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Website. mgc.school.nz. Marlborough Girls' College is a state single-sex secondary school in Blenheim, New Zealand. The school was established in 1963 after splitting from Marlborough College (now Marlborough Boys' College ). Serving Years 9 to 13, the college has 949 students as of February 2024. [2]
- 1963
- State Single-Sex Girls' Secondary (Year 9–13)
- Mary-Jeanne Lynch
- Latin: Virtutem Doctrina Parat, (Learning Prepares for Life)
In 1968 Marlborough was one of the first of the traditional boys’ boarding schools to admit girls into the Sixth Form. With the introduction of co-education, curricular reform, attempts to broaden access and a thorough reorganisation of the structure of the school, the Master at that time, John Dancy, set an example that helped to transform the whole sector of independent senior schools.
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- Defining Co-Location
- Best of Both Worlds
- Flexible Learning Environments
- Whānau-Based Model
- Master Planning
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Working with Jo Chamberlain, deputy principal at MGC at the time, Michael says that quite early on it was decided to write one education brief for both schools around how co-location would look in Marlborough. “The Ministry has really allowed us to define what co-location means for Blenheim. In Christchurch, where parents have more options, Avonsid...
MGC principal Mary-Jeanne Lynch has been in the role since 2018 and MBC principal John Kendal (Tapuika of Te Arawa) joined the school at the beginning of 2021. They are both excited at how the rebuild and co-location opportunities will lead them into the future. The combined rolls of the two schools will be around 2,500 students, with further proje...
While the secondary schools have previously run on more traditional lines largely dictated by the architecture of single cell classrooms, the new builds will catapult the kura into 21st Century pedagogies. The education and design briefs will feature flexible learning environments with more opportunities for collaborative and cross-curricular teach...
Wellbeing and pastoral care are key to the vision for the new schools, which will be designed around a whānau-based model. The built environment will feature dedicated spaces for each house, or whānau group, with students doing some learning in these spaces. “Our focus is on the pastoral space,” explains John. “We know, traditionally, that if you c...
Master planning for the new campuses will begin this year. New layouts will be developed for the three schools and building locations and cultural features will be finalised. The new co-located colleges will have a combined floor area of more than 22,700m2. Nearly 130 teaching spaces will provide capacity for 2,500 ākonga across the two kura, and f...
“At this stage, it’s really about putting down the groundwork for the future of quality teaching and learning, and building confidence amongst our staff about change, and building leadership capacity amongst all of our staff,” says Mary-Jeanne. With an enormous task ahead of them, she explains that the leadership team needs to problem-solve and mai...
Marlborough Boys' College is a state single-sex secondary school in Blenheim, New Zealand. The school was established as Marlborough High School in 1899 (renamed Marlborough College in 1919). The school in its current form was established in 1963, after Marlborough Girls' College was split off. Serving Years 9 to 13, the college has 1,010 ...
- Tim Burfoot
- State Single-Sex Boys' Secondary (Year 9–13)
- 1899 (as Marlborough High School), 1963 (as Marlborough Boys' College)
- Latin: Virtutem Doctrina Parat, (Learning Prepares for Life)
Jan 7, 2022 · Marlborough was one of the first traditional boys’ boarding schools to admit girls, welcoming them into the Sixth Form from 1968. Full co-education came in 1989, making Kate one of the first females to study at Marlborough College’s Lower School. Almost half of the current student body of 1,000 are girls.
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Marlborough Girls’ College is currently in the design phase of planning for the rebuild and co-location of its campus alongside Marlborough Boys’ College. Marlborough Girls’ College’s vision is to develop rangitahi who are independent learners with the skills and attributes to make our community, our nation and our world a better place ...
