school to the students at the Junior School and gave them a short
interactive lesson in using your body to speak a language. It was
an inspiring presentation and the girls were lost in the wonder
of the world of ballet. Most were left wondering if they would
ever be able to raise their legs quite as high without serious
dislocation injuries!
About 60 people attended a lunch afterwards on 6 May in
the Boarders’ Sitting Room at the Senior School. Three 50-
year badges were presented on Founder’s Day to Janice Polak
(Ginn), Jill Medveczky (Edmonds) and Margaret Fanning. Badges
were presented on Saturday 3 May at a reunion lunch held at
Pialligo to Elaine Coffey (Tillyard), Jan Haskin (Swan), Shirley
Houlihan (Forrest), Alexandra Kernot (Nicholson), Libby Schick
(Bracegirdle) and Rosemary Turnbull (Henry).
Apologies were received from Helen Grey (Cribb), Roberta
Brooker (Rivers), Caroline Judd (Clarke), Judith Goudge (Kenny)
and Beatrice Castle (Jay).
Jan Polak (Ginn) presented the OGA with her school prefect’s/
head girl blazer and badges together with her mother’s—Ida
Ginn (Turton)—St Gabriel’s badge from 1926.
Note: If you are a member of the Class of ’59 please contact
Margaret Cornwell as soon as possible on 02 6281 1145 so that
arrangements can be commenced for 2009.
Below: The Class of ’58 Reunion Luncheon, left to right,
Shirley Houlihan, Jan Haskins, Libby Schick, Jan Polak,
Elaine Coffey, Alexandra Kernot, Jill Medveczky and
Rosemary Turnbull
Above: Jan Polak with 2008 School
Captain, Miranda Cookman, modelling
Jan’s blazer, which she donated to the
school.
Recipe Corner
Stir Fry Rice Salad
3 tbsp peanut oil
3 cups cooked rice
4 rashers of bacon
3 green shallots
2 eggs
1/4 to 1/2 cup sweet chilli sauce
Heat the oil in a wok. Stir-fry the rice until lightly browned.
Remove from the heat and place in a bowl. Leave to cool. Derind
the bacon and cut flesh into 1 cm strips. Stir-fry the bacon in the
wok until cooked. Add to rice. Trim green shallots and cut into 2
cm diagonal p