Canberra Grammar School
Canberra Grammar School (CGS) is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located in Red Hill, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia.
The school is affiliated with the Anglican Church of Australia and provides an education from Pre-school to Year 2 for boys and girls, and from Year 3 to 12 for boys only.
The school was founded in 1929, the foundation stone being laid on 4 December 1928 by Prime Minister of Australia Stanley Bruce. Initially it was attended by only 63 students, but has grown sharply since the early 1950s to a total of 1,571 students in attendance as of February 2006.[1]
Curriculum
Unlike other schools in the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra Grammar School awards the New South Wales Higher School Certificate (HSC) to its Year 12 students.[3] The curriculum in Years 11 and 12 is thus based on New South Wales HSC courses.
Co-curriculum
The school offers many activities outside of school hours. These include sport, music and other activities.[4]
- Junior School: Athletics, Ball games, Basketball, Chess, Cricket, Cross Country Running, Drama, European Handball, Gardening, Golf, Indoor Soccer, Mini Volleyball, Multimedia, Orienteering, Rugby, Art, Swimming, Tae Kwon Do, Tennis, Triathlon.
- Senior School: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Chess, Community Service, Cricket, Cross Country, Debating, Dragon Boats, Drama, Duke of Edinburgh awards, Football (soccer), Golf, Hockey, Karting, Mountain Biking, Orienteering, Outdoor Education, Rowing, Rugby, Sailing, Snowsports, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tae Kwon Do, Tennis, Triathlon, Track Cycling, Venture Group, Water Polo.
- Junior School Music: Junior School Chorale, Junior Choir, Senior Choir, String Orchestra, Concert Band, canberra Grammar School Stage Band.
- Senior School Music: Canberra Grammar School Choir, Chapel Choir, Guitar Ensemble, Horn Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble.
- Combined Canberra Grammar School and Canberra Girls' Grammar School Ensembles: Clarinet Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, Flute Ensemble, Lloyd (Elementary) Concert Band, Hultgren (Beginner) Concert Band, Stanhope (Intermediate) Concert band, Grainger (advanced) concert band, Junior Big Band, Senior Big Band, String Orchestra, Symphony orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Motet Choir, Senior Percussion Ensemble, Intermediate Percussion Ensemble, Symphonic Wind Band
Education technology
Canberra Grammar School uses the Studywiz[5] learning portal system as well as Microsoft Exchange for email.[6]
Houses
As with most Australian schools, Canberra Grammar utilises a house system. The school currently has nine houses: [7]
Also two year seven houses:
The two Boarding houses are smaller than the day boy houses, to allow for more one on one pastoral care, during school sporting events they combine to form Monaro house to remain competitive with the larger day boy houses.
Headmasters
| Name |
Term |
| Rev Canon W.J. Edwards |
1929–1946 |
| Rev A.E. Gardner |
1947 |
| Rev Canon D.A Garnsey |
1948–1958 |
| P.J McKeown A.M |
1959–1985 |
| T.C. Murray |
1986–1998 |
| A.S. Murray |
1998–2010 |
| Rev Christopher Welsh |
2010 |
| Justin Garrick |
2011- |
Notable alumni
- Academic
- Peter David Arthur Garnsey, Rhodes Scholar (1961).[8]
- Michael Stanier, Rhodes Scholar (1992).[9]
- Tom Snow, Rhodes Scholar (2000).[10]
- Mayur Pater, Rhodes Scholar (2007).[11]
- Daniel Guinness, Rhodes Scholar (2008).[12]
- Professor Malcolm Gillies, Vice-Chancellor and President, City University, London; Vice-Chancellor, London Metropolitan University [13]
- Professor David Braddon-Mitchell, Philosopher[14]
- Professor Toby Miller, Sociologist[15]
- Professor Geoffrey Garrett, Political Scientist[16]
- Professor Jeffrey Grey, Australian Military Historian[17]
- Professor Thomas Alured Faunce, Health Law and Medical Education[18]
- Professor Stephen Bartos. Director, National Institute of Governance.[19]
- Business
- Media, entertainment and the arts
- Politics, public service and the law
- Wallace Clyde Fife, Liberal Party of Australia Federal member for Hume, New South Wales[28]
- Shane Rattenbury, Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 2008–2012 and Speaker [29]
- Andrew Refshauge, deputy Premier of New South Wales 1995-2005 [30]
- Richard Refshauge, ACT Supreme Court Justice [31]
- Jon Richardson Australian High Commissioner to Ghana[32]
- Gough Whitlam, (Dux three years running), Prime Minister of Australia 1972-1975 [33]
- Peter Webb, New South Wales State member for Monaro 1999-2003 [34]
- Stephen Walmsley, NSW District Court Judge and Acting NSW Supreme Court judge[35]
- Sport
- David Gallop, Chairman of the National Rugby League (NRL) [36]
- Rod Kafer, Wallabies rugby union player [37]
- Guy Shepherdson, Wallabies rugby union player [37]
- Nick McDonald Crowley, Olympic rower [38]
- Peter Kimlin, Wallabies rugby union player[37]
- Bob Brown, Former Wallabies rugby union player[39]
- Andy Friend, ACT Brumbies Former Head Coach[37]
- Jacob Taylor, Australian rugby sevens player [40]
- Joshua Bruce, GWS Giants Australian rules football player [41]
- Fergus Pragnell, Australian representative rower [42]
- Other
See also
References
- ^ a b Australian School Choice- Canberra Grammar School (accessed:20-06-2007)
- ^ Canberra Grammar School Annual Report 2006 (accessed:20-06-2007)
- ^ "Years 11-12". Canberra Grammar School. 2009-03-13. http://www.cgs.act.edu.au/years_11_12.html.
- ^ "Co-Curricular". Canberra Grammar School. 2009-03-13. http://www.cgs.act.edu.au/co_curr2.html.
- ^ "Studywiz Schools list". 2008-03-25. http://www.apac.studywiz.com/?page_id=32.
- ^ "Microsoft Exchange - Outlook Web Access". 2009-03-13. https://webmail.cgs.act.edu.au.
- ^ "Houses". Canberra Grammar School. 2009-03-13. http://www.cgs.act.edu.au/school_houses.html.
- ^ "NSW Rhodes Scholars" — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)
- ^ CGS Rhodes Scholars. Red Hill Outlook 2011; 28
- ^ CGS Rhodes Scholars. Red Hill Outlook 2011; 28
- ^ CGS Rhodes Scholars. Red Hill Outlook 2011; 28
- ^ CGS Rhodes Scholars. Red Hill Outlook 2011; 28
- ^ "City University web site", (retrieved 1 January 2009).
- ^ Debating Team. Original choral music composition YABROVIII won 1976 music prize The Canberran 1976: 44: 72.
- ^ Butler Prize for Modern History. Debating Team. The Canberran 1976; 44: 166
- ^ 1st XI and early entry ANU. The Canberran 1976; 44: 79 and 91
- ^ Smarden Essay Prize 1976. Debating Team. The Canberran 1976: 44: 38-43, 166
- ^ Pursehouse Prize for Cricket (Cptn 1st XI); Prize for Ancient History; Littlejohn Prize for Public Speaking (Senior). Debating Team. 1st XV. The Canberran 1976: 44: 90 and 165.
- ^ Debating Team.McKeown PJ (ed) Deo, Ecclesiae, Patriae Fifty Years of Canberra Grammar School ANU Press Canberra 1979 p195
- ^ "Chip off the old block". Melbourne: Fairfax Digital. 2005-12-31. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/chip-off-the-old-block/2005/12/30/1135915692196.html.
- ^ Debating Team. The Canberran 1976: 44: 38-43.
- ^ Interview with Francis James
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ 2nd place music competition The Canberran 1976: 44: 72
- ^ Clarence Festival. George Washingmachine.http://www.ccc.tas.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=728 accessed 15 June 2010
- ^ Howard Penny. http://www.anam.com.au/cms-2011-faculty/howard-penny.phps accessed 14 Dec 2011
- ^ [3]
- ^ Dodd, Mark (20 October 2008). "Eco-brawler unworried about front line". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24521305-11949,00.html.
- ^ "Passions kept Carr on track". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2005-08-03. http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/passions-kept-carr-on-track/2005/08/02/1122748639243.html.
- ^ [4]
- ^ 1st X1 and 1st XV The Canberran 1976: 44: 88
- ^ National Museum of Australia: Gough Whitlam (accessed:02-08-2007)
- ^ [5]
- ^ [6]
- ^ "A man on top of his game". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2007-03-10. http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/a-man-on-top-of-his-game/2007/03/09/1173166982358.html.
- ^ a b c d [7]
- ^ [8]
- ^ [9]
- ^ Rugby.com.au | Australian Sevens Player Profiles (accessed:26-11-2009)
- ^ [10]
- ^ [11]
- ^ Inquiry into fitness to plead of David Harold Eastman, page 56
Further reading
- McKeown, P.J., Editor (1979). Deo, Ecclesiae, Patriae; Fifty Years of Canberra Grammar School. Australian National University Press. ISBN 0-7081-1591-8.
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