Event Archives
Treasure Island - MIDDLE SCHOOL PRODUCTION
A family focused pirate adventure based on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic.
Packed full of slapstick, song and seafaring rogues with - ahoy there me hearties a plenty the production is a rollicking adventure for all ages.
COME DRESSED AS A PIRATE and WIN A DOOR PRIZE!
PERFORMANCES
Fri 30th October 7pm
Sat 31st October 2pm & 7pm
In the Gullan Auditorium, entry via Dare Street
$15 Adult / $10 Children/ Family $40
Bookings through the WCPA
Parents' and Friends' Network October Meeting
Our next meeting will be held in the Kinsman Wing Staff Centre, Wednesday 7th October 2009, at 7:30pm. Christine Shaw, Assistant Head: Wellbeing, will discuss Positive Education and its links to adolescent wellbeing.
Positive Education is based on well researched Positive Psychology, which is founded in the belief that we all have the capacity to thrive if we focus on positive emotions, positive individual traits and positive institutions. That rather than working to undo problems, we look at our strengths and weaknesses and the environment we create to prevent them.
Please direct enquiries to The Secretary, Parents’ and Friends’ Network, Ballarat Grammar.
SSMART ANSWERS 2
SSMART (Surviving Substance Misuse and Alcohol Risk Taking)
Answers – How we talk about Alcohol is the second community
conference involving young people, their families, health,
education, alcohol and other drug workers and community
members.
Information for parents
Parent Session
Date: Wednesday 9th September
Venue: Alexandria on Lydiard
Cost: Free with giveaways, a theatre experience and the chance to have a say
News Archives
Third Service Trip to Awala Village PNG
Families in Awala Village in the PNG highlands will again welcome Ballarat Grammar students and staff into their homes during the July semester break for the third service trip run by the school. Awala is a remote developing village in PNG where most families are subsistence farmers. They have no running water, no sewerage, no electricity and very limited access to basic commodities.
Previous service trips in 2007 and 2008 have been an adventure for Year 8 students and staff; they worked hard at the Awala Primary School to repair blackboards, build desks, construct a double classroom and catalogue books in the Library. Preparation for the service trip involved raising funds for the building projects and for a young boy from the village who required major facial surgery.
The touring party of twelve Year 8 students and five staff depart this Friday 19th June for the two week service project which involves students undertaking repair and maintenance of a teacher residence at the school.
The service trip is also a life-changing adventure for the students as they benefit from new friendships, develop tolerance, resilience and international understanding through a structured service project.
Upon return from the 2008 service trip, Emily Howson commented: "I met the nicest people in the whole world over there and I will never forget them… I am definitely going back over! I already miss them; seeing them smile and hearing them laugh. It was the best experience of my life."
Year 8 students have boundless enthusiasm, optimism and willingness to engage in all aspects of the service trip and this makes them ideal participants in such a significant project.
Ballarat Grammar students and staff are billeted to host families and live the life of villagers. Whilst being active in the service project, the students attend the local school and participate in the cultural activities of the village.
As a member of the International Round Square, all Ballarat Grammar students are required to embrace community service as a valuable part of learning to become global citizens.
The success of the relationship with Awala village sees the commencement of a program in 2010 whereby two Yr 8 students from Awala will repeat Year 8 at Ballarat Grammar prior to attending Martyrs’ Memorial School in PNG to commence Year 9. This will give the students an opportunity to advance their education in readiness for their High School years back in PNG.
Ms Bronwyn Heath, the co-ordinator of the service trip, welcomes any financial donations from the Ballarat community which would be directly passed on to the Awala School community to purchase resources needed in the day-to-day running of the school. Bronwyn can be contacted at Ballarat Grammar on +61 3 5338 0839 or bronwyn.heath@bgs.vic.edu.au
Outstanding results from our 2008 cohort
Results show an outstanding performance by this year’s large and active Year 12 cohort, with boys and girls sharing the honours almost equally. Significant features include:
- 38% of students received ENTER scores over 90
- Median ENTER of 85
- Highest ENTER of 99.4 and a “perfect score” of 50 in Literature, and the equivalent of this in University of Melbourne Art History
- Other high achievers include 98.95 (with 50 in Further Mathematics), 98.95, and 98.9 (with 50 in Theatre Studies)
Perfect scores of 50 across six studies including:
- Design and Technology, Psychology, Further Math, Physical Education, Theatre Studies, English Literature.
University Entrance for Grammar students is outstanding with 85% receiving their 1st or 2nd preference.
Ballarat Grammar students achieve outstanding academic results and the school is proud of their achievements.
Congratulations to the class of 2008!
Congratulations to the class of 2008!
We congratulate the high flyers and hard workers of our 2008 VCE students.
19% of them received ENTER scores over 95, 38% achieved ENTER scores over 90, 58% over 80 and 93% over an ENTER score of 50. The top ENTER score was 99.4.
11 students scored the highest obtainable Study Scores of 50 in Further Mathematics, Literature, Psychology, Theatre Studies and Physical Education.
