A Reflection on Repatriation
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...
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11th May, 2022. Category: General
Thriving With Dalton
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...
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26th April, 2022. Category: Co-Curricular
Distance Prompts Reflection: Memories of the Dalton Plan
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...
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12th April, 2022. Category: Ascham Archives
Junior Head of the River
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...
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04th April, 2022. Category: Awards
Delving into the Dalton Difference in Fiona
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...
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02nd April, 2022. Category: Dalton
Reading, Creating, Dreaming
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,...
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01st April, 2022. Category: Community
Dalton in the Final Year – Planning, Balance, Reflection and Connection
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,...
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30th March, 2022. Category: Dalton
Sophie's Dalton Path to Medicine
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...
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29th March, 2022. Category: Boarding
The Glory of MONA
Every year, our Year 12 Art and Design Technology students head to Hobart and the wondrous place that is MONA—the Museum of Old and New Art. Each year our students return inspired and ready to...
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18th March, 2022. Category: Co-Curricular
Tildesley Success!
Four years ago, in 2018, we celebrated 100 years of Ascham's involvement in the Tildesley Tennis Shield. If there is a name synonymous with independent girls’ school tennis, it’s ‘Tildesley’. For over a century Ascham...
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18th March, 2022. Category: Co-Curricular
International Women’s Day
On Tuesday 8 March, we celebrated International Women's Day, as so many others did around the world. Our day at Ascham was one of insightful discussions, amazing guest speakers, and vital awareness-building around the IWD...
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11th March, 2022. Category: Co-Curricular
The Cova Project Grows
Geena Dunne’s (2011) Cova Project is a truly ground-breaking enterprise. The Cova Project was founded by Geena several years ago with the simple goal of providing menstrual cups and menstrual health education to women and...
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07th March, 2022. Category: Community