Shelford Girls' Grammar

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Shelford Girls' Grammar
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Shelford Girls' Grammar
Caulfield
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates 37°52′39″S145°0′41″E / 37.87750°S 145.01139°E / -37.87750; 145.01139
Information
Type Independent, single-sex, day school
Motto Latin: Quaerite Primo Regnum Dei
(Seek ye first the Kingdom of God)
Denomination Anglican
Established1898
PrincipalPauline Cutajar
ChaplainErin Juers
Years offeredP–12
GenderGirls
Enrolment~600
SloganThrive
Affiliation Girls Sport Victoria
Website www.shelford.vic.edu.au

Shelford Girls' Grammar (previously known as Shelford Girls' School, Shelford Church of England Girls' Grammar School, and sometimes SCEGGS) was an independent Anglican day school for girls. It was located in Caulfield, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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The school was established in 1898, and was a member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV), [1] [2] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA) and the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. [3] It was a non-selective entry school, with more than 600 students. [4]

Shelford had a coeducational Early Learning Centre, which educated toddlers 18 months old, as well as providing groups for 3 and 4-year-olds. [5]

Shelford offered students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) program, and the Vocational Education and Training (VET) course.[ citation needed ]

Shelford used a house system through which students participated in inter-house competitions, with 4 school houses.[ citation needed ]

History

The school was established in 1898 on Glen Eira Road by Emily Dixon. [6] [7]

The school was relocated to 77 Allison Road, Elsternwick, [8] by Dora Mary Petrie Blundell, [9] [10] [11] who served as the school's second principal from 1904 to 1921. [12] Dora was supported by her sisters, Lucy Annie Blundell, [13] Fanny Blundell, [14] and Margaret Helen Petrie Blundell. [15]

As the vicar of St Mary's Anglican Church in Caulfield, Henry Langley had been giving the pupils of Shelford Girls' School weekly lessons in religious instruction for many years. [16] In 1922, the Blundell sisters wished to give the school to the church. They approached Archdeacon Langley, who was responsible for its temporary move from 77 Allison Road, Elsternwick, to St Mary's Jubilee School Hall. The Argus reported on the re-opening and Archdeacon Langley's appointment of Ada Mary Thomas as the school's head mistress:

There was a large gathering of residents of Caulfield and Elsternwick, including several of the neighbouring clergy, to witness the formal reopening of Shelford Girls' School, a long-established Elsternwick school, as a girls' school and kindergarten in connection with St. Mary's Church, Caulfield.
Bishop Green, in declaring the school open, congratulated the vicar (Canon Langley) on an initial enrolment of 60 pupils.
The mayor of Caulfield (Councillor [Thomas] Falls) and the Rev. [James Valentine] Patton, of Sydney, also spoke.
Canon Langley said that the school is to be called by the old name of Shelford, but will be carried on as a Church of England school, under a local council, with A. M. Thomas as principal.
It is proposed to build up-to-date school buildings at a site for a branch church near the Caulfield Town Hall [viz., St Margaret's], but for the present the school will meet in the existing school buildings at St. Mary's, Caulfield. — The Argus, 23 February 1922. [17]

The following year, Archdeacon Langley moved the school to "Helenslea" in Hood Crescent, Caulfield North. [18] The school was officially opened at its new location by Archbishop Lees on 22 February 1923 [19] adjacent to St Mary's Church as the Shelford Girls' Grammar School.

Ada Mary Thomas served as Shelford's headmistress from 1922 to 1945. [20] [21] [22]

The school will merge with Caulfield Grammar School with a formal transition of Shelford students into CGS beginning in 2025. [23]

Notable alumnae

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References

  1. ↑ Women's Sports: New Association Formed, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 October 1932), p.27.
  2. ↑ Girls Sport Victoria: Member Schools Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:27-07-2007)
  3. ↑ "Shelford Girls' Grammar". Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Shelford School Performance Information 2015 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Shelford Girls Grammar. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to Shelford Girls' Grammar". Shelford Girls Grammar. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. ↑ Births: Dixon, The Ballarat Star, (Thursday, 25 September 1879), p.2.
  7. ↑ Thanks, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 14 December 1904), p.1.
  8. ↑ Educational: Shelford Girls' School, The Argus, (Thursday, 21 July 1904), p.3.
  9. ↑ Matriculation Examination, October Term, 1882: Honour Examination: Class Lists: English and History, The Ballarat Star, 9 January 1883, p. 2.
  10. ↑ "Educational: Shelford Girls' School", The Argus, 11 February 1907, p. 11.
  11. ↑ "Deaths: Blundell", The Argus, 30 August 1943, p. 2.
  12. ↑ From the Principal: ANZAC Day Reflection 2018, Shelford Girls' Grammar.
  13. ↑ "Deaths: Blundell", The Argus, 15 May 1922, p. 1.
  14. ↑ "Deaths: Blundell", The Argus, 24 June 1937, p.1.
  15. ↑ "Deaths: Blundell", The Argus, 4 July 1953, p. 16.
  16. ↑ Letters to the Editor: Shelford Girls' School, The Age, 1 September 1942, p. 2.
  17. ↑ The Schools, The Argus, (Thursday, 23 February 1922), p.9.
  18. ↑ An article, written at the time of Langley's retirement as Dean of St. Paul's, notes that "another venture [of Langley's] which was successful was the purchase of the Shelford Girls' school property with only £5 to make a payment as deposit" (In the Churches: An Aggressive Venturesome Spirit Urged for Church, The Argus, (Saturday, 22 March 1947), p.17).
  19. ↑ Schools & Colleges: Shelford Girls' School, Table Talk, (Thursday, 22 February 1923), p.24; Church and Education, The Argus, (Friday, February 1923), p.11; Archbishop Dedicates School Building, The Argus, (Friday, February 1923), p.5.
  20. ↑ Shelford, The Argus, 22 December 1922, p. 14.
  21. ↑ "Church and Education", The Argus, 23 February 1923, p. 11.
  22. ↑ A photograph, "Head Mistress and Staff of Shelford Girls' School, Caulfield", including Langley (second from right) is at: Schools & Colleges: Shelford Girls' School, Table Talk, 10 April 1924, p. 24.
  23. ↑ Caulfield Grammar School and Shelford Girls’ Grammar enter into merger agreement
  24. ↑ "CHEAT SHEET: 10 of the best private schools for girls in Melbourne 25 June 2015". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on 18 July 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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