Today, our School Chaplain, Reverend Helen Creed, shares a reflection on this significant time in the Christian calendar.
As Term One comes to a close, we take the opportunity to thank our students and wider school community for their efforts and contributions throughout the term. The energy and commitment shown across our community has been a defining feature of Term One, and we are grateful for the many moments of learning, celebration, and growth.
This spirit was evident at today’s House Cross Country Carnival, with students enthusiastically participating in and cheering on their peers across the 2km and 3km races. It was a wonderful reflection of the School’s House spirit. Congratulations to Taylor on winning this year’s competition.
Across the term, students have embraced a rich range of academic and co‑curricular opportunities. Learning has taken place both in and beyond the classroom, with students engaging in academic subjects, Upskill opportunities, excursions and camps that have encouraged critical thinking, collaboration and resilience. Additionally, events such as our International Women’s Day Breakfast and Language and Culture Week, alongside exchange programs and Service Learning partnerships, have further highlighted the importance of curiosity, cultural understanding and global perspectives within our community. We have also celebrated strong participation and achievement in sport, with students enjoying a wide range of GSV offerings, developing new skills and celebrating successes along the way.
All members of our school community should be incredibly proud of what has been achieved this term.
As the holidays approach, we encourage students and families to take time to rest, recharge and enjoy time together. We thank our students, staff and families for their ongoing support throughout the term and look forward to welcoming everyone back for the start of Term Two on Tuesday 21 April.
Happy holidays!
Kath Woolcock
Head of Senior School
Tom Clark
Head of Middle School
Year 12 students recently enjoyed an informative session with representatives from Australian Catholic University and Swinburne University. Presenters shared valuable insights into a wide range of courses and pathways, helping students better understand their options beyond secondary school. They also highlighted scholarship programs designed to support academic achievement and access. Students were excited to hear about overseas study opportunities, along with Work Integrated Learning (WIL) programs that provide real‑world industry experience.
Sessions like these are vital, as they help students make informed decisions by hearing directly from institutions about expectations, entry options and future career possibilities. Engaging with universities also encourages students to explore diverse study areas and gain clarity about life after school. The visit sparked meaningful conversations and left students feeling more confident and prepared for their next steps beyond secondary education.
Ashley Nguyen
Head of Careers Education
Computational Linguistics Olympiad
The Computational Linguistics Olympiad (OZCLO) is a team extension activity that brings together the worlds of language, linguistics and mathematics taking a collaborative problem-solving approach. Camberwell Girls fielded nine teams of four students for the Olympiad exams with three teams achieving a Bronze Certificate. This Olympiad program will recommence in Term Four with a view to the 2027 Olympiad competition.
UN Youth – The Voice Competition
United Nations Youth Victoria and Australia organise The Voice Competition (Years 7-10) which asks students to prepare a speech selected from a list of six and then respond to two spontaneous questions from the judges, which can be challenging.
Topic examples were: How can we improve the provision of healthcare in regional areas? and How can Governments balance the right of free expression with public safety when considering public protests?
Camberwell Girls had twelve entries in The Voice Competition in both Junior and Senior divisions. Four students Kyla, Grace, Vaishnavi from Year 8 and Ishana from Year 9 made it to the State Final, a wonderful achievement. Over the weekend of 11 and 12 April, Ishana, Grace and Vaishnavi will participate in “The Voice” National Grand Final.
Due to the popularity of this extension activity UN Youth will be running another round later in 2026.
Michele Linossier
Head of Extension and Enrichment
On Friday 20 March, fourteen students gathered with other students, staff and parents from eighteen Melbourne schools to enjoy breakfast together at Camberwell Grammar School (Boys). The occasion was the annual Mustard Breakfast, a wonderful way for students exploring Christian faith to encourage each other, and to give thanks for those who support them. Our Mustard Mentors, Zara T and Sienna T offered a prayer during breakfast, and Elise O was interviewed about her experience as a mustard leader. This included telling the audience that there has been a Christian fellowship group running at Camberwell Girls for at least 30 years, perhaps more! The students who attended were very enthusiastic about the morning and were a little reluctant to leave!
Reverend Helen Creed
Art education plays a vital role in helping young people develop confidence, curiosity, and the ability to think in new and flexible ways. This term, our Year 9 and Year 11 Art and VCD students experienced this firsthand through an special opportunity to work with acclaimed contemporary artist Rowena Martinich.
Rowena is known for her vibrant, large‑scale abstract murals that transform public spaces with colour and energy. Her practice embodies everything we want our students to see in the arts: bold experimentation, professional discipline, and the power of creativity to shape the world around us.
Over a series of hands‑on workshops, students explored colour, gesture, and composition under Rowena’s guidance. They experimented with mark‑making, collaborated on shared visual ideas, and learned how artists translate small studies into large‑scale public works. The studio spaces were buzzing not just with paint and movement, but with genuine artistic risk‑taking and joy.
These workshops will culminate in a new artwork for our school, created from the collective contributions of every participating student. This project is more than a mural; it’s a celebration of student voice, creative identity, and the value of the arts in shaping a vibrant school culture.
By engaging with a practising artist, students see that art is not only a subject, but also a pathway, a profession, and a powerful way of communicating with the world. Experiences like this remind us why art education matters: it builds thinkers, makers, collaborators, and citizens who can imagine possibilities and bring them to life.
We look forward to unveiling the final artwork later this year and celebrating the creativity of our students and the inspiring leadership of Rowena Martinich.
Rachel Miller
Head of Art and Design
The Top-Class Concert Series provides current VCE Music students with a valuable opportunity to experience a diverse program of works, performed by selected student musicians who achieved outstanding results in 2025. Designed to both inform and inspire, the concert series offers meaningful insights into high-level performance practice, showcasing the craft of interpretation and the application of stylistic conventions across a range of musical genres.
Our VCE Music students attended the Top-Class Concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Monday 30 March, where they enjoyed performances by VCE Music Repertoire Performance and Music Inquiry students. The concert featured an impressive variety of instruments, styles, and repertoire, highlighting a depth and breadth of musical expression. Students received VCE assessor feedback that was explicitly aligned with the performance assessment criteria, ensuring targeted advice and guidance for the preparation of their selected repertoire.
Following the concert, our VCE Music Performance students engaged in reflective discussions, considering the musical and technical demands of the works performed. Students noted the consistently high calibre of performance skills demonstrated by each musician, including tone production, technical accuracy, ensemble awareness, and stage presence. They also reflected on the clarity of artistic intent conveyed in each performance, gaining a deeper understanding of how interpretive decisions contribute to expressive and convincing musical outcomes.
Overall, the excursion proved to be a highly enriching experience, supporting the students’ own performance preparation while broadening their appreciation of musical artistry and excellence within the VCE Music program.
Kate Savige
Director of Music – Curriculum
Mathew Duniam
Music Teacher
On Monday 30 March, the students embarked on their first Geography fieldwork to a local wetland. At the wetlands, students were guided through a series of hands-on activities, all designed to teach them about the urban water cycle. They learnt about the impact of human activities on the water cycle and how important water is for the environment. Students collected and analysed a range of primary data and were able to determine the health of the wetland environment according to things like pH levels, turbidity and bioindicators such as the presence of different water bugs. They also completed field sketches and went on a nature walk to observe and record the biodiversity at the wetlands. Students also developed their understanding of the Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) features in the area and the important ways in which we can better manage water in our cities. It was a great day of learning outside, with students even enjoying the experience of looking for slugs, spiders and ants in the bushland.
Karoline Walter
Head of Geography
The Term 1 GSV Sport competitive season proved to be an incredibly successful campaign for teams throughout the Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Divisions, with 50% of Camberwell Girls teams progressing to finals from regular season play.
Students from Years 9 and 10 were the first to commence their finals contests in Softball and Tennis.
The B Softball team won a thrilling Grand Final by two runs to claim the Premiership alongside already clinching a Zone Pennant title. Expertly coached by Ms Liza Stevens (Science and VCE HHD Teacher & First Nation Programs Coordinator), this team ground out a hard-fought victory in a game for the ages.
Both Tennis teams made it to the hard courts of Melbourne Park, with the A side adding to their Zone Pennant title with a Joint Premiership. The B team also claimed a Zone Pennant prior to bowing out in the Semi-Final at the home of the Australian Open.
Our Juniors were next to take to the diamonds and courts for Softball, Tennis, and Volleyball finals.
The A Softball team crafted a season to remember, winning both the A Grade Zone Pennant and Joint Premiership.
The B Softball team progressed to the Semi-Final stage.
Tennis provided some thrilling results with the A team collecting a Zone Pennant and Premiership. The B team finished Runner-Up from their Grand Final, and the C team claimed Zone Pennant and Premiership honours.
In Volleyball, the A team coached by Mr Shane Maycock (Education Outdoors Coordinator and Physical Education & Health Teacher) progressed to the A Grade Crossover Final #1.
This past Monday, the Senior A Grade Softball team, coached by Mrs Nareen Robinson (Year 11 Coordinator and Head of Health & Physical Education) continued the masterclass of matchplay and coaching that is in abundance with Camberwell Girls Softball. With four of the five Softball teams progressing to the finals stage, it was wonderful to see the Senior team round out Finals week with an impressive display in the season decider, finishing Runners-Up.
Off the back of impressive performances at the GSV Division 1 Championship Diving & Swimming Carnival, twenty-two of our students qualified to compete at the prestigious GSV Diving & Swimming Finals Evening this past Tuesday.
Cleo S (Year 9) competed in the Intermediate Division for Diving, returning to Finals Evening for a second successive year.
Our swimmers competed in twenty-eight races which was a mighty effort, including featuring in ten of the twelve relay events.
An in-depth analysis of the performances from Finals Evening to be included in the first edition of CamNews in Term 2.
Year 7 student – Claire Z – has made an immediate impact in the pool in this, her first term in Secondary School after the exceptional swimming performances that she produced during her time in the Junior School.
Claire boasts an impressive competition resume, winning Gold for Victoria in the 50 metre Backstroke at the 2025 School Sport Australia Championships, where she also represented the Big V in the 100 metre Backstroke and 4 x 50 metre Medley Relay. To gain selection to the Victorian team, Claire won the 50 metre Backstroke at the 2025 School Sport Victoria Championships.
It is no surprise then that Claire cites the Backstroke as her favoured event to compete in!
With five events on her program last Tuesday night at the GSV Finals Evening, Claire was tremendously excited to match it with the best that the twenty-three strong school GSV Association had to offer.
All results from this premier competition in the next edition.
Angela N (Year 10) and Chloe W (Year 11) were exceptional ambassadors for Camberwell Girls Sport after gaining selection to the GSV Representative Tennis Team that battled it out against the AGSV earlier this term.
As previously celebrated, Angela was recognised by her AGSV opponents as the GSV Player of the Match, winning her Singles as the Number 2 seeded player. Chloe continues to impress, selected to the GSV Representative team for a third consecutive year. In 2027, Chloe will aim to make it a fourth-straight selection to the ten-player team and join the elite club of students that have been selected in all four years of eligibility to the GSV level.
We look forward to more of our student’s gaining selection to GSV Representative teams as the year progresses.
The annual House Cross Country Carnival was conducted at Deepdene Park today.
All the fun and excitement, plus Champion House and Year Level Champion award winners from this much-loved event to be included in the next edition.
Cameron Childs
Director of Sport
Today, our School Chaplain, Reverend Helen Creed, shares a reflection on this significant time in the Christian calendar.
The final weeks of Term 1 at the Secondary School have highlighted numerous accomplishments of our athletes.
The last weeks of Term 1 at the Junior School have been filled with curiosity, exploration, and joy!
The Moonlight Movie Night united the community for an enjoyable evening of connection and fun.
