News and Events: Author Archive
Ivanhoe alumnus recruited by USA College
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It isn’t every day that you are given the opportunity to study overseas but that’s exactly what Ivanhoe resident Wes Spargo is doing. Wes will head to Salt Lake City in the USA in August this year to attend Westminster College as their newly recruited Track and Field Student-Athlete as part of the Transfer Presidential […]
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Virtual Excursion Technology Enhances Classroom Learning
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Traditionally the incursion or excursion has been the teacher’s go-to for complementing or enhancing the learning in their classroom. Logistically, the exercise of coordinating an incursion or excursion is an intense affair and factors such as location, cost or timing can often make it unfeasible to go through with. Now teachers have another option at […]
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Urban Camp 2015
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The Camp is conducted by the Brotherhood to provide secondary students with the opportunity to learn about and understand the issues facing disadvantaged Australians. Students participate in four days of experiential learning, discovering the reasons for social inequality and injustice in Melbourne, and the ways they can make a difference. The Camp combines observation, discussion […]
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Joy serves up the competition
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Year 11 student Joy Lai, currently the national U/19 Girls Singles champion, is a member of the Australian squad who combines VCE studies with a very demanding schedule of badminton tournaments both locally and internationally. In order to manage her complex study and elite sports commitments Joy manages her time very judiciously. A resilient student […]
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ANZAC Day 2015
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The ANZAC day services are an important way for students, staff and the Ivanhoe community to come together and reflect on and remember the sacrifices of those who have served military service. These services had a special focus this year as the School, along with the ANZACs both celebrate their 100th Anniversary. The day started […]
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High Resolves Global Citizenship Program
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The High Resolves Global Citizenship Program is strongly aligned with Ivanhoe Grammar School’s community values and partnership with the Round Square group of schools and its associated IDEALS. It is also an important step in our Middle Years students developing key skills and an understanding of the Ivanhoe Diploma (click here to learn more) available […]
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Dancing at Lughnasa
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Dancing at Lughnasa is a play written by dramatist Brian Friel and is set in Ireland’s County Donegal in August 1936 in the fictional town of Ballybeg. Loosely based on the lives of Brian Friel’s mother and aunts who lived on the west coast of Donegal, this Memory play is told from the point of […]
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Students Help development projects in Africa
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A small group of enthusiastic Year 11 and 12 students have begun volunteering on the weekend at the OrphFund Stall at Rose Street Artists Market in Fitzroy. OrphFund is a volunteer based organisation assisting abandoned, orphaned and vulnerable children around the world. The organisation is a self sustaining, community project, that provides shelter, nutrition, health […]
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Rugby jersey presentation evening
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On Tuesday 21 April, the First XV, U15’s and U13’s Rugby teams were presented with their player jerseys for the upcoming winter sports season. First XV captain Cameron Merjan and vice-captain Jack Middleton introduced all the players in a ceremony attended by family members and Ivanhoe Grammar School coaching staff. Special guests Pat Leafa and […]
read moreThe Ridgeway Club April Meeting
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The Ridgeway Club enjoyed their April lunch meeting at Jorg restaurant in North Carlton. Head of Plenty Campus, Deborah Sukarna, entertained the 26 guests with her updates on continuing academic, co-curricular and physical developments at the Plenty Campus. The Ridgeway Club President James Norman and Vice-President Grant Nichol welcomed families from the Plenty Campus as […]
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Guys and Dolls
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From Thursday 16 April to Saturday 18 April, students from the Middle and Senior Years performed the Plenty Campus musical production Guys and Dolls. Guys and Dolls is based on Damon Runyon’s short stories which were written in the 1920s and 1930s about gangsters, gamblers, and other characters of the New York underworld. The Premiere […]
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New Prefects Inducted
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Over the last week, six new Prefects were formally inducted at assemblies at both The Ridgeway and Plenty Campuses. These students form part of the School’s student leadership team for 2015 and serve as representatives for the School and for the Class of 2015. Being appointed to the role of Prefect at Ivanhoe Grammar School […]
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