Golden Grove High School

Nominate now: GGHS Book Cup 2026 Team Nomination Form – Fill out form by clicking on the following link:
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Does your Year 7 or 8 student love reading, writing or being creative? Encourage them to team up with friends and nominate for Book Cup 2026!

Key Dates:
Workshop with author Adam Cece
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Thiele Library, 9am–3pm

Finals:
Friday, 21 August 2026
Boronia Library, Pedare, 1:45pm–3:15pm

Get your Year 7 or 8 student to nominate now!

More details via the Thiele Library website, their English Teacher or library staff.

On Friday 12th June our Open Girls Knockout Netball team played in round 1 of their matches.

The team started the day with a strong performance against Gleeson. After a closely contested first half, the girls lifted their defensive pressure across the court and secured an impressive eight-goal victory.

Despite their best efforts, Kapunda and Kadina High School proved too strong on the day, with our team unfortunately falling short in both matches and therefore not progressing to the next round.

While the results did not go our way, the girls should be incredibly proud of the determination, intensity, teamwork, and sportsmanship they displayed throughout the competition. They represented our school with great pride and were excellent ambassadors both on and off the court.

Last week, our Year 10 students took part in Work Experience Week, gaining valuable real-world experience and developing important workplace skills across a variety of industries.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to our amazing local businesses and industry partners who generously welcomed, mentored, and supported our students throughout the week. Opportunities like these play an important role in helping young people explore future career pathways and build confidence in the workplace.

Thank you to these businesses for sharing some photos of our year 10’s in action 👏📸

• Uleybury Native Wildlife Sanctuary
• Frenchy’s Fix It
• Rocca Air Services
• SA Sheet Metal Pty Ltd
• Leaf Cafe & Co Golden Grove
• McMahon Services Australia Pty Ltd
• Helping Hand
• Lot 4 Joinery
• Music Corner
• Jarvis Ford Norwood
• Adelaide Interlock Pty Ltd
• My Local Physio Plus Ridgehaven
• Little Oak Studio

Only one week to go! 📚 Encourage your GGHS student to submit a review of a library book by Tuesday, 30th June for their chance to win a brand new book of their choice. Winners will be announced the following day.

Submit reviews here: https://au.accessit.online/THL00/?query=&fastFind=DEFAULT #!dashboard

On Friday of Week 7, our Year 7/8 Netball Statewide Knockout Team competed against Gleeson, Kapunda, and Maitland. The girls demonstrated outstanding determination, teamwork, and resilience throughout all three matches. Despite tough losses to Gleeson and Maitland, the team never gave up, continuing to encourage one another and work hard until the final whistle. Their efforts were rewarded with a well-deserved victory against Kapunda, showcasing the skills and teamwork they have developed through their commitment through the day. The girls represented the school with pride, displaying excellent sportsmanship, a positive attitude, and a willingness to support one another. Their hard work, perseverance, and dedication were evident in every match, and they should be extremely proud of their efforts.

Year 8 Spanish excursion



Did you know Adelaide Zoo is home to MUCHOS ANIMALES (many animals) of the Spanish-speaking world?



All our Year 8 Spanish classes have the opportunity to visit the zoo. Students enjoy collaborating with amigos to find animals from the Spanish-speaking world, learn about endangered species & how we can help them, as well as using their Spanish to identify & describe animals e.g. capybara, anaconda, iguana, coati, macaw, Patagonian cavy, Brazilian tapir, Bolivian squirrel monkey, Pygmy marmoset, Emperor tamarin.

What a great way to assess our learning on verbs and adjectives in Spanish!

And, por supesto (of course), the students enjoy time on the giant playground at the end!

Sra Schmocker, Sñrta Carrington, Sñr Mcleod, Sñr Butcher

What a finish! Our Golden Grove High School Boys Open soccer team showed incredible determination and composure to claim victory in a dramatic statewide competition clash against Salisbury East High School.

Golden Grove started strongly, taking control of the game early and building a well-deserved 2–0 lead through excellent teamwork, sharp passing, a clinical finishing and an own goal. The boys looked in command and were playing some outstanding Soccer.

To their credit, Salisbury East refused to give up. They fought their way back into the contest and scored twice in the second half, levelling the match at 2–2 and setting up a tense finish. Both teams had chances to find a winner, but neither side could break the deadlock before full time.

With the scores locked, the match headed to a penalty shootout.

After the regulation 5 penalties, and after some solid goalkeeping from our Keeper it was up to our 6th taker to hold his grit a slot it in to secure a second round birth.