Lauriston girls school
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Lauriston Girls' School is an independent
, non-denominational, day school
predominantly for girls, located in Armadale
, an inner south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria
, Australia.
Established in 1901, Lauriston has a non-selective enrolment policy and is co-educational for three-year-old and four year-old Kindergarten
, and girls-only from Prep through to Year 12. The school
currently caters for approximately 1040 students and offers the Victorian Certificate of Education
(VCE) and is also one of the few Victorian schools that offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) for the Year 11/12 students.
Lauriston is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
(JSHAA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria
(GSV).
is located in Armadale
, seven kilometres from the Melbourne CBD
. The Armadale campus is architecturally interesting as it comprises not only classic Victorian buildings
(such as Montrose in the primary school area), but also newer buildings such as a science and technology center constructed from energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly materials. Years kindergarten through 12, excluding year 9, are educated at the Armadale campus.
in the Victorian highcountry. Attendance is compulsory for all year 9 students, with the girls spending the whole school year on the campus as full-time boarders
. It is similar to 'Timbertop' run by Geelong Grammar School
, but students generally take part in a wider range of outdoor activities. Howqua is also generally seen as "softer". Students at Howqua participate in activities such as downhill and cross-country skiing
, horse riding, solo camping
, hiking
, rafting
, rock climbing
and other outdoor recreational activities, culminating the year with a 6-day hike through Victoria's mountainous regions. Students also participate in a community service rotation during the winter term, which involves activities such as building tracks, planting trees, gardening, visiting residential homes, acting as assistant teachers in rural schools, and running their own radio station.
There are 10 houses, each able to hold 12 girls although generally holding 10. Each house has 12 beds, a bathroom, a kitchenette, dining/main area, wardrobe spaces, hike room, drying room and two balconies. The campus also offers a dining hall, a "dungeon" which doubles as a fire shelter, class rooms, Resource center/library, music rooms, health center, art center, dance studio and staff houses. The campus offers great running tracks such as the ring road, rainbow track, weir track (a 4 km run), lone pine (originally named Peg Slam J- using the letters of the girls names who built the track as part of their community service) and more. At the end of each term, a running challenge of 9.4 km is to be run in 1hr, called the Howqua River Road Challenge.
It began in 1993 and in 1997 it became compulsory for students to attend the Howqua campus for the duration of a full school year. Originally students stayed at Howqua for 1 semester only, now it is compulsory for them to stay the whole year.Girls return home once a term on exeats (3 to 5 days) and return home for term holidays, before departing for Howqua again.
The concept of Howqua is to help girls develop emotionally and physically independent of their family in a world without constant technology. Mobile phones and laptops are banned from use at Howqua and internet is also not allowed. It also aims to forge strong relationships between girls and social skills are greatly developed. All year-round Howqua girls are urged to push themselves to achieve their goals, strengthening their sense of self-determination. The year leads up to many major end-of-year challenges, inclusive of a highly anticipated 17.3km run from TBJ (Telephone Box Junction) on Mt Stirling to the summit, continuing onwards up Bourke St to summit of Mt Buller. Many girls look fondly over their memories of Howqua, as it is a very unique and extraordinary experience.
In the 2006/2007 summer holidays, bushfires greatly threatened the Howqua Campus.
The campus was also very threatened by fires and evacuated for the first time in early 2009.
The 10 houses are:
Hollyer, Gillespie, Thompson, O'Brien, Fitz-Gibbon (Fitz), Wirringga, Arthur-Robinson (Arthur-Rob, A-Rob), Cramond, Mirrabooka and Kirkpatrick.
Upon graduation, Lauriston students typically achieve high Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
(ATAR) and International Baccalaureate (IB) scores. In 2010, 13% of students received an ATAR of 99 or over, 36% achieved 95 or over, and 49% of students received ATAR scores of 90 or over.
program caters for students from Prep to year 12, and offers a number of choral and instrumental ensembles, including bands
and orchestra
s. Annually, there are approximately twenty-five performance occasions, including the 'Annual School Concert', and a combined concert with Xavier College.
From Years 3 and 4, a compulsory string orchestra group is formed. Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass is assigned to them.
Lauriston also stages one Musical and one Play each year, one for students in years 5 to 8 and another for years 10 to 12. Recent performances include Little shop of horrors and The tree, a play written by the students from 5-8.
(GSV), which is an association of 24 similar type girls' schools throughout Melbourne. Through GSV, students in years 7 to 12 may compete at an inter-school level in Athletics, Basketball
, Cricket
, Cross Country
, Diving
, Golf
, Hockey
, Indoor Cricket
, Netball
, Soccer, Softball
, Swimming
, Tennis
, Volleyball
and Water Polo
.
2009/2010 rowing season:
The Lauriston senior first IV won the Victorian State Championships, the Australian National Championships and the Head of the Schoolgirls regatta. This is the first time since 1998 that all three major titles have been won by a single LGS crew, and only the second time in Lauriston history.
At the 2010 HOSG the LGS senior crews won
Div 1 schoolgirl IV - first IV
Div 2 schoolgirl IV - second IV
Div 3 schoolgirl IV - third IV
Unfortunately, Lauriston Girl School rarely competes in VIII’s, which is where the competition is based in senior level of rowing in Australia. This is said to be one of the reasons why they are so successful in IV’s, although like any rower these girls train extremely hard for these impressive and rewarding results.
, the 'Old Lauristonian Association' (OLA). Some notable 'Old Lauristonians' include:
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
, non-denominational, day school
Day school
A day school—as opposed to a boarding school—is an institution where children are given educational instruction during the day and after which children/teens return to their homes...
predominantly for girls, located in Armadale
Armadale, Victoria
Armadale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Armadale had a population of 8,467....
, an inner south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia.
Established in 1901, Lauriston has a non-selective enrolment policy and is co-educational for three-year-old and four year-old Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
, and girls-only from Prep through to Year 12. The school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
currently caters for approximately 1040 students and offers the Victorian Certificate of Education
Victorian Certificate of Education
The Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies in the state of Victoria, Australia. Study for the VCE is usually completed over two years, but it can be spread over a longer period in some cases...
(VCE) and is also one of the few Victorian schools that offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) for the Year 11/12 students.
Lauriston is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia
Junior School Heads Association of Australia
The Independent Primary School Heads of Australia formerly Junior School Heads Association of Australia , is an incorporated body representing the heads of independent primary schools in Australia....
(JSHAA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV), and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria
Girls Sport Victoria
Girls' Sport Victoria was established in 2001, and is one of the largest independent school sporting association in Victoria, with 24 member schools from around Melbourne....
(GSV).
Campus
Lauriston's main campusCampus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
is located in Armadale
Armadale, Victoria
Armadale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Armadale had a population of 8,467....
, seven kilometres from the Melbourne CBD
Melbourne city centre
Melbourne City Centre is an area of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. It is not to be confused with the larger local government area of the City of Melbourne...
. The Armadale campus is architecturally interesting as it comprises not only classic Victorian buildings
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
(such as Montrose in the primary school area), but also newer buildings such as a science and technology center constructed from energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly materials. Years kindergarten through 12, excluding year 9, are educated at the Armadale campus.
Howqua
The school has a rural campus for its year 9 students, known as 'Howqua', near the town of MansfieldMansfield, Victoria
Mansfield is a small town in the foothills of the Victorian part of the Australian Alps. It is approximately 180 km north-east of Melbourne...
in the Victorian highcountry. Attendance is compulsory for all year 9 students, with the girls spending the whole school year on the campus as full-time boarders
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
. It is similar to 'Timbertop' run by Geelong Grammar School
Geelong Grammar School
Geelong Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, co-educational, boarding and day school. The school's main campus is located at Corio, on the northern outskirts of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay and Limeburners Bay....
, but students generally take part in a wider range of outdoor activities. Howqua is also generally seen as "softer". Students at Howqua participate in activities such as downhill and cross-country skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
, horse riding, solo camping
Camping
Camping is an outdoor recreational activity. The participants leave urban areas, their home region, or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, usually at a campsite. Camping may involve the use of a tent, caravan, motorhome, cabin, a primitive structure, or no...
, hiking
Hiking
Hiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking...
, rafting
Rafting
Rafting or white water rafting is a challenging recreational outdoor activity using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on white water or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this...
, rock climbing
Rock climbing
Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
and other outdoor recreational activities, culminating the year with a 6-day hike through Victoria's mountainous regions. Students also participate in a community service rotation during the winter term, which involves activities such as building tracks, planting trees, gardening, visiting residential homes, acting as assistant teachers in rural schools, and running their own radio station.
There are 10 houses, each able to hold 12 girls although generally holding 10. Each house has 12 beds, a bathroom, a kitchenette, dining/main area, wardrobe spaces, hike room, drying room and two balconies. The campus also offers a dining hall, a "dungeon" which doubles as a fire shelter, class rooms, Resource center/library, music rooms, health center, art center, dance studio and staff houses. The campus offers great running tracks such as the ring road, rainbow track, weir track (a 4 km run), lone pine (originally named Peg Slam J- using the letters of the girls names who built the track as part of their community service) and more. At the end of each term, a running challenge of 9.4 km is to be run in 1hr, called the Howqua River Road Challenge.
It began in 1993 and in 1997 it became compulsory for students to attend the Howqua campus for the duration of a full school year. Originally students stayed at Howqua for 1 semester only, now it is compulsory for them to stay the whole year.Girls return home once a term on exeats (3 to 5 days) and return home for term holidays, before departing for Howqua again.
The concept of Howqua is to help girls develop emotionally and physically independent of their family in a world without constant technology. Mobile phones and laptops are banned from use at Howqua and internet is also not allowed. It also aims to forge strong relationships between girls and social skills are greatly developed. All year-round Howqua girls are urged to push themselves to achieve their goals, strengthening their sense of self-determination. The year leads up to many major end-of-year challenges, inclusive of a highly anticipated 17.3km run from TBJ (Telephone Box Junction) on Mt Stirling to the summit, continuing onwards up Bourke St to summit of Mt Buller. Many girls look fondly over their memories of Howqua, as it is a very unique and extraordinary experience.
In the 2006/2007 summer holidays, bushfires greatly threatened the Howqua Campus.
The campus was also very threatened by fires and evacuated for the first time in early 2009.
The 10 houses are:
Hollyer, Gillespie, Thompson, O'Brien, Fitz-Gibbon (Fitz), Wirringga, Arthur-Robinson (Arthur-Rob, A-Rob), Cramond, Mirrabooka and Kirkpatrick.
Curriculum
The Lauriston curriculum is managed within five learning areas, based on the developmental stages of children and adolescents.- Kindergarten: 3 and 4 Year Old
- Junior School: Transition Prep to Year 6
- 7/8 Centre: Year 7 and 8
- Howqua: Year 9
- Senior College: Year 10, 11 and 12
Upon graduation, Lauriston students typically achieve high Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank is the primary criterion for entry into most undergraduate-entry university programs in Australia, it was gradually introduced during 2009 and 2010 to replace the Universities Admission Index, Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank and Tertiary Entrance...
(ATAR) and International Baccalaureate (IB) scores. In 2010, 13% of students received an ATAR of 99 or over, 36% achieved 95 or over, and 49% of students received ATAR scores of 90 or over.
Music
Lauriston's musicMusic
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
program caters for students from Prep to year 12, and offers a number of choral and instrumental ensembles, including bands
School band
A school band is a group of student musicians who rehearse and perform instrumental music together. A concert band is usually under the direction of one or more conductors...
and orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
s. Annually, there are approximately twenty-five performance occasions, including the 'Annual School Concert', and a combined concert with Xavier College.
From Years 3 and 4, a compulsory string orchestra group is formed. Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass is assigned to them.
Lauriston also stages one Musical and one Play each year, one for students in years 5 to 8 and another for years 10 to 12. Recent performances include Little shop of horrors and The tree, a play written by the students from 5-8.
Sport
Lauriston offers over 20 sports, which may be played at both competitive and recreational level. The school is an inaugural member of Girls Sport VictoriaGirls Sport Victoria
Girls' Sport Victoria was established in 2001, and is one of the largest independent school sporting association in Victoria, with 24 member schools from around Melbourne....
(GSV), which is an association of 24 similar type girls' schools throughout Melbourne. Through GSV, students in years 7 to 12 may compete at an inter-school level in Athletics, Basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
, Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, Indoor Cricket
Indoor cricket
Indoor cricket is a variant of and shares many basic concepts with cricket. The game is most often played between two teams each consisting of eight players, in matches featuring two innings of sixteen 7-ball overs each...
, Netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
, Soccer, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
and Water Polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
.
2009/2010 rowing season:
The Lauriston senior first IV won the Victorian State Championships, the Australian National Championships and the Head of the Schoolgirls regatta. This is the first time since 1998 that all three major titles have been won by a single LGS crew, and only the second time in Lauriston history.
At the 2010 HOSG the LGS senior crews won
Div 1 schoolgirl IV - first IV
Div 2 schoolgirl IV - second IV
Div 3 schoolgirl IV - third IV
Unfortunately, Lauriston Girl School rarely competes in VIII’s, which is where the competition is based in senior level of rowing in Australia. This is said to be one of the reasons why they are so successful in IV’s, although like any rower these girls train extremely hard for these impressive and rewarding results.
Notable alumnae
Alumnae of Lauriston Girls' School are known as 'Old Lauristonians', and may elect to join the school's alumni associationAlumni association
An alumni association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools , fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni from the same organisation...
, the 'Old Lauristonian Association' (OLA). Some notable 'Old Lauristonians' include:
- Hildred Mary Butler - Microbiologist
- Deborah ConwayDeborah ConwayDeborah Ann Conway, is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actor. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their surprise top 5 hit "Man Overboard"....
- Singer - Esme Mary Sorrett (Molly) Fink - Rani of Pudukota (wife of Marthanda Bhairava Tondiman, rajaRajaRaja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
h of the southern India principality of Pudukota) - Chloe HooperChloe HooperChloe Hooper is an Australian author. Her first novel, A Child’s Book of True Crime , was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Literature and was a New York Times Notable Book...
- Writer and novelist - Sybil Howy Irving MBE - Founder and controller of the Australian Women's Army ServiceAustralian Women's Army ServiceThe Australian Women's Army Service or "AWAS" was a women's service established on 13 August 1941 to "release men from certain military duties for employment in fighting units".-Formation / Structure:...
- Felicity Kennett - Former presenter of Network TenNetwork TenNetwork Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
TV lifestyle program Healthy, Wealthy and WiseHealthy, Wealthy and WiseHealthy, Wealthy and Wise was a pioneering lifestyle television program shown in Australia. It was shown on Network Ten and was seen from 1991 until 1999. The programme also helped re-invent the then-ailing network after its financial collapse of the late 1980s...
; Wife of former Victorian Premier Jeff KennettJeff KennettJeffrey Gibb Kennett AC , a former Australian politician, was the Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999. He is currently the President of Hawthorn Football Club. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national depression initiative.- Early life :Kennett was born in Melbourne on 2 March... - Poppy KingPoppy KingPoppy Cybele King is an Australian entrepreneur. She is best known for her company Poppy Industries and the range of cosmetics available at Poppy Stores in Australia, during the 1990s.-Early life:...
- Businesswoman; Young Australian of the Year 1995 (also attended Wesley College, MelbourneWesley College, MelbourneWesley College, Melbourne is an independent, co-educational, Christian day school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1866, the college is a school of the Uniting Church in Australia. Wesley is the largest school in Australia by enrolment, with 3,511 students and 564 full-time staff...
) - Elizabeth Kilgour Kirkhope - Former headmistress of Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar SchoolLowther Hall Anglican Grammar SchoolLowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, most often referred to simply as Lowther Hall, is an independent, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Essendon, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
; Former owner and headmistress of Lauriston Girls' School (Dux & Head Prefect 1914) - Kit Willow Mitchelmore - Fashion designer
- Livinia NixonLivinia NixonLivinia Nixon is an Australian television presenter and actress best known for her roles on the Nine Network as weather presenter on Nine News Melbourne and as co-host on the long running variety series Hey Hey It's Saturday....
- Channel 9 presenter and the Ambassador and face for the City of Melbourne - Heli SimpsonHeli SimpsonHeli Simpson is an Australian actress and singer. Simpson acted as the original Veronica diAngelo on The Saddle Club during 2001–2003...
- Actress. The Saddle Club - Fiona StewartFiona StewartFiona Stewart is the Managing Director of the Green Man Festival. Stewart became involved as a director and shareholder in the Green Man Festival in 2006, to develop Green Man after having turned around The Big Chill . She moved the event to a new site, developed the design of the event, themed...
- Founder NotGoodEnough.org and partner of Philip NitschkePhilip NitschkeDr. Philip Nitschke is an Australian medical doctor, humanist, author and founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International. He campaigned successfully to have a legal euthanasia law passed in Australia's Northern Territory and assisted four people in ending their lives before... - Kathleen Alice Syme - Journalist, company director and welfare worker
- Jessie VaseyJessie VaseyJessie Mary Vasey CBE was the founder and President of the War Widows' Guild of Australia.-Early life:...
- Founder of the War Widows' Guild of Australia (also attended Methodist Ladies' College, MelbourneMethodist Ladies' College, MelbourneMethodist Ladies' College is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...
)
See also
- List of schools in Victoria
- Victorian Certificate of EducationVictorian Certificate of EducationThe Victorian Certificate of Education or VCE is the credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete high school level studies in the state of Victoria, Australia. Study for the VCE is usually completed over two years, but it can be spread over a longer period in some cases...
- International Baccalaureate
- C. Rasmussen, Lauriston: 100 years of Educating Girls, The Helicon Press, Sydney 1999