On the last day of term for 2021, Snowy Mountains Grammar School’s Middle Division (A) team matched up against Frensham from Mittagong in the national grand final of the NGS Super Virtual Debating Competition, organised by the AIS. Prior to the debate, Principal, Dr Andrew Bell, spoke with the team, congratulating them on reaching the [...]
National Careers Week - Highlighting the importance of career development within our schools for all students Aja Bailey - During her Year 10 work experience week last year Did you know that our current students will on average have five careers in their lifetime? It is suggested that this is because approximately [...]
Congratulations to Year 12 Student Zac Corcoran, who represented SMGS, the Jindabyne community and the wider region at the Lions Youth of the Year State Finals gala dinner in Canberra on Saturday 17 April. In what was a very close competition between the 5 speakers, we are incredibly proud of Zac's work to prepare [...]
The Mock Trial is a competition run by the Law Society of NSW and is offered as a co-curricular activity at SMGS for students in years 10 and 11. The competition aims to introduce students to the NSW judicial system and involves students participating in a simulated criminal or civil court case. Students can undertake [...]
How does the HSC work? How can you best prepare for your HSC examinations? Following the recent Virtual UAC presentation, our Director of Curriculum and Operations, Dr Darryl Nelson and some of our Senior School leadership team created a video series to provide further insight about the various elements of the HSC and Year 12 [...]
Snowy Mountains Grammar School Alumna (Class of 2016, Twynam), Lucy Schroeder, held the position of Academic Captain in her final year at SMGS and was the Dux of the 2016 cohort. Lucy is currently completing a degree in Law from the Women’s College within the University of Sydney and is a Katrina Dawson Foundation Scholar. When it comes to her motivation and life pursuits, Lucy said, “I still don’t really know exactly what path [...]
This post originally appeared as an article in the Monaro Post newspaper. Tavia Taylor is a Kindergarten teacher. She has welcomed many children to Big School. Starting Kindergarten is a monumental milestone in any child’s life. It also presents a big change for parents too. You may feel excited, nervous, or even overwhelmed, but [...]
On Monday 20 March, a group of SMGS students participated in the first round of the Law Society of NSW Mock Trial Competition. Participation in the trial is offered as a co-curricular activity at SMGS for students in Years 9, 10 and 11. The competition aims to introduce students to the NSW judicial system and [...]
With credible research demonstrating that students in education across the globe are disengaging from learning and school, at Snowy Mountains Grammar School we are heading in the opposite direction and engaging students in areas in which they love to learn. In addition, our students also learn the full complement of the rigorous Australian Curriculum administered [...]
