Preshil

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Preshil, or The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School, is an independent, non-denominational private school, in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in the early 1930s by Margaret J R Lyttle, and based upon alternative education principles similar to Summerhill in England, although unlike Summerhill, classes are compulsory and held at fixed times. Preshil states that it 'aims to fit itself to the needs of the child rather than forcing the child to fit into the needs of the school'. At Preshil, students work at their level of cognitive and emotional development. Preshil caters for students from Kindergarten to year 12 (Victorian Certificate of Education).

1 Alumni
2 Bibliography
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Alumni

Since it is impractical and unnecessary to include all alumni, and difficult or impossible to define 'famous' or 'important' objectively, here is a list of Preshil alumni with some prominence in their field:

Photographer Polly Borland^{[citation needed]}
Olympic Taekwondo Gold Medallist Lauren Burns^{[citation needed]}
Architect Zahava Elenberg^{[citation needed]}
Furniture designer Anton Gerner [1]
Comedian Gina Riley^{[citation needed]}
Philosopher Peter Singer^{[citation needed]}
Musicians Sean Greenway and Matthew Whittle of GOD (band).
Musician (2006 Aria winner- Best Female) Clare Bowditch [2]
Sculptor Alexander Knox National Sculpture Award 2006

[edit] Bibliography

Lyttle, Dermot 'Preshil uniquely different' (Kew, Vic. : Preshil, 2002)
White, Naomi Rosh.'School matters : the Preshil alternative in education' (Port Melbourne : Mandarin, 1995).

[edit] External links

Preshil Preshil's official Web site, retrieved May 14, 2006
"Preshil vision is still splendid" by Matthew Pinkney, Herald Sun, November 29, 2005, retrieved May 14, 2006
Preshil and progressive education in Australia ABC Radio National
Running with scissors on childhood