Margaret Ann Montgomery Bailey (9 June 1879 – 5 June 1955) was the headmistress of Ascham School in Edgecliff, New South Wales . During her 30 years as headmistress, her educational philosophy raised Ascham School to prosperity and prominence across Australia. The school totaled over 400 students at her retirement in 1947. She was an educator, world traveler, and women's activist.
15-468: Ascham may refer to: Ascham School People [ edit ] Anthony Ascham (c. 1614 – 1650), British academic, political theorist, Parliamentarian and diplomat Anthony Ascham (astrologer) Roger Ascham Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ascham . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
30-428: A joint head mistress at the school. She went on to lead Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School . The school adopted the 'Dalton Plan' as its method of teaching in 1922. Ascham became a company, Ascham School Limited, in 1937 under the direction of Headmistress Margaret Bailey . This transferred ownership of the school from herself to ensure the long-term succession of the school. The next head who served
45-760: Is a member of the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS). Ascham is operated as a not-for-profit company. All funds must be used to benefit the school. This function
60-543: Is administered by the school's Council of Governors who are elected by the school's members. Ascham school was established in 1886 by Marie Wallis, as a private , day and boarding school for girls, in a terrace house in Darling Point . The school moved to its current site following the acquisition of Glenrock estate in 1911. The school was named after Roger Ascham , tutor to Queen Elizabeth I . In 1914 Kathleen Gilman Jones (1880–1942) came from South Africa to be
75-598: Is an independent , non-denominational , day and boarding school for girls, located in Edgecliff , an Eastern Suburb of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. Established in 1886, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently has approximately 1000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12, including 100 boarders from Years 6 to 12. Ascham follows the ' Dalton Plan ', an educational philosophy created by Helen Parkhurst in 1916. The 'Dalton Plan' aims to produce independent and confident leaders. Ascham
90-499: The dolphins symbolise energy, persistence and the ability to swim against, as well as with, the tide; the wings suggest aspiration and ambition; the lamp and book represent learning; and the combination of the acorn and eucalyptus seed mark the historical union of Britain and Australia . Ascham is composed of three school areas designed to accommodate for the different stages of the students' educational development. The youngest students, from Preparatory to Year 2, are taught in
105-557: The Dalton Plan. This method gives the older students increased flexibility while placing on them the responsibility to learn and participate in the school's numerous academic and cultural opportunities. The campus hosts the Packer Theatre, a studio theatre, an indoor heated pool, a gymnasium, tennis courts, playing fields, IT facilities, art rooms, science laboratories and three libraries. Ascham has exchange programmes with
120-584: The Hillingdon building which has its own hall, library, classrooms and recreation area. The students at Hillingdon are taught according to the Spalding Method . Students from Years 3 to 6 live in the Fiona building. Junior School students have access to a broad range of school subjects and co-curricular activities. The senior school is for students from Year 7 to Year 12. They are taught according to
135-785: The area, and later studied abroad in France . While abroad, she discovered that she could not converse in the French language , despite having graduated with honors in French. This circumstance sparked her interest in language pedagogy, which she would research in Paris , Berlin , and London . She would later earn an education diploma from the University of London . Bailey returned to Sydney in 1914, and bought Ascham School from former headmaster H. J. Carter. In 1916, she became an educationist at
150-722: The following girls schools: St Mary's Calne , UK ; City of London School for Girls in London ; Havergal College in Toronto ; Nightingale-Bamford School in New York ; Northlands School in Buenos Aires ; Durban Girls' College in Durban ; Institut de la Tour in Paris , St. George's School , Edinburgh , Scotland . The following individuals have served as Head of School, or preceding title: The Ascham Old Girls' Union (AOGU)
165-721: The ideals and values of Ascham. The AOGU released three publications per year to its members. Margaret Ann Bailey Bailey was born at Toowoomba, Queensland . She was the eldest child of John Bailey, grazier, and his wife Jane, née McCurdy, who raised her in the Presbyterian faith. She graduated from the Newnham School for Girls in Toowoomba, and won an exhibition to the University of Sydney. She completed her baccalaureate in 1900, taught at various schools in
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195-516: The school for some time was Dorothy Whitehead . She had served in the war rising to the rank of temporary Major. She continued with the Dalton Plan , before she left in 1961 to lead Firbank Girls' Grammar School . The Ascham school crest was developed in 1911 by Ascham art teacher, Albert Collins . Symbols on the crest were explained in the school's Charivari magazine in December 1911:
210-537: The school, and found opportunity to solve the school's problems pragmatically—for instance, purchasing student uniforms from army disposal outlets. She adapted the Dalton plan to her school in 1922, which was a year after Gertrude Walton used it her school in Perth. The plan's Montessori school inspiration, combined with the school's enthusiastic staff, saw the plan launched to great success. Bailey would also introduce
225-483: Was founded in 1899 by former students of the school. It now has a membership of over 4,000 alumnae. The AOGU encourages involvement of all past students in the Ascham community and helps alumnae remain in contact with their classmates. The AOGU also funds bursaries for the daughters and granddaughters of past students. The recipients of bursaries are means-tested and reviewed annually, and also carry an obligation to uphold
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