Camberwell Grammar School in Canterbury, Victoria | School

Camberwell Grammar School

Locality: Canterbury, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 9835 1777

Address: 55 Mont Albert Road 3126 Canterbury, Victoria, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.cgs.vic.edu.au/

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25.01.2022 The musicians of Highton Strings have been hard at work recording this year's Nine Lessons and Carol Service, which will be online. The Service will feature performances of much-loved carols including Duborg's rarely performed 'Sound the Trumpet’, Debussy arranged for Harp, an unaccompanied Bach sarabande for Flute and a Cello ensemble performance of ‘Silent Night’. Join us at 8.00pm on Wednesday 9 December for what promises to be a deeply moving occasion after such a difficult year. Registration will be available soon. #CGSMusic

24.01.2022 Congratulations to Mathieu (Year 11) who was awarded his LMusA late last year. Examiners found Mathieu’s performance of Paganini, Bloch, Ravel and Mendelssohn 'compelling...full of appropriate energy and vigour....exhibiting mastery of the technical and stylistic elements’. An impressive feat under challenging conditions, well done Mathieu. #CGSMusic

24.01.2022 Musicians from Junior School Orchestra were excited to come together in the Henley Rehearsal Room this morning. They were busy filming an item for the upcoming Junior School Ensemble Soiree, which will take place online this year. #CGSMusic

23.01.2022 A very big congratulations to staff member Julian Visser and team, who were the winners of the 2020 Essential Services Champion award for their work designing, creating and distributing a new style of face shield - a Melbourne award category made for this year because of COVID-19.

22.01.2022 Don’t forget to visit the Library and pick up some great reads for the School Holidays. For reading ideas, you can search our Library catalogue https://bit.ly/2QrqkXH or ask our lovely Library staff. #CGSLibrary

20.01.2022 Our Makerspace students had a challenge today to make something that moves. They did a great job being creative and using a mixture of electric motors as well manual methods. Next Tuesday will be our second last Makerspace for 2020 and we will be embroidering a Christmas creation. The first 15 middle school students to arrive to M34 at lunch time will be welcome to join in us.

20.01.2022 A huge thank you to Darcy in Year 10 for working tirelessly during his recess breaks to finish this gorgeous Library cat for Ms Tait. We felt that he deserved naming rights and has named him Magnus 2.0 in honour of Ms Tait’s actual cat Magnus. #CGSLibrary

19.01.2022 Wishing our Chinese community, staff, parents, and students a Happy Chinese New Year! We hope that the year of the Ox is a prosperous and happy one for all. To celebrate, our Junior School students have been enjoying this beautiful display set up in the Norge Library.

19.01.2022 The Junior Library Book Week celebrations included the 'Battle of the Books' quiz game, 'Find-a-book' character scavenger hunts, a guest author, and an amazing 'Exploratorium' exhibit. However the highlight of the week was the fabulous Dress Up parade! #CGSLibrary #BookWeek2020

19.01.2022 The Big Red Bow sales have wrapped up! We have received overwhelming responses and we would like to thank the school community for their generous support towards this fundraiser. The money raised will go towards sponsoring the Year 5 graduation tops. It has been a tough year for the Year 5s and on behalf of Friends of Norge, we want to send them our warmest congratulations and wish them all the best in middle school next year.

19.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday from our School Historian Dr David Bird: Regan Davis, Senior Grounds Officer, recently examined some excavations on the Junior School campus Norge and concluded that there was evidence of an early water feature on this property, which was built in 1919 by the owner Thorold Gunnersen. Archival research indicates that there was a pond on the eastern side of the property and Thorold’s daughter Margaret remembered the children of the family playing on this po...nd in the 1920s with a raft and a rowing boat called Bumble Bee, named after what was then the fastest speed-boat in the world. When the property began to be sub-divided during the Depression, most of this extensive pond became part of a neighbouring property. It still existed in the 1980s. Norge was acquired by Camberwell Grammar for the use of the Junior School in 1981 (pictured here at the time of that acquisition).

18.01.2022 The Year 12 Art and Studio Art Exhibition is now on in the Williams Gallery and "Dorset" Arts House. The students have produced some amazing work, the bulk of which was produced in isolation. The talent and resilience displayed by these students is very impressive. #CGSArt

18.01.2022 Reminder: All entries must be in by Friday 27! The Weickhardt Library is holding a write your own Fan Fiction competition for Middle School and Senior School students. Write a short story based on your favourite book, series and/or character. We look forward to sharing the entries with you. Visit DEEDS for more details https://bit.ly/3l5e8pd

15.01.2022 This week Year 4s participated in their annual Billy Cart Derby. Throughout Term 4, the boys have worked in teams to construct their carts and design their logos. The billy carts project has been a rich learning experience across writing and science lessons and the boys were extremely excited to showcase the results!

15.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday from our Archivist and Historian Dr David Bird: Camberwell Grammar made the welcome move to Mont Albert Road in February 1935, but the campus contained only Roystead, its associated outbuildings, and the new William Angliss Building (still incomplete on the day of official opening). Soon a Prep School building was constructed and further development on the site has never ceased. This aerial view was taken fifty years after the move when the School had gain...ed possession of Highton as a music school, retaining its tennis court, and the house Tara for various uses. Kingussie was also now being utilised as the centre of the School’s Asian Studies. The largest structures on the campus during the 1980s aside from Roystead were the Memorial Hall, opened in 1958, and the David Dyer Physical Education Centre, opened by Premier Hamer in 1974. Both of these significant structures have now been replaced by the Performing Arts Centre from 1997 and the Sports Centre from 2017. See more

15.01.2022 Congratulations to our Firsts Tennis Team who have won the AGSV Premiership for the first time since 1994! Their win contributes to an already stellar run for Camberwell Sport this season. #CamberwellSport #Tennis #AGSV

13.01.2022 This Valentine's Day, show your local library some love with Library Lovers’ Day - an annual opportunity for people to celebrate the valuable role that libraries play in their lives. Did you know that CGS has two Libraries: - The Weickhardt Library (Middle and Senior Schools), located in the HRM building: Open Monday to Friday 8am-4.45pm (term time only).... - Norge Library (Junior School): Open Monday to Friday 8-8.40am & 3-3.30pm and Monday/Wednesday/Friday at lunchtime (term time only). Visit the Weickhardt Library to see our Library Lovers' Day display and to enter our Literary love interests competition. #libraryloversday

13.01.2022 This morning we celebrated the many families who have entrusted Camberwell Grammar School with their education over multiple generations at the Generations Breakfast. Attendees ranged from the class of 1959 to a current Prep student. The class of 1988 has the most Alumni who are fathers at the school, followed by 1985 and 1989.

13.01.2022 The Weickhardt Library has been busy as a bee welcoming back all of our students. Mrs Everett and Mrs Emmerson have put together a stunning display of beekeeping paraphernalia and bee related resources both in and in front of the library, thank you Backyard Honey for lending us some of your amazing items. It’s great to be able show our students the beekeeping process and celebrate such a wonderful partnership between Backyard Honey and CGS. Students are encourages to check out our beehive on the 3rd floor of the Wheelton building. #CGSLibrary

13.01.2022 GREEN WEEK: This week at Camberwell Grammar we are celebrating all things sustainable! Yesterday students made beeswax wraps and painted a beehive. Today students were encouraged to walk to school. On Thursday don't forget to wear a splash of green for casual clothes day. Look out for the Green Man around the School! #Towards2050 #GreenWeek #Sustainability

13.01.2022 Congratulations to Old Boy Blake Collyer (Golf) and Jayshaan Randhawa (Hockey) who have just been awarded Coach’s Awards from the VIS.

13.01.2022 Today our CGS community remembers those soldiers who died fighting to protect our nation.

11.01.2022 Congratulations to Steven Wang (Year 10) who was awarded his LMusA on violin late last year. The Examiners felt that Steven’s performance revealed considerable technical command, a fine regard for musical style and great authority in the playing. A fine achievement in such a challenging year. #CGSMusic

10.01.2022 Come by the Weickhardt Library to see Mrs Emerson’s gorgeous display of first loves. Thank you to all the staff members who shared their bears with us, we appreciate it beary much. #CGSLibrary

09.01.2022 Middle School students enjoyed House Competition Day which was a fitting way to celebrate the end of exams. #CGSMiddleSchool

08.01.2022 The Middle School strings with some help from the Middle School percussionists and guitarists treated students and staff to a mini lunchtime performance today! It was a great final opportunity for the boys to perform together outside. #CGSMusic

05.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday from our Archivist and Historian Dr David Bird: On Remembrance Day, 11 November, we recall those who sacrificed their lives on the field of battle, but there were many who died in the service of their country in other circumstances. Their sacrifices are also worthy of commemoration. One of them was Ivan Lockhart Smith, a Camberwell Grammar Old Boy who attended the School from 1921 (when he was a five-year old) to 1933. He was Dux in 1931 and Captain of Scho...ol, 1932-33. Ivan was also a noted sportsman and is pictured here in the 1931 Athletics team (middle row, 3rd from l.). Working as a legal articled clerk when war broke out in 1939, this former cadet Lieutenant soon joined the Army and was commissioned. In July 1943 the now Major Smith was transferred to the 1st Australian Parachute Battalion in NSW and was undergoing training in October when he was killed in an aircraft crash. Ivan Smith was twenty-eight years old at the time of his death and he is commemorated on the Camberwell Grammar Honour Board along with another thirty-six victims of the Second World War.

05.01.2022 Let’s help spread this Christmas spirit by tying a Big Red Bow on your gates, doors, or curbside trees! The CGS Friends of Norge Christmas Fundraiser - Big Red Bows is now on. Please place your order via this Trybooking link: https://bit.ly/2UIK0oR.

05.01.2022 Last Friday, twenty-six Junior and Middle School students competed in the 2021 AGSV Swimming Championship held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC). The team performed strongly on the day, with a total of 15 top three finishes. Well done to the boys who participated.

03.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday from our Archivist and Historian Dr David Bird: Camberwell Grammar’s oldest Old Boy, Alan Moore, celebrates his 100th birthday on 20 November, a significant turning point for both Alan himself and for the School. Alan grew up in Camberwell, attending the Burke Road campus from 1928-30 and once war was declared in 1939, he was keen to join the AIF, but under-age. Soon joining the Militia, he participated with distinction in the New Guinea campaign as a commi...ssioned member of the 39th Battalion and other units until his discharge as a Captain in December 1945. Alan spent most of his subsequent working life in Melbourne with the Heinz company. In recent years he has renewed his connection with Camberwell Grammar through the link established between the 39th Australian Infantry Battalion Association and the Camberwell School Army Cadet Unit. Alan was the guest-of-honour at a ceremony In May 2019 during which the Battalion’s banner was presented to the custodianship of the Unit. He is pictured seated to the right of the Association’s president Merren Stockdale, as Deputy Headmaster Rob French presides over the presentation of the banner. See more

03.01.2022 The OCGA Western Australia Network Function was held last week. CGS Old Boys and friends had a chance to catch up and reminisce on their time at the School. #OCGA

01.01.2022 New volunteers are always welcome to help out in the School Cafeteria. Come and join the likes of parents Kirsty and Corie, and the new catering team. Meet new friends and have fun while you volunteer within the School community. Hot drink and snack provided! Click here to sign up: https://bit.ly/362lGVf

01.01.2022 We are thrilled to see our students back playing sport again. Training has begun for the Summer Sport season, which we are looking forward to commencing in Term 1 next year. #CamberwellSport