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13 Nov Always Was, Always Will Be

Posted at 11:35h in Co-Curricular, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Leadership, News, Old Girls, Senior School, Visual Arts

This week we celebrate NAIDOC Week at Ascham! We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we learn, grow and come together as the Ascham School community. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water and...

16 Sep Tournament of Minds

Posted at 12:03h in Awards, Co-Curricular, Fiona, General, Junior School, Leadership, News

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...

11 Sep When camps come to campus

Posted at 11:19h in Co-Curricular, Fiona, General, Junior School, News, Senior School

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...

28 Aug Toxic perfectionism

Posted at 10:13h in Ascham Parents’, Boarding, Co-Curricular, Community, Fiona, General, Junior School, News, Senior School

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...

21 Aug Why science?

Posted at 16:27h in Fiona, General, Hillingdon, HSC, Junior School, News, Senior School, STEAM

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...

24 Jul SchoolAid National Accreditation for Ascham

Posted at 15:30h in Awards, Community, Fiona, General, Junior School, Leadership, News, Senior School

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...

19 Jun Alyssa’s prize for ‘Tom’

Posted at 13:01h in Awards, Co-Curricular, Community, Fiona, Junior School, News, Visual Arts

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...

05 Jun Zara and Anna awarded by the Governor-General

Posted at 12:33h in Awards, Co-Curricular, Community, Fiona, General, Junior School, Leadership, News, Senior School

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...

29 May History of the Ascham crest

Posted at 15:00h in Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Leadership, News, Old Girls, Senior School

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...

20 May Happy to be back at School

Posted at 12:13h in Boarding, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, News, Senior School

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...