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Remembrance Day Poem honoured in Bronze
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Year 9 student Sarah Moad has had her poetry honoured in a Cenotaph at her old Primary School. Entitled ‘Lone Pine’, Sarah wrote the poem in Grade 5 for a writing competition organised by the Returned Servicemen’s League. As the winning entry, it was set in bronze in a Memorial Garden in Seymour to mark […]
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Celebrating World Kindness Day
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On Monday 13 November, staff and children alike got involved in various activities to celebrate joy, kindness, and community on World Kindness Day. In particular, the conversations around kindness focused on the ‘ripple effect’ – that a single act of kindness can spread by breeding kindness in others. “The purpose of World Kindness Day is […]
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Girls' Volleyball Thriller!
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Our girls’ volleyball team kicked off their season with an exciting three sets to two sets win against reigning premiers, Haileybury. Coming from two sets down, the girls showed excellent skill and incredible fight to take the points. And both our girls’ touch football and softball teams started the year in great fashion with convincing […]
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Leader Sports Awards
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Congratulations to Year 10 students Elly and Tom who both received a Leader Sports Star Award in a ceremony held at Etihad Stadium Medallion Club on Tuesday night. Tom won the 2017 Darebin Junior Sports Star Award for his achievements in gymnastics, while Elly won the 2017 Heidelberg Young Sporting Spirit Individual Award for her […]
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Sports Report
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Our boys’ cricket and tennis teams kicked off their seasons with commanding wins on the weekend. The tennis boys started brilliantly, winning all their doubles matches. However our singles results were not quite as good, and we had to be content with an 11-5 rubbers victory. In cricket, newly appointed captain Jessie King led the […]
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Sports Report
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Our boys’ badminton, table-tennis and volleyball teams all started the season on a high with three impressive wins! In the tightest battle, the badminton result came down to just a few points. Both Jason Hou and Darren Qiang were impressive in their respective matches. Our table tennis boys, with Oscar Li and Kim Wang leading […]
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Coach of Victorian Under 20s Womens' Basketball Team
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Back in August, we announced how thrilled we are that Plenty Campus coach and teacher, Ms Katrina Hibbert, has been appointed as the coach of the Victorian Under 20s Womens’ Basketball Team. Read and watch this insightful interview with Katrina on the Basketball Victoria website. ,,
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Valedictory Dinner 2017
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At the end of last week, our Classes of 2017 attended their respective Valedictory Dinners. The celebrations began on Thursday evening with Plenty Campus Year 12s at Leonda on the Yarra and continued on Friday evening with The Ridgeway Campus at Melbourne Town Hall. The 2017 cohort was recognised for their hard work and commitment, […]
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Wanless Family Aviation Scholarship
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The recently announced Wanless Family Aviation Scholarship has found its inaugural recipient. Following the interview and flight evaluation process, Cooper Simmons, a current Year 10 student at Plenty Campus, was selected as the inaugural recipient of the scholarship. Cooper is an Air Force Cadet and has had a passionate interest in aviation for many years. […]
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October Sports News
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An October sports update from Buckley House. Years 3/4 Basketball The Boys’ and Girls’ Year 4 Basketball Teams went to the Region Hoop Time Basketball tournament last week. They competed brilliantly for the school winning games and playing in fantastic spirit. It was a very tough competition being a regional championship and unfortunately, the girls […]
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India Trip Student Reflection
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Year 9 student Fraser wrote an inspiring reflection about his experience on the recent India trip. And it calls to mind Maya Angelou’s words: that ‘we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike’. “Seeing India has made me see that in the world, everyone is the same. At Daly College, we performed at […]
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Jagajaga Sports Awards
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A number of members of the Ivanhoe Grammar School community were honoured at last week’s Jagajaga Sports Awards, presented by Federal Member Jenny Macklin. Congratulations to the following people: David Gibbs – Services to Canoeing,, Peter Hogg – Services to Canoeing,, Lachlan Bassett – Slalom Canoeing ,, Tristan Carter – Slalom Canoeing,, Tom Salomon – […]
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