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Staff Notes

For the first time in three years, we have been able to complete a full year at school! No lockdowns, no curfews, no limits on the number of people who could gather together. And we were able to return to the classroom and reduce our dependence on online learning. We have had to readjust to the rhythms and realities of being together again, and to the pace of life at our busy school.

This Grammarian, therefore, once again presents an insight into a full year at Camberwell Grammar School. All of the learning, the cocurricular programs, the student initiatives, the music and the art, the drama, and the sporting achievements are recorded in these pages. Most importantly it shows us all together again. We were able to return to Hamer Hall again for an extraordinary Concert, and to come together as an entire community at Open Day. Students, parents, and staff had the opportunity to be together again, to re-establish connections and friendships, and the sense of community – placed under pressure in the past two years – was able to flourish again.

Schools are much more than just buildings or learning programs. They are collections of people who spend time here for a while on a great quest. All of us here are on a mission to make the world a better place through education. We hope to give our students greater options in life, but we hope and expect too that they will go on to help to make the world a better place for others. In that way our impact can be like ripples in a pond, extending far beyond our initial work in the classroom. The Grammarian also provides a record of our students being good and doing good. It is a great place to be – and if the emotion and nostalgia displayed by our Year 12 leavers this year at their Valedictory Dinner is any indication, our students genuinely love their school and enjoy their time here.

A special thank you to Mrs Claire Denbury and Mrs Taryn Das Neves, who have carried the greatest burden in putting the Grammarian together. Chasing articles, gathering photographs, and editing this significant work is never easy. Thanks also to our Prefect in Charge of Publications, Ryan Le, for all he has done to promote writing in our school this year, and for chasing up articles and information. And thanks also to all staff and students who made written or photographic contributions – the Grammarian reflects the combined efforts of dozens of people – they should be very proud of the result.

Dr Paul Hicks

Headmaster

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