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28 Jun Bats, Balls and Boots for the Bush

Posted at 08:41h in Ascham Parents’, Boarding, Community, Fiona, General, Hillingdon, Junior School, Leadership, News, Senior School, Sport

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...

21 Jun Animal Welfare Prefects support RSPCA

Posted at 09:19h in Co-Curricular, Community, Fiona, General, Leadership, News

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...

14 Jun Lauren shines on stage

Posted at 08:51h in Co-Curricular, Community, General, News, Performances & Productions, Senior School

At only 13 years of age, Ascham student Lauren Young has already had an incredible dancing career, regularly appearing on stage and screen. Between February and May, Lauren competed in the Asian Grand Prix International Ballet Competition (AGP). The AGP International Ballet Competition is an annual...

12 Jun 1st in Waverley Youth Art Prize

Posted at 08:48h in Community, Fiona, General, Junior School, News, Visual Arts

Ascham girl Kate Smith wins first prize in Junior Division. Since the end of last term, several Fiona students have been preparing entries for the 2019 Waverley Youth Art Prize. This year’s theme, Pop Your Culture, drew initial inspiration from the Pop Art movement of the...

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...

26 May The Sound of Music

Posted at 15:24h in Co-Curricular, Community, General, Music, News, Performances & Productions, Senior School

The Sound of Music graced the stage of the Packer Theatre for five shows in May, bringing this much-loved family musical to thousands of audience members. Our cast of girls was a stellar line-up of talent, with boys from Cranbrook, Newington and Sydney Grammar also joining...

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...

01 May Renewables deal sets a course for our future

Posted at 16:14h in Community, General, Leadership, News

We’re very proud to announce our new energy agreement that will see Ascham sourcing 90% of our power from renewable energy sources over the next decade. We have become the first school in New South Wales, and one of the first in Australia, to sign onto...

30 Apr Japan Art and Culture Tour

Posted at 17:14h in Co-Curricular, News, Overseas Tours & Exchanges, Senior School, Visual Arts

In the autumn school holidays, 19 Ascham girls from Years 10 and 11 embarked on the Art and Culture tour of a lifetime when they headed to Japan. Here is an extract of the report provided by students Olivia Litver and Kate Ledger upon their...

12 Apr Other Rooms

Posted at 16:46h in Boarding, Community, News, Performances & Productions, Senior School

Year 11 Drama students have been hard at work collaborating, creating and acting in a self-devised work with guest director Mr Anthony Skuse and playwright Mr Julian Larnach. Other Rooms references Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, the spirit of which ran right through the...