Topic: School Leadership

Our School Council turns its focus to a crucial task in the second half of 2021: creating a new strategic plan for the coming decade.

After 23 years, Andrew Boyd leaves Melbourne Grammar School with a legacy of strong relationships and decisions that impacted across our School community.

The President of the Old Melburnians, Andrew Tulloch (OM 1986), highlights the importance of connection and describes current connection opportunities.

Education has a higher order purpose according to Headmaster, Mr Philip Grutzner.

Kelly and Jasper, the 2021 Semester 1 Grimwade House Captains. speak with the new Deputy Head of Grimwade House, Ms Jane Thomas.

Students have spent time in an off-campus learning mode this year. However, Headmaster, Mr Philip Grutzner, explains why online learning can never effectively replace the traditional approach.

As 2020 draws to a close, we can celebrate the way our School has risen to this year’s challenges with flexibility and a sense of community responsibility.

Andrew Tulloch, President of the Old Melburnians, describes how the sense of community was continued this year through new initiatives, and looks forward to 2021.

For Lloyd Thomas, a quarter century of giving time and energy to our School reflects a deeply held belief in the importance of Australian education.

The world is a place of turmoil and we are invited into global woes each day through media and other mechanisms. Should we refuse to acknowledge the negative aspects of our environment, or is education the key to resolving them? Here, Headmaster, Mr Philip Grutzner, explores the issues underpinning this question.