{"id":11938,"date":"2020-02-06T17:20:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-317307-1116343.cloudwaysapps.com\/?post_type=bursary_testimonials&#038;p=11622"},"modified":"2020-02-21T15:49:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T15:49:45","slug":"diana","status":"publish","type":"bursary_testimonials","link":"https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/testimonial\/blackheath\/diana\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Gulland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fusce egestas elit eget lorem. Vivamus laoreet. Phasellus viverra nulla ut metus varius laoreet. Sed lectus. Nunc interdum lacus sit amet orci.<\/p>\n<p>Vivamus in erat ut urna cursus vestibulum. Praesent venenatis metus at tortor pulvinar varius. Praesent venenatis metus at tortor pulvinar varius. Mauris sollicitudin fermentum libero. In hac habitasse platea dictumst.<\/p>\n<p>Morbi nec metus. Aenean leo ligula, porttitor eu, consequat vitae, eleifend ac, enim. Morbi mollis tellus ac sapien. In ac felis quis tortor malesuada pretium. 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Curabitur vestibulum aliquam leo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Chartered Librarian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12024,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[339],"tags":[349],"schools_taxonomy":[352],"acf":{"page_title_override":"","background-image-id":false,"relationship_to_school":[{"ID":3965,"post_author":"22","post_date":"2019-07-23 09:18:42","post_date_gmt":"2019-07-23 09:18:42","post_content":"Enviably nestled between leafy Blackheath Village and the beautiful Royal Greenwich Park, Blackheath High School inspires girls aged 3-18 to think big and love learning.\r\n\r\nOur teachers are passionate subject experts who make the most of small classes to engage students as individuals in a vibrant, aspirational atmosphere.\r\n\r\nConstantly broadening horizons, Blackheath High School\u2019s enrichment programme offers over 80 co-curricular clubs.\r\n\r\nAn \u00a318 million investment in new school buildings and facilities\u00a0was completed in May 2019. It\u00a0has brought a state of the art learning environment to help students unlock\u00a0their full potential.\r\n\r\n[button title=\"Make an enquiry\" url=\"\/info-request\/\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2>Key information<\/h2>\r\n[rich-list]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li class=\"first\">Age range: 3 - 18 years<\/li>\r\n \t<li>781 pupils<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Day only (no boarding)<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"last\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackheathhighschool.gdst.net\/275\/scholarships-bursaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scholarships available<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/rich-list]\r\n[accordion_wrapper][accordion_item title=\"Fees\"]\r\n\r\nFees cover the regular curriculum, school books, stationery and other materials, choral music, and games, but not public examination fees, optional extra subjects, school visits or lunch.\r\n\r\n[table id=5 \/]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion_item][accordion_item title=\"Map\"]\r\n<div class=\"responsive-embed\"><iframe style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d9940.876807488363!2d0.004619942994144301!3d51.47249062406903!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47d8a833ecb0804d%3A0x4c44a76c35b1cb63!2sBlackheath+High+School!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1564753142563!5m2!1sen!2suk\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n[\/accordion_item][\/accordion_wrapper]","post_title":"Blackheath High School","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"blackheath-high-school","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-07-17 09:27:36","post_modified_gmt":"2023-07-17 09:27:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/gdst.wp.local\/?post_type=school&#038;p=3965","menu_order":0,"post_type":"school","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content-layout","title":"","content":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cMy time at Blackheath was character forming. It taught me values, honesty, independence, good citizenship. It lifted me from a rather difficult life to a totally different level at which I have continued to live and exist.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Diana-Gulland.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Diana-Gulland.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Diana-Gulland-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Diana-Gulland-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Diana-Gulland-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Diana-Gulland-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 770px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember my first day at Blackheath High School very clearly, because it was such an achievement for me. I walked alone to school, feeling very proud and excited, and I remember thinking to myself at the end of the first day, \u201cI think I\u2019ll be okay\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Among my fondest memories of Blackheath are the friendships I made &#8211; two of which have lasted throughout life and who I am still in contact with today. I also remember three teachers in particular, who encouraged me with my career and who helped me develop lifelong interests and hobbies such as art and history. My fondest memory is the year in the Sixth Form &#8211; we continued our studies right across the curriculum, but with the addition of things like current affairs and civics, cookery and we had visits to factories and other places of educational interest. We were treated as adults by the staff, so it was an excellent way of preparing us for the outside world. It was a lovely year.<\/p>\n<p>I had a difficult home life at the time. My parents\u2019 marriage had collapsed and in 1950, just when I was taking 11+, my mother, brother and I had to leave the family home and we were given local authority housing, but we had no support from my father, so without the direct grant scheme I wouldn\u2019t have been able to go to Blackheath High. We couldn\u2019t afford my school uniform, so mother applied for a maintenance grant from London County Council, who paid for my school uniform throughout my school life. I think I had always been bright in primary school &#8211; I was always about 6<sup>th<\/sup> in a class of about 42 kids. I had this great ambition to go to Blackheath High, I just wanted to go. Because of the direct grant scheme, 25% of the girls going to Blackheath High, at that stage, were actually paid for by the local authority, so it was a very diverse community.<\/p>\n<p>My time at Blackheath taught me values, honesty, independence, good citizenship, and it was character forming.\u00a0 It lifted me from a rather difficult life to a totally different level at which I have continued to live and exist. It sowed the seeds for a lifelong interest in arts, literature, history and it gave me the confidence to mix and communicate with likeminded people. In fact, I was working with someone and the first time I met her she told me that she had been at Bath High School and she said to me, you must be a GPDST girl as well, you can always tell!<\/p>\n<p>I think the GDST offers an excellent academic education, preparing pupils for real life. I absolutely think that bursaries are still important today. Now finances seem to be even more of a problem for people &#8211; the struggle to pay for housing, the struggle with food bills etc. We still have people who don\u2019t have enough money to go round, and if they have children who are talented then a bursary is absolutely ideal&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Diana Gulland<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Former Chartered Librarian<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Alumna, Blackheath High School<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Class of 195<\/strong><strong>6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4933 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-317307-1116343.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blackheath-Crest-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blackheath-Crest-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blackheath-Crest-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blackheath-Crest-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.gdst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Blackheath-Crest.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","button":null,"container_class":[]},{"acf_fc_layout":"call-to-action-layout","call_to_action_flexible_content_choices":[{"cta_preset_to_display":"Donate - Dark Grey"},{"cta_preset_to_display":"How to give"}]}],"background-image-position-x":"50","background-image-position-y":"25","entry-title-invert":true,"entry-title-hide":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Diana Gulland - Girls&#039; 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