Category: Community

We are excited to announce that our BGS Business Directory now features over 150 businesses owned and operated by current and past parents, Old Boys and friends of BGS. Stage […]

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The School is creating a whole school community virtual choir video and the Headmaster and Director of Music invite all in the BGS community to be part of this wonderful […]

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Nathan Lovett-Murray, the School’s Indigenous Mentor, who is a former AFL star with the Essendon Football club,  was on the Yokayi Footy Show last night. It’s a new, different kind […]

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BGS has yet again risen to the occasion and provided much needed food to be donated to St Mark’s church in Fitzroy who provide meals to the less fortunate. A […]

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Today is Mabo Day. On this day in 1992 the High Court ruled “that the Meriam people were entitled to possession, occupation, use and enjoyment of (most of) the lands […]

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That’s a wrap on our first Reconciliation Week webinar. Thanks to everyone who shared in Nathan and Sarai’s discussion of the film ‘In my blood it runs’. It’s been exciting […]

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Not all the boys are back at school, and distance learning does provide for a different type of school day. While still off-site, Keaton (Year 2), visited the amazing mural […]

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This morning we had over 150 BGS mums signed in to see Dr Rachel Horton having a fireside coffee and chat with Lisa McCune. Mums were split into breakout rooms […]

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Thanks BGS!

May 4th, 2020 by Arthur Le

In these times, we’re uplifted by members of our school community who added us to the list of Telstra’s #SayThanks digital billboard. Teaching is a grand duty, and we’re proudly […]

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Launched on May 1, at lunchtime was the RCD Foundation’s Go Grey in May, a festival of activities to raise awareness and funds for Brain Cancer Research. The usual launch […]

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