Earlier this term, our Year 4 class created a movie based on exploring the concept of ‘how to manage our worries’ and how our worries (anxieties) can interfere with our ability to engage with the world around us, whether that be our learning, our friendships or our confidence to try new things. Of the outcomes [...]
The Blessing of the Snow Chapel, run each year at Snowy Mountains Grammar School, was hosted this year by Year 5/6. As a class, they arranged the Chapel service to be inclusive of all attending students and staff. On entering the Chapel, all students were given a pre-made snowflake that was made by Year 5/6. [...]
After a successful and enjoyable welcome night, we made our way up to Perisher for our first day on snow for the 2017 season. Moving into its second year, the SMGS ESA has grown from 22 students last year, to 36 student this year. We have students training in SBX, SX, Alpine, FS, Moguls and [...]
Last week, SMGS held its annual Foundation Day Ceremony. The ceremony featured some inspiring speeches, but perhaps most notable would be the words from alumnus, Mr Jeremy Witherdin. Jeremy was a boarding student at SMGS, starting in Year 7 in 1998. He graduated in 2004 as the school captain and a two-time Maria Kisich Public [...]
Two weeks ago, students from the SMGS Legal Studies class travelled to Canberra and the University of Wollongong. The students, accompanied by Legal Studies teacher Mrs Susan Plum, visited the Canberra War Memorial en route to Wollongong as all of these students are studying Modern History too. The students found the War Memorial very informative [...]
The students from Snowy Mountains Grammar School are jumping for heart health by participating in the Heart Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart program and the fight against heart disease. SMGS has joined hundreds of schools across the country for Jump Rope for Heart, the largest and most recognised fundraising program for young people in Australia. [...]
The North West Equestrian Expo, an extensive interschools event held at Coonabarabran each year, was for our SMGS Equestrian team an amazing success in every way. We have attended this event for the past ten years and the results achieved this year were better than ever before. This level of performance was to a large [...]
Author: Lara Fairfield-Smith, Year 11 The Senior Drama students at Snowy Mountains Grammar School are hosting an evening to showcase their hard work in Drama throughout this term. Year 11 Year 11 students will be performing their class production: ‘Opening a Fuzzwollop’s Frame of Mind’. A group of people that range from one extreme to [...]
Foundation Day is an important milestone each year, where we show our gratitude for the wisdom, courage and commitment demonstrated by those who contributed to the establishment of the School, including those from Redlands, Snowy Hydro and also members of the local community. Without this vision, hundreds of students over the years would not have [...]
On Monday 29th May, the intrepid Meerkat performers from Melbourne battled freezing temperatures and snowfalls over the Alpine Way to present a fantastic interpretation of the popular book, Mr Huff, written by Anna Walker. SMGS Librarian, Mrs Chris Ryrie, was thrilled to have Meerkat Productions at our school, saying, “Ashley and Brendan delivered an energetic [...]
