UPCOMING EVENTS- APS Golf Day 202410 May, 2024
The APS Past Students’ Golf Day will be held on Friday 10 May at Victoria Golf Club.
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- Class of 1974 - 50 Year Reunion17 May, 2024
Carey Baptist Grammar School and the Old Carey Grammarians Association warmly welcome you to the Class...
- Class of 1994 - 30 Year Reunion24 May, 2024
Carey Baptist Grammar School and the Old Carey Grammarians Association warmly welcome you to the Class...
- Class of 2019 - 5 Year Reunion2 Aug, 2024
Carey Baptist Grammar School and the Old Carey Grammarians Association warmly welcome you to the Class...
- Class of 2014 - 10 Year Reunion25 Oct, 2024
Carey Baptist Grammar School and the Old Carey Grammarians Association warmly welcome you to the Class...
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Carey's Centenary Sculpture 'Learning to Fly'
Thursday, 14 December 2023
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As part of Carey's Centenary Celebrations this year, the OCGA were proud to partner with Carey Baptist Grammar School to deliver the Centenary Sculpture: 'Learning to Fly' by renowned artist Alexander Knox. The Sculpture was officially unveiled on the 13th of November by Carey Principal Jonathan Walter, artist Alexander Knox and OCGA President Sam Ponsford (2017). Sam's speech from the Unveiling Ceremony can be read below: Congratulations to Alexander for designing and producing such a wonderful piece of art. The Old Carey Grammarians Association are deeply proud to partner with the school and leave this enduring public art legacy, that we truly hope will inspire our connected community for generations to come. The magic of art is that it has no one strict meaning. Every individual who encounters a work of art has the liberty to extract their own messages and meaning that is relevant to them and where they are at that specific point in life. The beauty of an enduring sculpture like this is that as individuals transition through the Carey Community at different ages and stages, this sculpture will impart messages and meaning that connects to where they are in their Carey journey. When a Prep student new to the School, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, first encounters this sculpture, they may simply see some birds nibbling on a piece of cheese...... and isn’t that wonderful. But hopefully, this vibrant, bright sculpture will make them feel excited to come to Carey and allow them to feel a warm sense of belonging in a happy, bright community. Years later, as they walk past this sculpture on the way to a Middle School class, the same student may consider the sculpture’s title “Learning to Fly” and reflect on how the Carey community provides them with a supportive, safe environment when they feel confident and empowered to try new things, push themselves beyond the confines of their comfort zone and take bold, considered risks on a journey of discovery and growth. Finally, when that same student walks past this sculpture as they exit the gates of Carey on their final day of Year 12, they may reflect on the idea that Carey has been a warm, supportive nest where they could discover their true authentic self. But now as a result of their time at Carey, they have the confidence, skills, friendships and values to depart the safety and comfort of the nest and fly away into the wider world, knowing they can face whatever life throws at them. As we bring together Carey’s wonderful year of Centenary Celebrations to a close, I also believe this bright, dynamic sculpture serves as a metaphor for our School Community over the past one hundred years. When Carey was established by our pioneering founders, the School, felt somewhat inadequate to those other schools, “founded by kings in the days long ago” with their “weather-worn buildings romantic and hoary ” and “dimly lit halls where the footstep fell slow” However, over the past Centenary the school, under the bold, courageous leadership of many inspirational members of our community, the School has found its own path and taken bold challenges, such as welcoming the inaugural girl scholars in 1979. As a result, today in 2023, the school has a strong, rich heritage, a proud, passionate community over 25,000 strong, and a cultivated culture that is inclusive, ambitious and empowering. As our revised School Song, written by Deputy Principal Peter Robson, in conjunction with the students of Carey states, the Carey Community can now “boldly stand with great pride in our story” in a school that “was founded by those from a century past” and is now “steeped in a history with pages of glory” For the past 100 years, Carey itself, like the blue wrens depicted in this sculpture, has indeed been learning to fly. Now having learnt a century’s worth of lessons and having truly determined its own vision and identity, it is now time for Carey, to boldly soar, with courage and faith, into its second century and beyond. |