Category: Learning
Year 7s and 8s vacate the classroom
November 2nd, 2017 by Arthur Le
“There sure are a lot of clothing stores and cafes but not many drinking fountains [on Church Street].” “I never see anyone using the benches in the middle [of Church […]
iDesign 2017
November 2nd, 2017 by Arthur Le
What better way to start Term 4 than with iDesign, the flagship event in the Middle School. Tuesday 10 October was iDesign Day, during which a wonderful array of projects […]
Detectives in our midst
October 19th, 2017 by Arthur Le
JS boys investigate the English language The THRASS Institute is an Australian-based company that has developed a phonetics teaching tool that has made a paradigm shift in the teaching of […]
Testing to destruction
October 19th, 2017 by Arthur Le
One of the Year 10 electives is Engineering and Mathematics Applications. As part of a unit on Materials, the students design and build a model bridge. All the boys use […]
Making maths masters
September 7th, 2017 by Alex Syrian
Katie White, Head of Mathematics (Middle School) As teachers, we are constantly asking which methods optimise student learning. John Hattie’s Visible Learning research has taken us a long way towards […]
Upping the ante in academics
August 23rd, 2017 by Alex Syrian
Last week we received the School’s 2017 NAPLAN results. (Parents of Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 boys will receive their son’s individual results soon and can click here for […]
Past and present at BGS
July 27th, 2017 by Arthur Le
To complement their study of ‘past and present’, the Year 1 boys have ventured into the Senior School for a couple of visits to investigate the links between the School […]