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05 Jun National Reconciliation Week 2019

Posted at 09:26h in Boarding, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, Leadership, News, Senior School

'Grounded in Truth, Walk Together With Courage’ Ascham marked and celebrated National Reconciliation Week (27 May - 2 June) right across the School. Watch our video here. It provides insights into our commitment to reconciliation and highlights some of the great experiences of the week. Tribal Warrior Aboriginal...

10 May Supporting Gunbalanya

Posted at 10:56h in Community, Fiona, General, Junior School, News, Visual Arts

The students in our Junior School, Fiona, ongoingly support Gunbalanya School, a remote school in Arnhem Land situated just across the East Alligator River from Kakadu National Park. Last year our SchoolAid KAT ambassadors, two Fiona students, initiated a fundraising campaign to support literacy among Indigenous...

13 Feb Safer Internet Day

Posted at 13:32h in Community, Fiona, Junior School, Leadership, News

Recently, all Years 3 to 6 Ascham girls participated in activities to mark Safer Internet Day, a worldwide event that raises awareness about internet safety and empowers individuals and communities with tools for more positive online experiences. Taking place on Tuesday 5 February 2019, Safer Internet...

01 Feb Paving a greener path at Ascham

Posted at 10:34h in Boarding, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, Leadership, News, Senior School

For several years we’ve been taking steps towards greening Ascham, and a key aspect of this has been to develop a long-term sustainability plan. A school such as ours uses a large amount of energy across the campus, therefore determining opportunities for sourcing renewable energy...

23 Nov Year 6 cooks for those in need

Posted at 14:02h in Co-Curricular, Community, Fiona, General, Junior School, Leadership, News

Community service is an integral part of an Ascham education. This week all Year 6 Ascham girls were involved in community service at Our Big Kitchen (OBK) in Bondi. OBK is a community run, non-denominational, industrial kitchen where meals are prepared for distribution to people...

05 Nov Willow commended in Sculpture Prize

Posted at 12:28h in Co-Curricular, Community, Fiona, General, Junior School, News

Responding to the theme 'Threatened Species in Woollahra', Ascham Junior School students worked with abundant enthusiasm and determination over the past two months to produce creative and ecologically sound works for the Woollahra Environmental Sculpture Prize for Schools. Our girls employed an inventive use of...

28 Aug Morris Gleitzman visits Ascham

Posted at 16:29h in Fiona, General, Junior School, News

To celebrate Book Week, we were thrilled to host bestselling children's author Morris Gleitzman when he visited girls in Fiona. Morris' extensive list of titles includes Two Weeks With The Queen, Grace, Doubting Thomas, Give Peas A Chance, Extra Time, Loyal Creatures, and the series Once,...

01 Jun Ascham girls win the da Vinci Decathlon

Posted at 23:18h in Co-Curricular, Fiona, Junior School, News

On Thursday 25 May, two teams of Year 5 and 6 students represented Ascham in the da Vinci Decathlon at Knox Grammar School, with wonderful results. This decathlon is an academic competition designed to challenge and stimulate the minds of school students. Students competed in teams...

04 May A little possum magic at school

Posted at 23:29h in Fiona, Junior School, News

Ascham may be an inner-city school but we are blessed with a campus replete with visiting wildlife! Great excitement filled our Junior School, Fiona, on Tuesday morning when reports of a sleepy possum taking refuge in a bag of clothes, intended for recycling, began to circulate....

16 Mar Year 2 Charity Day for sick Fijian children

Posted at 23:35h in Fiona, Hillingdon, Junior School, News

Class 2-7 held a Charity Day for sick Fijian children in hospital. Each Hillingdon student very kindly donated two pre-loved paperback books that will be taken to Fiji by one of our Year 2 students and her family in the Term 1 holidays. This family takes part...