Category: Secondary School
Introducing the Class of 2021
January 21st, 2021 by Arthur Le
The pre-term Big Fella Camp is a time of reflection and preparation as the boys develop their legacy as school leaders. The climb, once a given for every incumbent Year […]
First Horizon Program
December 1st, 2020 by Michele Fisher
When we decided to run the program using a Zoom, hybrid model, we thought carefully about the essential elements of the experience. On Friday morning, the boys grabbed their DIY […]
Kutcha Edwards visits BGS
November 25th, 2020 by Michele Fisher
I was in the audience of Year 9 History students studying the history of the Stolen Generations, and in a few weeks we would be facing an examination question requiring […]
BGS Writing Prize
October 14th, 2020 by Michele Fisher
2020 is the final year of my VCE journey, I expected I would have so much, so much fun in this second decade of 2000. I dreamt about my first […]
BGS & FGS Trivia night
September 8th, 2020 by Arthur Le
Teams from both schools met online from the comfort of their loungerooms on Friday afternoon to battle it out. Whilst not your usual school trivia afternoon, the ability to just […]
Music to lift the spirit
September 3rd, 2020 by Michele Fisher
From the ancient wisdom, we can see that music has always been an important part in Chinese culture. Even during the second lockdown, Melbournians still deserve something nice and uplifting […]
Students in the Top End
September 2nd, 2020 by Michele Fisher
The move has attracted the attention of the Northern Territory News and the boys were featured in a recent article. “It was hard coming down to Melbourne and pretty nervous […]
Darby Hipwell in ‘The Age’
August 31st, 2020 by Arthur Le
In a continuing series in The Age, another group of Year 12s across the state have reflected on the year that is, including Captain of Football Darby Hipwell, speaking on […]
Tom Cantwell in ‘The Age’
August 19th, 2020 by Arthur Le
It’s been a year of shifting goalposts for the class of 2020. Tom Cantwell (Year 12) was in The Age today, and like us, has fingers crossed that the Valedictory […]
Virtual subject selection expo
July 27th, 2020 by Arthur Le
In parent Year 9 to 11 information sessions last week conducted over Zoom, 330 families attended the virtual sessions on Tuesday night, followed by the subject expo, this year held […]