Ready For The World 2025
Canberra Grammar School endeavours to shape Curious, Creative, Confident and Compassionate Citizens of the World. In 2025, we offered the opportunity to a number of students from the Class of 2025 to reflect on their schooling journey. More than just celebrating final scores at yearβs end, Canberra Grammar School wishes to celebrate both successes and experiences shared at our School, whether they be academic, co-curricular, or personal growth achieved throughout their time here.
Around 400 students from the Primary and Senior School participated in Sounds on Saturday, towards the end of Term 1. Across four concerts, ensembles from strings, concert bands, choirs, and guitars presented repertoire developed throughout the term to audiences of parents and families, who created a lively and supportive atmosphere.
Highlights included the Primary String Orchestraβs energetic performance of Anne Svendsenβs πΌπ πππππ¦ πππππ and the Senior String Orchestraβs atmospheric interpretation of Stephen Chinβs ππππ‘β πππ πππ¦πππ. The Middleton Concert Band delivered contrasting styles through Lyall McDermottβs πβπ πΆβπππππ and Ralph Hultgrenβs π΅ππ πππ ππ‘πππ πππ‘πππ , while the Chorale presented a varied programme including πΌπ‘βπ ππππ ππ ππππππβ (Grant Ward) and πΉππππ¦ ππ π΄ππππ π π‘βπ πππ‘ππ (Lyn Williams, text by Christina Rossetti). The Guitar programme rounded out the day with the Senior Guitar Ensembleβs focused performance of π΅ππππ πΌππ (Paul Svoboda) and a high-energy finale from the Senior Advanced Electric Guitar Ensemble with ππ€πππ‘ πΆβπππ πβ ππππ by Guns Nβ Roses (arr. Dylan Slater).
Building on its inaugural year, Sounds on Saturday continues to grow as a key Term 1 performance opportunity, with performance remaining a cornerstone of CGSβ Music Programme and a focus of student learning and development. ... See MoreSee Less
On Wednesday of Week 9, 16 students from Years 4 to 8 represented our School at the Kids' Lit Quiz Canberra heat. In teams of four, CGS students competed against 40 teams from around the ACT and showcased excellent literary knowledge, teamwork, and quick thinking, with one team achieving an outstanding first-place finish! Well done to all participants! ... See MoreSee Less
Canberra Grammar School wishes everyone in our community a very happy Easter!
Our Northside and ELC Red Hill campuses celebrated Easter in the final week of Term 1 with their traditional Easter Hat Parades, while Primary and Senior campuses across the School also held the annual CGS Easter Book Fair in their respective Libraries.
There was an impressive range of hats on display during the parades, and our younger students greatly enjoyed performing songs for their family and friends. A special thanks to our Parents & Friends Association for all their assistance, and to everyone in the community who attended and supported these events, making them such special occasions for our students. ... See MoreSee Less
Year 12 student David recently attended the ACT Independent Schools' Delegate at the three-day National Schools Constitutional Convention (NSCC). He represented CGS proudly, working together with students from across Australia to debate 'πβππ’ππ ππππ‘πππ 53 ππ π‘βπ πΆπππ π‘ππ‘π’π‘πππ ππ πππππππ π‘π ππππ£πππ‘ π‘βπ πππππ‘π ππππ ππππππππ π π’ππππ¦ (ππππππ‘πππ πππππ¦ πππππ )?'
As part of this experience, David met with the Federal Education Minister, the Governor General, Independent Senator Fatima Payman, and a host of other Federal members, political journalists and key academics. ... See MoreSee Less