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COMPLETE CARE

SPENDING THE FIRST WEEK of the school year at surf camp sounds like a dream, but at Victoria’s Firbank Grammar, it’s considered an essential part of settling in its Year Seven students and a chance for boarders to bond. And it’s just one of the many experiential wellbeing activities that led to Firbank recently winning the 2022 Australian Education Awards’ Best Co-Curricular Program.

“We specifically tailor each program to allow our students to find and follow their passions,” says Firbank’s

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