News and Events
International Assembly
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All members of the 2016 International Student Council have worked tirelessly throughout the year preparing for the recent International Assembly, an entirely student organised event. Prefect Alan Xu ably led the assembly along with Rayburn Ma and Ryo Yoshida. The audience was given an insight into life of an international student studying abroad without the […]
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Interschool Aerobic Gymnastics Competition
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On Friday 26 August the Interschool Aerobic Gymnastics competition was held at Melbourne Girls’ College in Richmond. The Ivanhoe Team was highly successful winning six gold and three bronze medals. This was a truly amazing feat and testament to the skill and dedication of the competitors. It was a great opportunity for the squad to […]
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Debating Success
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On Wednesday 7 September three Ivanhoe debating teams competed in the Octofinals, which is the first of the serious debating finals. All three teams won which means they will progress to the Quarter Finals next term. As a result the three Ivanhoe teams that have proceeded are considered one of the top eight teams in […]
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Ivanhoe Girls Dominate Athletics Championships
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In a dominating performance, the Girls’ Athletics Team won the AGSV Athletics Championships by a remarkable 55 points. This was truly a whole school effort as girls from all year levels contributed to the win. The Girls’ team placed first, with 318 points, a staggering 55 points in front of their nearest rivals. The performance […]
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Performing Arts Concert
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The annual celebration of the Performing Arts was held on Thursday 1 September. The Gymnasium was transformed into a spectacular venue, with extended stage, raked seating and professional sound and lighting. The concert opened with the “Black Forrest Overture” followed by the “Soul Bossanova”, performed by the Orchestra to set the scene for a varied […]
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Baroque Music
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Year 9 students were treated to a special introductory lesson on period Baroque String Instruments by Alumni, Arun Patterson. Arun graduated in 2008 going on to become a Concertmaster of the Melbourne Youth Orchestras. During Arun’s Master’s Degree studies, he specialised on Period Baroque String instruments and is now a highly sought after performer and […]
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Outdoor Education and Adventure
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In Term 3, as part of Outdoor Education and Adventure the Year 10 camp and retreat is held. Running from Saturday 20 August to Friday 26 August, students completed a very successful journey and retreat, which is the culmination of their compulsory outdoor education experience. Students take part in a host of activities such as, […]
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Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships
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The Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships was held at Mt Buller from Monday 22 August to Sunday 28 August. Nearly 5000 race entries were run during the week and included students from prep through to Year 12. The following students were invited to compete at the Australian Interschools, to be held at Perisher. Victorian schools compete […]
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2016 Victorian Schools’ Championships
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On Saturday 27 August and Sunday 28 August, Ivanhoe Kayakers competed at in the 2016 Victorian All Schools Whitewater Championships. Congratulations to the 50 strong kayak team for their fine efforts over the weekend, winning the Overall Champion Whitewater School trophy again. Led by Co-captains Tristan Carter and Cam McLoughlan and Vice-Captain James LeMottee. The […]
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Tournament of Minds
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On Sunday 21 August at La Trobe University a group of Ivanhoe students from Years 7, 8 and 10 competed in Tournament of the Minds with the Science/Technology team receiving Honours. Tournament of Minds (TOM) is a problem solving program for teams of students from both primary and secondary years. Teams solve challenges from a […]
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Battery Recycling Initiative
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For World Environment Day in June, the Environment group led by Prefect Lewis Blampied and year 12 students Emma Kerr and Anna Say, decided to set up battery recycling collection points around the School. The students were concerned that 97 per cent of household batteries were trashed but that 90 per cent of their contents […]
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Discover Melbourne
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Throughout Week 7 of Term 3, Year 8 students embarked on a Discover Melbourne excursion as part of their studies. A different learning theme was assigned for each day and a variety of activities were planned around each theme. Themes for the week included The bones beneath the skin, Going back and Commerce culture. On […]
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