It is with sadness that the OGA passes on condolences to Matthew Rogers (1991) and Kimberley Rogers (1994), son and daughter of OGA stalwart, Rosy Rogers (OGA 1965), who passed away recently. At a touching memorial service for Rosy, the Girton College School Song from 1884 – 1968 (“The Pilgrim […]
16th May, 2017 The below School Prospectus was donated to the OGA by current Year 10 student, Edwina Wallace-Smith. It belonged to her Grandmother, Mary Wallace, who was a Girton Prefect in 1953. Click here to see the contents of the School Prospectus, circa 1950 and to get a feel […]
On Saturday 22nd March 2017, the class of 1997 got together and swapped stories from their school days 20 years ago. This resourceful cohort of Old Girtonians’ are doing a range of things now from Primary teaching and surveying to running hardware stores, farming, full time parenting, selling agriculture machinery […]
31st March, 2017 Old Girtonian and 2016 graduate and School Captain, Joseph Baldwin, competed at the Australian Athletics Age Championships in Sydney this week in the Under 20 high jump. He placed first with a jump of 2.22 m, which broke the meet record set in 2006 by 4 cm. This […]
In the OGA archives is a set of Girtonian Magazines dating back to 1929. The very earliest edition has now been scanned and other editions will follow suit. For those interested in the history of school, take a look at the 1929 Girtonian Magazine: 1929 Girtonian Magazine: click here to […]
The Class of 2007 had a wonderful 10 year reunion on Friday 17th March, catching up on old times and rekindling friendships with one another and with their favourite teachers. The cohort has pursued all manner of travel, jobs, friendships and family commitments since leaving school. From palliative care nursing, […]
When Blake Reilly was interviewed for the 2016 OGA Departing Girtonian Scholarship, his goals for 2017 were clear. His first priority was to raise the $6,000 needed to fund the Young Diplomats Tour of Europe, for which he was one of only 16 students from across Australia selected by United […]
Nine staff members have been welcomed into the OGA by receiving an Honorary Life Membership for having worked at the School for 20 years. Congratulations to: (L to R) Paul Flanagan, Winsome Wastell, Jamie Turner, Cate Brewin, Jane Reaburn, Mo Watanabe, Penny Peachey. (Bill Montgomery and Dean Langley, not pictured). […]
Below is a copy of the citation that was read at the presentation of an Honorary Life Membership to Mrs Robyn MacCulloch, Deputy Head, Girton Grammar School. The presentation was made on Friday 23rd September, 2016, at an all-staff assembly. I am truly delighted today to bestow an Honorary Life […]
The Class of 2011 had a great night at their 5 year reunion. Some past students are still studying, while others are taking a year off to pursue other interests. Many have landed their first job – nursing, graphic design and communications among them.
