News and Events
Friendship Festival
news
On Tuesday 15 November Plenty Primary held the inaugural Friendship Festival – a celebration of culture from the subcontinent region. Ivanhoe Grammar School’s Plenty Campus families who have immigrated from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal to Australia presented a colourful and fun display of dance, instrumental performance and music.,, Students introduced items and enthusiastically […]
read more
Kayakers train with Olympian
news
The School’s Kayakers are amongst the School’s most committed trainers. Throughout the year they not only complete regular water sessions but they also train in the weights room before School three times a week. An added bonus for the student kayakers is that they are supervised by three times Olympian Warwick Draper. Warwick brings a […]
read more
Weekend wrap up
news
Despite slight trepidation in entering Firsts Competition, Ivanhoe’s Badminton girls have started brilliantly, winning both matches and now sit equal at the top of the ladder with Haileybury. And just as importantly, the 2nds and 3rds also had terrific wins on the weekend. Congratulations to Dean Diep who is developing a terrific group of enthusiastic […]
read more
Early Commencement Program
news
At a time when many schools start winding down for the academic year, Ivanhoe Grammar School’s secondary students are starting their 2017 classes in Term 4 of 2016. As part of the unique Early Commencement Program (ECP) students receive their 2017 textbooks early and become acquainted with their teachers and classmates. This four week learning […]
read more
Art Show Winner
news
The visual arts are celebrated at Ivanhoe Grammar School with many students benefitting from the diverse and creative programs on offer. Often students will enter their work in competitions outside of the School and recently Year 6 student Kiara did just that and did incredibly well. Kiara Darragh, just 12 years-old and a current Year […]
read more
Primary Athletics Morning
news
The annual Buckley House Prep to Year 2 athletics morning took place on Friday 4 November. It was a lovely sunny morning that saw the 130 children in Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 converge on the North Ground for the rotational morning of activities. This is always a popular day for parents and once […]
read more
Sport Update
news
In an exciting game at Yarra Valley, the Ivanhoe Cricket boys were set 168 to score on a very slow outfield. Fortunately Chris De Dear (34), Ben Pascuzzi (38) and James Wiggington (39 no) all contributed well to help pass the total in the 48th over. In other Boys sport, Ivanhoe’s Basketballers backed up their […]
read more
The Journey that Makes Us
news
The 2016 Conference celebrated 50 years of the Round Square movement, with 80 schools from around the world gathering at two locations – Louisenlund and Aiglon in Switzerland to explore the conference theme: ‘The Journey that Makes Us.’ The school was represented by nine students and supporting staff. Highlighting the value of the ‘journey’ as […]
read more
Year 9 Drama
news
This semester students have had an Australian focus in Year 9 Drama. Students have explored some of the most renowned and significant pieces of Australian Theatre written in the last 50 years. While the Unit has been largely practical and experiential, there has also been both research and creative-writing facets to the subject. Students have […]
read more
State Primary School Athletics Championships 2016
news
On Monday 24 October Buckley House was represented by four athletes at the State Athletics Championships held at the State Athletics track in Albert Park. The students ranging from years 4-6 had already competed and been victorious at four previous levels (School, District, Division and Region) to make it to this prestigious event. Medals and […]
read more
Hoop Time Basketball Tournament
news
On Tuesday 25 October the Boys Years 3 & 4 Basketball team competed at the Regional Hoop Time tournament at the Nunawading Basketball Stadium. The challenge was to make the top 3 of the 15 teams and qualify for the State Hoop Time championships. The Boys started off brilliantly winning their first 3 games and […]
read more
Driver's Education Excursion
news
Year 10 students took part in a Driver’s education excursion where they got the enviable chance to race each other around a Go Kart Track alongside completing a drivers’ licence practice test. This excursion was the culmination of the theory studied during the previous couple of weeks in the classroom. On arrival students had to […]
read more
