Throughout the year, all of the Middle School boys participate in PROSPER classes. The goal is to explore a range of themes that boys can employ to promote personal growth […]

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Headmaster of Top Private Boys School, Ross Featherston, talks to Year 10 students

I am partway through Dr Leonard Sax’s republished book, Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (click here), and one line […]

The Middle and Senior School boys came together for a special assembly this week to hear Holly Ransom, millennial business entrepreneur, G20 Youth Summit Chair, Australian ‘100 Most Influential Women’ […]

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 […]

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Last week, the Year 7 boys heard from two special guests: Jamie Howden from the Cathy Freeman Foundation and Sally Treacy from Projec10. Jamie is a BGS Old Boy and […]

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At the Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Morning last week, the Lower Primary boys played host, serving their guests a delicious morning tea. The Year 2s, who have been working on […]

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The Honors Orchestra brings together Australia’s most accomplished high school music students with international peers to play at the Sydney Opera House. Isaac Lee (Year 7) was selected as one […]

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After many months of planning by Jane Abbott and the Brighton Grammar Snow Club committee, the boys from Year 1 to Year 12 finally got to Mt Buller for the […]

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The holidays are a wonderful opportunity to reconnect, reflect and reset. I also can’t help but continue to learn, and on this break I began researching habits and how I […]

To complement their study of ‘past and present’, the Year 1 boys have ventured into the Senior School for a couple of visits to investigate the links between the School […]

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