Christ Church and St Hilda’s staff meet families in the south west Staff from Christ Church Grammar School and St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls were in Albany and Kojonup last week promoting the wonderful boarding opportunities available at both schools. read more St George’s Cathedral welcomes young musicians Eight of our young and talented musicians had the privilege of performing inside St George’s Cathedral yesterday as part of the cathedral’s popular, Concerts at One series. read more Principal’s Food Drive launched The 2018 Principal’s Food Drive supports Perth’s homeless and was officially launched last week with each of our eight Houses now collecting their allocated food items. read more Christ Church linguists claim top honours at OzClo Olympiad A total of nine teams from Christ Church participated in the recent OzCLO competition held state wide with one of our teams progressing to the National Round and earning the honour of top team in WA and third place nationally. read more Strength-based parenting – enhancing self-esteem and energy Families play a critical role in promoting wellbeing and consistently providing a myriad of learning experiences in relation to managing and embracing emotions, leaning into the obstacles that life presents, pursuance of positive relationships and contributing positively to the world around them in a meaningful and purposeful manner. read more Term 2 Captains of Sport announced Our Term 2 Captains of Sport were announced today ahead of the 2018 PSA winter season. read more Walters Residential Community welcomes the gryphon National Boarding Week is coming up and as part of the week’s activities our Walters Residential Community will celebrate the visibility of a familiar mascot. read more The wild adventures of Masquerade A wondrous production awaits with Masquerade taking centre stage at the School’s Drama Centre for four nights from next Wednesday. read more Christ Church Firsts Tennis player off to France Year 7 student and Firsts Tennis player Zachary Viiala is off to France later this month to represent Australia in the Longines Future Tennis Aces Tournament where he will face off against other elite players from across the globe. read more Visit to Mundaring Weir gets Year 5 boys fully pumped An excursion to the Mundaring Weir this week saw our Year 5s explore one of Australia’s most significant industrial heritage sites. read more Sporting achievements across the April holidays Whilst these April school holidays provided students a great time to relax, our sailors and hockey players were busy competing in their respective sporting codes. read more Singapore Immersion Tour 2018 Thirteen boys from our Year 9 Humanities course enjoyed the tropical surrounds of Singapore during the school holidays. read more da Vinci Decathlon 2018 The da Vinci Decathlon was held prior to the Term 1 holidays and involved over 20 schools from across the state and four days of tight competition at Wesley College. read more Stories of a Christ Church boarder Boys in Years 1 and 2 were taken back in time at the end of Term 1 as old boy Berkeley Allen (’53) shared with them personal stories as a former boarder from Kalgoorlie over 75 years ago. read more Old boy saved thanks to surf life saving cadets In 2002 Nick O’Halloran (’04) signed up to be a surf lifesaving cadet, joining the first ever group of students at Christ Church to enter the course under the direction of Teacher in Charge, Shane McGurk. Little did he know that 16 years later he would be applying those course skills to save the life of a fellow old boy. read more Year 4s forge new friendships at Kooringal Over 100 of our Year 4 boys enjoyed a day at Kooringal recently, taking the opportunity to familiarise with the School’s Outdoor Education center and build new friendships. read more Uniform Shop supports plastic bag ban As from 1 April, the Uniform Shop implemented a plastic bag ban for all customer purchases. read more Autism Awareness Week 2018 Embracing difference, raising awareness and acceptance of autism have been key themes this week as boys in our Preparatory School participate in Autism Awareness Week. read more Class of ‘58 celebrate major milestone Over thirty old boys from the Class of ’58 made an emotional return to Christ Church last week to join celebrations over a major milestone – their 60-year reunion which included the opportunity to perform the Linga, for old times’ sake. read more Year 12s receive theatrical insights Perth theatre director, actor and writer Stuart Halusz was at Christ Church recently as part of a talk to Year 12 ATAR students on representations of homosexuality and politics within the world of theatre. read more Rats of Tobruk honoured at King’s Park memorial service Great honour was paid to one of the nation’s most renowned World War II veteran associations at a recent memorial service held at King’s Park. read more Prep School boys meet the creator of Old Tom and Mr Chicken Last week our boys in Years 3 and 4 enjoyed a wonderful visit from award-winning children’s author and illustrator, Leigh Hobbs, creator of Old Tom, Mr Chicken, Mr Badger and Horrible Harriet. read more Gifted Awareness Week 2018 It’s been a week of celebrating acceptance, diversity and equality as boys in our Preparatory School embrace Gifted Awareness Week which takes place between 18 to 24 March. read more Celebrating a weekend of sporting success Christ Church Grammar School’s list of 2018 summer sport achievements grew last weekend, with impressive wins in Firsts Tennis, Firsts Water Polo, and the 2018 Head of the River. read more Learning the strokes of good fortune Year 7 students studying Mandarin recently visited the Confucius Institute at the University of Western Australia where they engaged in a number of Chinese cultural activities. read more Boys empowered to be young men with integrity Christ Church Grammar School welcomed author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for women and girls, Melinda Tankard Reist to campus this week to discuss ‘Respect and Responsibility.’ read more Year 6 boys get a real taste for politics Senator Dean Smith, Liberal Senator for Western Australia, visited Christ Church this week to speak with our Year 6 boys on all things politics. read more New leaders announced and inducted Thirteen new School and House Prefects were announced and inducted at our Senior School Assembly last week, joining our existing student leadership team. read more Christ Church wins the PSA Swimming Inters HBF Stadium was home to a packed crowd last Thursday as the schools went head-to-head in the PSA Swimming Inters, resulting in Christ Church retaining the Tregonning Cup. read more Dirt Away Car Wash an instant success Our Senior PMC boys launched their ‘Dirt Away Car Wash’ service this term as part of their enterprise project, proving to be an instant success. read more