Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School crest. Source: www.ivanhoegirls.vic.edu.au (Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School website)
Location
Ivanhoe
,
Victoria

Australia
Coordinates37°45′58″S 145°2′49″E / 37.76611°S 145.04694°E / -37.76611; 145.04694
Information
Typeprivate, single-sex, day school
MottoLatin: Lux Mea Christus
(Christ my light)
DenominationAnglican
Established1903[1]
PrincipalNarelle Umbers
Years offeredELC–12
GenderGirls
Enrolment~1,025 (ELC–12)[2]
Colour(s)Royal blue, chocolate brown and white
AffiliationGirls Sport Victoria
Websitewww.ivanhoegirls.vic.edu.au

Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School, is a private, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Ivanhoe, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1903, the school has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for over 850 students from the Early Learning Centre (ELC) to Year 12.[2]

Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA),[3] the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),[4] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),[5] the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria (AISV),[1] and is a founding member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV).[6]

Campus

Classes are held in a number of different buildings. There is a senior and junior library, and café, Arts and Hospitality Centre and many other facilities. The Performing Arts Centre, visible from Upper Heidelberg Road, is used frequently both for school performances and external performances (including the local Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra).

Student-driven philanthropy

Since 1998, the senior class has raised funds for a humanitarian organisation of their choice via a charity concert held each year. The year level are given four weeks to prepare this much anticipated event in the School's calendar. The Class of 2012 holds the current record of $67,500 AUD for BeyondWater. The class of 2011 raised $47,675 AUD for a small humanitarian organisation based in Melbourne- Front Yard Youth Services. The Class of 2008 raised $47,000.00 AUD for the Australian charity organisation Kids Under Cover. The Class of 2010 raised over $43,000 for The Alannah and Madeline Foundation.[7]

House system

As with most Australian schools, Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School uses a house system. Students are divided into six houses, named after characters and places in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.

  • Rotherwood (Blue)
  • Locksley (White)
  • Rowena (Yellow)
  • Ashby (Red)
  • Oswald (Green)
  • York (Purple)

The school awards points to each house, based on house-wide achievements in a number of fields including sports and debating. Individuals can also earn points for their house for their own individual achievements. These points are cumulated at the end of the year, and the winning house is announced at the School's "Celebration Night".

Uniform

There are three different uniforms: the summer uniform (worn in terms 1 and 4), the winter uniform (terms 2 and 3), and the sports uniform, for PE classes and other sporting activities. The winter uniform, as well as the blazer, was redesigned in 2005 by Jane Lamerton, a former student of the school, along with a committee of students and teachers. Redesigns of the summer uniform and sports uniform have also been undertaken and are currently available at the uniform shop on campus. Following the redesign of the winter uniform, blue has been added as a school colour, in addition to brown and replacing the yellow.

Notable alumnae

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School". Find a School. Association of Independent Schools of Victoria. 2007. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  2. 1 2 Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School- Employment Archived 2 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine (accessed:21-06-2007)
  3. ↑ "AHISA Schools". Victoria. Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia. January 2008. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "JSHAA Victorian Directory of Members". Victoria Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  5. ↑ Butler, Jan (2006). "Member Schools". Members. The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  6. ↑ Mawkes, Leonie (2005). "Member Schools". Profile. Girls Sport Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  7. ↑ Amf.com.au: Community supporters. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  8. ↑ Suzannah Pearce, ed. (17 November 2006). "MIKAKOS Jenny". Who's Who in Australia Live!. North Melbourne, Vic: Crown Content Pty Ltd.
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