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Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships

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The Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships has been running at Mt Buller for over 60 years and is the single biggest ski race event in the southern hemisphere. This year saw 205 schools entered, and nearly 3000 students competing. From Monday 20 August to Sunday 26 August our skiers had the chance to compete in the […]

03 Sep

Every Student Matters

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Tom Rickards shares with us his thoughts on the Personalised Mentoring Program in the Senior Years. Tom is Head of Senior Years/Deputy Head of The Ridgeway Campus. One of the key features of research relating to successfully negotiating adolescence is the importance of having positive connections with adults outside the family. Traditionally, schools have been […]

03 Sep

Tour de Ivanhoe

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The Tour de Ivanhoe, now in its second year, ran for a week at The Ridgeway Campus. Students and staff enthusiastically got into the spirit to raise money for cancer research. Students, Tilly and Mila reflect on the race. From Thursday 9 to Friday 17 of August the Tour de Ivanhoe ran at The Ridgeway […]

31 Aug

Debating Success

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Both senior debating teams from The Ridgeway Campus won their debate in the finals over the past fortnight. Even making it to the finals is a huge achievement; the A-Grade division alone comprised over 400 teams. On Wednesday 15 August, Year 10 students, Talissa Stojanoski, Charlotte Groenewegen, and Jessica McCreadie travelled to Lowther Hall in […]

26 Aug

Find Your Treasure

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Every year, across Australia, Book Week is celebrated in schools, libraries and bookstores, celebrating the joy of reading books. This year participants were encouraged to ‘Find Your Treasure’ and the week officially ran from Saturday 18 – Friday 24 August. First established in 1945, the Children’s Book Council of Australia has been engaging the community […]

23 Aug

Language Day

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Year 7 students celebrated Language Day on Friday 17 August with a wide range of activities designed to complement and enhance the language program. Middle Years students can choose to study either Spanish, Chinese or French. Students learnt about the languages offered at School in a fun and stimulating way with lots of interactive sessions […]

20 Aug

Mernda Rail Sneak Peek Event

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On a blustery, winter’s day our students performed in front of a large and appreciative audience at the sneak peek event for the new Mernda rail extension before services officially commence on Sunday 26 August. This project has extended the rail line from South Morang to Mernda with three new stations and will connect one […]

17 Aug

Eat Up

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Year 9 students have been getting busy in the kitchen preparing sandwiches in conjunction with the charity Eat Up that distributes free lunches to children in Schools. On Thursday 16 August as part of the Year 9 Ideals program students helped to make over 300 sandwiches to be distributed to seven different schools in the […]

16 Aug

Global Citizenship

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In Term Three the School has been exploring the theme of sustainability. In support of our global citizenship theme of sustainability, this week we were lucky to have humanitarian and sustainable lifestyle expert d’Arcy Lunn visited our School. From primary right through to the senior years d’Arcy met with students and staff. Through assemblies and […]

16 Aug

Ivanhoe Girls Football Claim Herald Sun Shield Title

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The Ivanhoe Intermediate Girls Team won the Division 2 final of the Herald Shield with an outstanding team performance on Wednesday 15 August. The match against Luther College was played at Mars Stadium in Ballarat, the ground used in the recent Western Bulldogs/ Port Adelaide game. It was a tight first half with both teams […]

13 Aug

Silk and Spice Gala Ball

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What a fabulous evening we had at our Silk & Spice Ball on Saturday at the Grand Hyatt. As Peter Hitchener’s intro said, 600 of Ivanhoe’s finest were treated to amazing food created by Adam D’Sylva and entertainment by the Baker Boys’ Band. Our very own Ten Tenor, Ben Clark, lifted the roof off the […]