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This past weekend, CGS Girls’ Chess Team students Michaella, Aneka, Hannah, and Flora, flew to Perth to represent the ACT and Canberra Grammar School in the Australian School Teams Chess Competition.
The competition took place on Saturday, 7 December and Sunday, 8 December, with the girls playing against each state and territory’s girls' chess teams. It was an extremely challenging event, with the chief arbiter noting this year’s competition had the highest number of highly rated chess players ever. The girls gave their very best, winning some games, and, most importantly, having fun, meeting other chess players, and improving their tactics and strategy. After a challenging two days, the CGS Girls’ Chess Team placed a commendable Fourth in Australia!
On Sunday evening, the girls celebrated their success by watching the stunning sunset over the Indian Ocean on Western Australia’s coast—a perfect end to the trip.
“𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑥.” — Aneka, Year 9.
“𝐼𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑢𝑝𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑀𝑦 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑥 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝—𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒!” — Flora, Year 11.
“𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 1 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎. 𝐼 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑.” — Michaella, Year 10.
“𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ-𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑡ℎ, 𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠.” — Hannah, Year 9.
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CGS Presentation Night 2024 at the National Convention Centre was a captivating celebration of achievements and talents that enchanted the entire CGS community.
The night began with pre-show performances by the CGS Guitar Group and Senior School Dance, Hay House Chorale and Primary Orchestra, before a Processional of ‘Radetzky March’ by the CGS Massed Bands. The audience was treated to a host of performances thereafter; the Year 6 Exhibition Display of ‘Empowerment’, ‘Soundscape 7’ by the Student Percussion Composition, and ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ by the Senior School Orchestra were some of the many highlights of the night. A Recessional of ‘Hark the Herald Angels’ closed out a huge night.
This year, the Ian Powell Memorial Award was presented to two outstanding recipients: Heather White and Kate Carroll, the School’s dedicated nurses, whose commitment to health and wellbeing has left an indelible mark on our community.
The recipient of the Extraordinary Care and Service, Stephen Byron Award was Jenny Hunter. As Head of the Girls’ Boarding House, Jenny has transformed it into a second home for over 50 boarders, fostering an environment of trust, warmth, and inclusion.
Canberra Grammar School deeply appreciates the huge effort of all our students and staff for contributing to the success of such an extraordinary night, and congratulates everyone on their many successes for 2024.
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Our very excited and enthusiastic CGS combined Primary Choir were invited to sing at Parliament House in the Marble Foyer this week! Led by Ms Halse and accompanied by Dr Smith, the choir of 42 students sang a wonderful mix of Christmas carols to a supportive audience of families and Parliament House staff.
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Congratulations to our Year 6 graduating class! Last Friday, our Year 6 students displayed their end-of-year PYP Exhibition, a culmination of their journey through the Primary School and a demonstration of their ability to conduct ethical research, identify an issue, and suggest an action to address it. The Exhibition boldly celebrated the CGS values of our students becoming Curious, Creative, Confident and Compassionate Citizens of the World, and we are all so incredibly proud of them for their accomplishments this year.
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