From the Principal

2024, the year that was (or nearly!) As I write this, Celebration Evening for secondary students has just been completed, and was a moving and meaningful final farewell for Year 12 after the ...

Our welcome article is provided by Brett Trollope - Head of Secondary   Cultivating Connections A positive sense of belonging at school has fundamental benefits for students, and flow-on benefits ...

2022 and beyond at Tintern Grammar – Our Forward Strategy and what does it mean for students and families? As we move towards the end of term, Christmas celebrations, and the end of the year, we ...

As Bob Dylan sang, “I shall be released” – and, on 30 October 2021, we were! So what happens now? Bob Dylan wrote the song “I shall be released” in 1967. We will all have our own ...

The best jobs in the world – leading, teaching and learning in schools in the 2020’s Below is a link to an article in The Age written by former independent school Principal Allan Shaw. Allan has ...

This week we have a special lead introduction from Catie McNamara, Director Student Welfare Services..  How To Handle Fears About the Future: A guide for Students Life as a student was probably ...

This week we have a special guest introduction from Alison Andrew, School Chaplain.  In search of the Holy Grail Hopefully over the past weekend you were able to join the cast and crew of our ...

This week we have a special guest introduction from Allison Prandolini, Head of Girls’ Junior School....   In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the protagonist Frodo Baggins, ...