News and Events: Author Archive

23 May

Calvin Ang Library Collection

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On Friday 6 May the Ang family, together with past staff visited the Marjorie Gregory Library at Ivanhoe Grammar School. Head of Buckley House, Russell Feben, and Librarian, Anna Consiglio, welcomed back to the School the Doctors’ Ang to view the Library Collection that they had established in Calvin’s memory after his tragic passing back […]

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23 May

David Waugh Farewell

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On Friday 20 May, a group of current and past staff gathered to begin the process of farewelling Mr David Waugh, as he heads towards retirement after more than 40 years of service at Ivanhoe Grammar School. As Principal Gerard Foley remarked, David has held a number of positions including teacher of Senior Biology, Year […]

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20 May

Singing sensation

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Year 5 student, Alice has sung her way to success coming third in the finals of the Fast Track Singing Competition. On Friday 29 April at The Plenty Ranges Performing Arts Centre, Alice performed ‘Quiet’ a complex song from Tim Minchin’s popular musical Matilda. She placed third out of 100 Acts which is quite an […]

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17 May

The 2016 Victorian da Vinci Decathlon

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The 2016 da Vinci Decathlon is an academic competition designed to challenge and extend high-achieving students. The Plenty Campus team comprised of the following Year 7 students: James, Josh, Bobby, Luke, Emily, Frank, Saravanan and Charlotte. Isabella, Ben, Chris, Kate, Archer, Emilie, Sienna and Harrison made up The Ridgeway Campus team. These students competed against […]

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17 May

A great weekend for sport

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Five wins on the weekend kept most of Ivanhoe’s Firsts’ Teams near the top of the table. Whilst the Footballers, Girls’ Basketballers and Girls’ Soccer Teams all had convincing wins, the Netballers and Boys’ Soccer Teams had to work hard against TPS. Unfortunately the Hockey Team, who played extremely well, went down to a strong […]

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13 May

Australia's Great School Library

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Recently, The Lillian Foote Library at The Ridgeway campus was thrilled to receive a special certificate recognising it as one of Australia’s Great School Libraries. The Great School Libraries campaign was run by the FAIR group (Freedom of Access to Information & Resources) and called for nominations from students, parents and school staff who had […]

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09 May

Top Athlete selected for the AIS

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Year 9 student, Charly Rouch has been selected by Little Athletics Australia for the U15 National camp at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) during the September School holidays. This is especially remarkable as she has recently come back from a serious knee injury. The camp has been running for the last four years with […]

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09 May

National Volunteer Week

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As part of National Volunteer Week, which runs from Monday 5 May to Sunday 15 May, the School would like to celebrate and give thanks to all the hardworking volunteers who donate their time to many different projects and areas around the School. Whether it’s helping out in the Environment and Sustainability Group, spending many […]

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09 May

Sport Update

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After a slow start to the season, Ivanhoe’s Boys’ Soccer team came back with a terrific effort against last year’s premiers, Marcellin. The boys started with a goal in the first 30 seconds of play, and despite some solid play from Marcellin, the Ivanhoe boys held their nerve and in fact stretched the lead to […]

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08 May

Georgia receives a Triple Blue Award

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Year 11 student, Georgia Harper has made history as the 70th student in the 100 year history of the School to receive a Triple Blue Award. This is a fantastic effort and an incredible honour. Since starting at the school in 2012, Georgia has won Full Blue Honours in Swimming, Netball and Softball. She has […]

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06 May

Mother's Day

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Many of Ivanhoe’s Parent Support groups got behind the day by providing items for students and staff to purchase and at the same time raising money for special causes. Every year the Ladies Association hold a fabulous lunch which brings together many mothers from the Ivanhoe Community, this year the lunch was held at Va […]

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05 May

Football Boys Record First Win of the Season

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In a much improved team performance, the Ivanhoe Football Team fought well all day to record a resounding victory over a plucky Yarra team. The key was the willingness of all to play together giving a vastly different result from the first round. ,, In Girls Basketball, the game went literally to the last seconds. […]

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