Intellectual Life

An education which is a foundation for life must inspire enthusiasm for learning and stimulate curiosity about the world. It is unlikely to do so if limited to the narrow bounds prescribed by the authorities or deemed necessary for the workforce.

We take a more expansive view. Lively discussion, wide reading, thoughtful engagement with the best that has been thought and said – all this starts in the classroom, but that is just the beginning of a strong intellectual culture.

We create space for the discussion of big ideas and expect girls to be interested in them - and they are.

There are opportunities to:

• hear and debate the issues with eminent speakers in the Balmoral Lecture Series; 

• experience different cultures and perspectives through exchanges and trips;

• engage with current social and political issues in Australia and around the world;

• participate in the Catalyst program that fosters relationships with mentors, universities, academics and prominent alumnae; and

• connect closely with young people with radically different life experience and perspectives, through our relationships with Indigenous communities or our long-standing work in Cambodia.

Girls are encouraged to pursue their interests through projects, competitions and a wide range of cocurricular activities.