Tournament of Minds (TOM) is an excellent opportunity for students with a drive to engage in creative thinking and team work. Ascham Junior School girls participate in TOM every year. A problem-solving competition for teams of seven students, TOM requires students to work collaboratively and creatively...
What do you do when you have to cancel school excursions and camps? Bring the excursions and camps to school of course! The creativity and ingenuity of our Ascham staff has been in overdrive this week. In normal years, Year 5 would have been on their...
How do you feel about making mistakes? Are you a perfectionist? Do perfectionists give up earlier than others? This term we have been fortunate to have parenting expert Dr Justin Coulson CSP provide engaging and thought-provoking online presentations to staff and parents of Ascham girls. Dr...
We have celebrated National Science Week right across Ascham this week. So it is timely that our Head of Science, Ms Ann Brownlee, answers the million-atom question...
This week, Ascham had the honour of being presented with SchoolAid National Accreditation by the Patron of SchoolAid, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Her Excellency Mrs Hurley. Alongside seven other schools from NSW and...
Visual Arts is a focus at Ascham, from Prep onwards. We have many students extremely talented in visual arts and many do well in various art prizes. This term we warmly congratulate Alyssa Bova (Year 6) who won second prize in the junior division of...
On 4 June, the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), held a virtual presentation ceremony to celebrate and acknowledge the achievements of two of our incredible young leaders, Zara Dempsey (Year 7) and Anna Myers (Year 5). Zara and Anna...
The birth and evolution of our Ascham crest is intriguing. Here, our Archivist Ms Marguerite Gillezeau, explains how the wings, dolphins and acorns came to symbolise our School over a century ago. Before it was the substantial book that it is today, the Ascham yearbook, Charivari, began...
After several weeks of remote learning, our classrooms and playgrounds have filled with the energy and laughter of Ascham girls from Prep to Year 12 once again. We are so enjoying having our students back on campus. Girls have shared stories of their remote learning...
This is not the first time that Ascham girls have experienced remote learning over the last century. In fact, there have been several periods where interruptions to schooling and remote learning have had to take place, especially for our boarders. This fascinating potted history of the...
