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The Gryphon Life Media Club students work closely with the staff in the Marketing and Communications Department to help provide the broader GNS community with the student’s perspective of GNS.
Ms. Pagett has been part of the GNS community for a long time and is currently the Middle School Vice Principal and Drama 6 and 8 teacher. She was also the director of the Middle School Production, Puffs.
It has been a busy year for Senior School Round Square filled with everything from organizing fundraisers and markets to arranging battery and bottle drives.
On May 16 and 17, Alexis Kuo ’24 hosted a phenakistoscope workshop with the help and support of Ms. Parks and SCWIST, the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology.
Ms. Nielson has been part of the GNS community since 2009. Known sometimes as “The Lady of the Library,” Ms. Nielson has always been there to help students out, whether it be answering questions around Extended Essays or running the ever-busy Gryphon Government.
What do Shaun Tan’s surrealism and William Gibson’s sci-fi, Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale all have in common? Ask the Grade 11s!
On May 11 and 12, Grade 5 students had a chance to share their hard work with their families and the GNS community as they presented their IB PYP Exhibition projects.
The Middle School just completed their very successful run of PUFFS, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic directed by Ms. Kate Pagett.
Many people think that Art and Science are two unrelated subjects. However, one GNS student managed to find a way to bring these two subjects together.
A group of GNS students from the Middle and Senior Schools recently took part in the Vancouver Model United Nations (VMUN) Conference, which after being held virtually for the last couple of years, was finally back in person.
Mr. Steve Basaraba joined the science department on the Pemberton Woods campus in September. Currently, he is teaching Grade 9 and 10 science and Chemistry 11. He is also an avid basketball fan, and coaches Grade 7 and 8 boys basketball.
Leading up to our Spring Break, we wanted to provide our community with an update regarding our COVID-19 protocols due to the changes to provincial restrictions announced by the PHO on March 12, 2022.
Each piece of art is large, heavy, and completely original. The art needed to be of a certain size to have the desired impact, and the recycled materials are glued onto a plywood backdrop.
Learn a little bit more about Ms. Katie Ramm, who recently took on the role of Admissions and Boarding Coordinator. We learn about what she likes about the GNS community and Family Boarding.
Their activities were inspired by resources from the UVic Mapping Collaboratory, a community-campus initiative and office dedicated to collaborative place-based learning and mapping.
The Science Fair is a way to celebrate all the hard work these students have done as they designed, carried and analyzed a scientific investigation independently.
Walking through the research process from beginning to end is a crucial component to this unit, which culminates in an annual school Heritage Fair where students shared their knowledge with the community.
On March 10, 2022, Glenlyon Norfolk School will meet with Victoria City Council to seek approval for our application to update our Development Variance permit that allowed us to install the tent gym and portable during the 2020/2021 school year.
As we navigate the new realities of COVID-19, I know our community will continue to work together to ensure we can deliver an exceptional experience at GNS and for that, I will be forever grateful.
We wish to acknowledge and respect the Lekwungen-Speaking Peoples on whose traditional territory we stand, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and Wsáneć Peoples whose historical relationships with the land, where we live, work, play and learn, continue to this day.