Category: Junior School

There was a lovely sense of calm and respect as the Year 1 boys celebrated a busy term with their Grandparents and Special Friends. The morning opened with the boys […]

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Prep to Year 2 BGS boys and Firbank girls were treated to an incursion by Opera Australia on Monday. The students embarked on a fabulous journey with the cantankerous cat […]

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Brighton Grammar Junior School Chapel occurs each Friday morning at St Andrew’s Church. The aim of the service is to inspire boys to Christian living and principles, equipping them with […]

At the Year 4 Father/Son Night, boys and their dads were challenged to a paper plane competition, in line with Term 3’s cross-curricular focus on flight. First, they watched the […]

Last week, the Year 6 boys gathered early in the morning to leave for the airport and a fun-packed four-day camp in Canberra. As part of their Democracy unit, the […]

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How can a man’s 60-year love affair with Brighton Grammar, during which he had such a wonderful impact on so many staff, students and parents, be acknowledged in a few […]

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A Maths Evening may not sound like your idea of a great night out, but the Green Hat Workshop can make it so! The Year 3s and 4s boys invited […]

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The Year 5s have been studying gold and its impact on Australia. They have been very engaged with the topic and have built a considerable bank of knowledge around life […]

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The Year 5 boys are busily constructing their pinball machines after moving through the research and design phases earlier this term. This project stretches across many areas of the curriculum: […]

During four recent ELC visits to the beach, many of the boys spent time climbing in the ti trees, ‘rescuing’ each other in their guise as the ‘Mountain Brothers’. They […]

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