In Focus
Twixt the lips and the cup of tea.
If many wonder what happens twixt the lips and the cup of tea in English, the Year 10 French class, would, on the other hand, answer that twixt the lips and a hot chocolate and croissant, there’s a lot French conversation taking place. This month as part of our French class, we decided to have … Continued
Peer Mentoring Storytelling Project
Year 10 boys are currently working with Ms Cook on a storytelling project that aims at helping their Year 7 buddies to further consider our message of Growing Good Men. Year 10 students have been working hard in pastoral care sessions to consider positive masculine qualities and examine how these are portrayed by the male … Continued
The Great Book Swap
The gentlemen of Berwick Grammar School are all readers, enjoying DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) each week. For us, books are a welcome and readily available escape and way to learn about the world – as Dr Middleton reminds us each week at assembly. But what about the young people in remote communities that have … Continued
SRC Update
The Student Representative Council finished Term 3 with a number of special fundraising activities, marking the end of the leadership terms of Joshua Bury and Social Service Captain Benjamin Easton. After the senior boys were particularly moved by the presentation by the Pat Cronin Foundation, a barbecue followed, along with the sale of PC armbands … Continued
Class of 2018 – Year 12 Final Assembly
The beginning of Term 4 marks the end of scheduled classes for Year 12 students. One of the first in the series of major commemorations of this is the Year 12 Final Assembly that took place on 11 October. This is a relaxed forum in which Year 12 students farewell the younger boys and show … Continued
SIS Sport Update
Our Berwick Grammar School students finished off Term 3 in fine style on the sporting field. The intermediate Touch Rugby team went through the season undefeated, securing yet another pennant for this age group. Our Junior and Intermediate Badminton Teams also advanced through their ‘friendlies’ against St Francis Xavier Officer, with great success with both … Continued
SIS Athletics Carnival
The 2018 SIS Division B Athletics Carnival saw six schools descend upon Lakeside Stadium in Albert Park for a day filled with fun and competition. Our BGS squad, comprising between 5 and 10 students from each year level were fresh off their BGS House Athletics Carnival a few weeks earlier and were determined to excel … Continued
Year 9 Tall Ship Endeavour 2018
The Boomerang and the Solway Lass were the two vessels which our boys sailed around the Whitsunday Island’s during the last week of Term 3. Students spent the week participating in a variety of activities on board each boat including, hoisting sails and navigating their way around the Whitsundays. They learned about the workings of … Continued
Great results at Round 4 of the Victorian HPV Series
Perfect weather conditions were experienced for the final round of the Victorian HPV Series held at Casey Fields recently. The St Margaret’s and Berwick Grammar School Human Powered Vehicle and Cycling Squad had 64 students and 23 parents and former students competing, fielding a total of 10 teams out of . With 133 vehicles entered … Continued
Social Service
As the 2018 Social Service Captain I would like to begin by acknowledging the inspirational contribution by the St Margaret’s community. Along with my extremely helpful coordinator Mrs Sarah Pay, committed Year 12 team consisting of Sungkavi Achuthananthan, Sajah Agha and Senara Hettige and the energised support of the year level representatives I can confidently … Continued
From the Principal – 25 October 2018
Welcome back to Term 4! As we start looking towards end of year events, we take a deep breath in the realisation of all the things that need completing before we wind up the year. For the students there are assessment tasks and examinations to complete. I know the Senior Staff and Heads of School … Continued
Head of Campus Update – 25 October 2018
Starting school is about learning new things and making new friends so it’s important that our 2019 Prep children experience a positive and happy start to school. Our Prep Transition Program is carefully designed to ensure that each child becomes more familiar within their new learning environment and feel comfortable about being a Prep student … Continued
