Outdoor and Adventure Learning is an integral part of education at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School. Through a carefully sequenced program of camps and expeditions, students build confidence, resilience and real-world capability - learning to work collaboratively, navigate challenge and develop respect for themselves, others and the environment.
These experiences extend learning beyond the classroom. They are practical, reflective and deliberately progressive, supporting students to grow in independence, leadership and connection as they move through the School.
Our Primary Academic Extension programme is crafted to both challenge students and ignite their curiosity through learning opportunities that go beyond the standard curriculum. Participants are grouped dynamically, allowing talented learners to collaborate across year levels. Entry into the programme is determined through a combination of data analysis and teacher insight, ensuring that students who will benefit most are identified and supported.
Our Primary Academic Extension programme is crafted to both challenge students and ignite their curiosity through learning opportunities that go beyond the standard curriculum. Participants are grouped dynamically, allowing talented learners to collaborate across year levels. Entry into the programme is determined through a combination of data analysis and teacher insight, ensuring that students who will benefit most are identified and supported.
AFL at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School is about more than just the game—it’s about teamwork, resilience, and a love of competition.
ToM is a problem-solving program which aims to enhance the potential of our youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment. In teams, students choose a challenge from the following disciplines: STEM, The Arts, Language and Literature, and/or the Social Sciences.
The Thinkers Conference is a day of philosophical lectures and workshops examining universal questions in collaboration with other students.
In the WACH’s Think Tank, Year 10/11 students are presented with a real health problem facing the regions and create, ideate, and pitch an idea to health professionals for consideration.
This is a mixed year competition held in Busselton involving philosophical debate, Socratic discussion, and ethical reflection.
AFL at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School is about more than just the game—it’s about teamwork, resilience, and a love of competition.
What Matters is an online writing competition open to all Australian students aiming to build civic engagement. This is run as a one day writing workshop.
a chance to be historians, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community or exploring their own roots. This is run as an afterschool club.
Berbas is a fun and engaging computational thinking challenge that involves over 2.9 million students from 60 countries. This is run by the mathematics department.
This is an exciting mathematics initiative that uses a quiz-night format. Teams of six students race against the clock to solve four intense rounds of eight challenging problem. This is run by the Mathematics department.
Take the first steps toward joining our BCGS community by learning about the enrolment process.
Overview of activities and programs that run adjacent to core learning eg. incursions, excursions.
Overview of activities and programs that run adjacent to core learning eg. incursions, excursions.
Overview of activities and programs that run adjacent to core learning eg. incursions, excursions.
Situated in the heart of WA’s South West region, our expansive bushland campus is the ideal setting for young minds to thrive. Book an in-person tour or explore it virtually.
The Year 6 Canberra Camp places students at the heart of Australia’s national story. Through visits to Parliament House and other significant national institutions, students deepen their understanding of civics, history and Australia’s democratic systems, bringing classroom learning to life in a meaningful way.
The camp also includes a skiing experience, adding an element of physical challenge that builds confidence, resilience and teamwork. As the final camp of the Primary years, this shared experience recognises Year 6 students in their role as student leaders and marks an important transition as they prepare to move into Secondary School.
Ozclo is a problem solving, code breaking, linguistics challenge using real and dead languages to decipher messages. This is timed, online, and completed in mixed year teams of four.
Da Vinci Decathlon is designed to stimulate the minds and academic gifts of students through challenging competitions across 10 disciplines: Engineering, Mathematics, Codebreaking, Art and Poetry, Science, English, Ideation, Creative Producers, Cartography, and Legacy. Teams of eight compete in mixed year group teams.
Run by Newcastle University and the Rotary Club, this day long competition sees 32 Year 9/10 students compete in teams of four to complete a series of STEM challenges.
Competing against International and National schools over Zoom, a team of 5-6 students will discuss complicated ethical case studies to arrive at ethical solutions. This involves preparation, critical thought, strong speaking skills, and deep philosophical understanding.