Winter schools focussing on the arts in January and July. The Sturt School for Wood was established in 1985, and runs full-time courses for designer makers of fine furniture. Gib Gate was established as a preparatory school for Frensham in 1954. The school had planned to open a preparatory school named "Little Frensham" in 1939, but the grounds were destroyed by the 1939 bushfires. In 1970, Gib Gate became co-educational, catering for day students from pre-school to Year 6, with boarding available in Years 4, 5 and 6. In the mid 1970s, Frensham established a mass recruitment advertising campaign to achieve an increase in attendance, as the school faced unfavourable outcomes in net profit. The campaign lasted approximately five years, and by 1983 enrolments had doubled. Headmistresses Governance In 1917, Winifred West established a school Council consisting of staff, the head girl and prefects, old girls and community representatives. In 1932, Frensham School Limited was formed in order to provide for the school after the death of West, with the Council becoming the executive body. A Board of Governors became the executive body in 1952, with the council becoming an advisory body. Frensham School Limited was renamed as Winifred West Schools Limited in 1954, as recognition of Winifred West's other two schools, Sturt School and Gib Gate. Notable alumnae Frensham School's Old Girls (alumnae) may elect to join the Frensham Fellowship. The Frensham Fellowship was established in 1918, as a way of linking past and present students. Membership is open to former students and staff, with honorary membership offered to current staff and school prefects. Some notable Old Girls include: Media, entertainment and the arts Marion Hall Best – interior designer Helen Blaxland – charity fundraiser, heritage conservationist, skilful flower arranger and nonfiction writer Eleanor Cullis-Hill – architect Rosemary Dobson – author and poet with 13 published works; Winner of awards including a 1996 Australia Council Writer's Emeritus Award Henrietta Drake-Brockman – playwright; 1938 winner of a Sesquicentenary Celebration Prize for best full-length play for Men Without Wives; Winner of a Bulletin short story prize Elizabeth Fell – activist, journalist, academic, feminist and public intellectual Nancy Keesing – author of 26 volumes of poetry and fiction, chaired the Australia Council and the State Library of NSW Annette Macarthur-Onslow – author and illustrator; Winner of the Book of the Year Award of the Children's Book Council for Uhu (1970) Kate McClymont