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, oversight =

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, principal = Megan Connors , location = Crows Nest,

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for

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, located in Crows Nest, in

, Australia. Established in 1914, the school caters for approximately 910 students from

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. Admission to the school is based entirely on academic results through the Selective High Schools Test undertaken by students in

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. In 2001, ''

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'' ranked North Sydney Girls High School first in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its

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mentioned in the ''

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''.

History

North Sydney Girls' High School was officially founded in 1914 with an enrolment of 194 students. The school was originally located on the corner of Hazelbank Road and the Pacific Highway (where

Cammeraygal High School Cammeraygal High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located on the Pacific Highway, , a suburb on the lower north shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 2015, the school enro ...

is now situated). By the 1980s, it was felt that the site could no longer meet the needs of the school, and years of intense lobbying for improved facilities followed. When the

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decided to close

Crows Nest Boys High School Crows Nest Boys High School (abbreviation CNBHS) is a former high school located at 365 Pacific Highway in the Sydney suburb of Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia. It was a boys' high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Ed ...

, the facility was transferred to North Sydney Girls. In December 1993, North Sydney Girls High officially moved to its current location, following a $6 million building and renovations project.

Academics

Enrolments

North Sydney Girls is an academically selective high school; admission to the school for Year 7 is determined by results in the Selective High Schools test, which is open to all Year 6 students in NSW. A small number of students from other high schools are accepted into years 8 to 12, with applications made to the school to sit for an entrance exam.

Award system

At North Sydney Girls High School, awards are given based on academic performance in the senior school only.

Academic results

The school performs well in public examinations, and in recent years has been placed as the leading girls' school in New South Wales in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) examinations. Annually, at least 30% of Year 12 students achieve places in the top 1% of the HSC.

Curriculum

North Sydney Girls High School is registered and accredited with the New South Wales

Board of Studies The Board of Studies was the state government education board in New South Wales, Australia from 1990 to 2013. It provided educational leadership by developing the curriculum from Kindergarten to Year 12 and awarding the secondary school credent ...

, and therefore follows the mandated

curriculum In education, a curriculum (; plural, : curricula or curriculums) is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process. The term often refers specifically to a planned sequence of instruction, or to ...

for all years.

Co- and extracurricular activities

NSGHS offers a diverse range of extracurricular activities.

Music and drama

NSGHS has a

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troupe, junior drama ensemble, Year 10 drama night, and various clubs available to seniors. They also have a combined annual musical with

North Sydney Boys High School North Sydney Boys High School (abbreviated as NSBHS) is a government-funded, single-sex, academically selective secondary day school for boys, located at Crows Nest, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 2022, Nor ...

. Instrumental ensembles and bands include the advanced string ensemble, stage (jazz) band, jazz ensemble, concert band, symphony orchestra, wind orchestra, wind ensemble, and beginner band. Choirs and vocal ensembles include Year 7 choir, junior choir, intermediate choir, combined (NSGHS & NSBHS) choir, senior vocal, and the

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group.

Sport and outdoor activity

Co-curricular sports include

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( ...

hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits faci ...

, touch football,

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...

fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

, and

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. NSGHS also has a

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club,

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ensembles, and a cadet program at

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, and has had students participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.

Notable alumnae

Academic

*Dame Valerie Beralbreast cancer epidemiologist * Anna Katherine Donald

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(1989)"NSW Rhodes Scholars"
—

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list, (retrieved 16 April 2007) * Dame

Janet Ritterman Dame Janet Elizabeth Ritterman (born 1 December 1941) is the Australian-educated former Director of the Royal College of Music in London, from 1993 to 2005. Ritterman was educated at North Sydney Girls High School, the New South Wales State Con ...

former director of the

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in London, from 1993 to 2005.

Entertainment, media and the arts

Benita Collings Benita Collings (born 1940) is an Australian theatre, television and film character actress and children's television presenter best known for her role on ABC TV's ''Play School''. Collings has also featured in documentaries and commercials. P ...

'' Play School'' presenter *

Ruth Cracknell Ruth Winifred Cracknell AM (6 July 1925 – 13 May 2002) was an Australian character and comic actress, comedienne and author, her career encompassing all genres including radio, theatre, television and film. She appeared in many dramatic as we ...

actress *

Ceridwen Dovey Ceridwen Dovey (born 1980) is a South African and Australian social anthropologist and author. In 2009 she was named a 5 under 35 nominee by the National Book Foundation and in 2020 won The Bragg UNSW Press Prize for Science Writing. Early year ...

author * Jill Hellyerauthor and poet *

Nathalie Kelley Nathalie Kelley is a Peruvian-born Australian actress, known for her role as Neela in the 2006 action film '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'', and for her roles in various television series including ''Body of Proof'' (2011–2012), '' ...

actress *

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an American and Australian actress and producer. Known for her work across various film and television productions from several genres, she has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid act ...

actress *

Samantha Lang Samantha Lang is an Australian film director and screenwriter. Her production company is Handmaid Media. Early life and education Samantha Lang was born in London, England, migrating to Australia with her family at the age of 14. She atten ...

film and theatre director * Catherine Martinproduction designer *

Lucy Maunder Lucy Maunder, is an Australian cabaret and theatre performer. She originated the role of Lara in the Australian premiere of ''Doctor Zhivago'' opposite Anthony Warlow, and has toured with her own cabaret ''Songs in the Key of Black'', releasing ...

cabaret and theatre performer * Janet Pattersoncostume designer and production designer *

Cassandra Pybus Cassandra Jean Pybus (born 29 September 1947) is an Australian historian and writer. She is a former professorial fellow in history at the University of Sydney, and has published extensively on Australian and American history. Pybus was born i ...

historian and author * Margaret Throsby

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presenter *

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actress *

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YouTube personality, singer, voice actress

Politics, public service and the law

* Nicola Wakefield Evanslawyer and company director; partner of King & Wood Mallesons (1993-2013), non-executive director of Toll Holdings, Lend Lease Corporation, Macquarie Group and BUPA Australia & New Zealand; member of the University of NSW council of the Law School and director Asialink, University of Melbourne *

Verity Firth Verity Helen Firth (born 28 August 1973) is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Justice and Inclusion) at the University of Technology Sydney. She was the chief executive officer of the Public Education Foundation in Australia and is a former pol ...

Chief Executive Officer of the Public Education Foundation in Australia, a former NSW Minister for Education and Training, the former member for

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seat of Balmain *

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teacher and parliamentarian; elected as a member of the

for

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(

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) * Justice Lucy McCallumJudge of the Supreme Court of NSW * Nancy Grace Augusta Wakeresistance fighter known to the Germans as "the White Mouse"; the most decorated woman of World War Two

Sport

* Elise Simone Ashton (née Norwood)Olympic water polo player * Renée KirbyWorld Championship-winning

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Principals

The school principals have been:This table was copied from a display plaque in the school office.

References

External links

North Sydney Girls High School
{{Authority control Educational institutions established in 1914 Girls' schools in New South Wales Public high schools in Sydney Selective schools in New South Wales Crows Nest, New South Wales 1914 establishments in Australia

History

Academics

Enrolments

Award system

Academic results

Curriculum

Co- and extracurricular activities

Music and drama

Sport and outdoor activity

Notable alumnae

Academic

Entertainment, media and the arts

Politics, public service and the law

Sport

Principals

See also

References

External links