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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the traditional owners of this land both past and present. This land is the home of the Noongar people. We are standing now on Wardandi country the place of the dolphin dreaming. The Wardandi people are the coastal people and have strong links to this area. With respect to the current Wardandi people and ancestors of the past we thank them for accepting us. Today with mutual respect and understanding, we acknowledge the past and its differences and now look forward to working together to build strong relations.

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Sports

Introduction

Our approach to sport aims to provide high quality opportunities for all our students to engage with and learn from sport. The pillars of Participation, Performance and Culture are central to our approach.

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House Sport

House Sport is a regular part of Physical Education, with every student taking part in at least 80 minutes each week. Students explore a wide range of sports, with a strong focus on Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country, building towards our much-anticipated cross-country, swimming and athletics Interhouse Carnivals and the iconic Lishman Lap. Participation, effort and House pride sit at the heart of it all.


House Sport

House Sport is a regular part of Physical Education, with every student taking part in at least 80 minutes each week. Students explore a wide range of sports, with a strong focus on Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country, building towards our much-anticipated cross-country, swimming and athletics Interhouse Carnivals and the iconic Lishman Lap. Participation, effort and House pride sit at the heart of it all.


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Take the first steps toward joining our BCGS community by learning about the enrolment process.

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What Sports Can I Play?

Grammar Hawks co-curricular sport offers students the opportunity to compete, connect and grow beyond the classroom. Our programs cater for a wide range of ages and abilities, supporting skill development, teamwork and confidence in a positive, community-based environment.

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Secondary Program

AFL at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School is about more than just the game—it’s about teamwork, resilience, and a love of competition.

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The Australian Computational and Linguistics Competition (OzClo)

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 (hosted by BCGS)

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.

Secondary Program

AFL at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School is about more than just the game—it’s about teamwork, resilience, and a love of competition.

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Tournament of the Minds (ToM)

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.

Thinkers Conference

The Thinkers Conference is a day of philosophical lectures and workshops examining universal questions in collaboration with other students.

Secondary Program

AFL at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School is about more than just the game—it’s about teamwork, resilience, and a love of competition.

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What Matters? Writing 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.

National History Challenge

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.

Science and Engineering Challenge

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.

Ethics Olympiad (Junior, Middle School, and Senior Division)

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.

WA Country Health Think Tank (hosted by BCGS)

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.

Philosothon

This is a mixed year competition held in Busselton involving philosophical debate, Socratic discussion, and ethical reflection.

Berbas Computational Mathematics Competition

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.

Have Sum Fun Mathematics

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.