Hunter Valley Grammar School

School in Australia

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Colour(s)Blue and white School feesA$8,964 - $18,009 per annumAffiliations

Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia
Junior School Heads Association of Australia
Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales
Hunter Region Independent Schools

Websitewww.hvgs.nsw.edu.au Map

Hunter Valley Grammar School (abbreviated as HVGS) is an independent secular co-educational early learning, primary, and secondary day school, located in Ashtonfield, a suburb of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is named after the Hunter Valley, in which it is located.

The school caters for approximately 1,215 students from pre-school through to Year 12.

Hunter Valley Grammar School is affiliated with the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),^[3] the Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales (AISNSW),^[4] and Hunter Region Independent Schools (HRIS). The school is also an International Baccalaureate (IB) School offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Career-related Programme.^[5]

Co-curriculum

Academic opportunities

Students have the opportunity to explore academic-based co-curricular activities.

The ASX Sharemarket Game, in which students compete with the other students in the nation in achieving the highest market share in an online simulation of the ASX Stock Exchange, Australian Business Week and the Online Global Challenge are run by the Commerce faculty, whilst Debating, Chess, Tournament of Minds and Mock Trials are run through the English faculty.^[6]

Sport

HVGS students may participate in a variety of sports, mainly within the HRIS competition. Sports include rugby union, rugby league, soccer, netball, cricket, tennis, basketball, rowing, equestrian, touch football, volleyball, athletics, hockey, golf, aerobics, and snowsports.^[7]^[8] Most of these sports are undertaken on the School premises. Sport facilities include an indoor multi-purpose hall (used for Basketball, Netball, Volleyball and Futsal) a rugby oval, soccer oval, cricket oval, two basketball courts, two tennis courts and cricket nets.^[9]^[10]

The School's rowing complex is located at Berry Park, Morpeth along the Hunter River. The rowing shed was upgraded to a two-story complex in 2015, allowing for more boats, training equipment, and improving the existing amenities. The School's annual regatta occurs at the beginning of November.^[11]

Service opportunities

The school participates in the Duke of Edinburgh program, and also maintains an active Leo Club which focuses on school and community programs.^[12]

Notable alumni

Charles Croucher – Television reporter
Kate Gill – Australian soccer player, former Matilda's Captain and Co-Chief Executive, PFA

Associated schools

Hunter Valley Grammar School is the sister school of Erasmus-Gymnasium in Grevenbroich, Germany, which visits the school yearly.^[13]

References

^ "About HVGS". Hunter Valley Grammar School. Archived from the original on 18 June 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
^ "Employment". Hunter Valley Grammar School. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
^ "JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members". New South Wales Branch. Junior School Heads' Association of Australia. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
^ "Hunter Region". NSW Independent Schools by Region. Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
^ "International Baccalaureate". HVGS. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "HVGS Opportunities". HVGS. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Representatives Sport Opportunities at HVGS" (PDF). Hunter Valley Grammar School. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "Sport". HVGS. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "HVGS School Map". HVGS. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "Rowing". HVGS. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "Duke of Edingurgh". HVGS. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^ "Seeking International Alliances". HVGS. Retrieved 16 June 2018.

Significant places & items of interest in the Hunter Region of New South Wales

Commerce & industry

Industry	Cardiff Locomotive Workshops Forgacs Shipyard Hunter Valley Coal Chain Hunter Valley wine Kia Ora Stud Kooragang Island Newcastle Steelworks Newcastle Port Corporation Tomago aluminium smelter
Shopping	Charlestown Square Hunter Street Newcastle & Suburban Co-operative Society Stockland Glendale Stockland Green Hills Westfield Kotara
Other	Newcastle Government House

Education

Primary	Avondale Hunter School of the Performing Arts Hunter Valley Grammar Kahibah Public Newcastle Grammar
Secondary	All Saints College, Maitland Avondale Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Wallsend Waratah Technology Cessnock High Glendale Technology High Hunter River High Hunter School of the Performing Arts Hunter Valley Grammar Irrawang High Kotara High Lambton High Maitland Grossmann High Maitland High Merewether High Mount View High Newcastle Grammar Newcastle High Rutherford Technology High St Joseph's, Lochinvar Tomaree High Toronto High
Tertiary	Avondale College University of Newcastle

Entertainment, sport & culture
Broadmeadow Basketball Stadium Circuit Italia Dungog Film Festival Hunter Valley Steamfest Newcastle Civic Theatre Newcastle Entertainment Centre Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground Newcastle Regional Show Newcastle Street Circuit Newcastle 500 Surfest

Geography

General	Broughton Island Burning Mountain Cape Hawke Glenrock Lagoon Lake Chichester Lake Macquarie Myall Lakes Mount Royal Range Mount Sugarloaf Port Stephens Stockton Beach Tops to Myall Heritage Trail
National parks and nature reserves	Barrington Tops Black Bulga State Conservation Area Booti Booti Ghin-Doo-Ee Mount Royal Myall Lakes Tomaree Towarri Wallingat Watagans Werakata The Glen
Rivers	Allyn Avon Barrington Bow Bylong Chichester Gloucester Goulburn Hunter Karuah Manning Myall Pages Paterson Wangat Williams Worondi Rivulet

Historical

Air transport

Broadmeadow Aerodrome

Defence

Education

Newcastle Boys' High School

General

Industry

Maritime

Natural disasters

1989 Newcastle earthquake

Rail

General	Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot Hunter Valley Railway Trust Hunter Valley Steamfest Murulla rail accident Richmond Vale Railway Museum
Railway lines	Belmont Morpeth Fernleigh Track Richmond Vale Railway South Maitland Railway Toronto
Railway stations	Allandale Antiene Belford Blackalls Park Civic Dingadee Farley Grasstree Minimbah Newcastle Ravensworth Toronto Whittingham Wickham
Trams	Trams in Newcastle West Wallsend Steam Tram Line

Wine making

Lindemans (wine)

World War II

Infrastructure

Transport

Road	Beaumont Street Bucketts Way Golden Highway Hunter Expressway New England Highway Newcastle Inner City Bypass Newcastle Link Road Pacific Highway Putty Road Sydney-Newcastle Freeway Thunderbolts Way
Road bridges	Beckers Clarence Town Cooreei Dunmore Fitzgerald Bridge Glennies Creek Hexham Hinton Monkerai Morpeth Stockton Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Vacy
Railway lines	Main North Newcastle
Railway stations	Aberdeen Adamstown Awaba Beresfield Booragul Branxton Broadmeadow Cardiff Cockle Creek Dora Creek Dungog East Maitland Fassifern Greta Hamilton Hexham High Street Hilldale Kotara Lochinvar Maitland Martins Creek Metford Mindaribba Morisset Muswellbrook Newcastle Interchange Paterson Sandgate Scone Singleton Tarro Telarah Teralba Thornton Victoria Street Wallarobba Warabrook Waratah Wirragulla Wyee
Bus	Bus routes Busways Hunter Valley Buses Newcastle Transport Port Stephens Coaches Rover Coaches Sid Fogg's
Air	Cessnock Airport Maitland Airport Newcastle Airport Scone Airport
Ferry	Stockton ferry service
Light rail	Newcastle Light Rail

Utilities

Electricity generation	Bayswater Power Station Eraring Power Station Lake Liddell Liddell Power Station Redbank Power Station Teralba Colliery Vales Point Power Station
Water supply	Chichester Dam Glenbawn Dam Grahamstown Dam Lostock Dam Tillegra Dam proposal

Media
ABC Newcastle Hit 106.9 Maitland Mercury Newy 87.8 FM Nine Northern NSW New FM Port Stephens Examiner The Herald Triple M 2HD 2NUR

Other

Defence	No. 26 Squadron RAAF RAAF Base Williamtown
General	Cessnock Correctional Centre Christ Church Cathedral
Health & medical research	Hunter Medical Research Institute John Hunter Hospital