Late in Term 2, students in Years 7 to 10 were invited to enter the Australian Science Innovations’ Big Science Competition. Students volunteer to enter the competition, which promotes problem-solving and creative thought processes. Congratulations to Marnix van Hooff (Year 7) and Elise Philpott (Year 9) for being awarded a High Distinction. Marnix and Elise [...]
On June 3 2021 30 students from Year 9 and 10 travelled to Canberra to participate in the University of Newcastle ACT and Region Science and Engineering Challenge. The challenge is a day-long competition designed to provide Year 10 (or Year 9) students with a positive experience of science and engineering. Challenge activities include: - [...]
Write a Book in a Day Competition provides Real-World Learning Opportunities The Snowy Shed was a hive of energy on Tuesday, 15 June, with eighty students working in teams of five to ten, coming together for the 2021 Write a Book in a Day Competition. Calling upon their creative and collaborative minds, students had [...]
Exploring New Forms of Communication In an ever-changing world one thing remains constant; our need to effectively communicate. However, the opportunities we have to do this are certainly changing. Podcasting is a platform that is changing the way we consume information and entertainment. For many, we are converted podcast listeners. For a few we [...]
Snowy Mountains Grammar School Senior Drama students are hosting an evening to showcase their creative work from this term this Thursday. Year 11 students will be performing their class production - Mmmbeth a ‘tradgedy’ [sic] written by Alison Williams. This is a humorous, melodramatic parody of Shakespeare’s Macbeth where everything goes wrong. The witches take [...]
Author: Krista Mower, Equestrian Team Co-ordinator This year Snowy Mountains Grammar School sent a team of twenty-three riders from Years 7 to 12 to compete at the North West Equestrian Expo in Coonabarabran, NSW. This is our biggest team to date and we could not be prouder of the way each student conducted themselves and [...]
Congratulations to Year 6 student Ruby Kite who advances to the semi-finals of the Rostrum Public Speaking Competition after winning the quarter-finals last night in Cooma. A big thank you to Zac Rowlands for being tonight’s chairperson and Noah Horvath for being the timekeeper and guest speaker. Great job representing SMGS last night. [...]
Well hello winter! Students and staff enjoyed the beautiful snowstorm which turned our campus into a winter wonderland! Pencils down and snowballs at 10 paces! Check out the video below which also featured on the SkyNews weather report.
Videos of performances from the 2021 HSC Music Showcase. Bode Townend "Sunday Morning" Accompanied by: Matt, Zac, Brooke + Mrs Sell Kesha Oayda "Valerie" Accompanied by: Bode, Zac, Matt, Brooke + Mrs Sell Zac Corcoran "These are the Days" Brooke Burns "Sunday Morning" Accompanied by: Mrs Sell [...]
Photos from the Year 12 Music Performance night.
