Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School
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Omnia Superat Diligentia - Diligence Overcomes All
- Early Learning
- Primary School
- Secondary School
- Primary - Year 12 School
- Early Learning Centre
- P-12 Campus
- Integrated Boarding Campus
- Independent
- Non-denominational
Yes
Girls
Boarding Available
- Academic Achievement
- Co-curricular Activities
- Community
- Culture / Tradition
- Discipline
- Gifted and Talented
- Information Technology
- Numeracy / Literacy
- Pastoral Care / Guidance
- Personal Values
- Science/Technology
- Social & Emotional Learning
- Sport
- Welfare
- Chinese
- German
- Japanese
- Athletics (Track & Field)
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Cross Country Running
- Debating
- Equestrian
- Football (Soccer)
- Gymnastics
- Hockey (field)
- Netball
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- 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.
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.
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.
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 Girls’ Grammar School inspires girls to become confident, well-educated young women.
Our heritage-listed campus is located in the city of Ipswich and overlooks the beautiful Bremer River.
We are on the corner of Queen Victoria Parade and Chermside Road, East Ipswich. Our main entrance is via Chermside Road.
Drop-off and Pick-up Zone
Chermside Road
We have a clearly marked drop-off and pick-up zone just before our main entrance on Chermside Road. To keep traffic flowing, we ask parents to keep their engines running while their child disembarks, or gets into, their car. To ensure all our students stay safe, please do not park or leave your car.
Junior Grammar Drive Ring Road
Our Ipswich Junior Grammar School parents can make use of the Ring Road, a dedicated, fully-supervised, drive-in, drop-off and pick-up zone accessible from Torch Street.
Dedicated Bus Service
We provide our students with a private bus charter service that we share with Ipswich Grammar School. Each year, our bus routes are revised in consideration of where our students live and how many stops/pick-up points can be accommodated along a route. For ease, the cost of bus transport is charged to your School account.
Buses deliver students in time for the 8.15am start of the school day and depart from the School shortly after 3.00pm. Late buses, departing from 4.45pm, are available Monday to Thursdays for students who participate in activities after school.
Contact Information
Fassifern Coaches (during travel time)
Phone: 0436 639 167
The School (from 8am to 3pm)
Phone: 07 3454 4421 or 07 3454 4447
E: studentservices@iggs.qld.edu.au
It is a privilege for me to welcome you to the Ipswich Girls’ and Junior Grammar School community. Our devoted, caring teachers provide exceptional learning experiences to boys and girls from Kindy to Year 6, and to young women from Years 7 to 12.
Ipswich Junior Grammar School is the only co-educational Grammar primary school in south-east Queensland. Our aim is to provide a learning environment that is both rich and challenging, one that encourages curiosity while nurturing our students to become future leaders. We seek to build a culture where learning is held in high regard and attitude and effort are rewarded.
During the formative years, when children are developing essential life skills and building an emotional, physical, and social foundation, we strongly believe in the virtues of co-education. Playing together, learning together, and growing together is a priority at Junior Grammar.
As students progress to the senior years, Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School continues this tradition of excellence by focusing on the individual strengths and talents of our young women. We 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, embodies the importance of educating our students to become confident and well-educated, prepared for higher learning, global citizenship, and life.
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 student with a positive, personalised, holistic education. Diligence, Excellence, Respect, Integrity, and Care are the five values we uphold. They influence our students' self-worth, behaviour, and the way they interact with their peers and the wider community.
At Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School, we are focused on knowing each student. We are experts in educating both boys and girls in the junior years and young women in the senior years. With our caring, expert staff, we support our students in achieving their personal goals and aspirations by encouraging them to set high standards for their learning and wellbeing.
Your child will make friends for life at Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School as they share the fun and excitement – and the trials and tribulations – of growing into confident, well-educated young individuals. As they engage with academic, personal, and social challenges during their school years, they will be supported by our family-oriented school community. They will indelibly bear the memories of the fun and fellowship of their school years in their minds and hearts forever.
Parents and carers who want their children to grow into confident, well-educated young individuals choose Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School. I invite you to come and experience the energetic atmosphere of our students, their teachers and our School.
I look forward to welcoming you to our wonderful school community.
Mr Kyle Thompson
Principal
(as voted by site visitors)
Ipswich Girls' Grammar School including Ipswich Junior Grammar School