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www.tintern.vic.edu.au
Tintern Grammar (also known as Tintern) is an

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, Anglican

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for girls and boys located in Ringwood East, a suburb of

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, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1877 by Emma Bartlet Cook, Tintern has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 890 students, from ELC through to Year 12, including international students. Located on one site in Ringwood East, the Early Learning Centre is co-educational, while girls and boys are educated in single-sex environments from Prep – Year 9. In Years 10 – 12 boys and girls learn together in a co-educational classes. The school is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne (EISM), the

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(JSHAA), the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA) and was a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV).

History

Tintern was founded in 1877 by Emma Cook. Not satisfied with any of the established schools in Hawthorn, Cook felt she needed to start "an excellent school" for her four youngest daughters and the youngest of her five sons. 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. The

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Trust purchased the school in 1918, and what was initially a

school, became a school for girls known as ''Tintern Church of England Girls’ Grammar School''. Continued growth led to the need for larger and more modern facilities, and subsequently the school moved to its current campus of just over , at Ringwood East in 1953. The site had been purchased in June 1946 for £3,113. 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, located at Ringwood.

Campus

Tintern Grammar is set on a campus in a semi-

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setting, featuring

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and landscaped

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s. The schools facilities include a multi-function assembly and performance space, ELC, senior and junior

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and information centres,

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and

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laboratories, computer laboratories, established areas for

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and

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s, a

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and

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nasium complex and other sporting facilities.Tintern Schools Campus Facilities
(accessed:14-08-2007) 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 competitions.

Curriculum

Up until 2021 Tintern Grammar offered the

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(IB), the

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(VCE) and

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(VET).
However, from 2021 onwards Tintern Grammar only offers the

(VCE) and

(VET)

House system

Tintern has a

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adopted in 1924 and modelled on great English Public Schools.
When Tintern Girls and Southwood Boys combined their houses did too. The Tintern Grammar houses are Butterss-Cross (after Agnes Cross, Headmistress 1911–1918), Gordon-Grant (after three former head prefects, all sisters), Mansfield-Mckie (after founder and first principal Emma Cook, whose maiden name was Mansfield), Somner-Stewart (after three sisters, two of whom were staff members) and Dann-Watt, after ex-student and Olympic Gold medal winning cyclist Kathy Watt.Tintern Girls Grammar School: The House System
(accessed:14-08-2007)

Sport

Tintern is a member of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne (EISM).

EISM Premierships

Tintern has won the following EISM senior premierships. Combined: * Swimming (5) – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Boys: * Badminton (2) – 2009, 2019 * Hockey – 2009 * Indoor Soccer – 2004 * Swimming (5) – 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 * Table Tennis (3) – 2006, 2008, 2017 * Tennis (3) – 2007, 2008, 2009 Girls: * Athletics – 2006 * Basketball (2) – 2011, 2012 * Hockey (3) – 2010, 2011, 2022 * Indoor Cricket (4) – 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020 * Netball (3) – 2012, 2013, 2017 * Swimming (4) – 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 * Tennis (4) – 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 * Volleyball - 2022 Tintern has won the following Year 9 EISM Premierships Year 9 Boys: * Badminton (2) - 2018, 2019 * Hockey - 2011 * Table Tennis (4) - 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022 * Tennis (5) - 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 * Touch Rugby - 2022 * Volleyball - 2022 Year 9 Girls: * Badminton (2) - 2017, 2022 * Basketball (2) - 2010, 2011 * Hockey - 2017 * Indoor Cricket - 2013 * Netball - 2010 * Softball (2) - 2014, 2016 * Tennis (7) - 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022 * Volleyball (2) - 2012, 2017

Notable alumni

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of Tintern Grammar are known as 'Old Girls' or 'Old Boys' and automatically become members of the schools alumni association, the Tintern Old Girls Association (TOGA) or the Southwood Old Boys Association (SOBA). Some notable past students include: * Charlotte Anderson – first female professor in paediatrics in the United Kingdoms * Jo Bailey – ''

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'' co-presenter *

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– Radio broadcaster * Kimberley Chen – Taiwanese celebrity, singer and model *

Louise Hearman Louise Hearman (born 1963) is an artist from Melbourne who has been painting and drawing from a very young age. At high school level she attended Tintern Church of England Girls Grammar School in Ringwood in East Victoria where she showed much a ...

– artist * Scotty James – Olympic snow boarding bronze medallist, 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games * Thomas Lacey – Actor *

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– Member for the seat of Essendon representing the ALP *

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– Vice-chancellor's fellow

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and former publisher * Celia Pacquola – Comedian, actor, writer * Helen Quinn – Australian-American theoretical physicist and educator, an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia.Helen R. Quinn
. CWP, UCLA, and UC Regents. 1995 – 1998. (Her name was Helen Arnold when she graduated from Tintern Church of England Girls' Grammar School in 1959.) *

Helen Reddy Helen Maxine Reddy (25 October 194129 September 2020) was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist. Born in Melbourne to a showbusiness family, Reddy started her career as an entertainer at age four. She sang on rad ...

– Singer-songwriter and actress *

Phyllis Rountree Phyllis Margaret Rountree (13 January 1911 – 27 July 1994) was an Australian microbiologist and bacteriologist. She was an expert in staphylococcal infections. Life Rountree was born in 1911 in Hamilton, Victoria. Her mother's brother, Will ...

(1911–1994) bacteriologist * Penelope Thwaites – Concert pianist and composer *Ilona von Möller (née von Feuchtersleben) – Violinist * Kathy Watt – Gold medallist cyclist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the Road Race *Alex Zaccaria – co-founder of

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*Anthony Zaccaria – co-founder of

*Meirian Lovelace-Tozer – Mathematician *Matthew Dellavedova - Professional Tennis Player

References

External links

Tintern Grammar Website
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