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Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School

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Ipswich Girls' and Junior Grammar School
Ipswich Girls’ and Junior Grammar School offers co-education from Kindy to Year 6, with girls only from Year 7 to Year 12. Boarding from Year 5.
Cnr Queen Victoria Pde and Chermside Rd
East Ipswich
QLD
4305
PO Box 16, Ipswich Qld 4305
Ipswich
07 3454 4447
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Omnia Superat Diligentia - Diligence Overcomes All

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Co-educational Kindy to Year 6, Girls only Years 7 to 12, Boarding from Years 5 to12
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Gifted & Talented Program
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  • Information Technology
  • Languages
  • Music
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  • Pastoral Care / Guidance
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  • Robotics
  • Science/Technology
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  • Sport
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  • German
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  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country Running
  • Debating
  • Equestrian
  • Gymnastics
  • Hockey (field)
  • Netball
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Touch Football
  • Volleyball

Personalised Learning

At IGGS, we give your daughter more attention in every class, every day.

Your daughter’s teachers will know her not only by name, but will also have an in-depth understanding of her individual needs and learning goals.

Each year, your daughter’s academic progress is monitored through a range of standardised tests.

Her strengths and challenges are identified and addressed in her Personalised Academic Action Plan. The plan is regularly monitored and adjusted to ensure she is well-supported and making positive progress.

IGGS girls take an active role in their learning adventure, reviewing their progress, setting goals and deciding how they will meet their challenges.

Parents have access to their daughter’s Plan, her 1:1 notes from her pastoral and academic interviews and regular parent and teacher meetings so together we form a strong and informed team to support your daughter and develop her true potential. Additionally, the School hosts Middle School and Senior School information sessions for parents in the first term every year.

 

Learning Support

At IGGS, your daughter won’t slip through the cracks.

Our extensive range of tracking and diagnostic tests quickly identifies students who need extra support or challenges while on their learning journey.

Our dedicated Learning Support staff, under the leadership of our Head of Personalised Learning, cater for girls of all year levels who need learning support, have English as a second language or have the potential to be extended.

One-to-one and in small groups, specialist staff and tutors help students with literacy, effective communication skills, numeracy and learning how-to-learn strategies. This includes providing parents with ideas for how these strategies can be reinforced at home.

Girls needing extension opportunities remain engaged through classroom differentiation are invited into our co-curricular Challenge and Extension program.

 

Challenge and Extension – The IGGS Diligentia Program

Our Diligentia program offers our Gifted and Talented students the opportunity to test and showcase their skills.

All IGGS girls are invited to undertake further testing for entry into Diligentia. These tests are not mandatory. To be accepted, the student must be performing at least two years above her current year level of education

Year 7 and 8 students must sit an Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER) test for entry into Diligentia. In Year 9, any girl who wishes to undertake the extension work is welcome.

Once in the program, the girls are offered support and guidance in undertaking external competitions, workshops and activities to further enhance their talents and overall development in a range of areas.

The groups meet at lunchtimes during the term.

 

Technology for Learning

Digital and internet technologies offer our girls huge learning potential and we encourage them to become empowered learners in an increasingly social and digital world.

Every IGGS student is provided with an Acer pen-enabled personal device as part of our 1:1 laptop program.

Ready access to technology means our girls are highly engaged in learning and more creative in the work they produce. They communicate more with teachers and curriculum materials are easier to access. Ultimately, they are equipping themselves with 21st century skills that will empower them to transition to higher education and life beyond the School’s gates.
We recognise that with growing access to technology, there is a need for vigilance around its proper use and as such all students are required to abide by the Appropriate Use of Technology policy.

At Junior Grammar, dedicated teachers guide our boys and girls through an academically rigorous but fun and engaging curriculum, designed not only to achieve high academic outcomes but nurture resilience, respect and responsibility.

All Ipswich Girls’ and Junior Grammar students have a Personalised Academic Action Plan. Learning support and challenge and extension programs are offered.

IGGS girls meet once per term with senior teaching staff to discuss their goals and progress, taking an active role in their learning journey. Our teachers know each student by name, and have an in-depth understanding of their indivdual needs and learning goals.
Ipswich Girls' and Junior Grammar School is situated on expansive, landscaped grounds in Ipswich, Queensland. Heritage listed original buildings are complemented by modern, state-of-the-art, purpose built facilities for active young women, boys and girls.

The School offers an Early Education Centre for Kindergarten and Pre-Prep children, a Foundation Centre for Prep and Year 1 students, and a purpose built Junior School Centre for boys and girls from Years 2 to 6.

Junior Grammar students have a Bright Sparks Workshop where they undertake specialist E-STEAM lessons each week, and a Junior Grammar Library. There is also Outside of School Hours Care, and plenty of natural play spaces including a beautiful rainforest.

Girls’ Grammar students have access to a visual and performing arts centre, state-of-the-art science labs, the Girls' Grammar Library, an E-STEAM Workshop, graphics and art studios and an on-site boarding house.

The School also offers a heated outdoor swimming pool, netball, tennis and volleyball courts, a massive fully enclosed gym, and an athletics oval and sporting fields.

Sports • Athletics (Track & Field) • Badminton • Basketball • Cricket • Cross Country • Equestrian • Football • Hockey • Netball • Rhythmic Gymnastics • Swimming • Tennis • Touch Football • Volleyball • Intellectual Pursuits • Debating • Public Speaking • Opti-Minds • Maths Challenge Group • Chemisty/Titration • History Club • Literary competitions • Languages Community Organisations • World Vision (40 Hour Famine) • Z-Club (linked to Zonta) • Footprints in the Park • Eco-Warriors • Junior & Senior Strings Ensembles • Cadenza Flute Choir • Junior School Singers • Chorale • Chamber Orchestra • Combined IGS/IGGS Concert Band, Orchestra & Stage Band • Intermediate Ensemble • Jazz Ensemble • Clarinet Ensemble • Mezzo Strings Ensemble • Musicals • Dance Troupe • Interhouse Drama • Interhouse Music • Theatresports

Boarding Options

At Ipswich Girls’ and Junior Grammar School, we offer girls from around Australia and overseas a stable, well-rounded educational experience in our supportive family environment.

For families that need flexibility and convenience, we offer casual, weekly and full-time on-site boarding for girls from Year 7 to Year 12.

As a boarder, your daughter will be safe, comfortable, well fed, highly supervised, academically and socially supported.

Boarding will foster your daughter’s independence and personal growth under the guidance of our teachers and mentors. From the moment she joins us she will become part of a special, inclusive community where she will make lifelong friends.

Flexible Boarding

We understand that modern families need flexibility and convenience and offer a variety of after school care and overnight boarding options through our Grammar Plus program.

Grammar Plus options include:

• Grammar Plus study: Afternoon tea, shower, dinner with the boarders, two-hour supervised homework session, late pick-up at 9pm.
• $45 per session (same day bookings)
• Grammar Plus overnight: A popular option for girls with a heavy co-curricular program, during exam blocks or who may live outside a travelling radius of 30 minutes from the school.
• $90 per night (24hrs notice required) *Max 3 nights/week (Over 3 nights, weekly Boarder rates apply)

Grammar Girl for a Week

We know you want the best for your daughter. So do we, which is why we invite prospective Ipswich Girls’ and Junior Grammar boarders to be our VIP guests for a few days, or a week, to experience our special boarding community.

Your daughter’s days will be fun and busy as she immerses herself in our positive, proactive school community. She will attend classes, stay at Cribb House, meet our teachers, boarding staff and mentors and try out some of our wonderful facilities and co-curricular activities.

Grammar Girl for a Day

Our special preview day invites your daughter to be our VIP guest in her future classroom for a school day to experience our exceptional learning and vibrant School community.

For enquiries regarding enrolments or Grammar Plus experiences, please contact our Enrolments Registrar:

Tel: +61 (07) 3454 4447
Email: enrolment@iggs.qld.edu.au

At Ipswich Girls’ and Junior Grammar School, dedicated teachers guide our students through an academically rigorous but engaging curriculum, designed not only to achieve high academic outcomes but nurture resilience, respect and responsibility.

Each student has a Personalised Academic Action Plan, ensuring they have the support they need to achieve their individual best. Middle and Senior School students have regular one-to-one interviews with senior staff to discuss their goals and progress, taking an active role in their learning journey. Learning support and challenge and extension programs are offered.

Our staff work as a team to nurture your child’s special talents and support their challenges and individual circumstances.

The one-on-one relationship between our class teachers and their students, along with smaller class sizes, ensures all our students get the care and attention they deserve.

Our youngest Junior Grammar learners are allocated a ‘Big Buddy’ from an older Year level to welcome and look out for them, whilst our Girls’ Grammar students are allocated a ‘Big Sister’ to help welcome them to secondary school.

IGGS girls also participate in our Life Skills Program, based on the Positive Psychology framework, designed to encourage optimism and build resilience.

Should your child become ill, hurt or upset we have a full-time, registered nurse on hand in our comprehensive Health Centre. Our nurses also take an active role in teaching the children about hygiene and other health related issues. The School may liaise with other specialists, for example paediatricians, occupational therapists and speech pathologists to support individual students should the need arise.

Diligence – Staying focused until the job is done.
Excellence – Striving to achieve the highest standards possible.
Respect – Acknowledging the worth of every person and what matters to each one.
Integrity – Constantly demonstrating high moral and ethical standards.
Care – Attending with kindness, compassion and sensitivity to the needs of others.
Ipswich Junior Grammar School nurtures young learners to become future leaders.

Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School inspires girls to become confident, well-educated young women.
Shaped by our proud history and traditions and focussed on academic excellence, our School provides a personalised, holistic education by expert staff in engaging learning environments.

Football Excellence at IGGS

At IGGS, our girls enjoy competing and displaying school spirit, especially on the sporting field.

Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School is a proud member of the Queensland Girls’ Schools Secondary Sports Association (QGSSSA).  QGSSSA is Queensland’s premier sporting competition for girls with football being an important fixture on the QGSSSA calendar.

This year our open team won the QGSSSA Football Premiership for the sixth year in a row whilst securing their third consecutive Uhlsport Cup Championship. Our girls were also victorious in the ISSA Cup Championship in the first year the school had entered the competition.

At IGGS, our girls are well-supported throughout their football journey by our expert sport staff, coaches and facilities. Every student is given the opportunity to achieve their sporting goals whilst maintaining excellent academic results.

For boarders, arrangements are in place for transport to training and games, with a tutoring service available, combined with flexible mealtimes to match their heavy training schedules.

Many of our football players have travelled from across Queensland to board at IGGS in order to have greater opportunities to represent the district, the region, the state and even the country.

To find out more about football excellence at Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School, watch our video below.

Signature Programs

Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School’s Signature Program inspires girls to become confident well-educated young women. Our girls learn how to be diligent, resilient, persistent and self-regulating. They become critical, creative thinkers with an entrepreneurial flair that empowers them to create innovative change in a technologically advanced twenty-first century. IGGS girls are well-educated, respectfully assertive, caring and compassionate citizens capable of leading their local and global communities. They are aware of their rights and responsibilities and they possess values, morals and ethics that enable them to live happy, successful lives.

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Personalised:

We know our students. Every student is treated as an individual when planning their holistic education and academic success. Teachers gradually release responsibility to students as they nurture them to take ownership of their progress and development. Every student is scheduled to participate in a series of personalised one-to-one interviews with a senior educator. Each student’s personal profile is reviewed and then used to inform the design of goals and the articulation of their holistic education plan.

Academic:

Evidence-based teaching and learning practices drives our approach to academics. The girls have an opportunity to experience a broad, liberal education. Learning is not stereotyped by gender, it is rigorous, differentiated and relevant for our twenty-first century learners. Programs are delivered by expert educators in fit-for-purpose learning environments. Our students develop intellectual habits and the academic knowledge and skills required for higher learning, work, citizenship and life beyond the School gates.

Character and Citizenship:

The way we live our lives and conduct ourselves in our communities demonstrates who we are as people. Specific character traits are the building blocks of personal and wider success and this idea forms the basis of Character and Citizenship within our Signature Program.  Our girls are given opportunities to shape their identity, extend their natural gifts and talents, explore opportunities beyond stereotypes and find a passionate purpose in life as confident well-educated young women.

Our platform for building character and citizenship is embedded in the School’s 7Cs program. Each Year level from 7 to 12 is governed by a guiding principle that equates to the social and emotional, physical and intellectual growth of each girl and their year group.

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Our extensive range of sporting, cultural and service opportunities helps students to develop identity, display integrity, and discover an intent for life beyond school. Encouraging participation in a range of social networks fosters students’ health and wellbeing and develops a strong sense of belonging. Above all, we want our girls to live happy, successful lives and contribute actively to their communities.

 

Excellence Programs

 

#MoreAtIGGS

Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School’s unique suite of Excellence Programs support the School’s Signature Program and provide even more extraordinary opportunities for our girls to extend their knowledge and skills and inspire their creativity and curiosity beyond those found in standard school programs.

The suite of programs encourages our girls to extend their natural gifts and talents, explore opportunities beyond stereotypes and find a passionate life purpose that can yield future success, happiness and belonging.

Our Excellence Programs enable our girls to graduate as confident, well-educated young women who are ready for higher learning and work in complex local and global technologically advanced communities beyond the School gates.

At IGGS, there is #MoreForHer

Click the below links for more information on each of our Excellence Programs.

Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School’s (IGGS) graduating class of 2022 has maintained the School’s reputation for exceptional academic performance and a commitment to personal excellence.

With many high-achieving students, eight percent (8%) received an ATAR greater than or equal to 99, placing them in the top 1% in Queensland. 24.5% of students received an ATAR greater than or equal to 95, and 37% achieved 90 or greater.

The 2022 Miss Tatham’s Memorial Prize for Dux of the School was awarded to Lauren Stacey. Lauren achieved an ATAR of 99.75. Lauren got a late offer to study Dentistry at UQ and is now in her second semester. Dentistry was her dream and first preference.

Students achieved perfect scores in 12 external assessments, and two students attained overall perfect scores (100%) in subjects for the year.

Many IGGS students were offered early university places, from Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology, in study areas including Psychological Science, Business, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Creative Industries.

Our 2022 Seniors should all be proud of themselves. These results are outstanding, and a testament to the diligence this cohort has shown not just this year, but throughout their educational journey.

Senior studies for these students were interrupted and challenged many times throughout the past two years. Our students have risen to the challenge, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability.

25% of students also achieved Vocational Education Training Certificates in conjunction with their ATAR or Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE). This means students leave school with work-ready skills, enabling them to seek employment or further training. Students undertook Certificate courses in a range of disciplines, including sport and recreation, hospitality, health support, dance and salon assistance.

100% of our IGGS Seniors attained a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) or a Queensland Certificate of Individual Achievement (QCIA).

At IGGS, we have been educating girls for 130 years and know how to tailor learning programs to suit our young women. Regular goal setting and review, as well as a focus on student well-being ensure each student is supported to achieve their personal best.

Our suite of excellence programs in academics, sport, the arts, and entrepreneurship and innovation ensure all students can pursue their passions and extend themselves in their particular area of interest and expertise.

IGGS is proud to have among its Alumna many graduates who have gone on to excel in business, politics, the creative arts, sport, health, law, science and so much more. We look forward to following our 2022 graduates as they embark on their life after school, and continue their commitment to lifelong learning, fostered here at IGGS.

We recognise the contribution our exceptional teachers and supportive families have made to these outcomes, and we again extend our congratulations to the Class of 2022.

Omnia Superat Diligentia – Diligence Overcomes All

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Welcome to Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School

The privilege of leading Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School at this time, with some of our community’s brightest and most impressive young women, is very exciting. At IGGS, we value individual strengths and talents, nurture students to work collaboratively towards a common goal, and encourage them to look outwards towards the world.

Our motto, Omnia Superat Diligentia – Diligence Overcomes All, is a powerful statement for our times. It embodies the importance of educating our students to become confident, well-educated young women prepared for higher learning, global citizenship, and life. A forward-thinking, independent school for girls, we strive to prepare young women for a lifetime of learning, leadership, and purpose. An IGGS education is one that prepares young women to make a difference in the changing world in which we live.

Founded in 1892, the school has a proud history and many traditions.  As part of our safe, first-class learning environment, our professional staff are committed to providing every girl with a positive, personalised, holistic education.

Diligence, Excellence, Respect, Integrity and Care are the five values we uphold.

They influence an IGGS girl’s self-worth, her behaviour and the way she interacts with her peers and the wider community. In addition to developing strong moral and ethical values, our girls become responsible, capable, and global citizens who create their own opportunities for learning, leadership, and success.

At IGGS, we are focused on knowing each girl. We are experts in educating girls and with our caring, expert staff, we support our young women in achieving their personal goals and aspirations by encouraging them to set high standards for their learning and wellbeing.

Your daughter will make friends for life at IGGS as she shares the fun and excitement – and the trials and tribulations – of growing into a confident, well-educated young woman.

As she engages with academic, personal, and social challenges during her adolescent years, she will be supported by our family-oriented school community. She will indelibly bear the memories of the fun and fellowship of the secondary school years in her mind and heart forever.

Parents and guardians who want their daughters to grow into confident, well-educated young women choose Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School.

I invite you to come and experience the energetic atmosphere of the girls, their teachers, and collective purpose that is IGGS at our Open Day, Discovery Tours or separately by appointment.

I look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful school community. 

Dr Marie Perry
Principal
D.Ed; MEd; B.ED; Ad. Cert. HRD; Dip Man.

Ipswich Girls' Grammar School has launched its Grammar Plus program, providing after school care for girls from Years 5 to 12 including dinner, a shower and two hours of supervised homework until 9.00pm for just $40.

Overnight, casual and weekly stays also available at 24 hours' notice.

To find out more visit click here, email enrolment@iggs.qld.edu.au or call our Registrar on 07 3454 4401.

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