For immediate release: Snowy Mountains Grammar School won a 2022 Gold InspirED School Marketers Brilliance Award this week for its 2022 Kindergarten Readiness Campaign in the only international competition that recognizes excellence in private and independent school marketing and communications. The Brilliance Awards are sponsored by InspirED School Marketers, a community that provides “brilliant ideas [...]
On Monday of Week 2 we left school for the Pinch. We enjoyed the extra 10 degrees and stunning views of the Snowy River and the local landscape. Starting with a briefing and mindfulness session beside the Snowy River, we learnt from Jacob and Chess about some of the local Ngarigo Indigenous history, culture and [...]
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 [...]
The Junior Team – Year 7 Round 1 On Thursday, 1 September, Maddie, Eve, Ayla and I debated against a team from St John’s College of Kingaroy, Queensland. It was fun to engage in such an enticing topic and have a good conversation with the other team at the end. We are extremely proud of what [...]
The sixth and final day of the 2022 National Interschool Snowsport Championships did not disappoint. The Perisher race crews perfectly prepared the courses for the Div 2 Alpine, Div 2 Moguls and Div 1 Ski Cross. The final day of Nationals also signalled the last race of their schooling career for many of our Year [...]
Mother Nature's indecisiveness was no match for our students on Day 5 of the 2022 Australian Snowsport Interschool Championships. With the Primary School Points Score complete, our Senior Students got to work a Perisher Resort in the Div 1 and 3 Moguls, Div 1 and 3 Alpine and Div 2 Ski Cross. SMGS Director of [...]
The 2022 National Snowsport Interschools Championships kicked off this week. By the numbers, SMGS is fielding its largest team to date, with 93 SMGS teams invited to compete at Nationals, 246 individual invitations, 305 National entries and 145 students. Our Junior School students kicked off Day 1 at Perisher Resort, racing the clock and the best [...]
That’s a wrap on the 2022 Subaru ACT & Regional Interschool Snowsports Championships. Fuelled by smiles, school spirit and a lolly snake or two, Divisions 4, 5 and 6 closed out their Regional Snowsports campaign at Perisher Resort on Front Valley and Sundeck. A huge thank you to all our Year 12 students who supported [...]
A Winter Wonderland greeted competitors for the first day of the 2022 Subaru ACT & Regional Interschools Snowsport Championships. Day 1 saw the following categories head to the start gates of courses across Perisher Resort: Div 3 - Moguls Div 2 - Ski Cross Div 1 - Alpine With a focus on participation, fun and [...]
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 [...]
