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Honouring one another
Last Friday evening, the Crowther sported 60 inviting tents as 110 participants (Year 4 boys, their parent/mentor and staff) gathered for the second annual Young Warriors’ Camp. The aim of […]
Fancy footwork on Crowther and dancefloor
Two events occurred in the Middle School last week: the 37th Annual House Athletics and the highly anticipated BGS/FGS Year 7 Social. Both were outstanding, though one demonstrated fancier footwork […]
In the flow plus molto crescendo!
In his bestselling book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (2008), Paul Tough devotes almost an entire chapter to an exploration of the role chess […]
Fair play on the ice
Year 6 boys skate their way to silver Three BGS Year 6 boys – AJ Harris, Aidan McDonald and Landon Penca – fought it out together on the ice last […]
Showing our style on the snow
Slopestyle is the newest Interschools snowsports event. Competitors are required to ski or snowboard down a course that includes a variety of obstacles, including rails, jumps and other terrain park […]
Innovation and entrepreneurship served at breakfast
e-commerce trail-blazer Maggie Zhou, Managing Director for Alibaba Australia and NZ, was the guest speaker at our BGS Breakfast Bios event on Tuesday. Maggie wowed the audience of 160 guests […]
New Principal for Firbank
We would like to join the Firbank Grammar School community in welcoming Ms Jenny Williams, who commenced this term as the school’s 10th Principal. Headmaster Ross Featherston represented BGS at […]
A chance to try
After many months of planning by Jane Abbott and the ÃÛÌÒÖÊÓƵ Snow Club committee, the boys from Year 1 to Year 12 finally got to Mt Buller for the […]
Rick Pemberton, our new Mr Chips
How can a man’s 60-year love affair with ÃÛÌÒÖÊÓƵ, during which he had such a wonderful impact on so many staff, students and parents, be acknowledged in a few […]
The power of scholarships
Today I’m excited to launch the BGS Annual Appeal. The 2017 appeal is one with a difference – but we’ll get to that. First, I’d like to share the reasoning […]