News and Events
Professional Development at Ivanhoe
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Ivanhoe Grammar School has embraced a whole school approach to Positive Education to promote student wellbeing and learning. On Monday 17 August all Ivanhoe Grammar School staff participated in a Professional Development day which focused on Mindfulness. The day was facilitated across Primary and Secondary sectors by Smiling Mind, a web and App-based program developed […]
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Year 4’s ride the journey of The First Fleet
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In order for the students to comprehend the enormity of the distance that was travelled during the journey from England, they will be completing a ‘ride’ to Botany Bay. The Year 4 students and teachers will be riding six exercise bikes the distance that The First Fleet travelled in 1788 – they will be riding […]
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Plenty Primary Musical
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On Thursday 13 August, Plenty Primary students put on not one, but two shows! Students from Prep to Year 4 performed The Jungle Book and students in Years 5 and 6 performed The Songs of Oliver. All Primary Students had been hard at work perfecting routines and drama skills to make this event a very […]
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How many million words can your House read?
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The theme for Children’s Book Week this year is ‘Books light up our World’ and students at Plenty Campus will celebrate the launch of the ‘How many Millions of Words?’ Reading Challenge for Secondary students. Students are being asked to read at least one novel and up to as many as four, in order to […]
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Next Deputy Principal Announced
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Following an extensive search in Australia and New Zealand, Mr Brendan Kelly has been appointed as the new Deputy Principal/Head of The Ridgeway Campus, effective from January 2016. Brendan’s vision, obvious care for students and his focus on improving learning outcomes was clearly evident during the interview process. Brendan is currently employed at the Kristin […]
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Visiting Author – Lili Wilkinson
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Australian author Lili Wilkinson kept the Year 8 girls captivated as she spoke about how she became a writer, her love of reading, her writing process and her new book, ‘Green Valentine’. With her witty sense of humour and enthusiasm she explained that she draws her inspiration from everyday life such as museums, her friends […]
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CETA Study Tour from Thailand
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At the beginning of Term 3, Ivanhoe Grammar School welcomed a group of 18 students from Thailand along with their tour leader Ms Benjarat Noppornprom. The visiting students experienced a taste of school life at both The Ridgeway Campus and Plenty Campus during their five day stay. Under the expert guidance and teaching of Mrs […]
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ELC 4 Grandparent’s Day
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Both ELC 4 groups enjoyed their recent Grandparent’s Morning. Many grandparents had travelled long distances to spend time in the Early Learning Centre with their grandchildren. There were opportunities for the children to show their grandparents the learning activities they regularly engage in throughout the day. Many grandparents built with the construction equipment, joined in […]
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Motivational Media sessions
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The Motivational Media presentation was based around the concept – JIGSAW. “At times, life seems like a difficult jigsaw. We have some idea of what we want our life to be, but with so many choices to make and so much conflicting information to process, we don’t know which way to turn. Having the life […]
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Tuition Fee Raffle Winners
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On Saturday 8 August the Centenary Ball was held at Grand Hyatt Melbourne. As part of the evening’s celebrations the Centenary Raffle was jointly drawn by Principal Rod Fraser and the School’s next Principal, Gerard Foley and the lucky winner of this year’s Raffle received one year’s 2016 annual net tuition fee for one currently […]
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French UN Conference
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On Friday, 24 July, seven Year 12 VCE French students travelled to The University of Melbourne to take part in a mock United Nations conference conducted in French against other schools in Victoria. A Model United Nations Conference (Model UN) is an authentic simulation of the debates and deliberations of UN bodies, in this case […]
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Junior Netballers through to State Championships
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On Monday 10 August, our junior Netballers played in the qualifying rounds for the Netball Victoria Schools Championships. Twenty seven teams competed and only three could eventually make the Finals (which will be held in September). After 7 pulsating games, it came down to the last game when the girls had to win to advance…and […]
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