SCEGGS School (Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School)

Another brand new experience for me was going to an all girls school; I grew up going to all co-ed schools and enjoyed every minute of these experiences. I believe that going to a school that had both males and females in it allowed for me to learn more about how these two genders interacted with one another. But I liked how the principal stated it that, by having an all girl’s school the girls are more focused on their studies rather than with boy they like in a particular week. This has also helped with the higher test scores and grades from all the grade levels. While watching the girls come into the assembly I noticed that they all had their hair up and were all wearing a similar but different uniform. It then came to my attention in the meeting with the principal that it is a rule for the girls to wear their hair up because it makes it look neater, also the different uniforms represent the different houses that the girls belong to, like in the Harry Potter book series. I felt like a sore thumb because as a group we all stood out compared to the girls of the school, we were all wearing jeans and different tops but also had our hair down, which would be against the rules. It was interesting to see all the different types of education that the students learned at a young age. The school starts its kindergarten students into a foreign language, French, so that they are more diverse later on in life. It was also great to see the primary school students learning multiplication skills/factors from year one and up. One of the teachers made a great comment about why this was; they [the students] are learning how to count, skip count, and count by numbers, so why not start them learning these multiplication skills. I totally agree with her, and felt that I am not as educated at a young age about items that I would be using later on in life. Where I grew up the school you attended was determined by district lines that were drawn out by the city. But this school was quite different, students came from all over the Sydney area to attend and would take any means of transportation to get there. It was also interesting to hear about how the different years get students, from kindergarten to year three has only one classroom for the entire grade, but one the students hit year four and up there are two classrooms per grade and the school takes in double the students from around the city.