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News

  • Volunteers needed at the Jindabyne Ski Sale

    Calling all SMGS families!   The Jindabyne Ski Sale, an initiative of the Rob Kneller Youth Foundation, still needs volunteers to assist with this weekend’s event.   All funds raised will subsidise the cost of school skiing for JCS and SMGS students in years K-2 to encourage participation and exposure to the Snowsports industry.   […]
  • 2023 Redlands Cup Draft Team List (Updated)

    The draft team lists for the 2023 Redlands Cup Competition are now available: 2023 Redlands Cup Draft Team List (Tuesday 30th 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 […]

Electives

Electives Program

Welcome to our Electives Program for students in Years 9 and 10.

The structure and content of our 2022 Elective Program has arisen out of a strong desire to provide the greatest possible flexibility and areas of interest for students. Our program is unique; rather it exceeds customary elective programs by offering the ‘best of both worlds’ of innovation and traditional learning program options.

2022 Electives include: 

Agricultural Technology
Aviation
Commerce
Design and Technology
Digital Content Creator
Drama
Electronic and Software Engineering
Languages
Music 
PASS (Physical Activities and Sports Science)
Visual Arts

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SMGS Aviation Academy Flying High

By | January 23rd, 2023|Categories: Academic, School of Aviation|

Despite the long stretches of poor weather and thus the restriction of flying lessons, the SMGS Aviation Academy 2022 was one of the busiest years since its inception in 2007.  Twelve students are presently working [...]

Girls’ Mountain Bike Clinics with Three-Times Queen of Cannonball, Sian A‘Hern.

By | February 23rd, 2022|Categories: Academies, Co-Curricular, Middle School, Mountain Biking, Senior School|

SMGS, in association with Sian A’Hern Coaching, is excited to hold two new clinics focusing on our female riders. At SMGS we want to provide students with opportunities to build their riding confidence and ability [...]

Take flight at SMGS! Aviation Program update for 2021

By | February 23rd, 2021|Categories: Academies, Aviation, Co-Curricular, School of Aviation, Senior School, Uncategorised|

Take flight at SMGS!   Open to students in Years 7-12, the SMGS Aviation Program has been updated for 2021. It now offers three “phases” and five courses across fixed-wing aircraft and Remotely Piloted [...]

Press Release: SMGS Drama Academy War Poetry Tour sets out to raise funds for Legacy Australia

By | April 10th, 2017|Categories: Academies, School of Drama and Theatre Studies, Senior School|

SMGS Drama Academy students are touring south-east NSW with their unique production, “A Journey through 100 Years of War Poetry”, to raise funds for their benefactor and patron, Legacy Australia. Jindabyne, NSW, Monday 10 April [...]

Engaging students in areas in which they love to learn

By | September 22nd, 2016|Categories: Academic, Academies, Boarding, Deputy Principal, School of Invention, School of Mountain Biking, Science, Senior School, Technology, Uncategorised|

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 [...]

Building a Submersible – Introduction to the Raspberry Pi

By | May 25th, 2016|Categories: Academies, School of Invention|

The Raspberry Pi is the centrepiece of our submersible designs. It not only controls the speed and direction of the engines but is also responsible to providing real-time telemetry including a live high definition video feed. Today [...]