News and Events: NEWS
Year 7 Language Day
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On Wednesday 6 August, Year 7 students at the School celebrated Language Day with a range of activities designed to complement the Languages program. The day began with a fashion parade, with students dressing up in costumes reflecting the culture of a country of their choice. After the fashion parade, the students had the opportunity […]
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100 Days of Prep
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Prep students at Plenty Campus and Buckley House celebrated a very important milestone last week – their first 100 days at school! This special achievement was commemorated with assemblies, parties and activities for the Preps, their teachers and parents. Both campuses held special ‘100’ themed assemblies which were attended by the Preps and their parents, […]
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Sod Turning Ceremony
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It was a glorious Melbourne morning on Monday 4 August when the Chairman of the Board of Governors, Mr Peter Kempen and Head of Plenty Campus, Mrs Deb Sukarna assembled at Plenty Campus for a Sod Turning Ceremony to commemorate the beginning of construction of the exciting and innovative new facility designed for Senior Years […]
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Kitchen Garden Launch
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On Monday 4 August, National Science Week commenced and the theme for 2014 is ‘Food for our Future: Science feeding the world’. In keeping with this year’s theme, a range of activities were designed, which culminated with the launch of a kitchen garden at the School on Friday 8 August. Each year, the Australian Science […]
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National Science Week
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The annual National Science Week commenced on Monday 4 August and a range of fantastic activities were planned throughout the week. The week began with a morning tea for all secondary staff which set the tone for the week ahead; fun, exciting and engaging. During lunchtime on Monday and Thursday, students and staff were invited […]
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Youth Embassy of Vignacourt
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A quirk of fate brought nine French teenagers and their guardians to visit Plenty Campus early this term and stay with Plenty families. This story is quite extraordinary. In 2011, more than 4,000 photographic plates belonging to Louis and Antoinette Thuillier were found in an attic, in the tiny French village of Vignacourt. When these […]
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CUA Community Care School Grant
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The fourth annual CUA Community Care school grants program has commenced. Ivanhoe Grammar School has entered this community focused initiative to be in the running to win $5,000 for a school project at Plenty Campus. The nominated project is a Sustainability Project known as The Green Zone with the intention to create a vegetable and […]
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Gallery of Achievement Assembly
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On Friday 1 August, 15 members of the School’s Gallery of Achievement gathered for a special Senior School assembly in Buckley Hall held to honour them and their achievements. The purpose of the Gallery of Achievement is to show our current students that with hard work and determination, great things can be achieved. The Gallery […]
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Resilience and Adversity Community Seminar
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Dr David Buttifant, High Performance Manager at Carlton Football Club, addressed a large audience of secondary students and parents on Tuesday 29 July at The Ridgeway Campus. The evening's theme was Resilience and Adversity and he provided helpful tips on learning from successes and failures, building your armour to thrive and embracing opportunities and challenges. […]
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Winter Wind Up
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Girls' Netball Despite going down by four goals to Caulfield Grammar School on the weekend, the girls’ netball team secured the coveted APS/AGSV Netball Premiership by one point over fellow AGSV school, Assumption College. This was the School’s first ever netball premiership and comes on the back of our first ever APS/AGSV premiership in softball […]
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Victorian Interschool Equestrian Series Grand Final
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The Grand Final of the Victorian Interschool Equestrian Series was held at Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre on Saturday 2 August and Sunday 3 August. Over 180 riders competed in the Show Jumping and 126 in the Dressage from 106 different Schools throughout Victoria. The series was held over the past 12 months and included […]
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Visiting Author George Ivanoff
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On Monday 21 July, author George Ivanoff visited the Year 8 boys to discuss writing, reading and choosing a career you love. Ivanhoff is a Melbourne author who has written over 70 books for children and teenagers, both fiction and non-fiction. In 2010 his teen science fiction novel, Gamers Quest won a Chronos Award for […]
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