Celebrating team success

High performance culture on show

In March, and again in August, the Brighton Grammar School community came together to mark student team success stories in the fields of STEM and Sport that reflect our high performance culture.

The five Year 10 students who make up BGS Team Lunar were recognised for being crowned 2024 National Champions (Professional Class) in the F1 in Schools National Finals in Adelaide.

The community celebrated the victories of our First Tennis squad winning the APS Tennis Premiership, the first for BGS since 2001; our First VIII rowers taking out the 2024 APS Head of the River, only the third time to do so in the School’s history; and our sailors being named Victorian Schools Team Sailing Champions for 2024, the fifth time in the past six years.

A further celebration was held for our First XV Rugby team who won the VSRU Rugby Premiership, the first for BGS in 40 years, and our First XVIII footballers who are the APS Football Premiers for 2024.

These successful teams have many common characteristics – they focused on planning and following process rather than results, they put the team first above their individual needs, they showed resilience when faced with hurdles and they all won with humility.

 Through our +M program, Brighton Grammar promotes a high-performance culture that emphasises values such as kindness, humility, courage and respect.

All teams modelled these qualities to their peers and the opposition, and it was uplifting to see the whole school from ELC4-Year 12 join together in a unified celebration.