Events

  1. Year 7 and Year 8 Examinations

    31 May @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm AEST
  2. Year 7 and Year 8 Examinations

    1 June @ 8:45 am - 1:00 pm AEST
  3. North West Equestrian Expo

    2 June - 5 June
  4. P&F Trivia Night – Saturday Night Fever

    2 June @ 6:00 pm - 10:30 pm AEST

News

  • 2023 Redlands Cup Draft Team List

    The draft team lists for the 2023 Redlands Cup Competition are now available: 2023 Redlands Cup Draft Team List (Thursday 25th May 2023) Please direct any queries to snowsports@smgs.nsw.edu.au
  • 2023 Regional Interschools Snowsports Draft Team List

    The draft team lists for the 2023 Regional Interschools Snowsports Competition are now available: 2023 Interschools Snowsports Draft Team List (Tuesday 23rd May 2023) Please direct any queries to snowsports@smgs.nsw.edu.au
  • Snowy Monaro Anzac Day Services

    As ANZAC Day approaches, SMGS encourages our staff and students to participate in the services across our region and beyond.   All students attending the ANZAC Day services must be dressed in full school uniform, including a blazer and school hat.   We take great pride in our student’s participation in this significant event and […]
  • SMGS P&F Car Raffle – Winners Announced

    Drumroll, please! We just drew the winners of our SMGS P&F car raffle! Congratulations to the holder of ticket #608! Your new ride is waiting for you!   A huge thank you to all of the members of SMGS P&F who worked tirelessly to make the car raffle a success Your dedication and hard work […]

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Bringing our Learning Bug to Light

Join us in celebrating the joy of learning as our kindergarten students unveil their collective Learning Bug at the Lake Light Sculpture festival! Take a behind-the-scenes look at how our students brought their Learning Bug to life and discover the wonder of learning that they have embraced.  

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award – Guthega Adventurous Journey

Students participating in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award at Snowy Mountains Grammar School embarked upon their first Adventurous Journey for 2023 from Saturday, 18 February, to Tuesday, 21 February. Key components of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award include the development of initiative, responsibility, self-sufficiency and teamwork skills. In order to facilitate this, students managed all [...]

Year 9/10 Students Excel at Newcastle University Science and Engineering Challenge

On Thursday, 31 students from Snowy Mountains Grammar School in years 9 and 10 showcased their scientific and engineering skills at the prestigious Newcastle University Science and Engineering Challenge in Canberra. The event offered an ideal platform for students to engage in hands-on problem-solving tasks that tested their teamwork, communication, and creativity skills. Throughout the [...]

2023 Thredbo Cannonball Festival

2023 Thredbo Cannonball Festival  What a week! 38 SMGS students recently competed in the 2023 Thredbo Cannonball Festival, one of Australia’s largest mountain bike competitions with over 900 entries and featuring some of the world’s best riders. The events included the Fox Flow Motion Cup, the Osprey All-Mountain Assault, the Rockshox Pump Track Challenge the [...]

Soaring to New Heights: Year 10 student Aidan Dawson Reflects on his First Solo Flight Experience

Jindabyne local and aspiring pilot Aidan Dawson celebrated his 15th birthday in January by taking his maiden solo flight, two years before he can legally drive a car on his own and two months after being confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg. Aidan, a Snowy Mountains Grammar School (SMGS) Aviation student, has been [...]

“What did I do wrong?”

One of the great joys of my days is working with students. Often, and as contradictory as this may seem, the best work is done when a student is feeling low. It is a little counter-intuitive to even suggest this. But stay with me as I explain this important branch of Academic Care. To begin [...]

Sportsmanship and Horsemanship Key to Success at North West Equestrian Interschools Expo

North West Equestrian Interschools Expo A team of eighteen SMGS students left Jindabyne in the dumping snow for the two-day trip to the North West Equestrian Interschools Expo in Coonabarabran, stopping overnight to give the horses a break so they could arrive fresh and ready to compete on Friday 3 June. There were six hundred [...]

Da Vinci Decathlon 2022

On Thursday 24 and Friday 25 May, our Year 5-10 da Vinci Decathlon teams joined over fifty other teams from schools from around the region to compete in an academic decathlon. This competition is usually held in Canberra but was held virtually this year. The da Vinci Decathlon required the teams to draw on each [...]

Year 6 STEM race to the finish line with their fan-driven carts

This semester, our Year 6 students have been busy in STEM, re-purposing old equipment to build fan-driven cars. The hands-on activity required students to call upon a breadth of skills, including collaboration, critical thinking, planning, creativity and working technical skills. Through re-purposing old equipment, students completed the following four tasks:  Task 1: Salvage usable parts from [...]

Guest Speaker, UNSW 5th Year Mechanical Engineering Student, Zali Steiner, provides Insight and Inspiration into a Career in STEM

Author: Lucy Cross, Year 12 On Friday 18th March our school community welcomed 5th year Mechanical Engineering and Material Science student at UNSW, Zali Steiner, to come and speak to Year 7 to 12 students interested in STEM and engineering. I met Zali through an initiative called ‘Your School, Your Story’ through my involvement in [...]