Tips for Learning from Home

Book Week

The Middle School community celebrated Book Week last week with a myriad of activities to mark the occasion and reinforce the importance of reading in our lives. This year’s theme was Curious Creatures, Wild Minds. Our special guest was author and TV personality Andrew Daddo. Parents and boys in Years 7 and 8 attended the

Tea Duel Challenge

Our annual Tea Duel, a tradition begun in the Senior Library in 2016 to celebrate the Steampunk genre, was held last Friday lunchtime much to the entertainment of a very large crowd.  Volunteers from our Year 12 Prefects and School Captains invited a favourite teacher to duel against them by dunking a biscuit in hot

The Centenary Library 2020 Rubik’s Challenge

This year the Centenary Library has been overcome by a Rubik’s craze!  Due in large part to our recent purchase of four Pyramix Duo’s which have become a very popular addition to the library.  Not a lunchtime goes by that all four are not being twisted and turned by a student busily working away trying

Library Lovers’ Day

Last week, February 14 took on a special meaning for staff and students here at BGS as Library Lovers’ Day was celebrated across all three libraries. Romantic fiction and “lonely books seeking reader” were on display in all three libraries. The “lonely books” had individual labels describing their stories and which readers would be most

Game On! Middle School Library Orientation

At the start of each year the Middle School Libraries play host to the Years 5 and 7 students for an orientation of their new space. This year the students experienced two different but very engaging and exciting hands-on activities that required them to work together in teams to explore the library facilities and resources available