On Sunday, 27th May, SMGS’ Twynam House headed to Lake Jindabyne for the kick-off of a new SMGS initiative to give back to our local community, aptly termed “House Service Day”. Over thirty people, which included parents, staff and students from Twynam House (one of four houses that make up the SMGS house system) [...]
The 20th annual Maria Kisich Public Speaking Competition will be held on Thursday 7th June, 2018, starting at 6.15pm. Speakers will present from four divisions – Upper Primary, Junior (Years 7/8), Intermediate (Years 9/10) and Senior (Years 11/12). This year, we will be welcoming the inaugural winner, Emma Arbeau (née Rupcic) (winner 1999, 2000) to present the [...]
Every two years, the Snowy Mountains Grammar School Performing and Creative Arts team come together to create a triple-threat masterpiece! This year, we are proud to announce that our 2018 production is Grease the Musical! The cast and crew have been rehearsing tirelessly during academy time and on weekends. Owing to the high level of [...]
Mother Nature put on her best show for the 2018 SMGS Athletics Carnival, held at the Jindabyne Sport and Recreation Oval. SMGS’ Kindergarten to Year 12 students ran, jumped, threw and cheered their way through the exciting schedule of events. The house competition was hotly contested, both on and off the track and field, with [...]
Author: Andrew Bell, SMGS Principal This article first appeared in SMGS newsletter, Aspects on Friday, 18th May. Peak Performance I recently read the book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Ericsson & Pool. The authors describe how certain individuals develop their performance to reach excellence, while others with seemingly similar capability only [...]
On Saturday, 19th May, SMGS students, Pippi Fuller, Ayumi Bailey, Alexi Cross, Lucy Cross and Jasmine Zollinger who are part of an 8 muscian strong performance group who perform under the title 'Snowy String Ensemble' travelled to Canberra, ACT to take part in the Australian National Eisteddfod at the Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music. [...]
The youngest members of our school community had a busy day on Wednesday, 23rd May! Before heading out to the Athletics Carnival, our Kindergarten to Year 2 participated in the National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). SMGS joined 8255 schools, childcare centres, libraries and preschools around Australia in this year’s event.  The story, Hickory Dickory Dash, was [...]
On Friday, 18th May, Senior School students were recognised who have achieved Academic Honours (Provisional) and/or Academic Endeavour (Provisional) for Term 1. Academic Endeavour is calculated by converting the effort grades each student achieves into numbers and then averaging those across all of their subjects. Academic Honours is calculated by determining the average percentage each [...]
Our boarders come from all over Australia, including the major cities of Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, as well as some of the smaller, closer, regional towns of Adelong, Braidwood, Captain’s Flat, together with other towns in the Snowy Monaro region. Our facilities are uniquely homely, providing each full-time student with their own room. The [...]
This week, boarding schools around Australia will be participating in the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA) National Boarding Week. The week is aimed at raising awareness about the many benefits of boarding schools, thanking our boarding staff for their commitment to our students and celebrating the important part our boarding community plays in the fabric [...]
