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Pop Art: Blast into the future

1960s Pop Art was known for its focus on elevating the banal and mundane to an iconic and reverential status.

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.

Why you should listen in Chapel

Spiritual reflection is a cornerstone of education at Melbourne Grammar explains Henry Carmichael, Year 12 student and 2020 Sir Kingsley Norris Orator, in his winning speech.

How evil leaders are elected and what we must learn from...

2020 Junior Orator and Year 9 student, Daniel Cash, explores how the mistakes made throughout history continue to occur in his Sir Kingsley Norris Oratory Competition speech.

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.

Understanding the other: debating and public speaking

Senior School teacher, Vincent Chiang (OM 2010) explains why debate and public speaking are about more than the communication of ideas.