News and Events
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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Cultural Visitors
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During Term 3 students from Ivanhoe Grammar School’s sister school in Japan, Shoyokan High School attended Year 11 classes and immersed themselves in the local culture and school-life. The visitors took part in all the normal school day activities, attending classes and presentations as well as the House Athletics Carnival. The female Japanese students were […]
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Celebrating Children's Book week
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Every year, around Australia, Children’s Book week is celebrated with the aim of bringing children and books together and celebrating Children’s literature. The theme for 2016 is Australia! Story Country and the week ran from Monday 20 August to Friday 26 August. The Senior and Junior libraries from around the School came alive this week […]
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Chinese Debating Championships
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On Saturday 8 August a group of Year 11 Chinese students participated in the Victorian Schools Chinese Debating Championship held at Monash University, Caulfield Campus. The Ivanhoe team won both debates very convincingly against quality teams from Yarra Valley Grammar School (result 6 :3) and Brighton Grammar School (7:2) respectively. The judges spoke very highly […]
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