News and Events
Science Week at Ivanhoe Grammar School
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Science Week was officially launched at the School on Friday 21 August with a morning tea for staff and the Science Faculty hosted five days of fun activities, running mainly during lunchtime. Making and icing cookies in the shape of Science equipment was well attended by the Year 7’s. Professor Bunsen delivered a wonderful show […]
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Tertiary Options Expo for International Students
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On Tuesday 25 August, International students in Year 12 participated in a Tertiary Options Expo in the International Centre at The Ridgeway Campus. The Mini Expo included representatives from nine tertiary institutions including La Trobe University, Monash University, The University of Melbourne, Deakin University, Swinburne University, RMIT University, Australian Catholic University and more. The students […]
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Year 8 Advance Program
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The current Year 8’s have recently made their co-curricular selection of either Cadets or the Advance program. The Advance program provides a different focus each term, commencing with personal wellbeing. The personal wellbeing focus begins with a series of Yoga lessons which is in keeping with the School’s Positive Psychology and Mindfulness philosophy. The Year […]
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Will Kostakis entertains our Year 9's
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Will Kostakis, author of The First Third, was only 19 when his first novel for young adults, Loathing Lola, was released. It went on to be shortlisted for the Sakura Medal in Japan and made the official selection for the Australian Government’s 2010 Get Reading! program. Will enlightened the Year 9 students at The Ridgeway […]
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The 2015 Greenway Cup
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The Greenway Cup debate between Ivanhoe Grammar School and Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School has been held since 1932 and has become an important tradition for both schools. The cup was presented by Mr Herbert T Greenway, whose daughter Eunice attended Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, for competition between the two schools. On Friday 28 August, The […]
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State Aerobics Championships
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The students who took part in the competition ranged from Years 3 to 6. A total of seven teams competed in pairs, trios and groups of four. Each team was required to perform their routine in front of a crowd of at least two hundred people as well as before a panel of judges. For […]
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Youth in Philanthropy 2015
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The Youth in Philanthropy program provides students with an opportunity to learn about and be involved in philanthropy. The program was established in 2002 and is a part of the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation. The role of the foundation is to apply a combination of grants, research, community education and partnerships with donors and other […]
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Tournament of Minds Victory
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,, Each year, Ivanhoe Grammar School competes in the Metro Northern Region Tournament of the Minds Competition.Tournament of Minds (TOM) is a problem solving program for teams of students from both primary and secondary years. Teams solve challenges from a choice of the following disciplines; Applied Technology, Language Literature, Maths Engineering or Social Sciences. TOM […]
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House Athletics Carnival
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On Wednesday 19 August, Plenty Campus held their annual House Athletics at Meadowglen Athletics Track. The weather was anticipated to be dreary; however the sun shone on the day and the House pride and enthusiasm of our students was on display in full colour throughout the day. In true House tradition our students showed great […]
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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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