to study the International Baccalaureate instead of the BSSS curriculum. House system As with most Australian schools, Canberra Girls Grammar School utilises a house system for activities and competitions. The system forms the basis of its pastoral care programme. Students in the senior school are divided into six houses: Burgmann, named after E H Burgmann, bishop of Canberra and Goulburn from 1950 to 1960 Deakin, named after the suburb in which the school is situated and former prime minister Alfred Deakin Glebe, named after the building in which the school was first established Kilburn, named after the suburb in London where the Mother House of the Order of Sisters of the Church was located Robertson, named after Archdeacon C W Robertson Waverley, named after the Sydney suburb of Waverley where the Mother House of the Order of Sisters of the Church in Australia was located. Notable alumni Alumnae of Canberra Girls Grammar School are known as Grammarians and can join the schools alumni association, the Grammarians' Association (GA). The GA was formed as the Old Girls' Union in 1931 and has branches around Australia and overseas. Some notable Old Grammarians include: Entertainment, media and the arts Sibylla Budd – Australian actress Stef Dawson – Australian actress Kate Denborough - Artistic Director Kage Physical Theatre Kate Fischer – model, Pru Goward's daughter Myfanwy Horne – journalist, writer, reviewer and book editor; wife of Donald Horne Samara Weaving – Australian actress, niece of Australian actor, Hugo Weaving Sally Whitwell – classical music pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and teacher Politics, public service and the law Tupou Draunidalo – Fijian lawyer, Vice-President of the Fiji Law Society and daughter of former Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji, Kuini Speed Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt – British politician; Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester West; Former Secretary of State for Health Katrina Hodgkinson – Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Fiona Patten - Co-founder and past president of the Eros Association; Director of the Australian National Museum of Erotica; Founder and leader of the Australian Sex Party, member of the Victorian Legislative Council Science and Technology Marilyn Renfree – Professor of Zoology with a research specialisation in marsupial foetal development Deborah Terry – Psychology researcher and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Queensland Sarah Coupland – Australian pathologist Sport Zoe Buckman – Australian representative to the 2012 Olympics in Athletics Katherine Calder