Brisbane Grammar School

trying to encourage our boys to be- come all-rounders,” explains Carroll. “What an all-rounder looks like for us is someone that works hard, but also participates in our sporting, cultural, and public purpose programs.” In the boarding house it’s in the out- standing programs that the school prides itself on in terms of nurturing bright minds. Williams-Jones, in his role as Director of Boarding, focuses specifically on the school’s boarders as he explains the five strands of the school’s ‘enrichment’ programs. Educational enrichment Boarders are given specialist teach- ing over the course of the year, which in essence means that every boarder gets an extra week of teaching com- pared to that of their day boy cohort peer group. “It offers further support for boarders in terms of supervision, routines, study habits and one-to-one assistance from in-house tutors,” adds Williams-Jones. Activities Enrichment The activities enrichment program for boarders runs seven days a week. Students have quite a diverse pick of activities that go well beyond the classroom, including beach sports, bushwalking, paintballing, sporting competitions and on rare occasions, you may well see some young croon- ers singing their hearts out at a Sat-