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auspicia in Latin reading competition

Latin is a relatively small VCE subject in terms of student numbers across Victoria, but it is one in which Melbourne Grammar students excel.

Excellence in oration

Each year the Senior School celebrates the best of public speaking through the Sir Kingsley Norris Oratory Competition, and this year was no different.

Poetry in motion

Year 5 students take their first steps in public speaking through the annual Year 5 Poetry competition.

The Whitlam dismissal and the ‘Palace Letters’

Year 11 student, Hudson Skinner, uses the recently released 'Palace letters' to reconsider aspects of the consitutional crisis in 1975.

A new debating event at Wadhurst

The inaugural Wadhurst Online Debating Festival (WODFest) was a clever response to COVID-19 restrictions.

National History Challenge success

Melbourne Grammar students shone in the National History Challenge again this year, across a wide range of categories.

Historic debating wins in 2020

Our Senior School debating teams have finished a challenging year with an impressive list of achievements, making history among Victorian schools.

A record of cricketing achievement

We have much to celebrate when it comes to our sporting achievements, and our cricketing history is no exception.

Same, same but different

Each year Year 12 students are farewelled and honoured through a series of festivities. This still occurred in 2021, albeit in different ways.

Tackling lockdown fatigue at Wadhurst

Wadhurst students enjoyed a novel approach to dealing with off-campus learning fatigue.