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Gold for Grammar

25 Sep 2023

Congratulations to Sam Garvin (VI) who has won National Gold representing NSW U18 Division 1 at the Australian Youth Volleyball Championships.

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Interschool Stock Pitch Competition

11 Sep 2023

Last Friday, the Sydney Grammar School Business Society hosted eight Schools from around Sydney for its fourth interschool stock pitch competition.

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Inaugural Grammar Maths Quad Challenge

05 Sep 2023

We hosted the Grammar Maths Quad Challenge in Big School involving teams from eight other schools as well as our own Form II boys.

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St Vincent’s UNSW Clinical School Visit

01 Sep 2023

Twelve Form VI boys visited the UNSW Clinical School at St Vincent’s on Free Marking Day.

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Regional Final of the Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award

25 Aug 2023

Demeil David (II) recently participated in the Regional Final of the Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award at the Arts Unit in Lewisham.

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Minnamurra Rainforest

23 Aug 2023

Pupils of Form II Geography enjoyed an enriching day of fieldwork in the Minnamurra Rainforest.

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Engaging the wider Grammar community

16 Aug 2023

It is a pillar of the School’s strategic aims to ensure that we engage the wider community of Grammar so far as possible in the post-COVID era. Under the direction of our Director of Community Ms Sharon Ditmarsch, great things are now happening.

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Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition

08 Aug 2023

Nicholas Kennedy (OS 2014) has been named winner of the Open Instrumental section of the Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition.

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NAIDOC observance

19 Jul 2023

As part of the NAIDOC observance, Mr Brendan Kerin from the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council conducted a Smoking Ceremony on the first day of Term III.

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Cape York Immersion

12 Jul 2023

Organiser Red Earth provided a wonderful immersion experience for Grammar boys in Cape York. They were welcomed into private Indigenous homelands by the Traditional Owners and exposed to an authentic Indigenous way of life.

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Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

22 Jun 2023

Jared Adams (OS 2019) made his professional debut with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in their nation tour of “Gloria and the Four Seasons” last month.

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Dr V’s Swing Thing

22 Jun 2023

On Saturday 12 June, Dr V’s Swing Thing – the School’s Old Boy jazz ensemble – put on a spectacular show of contemporary jazz at the Orange Jazz Festival.

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2023 Careers Convention

06 Jun 2023

The annual Careers Convention took place at the School on Monday 5 June.

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Selby and Friends National Concert Tour

06 Jun 2023

Former Music Scholar Benett Tsai (SGS 2016- 2019) has been studying cello performance in Los Angeles since he left Grammar.

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The Importance and Future of Sport at Grammar

02 Jun 2023

Learn more about the sporting life at Grammar as we plan ahead for the future of sport at the School.

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SGS Magazine – Issue 16, Autumn 2023

02 Jun 2023

The electronic format of the SGS Magazine is now available.

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Grammar and Ascham

01 Jun 2023

Grammar hosted Ascham School for a combined Applied Arts project involving Form I/Year 7 pupils from both schools.

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St Vincent’s Cup

31 May 2023

The St Vincent’s Cup football match took place at Weigall on Friday 19 May.

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16th Annual Chinese Bridge Proficiency competition

31 May 2023

Recently, Alexander Cronin (VI KAS/PB) participated in the 16th Annual Chinese Bridge Proficiency competition.

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Business Society - Guest speaker

31 May 2023

The Chief Executive Officer of Ampol, Mr Matthew Halliday found time in his busy schedule to talk to Grammar’s Business Society.

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House Meeting - Special Guest

29 May 2023

Dr Luke Harley arranged for Professor Fred Watson AM, Australia’s first Astronomer-at-Large and a well-known figure from The Project and ABC radio.

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A passion for drawing

23 May 2023

Talented artist Viraj Tandon in Year 6 at Edgecliff Preparatory School has from an early age pursued a passion for drawing and over time has developed an excellent eye for detail.

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Business Society Ambassadors

15 May 2023

Ambassadors from various business societies across different schools gathered for an engaging afternoon, with a lively session, fostering connections and camaraderie among the participants.

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Music for Kings and Queens

11 May 2023

A rousing finale to this year’s Music Festival (Music for Kings and Queens).

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Grace Karskens - Ithaka Lectures

10 May 2023

Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New South Wales joined us for our third Ithaka Lecture series.

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Swiss Exchange Pupils

08 May 2023

We farewelled our Swiss exchange pupils. Our three long-term pupils were with us for twelve weeks while the four short-term enjoyed a few weeks at the School.

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History Guest Speaker

05 Apr 2023

On Thursday 30 March, Form VI Modern History pupils were fortunate to hear a lecture by Associate Professor Laetitia Nanquette from the University of New South Wales, who specialises in Iranian literature.

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Term I Concert

10 Mar 2023

Grammar’s first major concert of the year was held last night in the John Vallance Hall.

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Sam Bloom - 2023 Ithaka Lectures

09 Mar 2023

Our second Ithaka lecture series was held on International Women's Day. We were extremely honoured to have Sam Bloom share her heart-warming journey.

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Form V Geography Fieldwork around Sydney Harbour

03 Mar 2023

Form V boys studying Geography attended a whole-day excursion in February.

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Swiss Exchange Students

20 Feb 2023

Recently, three exchange students from the Freies Gymnasium in Zürich arrived in Sydney and have commenced their programme at Grammar.

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CyberSecurity

17 Feb 2023

Professor Richard Buckland from the University of New South Wales gave a thought-provoking speech during Assembly.

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Business Society

15 Feb 2023

On Monday 13 February, the Sydney Grammar School Business Society hosted Mr Ian Narev, former CEO of Commonwealth Bank and current CEO of job-finding company SEEK.

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2023 Ithaka Lectures

09 Feb 2023

What a wonderful start to our Ithaka Lecture Series!

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Welcome to our new boys

27 Jan 2023

The boys spent the day familiarising themselves with their new surroundings at College Street, guided by the Form V Peer Support Leaders.

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Australian Open Tennis Tour

20 Jan 2023

Grammar boys ventured to Melbourne for the Australian Open Tennis Tour.

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Honouring the life of our Vladimir Khusid

17 Jan 2023

Our dear teacher, jazz musician and friend Mr Vladimir Khusid sadly passed away after his long and terribly stoic battle with cancer.

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HSC results 2022

19 Dec 2022

The young men of Grammar’s 2022 cohort have achieved excellent HSC results.

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Junior Theatresports Team 2022

10 Dec 2022

Congratulations to our Junior Theatresports team who competed in the Theatresports Schools Challenge in Term IV 2022.

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End of year charity collection

08 Dec 2022

Barnardos Australia is a leading children’s charity, committed to supporting Australia's most vulnerable children and their families.

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Movers Against Domestic Violence

28 Nov 2022

Our Prefects have chosen Movers as their preferred charity for 2022-2023. Movers Against Domestic Violence is a small Sydney-based charity dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence escape from crisis situations. Founded in 2015, Movers help to safely and sustainably relocate victims, as well as provide them with the essentials required for resettling.

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Headmaster’s Special Guest at Assembly

18 Nov 2022

Old Sydneian Dr Dhan Thiruchelvam (OS 1992) gave a presentation at Assembly entitled, ‘Reflections on a winding path in surgery and in life: how Grammar assisted me!’

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Literary Festival “Writing Through Time”

11 Nov 2022

In Term III, the inaugural Sydney Grammar School Literary Festival “Writing Through Time” took place. The Festival was centred on writing that interrogates and reflects history, with the aim of celebrating literature and reinvigorating a love of reading and writing.

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Il Dono Della Musica

04 Nov 2022

Form IV Italian entered an annual film festival: Linguafest run by the MLTA (Modern Languages Teachers’ Association).

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Mime-O-Rama

20 Oct 2022

Dennis Clare, a renowned mime artist from “Mime-O-Rama” entertained our pupils in the most unexpected way.

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Inaugural interschool stock-pitch competition final

04 Oct 2022

The Sydney Grammar School Business Society Committee hosted the inaugural interschool stock-pitch competition final between nine schools.

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Grammar Volleyball at State and Beyond

19 Sep 2022

The outcome of Grammar's volleyball programme continues to be seen as Grammar is represented across multiple NSW State volleyball teams.

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Congratulations to the Taekwondo Team

06 Sep 2022

The Taekwondo team was crowned NSW All Schools champion following the September 3 tournament at Barker College.

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Congratulations to Alexander Jang

26 Aug 2022

Alexander Jang (I) recently entered in the Waratah Show Jumping World Cup in the division of the inaugural children series.

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NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition

08 Jul 2022

An amazing achievement by Milo Abrahams (V), who was announced as the overall winner at the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition on Saturday 28 June.

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306 Squadron AAFC

17 Jun 2022

The Naval Aviation Prospects Scheme (NAPS) visited the combined Sydney Grammar School and SCEGGS 306 SQN.

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1961 First XV Reunion at Weigall on Saturday 4 June

14 Jun 2022

In the 1961 GPS Rugby Competition, The King's School and Newington College were Joint Premiers, St Joseph's College were third and Sydney Grammar School fourth.

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Balmoral Burn

03 Jun 2022

On Sunday 29 May, Grammar retained the Head of the Hill Senior Boys relay at the Balmoral Burn.

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Concert for Vlad

26 May 2022

The Concert for Vlad was held in the John Vallance Hall on Sunday May 15. A selection of Australia’s finest jazz musicians, including James Morrison, Fabian Hevia, Guy Strazz, Brett Hirst, Simon Sweeney, James Greening, Luke Sweeting, Martin Highland, Craig Simon (OS 1993) and the world-music ensemble Marsala –

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Grammar and Ascham volunteer at OBK

16 May 2022

On Sunday 15 May, Grammar and Ascham Form III pupils volunteered their time at the Bondi food kitchen, Our Big Kitchen (OBK).

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Guitar Concert

11 May 2022

The Guitar Concert showcased the College Street guitar ensembles, Tarrega, TEGE, Sor, Aguado and Segovia as well as the Carulli, Alhambra and Charlton guitar ensembles from the Preparatory Schools.

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Grammarpalooza 2022

06 May 2022

Grammarpalooza once again proved to be a joyous celebration of rock music at the School.

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Army Cadets meet General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove

03 May 2022

Grammar Army Cadets received an invitation to attend a morning tea honouring General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC (Retd).

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John Brown Trophy

29 Apr 2022

Christian McIntyre (V) was one of two boys from Grammar selected to play in the GPS combined tennis team

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Indigenous Immersion

28 Apr 2022

In the April holidays, a group of twenty senior boys and three members of staff embarked on a six-day indigenous immersion with Red Earth.

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State Beach Volleyball Championships

25 Apr 2022

Congratulations to Sam Garvin (Form V) who late last term won Gold in the U17 State Beach Volleyball Championships.

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Rowing boat named in Jo Thame's honour

19 Apr 2022

Until her retirement earlier this year, Jo Thame was the Assistant to the Sportsmaster for eleven years.

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National Emergency Medal awarded to Mr John Rimmer

14 Apr 2022

When Mr John Rimmer (JRR) moved to Killcare he decided to try his hand at something new. He joined the NSW Rural Fire Service in 2019 and within two weeks of qualifying he was faced with an unprecedented fire season.

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Accredited Youth Mental Health First Aid course run by Grammar staff

13 Apr 2022

Instructors Ms Kymberly Govers and Ms Cheryl Sewell ran an accredited Youth Mental Health First Aid programme on Thursday 7 April at School.

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RFS volunteers deployed to Lismore

23 Mar 2022

The recent catastrophic flooding on the Far North Coast of NSW peaked at a record high of almost 14.5 meters and nothing could have prepared the residents for the degree of devastation that it caused.

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Fencing World Cup

15 Mar 2022

In late February, Daniel Mautner (V) had the honour of representing Australia at the FIE Fencing World Cup for under 20 men’s foil in Sabadell, Spain.

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Assembly guest speaker

14 Mar 2022

Dr Malpass and our Prefects had the pleasure of inviting Mr Gandhi Sindyana and his colleagues from Lighthouse Community Support.

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Elevator Pitch

14 Mar 2022

The Sydney Grammar School Business Society and Prefects hosted an ‘elevator pitch’ competition on Thursday 10 March.

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Future Leaders for Gender Equality

10 Mar 2022

It was our pleasure to host Mr Jack Jacobs at Assembly on Friday 4 March. Mr Jacobs was introduced by one of our Prefects, Gigi Doumani (VI), who has had the opportunity to work closely with Jack, his colleagues, and other pupils in addressing the issue of gender equality, both in the context of coeducational and single-sex Sydney Schools, as part of the Future Leaders programme.

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Slam dunk!

04 Mar 2022

A brilliant sporting moment during the Firsts game against St Ignatius' College on Saturday 26 February.

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Lighthouse Community Support

21 Feb 2022

Our Prefects have chosen Lighthouse Community Support as their preferred charity for 2022.

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Visiting Talk from actor, author, director Brendan Cowell

17 Feb 2022

During the beginning of the term the Form V boys have been introduced to our first module “Reading to Write”. In order to get a sense of this, the boys were graced by the presence of Brendan Cowell, an Australian actor, playwright, writer, and director.

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NSW All-Schools Athletics Championships

07 Feb 2022

Jackson Dyne III (CAJ/AJCC) won the U14 high jump event at the 2021 NSW All-Schools Athletics Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre last December.

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Welcome to our new boys

27 Jan 2022

The boys spent the day familiarising themselves with their new surroundings at College Street, guided by the Form V Peer Support Leaders.

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Tribute to Form VI

11 Nov 2021

With just a few HSC examinations remaining for Form VI 2021, we would like to take this opportunity to wish the boys well in their future endeavours. We have managed to capture some memories during this particularly challenging year.