Coinciding with World Kindness Day on Wednesday, Year 6 packaged up bundles of kindness to send to emergency services personnel currently dealing with the NSW bushfire crisis. The girls travelled to Our Big Kitchen in Bondi to participate in this invaluable community service experience. They prepared...
The tireless community service efforts of Year 12 student Sarah Lovelady have been recognised by the Order of Australia Association. Sarah has been given the honour of receiving a Youth Community Service Award. The OA Association describes the awards: 'The Order of Australia recognises those who...
Meet Millie and Georgie—a couple of Ascham Old Girls who are tackling the drought head on! Millie (pictured left) is ‘Chief Hustle’ and Georgie (pictured right) is Chief PR for the incredibly successful #buyfromthebush campaign. According to Millie and Georgie, the products are: 'A showcase of beautiful...
We are very excited to be partnering with REELise Inc., a registered charity formed to empower young people to create a positive digital future. REELise has created a cyberbullying program that delivers a series of microlessons to user devices anytime, anywhere. Ascham Old Girl and REELise...
Every year for over a decade, Ascham girls in Year 11 have travelled to a different regional NSW property owned by an Ascham family to plant trees. We call this our Ascham Forest. This annual project has one central aim: over time the forests that...
On 7 August, nine Ascham girls headed out to The King’s School in Parramatta for the Biennial IPSHA Social Action Expo. The Expo was a day of collaboration and sharing and provided the girls with many opportunities to develop relationships with students and teachers from other...
Every year, two or three Ascham girls are lucky enough to attend the Eton Choral course in the UK. This year, Year 11 students Ruby Alexander and Gretel Power spent the week in Eton's hallowed halls, getting a taste of one of the world's great...
To finish off the 2018–19 season, our Ascham Sailing team won the Interdominion Championships female division for the first time, after also winning the State and National female titles. During the winter holidays, seven Ascham sailors represented our school, as well as Australia, at the Interdominion...
With country NSW still in the grip of drought, regional schools need all the help they can get. Recently we ran an initiative called Bats, Balls and Boots for the Bush and our whole Ascham School community embraced it with gusto. We have been inundated with...
Ascham girls support many charities and animals are always close to our hearts here at School. In Fiona (Years 3-6) some of our girls have the honour of being Animal Welfare Prefects. Recently they spoke at an assembly about the RSPCA, highlighting the important work this...
