Category: Outdoor Education

Year 8 boys from Rofe, School and Hancock houses followed in the footsteps of Armstrong, Crowther and Dixon this week by making the journey out to the ancient lands of Gariwerd (the Grampians) to experience the wildflower season. The weather has been cooler and a little wetter, but that hasn’t stopped a number of our […]

In my first year as the Head of Outdoor Education at Brighton Grammar, I have learnt that BGS not only talks about a three-cornered learning partnership (school, student, parent), but it continuously works towards the mutual benefit of all three partners.  Embracing this partnership, I had the pleasure of meeting with the BGS Parents Association to […]

This year’s Year 10 Alpine Journey was epic in more ways than one. The Bogong High Plains had the biggest dump of snow for many years, bringing the snow base up to 176 cm. At times, there were whiteout conditions, meaning visibility is so severely reduced that the horizon disappears and there are no reference […]

Last week, eight Year 6 boys spent eight days at the Milikapiti School on the Tiwi Islands, continuing the program begun in 2010. The boys spent time in the four classrooms from pre-school to Year 6, working closely with the local students. Both the boys and the staff were overwhelmed by the kindness of the […]