Entries by Bethany Hope

Mother’s Day Celebration

We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who came along to our Mother’s Day Celebration this morning! It was great to see so many families together, from our Junior Primary parents all the way up to the mums and dads of our Year Six Leaders. We hope you enjoyed your coffee and […]

Colour Run 2023

We finished the end of a wonderful first Term with our annual BGMS Colour Run at Meller Park! Students, staff and family members watched and cheered as each year level ran their laps around the oval, becoming more vibrant and colourful as they ran. Thank you to everyone who took part in our Colour Run […]

Breaking Ground at BGMS

It’s official! On Friday, 5 May we started drilling on the vacant lot. We struck water (not oil!) and the valuable water resource will be used to reticulate our new play spaces. The next stages will include levelling the site and adding reticulation, soil and turf. Many thanks to the BGMS Building Committee and to […]

Term 2 Busy Bee

The School was abuzz with movement on Saturday, April 29 thanks to the PCG’s April Busy Bee! Community members had a wonderful time painting, cleaning, gardening and upcycling furniture, before treating themselves to a lovely morning tea, which was prepared by parent volunteers. It was heart-warming to see some of our newer families welcomed into […]

Year 6 attend ANZAC Day Youth Parade

On Thursday, 27 April our Year 6 School Leaders participated in the City of Cockburn’s ANZAC Youth Parade and Service. The City of Cockburn ANZAC Youth Parade is one of only a handful of ANZAC youth parades held each year nationwide. Children from local schools are invited to speak, sing and pay their respects. Our […]

Golden Pen Award at the 2022 Scribbler’s Festival

The BGMS team would like to give a special congratulations to two of our Year Six students, Caitlyn Low and Rafael Widjaja. Over 500 students from across Western Australia submitted their stories and poems to the Scribbler’s Writing Festival Golden Pen competition, where three famous Australian authors read through the all the entries before shortlisting […]

Middle and Upper Primary Sports Carnival

It was a full day of team activities. Blue, Green, Red and Yellow teams took part in activities such as star relay, leader ball and sprints. Our Year Sixes even faced off against teachers and parents in a baton relay. It was a close competition, but ultimately Green house was victorious. Well done Green team, and […]

Junior Primary Sports Carnival

Our Junior Primary students braved the weather for their sports carnival, with egg-and-spoon races, three-legged races taking place before the rain postponed the final sprint. The Junior Primary sprint was the first event of our Middle and Upper Primary Sports Carnival, and the Junior Primary students felt very special as they were cheered on by […]

Authors visits BGMS

Term 3 was full of some fantastic incursions, including two author visits! Upper Primary students had the chance to meet children’s author and scientist Cristy Burne. Cristy told us all about how she combines two of her favourite things; writing and science. We discovered how her real-life experiences inspire her stories (the magical powers in her Wednesday […]

2022 Readers Challenge

Last week, some of our Upper Primary students took part in the 2022 Readers Challenge, taking home first and second place, fending off big schools like MLC, Christchurch and Scotch College. This is the third year in a row that BGMS has won the competition! Congratulations to the participating students, Caitlyn, Mawel, Oliver and Rafael.