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It was rumoured in 2007 that Tintern would be going co-educational with Southwood Boys Grammar School but this rumour was denied by the school. In early 2009 it was announced that senior years 10-12 will be going co-educational with Southwood Boys Grammar School in 2010 at the Tintern Campus. Years 7-9 will remain single sex at both Tintern and Southwood campus’. <br />
It was rumoured in 2007 that Tintern would be going co-educational with Southwood Boys Grammar School but this rumour was denied by the school. In early 2009 it was announced that senior years 10-12 will be going co-educational with Southwood Boys Grammar School in 2010 at the Tintern Campus. Years 7-9 will remain single sex at both Tintern and Southwood campus’. <br />


The school is a member of the [[Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne]] (EISM), [[Girls Sport Victoria]] (GSV),<ref name=GSVmembers>{{cite web
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|url = http://www.gsv.vic.edu.au/profile/member.html|title = Member Schools|accessdate = 2007-10-11|last = Mawkes|first = Leonie |year = 2005|work = Profile|publisher = Girls Sport Victoria}}</ref> the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),<ref name=ABSA>{{cite web|url = http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=104|title = Tintern Girls' Grammar School |accessdate = 2008-01-15|year = 2008|work = Schools|publisher = Australian Boarding Schools Association}}</ref> the [[Junior School Heads Association of Australia]] (JSHAA),<ref name=JSHAA>{{cite web
|url = http://www.jshaa.asn.au/victoria/directory/index.asp|title = JSHAA Victorian Directory of Members|accessdate = 2008-01-15|year = 2007|work = Victoria Branch|publisher = Junior School Heads' Association of Australia}}</ref> the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),<ref name=AHISA>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahisa.com.au/Display.aspx?tabid=3245 |title=Victoria |accessdate=2008-02-01 |year =2008 |work=School Directory |publisher=Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia}}</ref> and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA).<ref name=AGSA>{{cite web|url = http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=T|title = Member Schools|accessdate = 2008-01-15|last = Butler|first = Jan|year = 2006|work = Members|publisher = The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia}}</ref>
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.tinternschools.net/ Tintern Schools Website]
*[http://www.tinternschools.net/ Tintern Schools Website]

{{GSV Schools}}


[[Category:Girls' schools in Australia]]
[[Category:Girls' schools in Australia]]

Revision as of 21:56, 6 December 2009

For other uses, see Tintern (disambiguation).

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Tintern Girls' Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school for girls, located in Ringwood East, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Established in 1877 by Emma Bartlet Cook, Tintern has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 1,150 students, from pre-prep through to Year 12, including 40 boarders.[1]

It was rumoured in 2007 that Tintern would be going co-educational with Southwood Boys Grammar School but this rumour was denied by the school. In early 2009 it was announced that senior years 10-12 will be going co-educational with Southwood Boys Grammar School in 2010 at the Tintern Campus. Years 7-9 will remain single sex at both Tintern and Southwood campus’.

The school is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne (EISM), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),[1] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[2] the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA).[4]

History

Tintern was founded in 1877 by Mrs Emma Cook. Not satisfied with any of the established schools in Hawthorn, Cook felt she need to start "an excellent school"[5] for her four youngest daughters and the youngest of her five sons.[6] It was not long before neighbours asked Cook to allow their children to enrol, and as word spread about the achievements of the school, many country families also sent their children to attend.[5]

The Church of England Trust purchased the school in 1918, and what was initially a co-educational school, became a school for girls. Continued growth meant to the need for larger and more modern facilities, and subsequently the school moved to its current campus of just over 50 acres (20 ha), at Ringwood East in 1953.[5] This site had been purchased in June 1946 for £3,113.[6]

In 1999, under the principalship of Sylvia Walton (1982–2005), the School returned to Cook's founding wish of educating the whole family, with the establishment of Tintern's brother school, Southwood Boys Grammar School, located at Ringwood.[5]

Campus

File:TinternGGS1950.jpg
Tintern campus, 1950

Tintern Girls Grammar School in set on a 20 hectares (49 acres) campus in a semi-rural setting, featuring bushland and landscaped gardens. The schools facilities include a multi-function assembly and performance space, senior and junior libraries and information centres, science and technology laboratories, computer laboratories, established areas for visual and performing arts, a swimming pool and gymnasium complex and other sporting facilities.[7]

The school also features a farm, where students are encouraged to take part in a Young Farmers program, in which they enter in agricultural competitions. The farm has been operational since the opening of the Ringwood campus of the school, and has since been very successful in local sheep and cattle competitions.

Curriculum

Tintern Girls Grammar School offers both the International Baccalaureate, which is also available to boys at the brother campus, Southwood Boys Grammar , and the Victorian Certificate of Education.

House system

Tintern has a house system adopted in 1924 and modelled on great English Public Schools. The houses are Cross (after Agnes Cross, Headmistress 1911–1918), Gordon (after three former head prefects, all sisters), Mansfield (after founder and first principal Emma Cook, whose maiden name was Mansfield), Somner (after three sisters, two of whom were staff members) and Watt, after ex-student and cyclist Kathy Watt.[8]

Notable alumnae

Alumnae of Tintern Girls' Grammar School are known as 'Old Girls' or 'Old Grammarians' and automatically become members of the schools alumni association, the Tintern Old Girls Association (TOGA).[9] Some notable Old Girls' include:

References

  1. ^ a b "Tintern Girls' Grammar School". Schools. Australian Boarding Schools Association. 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  2. ^ "JSHAA Victorian Directory of Members". Victoria Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  3. ^ "Victoria". School Directory. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  4. ^ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  5. ^ a b c d "130 years of Excellence". Girls Grammar - Tintern. Tintern Schools. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  6. ^ a b Factis, no. 3, Melbourne, Vic.: Tintern Schools, 2007 http://www.tintern.vic.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/1314/TINFN23087_3_LR.pdf, retrieved 2007-10-04 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ Tintern Girls Grammar School: Campus Facilities (accessed:14-08-2007)
  8. ^ Tintern Girls Grammar School: The House System (accessed:14-08-2007)
  9. ^ "Old Grammarians". Our Community. Tintern Schools. 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  10. ^ a b c Green, Jonathan (2005-03-30). "Famous alumni on Latham's hit list". Politics. Crikey. Retrieved 2007-08-06.

See also

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