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...
Father's Day is always warmly celebrated at Ascham. We welcome fathers, grandfathers and other significant men in the lives of our girls to come and celebrate this special time of year with us. Kindergarten girls put on a special breakfast for their dads, and the whole...
Visiting authors, book character parades, literary trivia quizzes and treasure hunts, workshops, a literary lunch and a Battle of the Books. Book Week was a stimulating, creative and colourful affair at Ascham this year, as we celebrated the week themed 'Reading is My Superpower'! Author of...
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...
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...
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...
