In Focus
What can parents do to promote student learning?
Traditionally, parents have taken the role of checking for task completion, monitoring their child’s performance on assessments and tracking how their child approaches learning tasks. Ron Ritchhart is a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero where his work focuses on such issues as teaching for understanding, the development of intellectual character, creative teaching, making … Continued
From the Vice Principal – 23 August 2019
Ageless Inspiration for Semester 2 Amidst the “hurly burly” of Semester 2, I have turned to some ageless inspiration and wisdom from Shakespeare with some wonderful lessons and quotes which may shape and guide us all and perhaps inspire our students as we emerge from the darkness of winter into the light and promise of … Continued
mySummit Inspire Stretch and Challenge Conference
On Thursday 8 August, sixty of our students from Years 7 to 11 attended the mySummit Inspire, Stretch and Challenge Conference in the Rosanove Auditorium. University-style sessions throughout the day were facilitated by Julie Arliss, the founder of Academy Conferences, from Kings College in the United Kingdom. Academy Conferences runs the largest series of national … Continued
MAV Maths Competition
On Wednesday 14 August, seven Year 9 students from Berwick Grammar and St Margaret’s school made their way to Federation University, Churchill campus in Gippsland to take part in a Mathematics Games Day. Teams of four worked together to answer questions, solve puzzles and play mind-extending games. Our first team consisted of Hugo Gaulke, Ovin … Continued
From the Vice Principal – 23 August 2019
Ageless Inspiration for Semester 2 Amidst the “hurly burly” of Semester 2, I have turned to some ageless inspiration and wisdom from Shakespeare with some wonderful lessons and quotes which may shape and guide us all and perhaps inspire our students as we emerge from the darkness of winter into the light and promise of … Continued
Thales Design Comp at Casey Tech
Earlier this term, eight boys from Year 9 and 10 travelled to Casey Tech School for an introduction into the Thales Design Competition, an international competition wherein students focus on using advanced sensor technologies to connect to Thales’ vision to “make life better and keep us safer”. The two teams from Berwick Grammar explored the … Continued
SIS Teen Chef
On 7 August, Berwick Grammar School were incredibly proud to have four of our students awarded silver medals for coming 2nd out of 10 participating schools in the SIS Teen Chef Competition. Congratulations to Max McCahy and Dylan Wijayakoon (our desserts team), as well as Connor Beck and Imran Sadiqzai (our mains team). The boys … Continued
SIS Book In A Day
The SIS Book in a Day competition was held at St Francis Xavier College (Officer Campus) on 13 August. This event requires a group of eight students working collaboratively to draft, write, edit, illustrate and publish a complete novella. The team worked particularly well together, with strong leadership shown by our appointed ‘Editor-in-Chief,’ Miller Marks-Boulton. … Continued
The School Decides….
“Great Leaders Don’t Set Out To Be Leaders… They Set Out To Make A Difference” – Jeremy Bravo The leadership process for 2020 has begun at both St Margaret’s and Berwick Grammar School, and we congratulate all students who have shown the courage and the character – two of our school values – to put … Continued
Rock and Water
Last term, we introduced all Year 7 boys to the Rock and Water Program, and this was so successful, all Year 7 PSE classes in Term 3 are being devoted to the program. Facilitated by our very own Mr Ruzzier, Rock and Water is a program for both boys and girls that develops confidence and … Continued
Year 10 Road Smart
With the alarming statistics of young male drivers and accidents, nothing is more important that ensuring our boys are safe and informed about good driving practice as they proceed through the senior school. Friday 9 August saw the Year 10 boys travelling to Sandown to participate in the VicRoads Road Smart program. This is a … Continued
Welcome Back Old Boys!
Last week we welcomed back Old Boys Jari Linton and Ben Fankhauser (Year 12 2018) to run a question-and-answer session around all things Careers focussed. The boys covered researching tertiary courses, checking out open days, the VTAC application process, enrolling into the course you get offered, making the most of your time at and life … Continued
