Congratulations To The Class of 2022!
What a stunning year it has been at St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar! We have marvelled at the remarkable achievements of our young people across the breadth and diversity of our holistic offerings. Our strategic emphasis on the pursuit of excellence and achievement in Academia, Athleticism, Artistry and Adventure serves to provide a strong platform for … Continued
Human Powered Vehicles (HPV)
The SMBG Human Powered Vehicle teams have been hard at work preparing for the Energy Breakthrough at Maryborough being held later this week. Their hard work is paying off with some recent wins and impressive lap times. On 21st October at Casey Fields (8-hour race): Juno – 1st in Senior Female category (Teleigha, Lauren, … Continued
HPV Update
How will we keep the HPV squad engaged? That was the question Mr Lardner asked us at the start of our Online Learning period. As the HPV Captains, we started brainstorming ideas and then put them into practice. To overcome the state of isolation and maintain our fitness, the Human Powered Vehicle team, along with … Continued
Battye House Report
It is wonderful to see the boys of Battye House back on campus at Berwick Grammar School. The boys have been reconnecting in person during their classes and outside in the yard with many conversations being had about the positives and negatives of remote learning vs face-face learning. During our time in remote learning we … Continued
Back to BGS!
The sun came out for the first day back on campus at Berwick Grammar School and it was heartening to see how pleased all the boys and the teachers were to be back together. After nearly two months of learning remotely – and very successfully – we celebrated the simple joy of spending time with … Continued
BGS Backyard Skills Challenge
Whilst our PE staff at BGS couldn’t physically be present with their students during the remote learning period, it didn’t stop them from trying to demonstrate their own skills as part of the BGS Backyard Skills Challenge. Each Monday lunchtime a new set of videos would be uploaded where PE staff set a range of … Continued
Feel Good Friday
Many of the lessons we have learnt as we spent this period of time working and learning from home have been related to wellbeing – the power of connection and the other facets of our Wellbeing Hive – a model that also promotes exercise, creativity, curiosity, mindfulness and reading amongst other things. So on Friday … Continued
National Career Education Week 18-22 May
National Career Development week aims to raise awareness of the importance of career education. We decided to go virtual with our events to engage students in conversation about specific careers, as well as to highlight the value of networking and how to best place yourself as leaders of the future. We also engaged with tertiary … Continued
Matthew Merrilees Takes to the Sky!
During our period of learning remotely, Year 11 student Matthew Merrilees made excellent use of his extra time, completing his flight testing to ensure he received his Recreational Pilots license! Matthew is an extremely hard worker in all fields of endeavour – notably his studies as well as his many sporting accolades. He showed the … Continued
Introducing the Morrisby Profile
We are very excited to have delivered the Morrisby profile to all of our Year 10 students for the first time in 2020. Morrisby Online is a comprehensive career profiling system that provides an objective measure of a number of aptitudes, as well as describing the students interests and personality. This information is blended to … Continued
