01 Jul 2025
On the last day of term, we had the opportunity to farewell the twelfth Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School, Dr Richard Malpass, at his final assembly at College Street.
27 Jun 2025
Top pupil musicians from around Australia gathered in Adelaide for the biennial Australian Combined Schools Music Festival.
25 Jun 2025
Our GPS Representatives Ashton Clarke (V) and Marcus Levison (VI) proudly represented the GPS team in the match held on Tuesday 24 June at Cranbrook.
24 Jun 2025
Our Fourth and Fifth Formers are making a difference!
23 Jun 2025
The final Monday of Term II was bursting with energy and creativity as pupils gathered for the third annual House Theatresports Cup.
19 Jun 2025
Rufus McGuiness (Form VI) has had a standout football season at Grammar.
02 Jun 2025
Sydney Grammar School’s Future Leaders of Gender Equality (FLGE) hosted their first interschool event of the year, welcoming over 100 pupils from more than ten schools across the Sydney metropolitan area.
26 May 2025
Congratulations to Thomas Collins (2024 OS) on his outstanding achievement in the 24th Chinese Bridge – Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students.
15 May 2025
On May 14, a team of Form VI Economics pupils – Jacob Callaway, Kyan Conners, Rhys Evans, Lachlan Lai and Sammy Nolan – represented the School in the finals of the inaugural NSW Monetary Policy Challenge.
09 May 2025
The Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition was held at Barker College on Friday 2 May 2025.
09 May 2025
Congratulations to Hugo Sharkey (OS 2024) who was awarded the NSW History Teachers’ Association Linda Garrad Memorial Award for First Place in HSC Ancient History.
09 May 2025
On Tuesday 8 May our boys were placed first at the regional Sport for Jove Shakespeare Carnival.
08 May 2025
Mr Stuart McPherson will become the 13th Headmaster of Sydney Grammar School on 1 January 2026.
07 May 2025
Aditya Paul (II) recently competed in the National Final of the UN Voice of Youth Competition (Junior Division).
28 Apr 2025
Thirty-one pupils from Knox Grammar School, The King’s School, Meridan School, PLC Sydney, MLC School and Roseville College gathered at Sydney Grammar School for a Chinese Collaborative Study Day.
11 Apr 2025
Our Form I boys had an action-packed end to their first term at College Street, diving into a three-day adventure at CCC Camp Toukley.
28 Mar 2025
Sydney Grammar School has achieved a remarkable milestone by winning the National Rowing Championship for the first time since 1994!
26 Mar 2025
Shakespeare Fortnight for 2025 comes to an end as Form IV Drama perform Macbeth to Form III English in preparation for their study of this exceptional play.
13 Mar 2025
The Grammar community was captivated at our latest Ithaka Lecture by The Hon Julie Bishop in conversation with Mrs Becky Lovelock our Deputy Headmaster (Academic).
04 Mar 2025
Music Performance UNSW has announced that Dr Nicholas Vines has been selected as the 2025 Willgoss Choral Composition Prize winner for his composition A Bhandari Pilgrimage.
19 Feb 2025
Congratulations to Harry Awad (VI) for being awarded the 2025 OSU Scholarship.
18 Feb 2025
On Tuesday 18 February, the pupils studying Chinese had the privilege of attending a Chinese New Year celebration during lunchtime.
13 Feb 2025
Dr Richard Harris SC OAM presented at our first Ithaka Lecture series on Wednesday 12 February.
11 Feb 2025
On Saturday 8 February, four of our First VIII crew came first in the NSW State Championships in the U19 Men’s Coxed 4+.
04 Feb 2025
This year, our Prefects have chosen to support a new charity, Dignity.
30 Jan 2025
Sydney Grammar School hosted the Tri-Grammar Series at Weigall in January.
24 Jan 2025
Grammar’s performance at the Australian Volleyball Schools Cup, the national championships held on the Gold Coast last December, can be summarised as a seven-day quest.
06 Jan 2025
Grammar boys were invited to perform at the Young Organists' Day on the prestigious Sydney Town Hall organ.
17 Dec 2024
Our warmest congratulations to all those young men and women who achieved a First-in-Course result in the 2024 HSC examinations.
05 Dec 2024
Ethan Chong (III) participated at the World Mathematics Team Championships in Qatar.
03 Dec 2024
ENOCORE presents a selection of outstanding major works by HSC Music pupils in NSW.
28 Nov 2024
Grammar Rock Shines at St Joseph’s College Battle of the Bands
22 Nov 2024
Oliver Rucinski (IV) won First place in the National History Challenge.
05 Nov 2024
The digital version of our Spring 2024 SGS Magazine is now available.
25 Oct 2024
Congratulations to Aditya Paul (I) who recently participated in the state final of the Junior Secondary Speaking Award held at NSW Parliament.
14 Oct 2024
On Monday 7 October, Eason Zhou (III), Tiger Han (II), and Shuichi Madina (III) participated in the prestigious Sydney Organ Competition at St John’s Darlinghurst.
26 Sep 2024
Visual Arts Subject Master Mrs Bernadette Mansfield proudly showcases an impressive collection of 2024 HSC major works.
25 Sep 2024
In Term III, the Form II Chinese class went on a field trip to the Eight Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown for a Yum Cha lunch.
20 Aug 2024
A team of four Form V boys (James Fifield, Matthew Gu, Tyson Lieu and Conrad Liu) have become the School’s first linguistic Olympians
14 Aug 2024
In Term III we have welcomed five exchange students into Form IV.
06 Aug 2024
In May this year all boys studying Geography participated in the 2024 Australian Geography Competition.
25 Jul 2024
Michael Hirschhorn (VI) represented Australia in the Australasian Economics Olympiad.
17 Jul 2024
On Thursday 11 July, Jerry Yu (V) performed at the Sydney Opera House.
16 Jul 2024
Old Sydneian Izac Carracher (OS 2017) is off to the Paris Olympics.
15 Jul 2024
Eason Zhuo (III) and Tiger Han (II) performed on the renowned Rudolf von Beckerath Organ.
09 Jul 2024
Twelve boys from FII and FIII travelled to Melbourne to compete in the Fencing Intermediate National Schools Championships.
12 Jun 2024
Eighty-nine Form I boys studying Geography and the concept of Liveability as attended a fieldwork day at the Tramsheds, Harold Park.
23 May 2024
Under the auspices of the Dante Alighieri Society of Sydney, each year the Tommaso Favino Literary Competition takes place. In 2023, the theme was Il viaggio: cos’é per te? (what does travel represent to you?).
23 May 2024
Senior secondary school pupils (Years 10 to 12) were invited to write an essay in Italian.
16 May 2024
In Term II 2024, Hugo Sharkey (VI) participated in the esteemed Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition.
09 May 2024
The digital version of our Autumn 2024 SGS Magazine is now available.
12 Apr 2024
Form V and VI Drama pupils participated with peers at the Creative Confluences workshop run by Drama NSW in partnership with Force Majeure (Sydney).
08 Apr 2024
Nicholas Chang (VI) and Dylan Evans-Huinink (VI) attended an evening at the University of Sydney to commemorate 50 years of Economics journalism by Ross Gittins.
02 Apr 2024
Congratulations to Samadhi Patradoon (OS 2023), Benedict Da Cruz (OS 2023), and Elliot Banks (OS 2023), who received their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award from Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales.
02 Apr 2024
Aditya Paul (I) recently performed with the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools Choir at the Multicultural NSW Premier’s Harmony Dinner.
18 Mar 2024
Former Grammar Music Scholar Waynne Kwon (OS 2013) has been appointed as the Sub-Principal Cello with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
15 Mar 2024
Harvey and Milo Abrahams (OS 2023) recently performed with Ivan Zhang (VI) at the NESA showcase ENCORE held in the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House.
06 Mar 2024
The renowned Alastair Campbell was interviewed by our Headmaster, Dr Richard Malpass, at our second Ithaka Lecture of 2024.
23 Feb 2024
In celebration of the Year of the Dragon, the Modern Languages department organised a kung fu workshop for boys in Forms II to IV.
23 Feb 2024
The CEO of Bunnings, Michael Schneider, joined Grammar’s Business Society for a lunchtime interview to discuss his career journey and role within the Bunnings Group.
23 Feb 2024
During the Tutorial period in Week 3, an event on Traditional Chinese Music Appreciation was held in Alastair Mackerras Theatre, in celebration of Chinese New Year.
19 Feb 2024
On Friday 9 February, the Sydney Grammar School masters and boys competed in a friendly lunchtime Futsal game.
16 Feb 2024
A tribute to the legendary Andrew Barton ‘Banjo’ Paterson (1864 – 1941).
15 Feb 2024
Congratulations to Hugo Sharkey (VI) who is the recipient of the 2024 OSU Scholarship.
15 Feb 2024
Form II started their musical year with a lesson in the Keyboard Laboratory.
08 Feb 2024
More exciting news for Harvey Abrahams (OS 2023) as his short film Substratum continues to rake in accolades, this time in The Best Australian Short Film Competition run by PerthNow.
25 Jan 2024
Victor Steffensen is a writer, filmmaker, musician and consultant. He applies traditional knowledge in a contemporary context through creative, practical and artistic projects.
15 Dec 2023
The young men of Grammar’s 2023 cohort have achieved excellent HSC results.
29 Nov 2023
Our boys were very excited when Eddie Woo, Professor of Practice in Mathematics Education at the University of Sydney, popped into their lessons.
15 Nov 2023
Developed and generously donated by former pupil and Army Cadet CUO Executive Officer, Ethan Tsui (OS 2018), the brass bugle was created in an historically appropriate style, commissioned to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Sydney Grammar School’s Cadet Corps and coronation year of His Majesty King Charles III.
14 Nov 2023
The Khusid Ensemble made its first performance appearance in the Term IV Jazz Concert.
03 Nov 2023
The electronic format of the SGS Magazine is now available.
03 Nov 2023
On Wednesday 1 November, Rob and Sophie spoke to the community in the AMT, challenging the idea that the end of the humanities is nigh.
24 Oct 2023
Sydney Grammar School will be hosting its annual Literary Festival: “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives”. In celebrating literature and writing, a number of exciting events and programmes are planned for pupils, parents and the wider Grammar community to attend and take part in.
13 Oct 2023
Earlier this year Geography pupils participated in the 2023 Australian Geography Competition.
25 Sep 2023
Congratulations to Sam Garvin (VI) who has won National Gold representing NSW U18 Division 1 at the Australian Youth Volleyball Championships.
11 Sep 2023
Last Friday, the Sydney Grammar School Business Society hosted eight Schools from around Sydney for its fourth interschool stock pitch competition.
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.
01 Sep 2023
Twelve Form VI boys visited the UNSW Clinical School at St Vincent’s on Free Marking Day.
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.
23 Aug 2023
Pupils of Form II Geography enjoyed an enriching day of fieldwork in the Minnamurra Rainforest.
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.
08 Aug 2023
Nicholas Kennedy (OS 2014) has been named winner of the Open Instrumental section of the Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition.
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.
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.
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.
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.
06 Jun 2023
The annual Careers Convention took place at the School on Monday 5 June.
06 Jun 2023
Former Music Scholar Benett Tsai (SGS 2016- 2019) has been studying cello performance in Los Angeles since he left Grammar.
02 Jun 2023
Learn more about the sporting life at Grammar as we plan ahead for the future of sport at the School.
02 Jun 2023
The electronic format of the SGS Magazine is now available.
01 Jun 2023
Grammar hosted Ascham School for a combined Applied Arts project involving Form I/Year 7 pupils from both schools.
31 May 2023
The St Vincent’s Cup football match took place at Weigall on Friday 19 May.
31 May 2023
Recently, Alexander Cronin (VI KAS/PB) participated in the 16th Annual Chinese Bridge Proficiency competition.
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.
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.
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.
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.
11 May 2023
A rousing finale to this year’s Music Festival (Music for Kings and Queens).
10 May 2023
Grace Karskens, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New South Wales joined us for our third Ithaka Lecture series.
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.
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.
10 Mar 2023
Grammar’s first major concert of the year was held last night in the John Vallance Hall.
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.
03 Mar 2023
Form V boys studying Geography attended a whole-day excursion in February.
20 Feb 2023
Recently, three exchange students from the Freies Gymnasium in Zürich arrived in Sydney and have commenced their programme at Grammar.
17 Feb 2023
Professor Richard Buckland from the University of New South Wales gave a thought-provoking speech during Assembly.
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.
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.
20 Jan 2023
Grammar boys ventured to Melbourne for the Australian Open Tennis Tour.
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.
19 Dec 2022
The young men of Grammar’s 2022 cohort have achieved excellent HSC results.
10 Dec 2022
Congratulations to our Junior Theatresports team who competed in the Theatresports Schools Challenge in Term IV 2022.
08 Dec 2022
Barnardos Australia is a leading children’s charity, committed to supporting Australia's most vulnerable children and their families.
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.
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!’
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.
04 Nov 2022
Form IV Italian entered an annual film festival: Linguafest run by the MLTA (Modern Languages Teachers’ Association).
20 Oct 2022
Dennis Clare, a renowned mime artist from “Mime-O-Rama” entertained our pupils in the most unexpected way.
04 Oct 2022
The Sydney Grammar School Business Society Committee hosted the inaugural interschool stock-pitch competition final between nine schools.
19 Sep 2022
The outcome of Grammar's volleyball programme continues to be seen as Grammar is represented across multiple NSW State volleyball teams.
06 Sep 2022
The Taekwondo team was crowned NSW All Schools champion following the September 3 tournament at Barker College.
26 Aug 2022
Alexander Jang (I) recently entered in the Waratah Show Jumping World Cup in the division of the inaugural children series.
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.
17 Jun 2022
The Naval Aviation Prospects Scheme (NAPS) visited the combined Sydney Grammar School and SCEGGS 306 SQN.
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.
03 Jun 2022
On Sunday 29 May, Grammar retained the Head of the Hill Senior Boys relay at the Balmoral Burn.
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 –
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).
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.
06 May 2022
Grammarpalooza once again proved to be a joyous celebration of rock music at the School.
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).
29 Apr 2022
Christian McIntyre (V) was one of two boys from Grammar selected to play in the GPS combined tennis team
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.
25 Apr 2022
Congratulations to Sam Garvin (Form V) who late last term won Gold in the U17 State Beach Volleyball Championships.
19 Apr 2022
Until her retirement earlier this year, Jo Thame was the Assistant to the Sportsmaster for eleven years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
14 Mar 2022
Dr Malpass and our Prefects had the pleasure of inviting Mr Gandhi Sindyana and his colleagues from Lighthouse Community Support.
14 Mar 2022
The Sydney Grammar School Business Society and Prefects hosted an ‘elevator pitch’ competition on Thursday 10 March.
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.
04 Mar 2022
A brilliant sporting moment during the Firsts game against St Ignatius' College on Saturday 26 February.
21 Feb 2022
Our Prefects have chosen Lighthouse Community Support as their preferred charity for 2022.
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.
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.
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.
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.
05 Sep 2019
Drama Club boys from Forms I and II have been keenly working towards their production of Where in the World is Frank Sparrow? By Angela Betzien
11 Jun 2019
All My Sons
Alastair Mackerras Theatre, 9-11 May
Director Dr Douglas Wilson reports on the 2019 senior drama production