you to settle into BGGS?
How have you navigated days when you've felt not as wonderful as you might have wanted—either feeling awkward in the classroom or not knowing who to sit with during breaks, nervous about joining a team or club?
What advice would you have for any Year 7 girls who are struggling with any aspect of School or who might be having an ‘off’ day’?
What words of advice do you have for our new Year 7 students about settling into the School and connecting with their peers?
Can you tell us about your favourite traditions or celebration days at Girls Grammar?
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Do you remember your first day of secondary school? Your nervousness and excitement? Perhaps also some terror about the unfamiliar? Scared that you won’t have someone to talk to, or eat lunch with? In this episode of Illumine from the Students, Principal of Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Ms Jacinda Euler, is joined by our Year 7 Advisor, and four students to discuss how they navigated through their first year of secondary school, and their advice for our new Year 7 students who are just...