Canberra Grammar School

A big thank you and congratulations to all students who participated in last week’s CGS Music lineup of the Strings, Guitars, Bands, and Choral Concerts! It was a breathtaking celebration of all the hard work and passion that goes into the CGS Music Programme.

Pink Round is here.

We’re standing behind every Australian fighting breast cancer, every match, every dollar, a step towards Zero Deaths.

Buy your pink socks from Bob Stewart — $2 from every pair sold will go directly to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Alongside our sports rounds, our P&F are lacing up for the Step Up challenge, walking and running 56km throughout August — one kilometre for each of 56 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer every day. Sign up: https://fundraise.nbcf.org.au/join/cgspfrunnersandwalkersgroup

Donate today: https://fundraise.nbcf.org.au/fundraisers/canberragrammarschoolpinkround

The ongoing growth of the Senior Study Programme has been wonderful to watch. Held on Sundays, it reflects a commitment from many students to invest in their academic development, to build stronger habits, and to prepare themselves well for the examination periods ahead. Success is rarely built in the final days before an assessment; it is built steadily, through consistent effort, honest reflection and a willingness to keep improving.

You know how, after a memory, a journey, or a moment in time, your perception of it is forever altered? Returning there could never feel quite the same. In the words of the French, it was more than just a trip: 𝑐̧𝑎 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒́ 𝑚𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑒 - it changed my life.

A typical day on the 2026 French trip began with breakfast and morning preparations alongside our host families, most of whom spoke only French. From there, we travelled to school by tram, bus, car or on foot, gradually becoming more confident navigating a world that, only days earlier, had felt completely unfamiliar.

Each morning, we split into smaller groups for French lessons before setting off to explore. We wandered through museums, visited a perfumery in Èze, and took trains to places like Monaco. By late afternoon, we escaped the Mediterranean heat at Nice's pebble beach, where the cool, glassy water washed away the day's exhaustion.

I don't think I'll ever forget running my hands along stones that once formed a medieval castle in the Louvre, sitting in mountain villages untouched by time, or breathing in the lingering scent of incense, wax and centuries of history inside ancient cathedrals.

Years from now, I'll forget the tram timetables, the street names and the route to school, but I'll never forget the feeling of discovering that the world is infinitely bigger, and far more beautiful than the lives we'd always known in Canberra.

𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 | Year 10

Well done to all of our outstanding recent Rugby ambassadors, not only for CGS but also for the ACT.

𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬

• 𝐶𝐺𝑆 𝑈/18 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠: Poppy, Vivienne, Edie, Haidee, and alumna Maddy Hannan (CGS 2025)
• 𝐶𝐺𝑆 𝑈/16 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠: Sally, Kaitlin, Lexie, and Abigail.
• 𝑈/18 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑜: Tom, Jack O., Jack G., and Hunter.

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭

• 𝑈/18 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑠: Jesse
• 𝑈/18 𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎: Hunter
• 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑈/16 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠: Kaitlin
• 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑈/18 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠: Maddy Hannan (CGS 2025)

The CGS community is incredibly proud of your achievements and the way you represented your teams both on and off the field.

These school holidays, CGS Care has been full of fun, creativity, and unforgettable experiences!

CGS Care provides a vibrant and engaging holiday care programme at our Campbell and Red Hill campuses. Catering to children from Pre-School to Year 6, our programme is open to both CGS students and the wider community.

Each day, our educators design a mix of indoor and outdoor activities that ensure children of all ages and learning styles are catered for. These holidays, the programme’s adventures took participants to Inflatable World, TimeZone, an engaging workshop with Aaron Chatfield on damper-making and boomerang decorations, Bounce Belconnen, and an exciting live performance of The Cat in the Hat. There was also a wide variety of on-campus activities designed to encourage exploration, fun, and plenty of opportunities to make new friends.

Visit our website at https://cgs.act.edu.au/school/primary-school/holiday-care-out-of-hours-care/ to find out more about the programme.

The basketball representative season wrapped up this past Sunday morning, and CGS student Annabelle’s Canberra Nationals team qualified for the Southern Junior League Grand Finals. Annabelle helped bring home the win, narrowly beating this season's previously undefeated Tumut Timberwolves in overtime by one point.

Primary School Rugby at CGS was full of activity throughout Term 2. One of the major events worth highlighting is the experience of our U/11 team, with 14 brave players travelling to the annual U/12s Armidale Rugby Tournament, making the journey via two flights and a bus. The tournament has been running for over 20 years, and CGS has proudly been part of it for more than a decade.

Our U/10s also took part in the annual Matt Giteau Cup at Viking Park this past term, another long-standing fixture for 10 years in the CGS Primary School Rugby Programme. The team performed well, recording a mix of wins and losses while gaining valuable experience.

Overall, it has been a fantastic term for Primary School Rugby. A huge thank you to the CGS Rugby Association for providing the TAS tour jerseys, as well as to the parents, coaches, and volunteers for their ongoing support.