News and Events: Author Archive
Careers Expo 2016
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On Wednesday 1 June, the School hosted its biennial Careers Expo for students in Years 10, 11 and 12. The evening featured Institutional and Alumni presenters who spoke to students about 21 different career pathways. Returning alumni speakers are “old” enough and “young” enough to have experience in their particular industry as well as being […]
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Sporting success for primary
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On Friday 17 June, three Ivanhoe District sporting teams qualified for the Finals. The Girls Netball team, Girls T Ball team and the Boys Football team all made the semi finals after competing all term against the other schools in the Ivanhoe district. The girls Netball team unfortunately lost their semi to the top placed […]
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Queen's Birthday 2016 Honours
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A large group of Australians, 565 have been recognised for their contribution to the community in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours General Division. Six members of the Ivanhoe community are amongst these esteemed individuals. The following members of the Ivanhoe community have been publicly acknowledged for their contributions in a wide range of activities: ,, […]
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Different Places Strange Faces
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In congruence with the Year 10 English Unit, ‘Different Places Strange Faces’, Mohammad Ali Baqiri, a refugee and compelling advocate for asylum seekers visited Year 10 students on Tuesday 14 June. Mohammad Ali Baqiri is a former child detainee held in Nauru and now lobbies the UN to shut down Australian run off shore detention […]
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Primary Soiree
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On Tuesday 31 June, 75 students performed at the Term 2 Primary Soiree. Students from across Prep to Year 6 took part in the Soiree as soloists, Senior and Junior Choir members as well as membersof the Primary Rock Band and Primary Chamber Strings. Each and every student took pride in their performance as they […]
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Oldest Alumni
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Earlier this week the Executive Officer of the Old Ivanhoe Grammar Association, Geoff Brown (’62) and the Director of Development, Astrida Cooper, visited Gordon Alston (’36) to mark his upcoming 98th birthday. As far as the school is aware, Gordon is now the oldest living Ivanhoe Grammarian. Until recently, Gordon has been a regular visitor […]
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Ivanhoe's Got Talent
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On Thursday 26 of May, students involved with the 2016 June-July Cambodian Service project hosted this year’s Ivanhoe’s Got Talent competition. The night was a huge success with 12 amazing acts from the students from Years 7 to 12. There was a variety of talent on display, including contemporary songs, jazz and soulful duets to […]
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Netball, Football and Soccer have great wins
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Ivanhoe’s netballers continued their winning streak, fighting to the very end to beat a determined Caulfield Grammar School by just five points. This keeps the girls on top of the ladder with four games to go. Ivanhoe’s footballers went to the top of the football ladder following a convincing win against arch rival Penleigh and […]
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Equathon and Equestrian Success
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Congratulations to Year 9 students, Edward Darby, Amy Cornell and Year 5 student, Alice Davies who competed in the recent Equathon. Equathon is a great event which attracts many competitors from throughout Victoria. Competitors have to complete a cross country run, swimming and a show jumping round, all sections against the clock. Edward placed first […]
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Design Futures
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On Tuesday 31 May, Year 11 and 12 Art and Design students attended the Design Futures Secondary School Forum and Careers Expo. The event was exclusively curated for secondary school students and featured a two and a half hour forum, preceded by a design careers expo. The forum explored the practice and processes of some […]
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International Students
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On Wednesday 1 June a group of 28 very eager and excited international students transitioned from the ELICOS Program to Mainstream Year 9, 10 and 11 classes. The first and second days in Mainstream went very well as many students excitedly reported back to ELICOS staff about the new friends they made, teachers they met […]
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World Environment Day
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The Environment & Sustainability Group have been busily preparing for World Environment Day. The group are very concerned that 97 per cent of household batteries end up in landfill each year, amounting to 8000 tonnes of waste. Being an action group, they decided to do something about it by offering 10 recycling collection places around […]
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