We all love a voyage of discovery… especially when, after wild seas, wrecks and restorations, loves and losses, it is ourselves that we discover. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night asks us, ‘What country friends is this? Where true happiness can be found in freedom, or ‘what you...
On 12 May at Ascham The Student Alliance for Gender Equality (SAGE) held its first conference with a student led panel discussion around gender equality. Here Year 11 Student, Olivia Cook describes her involvement in this inaugural event and why keeping the discussion alive around gender...
In Year 11, Ascham Ancient History students complete a Historical Investigation on a topic of their choice. Student Georgia Shelley tackled the following question, and wrote an engaging and thoroughly researched essay on the repatriation of one very important Ancient Egyptian antiquity. Should antiquities acquired...
We have Scientists in the making! Our Prep teachers Ms Alex Keller and Mrs Julie Ward share the delightful array of experiences and experiments our students have been participating in the wonderful world that is Prep! ‘The girls are displaying great enthusiasm when engaged in a...
What does it mean to thrive academically? For one student, it might be to simply pass a test. For another, it might be to achieve a near-perfect mark. For the teacher, the common goal is that both students remain positive about their academic progress and...
The year 2010 saw me leave Ascham’s English Department, the place setting of my working life. My first Ascham teachers were Rowena Danziger, who gave me my job, and Beverley McGaw, who taught me the lore of the Dalton classroom. Firstly and always, I shall...
On 20 March our Senior School rowers shone at the Junior section (Years 8-9) of the annual Head of the River rowing regatta. Here, Head Coach Thomas Parker provides a colourful reflection of what was a really exciting and successful day for Ascham. 'The mythical story...
Independence, Responsibility, Collaboration and Reflection, the four main pillars of the Dalton Plan, are cleverly, almost subliminally, woven into everything that happens in the Junior School. From lessons, to co-curricular activities, to the playground, the principles of the Dalton Plan aren't taught explicitly to Junior...
It has been a great first term in the Hillingdon Library (Prep to Year 2). Librarian Ms Penny Szentkuti provides a rundown on what our youngest students have been up to in her library. 'Fortunately, the rain does not interfere with our activities and we heard...
Our Junior School Students from Years 3 to 6 have embraced their new vegetable garden with boundless enthusiasm. Carrot, lettuce and swiss chard seeds have been planted by the Year 4 Eco Warriors. Here, Year 6 STEAM Prefect, Matilda Powell describes the garden initiative and...
Allegra Carlton and Mimi Perkin are keenly aware of how important it is to manage their wellbeing, just as much as their HSC workload, during their final year at School. Fortunately for these two students, and indeed their peers, the Dalton Plan has taught them...
There has been a lot to celebrate lately at Ascham—this year marks 100 years since the unique educational framework, the Dalton Plan, was introduced to our School. Since 1922, thousands of Ascham students have graduated with a toolkit of skills built on the Dalton pillars...
