Canberra Grammar School has a proud tradition of academic success, with 90% of our students choosing to attend university and further their education. Our students are encouraged to develop critical-thinking capacities to have the confidence to lead, and to find creative solutions in a complex world.
We focus on an educational experience that values the arts and sciences, and believe young people should cultivate a sense of responsibility to act judiciously and be of service to others. There is a focus on excellence, while also recognising that learning, at all levels of ability, should be celebrated and supported.
The School provides a responsive environment to all students, including those needing additional assistance and those with exceptional abilities. Graduates are internationally minded and technologically adept, ready to become future leaders both regionally and globally.
The School encourages our senior students to become self-directed learners, working with their teachers to set learning goals. Parents and students are invited to participate in Academic Conferences with teachers to review academic progress, allowing the opportunity to plan and implement strategies to assist in achieving these goals.
Twenty first century schooling demands light flexible solutions to technology in the classroom. At Canberra Grammar School we are looking at how students can be connected to the wider world of learning through a dynamic wireless network well suited to the range of devices the students and staff have access to and will need in the future.
As light mobile computing options grow we are positioning both our teaching approaches and our approach to how students learn to take advantage of global resources and to develop an international outlook for our students that extends beyond their schooling.
At Canberra Grammar School our students learn how to learn – to be adaptable, resilient, reflective, and to have the capacity to research, think, act and communicate their ideas in multimodal ways. We provide our students with a core of essential learning that leads to a depth of understanding across major areas of human knowledge with a substantial emphasis on creating a solid foundation in English, Mathematics and Information Technology.
A Canberra Grammar School education prepares students to be intelligent, innovative and international; to be responsible and compassionate leaders who place the welfare of others before self and who are willing to embrace the challenges of our century as opportunities to make a difference.
Our teachers embrace a collaborative approach to learning, supporting diverse interests and enabling rich learning experiences for our students. As our attention is focused on our students, our curricula and pedagogical decisions flow from this focus point.
Our teachers observe, listen and research alongside the students, encouraging them to be inquirers – to wonder and pose questions with many opportunities for critical, analytical, creative and reflective thinking, enriched through reciprocal interactions between peers, teachers and the broader community.
We believe optimal learning outcomes require strong home-school partnerships. Accordingly, we provide clear and continuous communication and encourage parent participation in the learning environment.
The learning programme at Canberra Grammar School has been designed to engage students in learning that is relevant, challenging and significant. As an International Baccalaureate School offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP) our philosophy and approach is based upon the teaching and learning principles of guided inquiry, development of globally significant conceptual understandings, collaborative learning, differentiation and assessment for learning. Through the PYP framework we incorporate the Australian Curriculum and Early Years Learning Framework requirements.
Guided inquiry enables our students to integrate information across traditional subject areas and apply the accumulation of their knowledge in a cohesive and effective way. What matters is not the regurgitation of facts rather the development of our students’ capability to take what they have learnt and to apply this learning to new situations. Engaging in guided inquiry involves students and teachers in a collaborative process of identifying questions about a topic that they then work towards answering before communicating, reflecting and acting upon newly acquired understandings and skills.
Learning through inquiry complements the rigorous approach we adopt to the development of students’ Literacy and Numeracy skills; it strengthens the purpose and application of the development of these foundational capabilities. While building foundation skills through inquiry our students participate in blocks of learning time that are dedicated specifically to the explicit and scaffolded teaching of Literacy and Numeracy.
The CGS Primary School is an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme accredited school.
Canberra Grammar School (CGS) is a candidate school* for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP). This means that CGS will be trialling implementation of the MYP in Years 7 and 8 in January 2024 followed by Year 9 in 2025 while the school is pursuing authorisation as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students aligning with our core school values to develop Curious, Creative, Confident, and Compassionate Citizens of the world.
* Only schools authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorisation will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org.
The Year 7 programme caters for all Key Learning Areas and provides a strong foundation for future learning.
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Canberra Grammar School (CGS) is a candidate school* for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP). This means that CGS will be trialling implementation of the MYP in Years 7 and 8 in January 2024 followed by Year 9 in 2025 while the school is pursuing authorisation as an IB World School. IB World Schools share a common philosophy- a commitment to high-quality, challenging, international education- that we believe is important for our students aligning with our core school values to develop Curious, Creative, Confident, and Compassionate Citizens of the world.
* Only schools authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorisation will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes visit http://www.ibo.org.
The Year 8 programme builds on this underpinning by including a compulsory choice of one language study with an additional choice of two electives. Year 8 students are thereby given the option of continuing to study up to two languages plus an extra elective if they choose to, or one language and two electives.
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In the Year 9 and 10 programme students have a choice of two electives from a wide variety of subjects such as languages and art, science, and technology.
Canberra Grammar School caters for mixed abilities and ensures that all students with special needs are able to participate in the Australian Curriculum on the same basis as their peers through rigorous, meaningful and dignified learning programmes. The curriculum provides teachers with flexibility to cater for student diversity through personalised learning as well as access to learning support and enrichment programmes. Outside of the classroom environment, students may participate in enrichment activities such as Da Vinci, debating, chess speaking competitions, Code Cadets and maths and science challenges.
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Canberra Grammar School is an authorised IB World School offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) in Years 11 – 12. The IBDP offers an international education with access to a worldwide community of schools and educators. There are more than a million IB students in over 140 countries, and the diploma is recognised in tertiary institutions worldwide. The Programme aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Learn more about the IB DP on IBO.ORG.
The IBDP curriculum comprises six subject groups and students must choose one subject from each of Groups 1 to 5. Students not wishing to select a subject from Group 6 may select a sixth subject from any of Groups 2, 3 or 4 if this subject can be offered on line 6 (number of students dependent). Some subjects are also offered at Standard Level (SL) and Higher Level (HL). Students also complete study in the Theory of Knowledge course, an Extended Essay, and Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS).
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Canberra Grammar School has long had an excellent reputation for academic success. The HSC offers students to study a rich and varied curriculum with an educational experience that prepares young adults to be intelligent, innovative and international in their outlook.
Canberra Grammar School has long had an excellent reputation for academic success. The HSC offers students to study a rich and varied curriculum with an educational experience that prepares young adults to be intelligent, innovative and international in their outlook.
In an era that will be dominated by such challenges as rapid globalisation, environmental change and extraordinary technological advancement, our students must develop a critical capacity to analyse complex problems, a creativity to find solutions and have the confidence to lead, and the HSC prepares students to be ready for the world.
The HSC is awarded to students who successfully complete Years 11 and 12 in NSW. The HSC is an internationally recognised credential that provides a foundation for students entering tertiary study, vocational training or employment. In line with our vision, the HSC contains a powerful curriculum and clearly defined standards of achievement.
CGS is the only school located in the nation’s capital that offers the Higher School Certificate in Year 11 and 12. Learn more about the HSC on the NSW Education Standards Authority website.
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